Frequently Asked Questions

Polaris North is a collection of extremely talented theater artists as well as  "never have been," "nearly once were," and "never will be" theater artists (just don't ask me who is what).  We pool our spare change and improbably rent a ramshackle studio in a run down neighborhood of New York City.  We beg for bucks at performances and twist the arms of members to cough up even more all year long.

Just ask, and pay into the kitty.  Those are the two qualifications for membership.  We will put a big show of making you audition or present your works for a reading and we will gather and play at making a vote.  But if your check clears, we'll always say yes, come join us!

We always say "just under a hundred," but truth is that it averages between seventy and eighty members at any one time and has for years.

Dues are $375 a year to be an associate member.

Basically like a gofer for more experienced members.  Kinda like a pledge in a sorority or fraternity but without the hazing (we are considering instituting hazing for new members, so stand by).  The good news is that the longer you stay in the more people that are under you.  Imagine a Theatrical Amway!

Just what it sounds like.  You get a copy of a key to our front door.  It costs you $150 each year but only costs us a few bucks at a local locksmith, so we clean up on that!

That is up to key members.  We have to offer some benefit to the upcharge, after all.  There are often performances or readings in the studio and you can read more about it on the Events page of this website.  There are various workshops offered in the studio by other members so it becomes a sort of echo chamber.  And since you have a key to the space members have been known to crash here during roommate issues.

First come first served.  Utter chaos.  You'll not only get used to it, you will learn to embrace it.

Not at all, we prefer to beg.  Just like all of the bums around our neighbor Penn Station.  We fit in that way and we can stay a not-for-profit, which we take quite literally.  Or is that seriously?  I keep forgetting.

Check out this website.  Read every page.  It has been crafted with care and quite carelessly.  Hope it makes interesting reading as the reality is rather bland.  Isn't that always the way?

   It has been arround a while.  Way back in 1976 theater friends in a building in the Village rented out the buildings basement so they could do their own shows.  Called themselves Polaris Repertory Company.  Started a trend because for most folks in Polaris only do performances here.

   In 1992 there was a split in membership and half moved uptown to the current location.  To differentiate themselves they called themselves Polaris North.  Utterly redundant.  Sorta like calling that dish Shrimp Scampi when Scampi is the name of an Italian crustacean.  Didn't know that?  It is true and means in English Shrimp Shrimp.

  In 2010 this website was formed but a dispute between the webmaster and the board created another schism and this website became a parody website, just like the organization has become become a parody of the original self.  So sad, but kinda funny at the same time.