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Treehouse Shakers, is a non-profit theater and dance company based in NYC. We currently have 9 original shows on a rotating tour for babies to teens.

We also provide arts in education residencies, public workshops, and staff developments. Treehouse Shakers currently has 6 shows on a rotating tour, a bi-annual performance season, several new web-series, and partner with numerous schools and organizations to provide in depth arts in education residencies, staff developments and workshops. Every child deserves imagination to grow on.

09/21/2026

We held our 2026-2927 Branching OUT teacher training, and we are soooooo ready for the new school year! 🚌✏️📚

Special thanks to Routh Chadwick, Founder at Joie de Vivre for an incredible training session, and to our wonderful roster of teachers, who are such incredible humans and artists. We can’t wait to work with all of our school partners again!

Branching OUT is Treehouse Shakers LGBTQIA+ programming for ages 12-14, that fosters the arts, community and joy for young people. We also offer staff developments, Pride Specials and more. Interested? See our website in link for more info, or send us a DM. 💕🌈 Let’s keep building a beautiful and safe world for young people who may identify as LGBTQIA and their allies. Keeping young people safe, healthy, and happy should be the norm, not the rarity.
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09/02/2026

Exciting News! This Fall, Flutter 🦋 for babies 6-18 months, and their caregivers, returns to ailey theater in Manhattan and Mark Morris Dance Center in Brooklyn. Tickets on our website or through the link in bio. Or head to Eventbrite and search Treehouse Shakers
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08/31/2026

We are thrilled to announce that our wonderful company member Ashley Ervin has stepped into the administration role of Education Coordinator.

You will still see Ashley in Flutter & Under the Tangle, but now she will be behind the scenes too helping coordinate our many school initiatives, including our programs with Branching OUT! We are soooo excited!

Please welcome Ashley to this additional role! 💕
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08/14/2026

Exciting news! Our awarded play for babies, Flutter 🦋, for ages 6-18 months, is returning to NYC! Tickets are now on sale through our website or the link above.

We will be Mark Morris Dance Center in Brooklyn and Alvin Ailey Studio Theater in Manhattan this coming November. Seating is limited!

See the show that has wowed audiences at Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Alvin Ailey, and theaters across the country.

Hope you can join us!
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08/07/2026

We are holding company auditions! September 9 & 10. 2026. We are seeking talented, collaborative, creative, hardworking individuals who are looking to be a part of a larger performing company. Looking for individuals to grow with the company.

Even if you have auditioned before, but would like to be considered, please reach out.

Auditions will be held before 2pm on September 9, callbacks on September 10.
Must be available for rehearsals during the week, typically Monday & Tuesday 10am-2pm. Looking for dancers who can act, and actors who can dance. Puppetry skills a plus. Please email us a headshot, resume, reel and a note about why you would want to be a part of our performance company.
[email protected].
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06/08/2026

Every day is Pride 🏳️‍🌈💕🏳️‍🌈 We continue to stand up to injustices facing the LGBTQIA+ communities.

It is our job as artists, as leaders, as teachers, as humans, to push against these injustices. Branching OUT are awarded programs to serve Middle & HS students who may identify as LGBTQIA+ or as allies, or for the general classrooms or staff developments to lead teachers in how to create more inclusive curriculum. This programming began 6 years ago, and continues to grow. We would love to collaborate with your school community.

Now booking the rest of Pride for general classrooms, and for school year 2026-2027.
Email us [email protected].
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05/29/2026

Thank you Alexandra Myers for these incredible shots of The Boy Who Grew Flowers 🌷 🌸🌺🌻🌼 Feeling grateful for the tours this season, and excited for next season tour line ups to. Interested in bringing this piece to your theater DM us, or reach out to

05/26/2026

What a wonderful tour Under the Tangle had in Washington State

Thank you to the wonderful crews, theater staff, and presenters for inviting us into your beautiful spaces. Thanks too to all the audiences who came.

We will be back on tour with this show starting 2026-2027 performance season. Please reach out to book this enchanted dance-mystery into your performance season.

Touring Cast:
Created & Choreographed by
Costumes by
Lighting & Production by
Music by
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05/19/2026

What a wonderful time performing Under the Tangle for NYC public school students, The Ailey Citigroup Theater 🎭 Thank you to our wonderful audiences, and all of our school partners for attending.

Under the Tangle is now back on a rotating tour. Interested in bringing this piece to your season, message us.

NYC Performance cast created and choreographed by costumes & puppets by lighting by music by thank you also to .emery for making our time at Ailey so smooth.
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05/11/2026

Wow! Thank you for these incredible photos!! Such a wonderful photographer (and human.)

What a beautiful benefit 2026 was! Thank you to our incredible honorees and Cara Spitzer, doing such important work in the world. We are so grateful to you both.

Thank you everyone for attending & supporting our mission. Missed the benefit? You can still make an impact! Every donation truly makes a big difference. Follow the link above, or go to giving at make a gift to

Now more than ever, our kids need us, arts need us, the community we serve, needs us.
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Address

Radio City Station, PO Box 186
New York, NY
10101

Telephone

+12127151914

Website

http://www.treehouseshakers.com/

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