The Metropolitan Playhouse - of New York is a producing theater in New York City. Founded in 1992, the theater is devoted to presenting plays that explore American culture, including seldom-produced American classics and new plays about American history and literature.

In addition to historical American performance, Metropolitan Playhouse also dedicates itself to the exploration and celebration of the neighborhood in which it resides. The East Village Theater Festival is a combination of two of the theater's annual projects: the East Village Chronicles, a collection of new short plays about the life of the East Village, and Alphabet City, a collection of solo performance pieces derived from interviews with neighborhood residents. In addition to these two mainstage productions, the East Village Theater Festival features readings of other plays, as well as gallery presentations by local artists. The 2011 East Village Theater Festival will run from June 6 - 26.