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For one girl growing up under a totalitarian regime in 1980s Poland, - [Emmanuel Elpenord | 'Ti Madanm and the Three Beans' | Nov 14, '26](https://theaterlabnyc.com/emmanuel-elpenord-ti-madamn-and-the-three-beans-nov-14-26/) - THEATERLAB PRESENTS Ti Madanm and the Three Beans original text by Mimi BarthélémyTranslated by Dr. Maryse N. Roumain Directed and produced by Emmanuel Elpenord Performed with Kahbia-Asaaj Sada Get Tickets “Ti Madanm and the Three Beans” continues Emmanuel Elpenord's passionate effort to adapt Haitian folktales and oral traditions for the puppet theater stage. With a deep commitment to preserving and - [TLAB SHARES | 'We've Got Spirit' | Oct 22-31, '26](https://theaterlabnyc.com/tlab-shares-weve-got-spirit/) - TLAB SHARES HOSTS WE'VE GOT SPIRIT by Jerico Bleu directed by Tyler Christie Get Tickets In 2004 rural Tennessee, the employees of a Spirit Halloween store welcome new member Damien, a conservative young male whose family previously owned the building when it was a church. When a member of the team becomes the center of a hate - [TLAB SHARES | 'The Invention of Love' | Sept 17-Oct 3, '26](https://theaterlabnyc.com/tlab-shares-the-invention-of-love/) - TLAB SHARES HOSTS THE INVENTION OF LOVE by Tom Stoppard directed by Zachary Elkind produced by The Map Get Tickets Tom Stoppard’s masterpiece of love lost and remembered follows poet and scholar A.E. Housman (played by David Greenspan) on his final journey across the River Styx. As the nineteenth century explodes into the twentieth, with Oscar - [Maria Takeuchi | 'score for trees' | Sept 11 & 12, '26](https://theaterlabnyc.com/maria-takeuchi-score-for-trees-sept-11-12-26/) - THEATERLAB PRESENTS score for trees a new work by Maria Takeuchi Get Tickets score for trees is an interdisciplinary composition that translates the physical structures and growth patterns of New York City trees into live performance. Using photogrammetry, Maria Takeuchi captures the three dimensional growth patterns of a single tree in Prospect Park, Brooklyn (40.6670809, - [FIRST LOOK SERIES | 'The Audition' | Sep 18 & 19, '26](https://theaterlabnyc.com/first-look-series-the-audition/) - FIRST LOOK SERIES THE AUDITION written and directed by Alex Ferris Get Tickets Josh already has a Disney show, but now he wants to be a movie star. Coach thinks he can get him there, but they’re going to have to rebuild his craft from the ground up. And it’s going well—at least, that’s - [Atelier @ Theaterlab | 'BREAK' | Sept 11-14, '26](https://theaterlabnyc.com/atelier-theaterlab-break/) - Atelier @ Theaterlab Hosts BREAK by Lindsay Carpenter directed by SB Tennent produced by New York Theatre Company Get Tickets Two men are trapped in a room, forced to stack an ever-taller tower of dishes on one man's back. A voice threatens to kill them if a wall-mounted ticker hits 50. Above them, in a glass-walled booth, - [TLAB SHARES | 'The Falcon King' | Dec 3-1, '26](https://theaterlabnyc.com/tlab-shares-the-falcon-king/) - TLAB SHARES HOSTS THE FALCON KING directed by Gretchen van Lente Get Tickets Using natural and found-material assemblage puppets, The Falcon King tells a tale of confusion, heartbreak, anger and action. The frogs tried to warn them, but when the birds' babies all start dying panic ensues and they don't know who's to blame or who - [FIRST LOOK SERIES | Angels Falling | Aug 21 & 22, '26](https://theaterlabnyc.com/first-look-series-angels-falling/) - FIRST LOOK SERIES ANGELS FALLING by Jake Griffith directed by Hershey Suri Get Tickets Deep in the woods of a small South Carolina town, a teenage girl disappears. Her boyfriend, who was the last to see her alive, claims an angel killed her. As the case makes national news, it’s clear the town would rather label the - [Test Testimony of The School of Hard Knocks | Aug 22, '26](https://theaterlabnyc.com/yoshiko-chuma-test-testimony/) - Theaterlab Presents: My Dinner with Morgan at Remedy Diner: Chapter 2 Yoshiko Chuma and The School of Hard Knocks Yoshiko went to a party with tables full of chocolate. She ate all the chocolate. Food is something you cannot bring back. Morgan Jenness joked that she had committed many acts of dramaturgy and had not […] - [Theaterlab's 20th Anniversary Gala | Oct 16, '26](https://theaterlabnyc.com/gala20/) - THEATERLAB PRESENTS GALA20: Theaterlab's 20th Anniversary Gala FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2026 GET TICKETS NOW Twenty years ago, Theaterlab began with a simple, stubborn idea: to build a home for what’s new. And now it's time celebrate this monumental milestone: two decades creating beautiful art together and serving the ever-changing landscape of NYC makers and - [TLAB SHARES | 'Mugs Without People' | July 9-12, 2026](https://theaterlabnyc.com/mugs-without-people/) - TLAB SHARES HOSTS MUGS WITHOUT PEOPLE by Sam Bell directed by Olivia Facini Get Tickets After quitting their jobs, work friends Melanie and Stanley don’t know what to do next. Stanley decides to return to his mother’s womb before giving adulthood another try – when Melanie pays him a visit, the pair begin to plan their - [A Reading of Ti Madamn and The Three Beans | June 16, 2026](https://theaterlabnyc.com/a-reading-of-ti-madamn-and-the-three-beans-june-16-2026/) - "Three Beans" follows our protagonist through various settings, exchanging one curious item for another after an initial gift of three beans. Some of the items are practical and ordinary while others are enigmatic and meaningful. Though our protagonist has forgotten her magic powers in her old age, in the very end, she deftly remembers in time to rescue herself. This text is overflowing with powerful messages and high potential for the stage, especially the puppet stage. Join us in unpacking the hidden lessons and wisdoms in this story! - [Hotel New Work | 'This Motherless Earth' | July 12, 2026](https://theaterlabnyc.com/hnw-kate-vozella/) - HOTEL NEW WORK THIS MOTHERLESS EARTH a new work by Kate Vozella directed by Colm Summers RSVP An artistic respite, where new works are given space to breathe, grow, and engage with outside eyes at an early stage. Theaterlab provides a place where artists of various disciplines can unpack their bags, display their ideas, - [Atelier @ Theaterlab | Third Spaces by Dylan Sherman | June 10-14, '26](https://theaterlabnyc.com/third-spaces/) - Atelier @ Theaterlab Hosts THIRD SPACES by Dylan Sherman directed by Louise Colin produced by Haley Keizur Get Tickets Maeve’s going to kill herself if she’s not the star of her school play. Aidan’s being sent to abehavioral boarding school. Wes is getting his GED. Naomi’s the president of the LGBTQ+ club. Genevieve’s going on a - [TENN LOVERS | MELTINGPLOT | May 18-31, '26](https://theaterlabnyc.com/meltingplot-26-tenn-lovers/) - Theaterlab Presents TENN LOVERS created by Kristopher Victoria in Provincetown with Kip . . . in New Orleans with Pancho . . . in New York with Frankie . . . Tenn Lovers tells the true story of three relationships which shaped the life of Tennessee Williams. It is an examination of the - [In the shadows of her past selves | MELTINGPLOT | May 18-31, '26](https://theaterlabnyc.com/meltingplot-26-past-selves/) - Theaterlab Presents In the shadows of her past selves created by Deniz Khateri In the shadows of her past selves uses shadow puppets to take the audience through a woman’s different possibilities of being- from childhood dreams and secret desires sparked by the question “What do you want to be when you grow up?” to - [MELTINGPLOT | A NEW FESTIVAL | May 18-31, '26](https://theaterlabnyc.com/meltingplot-26/) - Theaterlab Presents MELTINGPLOT 30 performances over 2 weeks provide YOU the opportunity to experience what’s next in participatory live performance. Join us for this inaugural festival May 18 -31, 2026 as 5 creators present brand new work. Like a Good Neighbor by Jake Alexander, THIS IS NOT A CULT by Christopher Lewis Dawkins, In the shadows - [Like a Good Neighbor | MELTINGPLOT | May 18-31, '26](https://theaterlabnyc.com/meltingplot-26-good-neighbor/) - Theaterlab Presents Like a Good Neighbor written and performed by Jake Alexander directed by Hayley Moir He's here to help! Exploring friendship, bullying and the concept of the clothing chair; Jake tells the story of trying to save a stray cat in an alley, and everything that came after (trauma, blood, tears, etc) all while - [THIS IS NOT A CULT | MELTINGPLOT | May 18-31, '26](https://theaterlabnyc.com/meltingplot-26-not-a-cult/) - Theaterlab Presents THIS IS NOT A CULT created by Christopher Lewis Dawkins THIS IS NOT A CULT Come find out why. For one night only, Eleon the 1st will unlock the doors to the secret Hell's Kitchen meeting room all your friends have been whispering about for months. Where is the entrance? Have - [FEEL BAD | MELTINGPLOT | May 18-31, '26](https://theaterlabnyc.com/meltingplot-26-feel-bad/) - Theaterlab Presents FEEL BAD created by Katy Murphy FEEL BAD is a Semi-Private Immersive Workout Experience that promises to make you feel, well, you know. Modifications available. Come dressed to move. Bring water. TRIGGER WARNING: alienation, guilt, grief, shame, and disability. Created by Katy Murphy, FEEL BAD is part of Theaterlab's inaugural MELTINGPLOT festival. - [TLAB SHARES | Chalk Outline Portal | May 14-22, '26](https://theaterlabnyc.com/chalk-outline-portal/) - TLAB Shares Hosts Welcome to Campfire's CHALK OUTLINE PORTAL created & performed by Tony Bordonaro & Ingrid Kapteyn produced by Welcome to Campfire Get Tickets Chalk Outline Portal, the newest immersive danceplay from Welcome to Campfire, traverses grief, consciousness, and the fluidity of self in a raucous romp through surrealities. Integrating live sound mixing, real-time video - [The Gallery Series | Katie Zaffrann | May 8 & 10, '26](https://theaterlabnyc.com/tgs-katie-zaffrann/) - THE GALLERY SERIES MATRILINE a new work by Katie Zaffrann directed by Jen Pitt GET TICKETS Testing the boundaries of solo performance and new artistic territory, early, never-before-seen experimental work finds a home in front of an audiences for the first time, THE GALLERY SERIES champions the unique potential of the individual performer - [TLAB SHARES | The Last Time I Saw Caileigh | May 7-10, '26](https://theaterlabnyc.com/the-last-time-i-saw-caileigh/) - TLAB SHARES HOSTS THE LAST TIME I SAW CAILEIGH by Tori Sasso, Harun Cehovic, Matthias Moret, & Helen Percival Directed by Paula AliStage managed by Olivia Jursik Produced by Noctis Theatre Company Get Tickets The Last Time I Saw Caileigh is a heartfelt and timely one-act play that explores queer erasure through the lens of a missing person - [Atelier @ Theaterlab | Dear Laila | April 27-May 3, '26](https://theaterlabnyc.com/dear-laila/) - Atelier @ Theaterlab Hosts DEAR LAILA Created by Basel Zaraa Get Tickets Palestine — N.Y.C. Premiere PlayCo is proud to present Dear Laila, from Palestinian artist Basel Zaraa, at Stand4 Gallery (414 78th St, Brooklyn), Salam Arabic Church (414 80th St, Brooklyn), and Theaterlab (357 W 36th St. 4th floor). Basel Zaraa is a UK-based - [First Look Series | NOT by Romina Paula | April 25, '26](https://theaterlabnyc.com/fls-not/) - FIRST LOOK SERIES NOT a new play by ROMINA PAULADirected by ROMINA PAULA Produced by Joben Productions & *Necessary Digression Get Tickets A creative process is always a new beginning. A way to see the world, to define it, even. An opportunity when in good hands. A director convenes three actors. They don’t know each other. - [An Evening of Parlor Games with Tiffany Gold | April 22, '26](https://theaterlabnyc.com/parlor-games/) - OVER $10,000 raised in 1 night thanks to YOUR generous support! Theaterlab is proud to fiscally sponsor For the Fun LLC - and with a name like that, of course everyone is going to have a great time! In just 2 hours, with the effervescent coaxing of Tiffany Gold, this one-night only event brought the - [Atelier @ Theaterlab | Horse Girls | April 16-19, '26](https://theaterlabnyc.com/atelier-horse-girls/) - Atelier @ Theaterlab Hosts Ghost Light Theatre Co.'s HORSE GIRLS by Jenny Rachel Weiner directed by Keeley Dunn Heagerty Get Tickets Twelve-year-old Ashleigh rules the Lady Jean Ladies, South Florida’s most exclusive horse club. News that her family’s stables are being sold and their horses killed for meat throws the Ladies into crisis in this - [Theaterlab Presents | Kitchen Table Festival | March 28, '26](https://theaterlabnyc.com/theaterlab-presents-kitchen-table-festival/) - THEATERLAB PRESENTS KITCHEN TABLE FESTIVAL IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SOCIAL CLUB THTRCurated and directed by Lita Lofton with Guest Director, Mayah Lourdes Burke Get Tickets Now Kitchen Table Festival is a celebration of survival and thrival across the diaspora. Centered around the unique magic and gravity of a kitchen table, our festival shares stories - [Atelier @ Theaterlab | 心esthesia | March 26-27, '26](https://theaterlabnyc.com/esthesia/) - Atelier @ Theaterlab Hosts The Disappearing Ensemble, The Deceleration Lab Residency 心ESTHESIA Co-created by Tianding He, Xuanqi Liu, and Brian Ellisdirected by Tianding He Get Tickets 心esthesia (心 sounding like syn and means "heart" in Chinese) is an intimate participatory immersive experience that pulls you into a dreamer's dream: a world built from sensations that exist - [Leviah | October 23 & 24, 2018](https://theaterlabnyc.com/leviah/) - Theaterlab presents the US premiere ofLEVIAHConcept, Choreography & Text by Reut ShemeshOctober 23 & 24, 2018 Leviah is choreographer Reut Shemesh’s award-winning memoir about vulnerability, power, conformity and loss of agency. Composed of a collection of memories from service in the Israeli military, Leviah brings to light a phenomenon that is rarely spoken about: the - [Nylon | March 6-24, 2019](https://theaterlabnyc.com/nylon/) - Theaterlab + Blockchain Theater Project presentNYLONWritten by Sofia AlvarezDirected by Knud AdamsMarch 6 – 24, 2019In NYLON, an estranged couple, Anna and Matthew, meet for the first time in four years. During this combustive encounter, their past is dredged to the surface in a way that ruptures their carefully constructed personas and sets in motion - [Hotel New Work | VagaMundo & The Flamboyance Theatre | March 22, '26](https://theaterlabnyc.com/hnw-arturo-luiz-soria/) - HOTEL NEW WORK THE WHITE WHALE JOURNAL A new work from VagaMundo Productions and The Flamboyance Theatre Written by Arturo Luíz Soria & Dustyn Kurt Gobler Directed by Danilo Gambini Performed by Arturo Luíz Soria & José Espinosa RSVP An artistic respite, where new works are given space to breathe, grow, and engage with outside eyes at - [Atelier @ Theaterlab | DREAMBORNE THEATER | March 20-22, '26](https://theaterlabnyc.com/dreamborne-theater/) - Atelier @ Theaterlab Hosts TWO SHOWS BY DREAMBORNE THEATER Dreamborne Theater's THE SPRING THAT NEVER CAME by Ye Ye directed by Victoria Helu Chen GET TICKETS The Spring That Never Came, (performed in Mandarin Chinese) follows Axin, an 18-year-old senior trapped by exam culture and the demand for a “secure” future. In her made-up theater universe, - [The Gallery Series | Jeremy Rafal | March 13 & 15, '26](https://theaterlabnyc.com/tgs-jeremy-rafal/) - THE GALLERY SERIES SCHUBERT WAS A RICE QUEEN a new work by Jeremy Rafal directed by Dennis Yueh-Yeh Li GET TICKETS Testing the boundaries of solo performance and new artistic territory, early, never-before-seen experimental work finds a home in front of an audiences for the first time, THE GALLERY SERIES champions the unique - [Rhizome | Nov 22-24, '25](https://theaterlabnyc.com/rhizome/) - THEATERLAB PRESENTS RHIZOME by Cecilia Fontanesi & Elena Vannoni Get Tickets Rhizome is an interdisciplinary performance that explores the invisible networks connecting all forms of life. Drawing inspiration from underground systems of roots and fungi, the work investigates symbiosis, interdependence, and the intelligence of natural ecosystems as metaphors for human and social relations. Through dance, - [The Two-Character Play | Jan 20, 2026](https://theaterlabnyc.com/the-two-character-play-benefit/) - THEATERLAB PRESENTS a one-night only benefit with Playhouse Creatures Theater Company The Two-Character Play Tennesee Williams Directed by Anthony Biggs Featuring Irene Glezos* and Joseph W. Rodriguez* Get Tickets The show must go on, even if it's just for you. A claustrophobic duel between two minds breaking apart. In this one-night only benefit performance, - [Leviathan Lab WinterFest | Nov 20-Dec 7](https://theaterlabnyc.com/leviathan-labs-winterfest/) - TLAB SHARES HOSTS Leviathan Lab's WINTERFEST : Two New Solo Works FULL CONTACT Written and Performed by Ariel Estrada Directed by Gaven D. Trinidad Produced by Leviathan Lab and Mixed Asian Media A National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere X#*! YOU VERY MUCH, MOM Written and Performed by Đavid Lee Huỳnh Directed by Nana Dakin Produced by - [FIRST LOOK SERIES | Fork's Amazing Day | Feb 20-21, '26](https://theaterlabnyc.com/forks-amazing-day/) - FIRST LOOK SERIES FORK'S AMAZING DAY Written & Performed by JOVE TRIPP-THOMPSON Directed by RYAN HARTLEY Produced by COWTOW Get Tickets Fork is your average dog. Fork loves to go to Walk, the place where-good-smells-come-from, and The Little One (the weaker, smaller version of the Big One). Any average dog fights their private, internal battles, and - [On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco and Other Substances | February 20-March 2, 2025](https://theaterlabnyc.com/on-the-harmful-effects-of-tobacco-and-other-substances-february-20-march-3-2025/) - Director Lita Lofton and Social Club Thtr masterfully reimagine Anton Chekhov's hidden gems in a production featuring an all-Black cast. - [Hotel New Work | Neil Totton & Erwin Maas | Feb 15, 2026](https://theaterlabnyc.com/hnw-neil-totton/) - HOTEL NEW WORK FIT FOR LOVE : A MIXTAPE RITUAL a new work by Neil Totton with Associate Choreographer Gabrielle Loren directed by Erwin Maas RSVP An artistic respite, where new works are given space to breathe, grow, and engage with outside eyes at an early stage. Theaterlab provides a place where artists of various - [SAME/SAME/DIFFERENT | Dec 11-14, '25](https://theaterlabnyc.com/same-same-different/) - Atelier @ Theaterlab Hosts Haley Fortune Productions' SAME/SAME/DIFFERENT by Em Crowe directed by Haley Fortune Get Tickets From debut playwright Em Crowe, SAME/SAME/DIFFERENT asks, “Is anything really worse than the devil you know?” Following a personal tragedy, Elizabeth is granted a small moment of freedom from the confines of the fringe religious society in - [(No) Refunds | Jan 14-24, '26](https://theaterlabnyc.com/theaterlab-presents-no-refunds-2026/) - (No) Refunds is an interactive gameshow play hosted by the dazzling, delightful, and only occasionally maniacal Tiffany Gold, an old-school American gameshow host and model presenter all-in-one who quite literally depends on your entertainment. One premium ticket holder, dubbed the “Star Player” for the evening, will compete in three games designed to amuse the audience and showcase their talents [...] - [XRE Extended Reality Ensemble](https://theaterlabnyc.com/xre-extended-reality-ensemble/) - Theaterlab welcomed XRE Extended Reality Ensemble to Hotel New Work with their new piece, The New Cosmic Symphony, an experiment in non-linear time, non-local consciousness, and what embodiment means in a (post) Covid paradigm. XRE is Electric Djinn, Clara Francesca and She’s Excited! The New Cosmic Symphony is an Extended Reality journey of heart, art, and sound. It tells [...] - [Nora's Children | Nov 17, '25](https://theaterlabnyc.com/noras-children/) - THEATERLAB PRESENTS a staged reading of Nora's Children by Amy Staats directed by Jessi D. Hill Get Tickets Written by Amy Staats and directed by Jessi Hill, NORA’S CHILDREN is a comedy about Nora’s adult children 30 years after she abandons them in “A Doll’s House.” What happens when you build your life around - [Yoko Murakami | Dec 13 '25](https://theaterlabnyc.com/tipping-point/) - THEATERLAB PRESENTS (TIPPING) POINT a new work by Yoko Murakami Get Tickets (Tipping) Point is the 3rd and final installment of the 3-part residency project Point ____ (Blank) by Yoko Murakami at Theaterlab. (Tipping) Point explores Yoko’s continued collaboration with wearable arts, as an essential part of the performance. Since 2018, Yoko has worked with - [Gap Play | Dec 19 & 20, '25](https://theaterlabnyc.com/gap-play/) - FIRST LOOK SERIES GAP PLAY by Sophia Stio directed by Noelle Gonzalez Get Tickets In the wake of a store closure announcement, four athleisure retail employees must navigate the emotional burden of unemployment...and find treasure. Directed by Noelle Gonzalez Written by Sophia Stio Starring: Baiz Hoen, Marissa Moorhead, Kathleen Guerrero, Katie Kendrick, Corey Rosevear, Noa Worsek - [Celebrate the Artist: Christina Kyriazidi | [CRACKS] | September 25, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/celebrate-the-artist-christina-kyriazidi-cracks-september-25-2024/) - Celebrate the Artist is one of Theaterlab’s oldest and most valued programs, in which we celebrate international artists and introduce them to New York audiences by presenting workshops, performances, and, most importantly, a Theaterlab-style wine and snacks reception. The program aims to connect visiting international artists in transit with [...] - [Fully ReCOOPERated! A Brand New Musical | May 13th](https://theaterlabnyc.com/fully-recooperated-a-brand-new-musical-may-13th/) - Fully RECOOPERated is a 'BRAND' new and original musical that follows the journey of Cooper, as he sets off to a new city, with a new frame of mind. Leaving his toxic relationship with Miles behind, Cooper attends the Royal College of Fashion in London. There, he meets like-minded and creative individuals who find out they will be competing [...] - [Like a Drawing | November 30, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/like-a-drawing-november-30-2023/) - Theaterlab Presents Like a Drawing, a performance that explores the essence of spontaneity and instant expression through the fusion of action painting and music, featuring the collaborative talents of Ikue Mori and David Watson. In this performance, music and painting intertwine as the artists respond to sounds and noises while creating art. The artists utilize their entire bodies, sometimes dripping or even throwing paint, in an exploration of primal states, intrinsic understanding, and the pursuit of beauty and truth. - [ROUND THE BLOCK! | May 20-21, 2022](https://theaterlabnyc.com/round-the-block-2022-2/) - Now in its third season, Round The Block! Celebrating Arts and Community in the Garment District is a promenade-style performance connecting all the creative people in the neighborhood – businesses, community organizations, garment workers, visual artists, and theatermakers. - [Teatro Del Disio](https://theaterlabnyc.com/teatro-del-disio/) - Teatro Del Disio, led by Valerio Vittorio Garaffa and Chiara Cimmino Sander, presented workshops on commedia dell’arte and masks, and the “mimic method” ( a famous acting technique developed by Maestro Orazio Costa). They also presented research into their theatrical work. - [Motus 2014](https://theaterlabnyc.com/motus-2014/) - Italy’s Motus Theatre returned to New York with NELLA TEMPESTA, the third and final production in La MaMa’s Tempest 3 series. Motus’ Nella Tempesta creates a short circuit between Shakespeare’s The Tempest and Une Tempête by Aimé Césaire. Reflecting on the turmoil in our society and the consequences of the economic crisis, the performance also speaks about storms in the Mediterranean Sea, [...] - [French POV#1](https://theaterlabnyc.com/french-pov1/) - Jacques Perdigues presents F POV (French Point Of View), a recurring collective exhibition of visual art and performance by French artists living in New York City and Paris. The first group show centered on multi-faceted inspirations and viewpoints evoked by the human body. Guest artists Karine Laval and Pierre Kauffmann join Perdigues inpresenting new works, which include paintings, [...] - [Finished Unfinished Symphony| Dec 7, '25](https://theaterlabnyc.com/finished-unfinished-symphony/) - THEATERLAB PRESENTS FINISHED UNFINISHED SYMPHONY Concept, direction and compositions by Yoshiko Chuma Get Tickets The School of Hard Knocks presents “Finished Unfinished Symphony,” marking the 25th anniversary of “Unfinished Symphony: Nagoya Suite,” first performed on December 7, 2000. Dancer and choreographer Kasumi Adachi will be in New York and appears as the - [Cuckoo | Dec 5 & 6, '25](https://theaterlabnyc.com/cuckoo/) - FIRST LOOK SERIES CUCKOO by : Dylan Reed Berman Horowitz directed by : Hunter Lustberg produced by : Pop Up! Productions Get Tickets ABOUT CUCKOOTwo exes find each other stuck in a blank space outside time. Trapped with their pain in one another’s orbit, they must find their way out, together or alone. What happens when - [ROUND THE BLOCK!™ | Sept-Nov, '25](https://theaterlabnyc.com/round-the-block-2025/) - THEATERLAB'S ROUND THE BLOCK! ™ The cultural architecture of NYC neighborhoods continues to ebb and flow, and the history of change becomes embedded in local communities. ROUND THE BLOCK! ™ invites you to discover the creative force of the Garment District and to the secret stories and untold histories of the place we call home. As - [EVERY BODY IN THE HOUSE | Nov 15 '25](https://theaterlabnyc.com/every-body-in-the-house/) - THEATERLAB'S EVERY BODY IN THE HOUSE RSVP NOW This fall, we're inviting you to join us at Theaterlab for FREE. Draped in participatory conversations, each month Theaterlab opens its doors to unforgettable moments of community Tied together with a common thread of impeccable artistry in the making, EVERY BODY IN THE HOUSE casts doubt on - [The Lucky Ones | Oct 24-Nov 9, '25](https://theaterlabnyc.com/the-lucky-ones/) - TLAB SHARES HOSTS The Lucky Ones by Lia Romeo Directed by Katie Birenboim Produced by Boomerang Theatre Company Get Tickets In THE LUCKY ONES, Lia Romeo delivers a sharply observed, emotionally resonant new play about the complexities of female friendship in a shifting world. Vanessa is confronting a devastating illness. Janie is beginning a new romance. As - [DINT | Nov 7 & 8, '25](https://theaterlabnyc.com/dint/) - FIRST LOOK SERIES DINT created and directed by EMILY ASLIN creative advisor: ELLA PORR Get Tickets Is devotion healing or harmful? “Dint” is a contemporary dance work that investigates the boundaries of devotion in interpersonal relationships and in the individual person devoted to a cause. Using William Butler Yeats’ “Easter, 1916” as a framework, “Dint” - [(No) Refunds | Sep 5-26, '25](https://theaterlabnyc.com/theaterlab-presents-no-refunds/) - (No) Refunds is an interactive gameshow play hosted by the dazzling, delightful, and only occasionally maniacal Tiffany Gold, an old-school American gameshow host and model presenter all-in-one who quite literally depends on your entertainment. One premium ticket holder, dubbed the “Star Player” for the evening, will compete in three games designed to amuse the audience and showcase their talents [...] - [Fade | Oct 31 & Nov 1, '25](https://theaterlabnyc.com/fade/) - FIRST LOOK SERIES FADE created and directed by YI-HAN (AUDREY) CHOU Get Tickets Fade is a durational improvisational piece working with sound, found objects, as well as textures of the body. The piece is about washing away the ties of the past and walking through the process of grief. PERFORMANCES Saturday, November 1st @ 3:00pm 30 mins - [The Belle of Amherst | Oct 23-26, '25](https://theaterlabnyc.com/the-belle-of-amherst/) - THE BELLE OF AMHERST By WILLIAM LUCE is a poignant and humorous portrayal of the reclusive 19th-Century poet, Emily Dickinson. From her home in Amherst, Massachusetts, the poet confides directly to the audience the joy and pain of her secluded life. Through shared poems, letters and recollections of encounters with significant people in Dickinson's life, the play reveals her piercing wit and the striking beauty of her work. Overlooked in her own lifetime, Emily Dickinson needs to be celebrated aloud over the cacophony of our time--redirecting attention to what is essential and truthful. This gently powerful play provides refuge from the turbulent world of the 21st Century. The small theater space was intentionally selected for its optimal ability to capture the intimate nature of the play. The simple production design complements that intention. - [My Dinner with Morgan at Remedy Diner: Chapter 39 | October 10, '25](https://theaterlabnyc.com/my-dinner-with-morgan-at-remedy-diner-chapter-39/) - THEATERLAB PRESENTS Chapter 39 “ My dinner with Morgan at Remedy Diner “ all together different !!!!!! Morgan Jenness (Aug 23, 1952 - Nov 12 ,2024) joked that she had committed many acts of dramaturgy and had not been arrested yet. Four acts by for Four artists : Shinya Lin Shoko Nagai Marisa Tornello Timothy Buckley 73 - [Elena Vannoni | Oct 4-5, '25](https://theaterlabnyc.com/bites-tasting-workshop/) - THEATERLAB PRESENTS Bites by Kay Adshead : Tasting Workshop a workshop presentation directed by Artist-In-Residence Elena Vannoni co-produced with STINGAREE (in association with Mama Quilla, London) Get Tickets Bites by Kay Adshead is a theatrical banquet — a poetic feast of cruelty, resilience, and survival. This October workshop will explore two of its seven “courses” - [The Matriarchs | Sep 10-28, '25](https://theaterlabnyc.com/theaterlab-presents-the-matriarchs/) - THE MATRIARCHS by Liba Vaynberg charts the journey of six friends as they grow up and out of the orthodoxy. This is a play about girls, gods, mothers, and others creators, for anyone and everyone who doesn't always know what to believe in. - [Angry Fags | Aug 7-24, '25](https://theaterlabnyc.com/angry-fags/) - TLAB SHARES HOSTS Angry Fags Written by : Topher Payne Directed by : Camron Alexander Scenic Designer : Elena Vannoni Lighting & Sound Design : Imani Denson-Pittman Costume Design : Kyle Velazquez Cast : Ryan Kiernan as Bennett | Chevy Ka'eo Martinez as Cooper | Cameran Hebb as Allison Haines | Matthew Thomas Scott as Adam | Haley Sakamoto as Kimberly | Shauna - [Testu Collective | Aug 7-9, '25](https://theaterlabnyc.com/listening-to-the-ether-1/) - Theaterlab Presents Listening to the Ether a sound installation and performance by TESTU COLLECTIVE with MIKE ROMEO About Testu Collective’s “Listening to the Ether” sound installation is a continuation into their research on electromagnetic phenomena. This installation will include two interactive sound art pieces and a live performance with @michaelpromeo on Aug 9th closing - [Yoko Murakami | Aug 31, '25](https://theaterlabnyc.com/yoko-murakami-point-blac/) - Theaterlab presents Point (!blac) with artist- in-residence Yoko Murakami and guest artist Fernando Molina. - [The Two-Character Play | Sept 17-18, '25](https://theaterlabnyc.com/the-two-character-play/) - Playhouse Creatures Theater Company in assiciation with Well Played Artistic Collective and Moon Lake Productions presents the critically acclaimed Tennessee Williams' THE TWO-CHARACTER PLAY. Directed by Anthony Biggs, featuring Irene Glezos and Joseph W. Rodriguez. This presentation is a part of a multi-venue, multi-city series presentation of THE TWO-CHARACTER PLAY. The production begins at Theaterlab on 9/17 and 9/18 and culminates in 6 showings at the Provincetown Tennessee Williams' Theater Festival 9/25 thru 9/28. - [Brilliant Traces | December 8-10, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/brilliant-traces-december-8-10-2023/) - Brilliant Traces by Cindy Lou Johnson is about the unlikely meeting of two stranded individuals, one stranded by nature and one by pattern, and their time spent together in the middle of an Alaskan blizzard. - [Suddenly Delay, After Shockwave Delay Vol. 1 | October 12, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/suddenly-delay-after-shockwave-delay-vol-1-october-12-2023/) - [THE SECOND COMING OF JOAN OF ARC | May 12, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/the-second-coming-of-joan-of-arc-may-12-2024/) - Giovanna returns to share her story with contemporary women, unmasking through documents the misogyny of the male leaders of the Church, State and Army. A teenager fleeing from a violent and alcoholic father, from a destiny of wife and mother, which had already marked her mother and sister. Giovanna dies for the right to wear men’s [...] - [Uncut Territory | August 16, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/uncut-territory-august-16-2024/) - UNCUT TERRITORY presented by DUO BEAL/SCHOENFELD is an exploration of the double bass featuring three newly composed pieces by Adrienne Schoenfeld & Jack Beal. The program showcases the versatility of the double bass, delving into the rich sounds and history of the instrument through a dynamic repertoire which spans centuries of musical practice. The duo reimagines folk music as well as [...] - [The Smoking Section - November 3, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/the-smoking-section-november-3-2024/) - As part of the Mothers Myths Monsters residency, the Stefanie Nelson Dancegroup delves into themes of identity, memory, and transformation in a piece inspired by Massimo Bontempelli’s 1925 play Nostra Dea. The character Dea, with her fluid and ever-evolving identity, exists in a constant [...] - [GF&CO - Love In Space-Time](https://theaterlabnyc.com/gfco/) - [Nina | January 23 - February 9, 2025](https://theaterlabnyc.com/nina-january-23-february-9-2025/) - Dressing Room Productions & Theaterlab Present: Nina Written by Forrest MalloyDirected by Katie BirenboimFeaturing Francesca Carpanini, Nina Grollman, Jasminn Johnson, Aigner Mizzelle, and Katherine Reis Nina, a new play by two-time O’Neill semi-finalist Forrest Malloy, invites audiences into the women’s dressing room at a prestigious New York City conservatory. It centers on five young […] - [DODO](https://theaterlabnyc.com/dodo/) - Devised by DODO and written by Joshua Conkel, Trenches is an experimental comedy that explores the nature of grief and how it is exploited by those seeking power. It is a gonzo gothic period piece. A pastiche that plays with the hilarious, painstaking mourning practices of the Victorian era, mixed with the spiritualist movement, young - [Out of Memory | December 9, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/out-of-memory-december-9-2024/) - As part of the Mothers Myths Monsters residency, the Stefanie Nelson Dancegroup delves into themes of identity, memory, and transformation in a piece inspired by Massimo Bontempelli’s 1925 play Nostra Dea. The character Dea, with her fluid and ever-evolving identity, exists in a constant [...] - [The Postpoetic Machine | November 4-10, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/the-postpoetic-machine/) - An immersive show by Venezuelan artist Maria Fernanda (Mafe) Izaguirre in collaboration with guest artists Enrique Enriquez, Yoko Murakami, and Peter Sciscioli. - [ON THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF TOBACCO AND OTHER SUBSTANCES | February 16-17, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/on-the-harmful-effects-of-tobacco-and-other-substances-february-16-17-2024/) - Over the course of his life, Anton Chekhov wrote over 500 short stories, a highly debated number of plays (14? 16? More?), and countless lovely and strange letters. Considered by many to be one of the greatest writers of all time and credited a [...] - [MINIFEST 2025 | February 13, 2025](https://theaterlabnyc.com/minifest2025/) - MINIFEST returns this year with a dazzling lineup of performances celebrating the miniature, all things tiny but exceptional, and transformative power of art. - [Telemachus: Books I-IV of Homer's Odyssey | January 3 - 13, 2025](https://theaterlabnyc.com/telemachus-books-i-iv-of-homers-odyssey-january-3-13-2025/) - Joseph Medeiros returns in this 6-hour presentation of the four books of Homer's Odyssey in ancient Greek, experimenting with the project's endurance aspect. - [Point (in Time) | May 17 & 25, 2025](https://theaterlabnyc.com/point-in-time-i-may-17-25-2025/) - A free 2-day movement workshop with multimedia artist & dancer Yoko Murakami, blending image, body, and space. Accompanied by live music & an informal showing. - [At Your Scent | July 12 & 13, 2025](https://theaterlabnyc.com/at-your-scent/) - Primordial Sadness is a new dance theater work by Madeline Wilcox, developed over a year-long experimental process. The piece meditates on the space between what is felt and what is expected. It is an evocative excavation of grief, femininity, identity, and the unsocialized body. Dreamlike and intuitive, it invites us into a porous space of reflection, where physical expression becomes a portal to what we feel but rarely name [...] - [antigonē: a play against birth | July 17-19, 2025](https://theaterlabnyc.com/antigone-a-play-against-birth-june-17-19/) - TLAB SHARES HOSTS: Theatre of the Bacchant antigonē: a play against birth Written by : Sophocles Translator/Dramaturg: Lane St. Sebastian Directed by : Kaila Tacazon Stage Manager/Co-Producer : m cantu Co-Producer/Assistant Director : Linoï Chemla Scenic Designer : Trey Blevins Sound Designer : Micah Carlsen Cast : Myah Belle Durham | Laisa Garcia | Christopher D. Regent | - [Sit For Me | August 23 - 24, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/sit-for-me-august-23-24-2024/) - Forced to confront his legacy, Richard, a sickly millionaire, decides he would like to make something more than money for once: he wants to make something beautiful. He calls up Cosmia, the elusive sex worker who ignited passion in his heart ten years ago. Still reeling from the pain of their separation, Cosmia resists the idea of serving as Richard’s muse. Meanwhile, Richard’s wife, Susan [...] - [Mothers Myths Monsters: Creating DEA | September 20 - 22, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/mothers-myths-monsters-creating-dea-september-20-22-2024/) - As part of the Mothers Myths Monsters residency, the Stefanie Nelson Dancegroup delves into themes of identity, memory, and transformation in a piece inspired by Massimo Bontempelli’s 1925 play Nostra Dea. The character Dea, with her fluid and ever-evolving identity, exists in a constant [...] - [Yoshiko Chuma: My Dinner with Morgan at Remedy Diner: Chapter 2 | January 9, 2025](https://theaterlabnyc.com/yoshiko-chuma-my-dinner-with-morgan-at-remedy-diner-chapter-2-january-9-2025/) - Yoshiko Chuma and The School of Hard Knocks pay a moving tribute to the late Morgan Jenness, a beloved mentor, and champion of countless playwrights.. - [Earth to Venus | August 30-September 8, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/earth-to-venus-august-30-september-8-2024/) - At Venus Villas, a women-only mental health clinic as a documentary project is sprung on the patients out of the blue, initial hesitations dissolve as the project brings forth a transformative sense of community and trust among patients. When the director’s hidden agenda surfaces, things take a dark, morally ambiguous turn. “Earth to Venus” [...] - [The Fundamentalist | March 13 - March 16, 2025](https://theaterlabnyc.com/the-fundamentalist-march-13-march-16-2025/) - The Nordic Drama Award-winning two-character drama about fundamentalist beliefs that compels us to reflect on our values, faith, and humanity. - [Reclamation: Beyond The Veil | March 21-22, 2025](https://theaterlabnyc.com/reclamation-beyond-the-veil/) - "Reclamation: Beyond the Veil" is a powerful, ensemble-driven performance exploring Black identity, liberation, and joy through movement, music, & storytelling. - [Banya | October 3-12, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/banya-october-3-6-2024/) - In Gracie Gardner's (Athena, I'm Revolting, Pussy Sludge) new play "Banya", two strangers, Brian and Darlene, confrotn their darkest secrets during a revealing sauna session, blending dark humor and poignant reflections to explore shame, fear, millenial despair, and the search for genuine connection. Gracie Gardner (Playwright) is an American playwright. Her play Pussy Sludge was selected [...] - [Dutch Masters | May 22 - 25, 2025](https://theaterlabnyc.com/dutch-masters-i-may-22-24-2025/) - If you smoke a blunt with a stranger you met on the D train, what’s the worst that can happen? DUTCH MASTERS is Greg Keller’s two-actor drama about race, class, and the parallel lives of the humans of New York City [...] - [Primordial Sadness | June 27 & 28, 2025](https://theaterlabnyc.com/primordial-sadness-june-27-28-2025/) - Primordial Sadness is a new dance theater work by Madeline Wilcox, developed over a year-long experimental process. The piece meditates on the space between what is felt and what is expected. It is an evocative excavation of grief, femininity, identity, and the unsocialized body. Dreamlike and intuitive, it invites us into a porous space of reflection, where physical expression becomes a portal to what we feel but rarely name [...] - [Mother of All Choices | November 1-2, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/mother-of-all-choices-november-1st-2nd-2024/) - Playwright Romy Nordlinger's exploration of motherhood, women's rights, and societal norms through conversations featuring women from different backgrounds. - [Celebrate the Artist | Selim Harbi | June 07, 2025](https://theaterlabnyc.com/celebrate-the-artist-selim-harbi/) - Celebrate the Artist one of Theaterlab’s oldest and most valued programs, in which we celebrate international artists and introduce them to New York City's artistic community. Please join us as we celebrate SELIM HARBI and his Documentary VR work - AFROROUTES [...] - [AARON | May 29 - June 1, 2025](https://theaterlabnyc.com/aaron-i-may-29-june-1-2025/) - "AARON" delves into the story of Harold Cohen, an artist wrestling with his groundbreaking creation — AARON — and Sally Baker, a journalist whose encounter with Cohen and AARON leads her on a journey of rediscovery and confrontation [...] - [(No) Refunds | May 22 - 24, 2025](https://theaterlabnyc.com/no-refunds-may-22-24-2025/) - (No) Refunds is an interactive gameshow play hosted by the only occasionally maniacal Tiffany Gold who quite literally depends on your entertainment. - [Amara Sapienza | May 15, 2025](https://theaterlabnyc.com/amara-sapenzia-i-may-15-2025/) - A performance that explores the work and life of Italian writer and actress Goliarda Sapienza starting from the mother-daughter relationship. The scene is a paper corridor inhabited by two women: while one performer embodies real and fictitious figures from the Sicilian author’s universe, the other transcribes Sapienza’s poem To my mother by hand [...] - [Rock Bottom, Bottoms Up | May 20 - 21, 2025](https://theaterlabnyc.com/rock-bottom-bottoms-up-i-may-20-21-2025/) - Rock Bottom, Bottoms Up is an evening of scenes from new works in development by three emerging female playwrights, alongside one piece by Martyna Majok. Whether women meeting over a grotesque and taboo addiction, couples determining their futures, or close friends debating the value of being alive, all scenes circle themes of survival, recovery, and resilience—in the many forms they take [...] - [Mothers Myths Monsters | June 21 & 22, 2019](https://theaterlabnyc.com/mothers-myths-monsters-2019/) - Show Dates: June 21 & 22, 2019 Starring: Louisa Willis, Bryn Hlava, Ogemdi Ude, Glenna Yu and Raven Taisce White Curator Raven Taisce White (BIRDHOUSE: Hot Winter, i see the sun on your back – Theaterlab Gallery 2018) brings together a collection of artists presenting a variety of Mothers Myths Monsters miniatures. “Mothers. Myths. Monsters. Three loaded words, three fraught histories, - [Witch Christmas! | December 21-23, 2018](https://theaterlabnyc.com/witch-christmas/) - Theaterlab's Presents:Making Light Presents: Witch Christmas! Written & Directed by Sharon Fogarty Starring real live children! Recommended for kids from one to ninety-two, this one-act musical is perfect for releasing holiday stress and embracing holiday joy. Written and directed by Sharon Fogarty, a frequent co-producer at Theaterlab, Sharon’s company, Making Light recently celebrated its 30th - [This Might Be The End | August 9 – 18, 2018](https://theaterlabnyc.com/this-might-be-the-end/) - [Not for Picking | June 15 – 17, 2018](https://theaterlabnyc.com/not-for-picking/) - [Hot Winter | March 30 – April 1, 2018](https://theaterlabnyc.com/hot-winter/) - [A Held Posture | January 5 – 7, 2018](https://theaterlabnyc.com/a-held-posture/) - [A My Name is...](https://theaterlabnyc.com/my-name-is/) - Theaterlab presents the Stefanie Nelson Dancegroup production ofA MY NAME ISChoreographed by Stefanie NelsonDecember 7 – 10, 2017Choreographer Stefanie Nelson presents the NYC premiere of her work A MY NAME IS…, an exploration of memory and forgetting inspired by the choreographer’s personal encounter with a family member’s dementia. Employing a cast of four dancers and a multidisciplinary team of - [Sunset Park | October 27-31, 2017](https://theaterlabnyc.com/sunset-park/) - [Let me Cook for You | October 13 – December 10, 2017](https://theaterlabnyc.com/let-me-cook-for-you/) - [CARTHAGE/CARTAGENA](https://theaterlabnyc.com/carthage-cartagena/) - [Finding Fellini](https://theaterlabnyc.com/finding-fellini/) - [Remains](https://theaterlabnyc.com/remains/) - [Such Nice Shoes](https://theaterlabnyc.com/such-nice-shoes/) - [Wild Child in the City](https://theaterlabnyc.com/wild-child-in-the-city/) - [The Inflatable Salon | February 14th, 2016](https://theaterlabnyc.com/inflatable-salon/) - Theaterlab presentsTHE INFLATABLE SALONFeaturing Nicole Renaud + Yuri LemeshevValentine’s Day concertFebruary 14, 2016 at 5pm The Inflatable Salon is an ephemeral traveling salon. Whether in a loft, a private house, or a garden, inflatable chairs and sofas are blown up for the event, creating comfort and intimacy that is conducive to good listening and pleasant - [Wildwood Flowers | September 2015](https://theaterlabnyc.com/wildwood-flowers/) - [Three Sisters Come and Go | May 2010](https://theaterlabnyc.com/three-sisters-come-and-go/) - [True Believer | April 17– May 9, 2015](https://theaterlabnyc.com/true-believer/) - [Orpheus & Eurydice | July 16 – 20, 2015](https://theaterlabnyc.com/orpheus-eurydice/) - [Snow in the Living Room | November 6-23, 2014](https://theaterlabnyc.com/snow-in-the-living-room/) - Theaterlab presentsSNOW IN THE LIVING ROOMWritten & Directed by Orietta CrispinoIn Snow in the Living Room, Orietta Crispino presents a visually striking and poetically sensual distillation of the classic Snow White fairy tale. Inert in her crystal coffin, Bianca finds that her liberation will never come from a redeemer outside herself; instead, she must acknowledge her - [Celebrate the Artist | Doletzki, Izaguirre, Merlo | February 20, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/celebrate-the-artist-february-20-2024/) - Celebrate the Artist is one of Theaterlab’s oldest and most valued programs, in which we celebrate international artists and introduce them to New York audiences by presenting workshops, performances, and, most importantly, a Theaterlab-style wine and snacks reception. The program aims to connect visiting international artists in transit with [...] - [The Floating Tree - from poetry to stage | October 27,  2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/the-floating-tree-from-poetry-to-stage-october-27-2024/) - As part of the Mothers Myths Monsters residency, the Stefanie Nelson Dancegroup delves into themes of identity, memory, and transformation in a piece inspired by Massimo Bontempelli’s 1925 play Nostra Dea. The character Dea, with her fluid and ever-evolving identity, exists in a constant [...] - [Controlled Chaotic -- 5 | November 15th, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/controlled-chaotic-5-november-15th-2024-2/) - MOTHER OF ALL CHOICES takes an uncompromising look at the traditional view of mothering and the internal & external forces that shape one of the most polarizing and important decisions in a woman’s life – whether to give birth. - [EXHUMED: Scenes of Revelation and Revival | November 21 - November 25, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/exhumed-scenes-of-revelation-and-revival-november-21-november-25-2024/) - As part of the Mothers Myths Monsters residency, the Stefanie Nelson Dancegroup delves into themes of identity, memory, and transformation in a piece inspired by Massimo Bontempelli’s 1925 play Nostra Dea. The character Dea, with her fluid and ever-evolving identity, exists in a constant [...] - [Tender Napalm | November 27 - December 16, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/tender-napalm-nov-27-dec-16-2024/) - As part of the Mothers Myths Monsters residency, the Stefanie Nelson Dancegroup delves into themes of identity, memory, and transformation in a piece inspired by Massimo Bontempelli’s 1925 play Nostra Dea. The character Dea, with her fluid and ever-evolving identity, exists in a constant [...] - [A Night of Unstageable Works | May 17, 2025](https://theaterlabnyc.com/a-night-of-unstageable-works-i-may-17-2025/) - In the third installment of their annual theater cabaret, Lighthouse Ladies presents "A Night of Unstageable Works": eight new performances that bring non-theatrical texts under the spotlight. Paintings, poems, historical documents, social media posts—you name it, we stage it! [...] - [This Beautiful Blue | May 16 & 17, 2025](https://theaterlabnyc.com/this-beautiful-blue-i-may-16-17-2025/) - Inspired by Samantha Hunt’s “The Seas”, THIS BEAUTIFUL BLUE is a devised exploration of sublimation, grief, and the intricate rhythms of family mourning. A father walks into the sea; a young girl falls in love with a sailor; a soldier comes home from the war. In a world of water, these characters find themselves entangled in the myths of the sea, learning to heal, learning to love– learning to tell their story. - [Healing Mined | April 24-27, 2025](https://theaterlabnyc.com/healing-mined-april-24-27-2025/) - A magical realism journey through grief and mental illness, ultimately shining as a hopeful story of resilience, love, and the unbreakable bonds of family. - [The Voices Inside Festival | April 2-6, 2025](https://theaterlabnyc.com/the-voices-inside-festival-april-2-6-2025/) - Director Lita Lofton and Social Club Thtr masterfully reimagine Anton Chekhov's hidden gems in a production featuring an all-Black cast. - [wyrd | March 10, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/wyrd-march-10-2023/) - This workshop will make use of interactive projections to enliven the play’s witchcraft through theatrical innovation, weaving together a world of ethereal power dynamics between the sisters and whatever force binds them, between humans and technology, between text and audience. - [MINIFEST | October 8, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/minifest-october-8-2023/) - Theaterlab’s signature festival returns to celebrate the miniature in every form. This year, we’re curating a whimsical lineup of artists to explore magic, illusion, and moments of transformation. Featuring a marionette puppeteer, a opera singer-turned-magician, a poetic and visual generation machine, a transformative ghost lecture, a private mirror installation for one, digital / physical mapping performance, an interactive sculpture, and much more, all culminating in a audience participatory wish making ceremony, this festival will explore the magic of the unknown, the curious, and the remarkable. - [Donald Barthelme Humors You | April 10-13, 2025](https://theaterlabnyc.com/donald-barthelme-humors-you-april-10-13-2025/) - Donald Barthelme’s subversive, hilarious, and absurdist short stories come to life in this stage adaptation, devised and directed by Olivia Facini. - [Guanahani | May 8-11, 2025](https://theaterlabnyc.com/guanahani-may-8-11-2025/) - Influenced by West Indian folklore and tales of the African Diaspora, it’s a play about one woman’s journey chock-full of unlikely allies, magic, & heartbreak. - [The Odyssey: Book IV in Ancient Greek | September 13-15, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/the-odyssey-book-iv-in-ancient-greek-september-13-15-2024/) - Theaterlab Presents Joseph Medeiros in The Odyssey book 4: a queen in waiting as part of The Gallery Series. Joseph is memorizing Homer’s Odyssey in the original Ancient Greek and creating solo performances of individual books with the ultimate aim of performing the entire poem as a large-scale, 24-hour solo performance. - [The Odyssey : Book III in Ancient Greek | September 16-17, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/the-odyssey-book-iii-in-ancient-greek-september-16-17-2023/) - Joseph is memorizing Homer’s Odyssey in the original Ancient Greek and creating solo performances of individual books with the ultimate aim of performing the entire poem as a large-scale, 24-hour solo performance. He presents the text without simultaneous English translation, encouraging the audience to trust their intuition and fall into [...] - [Chasing the Tides, or Exposure | December 9-18, 2022](https://theaterlabnyc.com/chasing-the-tides-or-exposure-december-9-18-2022/) - Theaterlab's Gallery Series Presents: A Blessed Unrest Production Chasing the Tides, or Exposure Written and performed by Matilda Woods Directed by Jessica Burr December 9 - 18 Performances: Dec 9, 10, 15, 16, and 17 at 7:30 pm Dec 18 at 5:00 pm Tickets $12 - $25 – buy HERE In this - [Talking with Angels: Budapest, 1943 | March 6-30, 2025](https://theaterlabnyc.com/talking-with-angels-budapest-1943-march-6-30-2025/) - A new production of the acclaimed one-woman show by Shelley Mitchell, adapted from the book "Talking with Angels" by Gitta Mallasz. - [Baby | Nov 5-Dec 12, 2021](https://theaterlabnyc.com/baby/) - TLAB hosts BABY an Out of the Box Theatrics production November 5 - December 12, 2021 Tickets HERE With a book by Sybille Pearson, music by David Shire, and lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr., Baby follows three couples on a university campus dealing with the universal experience of pregnancy and parenthood. Aligned with Out of the Box Theatrics’ mission of uplifting the voices of - [The Employees | June 13-30, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/the-employees-june-13-30-2024/) - It’s the 22nd century and the human and humanoid crew on board the Six-Thousand ship are on a mission in search of a new home. When the ship takes on a number of strange objects from the planet New Discovery, the crew becomes strangely and deeply attached to them, even as tensions boil toward mutiny. An intimate and immersive performance in Theaterlab’s gallery space based on the critically [...] - [Solar Slash | April 23, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/solar-slash-april-23-2024/) - A night of sound//poetry//performance experiments. Solar Slash is an event series of multimedia arts including poetry , performance, experimental music, and sound, visual art and video occurring ever other month. Solar Slash exists with the goal of cultivating mixed bills and arts that are often separated from each other, mixed together for a night of interdisciplinary creativity! - [A dream of singing birds, flying dogs and a lonely wolf | March 15-16, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/a-dream-of-singing-birds-flying-dogs-and-a-lonely-wolf/) - The exhibition invites you to immerse yourself in an interplay of cross-disciplinary works. The exhibition sheds light on different animals in the city space and makes a statement that life is not possible without animals. Biodiversity and the preservation of animal habitats are also essential [...] - [Haptic Drift | March 9, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/haptic-drift-march-9-2024/) - For the third iteration of the Haptic Drift series at Theaterlab, Testu Collective has created a physical, action-based score. Eternal Oyster’s movement will activate the graphic sculpture as musicians Matt Evans, MA, Testu, and Santos interpret it through experimental sound techniques, voice, and amplified sound objects.Testu Collective will be drawing on concepts from Fluxus graphic and [...] - [Haptic Drift | March 4, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/haptic-drift-march-4-2023/) - Theaterlab Presents Haptic Drift, curated by Testu Collective [Dan Tesene & Serena Stucke]. This series of intermedia performances focuses on multi-modal perception and exploration of the senses. Haptic Drift is part of Theaterlab’s Spring Season 2023 Rules Of Engagement, which will present a group of work that explores the many forms of relationship between artists and audiences in the post-pandemic world. - [Haptic Drift x Public Visuals | August 25-26, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/haptic-drift-x-public-visuals-august-25-26-2023/) - Theaterlab Presents Haptic Drift x Public Visual, two evenings of live sonic and visual explorations curated by Testu Collective and Toru Izumida. Each night, a different lineup of international artists from Japan, South & North America will create sound and visuals live, using technologies that allow the digital and the organic to coexist. Generative code art, modular synth music, live field recordings and led animation machines are among the unique modes of technology used by each artist to explore patterns in nature, organic lifeforms, physics and brainwaves. - [The Red Light Zones | October 23, 2022](https://theaterlabnyc.com/the-red-light-zones-october-23-2022/) - Tlab Shares Presents: The Red Light Zones Written and performed by Anne D’Innocenzio Directed by Christine R. Miller October 23rd, 2pm Tickets $20– buy HERE. A portion of all proceeds will be donated to the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation. The Red Light Zones is an autobiographical solo show that follows a naively innocent girl from - [Time and Evidence | June 22](https://theaterlabnyc.com/time-and-experience-june-22/) - The purpose of this performance is to re-recognize the essence of painting using sound and video, or to redefine painting. In this work, I am for a non-traditional approach to painting. This work pursues a new way of “completion” in painting production. In general, when viewing a painting, the viewer seems to make some judgement about the work based on his or her feelings and feelings at the [...] - [Loneliness Was A Pandemic | November 1st - 24, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/loneliness-was-a-pandemic-november-1-24-2024/) - Join us for the World Premiere 21-performance-run of this profoundly intimate new science fiction drama by Olivia Haller ([subtext] at 2024 American Pavilion at Cannes) that merges theatre and film to share the story of an isolated, imprisoned artist yearning for human connection in a robot-controlled-dystopia. Robots have finally advanced [...] - [The Playwrights Realm's Beyond The Realm Festival | October 23-26, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/2024_beyont_the_realm_festival/) - Tlab Shares hosts The Playwrights Realm presents Beyond The Realm Festival 2024 Featuring plays by L M Feldman, Aurora Real de Asua, andJ ordan Ramirez Puckett FREE. More info and RSVP HERE Beyond The Realm is back! 💫 In the second edition of this festival, running September 26 to October 26, The Playwrights Realm is - [You Must Wear A Hat | October 10-12, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/you-must-wear-a-hat-october-10-12-2024/) - Tuesday and Weeks make hats on the Great Barrier Reef waiting for the world to end. The Interstitial presents C. “Meaks” Meaker’s You Must Wear a Hat, a play about finding connection after climate collapse…while making hats. The Interstitial is a producing partnership between Erica Wray and Morgan Grambo dedicated to amplifying exciting new [...] - [Magdalena](https://theaterlabnyc.com/magdalena/) - Theaterlab presentsMAGDALENAWritten & performed by Gabri ChristaDirected by Erwin MaasSeptember 12 – 22, 2018 MAGDALENA is an intimate multimedia solo performance by the award-winning filmmaker and a Guggenheim Fellow Gabri Christa. This work is a deeply personal account of experiencing Christa’s Dutch mother’s dementia, and an effort to piece together her past, marked by struggles with war, - [The Seagull | September 5-8, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/the-seagull-september-5-8-2024/) - A Very Good Theater Company’s production of The Seagull explores the brutality, the destruction, and the over-complication of what art and creating art can be. Want to take a peek into the brain of a tortured artist? Out VIP TICKETS allow you to join an exclusive showing on Konstantin’s play before the performance beings. ONLY VIP ticket [...] - [Edges of a Sphere | July 7, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/edges-of-a-sphere-july-7-2024/) - Experience an evening of ‘controlled chaos’ with improvised experimental electroacoustic music. Solo, duo, and trio sets will explore the fusion of voice, double bass, keys and electronics, creating dynamic and mesmerizing soundscapes that push the boundaries of sonic art. - [The Game of Love and Chance | July 18-21, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/the-game-of-love-and-chance-july-18-21-2024/) - In this queer retelling of Marivaux’s classic farce, The Game of Love and Chance, an eligible Upper East Side Heiress half-heartedly submits to her mother’s plan that she should meet a match worthy of marriage. But when our heiress chooses to disguise herself as her own Au Pair—and the Au Pair as the heiress herself—to better study her [...] - [The Invisible Lady | June 7-9, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/the-invisible-lady-june-7-9-2024/) - The Invisible Woman is a dramaturgical lecture on the ways we do (and don’t) see women in magic. Jolene Noelle is a Dramaturg, Theaterlab’s former Program Director, and a Believer in Magic. She uses her dramatugical toolbox to examine small stories inside theatrical texts and big stories told by our institutions that shape our collective artistic history. She has worked at theaters in [...] - [Cowboy Mouth | April 25-28, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/cowboy-mouth-april-25-28-2024/) - She kidnapped him, stole his days, and turned his mind inside out for years. In a one-bedroom apartment which reeks of lust, shame, sweat, and rock-n-roll, Slim and Cavale live a million lives. From the words of Sam Shepard and Patti Smith comes “Cowboy Mouth”, a poetic brawl which tip-toes the line between love and hate and traces the homemade heartbeat of two dreamers who would give their [...] - [Heisenberg | April 16-18 & May 28-30, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/heisenberg-april-16-may-30-2024/) - Amidst the bustle of a crowded London train station, Georgie spots Alex, a much older man, and plants a kiss on his neck. This electric encounter thrusts these two strangers into a fascinating and life-changing game. Simon Stephens’ sharply original HEISENBERG blazes with theatrical life. Simon Stephens’ sharply original HEISENBERG blazes [...] - [Push Party | June 7-23, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/push-party-june-7-23-2024/) - Nia Akilah Robinson’s Push Party is a lively ensemble comedy about six Black women trying to uphold fifteen years of friendship at a post-birthing party in Harlem. All Lelo wants is for this event to go smoothly, but tensions among the group rise and then explode when an unhoused person lands in the community room. Inspired by Black women’s stories of birth and motherhood and by the joys [...] - [A Groundbreaking Achievement of Outrageous Importance That People Scroll By, Barely Impacted | May 10-June 2, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/a-groundbreaking-achievement-of-outrageous-importance-that-people-scroll-by-barely-impacted-may-10-june-2-2024/) - Artificial intelligence has arrived and Brooklyn University students are using it to cheat in confounding and futuristically troubling ways. The Assistant Dean is begging The Executive Dean to provide guidance, but how can direction be given [...] - [LIKE A LITTLE GRAIN OF SAND | May 6, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/like-a-little-grain-of-sand-may-6-2024/) - Giuseppe Gulotta. The story of an innocent man. At the age of 18, Giuseppe Gulotta underwent a harrowing ordeal, being subjected to torture and coerced into confessing to the murder of two carabinieri in a small barracks in Alcamo. This heinous crime conceals an unspeakable mystery, involving statesmen entangled with neo-fascist groups [...] - [LEELA: Touching Our Better Selves | May 2-5, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/leela-touching-our-better-selves-may-2nd-5th-2024/) - Drawing from classical sonnets, narrative poetry, stand-up comedy, and gritty townie storytelling, LEELA: Touching Our Better Selves weaves a dimensionally rich transformative journey. Themes of mercy, stillness, lust, and power are engaged. The 75-minute solo show will warm your heart and challenge the depths of the chaos that we all deal [...] - [KINETIC MIRRORS PORTRAITS AND BEYOND Vol. 3 | April 25, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/kinetic-mirrors-portraits-and-beyond-vol-3-april-25-2024/) - Movement of performers onstage or in any given space, informal or formal, is interconnected with aural and visual aspects of the space and events, which have happened at that location. There is no division of time and space. We add music, film, dance, theater and combine elements to create [...] - [things to come | March 16, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/things-to-come-march-16-2023/) - Theaterlab Presents THINGS TO COME, a new bi-monthly series bringing the emergent energy of underground performance to Theaterlab’s iconic gallery space in the Garment District. Curator Jack Meriwether is inviting an eclectic roster of performers, writers, and artists together for a salon-style, communal gathering of multidisciplinary, multigenerational experimentation. The goal is to create a space for generating ideas, connections, and social abundance. - [Bulletproof Unicorn | March 24, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/bulletproof-unicorn-march-24-2023/) - TLab Shares Hosts Bulletproof Unicorn is a dark comedy from this ray of sunshine about drunks, guns, and God in America. Texas, July 2021. Armed with nothing but unicorn magic, Stacie Burrows tries to save her kids from her dysfunctional family, a murderous drunk brother, and far too many dead dogs in this one-hour solo dark comedy based on true events. - [things to come | May 18, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/things-to-come-may-18-2023/) - Theaterlab Presents the bi-monthly performance series “THINGS TO COME” returning to the Garment District theater for a second volume on May 18. Curator Jack Meriwether continues their vision of bringing together emerging and established voices in the New York performance world for an evening of experimentation, community, and play. The series is excited to invite the poets Ariana Reines (A Sand Book, Tin House)and Wo Chan (Togetherness, Nightboat), music duo DAYS (Ethan Philbrick on cello and Ned Riseley on vocals), dance artist Tess Dworman, and conceptual artist Yoshiko Chuma to Theaterlab’s iconic Gallery Space. - [things to come | July 13, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/things-to-come-july-13-2023/) - Theaterlab Presents the bi-monthly performance series “THINGS TO COME” returning to the Garment District for a third installment on July 13. Curator Jack Meriwether continues their vision of bringing together emerging and established voices in the New York performance world for an evening of experimentation, community, and play. The series is excited to invite the choreographer Sharleen Chidiac (co-founder, Pageant), poet The Friend (The Late Parade, Liveright), performer Ruby McCollister, and harpist Samantha Feliciano to Theaterlab’s iconic Gallery Space. - [White Rabbit Red Rabbit | March 13, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/white-rabbit-red-rabbit-march-13-2023/) - Will you participate? Will you be manipulated? Will you listen? Will you really listen? With no rehearsals, no director, a different actor each night, and a script waiting in a sealed envelope on stage, internationally acclaimed White Rabbit Red Rabbit, by Iranian writer Nassim Soleimanpour, is an audacious theatrical experiment and a potent reminder of the transgressive and transformative power of theater. - [My Name is Jennifer | February 3-6, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/my-name-is-jennifer-feb-3-4-5-6-2023/) - My Name Is Jennifer is a durational meditation on queer grief and ancestry. Inspired by the visual art and texts of David Wojnarowicz, the music of Arthur Russell, and an episode of MacGyver written by his AIDS-infected uncle in the 90s, Noah Crandell and team deconstruct the relationship between queerness and ephemerality in connection to the AIDS epidemic. - [Works In Progress | April 12, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/works-in-progress-april-12-2024/) - A martini glass. An emergency. A doll. The spines for three separate works on precarity and possibility. Works-In-Progress at Theaterlab features pieces by Noah Crandell, Jack Meriwether, and Sacha Vega. Crafting across dance, experimental theater, and performance writ large, these artists are each exploring mirages of familiarity and creative reckonings. This event is an opportunity to [...] - [Riven | March 29-30, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/riven-march-29-30-2024/) - Riven is a play about Melina and Alessandra, two women from the global south working at a waste picking cooperative – a place where recycled materials are sorted and people are rescued from neglect. Based on interviews conducted with over 35 Brazilian waste pickers, Riven is set to investigate the intersection between environmental justice, thematics of accumulation of waste, and [...] - [Solar Slash | March 25, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/solar-slash-march-25-2024/) - A night of sound//poetry//performance experiments. Solar Slash is an event series of multimedia arts including poetry , performance, experimental music, and sound, visual art and video occurring ever other month. Solar Slash exists with the goal of cultivating mixed bills and arts that are often separated from each other, mixed together for a night of interdisciplinary creativity! - [Before The Drugs Kick In | March 15-30, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/before-the-drugs-kick-in/) - A 62-year-old woman in an insane asylum closes her eyes and becomes a 28-year-old stand-up comedian with everyone in the audience being part of her imagination. Inspired by personal experience, Christopher Nolan films, Netflix’s Russian Doll and HBO’s Hacks, Before The Drugs Kick In is an intimate blend of stand-up, theatre and time travel [...] - [Hope Salas & Smashworks Dance](https://theaterlabnyc.com/hope-salas-smashworks-dance/) - In collaboration with Justin Cimino (Director, Founder & Artistic Director of Pigeonholed Theater) HOPE SALAS & SMASHWORKS DANCE devised a work highlighting the contributions of the female clowns/performers of the silent era. Inspired by James Thiérrée, Pina Bausch & Bill Irwin, Hope Salas Productions & Smashworks Dance Co. intend to intersect the control and form of the dancer; the [...] - [The Earl of Lear | May 27, 2022](https://theaterlabnyc.com/the-earl-of-lear/) - The Earl of Lear explores the theatricality of the Elizabethan soliloquy as an internal truth/honesty with the audience and the intimacy between audience and performer which is even harder to achieve in real life between parents and children, and the effect on these internal struggles on the legacies and the cyclical nature of the fortunes of parents and children and the significance of [...] - [Motif | January 22, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/motif-january-22-2023/) - Motif is an experience focusing on real-time interaction and art making among people gathered in a common space. Up to four people use interface devices to create a shared audiovisual palette and craft a custom piece, each composition entirely unique to the individuals crafting it. The work explores art-making as a means of communicating between strangers and family alike, while delving [...] - [The Ruins of Achelach](https://theaterlabnyc.com/the-ruins-of-achelach/) - Michelle Levy summons the serendipitous elements that brought her to this moment: a déja vu in a field; a religious craving; an overlooked report card that is very, very old; a letter drafted from the sky; a grandmother’s cryptic message; a scotch sour; Poland; and possibly, falafel. Performed at the intersection of premonition, research and reanimation, Ruins of Achelach shares a [...] - [The Audit](https://theaterlabnyc.com/gallery-series/) - The Audit explores the personal narratives implied by digital data, taking the intangible records of our technological lives and making it an urgent, public event. This solo performance takes a bold leap into a future in which nothing is left to the imagination and everything can be quantified. - [Nanci](https://theaterlabnyc.com/sample-post-2/) - Nanci left and never came back. An investigation of an investigation — a real-life, real-time dig into the remnants of a life. - [Prowling The Abyss](https://theaterlabnyc.com/prowling-the-abyss/) - In Prowling the Abyss, the creator and solo performer Karen Anne Light becomes Medusa – a modern incarnation of a mythical creature – who hosts an evening of comedy. Her show falls apart as the guests appear and bring with them traumas and dreams: Butter Sandwich strains to share poetic insights about love but needs subtitles because she can’t get off of the floor. Tremble Lip, a breathy [...] - [[im]permanence - May 2018](https://theaterlabnyc.com/sample-post-5-impermanence/) - On May 05, 2018, action painter Naoki Iwakawa painted our gates in the pouring rain. Afterward, a delighted crowd joined us for drinks, snacks, and music from DJ Tek in our Gallery space. Naoki Iwakawa was born in Osaka, Japan. He moved to the States in 1991. In 1996, he founded The Cave in Williamsburg, Brooklyn with Shige Moriya and became an artist-in-residence there. His work has been [...] - [Moti Brecher](https://theaterlabnyc.com/moti-brecher/) - Israeli puppeteer Moti Brecher presented an overview of his work in puppetry as part of our Celebrate the Artist Series. He also presented Puppets in Conflict, a lecture on his research into the ways in which Puppet Theatre serves as a platform for processing and coping with everyday life in a conflicted environment, in this case, the politically and socially charged environment of the [...] - [The Most Learned Woman | December 16, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/the-most-learned-woman-december-16-2023/) - This is the story of a woman who took no for an answer and went on to prove an old society and a male world wrong. This is the story of a woman who dedicated her life to the others. This is the story of the first woman in the world to get in 1678 a doctorate. This is the story of Elena Cornaro Piscopia. - [Together//Apart | January 6-7, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/together-apart-january-6-7-2023/) - Together//Apart is a choreographic performance for humans and a robot. It creates dynamic interactions between humans and machines, questioning how we co-exist in space, using proxemics as a poetic device. Together//Apart questions what happens when we share intimate space with machines. Through live coding, real-time projections and a [...] - [The Other Mozart | January 12-15, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/the-other-mozart-january-12-15-2024/) - THE OTHER MOZART is an award-winning play telling the forgotten story of Nannerl Mozart, the genius sister of Amadeus – a prodigy, a keyboard virtuoso and composer, who performed throughout Europe with her brother to equal acclaim, but her work and her story faded away, lost to history. Created by Sylvia Milo, the play is set in a stunning [...] - [Magdalene: I am the utterance of my name - Pre-Premiere | January 13-15, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/magdalene-i-am-the-utterance-of-my-name-pre-premiere-january-13-15-2024/) - Silenced as an apostle, framed as a prostitute, portrayed as the wife, mythologized as a hermit and tantric priestess, exalted as Goddess, Mary Magdalene has always been controversial and dangerous to the status quo. Magdalene: I am the utterance of my name is a music-theater piece [...] - [ROUND THE BLOCK! In Harlem | February 9, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/round-the-block-in-harlem-february-9-2024/) - Now in its fifth season, Round The Block! Celebrating Arts and Community is leaving its home in the Garment District for the first time, and heading to Harlem! RTB! is a promenade-style performance connecting all the creative people in the neighborhood – businesses, community organizations, garment workers, visual artists, choreographers, and [...] - [Mad Mystic | March 1-3, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/mad-mystic-march-1-2-2024/) - “Mad Mystic” is a multimedia exploration of what it is to connect with oneself and with another. It’s about a woman, a performance artist, haunted by childhood trauma, and propelled to take risks in order to discover and uncover her own voice. The piece utilizes music, movement, light and shadow, humor, and poetry to combat societal constraints in understanding identity…gender, sexual [...] - [Scenes with girls | January 25-28, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/scenes-with-girls-january-25-28-2024/) - Tosh and Lou. 22 scenes. Other friends have come, got boyfriends and gone. So what? Tosh and Lou have each other. They’re not interested in becoming clichés. They’ll never be like other girls. This is love. This is enough. - [Antigone | February 22-25, 2024](https://theaterlabnyc.com/antigone-february-22-25-2024/) - New Relic’s ANTIGONE, a 90-minute, no-intermission epic adaptation told through poetry and Nordic-inspired choral music, dives headfirst into questions of pride, civic responsibility, and the aftermath of cruelty at the center of Sophocles' time-honored play. - [Ghosts and the Body Theater | Oct 29-30, 2021](https://theaterlabnyc.com/ghosts-and-the-body-theater/) - [Bring Your Own Body : A Dark Corner to Scream Into | Oct 28, 2021](https://theaterlabnyc.com/bring-your-own-body-a-dark-corner-to-scream-into/) - [Carnivalize the Matter](https://theaterlabnyc.com/carnivalize-the-matter/) - [Tilted Axes: Fabrication](https://theaterlabnyc.com/tilted-axes-fabrication/) - [This Would Look Good on You](https://theaterlabnyc.com/this-would-look-good-on-you/) - [vigil](https://theaterlabnyc.com/the-vigil/) - September 2 - 10, 2021 at 8pm - [The Interiority of One Direction](https://theaterlabnyc.com/the-interiority-of-one-direction/) - THE INTERIORITY OF ONE DIRECTIONfor the love of a pop songCreated by Lanie ZipoyAugust 21, 2021 at 3pmFree with ReservationEmail theaterlab36@gmail.com to reserve your ticket Pop songs often save us. Like a city street where something wonderful has unfolded in your life, a pop song can transport you to a memory, an emotion, a dream. After resisting the charms - [This Will Look Good on You - Open Rehearsal](https://theaterlabnyc.com/look-good-open-rehearsal/) - [Dispatches Amidst](https://theaterlabnyc.com/dispatches-amidst/) - [The Silence: A Hybrid Meditation Session with Mafe Izaguirre’s Sensitive Machines](https://theaterlabnyc.com/the-hybrid-a-hybrid-meditation-session-with-mafe-izaguirres-sensitive-machines/) - [Reflections in Tea/a Ceremony](https://theaterlabnyc.com/reflections-in-tea-a-ceremony/) - [Rhythms Routines Rituals](https://theaterlabnyc.com/rhythms-routines-rituals/) - [This is Not a Cure](https://theaterlabnyc.com/this-is-not-a-cure/) - An entirely free, fully accessible, and wholly original performance-based video ceremony intended to bring a sense of healing from all forms This is Not a Cure: A Ceremony for Healing May 8-9-10 in Theaterlab's Gallery: A GF&CO 3C (Creative Collective Ceremony) An entirely free, fully accessible, and wholly original performance-based video ceremony intended to bring a - [Everything Vibrates](https://theaterlabnyc.com/everything-vibrates/) - [The Making Of...](https://theaterlabnyc.com/the-making-of/) - This Will Look Good On You So many beautiful clothes and nowhere to go! Have you looked at your closet recently? Maybe you were trying to tidy up with Mary Kondo, going through drawers and boxes to shed some of the burden: too many clothes, too many past lives, to many sizes ago! Have you - [A Mini Ritual](https://theaterlabnyc.com/a-mini-ritual/) - On April 4th we reunited with a group of friends after more than a year at Theaterlab. It was really a lovely gathering ! We shared food and laughter and thanks to the incredible progress of science, we hugged ! Honoring the Italian tradition, we cut the Easter cake Colomba and share a piece holding he promise - [Calling all artists! Round the Block with Us | April 8th @4:30pm](https://theaterlabnyc.com/calling-all-artists-round-the-block-with-us-april-8th-at-430-pm/) - Calling all artists! Seeking Round the Block! tour guides Meet us April 8th at 4:30pm in front of 520 8th Ave With the warming up of the season and the city's slow but sure reopening, we are very excited to be preparing another edition of our program Round the Block! Theaterlab is currently seeking - [Mothers Myths Monsters | Nov 19-21, 2021](https://theaterlabnyc.com/mothers-myths-monsters/) - [Sara Davis Buechner : Of Pigs and Pianos | Dec 17-19, 2021](https://theaterlabnyc.com/sara-davis-buechner-of-pigs-and-pianos/) - [Peace Pieces | Dec 22, 2021](https://theaterlabnyc.com/peace-pieces-dec-22-2021/) - [This Beautiful Future | Jan 13-30, 2022](https://theaterlabnyc.com/this-beautiful-future/) - [R A D I O N | April 22, 2022](https://theaterlabnyc.com/r-a-d-i-o-n/) - [The Portrait of an Angel, a Lion, a Monster | Jan 29-Feb 13, 2022](https://theaterlabnyc.com/the-portrait-of-an-angel-a-lion-a-monster/) - Tlab Shares THE PORTRAIT OF AN ANGEL, A LION, A MONSTER Written by Katrin Arefy Directed by Ali Kamran Jan 29 - Feb 13, Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 3pm Tickets $25 HERE The Portrait of an Angel, a Lion, a Monster, a new three-act play by California-based playwright Katrin Arefy is a timeless, intimate story of a - [2022 INK’D Festival of New Plays | May 2-5, 2022](https://theaterlabnyc.com/2022-inkd-festival-of-new-plays/) - [Heisenberg | June 7-23, July 13-14, 2022](https://theaterlabnyc.com/heisenberg/) - Tlab Shares: Heisenberg Written by Simon Stephens Directed by Austin Pendleton June 7-23, 2022 and July 13 Performances at 7:30 pm 85 Minutes with no intermission Tickets $25 /$15 students and seniors – buy HERE Amidst the bustle of a crowded London train station, Georgie spots Alex, a much older man, and plants a kiss - [Sky of Darkness | June 2-12, 2022](https://theaterlabnyc.com/sky-of-darkness/) - "Heart Of Darkness," Retold For The 21st Century - [Garden of Alla | Jun 17-25, 2022](https://theaterlabnyc.com/garden-of-alla/) - Garden of Alla is a one-woman show telling the story of the greatest star you’ve never heard of: Alla Nazimova, the forgotten trailblazing iconoclast. - [Red Light Winter | July 7-10, 2022](https://theaterlabnyc.com/red-light-winter-july-7-10-2022/) - [One Man Screaming | August 6, 2022](https://theaterlabnyc.com/one-man-screaming-august-6-2022/) - [La Voix Humaine | August 10, 2022](https://theaterlabnyc.com/la-voix-humaine-august-10-2022/) - [The Gas Heart | August 13 - 14, 2022](https://theaterlabnyc.com/the-gas-heart-august-13-14-2022/) - [ROUND THE BLOCK! | August 27, 2022](https://theaterlabnyc.com/round-the-block-2022/) - Now in its third season, Round The Block! Celebrating Arts and Community in the Garment District is a promenade-style performance connecting all the creative people in the neighborhood – businesses, community organizations, garment workers, visual artists, and theatermakers. - [BETHUNE: Our Black Velvet Rose | Oct 7-23, 2022](https://theaterlabnyc.com/bethune-our-black-velvet-rose-oct-7-oct-23-2022/) - [Charlie | November 10-13, 2022](https://theaterlabnyc.com/charlie-november-10-13-2022/) - Tlab Shares Presents: Charlie Written and Directed by Emma Tadmor Produced by RJ Theater Company November 10-13 Performances all at 7pm 60 minutes, no intermission Tickets $50 - 75 : buy HERE * use code CNYC at checkout to receive$40 tickets to all performances! Charlie is an intimate family drama, touching on choice, loss and - [The Magic Tower | November 3-6, 2022](https://theaterlabnyc.com/the-magic-tower-november-3-6-2022/) - [Australian Theatre Festival NYC | November 17-19, 2022](https://theaterlabnyc.com/australian-theatre-festival-nyc-november-17-19-2022/) - [Ukrainian Theatre Benefit | December 5, 2022](https://theaterlabnyc.com/ukrainian-theatre-benefit-december-5-2022/) - Theaterlab Presents: Ukrainian Theatre Benefit Written by Commissioned Ukrainian Theatre Artists Directed by Dmitry Troyanovsky, Brooke Hardman Ditchfield, Kelly O'Donnell Presented by Stages on the Sounds December 5th 120 minutes, no intermission Tickets $25 - $50 : buy HERE In collaboration with and in support of Ukrainian Artists, their commissioned plays are being read to give - [But I Met You on TV | December 9 - 11, 2022](https://theaterlabnyc.com/but-i-met-you-on-tv-december-9-11-2022/) - [10 Years at 36th Street Celebration | December 12, 2022](https://theaterlabnyc.com/10at36celebration/) - 10 Years at W 36th Street Celebration December 12th6 - 9pm Come celebrate the many productions and friendships made at Theaterlab over the past 10 years in our space at W 36th Street, and connect with our community of artists and audience as we reflect on our past ten years and look towards the next - [LIGHTS, CAMERA, DRAG! A DRAG MOVIE NIGHT | August 5, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/lights-camera-july-28-30-2023/) - [Borderless | August 10-20, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/borderless-august-10-20-2023/) - [Rose Kanj: Loving Me | September 6, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/rose-kanj-loving-me-september-6-2023/) - [The Cherry Orchard | September 7-10, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/the-cherry-orchard-september-7-10-2023/) - [Object Lesson | September 22-24, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/object-lesson-september-22-24-2023/) - [What a World! What a World! | October 21, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/what-a-world-what-a-world-october-21-2023/) - [Ghosts and the Body Theater | November 3-5, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/ghosts-and-the-body-theater-november-3-5-2023/) - [Hamlet | April 26-May 4, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/hamlet-april-26-may-4-2023/) - [Let Me Cook for You | April 28-May 28, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/let-me-cook-for-you-april-28-may-28-2023/) - [Shakespeare’s Prisons: Tales of Conscience and Illusion | June 15-18, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/shakespeares-prisons-tales-of-conscience-and-illusion-june-15-18-2023/) - [Almost 13 | July 9-10, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/almost-13-july-9-10-2023/) - [Come Here To Me | November 1-5, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/come-here-to-me-november-2-5-2023/) - [In the Eye of a Dream | November 9-19, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/in-the-eye-of-a-dream-november-9-19-2023/) - TLab Shares Hosts Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble Presents In the Eye of a Dream Choreographed by Anna Sokolow Directed by Samantha Géracht The Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble presents a new immersive production of Anna Sokolow’s tributes to painters Frida Kahlo and Rene Magritte. In “Frida,” an intimate portrait based on Sokolow's personal relationship with Frida Kahlo, Sokolow created - [My Birthday | November 13-15, 2018](https://theaterlabnyc.com/my-birthday-november-13-15-2018/) - Theaterlab presentsMY BIRTHDAYCreated & performed by Michaela Lind What does a birthday really mean? Swedish performer Michaela Lind (Lorca! Duende!, Theaterlab 2011) delights and amazes with her new solo clown show. Everybody loves a clown, especially on her birthday. This physical theater work follows a clown as she prepares and celebrates her birthday. After all, - [Speaking to the Dead | June 19, 2016](https://theaterlabnyc.com/speaking-to-the-dead/) - Making Light Presents:As a Part of Theaterlab's Non-Profit Sundays: Speaking to the Dead Written & Directed by Sharon J. FogartyLighting by David Alan Cornstock Part of Theaterlab’s Non Profit Sundays, which offers the use of our theater to artists and non-profit companies for free. On select Sunday evenings, artists and companies receive five hours - [The Overdevelopment of Scott | March 17-19, 2016](https://theaterlabnyc.com/the-overdevelopment-of-scott/) - A Theaterlab Guest Production:Making Light Presents: The Overdevelopment of Scott Written & Directed by Sharon Fogarty Funny, scary, dark, sci-fi anti-musical. Two technicians/lovers breed seven human labrats towards overdevelopment or “pasture,” but accidentally hire Scott who suffers from kindness. (Not recommended for children under 12). Performance Dates/Times: March 17 @ 8PM March 18 @ - [Excavation](https://theaterlabnyc.com/excavation/) - [A Ghost Tale](https://theaterlabnyc.com/a-ghost-tale/) - Theaterlab presents A GHOST TALEWritten & Performed by Moti Brecher 10/17/2019 - 10/19/2019 Interpreted from a 17th century exorcism story, A Ghost Tale follows Alma, a young girl who has been possessed by a spirit. This contemporary adaptation is founded on a scholarly look into the dybbuk stories in the Jewish world, and their function as - [MINIFEST 2021](https://theaterlabnyc.com/minifest/) - [MINIFEST 2020](https://theaterlabnyc.com/minifest-2020/) - [Empath](https://theaterlabnyc.com/empath/) - [Conway](https://theaterlabnyc.com/conway/) - Theaterlab presentsCONWAYWritten and directed by Rory McGregorNovember 14 – 24, 2019Imagine spending your whole life crafting a ‘spectacular’ career: photojournalist to photographer, filmmaker to blockbuster filmmaker. And then, in just an instant, someone steals it from you. Someone makes everything you’ve worked so hard for, their own. Or, imagine finding that out three years after - [Cellunova One-Act Staged Reading Festival | October 13-15, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/cellunova-one-act-staged-reading-festival-october-13-15-2023/) - [Opera Stuffa Op.2: Puffed and Reckless | July 1, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/opera-stuffa-op-2-puffed-and-reckless-july-1-2023/) - [Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. | July 6-8, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/revolt-she-said-revolt-again-july-6-8-2023/) - [FONTWALA | July 28 - 30, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/fontwala-july-28-30-2023/) - [Nathan Davis - Neutral Buoyant | October 6, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/nathan-davis-neutral-buoyant-october-6-2023/) - Theaterlab Presents: Nathan Davis - Neutral Buoyant - album release concert All Music By Nathan Davis Nathan Davis - bowed psaltery and electronics Liz Liguori - light sculpture Additional film by Monica Duncan Neutral Buoyant - an immersive album release concert by Nathan Davis, with new works that divine and magnify the bowed - [A Perfect Ganesh | August 1-9, 2023](https://theaterlabnyc.com/a-perfect-ganesh-august-1-9-2023/) - [Mothers Myths Monsters - 2017](https://theaterlabnyc.com/sample-post-1-mmm/) - Show Dates: April 29 - June 6, 2017 Starring: Orietta Crispino, Gahlia Eden, Jolene Noelle & Lanie Zipoy The women of Theaterlab presented their own short miniatures as the first presentation of Mothers Myths Monsters. Each piece is rooted in an examination of the complex narratives and vocabularies used to describe and define the feminine - [THE TRIP - PARADISE](https://theaterlabnyc.com/the-trip/) - [Loading Dock & TINATC](https://theaterlabnyc.com/loading-dock-tinatc/) - [Liza Cassidy - Women Receipt](https://theaterlabnyc.com/liza-cassidy-women-receipt/) - [Kinesis & Convergences](https://theaterlabnyc.com/kinesis-convergences/) - [Female Role Model Project](https://theaterlabnyc.com/female-role-model-project/) - [Voices Inside - Poetry](https://theaterlabnyc.com/voices-inside-poetry/) - [Voices Inside - 2018](https://theaterlabnyc.com/voices-inside-2018/) - [Voices Inside - 2019](https://theaterlabnyc.com/voices-inside-2019/) - Voices Inside is an inspirational writing and theater program at Northpoint Training Center, a medium security prison near Danville, KY that uses theater arts and creative thinking to increase communication skills, build self-esteem and humanize and enrich the lives of those closed off behind bars. It was founded by filmmaker Robby Henson, playwright Elizabeth Orndorff - [Round The Block! - 2019](https://theaterlabnyc.com/round-the-block-2019/) - [Round The Block! - 2020](https://theaterlabnyc.com/sample-2014-post-rtb/) ## Pages - [Home](https://theaterlabnyc.com/) - NOW AND NEXT 20 YEARS OF THEATERLAB Since 2006, your support of THEATERLAB has strengthened NYC's connection to live performance, built flexible programs and residencies, and cradled the development of award-winning artists working at the forefront of what’s next. MORE NEWS & UPDATES SUPPORT 20 MORE YEARS Intimate genre-bending productions sit at the heart of Theaterlab. - [Rentals](https://theaterlabnyc.com/rentals/) - Emerging artists need a place to play. With low-tech and low-stakes, Theaterlab has created a new space just for that reason. ATELIER @ THEATERLAB productions push the imagination beyond traditional theater practices and allow for flexibility in creative endeavors. This curated rental program is dedicated to supporting emerging companies experimenting with theatrical forms and - [WHAT'S PLAYING](https://theaterlabnyc.com/news/) - NOW AND NEXT Select a show below for more information or CLICK HERE to go to the full calendar and purchase tickets. - [Support](https://theaterlabnyc.com/support/) - Theaterlab was supported by the Leon Levy Foundation COVID Relief Fund in Spring 2021 through A.R.T./New York. Funding for these grants was made possible by generous seed funding from the Leon Levy Foundation, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, and the Edith Lutyens and Norman Bel Geddes Foundation. - [Who we are](https://theaterlabnyc.com/about/) - MOLLY SHAYNA COHEN (Producing Associate & Grants Manager) Molly Shayna Cohen (she/they) is an NYC-based director and producer whose work centers on moments of transformation and the ephemerality in all things. Since moving from her hometown of Baltimore in 2022, she has worked at The Public Theater, Studio Seaview, Playwrights Horizons, Mabou Mines, En Garde - [What We Do](https://theaterlabnyc.com/programs/) - SPACE TO CREATE Rental Our radical generosity allocates a certain portion of our operations to NYC artists who just need the space to develop their work. SPACE TO CREATE is a flexible program for individuals and companies dedicated to the act of performance-based creation. Now spreading across 2 floors of the historic 357 Garment District - [Production History](https://theaterlabnyc.com/archive/) - PRODUCTION HISTORY - [Archive](https://theaterlabnyc.com/productions/) - Director: Barbara RubinAssistant Director: Liza CassidyPopUP Theatrics Director: Ana Margineanu. Gabri Christa's MagdalenaReut Shemesh's LeviahMichaela Lind's My BirthdayBIRDHOUSE's The Open WindowDavid Sauvage's EmpathMary Grace McNally's Not for PickingCelebrate the Artist Orietta Crispino's Let Me Cook For YouTraumaturgy Productions' Sunset ParkStefanie Nelson Dancegroup's A My Name IsMOTHERS MYTHS MONSTERS Tjasa Ferme's Wild Child in the CityMegan - [Contact](https://theaterlabnyc.com/contact/) ## Layouts - [AIR single artist layout test](https://theaterlabnyc.com/tbuilder-layout/air-single-artist-layout-test/) - AIR 2025 Yoko Murakami Point ____ (Blank) Write the photo credit here Artist Bio Yoko Murakami (she/her) is a Tokyo-born and New York City-based artist. Yoko creates movement-based work in forms of site-specific installations and experimental film. She enjoys creating works for spaces that are not traditionally designed for performance and is interested in finding ## Artists - [Lita Lofton](https://theaterlabnyc.com/artists/lita-lofton/) - Backstitch Residency 2025 Lita Lofton ARTIST BIO Lita Lofton is a Brooklyn-based director, event producer, and performance artist specializing in movement-driven storytelling, immersive theatrical experiences, and glamour on purpose. Lofton is the co-founder of The Social Club Thtr. Her work, informed by over two decades of ballet and movement-based training, has been seen at TheaterLab, - [Yoko Murakami](https://theaterlabnyc.com/artists/yoko-murakami/) - Backstitch Residency 2025 Yoko Murakami - [Elena Vannoni](https://theaterlabnyc.com/artists/elena-vannoni/) - Backstitch Residency 2025 ELENA VANNONI ARTIST BIO Elena Vannoni is an accomplished theatre director and set and costume designer with a rich background in the arts. She began her career by studying costume design at the Art Institute of Florence and later earned degrees in History of Music and Theatre from the University of Florence - [TESTU Collective](https://theaterlabnyc.com/artists/testu-collective/) - Backstitch Residency 2025 TESTU Collective ARTIST BIO Testu Collective is an NYC-based intermedia art group founded by Dan Tesene and Serena Stucke. Testu creates intermedia performances, experimental videos, concept soundtracks, audiovisual experiences, sound art, and performance art installations. Tesene and Stucke are interested in creating environments that challenge the traditional audience experience. Testu has produced - [Mafe Izaguirre](https://theaterlabnyc.com/artists/mafe-izaguirre/) - NSYCA Support for Artists Grantee 2024 Maria Fernanda (Mafe) Izaguirre - [Joey Merlo](https://theaterlabnyc.com/artists/joey-merlo/) - NYSCA Support for Artists Grantee 2024 Joey Merlo ARTIST'S WORK AT THEATERLAB 2024 NYSCA GRANTEES - [Amy Staats](https://theaterlabnyc.com/artists/amy-staats/) - Backstitch Residency 2025 Amy Staats Artist Bio Amy Staats is an actor, writer, and producer, a 2025-26 WP Playwriting Fellow, and a 2018 Tow Playwright in Residence through the Atlantic Theater Company. Her Russian spy/gymnastics dramedy DEFECTED is in development with MO Studios and Olive Productions. Amy enjoys writing characters that actors are thirsty to ## Announcements - [Theaterlab Wins Lottery: $25,000 Little Venue That Could Grant from IndieSpace Supports 20th Anniversary of Programming](https://theaterlabnyc.com/announcements/2026-lvtc-awardee/) - Theaterlab Wins Lottery: $25,000 Little Venue That Could Grant from IndieSpace Supports 20th Anniversary THEATERLAB AWARDED $10,000 PER YEAR AND $5,000 IN SERVICES As Theaterlab celebrates 20 years of serving New York City's independent performance community, it has been selected to receive a two-year grant totaling $25,000 from IndieSpace's Little Venue That Could Grant - [Theaterlab awarded $13,065 by NYSCA for New Flooring](https://theaterlabnyc.com/announcements/2026-nysca-capital-grant-awardee/) - Theaterlab Managing Director Andy Lynn said, “This investment significantly reduces long-term maintenance costs, allowing us to keep things affordable. The upgrade arrives at an exciting moment of renewed support for the arts in our neighborhood under new Council Member Carl Wilson - whose commitment to cultural infrastructure helps ensure that affordability and sustainability go hand - [2026 Gallery Series Announcement](https://theaterlabnyc.com/announcements/the-gallery-series-2026/) - THEATERLAB ANNOUNCES3 ARTISTSSELECTED FOR20th Anniversary Season August Honey, Jeremy Rafal, and Katie Zaffrann Each to Develop Brand New Solo Works for THE GALLERY SERIES Theaterlab announces its selection of three New York City artists for THE GALLERY SERIES, as part of Theaterlab’s 20th Anniversary season of programming Presenting highly experimental, combustible, and pliable work - [2026 Hotel New Work](https://theaterlabnyc.com/announcements/hotel-new-work-2026/) - THEATERLAB ANNOUNCES HOTEL NEW WORK RESIDENCY ARTISTS SELECTED FOR 20th Anniversary New Projects by Arturo Luíz Soria & Dustyn Kurt Gobler, Neil Totton, and Kate Vozella Selected for HOTEL NEW WORK Residency with Collaborators Danilo Gambini, Gabrielle Loren, Erwin Maas, and Colm Summers Theaterlab announces its selection of three ambitious new projects to receive a - [The Intrepid Noverie](https://theaterlabnyc.com/announcements/the-intrepid-noverie/) - AN INVITATION TO THE UNSAID YES No grand promises. 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Prepare to pitch us your most compelling unfinished work - we want to see what haunts you, what won't let you go. For 19 years, we’ve been the gathering place for inquisitive audiences ready for what’s next in performance. (Against - [$25k grant for ROUND THE BLOCK!](https://theaterlabnyc.com/announcements/25k-grant-for-round-the-block/) - Following District 3 Councilmember Erik Bottcher’s championing of the Midtown South Mixed-Use Plan, which allows more residential development in the Garment District –as well as preserving the neighborhood’s rich history of fashion manufacturing– it is essential that we continue to articulate our collective identity and our community’s history of tenancy. “This is why we live in - [Orietta Feature](https://theaterlabnyc.com/announcements/20-years-of-theaterlab-2-2-2-2/) - On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco and other Substances: AN INTERVIEW WITH BACKSTITCH ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE Lita Lofton lorem ipsumlorem ipsumlorem ipsumlorem ipsumlorem ipsumlorem ipsumlorem ipsumlorem ipsumlorem ipsumlorem ipsumlorem ipsumlorem ipsumlorem ipsumlorem ipsumlorem ipsumlorem ipsumlorem ipsumlorem ipsumlorem ipsumlorem ipsumlorem ipsumlorem ipsumlorem ipsumlorem ipsumlorem ipsumlorem ipsumlorem ipsumlorem ipsum Lita Lofton, one of the five 2025 Theaterlab ‘BACKSTITCH’ Artist-in-Residence - [WHAT ARE WE THINKING??](https://theaterlabnyc.com/announcements/20-years-of-theaterlab-2/) - THEATERLAB ANNOUNCES FALL 2025 PROGRAMMING Since 2006, your support of THEATERLAB has strengthened the NYC audiences’ connection to live performance, built flexible programs and residencies, and cradled the development of award-winning artists working at the forefront of what’s next. 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