DreamStreet

DreamStreet DreamStreet Theatre Company is a registered, 501c3 nonprofit organization for special needs adults w

History:

DreamStreet Theatre Company was founded in 1998 by Karuna Heisler, a social worker, dancer, and performer. While working at the Young Adult (no s here) Institute, Karuna saw that individuals with special needs have limited access to much-needed services. She sought to change that and to bring joy to the lives of special needs adults through theatre. Despite Karuna’s untimely passing, her

family and a group of passionate professionals continue to support her legacy, and the special needs community, through the DreamStreet Theatre Company. From those beginnings the Dreamstreet talent show has developed into a multitude of musical theatre productions of poetry, dance, music and mime. In addition to a core cast of 30 performers with Special Needs, Dreamstreet also has an outstanding group of professional community artists, writers, musicians, and board members who support this important mission. The company has developed a large repertoire of original materials and unique adaptations. Over the years Dreamstreet Theater artists have performed/appeared at:

– The Central Park Bandshell
– The Tribeca Film Festival
– Disabilities Awareness Month, at City Hall,
– The Columbia Presbyterian Hospital
– Sesame Street Workshops
– Madison Square Garden
– The set of Law and Order and NYPD Blue
– Symphony Space on Broadway
– The Roulette Theatre in Brooklyn
– The Green Building in Brooklyn
– BRIC Arts Media
– The Rosemary Kennedy School for students with developmental dissabilitites





Dreamstreet offers workshops in theatre, dance, visual art, and more to children and adults with developmental disabilities. Dreamstreet looks forward to the continued growth and development of our organization, and the opportunity to expand its programming to the Special Needs community.

09/01/2026

Sorry, we can’t this week… We’re headed to New York’s Hottest Club 🛒🎯

08/28/2026

We dug back into the DS vault (and remembered what phone cameras used to be like 😳) to celebrate Dolly 🦋🩵

Any Shakespeare production is a midsummer night’s dream when performed outside ✨🌆✨🌌 Photo Credit: Kate 📸
08/25/2026

Any Shakespeare production is a midsummer night’s dream when performed outside ✨🌆✨🌌
Photo Credit: Kate 📸

08/20/2026

Karate in the Backyard… Choose your fighter! 🥋

A courtyard + some lights = 🍃✨ Production Value ✨🍃 Photo Credit: Kate 📸
08/18/2026

A courtyard + some lights = 🍃✨ Production Value ✨🍃
Photo Credit: Kate 📸

08/13/2026

Up we rise to post early in the morning 🏴‍☠️📹📲⚓️

Dueling choreography 🤨🙉😴 Photo Credit: Varner Creative 📸
08/11/2026

Dueling choreography 🤨🙉😴
Photo Credit: Varner Creative 📸

Kinda chic to head to dreamstreetnyc.org/donate ⭐️
08/07/2026

Kinda chic to head to dreamstreetnyc.org/donate ⭐️

Happy Birthday, Dom! We hope your day is as smooth and cool as you are 😎🔥🎉 Photo Credits 📸- Headshot Erica Reade - Two ...
08/06/2026

Happy Birthday, Dom! We hope your day is as smooth and cool as you are 😎🔥🎉
Photo Credits 📸
- Headshot Erica Reade
- Two Gents Kate

Not everyone can be in the city, someone’s gotta hold it down at the Coney Island Community Rec Center 🤨
08/04/2026

Not everyone can be in the city, someone’s gotta hold it down at the Coney Island Community Rec Center 🤨

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138 S. Oxford Street
New York, NY
11217

Telephone

+16465049791

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