Spencer Armstrong has a distinguished history of producing innovative and boundary-pushing work, showcased at esteemed venues such as the Greek National Opera in Athens, NYU Skirball, HERE Arts Center, The Bushwick Starr, The Tank, MITU580, The Dramatists Guild Fund, and Dixon Place.
Their work explores themes of queer liberation, millennial internet culture, Midwestern values, sex positivity, and literature, with a focus on creating documentary, ensemble, and devised theater. Notable collaborations include partnerships with leading downtown ensembles and companies in New York City, such as Elevator Repair Service, Theater Mitu, Tectonic Theater Project, 600 Highwaymen, and SITI Company.
In 2024, Spencer produced the world premiere and subsequent American premiere of Nadia Boulanger's La Ville Morte and is currently producing the American premiere of Alessandro Stradella's baroque masterpiece, San Giovanni Battista, scheduled to debut in Spring 2025 at The Irondale Theater in New York City.
Spencer is a proud alumnus of The Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab (2019), The Beth Morrison Projects Producers Academy (2022), and the inaugural class of the International Performance Ensemble at Sands School of the Performing Arts at Pace University.
In 2023, Spencer Armstrong was honored as a Mellon Foundation Producing Fellow at The Tank NYC and currently serves as a Mellon Foundation Producing Fellow at Beth Morrison Projects.