From 2002 through 2004 , the National Actors Theatre ( NAT ) , founded by actor Tony Randall – dedicated to presenting classic works of theater and theatrical education delivered at no cost to the students or their schools , was housed at the center . NAT productions at Pace featured such performers as Al Pacino , Len Cariou , Billy Crudup , Charles Durning , Roberta Maxwell , Chazz Palminteri , John Goodman , and Jeff Goldblum ; and the center was the site of Tony Randall 's final performance , as the '' raisonneur '' Laudisi in a production of the Luigi Pirandello play '' Right You Are ( if you think so ) '' . The Schimmel Center was a founding venue for both the Tribeca Film Festival and the short-lived Tribeca Theater Festival . The center has hosted events of the River-to-River Festival , the New York International Fringe Festival ( FringeNYC ) , the first winning play from the Carol Tambour Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe ; and numerous other productions . In 2005 the center presented the New York premiere of the Beijing People 's Art Theatre 's signature work '' Tea House '' . In 2009 , 2010 and 2011 , Shakespeare 's Globe Theatre ( London ) performed '' Love 's Labour 's Lost '' , '' The Merry Wives of Windsor '' , and '' Hamlet '' , respectively , at the center
New York International Fringe Festival
New York International Fringe Festival
Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts