several festivals, on and off site, including the New York International Fringe Festival, Underground Zero Festival, "The Robert Beck Memorial Cinema," and the Downtown Arts Festival. Theaters Lower East Side theater Collective:Unconscious Theater was officially established in a condemned brothel previously known as "Cucho Tailor" on Ludlow Street between Stanton Street and Rivington Street on the Lower East Side of New York City in 1994. In recognition of its sordid history, the first open performance in the space was also named "Cucho Tailor". Thousands of performances followed until 2004. In addition to hosting a number of unique series such as Reverend Jen's Anti-Slam and Faceboy'z Open Mic, Collective:Unconscious has also hosted several festivals, including the New York International Fringe Festival, the Downtown Arts Festival, and the New York Lower East Side Film Festival. The Collective at Ludlow Street shared a place in New York's off-off-Broadway and performance art theater history, along with fellow performance spaces in the neighborhood such as Surf Reality, Todo Con Nada (Nada), Gargoyle Mechanique, The Present Company, House of Candles, and Pianos (Theater). It was noted as "entry-level Bohemia and thoroughly casual" by The New York Times. The Collective seated approximately 75 people in the main floor, and occasionally opened areas on the second floor and in the basement for special events, such as the annual "Auto-Historical Event" anniversary performance. As a commercial space Collective:Unconscious faced repeated increases in rent over the decade, which ultimately drove the Collective theater (as well as Surf Reality, The Present Company, House of Candles, and Todo Con Nada, among others) from the Lower East Side. The Collective:Unconscious theater was vacated in 2004, and subsequently demolished, and is now a typical Lower East Side condominium. Tribeca theater Collective:Unconscious moved to its Tribeca location in 2004, and launched new initiatives with the theatrical group The Tank, theater-burlesque innovators Pinchbottom featuring Jonny Porkpie and Nasty Canasta, the annual Underground Zero festival, the New York International Fringe Festival, Shifting Ambition Theater's No Alarms (Headfullofradio), and many others. Among the headliners were Karen Finley and Neal Medlyn, Mike Daisey, Annie Sprinkle ('Exposed: Experiments in Love, Sex, Death and Art'), and East River Commedia. In July 2008, the Tribeca facility had to be abandoned due to a sewage situation. Gallery See also Surf Reality ABC No Rio Art Stars Performance Space 122 Upright Citizens Brigade Pinchbottom Burlesque References External links Guide to Collective: Unconscious Archive at