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Join NYTW and Poetic Theater Productions for a free community Virtual Open Mic Night: original music, songs, poetry, spoken word, and story-telling. The evening's theme: SEEKING SAFETY IN UNCERTAINTY.

In tumultuous times such as these, we all look for ways to feel grounded and secure. Taking the time to create your own space is more important now than ever, whether that be gathering with communities, personal reflection and introspection, or taking action toward creating a better world. How do we take the time to care for ourselves and those we love? Where do we find safety and hope?

Thurs, August 27 @7pm EDT

Our Master Classes, Jam Sessions, and Fireside Chats are available to watch anytime on our official YOUTUBE channel!

BOLD 2020 - Ten Minute Play Fest

*TONIGHT* Aug 21 & Aug 28 at 6pm EDT

A free online short play festival that will feature six new plays written and directed by Black womxn: Agyeiwaa Asante, Brittani Samuel, Chanel Carroll, Jazmine Stewart, Kristen Adele Calhoun, Lakhiyia Hicks, Kristolyn Lloyd, Tavia Jefferson and Bianca LaVerne Jones.

AMPLIFIED

*TONIGHT* Aug 21 at 8pm EDT

A concert held by Broadway for Racial Justice that will stream on their Youtube channel and raise funds for BFRJ''s Emergency Assistance Fund. The lineup includes Hailey Kilgore, Andre Malcolm, Arianne Meneses, Jessie Mueller, Solea Pfeiffer, Joey Rosario, Kalen Allen, Skylar Astin, Shoshana Bean, Brittany Campbell, Kayla Davion, Deon''te Goodman, Sapphire Hart, Morgan James and Empty Royalty.

The belief in people coming together and being moved by a shared experience is central to what we love about the theatre; it occurred to us that joining in the preparation and enjoyment of a meal touches on the same emotional impulses - to reach, to connect, to inspire. NYTW is collecting recipes that we may list on our website, and we're dreaming about what this collection could become - is it an online recipe community? A published cookbook?

If you're interested, you can submit your very own recipe here for a chance to be featured!

While we may not be able to see our actual neighbors, we''ve created a community of new, virtual neighbors! Whether you''re feeling lonely and isolated or maybe you''ve just got some extra time on your hands, we''d love to make an introduction to someone else in our community.

Are you looking for an email pal, phone call or video chat once or twice a week? If so, please fill out this short google form or email us at nytwvirtuallyneighbors@gmail.com and we''ll be in touch to get you started with an NYTW virtual neighbor!

FIGHT FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE WHILE SOCIAL DISTANCING

The Census is a count of every person in the United States that takes place every decade and determines federal funding for education, healthcare, public housing, parks, and culture (including the arts), as well as our number of representatives in Congress. It's essential that every New Yorker is counted, and our voices are heard before the deadline on September 30!

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New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) strives to empower artists to explore boldly, to create joyfully, to ask challenging questions, and to make the space for audiences to contend with our pasts, our shared present, and to collectively envision our future. Working toward a more diverse, inclusive, equitable, and anti-racist community is the only way to actually achieve this. We cannot truly be the community we aspire to be without these efforts.

For the last several years, we have been actively transforming our theatre, working to identify and dismantle White supremacy culture, anti-Blackness, and other forms of oppression. Our progress has not always been in a straight line. We have made mistakes along the way. As we have taken a hard look at our own practices and the systems we have participated in and benefited from as a predominantly White institution, we have seen that through our own actions and inaction, we have failed members of our community. We are grateful to those who have called us into difficult conversations to demand that we do better.

In January, our Core Team-a Staff task force that focuses on anti-racism and Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) efforts and that operates outside of the hierarchical structure of the organization-began the work to develop an organization-wide plan of action to push NYTW further towards being a fully anti-racist organization. This summer, a group of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) theatre makers, collectively We See You, White American Theater, issued a "comprehensive but by no means exhaustive" list of demands with the goal of creating a truly anti-racist theatre community. We acknowledge the tremendous labor of our colleagues in gathering and disseminating these demands, and we thank them for it. The We See You demands both accelerated and provided an additional frame for our work over the last several months. In that time, the entire Staff and the Board of Trustees have worked point by point through the demands as we have continued to develop our overall anti-racist action plan.

In an effort to provide greater transparency for our entire community, we share these next steps. We will continue to publish updates in the coming months about further commitments and the progress of our ongoing work.

OCTOBER 2020 ACCOUNTABILITY UPDATE

NYTW is committed to disrupting harmful interactions in every context and to maintaining and expanding avenues for our community to share feedback on where we have fallen short. We will continue the process of sharing our Core Values with every member of our community and holding ourselves and our community accountable for acting in accordance with them. We will incorporate our Core Values-which include our commitment to anti-racism-into every first rehearsal and first technical rehearsal as well as at all full Board meetings, and we will publish them widely so they remain ever-present in our work. We will also expand existing group agreements for all meetings, talkbacks, and classes.
NYTW redoubles its commitment to centering the needs of BIPOC generative artists, including hiring BIPOC casting directors, dialect coaches, dramaturgs, intimacy directors, and cultural consultants. In addition, we will ensure transparency for all of our collaborators by sharing the full existing list of creative and production team members when engaging anyone for a role on a production.
NYTW is actively reviewing our artistic initiatives and will work in tandem with members of our artistic community to ensure that programs are serving artists equitably. As part of this process, we will host a series of roundtable discussions this winter.
NYTW is committed to understanding, acknowledging, and addressing the violent history of the land on which we make our art. Beginning this season, we will incorporate a formal Native Land Acknowledgement into all of our public programming and Board meetings, and we will investigate and share an accounting of enslaved Africans who have lived and were forced into labor on the lands we now occupy.
NYTW is committed to developing long-term, authentic relationships with BIPOC communities across New York City. In 2019, we added a full-time position dedicated to Community Engagement, and we will continue to increase the resources for this work in each annual budget, invest significant resources into outreach to BIPOC audiences for every production, and partner with BIPOC marketing and press consultants all year long.
NYTW will continue to center BIPOC youth, their voices, and their leadership in all of our existing and future educational programs. We will continue to invest in these programs while we support and uplift the work of local civic leaders and activist artists who have been engaging and supporting communities of color for decades.
NYTW commits to embracing a culture of abundance, supporting our fellow theatre makers in seeking funding opportunities, advocating for BIPOC theatres and theatres dedicated to centering marginalized voices, and offering the counsel of our Development Staff to help support the fundraising efforts of members of our community who have been systemically underfunded for generations.
NYTW commits to reinvigorating our existing Company-in-Residence initiative to offer sustained resources inclusive of space, mentorship, and administrative support, prioritizing independent BIPOC theatre companies.
NYTW commits to hiring culturally competent designers and wardrobe personnel and providing proper training around styling of Black hair, makeup, and costumes. In addition, NYTW commits to always actively engaging BIPOC actors in conversations around the styling of their characters'' wardrobe, hair, and makeup.
In order to create a welcoming environment for our audiences and those who interact with them, NYTW has created a cross-departmental Audience Services Committee. The group is developing intervention and disruption protocols to mitigate harmful encounters and expand modes of feedback-modeled on existing internal feedback loops that invite feedback both direct and anonymous-for audience members.
NYTW commits to paying artists for their participation in fundraising events, for their contributions to fundraising proposals, and for work that falls outside the scope of their creative endeavor.
NYTW commits to transparent discussions with our artists about how their projects are funded and to transparency around the financial priorities of the institution for our entire community. We will work to revamp our annual report to more clearly detail our finances and create opportunities for discussion annually.
NYTW is committed to ensuring a diverse pool of candidates and greater transparency in hiring. Over the last three years, NYTW has begun publishing salary ranges, removing years of experience and educational attainment requirements, broadening the network of people and places with whom we share job postings, and including members of our Core Team in the hiring process. NYTW will continue to expand these efforts at every level of recruiting, including committing to transparent and equitable searches for executive leadership.
NYTW is committed to establishing a clear picture of the demographic makeup of our collaborators. In the next year, through means of voluntary self-identification, we will implement methods of tracking the makeup of candidate pools for all positions as well as the ethnic and racial composition of our full and part-time Staff, artists, technicians, teaching artists, and our front of house and box office teams. We will also begin a vendor audit to fully understand where we are spending our dollars and identify greater opportunities to support businesses owned and run by BIPOC community members.
NYTW is committed to continually building greater cultural competency. We have already engaged our full Staff and Board of Trustees in anti-racism and EDI trainings. We will create a standard on-boarding training for all new Staff and Trustees and continue to engage regularly throughout the year in exercises around micro-aggressions, conflict-resolution, and de-escalation training. NYTW will expand this work to find ways to include the rest of our collaborators and our broader community.
In 2019, NYTW's Board established an EDI Committee that has primary responsibility for Board trainings and education as well as Board accountability in these efforts. The Board EDI Committee will collaborate with the Staff's Core Team to refine existing modes of feedback and avenues for communication and to create new ones for our entire community.
NYTW will continue to support both the Staff's Core Team and the Board's EDI Committee, including continuing to provide a significant budget for their efforts and increasing those resources in the years ahead. NYTW's existing Staff BIPOC and Multiracial Affinity Group will continue to be encouraged to meet during office hours and continue to be provided with an annual budget. Building on these commitments, when we return to full productions, NYTW will provide EDI resources in every production budget in addition to the institutional allocation.

We will conduct quarterly evaluations of our progress, refining these commitments, and building out others along the way. You can expect to hear from us in this space regularly as we have new developments to share. In the meantime, we are committed to addressing fear of open conflict, listening to those who share their experiences, and learning from the conversations to build a better Workshop. If you have thoughts about how we're doing or would like to begin a dialogue, we invite you to reach out to us by email at LetsChat@nytw.org.

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Here''s what''s happening in our virtual theatre these upcoming weeks, including a Facebook Live performance from two of our Artistic Instigators, a ??masterclass with star of the What the Constitution Means to Me national tour Maria Dizzia (Belleville at NYTW), a ??Fireside Chat with the See Lighting Foundation PLUS our first ????? Virtual 5K!

Our programming is free and open to the public, just make sure to register in advance! All artists who contribute to these important online gatherings are compensated. If you''re in the position to make a gift to support our work, we hope you''ll consider doing so-even $5, $10, $25 makes a big difference.

??SNEAK PEEK: NYTW Artistic Instigators Martha Redbone & Aaron Whitby''s Work-In-Progress

Sat, Oct 3 at 4:30pm EDT

Tune in on our Facebook page for a sneak peek performance by Martha Redbone & Aaron Whitby (for colored girls...) for their 2020/21 Artistic Instigator song cycle project set during the pandemic summers of 1920 and 2020 in New York City.

??MASTERCLASS: Maria Dizzia "Never Any More Perfection Than There Is Now"

Wed, Oct 7 at 1pm EDT

Join us for a masterclass on October 7th with Maria Dizzia (national tour of Heidi Schreck's What the Constitution Means to Me, Belleville, In the Next Room). In this acting class, stage and screen actress Maria Dizzia will explore encountering the script for the first time.

This class is asking for participants to work with the teacher during the virtual class. If you would like to participate by performing on screen for those tuning in, please register via Zoom and volunteers will be selected at random. Selected participants will be notified in advance of the class.

??FIRESIDE CHAT: See Lighting Foundation

Wed, Oct 14 at 11:30am EDT

Confronted with the lack of support for immigrant theater artists, See Lighting Foundation was started to give immediate relief for those in need. Join Yijun Yang (set/projection designer), Danilo Gambini (Director) and Kimie Nishikawa (set designer/ co founder of See Lighting Foundation) to hear about the immigrant theater artist experience and how you can help.

??VIRTUAL OPEN MIC

Thurs, Oct 22 at 7pm EDT

Join NYTW and Poetic Theater Productions for a free community Virtual Open Mic Night with original music, songs, poetry, spoken word and storytelling.

JUST ADDED: Episode 1 ENCORE Performance this Sunday, October 4 @2pm EDT

An interactive examination of community, democracy and what made the Roman Republic fall.

In this tumultuous moment for American democracy, playwrights Denis O''Hare and Lisa Peterson find it increasingly urgent to focus on what America can learn from the republic that inspired ours: the Roman Republic. This political entity lasted for nearly 500 years before it slid into an autocratic empire. As they dive deep into this history, O''Hare and Peterson expose their own process, demonstrating the difficulties around collaboration. They ask: is it possible to reach consensus? How can two points of view converge in a united vision? Can a democratic system sustain itself in a just way? Is there any way our republic can survive?

NYTW Usual Suspects O''Hare and Peterson return to NYTW following their acclaimed 2012 production of An Iliad. This four-episode series brings their collaborative process of theatre-making to the forefront as they turn to the Roman Republic and countdown to the 2020 election. You can book a single episode or take in all four parts to immerse yourself.

Sat, OCTOBER 24 to Sat, OCTOBER 31

Bid farewell to fall with family and friends at NYTW''s First 5K! Register to run, walk, or roll with us to directly support NYTW emerging from the Covid19 crisis. Register solo, with the family, or create a team to help fundraise for the workshop!

The belief in people coming together and being moved by a shared experience is central to what we love about the theatre; it occurred to us that joining in the preparation and enjoyment of a meal touches on the same emotional impulses-to reach, to connect, to inspire. NYTW is collecting recipes that we may list on our website, and we're dreaming about what this collection could become-is it an online recipe community? A published cookbook? Only time will tell! In the meantime, please check out some favorite recipes from our community

While we may not be able to see our actual neighbors, we''ve created a community of new, virtual neighbors! Whether you''re feeling lonely and isolated or maybe you''ve just got some extra time on your hands, we''d love to make an introduction to someone else in our community.

Are you looking for an email pal, phone call or video chat once or twice a week? If so, please fill out this short google form or email us at nytwvirtuallyneighbors@gmail.com and we''ll be in touch to get you started with an NYTW virtual neighbor!

MARIA DIZZIA currently teaches an ongoing scene study class at The Freeman Studio in NYC and Beginning Acting at Wheaton College. She has taught both Public Speaking and Acting at the University of California, San Diego as well as master classes at Wheaton College, Carnegie Mellon, University of Houston, Penghao Theater in Beijing and the Sichuan People''s Art Theater in Chengdu, China. She was a Beinecke Fellow at Yale School of Drama and a 2011 recipient of the Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship. Broadway credits include: In The Next Room by Sarah Ruhl (Tony Nomination Featured Actress; Lincoln Center). Recent theater credits include the national tour of Heidi Schreck''s What the Constitution Means to Me, If I Forget by Steven Levenson (Roundabout Theater Company), Belleville by Amy Herzog (Drama Desk Nomination Lead Actress; New York Theater Workshop, Yale Rep), Annie Baker''s Uncle Vanya (Soho Rep), Drunken City by Adam Bock (Playwrights Horizons), and Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl (Second Stage, Yale Rep, Berkeley Rep). Outside of the United States, Maria has performed at The Gate Theater in London with The Civilians and at the Garasjen theater in Norway with Young Jean Lee''s Theater Company. Television credits include ABC''s "Emergence," three seasons as Polly in "Orange Is the New Black" (SAG Award, Outstanding Ensemble), "Louie," "Master of None," "Newsroom," "Elementary," and "The Blacklist." Among her film roles are: Christine, Martha Marcy May Marlene (Gotham Film Award nomination, Best Ensemble), While We''re Young, Margin Call and Marshall Curry''s Academy Award winning short The Neighbors'' Window. Upcoming projects include The Undoing with Nicole Kidman on HBO and Amy Schumer''s "Love, Beth" on Hulu.

MARTHA REDBONE is a Native/African-American vocalist/songwriter/composer/educator. She is known for her music gumbo of folk, blues and gospel from her childhood in Harlan County, Kentucky infused with the eclectic grit of pre-gentrified Brooklyn. Inheriting the powerful vocal range of her gospel-singing African American father and the resilient spirit of her mother's Cherokee/Shawnee/Choctaw culture, Redbone broadens the boundaries of American Roots music. With songs and storytelling that share her life experience as an Afro-Indigenous woman and mother navigating in the new millennium, Redbone gives voice to issues of social justice, bridging traditions, connecting cultures, celebrating the human spirit. Her latest album "The Garden of Love- Songs of William Blake" is "a brilliant collision of cultures" (New Yorker). Redbone's recordings, touring and cultural preservation workshops are a partnership she shares with longtime collaborator/husband Aaron Whitby. Their recent works include Bone Hill: The Concert, commissioned by Joe's Pub/Public Theater, NEFA. NPN, Lincoln Center. "Stars"- NY Theater Workshop- Jim Nicola, "Primer for a Failed Superpower", Rachel Chavkin. Redbone is the 2020 Drama Desk Award Winner for Outstanding Music in a Play with Original Music and Score -2019 Public Theater revival "for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuff" by Ntozake Shange.

The SEE LIGHTING FOUNDATION, is a grassroots organization committed to supporting immigrant theater artists during the global pandemic.The foundation aims to distribute $500 monthly grants to all 60 immigrant artists registered with the foundation until the end of 2020. The foundation states "Applying for unemployment benefits poses a risk for us and O visa holders are issued their visas to allow them to do specific work in the U.S. Meaning, we cannot legally seek work outside of the field (theater, design, lighting, etc) we have obtained the visa for." With no concrete plans for theaters reopening, this artistic community is in dire need of financial support. The donated money from the Monthly Donation Campaign will be divided among the immigrant designers and artists, including scenic, prop, and costume designers, wig and make-up artists, lighting designers, sound designers, projection designers, directors and actors. To donate and learn more about the See Lighting Foundation, please visit www.seelightingfoundation.com. Follow us on Instagram @seelightingfoundation

AARON WHITBY is a British pianist/composer/producer. Whitby is best known for his award-winning work with longtime collaborator/wife Martha Redbone, with whom he has co-written and produced her three award-winning albums Home of the Brave, Skintalk and The Garden of Love. Whitby is the brainchild of Cousin From Another Planet, a jazz/funk exploration purveying a playful approach to life and music rooted in Brooklyn but born far, far away. With tunes inspired by the animated energy and innocence of their young son, and humorous lyrics that celebrate empathy and empowerment. In addition to Redbone, Whitby has recorded and/or performed with George Clinton, Natalie Cole, Randy Brecker, Lisa Fischer, David Amram and more. The team Redbone/Whitby are recipients of the NEFA and NPN (Bone Hill), MAP Fund and Creative Capital (Black Mountain Women/Public Theater development).

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Here''s what''s happening in our virtual theatre this week, including our deadline for the free virtual ??Youth Artistic Instigators program-plus Masterclasses with The House That Will Not Stand designers Montana Levi Blanco & Cookie Jordan and star of the What the Constitution Means to Me national tour Maria Dizzia as well as a Fireside Chat with the See Lighting Foundation.

Our programming is free and open to the public, just make sure to register in advance! All artists who contribute to these important online gatherings are compensated. If you''re in the position to make a gift to support our work, we hope you''ll consider doing so-even $5, $10, $25 makes a big difference.

??We''ve launched a new free virtual after school program-the YOUTH ARTISTIC INSTIGATORS-which brings together high school students from across the country to create bold, activist theatre in a virtual rehearsal and performance room.

Apply by this TODAY, September 25 at 6pm EDT or share this opportunity with a high school student you think would be interested! HERE is a downloadable flyer.

The application takes as little as 15 minutes!

?? MASTERCLASS: Designing a Look

Next Wed, Sept 30 at 3pm EDT

Costume designer Montana Levi Blanco (The House That Will Not Stand, Nat Turner in Jerusalem, Red Speedo) and hair, wig & makeup designer Cookie Jordan (Slave Play, The House That Will Not Stand) have collaborated on countless theatrical productions. Join them as they talk about their collaborations and how they imagine a look for the stage.

??MASTERCLASS: Maria Dizzia "Never Any More Perfection Than There Is Now"

Wed, Oct 7 at 1pm EDT

Join us for a masterclass on October 7th with Maria Dizzia (national tour of Heidi Schreck's What the Constitution Means to Me, Belleville, In the Next Room). In this acting class, stage and screen actress Maria Dizzia will explore encountering the script for the first time.

This class is asking for participants to work with the teacher during the virtual class. If you would like to participate by performing on screen for those tuning in, please register via Zoom and volunteers will be selected at random. Selected participants will be notified in advance of the class.

??FIRESIDE CHAT: See Lighting Foundation

Wed, Oct 14 at 11:30am EDT

Confronted with the lack of support for immigrant theater artists, See Lighting Foundation was started to give immediate relief for those in need. Join Yijun Yang (set/projection designer), Danilo Gambini (Director) and Kimie Nishikawa (set designer/ co founder of See Lighting Foundation) to hear about the immigrant theater artist experience and how you can help.

Thru NOV 2, 2020

An interactive examination of community, democracy and what made the Roman Republic fall.

In this tumultuous moment for American democracy, playwrights Denis O''Hare and Lisa Peterson find it increasingly urgent to focus on what America can learn from the republic that inspired ours: the Roman Republic. This political entity lasted for nearly 500 years before it slid into an autocratic empire. As they dive deep into this history, O''Hare and Peterson expose their own process, demonstrating the difficulties around collaboration. They ask: is it possible to reach consensus? How can two points of view converge in a united vision? Can a democratic system sustain itself in a just way? Is there any way our republic can survive?

NYTW Usual Suspects O''Hare and Peterson return to NYTW following their acclaimed 2012 production of An Iliad. This four-episode series, WHAT THE HELL IS A REPUBLIC, ANYWAY?, brings their collaborative process of theatre-making to the forefront as they turn to the Roman Republic and countdown to the 2020 election. You can book a single episode or take in all four parts to immerse yourself.

The Census is a count of every person in the United States that takes place every decade and determines federal funding for education, healthcare, public housing, parks, and culture (including the arts), as well as our number of representatives in Congress.

It's essential that every New Yorker is counted, and our voices are heard before the deadline on September 30!

The belief in people coming together and being moved by a shared experience is central to what we love about the theatre; it occurred to us that joining in the preparation and enjoyment of a meal touches on the same emotional impulses-to reach, to connect, to inspire. NYTW is collecting recipes that we may list on our website, and we're dreaming about what this collection could become-is it an online recipe community? A published cookbook? Only time will tell! In the meantime, please check out some favorite recipes from our community

While we may not be able to see our actual neighbors, we''ve created a community of new, virtual neighbors! Whether you''re feeling lonely and isolated or maybe you''ve just got some extra time on your hands, we''d love to make an introduction to someone else in our community.

Are you looking for an email pal, phone call or video chat once or twice a week? If so, please fill out this short google form or email us at nytwvirtuallyneighbors@gmail.com and we''ll be in touch to get you started with an NYTW virtual neighbor!

MONTANA LEVI BLANCO is a costume designer from Albuquerque, New Mexico. His grandmother, a lampshade artisan, inspired an early love of fabric, color, and beauty. Montana is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music (BM Oboe Performance), Oberlin College (BA History), Brown University (MA Public Humanities), and the Yale School of Drama (MFA Design). He is a recipient of the Drama Desk Sam Norton, the Lucille Lortel, two Henry Hewes, and two OBIE Awards. Selected Off-Broadway: The House That Will Not Stand, Red Speedo, Nat Turner (NYTW); A Strange Loop (Playwrights/Page 73); Fairview, Is God Is (SOHO REP); Ain''t No Mo'' (Public); Fabulation, The Death of the Last Black Man, In the Blood (Signature); Fefu and Her Friends, He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box (TFANA); Pipeline, Ghost Light, War (Lincoln Center); 'Daddy' (Vineyard/New Group); Dragon Spring, Phoenix Rise (The Shed); Eddie & Dave (Atlantic); Orange Julius (Rattlestick/Page 73); Distances Smaller (Advanced Beginner Group); The Last Match (Roundabout) & O, Earth (Foundry).

MARIA DIZZIA currently teaches an ongoing scene study class at The Freeman Studio in NYC and Beginning Acting at Wheaton College. She has taught both Public Speaking and Acting at the University of California, San Diego as well as master classes at Wheaton College, Carnegie Mellon, University of Houston, Penghao Theater in Beijing and the Sichuan People''s Art Theater in Chengdu, China. She was a Beinecke Fellow at Yale School of Drama and a 2011 recipient of the Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship. Broadway credits include: In The Next Room by Sarah Ruhl (Tony Nomination Featured Actress; Lincoln Center). Recent theater credits include the national tour of Heidi Schreck''s What the Constitution Means to Me, If I Forget by Steven Levenson (Roundabout Theater Company), Belleville by Amy Herzog (Drama Desk Nomination Lead Actress; New York Theater Workshop, Yale Rep), Annie Baker''s Uncle Vanya (Soho Rep), Drunken City by Adam Bock (Playwrights Horizons), and Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl (Second Stage, Yale Rep, Berkeley Rep). Outside of the United States, Maria has performed at The Gate Theater in London with The Civilians and at the Garasjen theater in Norway with Young Jean Lee''s Theater Company. Television credits include ABC''s "Emergence," three seasons as Polly in "Orange Is the New Black" (SAG Award, Outstanding Ensemble), "Louie," "Master of None," "Newsroom," "Elementary," and "The Blacklist." Among her film roles are: Christine, Martha Marcy May Marlene (Gotham Film Award nomination, Best Ensemble), While We''re Young, Margin Call and Marshall Curry''s Academy Award winning short The Neighbors'' Window. Upcoming projects include The Undoing with Nicole Kidman on HBO and Amy Schumer''s "Love, Beth" on Hulu.

COOKIE JORDAN (Hair, Wig and Make Up Design): Broadway credits include: Fela!, The Motherf**ker with the Hat, Lombardi, The Miracle Worker, A View from the Bridge, South Pacific. Other credits include: White Noise, Royal George, You Nero (Arena Stage); King Lear, Neighbors, The Wiz (City Center); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat, The Wiz (Dallas Theater Center); Hurt Village, Angels in America (Signature Theater); Cunning Little Vixen, Le Grand Macabre (New York Philharmonic); Liberty Smith, 1776 (Ford's Theater). NYTW credits include: The House That Will Not Stand and Slave Play.

The SEE LIGHTING FOUNDATION, is a grassroots organization committed to supporting immigrant theater artists during the global pandemic.The foundation aims to distribute $500 monthly grants to all 60 immigrant artists registered with the foundation until the end of 2020. The foundation states "Applying for unemployment benefits poses a risk for us and O visa holders are issued their visas to allow them to do specific work in the U.S. Meaning, we cannot legally seek work outside of the field (theater, design, lighting, etc) we have obtained the visa for." With no concrete plans for theaters reopening, this artistic community is in dire need of financial support. The donated money from the Monthly Donation Campaign will be divided among the immigrant designers and artists, including scenic, prop, and costume designers, wig and make-up artists, lighting designers, sound designers, projection designers, directors and actors. To donate and learn more about the See Lighting Foundation, please visit www.seelightingfoundation.com. Follow us on Instagram @seelightingfoundation

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We hope this finds you and your loved ones safe and healthy. All of us at New York Theatre Workshop are staggered by the enormity of the impact this time of crisis continues to have on our world, our city, and our beloved NYTW family. Amidst these circumstances, however, we''ve found glimmers of hope and affirmation where we always should have known we would: in our community.

We''re committed to continuing to serve you all in new and creative ways. But we can only do it with your help.

Today, inspired by our good friend Heidi Schreck, we''re launching What the Workshop Means to Me-a campaign to sustain our work to bring adventurous audiences and visionary artists into conversation. We hope you''ll consider what the Workshop means to you and share your NYTW experience by filling out the form linked below. If you are also able to include a financial gift to propel us into 2021, we would be so grateful.

You can also share your Workshop stories by tagging us on social media at @nytw79 with #nytw & #WhattheWorkshopMeanstoMe! Every expression of support is meaningful and we''d love the chance to share your story!

See what the Workshop means to Oliver, Heidi, Thursday & Mike

If you have any questions, please email info@nytw.org

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George Floyd's murder-along with Tony McDade, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and countless others-is part of a horrendous legacy of state-sanctioned violence and trauma enacted on Black bodies in the United States. This violence is woven into the very fabric of our country with systemic attacks on Black, Indigenous, POC and LGBTQ members of our society and we must actively work to end it.

We support and stand with our vibrant and courageous community of Black artists, staff, supporters, audiences and students who have made New York Theatre Workshop a space where people gather to better understand our world. We support and stand with the protesters demanding justice and we condemn those who are drawing equivalences between murder and the justified anger of the people. The pain rooted in anti-Blackness permeates every aspect of life in the United States-including our theatrical institutions. Only when all members of our community are truly safe-when their lives and humanity are valued above their artistic contributions-will we experience the community we aspire to be.

In our commitment toward being a fully anti-racist organization, we are taking the following steps:

Standing in solidarity with Black people and communities of color, listening to what is needed, and taking action to address injustice.
Continuing to question our histories and practices and disrupting patterns that reinforce institutionalized oppressions and inequities. We remain committed to being a space that actively combats racism, bigotry and violence.
Examining our inherent missteps and holding ourselves to a standard that does not accept that this work is ever done.
Sharing our resources and amplifying the voices of Black and POC artists, activists and organizations already fighting for justice.
Expanding our call to the white people in our community into this process of self-examination to acknowledge their own participation in racism and White Supremacy in all its forms and, in turn, to name and interrupt that racism when they encounter it-especially in majority white spaces.
Calling on our elected officials to address violence perpetrated by the NYPD against Black bodies and communities of color.

Black lives matter. Black voices matter. Black art matters. To those already doing this work, we thank you for leading the way. We send comfort to those in our community who are experiencing this trauma personally. We will not stay silent.

SUGGESTED RESOURCES

National Bailout Fund

Black Visions Collective

Color of Change

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund

The Bail Project

Black Lives Matter

Reclaim the Block

Communities United Against Police Brutality

Bail Out Fund links

Justice for Tony McDade

Justice for Breonna Taylor

I Run With Maud

What to Send Up On Your Own

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This is NOT a Zoom webinar... This is NOT financial advice...

This is PINCHING PENNIES WITH PENNY MARSHALL

Zoomed out? Have we got a Zoom for you! Created by Tow Playwright-in-Residence VICTOR I. CAZARES, Directed by BORNA BARZIN

America''s unfolding tragedy has a stopgap and its name is Penny Marshall. She doesn''t want you to survive this pandemic. She wants you to thrive this pandemic.

Or purchase an NYTW membership and get access to the entire 2020/21 season!

BONUS: Hear from the Playwright!

Earlier this year, playwright Victor I. Cazares sat down for a Fireside Chat with NYTW Usual Suspect and Theater Mitu Founding Artistic Director Rub?n Polendo and NYTW Literary Director & Dramaturg Aaron Malkin to discuss their artistry and being in residence at NYTW.

All performances of Pinching Pennies with Penny Marshall will be presented online. Ticketholders must have internet access to stream events. Schedule subject to change. No exchanges or refunds. All sales are final.

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We hope this finds you and yours safe, healthy, and managing the stress of Election week as best you can. As we look to the days and weeks ahead, we''re proud to take the next step in supporting two more projects in our 2020/21 Artistic Instigator season-a theatrical experiment that is unfolding right before our eyes. These incredible artists are conceiving new ways for you to experience art that bridges the gap and brings us together at a time where we must stay physically apart.

"War is inevitable - but there are miracles. Every day millions of people die, yet we live as if death will never touch us." -St. Vyasa, The Mahabharata

These words sit at the heart of one of the greatest epic poems- a meditation on war, death, and loss. Its core question is of a particular resonance: what should we fight for and why?

In an attempt to understand this exact question, Theater Mitu spent two years gathering interviews with a range of communities worldwide: current and past members of military forces; citizens who have been directly affected by war; people diagnosed with terminal illness and their families; doctors, nurses, spiritual leaders, scholars, teachers, and mental health professionals. As they touch upon, come to the edge of, and often confront death, each interview becomes a portrait of what is left behind - a remnant.

In a time of seismic loss, when communities are prohibited from gathering en masse, Theater Mitu has reimagined the original in-person production of Remnant into an interactive digital experience titled </remnant>. Part performance, part sound art, part video installation, this work offers an intimate reflection on how loss can scar us, shape us, and at times propel us towards change.

This STRICTLY LIMITED ENGAGEMENT will be presented for four performances only: NOV 16 at 7PM, NOV 19 at 8PM, NOV 22 at 3PM, and NOV 24 at 7PM.

The Dominican Artists Collective welcomes you to the real Washington Heights-our beloved barrio and our home away from home, filled with delicious food and bangin' island tunes, where melodic Dominican Spanish crashes into the hustle and grind of the New York accent. From one island to another, palm trees to concrete. Come kick it with the Dominican Artists Collective as we journey through our rich, complex, untold stories and deep rooted ancestral knowledge, all while wrestling with our American experience: how we view the world around us while contemplating how to make art during these times.

In THE COOKING PROJECT, travel with the DAC as they travel through time and space to explore their Diasporic journey-where they come from, and how they came to be.

Attend the virtual premiere of THE COOKING PROJECT on NOV 18 at 7PM or stream on-demand through DEC 15.

STREAM EPISODE 4 THIS WEEKEND!

An interactive examination of community, democracy and what made the Roman Republic fall.

In this tumultuous moment for American democracy, playwrights Denis O''Hare and Lisa Peterson find it increasingly urgent to focus on what America can learn from the republic that inspired ours: the Roman Republic. This political entity lasted for nearly 500 years before it slid into an autocratic empire. As they dive deep into this history, O''Hare and Peterson expose their own process, demonstrating the difficulties around collaboration. They ask: is it possible to reach consensus? How can two points of view converge in a united vision? Can a democratic system sustain itself in a just way? Is there any way our republic can survive?

NYTW Usual Suspects O''Hare and Peterson return to NYTW following their acclaimed 2012 production of An Iliad. This four-episode series, WHAT THE HELL IS A REPUBLIC, ANYWAY?, brings their collaborative process of theatre-making to the forefront as they turn to the Roman Republic and countdown to the 2020 election.

DID YOU MISS IT?

STREAM ALL THREE EPISODES ON-DEMAND THROUGH NOV 15!

America's unfolding trilogy of tragedy has a stopgap and its name is Penny Marshall. She doesn't want you to survive this pandemic. She wants you to thrive this pandemic.

Hi and welcome to Pinching Pennies with Penny Marshall, an EXTREMELY limited series of financial advice Zoom webinars for OnlyFans content creators, InstaCart executives, and the cleaning staff of a clandestine TikTok Hype House McMansion.

Interwoven/intertwerked into these Master Classes is a cohesive overarching and affecting narrative about this person who is not and will never be Penny Marshall.

All performances will be presented online. Ticketholders must have internet access to stream events. Schedule subject to change. No exchanges or refunds. All sales are final. All times are reflected as EST.

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??STAGING QUEERNESS THROUGH THE GENERATIONS

Wednesday, June 17 @5pm EDT

Join moderators Gaven Trinidad and Bri Ng Schwartz for a conversation with an intergenerational group of LGBTQ+ theater makers to discuss the past, present, and possible futures of LGBTQ theater in the US. The panelists include Andr? De Shields (Hadestown), Leigh Fondakowski (The Laramie Project), Ryan J. Haddad (Netflix''s "The Politician") and L Morgan Lee (A Strange Loop). The panel discussion is a proud collaboration with National Queer Theater. ASL interpretation by Brandon Kazen-Maddox.

??PRIDE 2020 VIRTUAL OPEN MIC NIGHT

Thursday, June 18 @7pm EDT

Join New York Theatre Workshop and Poetic Theater Productions for a free community Virtual Open Mic Night highlighting queer artists and celebrating PRIDE! The evening''s theme: POSSIBILITIES OF BEING. When we open ourselves to look beyond heteronormativity and beyond the gender binary, the possibilities of being are endless. How do YOU choose to live in those possibilities and embrace your queerness? Original music, songs, poetry, spoken word, drag, story-telling, and other forms of performance! All languages welcome! As a community of artists, we strive to share our work in a welcoming and inclusive space.

Andr? De Shields is the triple-crown winner of the 2019 awards season, having won the Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, and Tony Awards for best featured actor in a musical for his critically acclaimed performance as Hermes in Hadestown. The Actors' Equity Foundation followed suit with the Richard Seff Award, honoring veteran stage actors' best supporting performances of the year. Mr. De Shields recently received the 2020 Grammy Award for Musical Theater Album for Hadestown, an honorary Doctor of Arts Degree from Boston Conservatory at Berklee, the 2019 Project1Voice Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2019 SAGE Joyce Warshow Lifetime Achievement Award, The York Theatre Company''s 2019 Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre, and was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame. He received the Key to the City of Baltimore from Mayor Bernard C. "Jack" Young in August, 2019. Prior to his Tony Award win, Mr. De Shields was best known for his show-stopping performances in four legendary Broadway productions: The Wiz, Ain''t Misbehavin'' (Emmy Award), Play On! (Tony Nomination), and The Full Monty (Tony Nomination). In a career spanning fifty one years, he has distinguished himself as an unparalleled actor, director, and educator, receiving in 2018 the 8th Annual Off Broadway Alliance Legend Award, and the 33rd Annual Bob Harrington Life Achievement Bistro Award. Among his other accolades are the 2009 National Black Theatre Festival''s Living Legend Award and the 2007 Village Voice Obie Award for Sustained Excellence of Performance. De Shields can currently be seen on Netflix as the Algebra Tutor in "John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch" and on The CW as Chubby in "Katy Keene." De Shields is a proud member of AEA, SAG-AFTRA, and SDC. andredeshields.com

Leigh Fondakowski was the head writer of The Laramie Project, co-writer of Laramie: Ten Years Later, and an Emmy Nominated co-screenwriter for the film adaptation of Laramie with HBO Films. Her other original plays include, I Think I Like Girls, The People''s Temple, SPILL, and her current work-in-progress, Casa Cushman. Her plays have been produced under her direction at American Theater Company, Berkeley Repertory Theater, Encore Theater, Ensemble Studio Theater, The Guthrie Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Perseverance Theater, Swine Palace, TimeLine Theater, and Z Space Studio. Awards include The Glickman Award for Best New Play in the Bay Area (The People's Temple); Bay Area Critics Circle nomination for Best Production (I Think I Like Girls); and a Jeff Nomination for Best Chicago Production (SPILL). Leigh is a 2007 recipient of the NEA/TCG Theatre Residency Program for Playwrights, a 2009 MacDowell Colony fellow, and a 2018 recipient of The National Endowment of the Arts Residency for Collaborative Teams at Yaddo. She held a Distinguished Visiting Chair at the University of Minnesota in 2010, and is the author of the creative non-fiction book, Stories from Jonestown, which she is currently adapting to film. She teaches and lectures around the country, including New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, and has been a member of Tectonic Theater Project since 1995. Leigh was the recipient of a Next Stage Drama League Fellowship in 2018 and was a participant in the Orchard Project's pilot theater development program Orchard Project Greenhouse.

Ryan J. Haddad is an actor, playwright, and autobiographical performer based in New York. His acclaimed solo play Hi, Are You Single? was presented in The Public Theater's Under the Radar Festival and continues to tour the country. Other New York credits include My Straighties (Ars Nova/ANT Fest), Noor and Hadi Go to Hogwarts (Theater Breaking Through Barriers), and the cabaret Falling for Make Believe (Joe's Pub). Regional theatre: The Maids, Lucy Thurber's Orpheus in the Berkshires (Williamstown Theatre Festival), and Hi, Are You Single? (Guthrie Theater, Cleveland Play House, Williamstown Theatre Festival). He has a recurring role on the Netflix series "The Politician." Additional television: "Bull," "Madam Secretary," and "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt." Haddad is a recipient of IAMA Theatre Company's Shonda Rhimes Unsung Voices Playwriting Commission and Rising Phoenix Repertory's Cornelia Street American Playwriting Award. His work has been developed with The Public Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York Theatre Workshop, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Noor Theatre, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, and Primary Stages. He is an alum of The Public Theater's Emerging Writers Group and a former Queer|Art Performance and Playwriting Fellow, under the mentorship of Moe Angelos. @ryanjhaddad and ryanjhaddad.com.

L Morgan Lee is a NYC based actress. Her performance this past season in the Pulitzer Prize winning musical, A Strange Loop, garnered her a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical. These two honors give L Morgan the distinction of being the first openly trans actress to originate a role in a Pulitzer Prize winning piece of theatre and being the first openly trans actress to be nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award. She is dedicated to being a part of bringing new work centering marginalized voices to life - as well as reimagining the classics. "Live your life and tell your story...truthfully and without fear." For more info: lmorganlee.com.

Bri Ng Schwartz is the Community Programs Coordinator for National Queer Theater. She is a dramaturg, deviser and facilitator of community engagement programming based in New York. She is also the Outreach Associate at Pan Asian Repertory Theatre and is a graduate of DePaul University with a double major in Dramaturgy/Dramatic Criticism & Women''s & Gender Studies. She has worked in arts organizations including Free Street Theatre, Victory Gardens Theatre and Dance/NYC. She is the founder & curator of Club 2350: Sex Positivity Showcase & Celebration, a fundraiser and performance event in partnership with Sex Workers Outreach Project Chicago. She is also a graduate of the Women''s Media Center''s Progressive Girls Voices Program and a former Girl Be Heard directing fellow and company member. Her article "Acknowledging Impact, Regardless of Intent" was published through The HowlRound Commons.

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Earlybird pricing ends TOMORROW! Register solo, with the family, or create or join a team to help fundraise for the Workshop. Prizes will be awarded!

You can create your own team, or join or donate to any of these fantastic teams:

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Registering or donating will directly support NYTW''s ability to emerge from the Covid19 crisis with the ability to support artistic risk-taking in the years ahead.

Run, walk, or roll on your own route, at your own pace, on your own time! Use the fitness tracker of your choice (we love the free version of Strava), and send a screenshot of your route and stats when you've completed your 3.1 miles. Then, join us to celebrate our collective Virtual 5k completion on SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1.

Questions? Would you or someone you know like to sponsor this event? Would you like an artist discount code? Reach out to Breanna Foister at BreannaF@nytw.org.

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Here''s what''s happening in our virtual theatre this week, including our??MONDAYS @ 3 and ??WORKSHOP WEDNESDAYS series plus new events with director Will Davis, NYTW 2050 Directing Fellow Kimille Howard, NYTW Usual Suspect Ruben Santiago-Hudson and our Education Staff!

Our programming is free and open to the public, just make sure to register in advance! All artists who contribute to these important online gatherings are compensated. If you''re in the position to make a gift to support our work, we hope you''ll consider doing so-even $5, $10, $25 makes a big difference.

?? MARVEL AT THE CLASSICS

*TODAY* May 18 at 3pm EDT

Watch and learn how to work on classical text with award winning stage and screen actress Elizabeth Marvel (Homeland, House of Cards, Ivo van Hove's Hedda Gabler).

?? FIRESIDE CHAT

May 20 at 5pm EDT

Join Intimacy Directors Claire Warden and Teniece Divya Johnson in conversation about their work and intimacy direction''s role in bringing us together as we return to rehearsal.

?? VIRTUAL OPEN MIC NIGHT

May 21 at 7pm EDT

Join NYTW and Poetic Theater Productions for a free community Virtual Open Mic Night. The theme is REIMAGINING COMMUNITY, CONNECTION & CREATION.

Performer registration is now full.

??TEACHING THEATRE ONLINE: Trauma-Informed Pedagogy

May 22 at 4pm EDT

NYTW Education Associate Adam Odsess-Rubin will interview NYU Drama Therapy Program Director Dr. Nisha Sajnani about taking care of students in the midst of a crisis, the potential power of theatre for radical healing, and how teachers can use artistic tools to help students face new challenges with creativity.

?? FIRESIDE CHAT

May 27 at 5pm EDT

NYTW Director of Education Alexander Santiago-Jirau will be in conversation with international Theatre of the Oppressed practitioner Julian Boal on the future of global popular theatre movements.

QUEERING BORDERS: Immigration & the Arts

May 29 at 3:30pm EDT

Join NYTW Community Engagement Associate Gaven Trinidad, NYTW Tow Playwright-in-Residence Victor I. Cazares and Immigration Activist & Medical Professional Ilon Rincon Portas in conversation about the political intersections of art, activism, immigration and queerness. This conversation is in collaboration with National Queer Theater and Immigration Equality.

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??Objects and the Songs They Sing

June 1 at 3pm EDT

Join director/choreographer Will Davis (India Pale Ale, Bobbie Clearly, Men on Boats) for a master class in physical composition using tabletop objects. Follow along at home using three objects that have no writing on them, and a clear tabletop or desk space.

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??FIRESIDE CHAT: Craft of Directing

June 3 at 5pm EDT

Join NYTW 2050 Directing Fellow Kimille Howard in conversation with NYTW Usual Suspect Ruben Santiago-Hudson on the craft of directing as a multifaceted artist.

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??TEACHING THEATRE ONLINE: Engaging Student Creativity

June 3 at 5pm EDT

Join NYTW Education Staff for an interactive workshop exploring theatre activities-from dramaturgy to devising-to engage students in creative work online. Our team will share sample activities and provide space for participants to discuss strategies for adapting the work for their practice.

We recognize that this can be a lonely and isolating time for people (or just a moment where we all have some extra time on our hands) and we would like to bring our community together and make some new introductions! Since we may not be able to see our actual neighbors, we would like to create a community of new, virtual neighbors.

Are you looking for an email pal, phone call or video call once or twice a week? If so, please fill out this short google form or email us at nytwvirtuallyneighbors@gmail.com and we will be in touch to get you started with a virtual neighbor from the NYTW community!

Julian Boal is a teacher, researcher, and well-known Theatre of the Oppressed practitioner who has facilitated workshops in more than 25 countries around the world. He has collaborated with a number of social movements such as Jana Sanskriti, the Landless movement from Brazil, the Roofless movement of Bahia, among others, in activities related to Theatre of the Oppressed. Boal has also has collaborated on several international festivals of Theatre of the Oppressed: in India with Jana Sanskriti, in Spain with Pa'tothom, in Portugal with ?prima, in Croatia with the Istrian National Theater, in France with GTO-Paris, and in Brazil with CTO-Rio. In Paris, he was a founding member of the Ambaata collective, which worked alongside migrant workers, and he also worked with GTO-Paris and F?minisme Enjeux. He is also a founding member of the Escola de Teatro Popular (Popular Theatre School) in Rio de Janeiro, which has as its students only activists from a diverse range of political organizations, all interested in the use of theatre to build up popular protagonism. He recently completed his PhD, entitled "On Old Forms in New Times: Theatre of the Oppressed Today, Between a ''Rehearsal of Revolution'' and Interactive Training for the Victims". Boal is also the author of Images of a Popular Theatre (Hucitec, 2000) and co-editor of the DVD and essay booklet Theatre of the Oppressed in Actions (with Kelly Howe and Scot McElvany, Routledge, 2015) and the anthology The Routledge Companion to Theatre of the Oppressed (with Kelly Howe and Jos? Soeiro, 2019)

Victor I. Cazares was born twice on paper: in El Paso, Texas and San Lorenzo, Chihuahua, Mexico (shhh...don''t tell the government). Their plays have been read, developed, or produced at American Repertory Theatre, Amherst College, Brown University, New York Theatre Workshop, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Red Fern Theatre Company, Teatro Vivo and the Yale School of Drama. Cazares holds an M.F.A. from Brown University and a B.A. in History of Art from Yale University where they received a Josef Albers Fellowship, a couple Sudler Grants, and a restraining order against their ex-boyfriend that faked his way into Yale. Victor is currently the Pandemic Playwright-in-Residence at New York Theatre Workshop thanks to the generosity of the Tow Foundation. They had just bought an expensive membership to the Astor Place New York Sports Club before it all came crashing down. They have since re-relocated back to Portland, Oregon where they live, forage, and produce their social media telenovela that is always on the verge of cancellation, El Amor en Tiempos de Trump. Plays include: american (tele)visions, The Dead Women of J-Town & Smiley, Ramses contra los monstruos, We Were Eight Years in Powder, and When We Write With Ashes.

Will Davis is a transgender director and choreographer focused on physically adventurous new work for the stage. Off-Broadway credits include: Road Show (Encores! Off-Center); India Pale Ale (MTC); Bobbie Clearly (Roundabout Underground); Charm (MCC); Men on Boats (Clubbed Thumb and Playwrights Horizons-Lucille Lortel nomination); and Duat (Soho Rep). Regional credits include: Spamtown,USA (Children's Theater Company); Everybody (Shakespeare Theater Company); A Doll's House, Part 2 (Long Wharf Theatre); The Carpenter (The Alley Theatre); Colossal (Olney Theatre Center and Mixed Blood Theater-Helen Hayes award for best direction); Evita (Olney Theatre Center-Helen Hayes award nomination); and multiple productions for ATC in Chicago where Davis also served as artistic director. He is an alum of the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, the NYTW 2050 Directing Fellowship, the Brooklyn Art Exchange's Artist in Residence program, and currently a Princeton Arts Fellow.

Kimille Howard is a New York based director, writer, and filmmaker. She is currently a NYTW 2050 Directing Fellow, a Jonathan Alper Directing Fellow at Manhattan Theatre Club, and a resident director at The Flea Theater. She is also an Assistant Stage Director at the Metropolitan Opera where she recently worked on the new James Robinson production of Porgy and Bess. Kimille recently directed A Light Staggering by Jeesun Choi at Ensemble Studio Theater and Tidwell: or the Plantation Play by Rodney Witherspoon II in the Samuel French OOB Short Play Festival which was one of six plays in the festival selected to be published by Samuel French. Kimille was the assistant director to Des McAnuff on Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations on Broadway. She has worked with Ruben Santiago Hudson, Emily Mann, Stephen Wadsworth, Jessica Stone, Jade King Carroll, Niegel Smith, Lorca Peress, and Melissa Maxwell. Kimille is a co-founder of the Black Classical Music Archive. She has produced shows at the HERE Arts Center, FIAF, and more. www.kimillehoward.com

Teniece Divya Johnson, MA (Lehigh University, Sociology), MFA (University of Florida), is a student of life, stunt performer and certified intimacy coordinator and director for television, film and stage. They are a Creative Team Member of (IDC) Intimacy Directors & Coordinators and some of Teniece''s credits include HBO's Succession, HULU''s Wu-Tang: An American Saga, FX''s POSE, Run the World directed by Millicent Shelton, West Side Story directed by Steven Spielberg and the limited series The Underground Railroad written and directed by Barry Jenkins. Teniece is also honored to have worked with Claire Warden on Slave Play at the Golden Theater and NYTW. And they love working with the students at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts as a fight director and intimacy director. Teaching and performing for over a decade, Teniece uses a multidisciplinary approach to cultivating self-healing and creative wellness practices. Driven to keep actors safe but the story dangerous Teniece's devised theater experience, movement training and spoken word poetry lends for a natural curiosity and commitment to honoring and dissecting what is on the page in order to develop a captivating movement dialogue of action and reaction. They are also an outspoken advocate for diversity, inclusivity, LGBTQ and consent culture.

Elizabeth Marvel most recently wrapped the first season of Marvel's "Helstrom" for Hulu, where she plays the series regular role of "Valerie Simms." The series is expected to be released in 2020. Elizabeth also completed shooting News of the World for Universal, directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Tom Hanks, which will be released this year as well. Prior to this, Marvel was seen in the critically acclaimed limited series "Unbelievable" for Netflix. Additional work on Netflix includes The Meyerowitz Stories co-staring Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller and directed by Noah Baumbach. This was a stark contrast to her series regular role of the first female President on "Homeland" for Showtime. Elizabeth also played series regular "Heather Dunbar" on "House of Cards" for yet another Netflix collaboration. She has appeared in countless films such as Native Son, The Land Of Steady Habits, Swallow, All The Little Things We Kill, Dark Waters, Lincoln, Bourne Legacy, Hyde Park on Hudson, and A Most Violent Year. In television, Marvel has depicted recurring roles on "Manifest," "Fargo," "Law and Order: SVU," and "Person of Interest." She was also a series regular on "The District" for CBS and "Lights Out" for FX. Other television work includes "Nurse Jackie," "30 Rock," "The Good Wife," "The Newsroom," "White Collar," and "Elementary." She has won 4 Obie Awards for her Off-Broadway work, most notably for the title role in Ivo Van Hove''s 2004 production of Hedda Gabler. She also received a Drama Desk Nomination for her performance in Fifty Words. Of her numerous Broadway roles, she is best known for her portrayal of Brooke Wyeth in Other Desert Cities, a role which she originated off-Broadway. Marvel is a graduate of the Juilliard School.

Ilon Rincon Portas grew up in Venezuela where they began their career as a medical doctor. In 2009, they came to the U.S. to continue their medical work and decided to apply for asylum due to the dangers they faced in Venezuela as a queer person. Ilon has made New York City their home but lives the complex existence of an immigrant, especially as conditions in Venezuela have deteriorated, forcing their family to flee to other countries for safety. They now work in medical education and practice photography. Ilon also serves as a volunteer health worker at a COVID-19 testing site for immigrant communities in Queens run by the organization SOMOS. Ilon became a U.S. citizen in April 2018.

Dr. Nisha Sajnani is the Director of the Program in Drama Therapy and Theatre & Health Lab at New York University. She is the President of the Foundation for the Arts and Trauma which champions trauma-informed, theatre-based pedagogy in K-12 schools. Dr. Sajnani is the Editor of the journal Drama Therapy Review and Trauma-Informed Drama Therapy: Transforming Clinics, Classrooms, and Communities.

Ruben Santiago-Hudson recently directed the world premieres of Dominique Morriseau''s Skeleton Crew at the Atlantic Theatre and Paradise Blue at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Mr. Santiago-Hudson won a Tony when he starred in August Wilson''s Seven Guitars on Broadway and later went on to direct the play himself to high praise. Other directing credits include The Piano Lesson, The First Breeze of Summer, Cabin in the Sky, and many more. The multi-award winning actor and director wrote, executive producted and starred in the HBO film Lackawanna Blues, based on his award-winning play. It received several honors, including Emmy, Golden Globes, and Humanitas, National Board of Reviews and Christopher Awards.

Claire Warden is an intimacy director and coordinator, fight director, teacher and actress with over twenty years experience in theatre, TV and film across America and the UK. She is part of the creative team of Intimacy Director and Coordinators, a founding member of IDI - UK and was Associate Director of Intimacy Directors International. She is part of the team helming the intimacy direction movement across America and the world. Claire works as an intimacy coordinator and consultant on numerous television productions under various studios including HBO, Hulu, Amazon, Showtime, as well major motion picture studios such as Sony and 20th Century Fox. She is part of the collaboration team advising SAG-AFTRA on their effort to standardize, codify and implement guidelines for on-set intimacy coordinators. Claire recently made history as the first intimacy director on Broadway with Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune and also worked as Intimacy Director on the Broadway productions of Slave Play, The Inheritance, Jagged Little Pill, Linda Vista and West Side Story. She was recently awarded Variety Magazine's 2019 '10 Broadway Players to Watch'. Claire is a Drama Desk award winner for 'Outstanding Fight Choreography' for Slave Play at NYTW and was also nominated in the same category for the play Daddy. Off-Broadway, she has intimacy and fight directed Slave Play (NYTW), Daddy (Vineyard/New Group), Mies Julie and Dance of Death (CSC) and BLKS (MCC Theatre) as well as others both in New York and regionally. Claire trains faculty & students in acting training institutions across the country, including Yale, Brown/Trinity, Brandeis, Tufts, JMU, SITI, Stella Adler, the O'Neill Theatre Center and numerous others. She has presented and given workshops for conferences and theatre communities on both sides of the Atlantic. She is also part of the teaching team of IDC, training the next generation of intimacy directors and coordinators. www.IDCprofessionals.com www.clairewarden.com

Illustration by Community Engagement Associate, Gaven D. Trinidad.

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VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING at New York Theatre Workshop

Here''s what''s happening in our virtual theatre!

Our programming is free and open to the public, just make sure to register in advance! All artists who contribute to these important online gatherings are compensated. A gift in any amount will not only help us continue supporting our talented community during this difficult time, it will also ensure that NYTW emerges from this crisis with the ability to continue bringing visionary artists into communion with adventurous theatre-goers.

If you''re in the position to make a gift to support our work, we hope you''ll consider doing so-even $5, $10, $25 makes a big difference.

If you missed this week''s first Mondays @ 3 master class with Rachel Chavkin, you can catch that and all of our other recorded virtual programming on the NYTW Facebook page.

?? THE ART OF PLAYWRITING
April 13 at 3pm EST

A master class with award-winning playwright Jeremy O. Harris (Daddy, Slave Play).

NOTE: All Zoom class spots have been claimed, but you can follow along via Facebook and you''ll be able to virtually attend the class! A Facebook account is not required to view this live-streamed video.

?? THE TOOLS OF THE ARTIST

April 20 at 3pm EST

A master class with Tony Award-winning performer Celia Keenan-Bolger (Peter and the Starcatcher, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Glass Menagerie).

NOTE: All Zoom class spots have been claimed, but you can follow along via Facebook and you''ll be able to virtually attend the class! A Facebook account is not required to view this live-streamed video.

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?? IMAGINING WORLDS

April 27 at 3pm EST

A master class with Director Lileana Blain-Cruz (The House That Will Not Stand, Red Speedo, Fefu and Her Friends) and scenic/costume designer Adam Rigg (The House That Will Not Stand, Fefu and her Friends) on collaboration.

?? FIRESIDE CHAT

April 8 at 5pm EST

NYTW Artistic Director James C. Nicola in conversation with the ''Queen of Underground Performance'' and fellow Hartford native Penny Arcade.

?? FIRESIDE CHAT

April 15 at 6pm EST

NYTW Literary Director & Dramaturg Aaron Malkin will dive into the life and artistry of Susan Smith Blackburn Finalist and Endlings playwright Celine Song (aquatic pun intended).

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?? FIRESIDE CHAT

April 22 at 5pm EST

Join NYTW Literary Director & Dramaturg Aaron Malkin in conversation with the Sanctuary City team including Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Martyna Majok, Olivier Award-winning director Rebecca Frecknall, and actors Jasai Chase-Owens, Sharlene Cruz and Austin Smith.

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?? FIRESIDE CHAT

April 29 at 5pm EST

NYTW Artist Director James C. Nicola chats with musical duo Martha Redbone and Aaron Whitby.

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PLAY-PERVIEW: IRONBOUND

April 9 at 7pm EST

If you missed the acclaimed 2016 Rattlestick/WP Theater production of Pulitzer Prize winner Martyna Majok''s IRONBOUND, the entire original cast is getting back together for a one-night-only live-streamed reading produced by Play-Perview! Martyna has very generously directed the proceeds from this event to benefit RAICES and NYTW.

JUST ANNOUNCED:

?? VIRTUAL OPEN MIC

April 16 at 7pm EST

Join NYTW and Poetic Theater Productions for a free community Virtual Open Mic Night on Thursday, April 16th from 7-8pm. This month''s lineup features Toni Blackman, Omar Columbus, and Tanaya Winder on the theme ART & ACTION IN OUR NEW REALITIES.

Add your voice! We''re seeking original music, songs, poetry, spoken word an storytelling. All languages, backgrounds, and identities are welcome!

We recognize that this can be a lonely and isolating time for people (or just a moment where we all have some extra time on our hands) and we would like to bring our community together and make some new introductions! Since we may not be able to see our actual neighbors, we would like to create a community of new, virtual neighbors.

Are you looking for an email pal, phone call or video call once or twice a week? If so, please fill out this short google form or email us at nytwvirtuallyneighbors@gmail.com and we will be in touch to get you started with a virtual neighbor from the NYTW community!

MEET THE GUEST ARTISTS

Penny Arcade aka Susana Ventura is an internationally respected performance artist, writer, poet and experimental theatre maker known for her magnetic stage presence, her take no prisoners wit and her content rich plays and one liners. She is the author of sixteen scripted performance plays and hundreds of performance art pieces. Her work has always focused on the other and the outsider, giving voice to those marginalized by society. Her willingness to speak truth to power at the expense of career concerns has made her an international icon of artistic resistance. Her decades long focus on the creation of community and inclusion as the goals of performance and her efforts to use performance as a transformative act mark her as a true original in American theatre and performance.

Lileana Blain-Cruz is a director from New York and Miami. Recent projects include: Anatomy of a Suicide (Atlantic Theater Company), Fefu and Her Friends (TFANA); Girls (Yale Repertory Theater); Marys Seacole (LCT3, Obie Award); Faust (Opera Omaha); Fabulation, Or the Reeducation of Undine (Signature Theatre); Thunderbodies and Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again (Soho Rep.); The House That Will Not Stand and Red Speedo (New York Theatre Workshop); Water by the Spoonful (Mark Taper Forum/CTG); Pipeline (Lincoln Center); The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World (Signature Theatre, Obie Award); Henry IV, Part One and Much Ado About Nothing (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); The Bluest Eye (The Guthrie); War (LCT3/Lincoln Center Theater and Yale Rep.); Salome (JACK); Hollow Roots (the Under the Radar Festival at The Public Theater). She was recently named a 2018 United States Artists Fellow and a 2020 Lincoln Center Emerging Artist. She received her MFA in directing from the Yale School of Drama. Upcoming projects include Dreaming Zenzile at St. Louis Rep and McCarter Theater.

Jasai Chase-Owens holds a BFA in acting from the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Purchase College, SUNY. Theatre credits include: The Tempest at The Public Theater; A Midsummer Night's Dream at The Public Theater; Native Son at Yale Repertory Theatre. Television credits include: HBO's The Deuce and he is currently a series regular on Amazon Prime's The Expanse.

Sharlene Cruz is thrilled to make her NYTW debut in Sanctuary City! Cruz originated the role of Witch 3 in Erica Schmidt's Mac Beth at the Lucille Lortel and reprised the role at Hunter Theater Project earlier this year. Other credits include: The Climb (Cherry Lane Theater), Den of Thieves (Harlem Repertory Theater), and BLU (Aaron Davis Hall). Recent graduate of the City College of New York.

Rebecca Frecknall is Associate Director at the Almeida Theatre, where she will direct The Duchess of Malfi this winter. In April of 2019, she opened a new version of Chekhov's Three Sisters to critical and popular acclaim. She also recently directed the critically acclaimed Summer and Smoke, which opened at the Almeida before transferring to the West End in November 2018. The production won the 2019 Olivier Award for Best Revival, and Rebecca was also nominated for the Peter Hall Olivier for Best Director. Future projects include directing Violet, a new opera written by Alice Birch and composed by Tom Coult. After graduating from Goldsmiths in 2009 with a First Class BA/Hons in Drama and Theatre Arts Rebecca went on to train on the Directors Courses at LAMDA. She was the 2012/13 recipient of the National Theatre Studio's Emerging Director Bursary and was the 2015/16 recipient of the acclaimed RTYDS Bursary at Northern Stage.

Jeremy O. Harris is a writer and performer living in New York City. His plays include: Slave Play (The Golden Theatre, Broadway; New York Theatre Workshop), Black Exhibition (The Bushwick Starr), Dragon: 1, and WATER SPORTS; or insignificant white boys (published by 53rd State Press), and A Boy''s Company Presents: "Tell Me If I''m Hurting You" (Playwrights Horizons). His work has been presented or developed by Pieterspace, JACK, Ars Nova, The New Group, NYTW, Performance Space New York and Playwrights Horizons. Jeremy co-wrote A24's upcoming film Zola with director Janicza Bravo, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival and is eyeing a Summer 2020 release. In television, he has in an overall deal with HBO. Jeremy is the 11th recipient of the Vineyard Theatre's Paula Vogel Playwriting Award, a 2016 MacDowell Colony Fellow, recipient of the HRC''s 2020 Equality Award and is under commission from Lincoln Center Theater and Playwrights Horizons. Jeremy is a graduate of the Yale MFA Playwriting Program.

Celia Keenan-Bolger. NYTW: Peter and the Starcatcher. Broadway: To Kill a Mockingbird (Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards), The Cherry Orchard, The Glass Menagerie (Tony Award nomination; Drama Desk and Dorothy Loudon Awards), Peter and the Starcatcher (Tony, Drama Desk, and Drama League Award nominations), Les Miserables (Drama Desk nomination), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Tony nomination; Drama Desk and Theatre World Awards). Off-Broadway: A Parallelogram, The Oldest Boy, Merrily We Roll Along, A Small Fire, Bachelorette, Juno, Saved, Kindertransport, Little Fish, Summer of '42. Regional: The Glass Menagerie (A.R.T.), The Light in the Piazza (Goodman Theatre), Sweeney Todd (Kennedy Center), Our Town (Intiman Theatre). Film: Diane, Breakable You, The Visit, Mariachi Gringo. Television: "Bull," "Louie," "NCIS: New Orleans," "Blue Bloods," "Good Behavior," "The Good Wife," "Elementary," "Nurse Jackie," "Heartland," "Law & Order: SVU." Education: University of Michigan.

Martyna Majok was born in Bytom, Poland and aged in Jersey and Chicago. Martyna was awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Cost of Living (Williamstown, MTC, Hampstead). Other plays include Queens (LCT3, La Jolla) and Ironbound (Steppenwolf, Round House, WP/Rattlestick, Geffen, National Theatre of Poland). Awards include a Lortel Award, ATCA Francesca Primus Prize, Lanford Wilson Award, Stacey Mindich Prize, Greenfield Prize, Champions of Change Award, Helen Merrill Emerging Playwright Award, Charles MacArthur Award, Ashland New Plays Festival Women's Invitational Prize, Jean Kennedy Smith Award, David Calicchio Emerging American Playwright Prize, Global Age Project Prize, Smith Prize for Political Playwriting, two Jane Chambers Feminist Playwriting Prizes, and Merage Foundation Fellowship for the American Dream. Commissions from The Public, Lincoln Center, The Bush, Almeida, Geffen, La Jolla, South Coast Rep, and MTC. Residencies at Sundance, The O'Neill, Vineyard Arts Project with The Public, Ground Floor, SPACE on Ryder Farm, Fuller Road, Marble House Project, and Ragdale. BA: University of Chicago; MFA: Yale School of Drama, The Juilliard School. Alumna of Youngblood, WP Lab and NYTW's 2050 Fellowship. Martyna is a Core Writer at Playwrights Center and a member of The Dramatists Guild, The Writers Guild of America East, and an NYTW Usual Suspect. Martyna was a 2012-13 NNPN playwright-in-residence and the 2015-16 PoNY Fellow at the Lark. She is a 2018-19 Hodder Fellow at Princeton.

Martha Redbone is a Native & African-American vocalist/songwriter/composer/educator. She is known for her unique gumbo of folk, blues and gospel from her childhood in Harlan County, Kentucky infused with the eclectic grit of pre-gentrified Brooklyn. Inheriting the powerful vocal range of her gospel-singing African American father and the resilient spirit of her mother's Cherokee/Shawnee/Choctaw culture, Redbone broadens the boundaries of American Roots music. With songs and storytelling that share her life experience as a Native and Black woman and mother in the new millenium, Redbone gives voice to issues of social justice, bridging traditions from past to present, connecting cultures, and celebrating the human spirit. Her latest album The Garden of Love: Songs of William Blake is "a brilliant collision of cultures" (New Yorker). Redbone's recent work has been predominantly in theater. Redbone is the Composer of Original Music and Score for the 2019 revival For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf, choreopoem by the late Ntozake Shange, where Redbone honors the author's 1976 classic by intertwining her original compositions celebrating the music of the African American diaspora with the beautiful choreography of Tony Award-nominee Camille A. Brown at The Public Theater. Redbone is currently in development with her own new work Black Mountain Women at The Public Theater. It is a timely musical about the ongoing environmental destruction of her ancestral homeland in Appalachia told through the lives of four generations of women in her matriarchal Cherokee family.

Adam Rigg is a 2015 Princess Grace Award and a three-time Henry Hewes Design Award nominee. Recent credits include New York Theater Workshop, Yale Rep, Soho Rep, Signature Theater Company, Atlantic Theater Company, Manhattan Theater Club, Williamstown Theater Festival, The Mark Taper Forum, LA Opera, Theater An Der Wien-Vienna, Berkeley Rep, The Guthrie Theater, Cincinnati Symphony, Westport Country Playhouse, Theater For A New Audience, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Cal Shakes, Buena Vista Center, Theater Municipal - S?o Paulo, Opera Omaha, Opera Philadelphia. Upcoming: Norwegian National Opera, The Kennedy Center, Santa Fe Opera, The Public Theater, The Old Globe, LA Opera, Opera Philadelphia, The Alliance Theater, Asolo Rep, Arena Di Verona. Education: BA UCLA, 2010; MFA Yale School of Drama, 2014. adamriggdesign.com

Celine Song's play Endlings received its world premiere in 2019 at the American Repertory Theater. It was selected for the 2018 O'Neill National Playwrights Conference and was placed on the 2017 Kilroys list. Celine is a member of the Public Theater's 2016-2017 Emerging Writers Group, Ars Nova's 2014-2015 Play Group, and The Orchard Project's inaugural NYC Greenhouse 2018. She was a Playwrights Realm Writing Fellow from 2017-2018, a 2014 & 2016 Great Plains Theatre Conference Playlab Playwright, and she was a 2017 semifinalist for the P73 Playwriting Fellowship. Her play Tom & Eliza was a semifinalist for the American Playwriting Foundation's 2016 Relentless Award. Celine has been awarded residencies, fellowships, and commissions from MTC/Sloan, Sundance, the Millay Colony for the Arts, the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, and the Edward F. Albee Foundation. She holds an M.F.A. from Columbia. Celine is a staff writer on Amazon's "The Wheel of Time," and she is developing a project for television with Diablo Cody and Beth Behrs.

Austin Smith made his professional debut starring in the Obie award-winning Soho Rep production of An Octoroon by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins at Theatre for a New Audience directed by Sarah Benson. He went on to join the original Broadway cast of the Tony, Grammy & Pulitzer prize winning musical Hamilton, performing both the roles of Aaron Burr and George Washington. World premieres include How to Transcend a Happy Marriage by Sarah Ruhl starring Marisa Tomei at Lincoln Center Theater directed by Rebecca Taichman, Zurich by Amelia Roper directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt at NYTW Next Door, Socrates by Tim Blake Nelson starring Michael Stuhlbarg and directed by Doug Hughes at The Public Theater. Television Credits include "Odd Mom Out" "Random Acts of Flyness" and "New Amsterdam." Training: The Juilliard School.

Aaron Whitby is an award-winning record producer, composer/songwriter, pianist, engineer and educator born and raised in London, and a longtime resident of Brooklyn. Mentored by Ohio Players/Funkadelic Walter 'Junie' Morrison, Whitby is best known for his work with longtime collaborator Martha Redbone, the acclaimed Native/African-American songstress with whom he created the music genre 'Native Soul' and subsequently took poet William Blake to Appalachia. The albums they co-wrote/co-produced include notably; Home of the Brave, Skintalk and The Garden of Love: Songs of William Blake have received numerous awards and critical acclaim. Currently the team tour Bone Hill-The Concert, a devised, multi-disciplinary theatrical concert originally commissioned by Joe's Pub/Public Theater, the NEA and Lincoln Center for the Arts. Whitby and Redbone are recipients of the NEFA NTP Award and an NPN Creation Fund Award, and are currently developing a musical commissioned by the Public Theater in NYC supported in part by MAP Fund and Creative Capital. With Cousin From Another Planet, his debut album as frontman, Whitby comes full circle to his jazz and funk roots pulling together an amazing cast of friends to realize his musical vision, as described by renowned music writer Greg Tate, "a funk-da-fied jam session feel undergirding tight, knotty jazz-smart progressions." With tunes inspired by the animated energy and profound innocence of his young son, humorous lyrics that celebrate empathy and empowerment and musicians given the freedom to take the music wherever it feels good, according to Tate, this album is "one of this era's hardiest re-dedications and festival-tent revival of soulful and exploratory jam-gnocity." Cousin From Another Planet live onstage is a music and visual experience accompanied by a video artshow by VJ Lady Firefly (Dave Chappelle, The Roots) to capture the colorful, cartoonish and movement-inspired worldview.

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In the last month of 2020, we hope you''ll join us for more of our Artistic Instigator projects in the 2020/21 season-a theatrical experiment that is unfolding right before our eyes. These incredible artists are conceiving new ways for you to experience art that bridges the gap and brings us together at a time where we must stay physically apart.

A hundred years ago, New York City was in the grips of a global pandemic, but the Ziegfeld Follies soldiered on, featuring the stars of the day, including WC Fields, Will Rogers and Fanny Brice. While we''re unable to be together in person this holiday season, we want to honor this tradition and have the show go on-virtually.

On December 16th at 7PM, NYTW will host a one-night-only holiday variety show, featuring some of our theatre community''s brightest. The evening will include festive holiday classics, dance-both nice and naughty!-and some Follies fun to bring us all together for some laughs this season.

Lean into the nostalgia and join us for a zany evening featuring:

Annaleigh Ashford ? Nabiyah Be ? Addalie Burns & Luke Hawkins ? Brandy Clark ? Marshall L. Davis, Jr. ? Jake Dupree ? Bridget Everett ? Lisa Stephen Friday ? Daniel & Patrick Lazour ? Gian Perez ? Martha Redbone & Aaron Whitby ? Daphne Rubin-Vega ? Adrian Stevens & Sean Snyder ? Michael Urie ? Bruce Vilanch ? More Zmin ? Michael Cerveris & Loose Cattle ? Kinder HSPVA''s Mariachi Band Los Pasajeros

The evening is written by NYTW Tow Playwright-in-Residence Victor I. Cazares and directed by Kevin Cahoon.

"War is inevitable - but there are miracles. Every day millions of people die, yet we live as if death will never touch us." -St. Vyasa, The Mahabharata

These words sit at the heart of one of the greatest epic poems- a meditation on war, death, and loss. Its core question is of a particular resonance: what should we fight for and why?

In an attempt to understand this exact question, Theater Mitu spent two years gathering interviews with a range of communities worldwide: current and past members of military forces; citizens who have been directly affected by war; people diagnosed with terminal illness and their families; doctors, nurses, spiritual leaders, scholars, teachers, and mental health professionals. As they touch upon, come to the edge of, and often confront death, each interview becomes a portrait of what is left behind - a remnant.

In a time of seismic loss, when communities are prohibited from gathering en masse, Theater Mitu has reimagined the original in-person production of Remnant into an interactive digital experience titled </remnant>. Part performance, part sound art, part video installation, this work offers an intimate reflection on how loss can scar us, shape us, and at times propel us towards change.

UPCOMING PERFORMANCES:

Dec 3 @9pm, Dec 6 @3pm,

Dec 7 @7pm, Dec 13 @3pm

The Dominican Artists Collective welcomes you to the real Washington Heights-our beloved barrio and our home away from home, filled with delicious food and bangin' island tunes, where melodic Dominican Spanish crashes into the hustle and grind of the New York accent. From one island to another, palm trees to concrete. Come kick it with the Dominican Artists Collective as we journey through our rich, complex, untold stories and deep rooted ancestral knowledge, all while wrestling with our American experience: how we view the world around us while contemplating how to make art during these times.

In THE COOKING PROJECT, travel with the DAC as they travel through time and space to explore their Diasporic journey-where they come from, and how they came to be.

NOW STREAMING on-demand thru December 15!

JUST ANNOUNCED: NYTW Digital Archive

We're excited to announce the launch of a digital archive, giving NYTW Members and Repeat Defenders a free all-access pass to stream many of the 2020/21 Artistic Instigator season''s theatrical experiences on-demand. Return to a show you loved, catch up on one you missed or binge watch them all when it's convenient for you!

The archive will launch with a special, sneak peek work-in-process sharing of WORKING TITLE: THE TALKING CIRCLES.

Martha Redbone and Aaron Whitby's vision is to create a song cycle that is set during the pandemic summers of 1920 and 2020 in New York City. In both time periods it's a day of protest. The worlds collapse into each other in songs and scenes from a variety of perspectives in reaction to the experiences of pandemics, systemic racism and battles for political self-determination. In the traditional culture of the Woodland American Indian nations, talking circles generate a continuum of hope where people are committed to helping each another and to each other's healing.

Other projects that will be available to stream via the archive include What the Hell is a Republic, Anyway?; The Seagull on The Sims 4; and Pinching Pennies with Penny Marshall. The NYTW Digital Archive can be viewed at www.nytw.org/streams.

Not a member? For as little as $13/month or $100, purchase a 2020/21 membership and get access to the rest of the season plus streaming access to Artistic Instigator projects that you missed in the first half of the season.

All performances will be presented online. Ticketholders must have internet access to stream events. Schedule subject to change. No exchanges or refunds. All sales are final. All times are reflected as EST.

If you have any questions, please email tickets@nytw.org

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Registering or donating will directly help NYTW ?continue producing through the Covid19 crisis, and emerge with the ability to support artistic risk-taking in the years ahead. Register solo, with the family, or create a team to help fundraise for the Workshop.

Your registration and fundraising are an investment in the people who make our work possible today and in our communal artistic future. Prizes will be awarded!

Run, walk, or roll on your own route, at your own pace, on your own time! Use the fitness tracker of your choice (we love the free version of Strava), and send a screenshot of your route and stats when you've completed your 3.1 miles. Then, join us to celebrate our collective Virtual 5k completion on SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 AT 5PM EST.

Questions? Would you or someone you know like to sponsor this event? Would you like an artist discount code? Reach out to Breanna Foister at BreannaF@nytw.org.

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Get a front row seat and backstage pass to NYTW''s World Premiere theatrical experiences every month. Offer expires August 31, 2020

Join us this 2020/21 season for original and timely art developed for this moment by these Artistic Instigators: Ayad Akhtar . Hilton Als . Clare Barron & Sam Gold . Lileana Blain-Cruz . David Cale & Dael Orlandersmith . Sean Carvajal . Victor I. Cazares . Rebecca Frecknall & Martyna Majok . Aleshea Harris . Jeremy O. Harris . Modesto Flako Jimenez . Denis O'Hare & Lisa Peterson . Liliana Padilla . Rub?n Polendo & Theater Mitu . Martha Redbone & Aaron Whitby . Tina Satter . Geoff Sobelle . Celine Song . Whitney White . Kristina Wong . Doug Wright

We're exploring new platforms to restore the feeling of being in a room together-even when we're apart. The artists are exploring film, podcasts, gaming, song, cycles, animated theatre, and much more. And, of course, modified in-person performances when it's safe to gather.

JOIN NOW to guarantee you won't miss the September & October lineup (TBA!)

Pay as little as $10/month thru August 31! CLICK HERE to learn more

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Dearest NYTW Community,

First and foremost, we hope that you and your loved ones are safe and healthy.

It was in the interest of the health of our community that we made the painful decision to suspend all of our programming for the time being. We closed Celine Song's Endlings days after it opened and suspended performances of Martyna Majok's Sanctuary City just one week into previews. We had to postpone Next Door performances, postpone readings and workshops, and interrupt our work in NYC's public schools.

In recent days, it has also become clear that we will need to postpone our upcoming production of Three Sisters; single tickets will not go on sale April 1st, and members and Repeat Defenders who have already booked their seats will be contacted as soon as we have more information about the revised schedule.

Though our capacity to gather together for shared, live experience is temporarily diminished, our common purpose remains. This challenging and chaotic disruption reaffirms our collective faith in its necessity. We are like Emily in the last act of Our Town: only by having it taken from her is she able to grasp the beauty, the miracle of life-even in its chaos, struggle and trauma. So, we too, have a new understanding of the importance of convening for communal ritual, presided over by virtuosic artists, spinning tales to challenge and deepen our humanity.

We are committed to supporting our community through this difficult moment. We are continuing to pay the artists, technicians, and staff who make that community possible. This week, we will roll out plans for our audiences to continue to connect in virtual spaces with our artists and with each other. All the while, we continue to make plans and preparations for the moment when we will be able to gather together again.

We have been so moved by your thoughtfulness and generosity. From artists offering solidarity, to members donating their tickets, to friends making unsolicited gifts meant to see us through this crisis. Every message and every gesture is meaningful.

If you are able to make a gift to help us sustain our artists and staff, we would be honored if you would consider doing that.

Stay safe and we will all look forward to being together again soon.

James C. Nicola

Artistic Director

Jeremy Blocker

Managing Director

COME HANG OUT WITH US (ONLINE)!

Rendering of NYTW Staff Working Remotely

We''re theatre people too! We miss seeing shows and talking to artists and audiences, so we''re building a whole calendar of new opportunities for community gathering via technology. You can expect a "Workshop Wednesdays" series and lots of one-off events including Master Classes and conversations with Rachel Chavkin, Jeremy O. Harris, Martyna Majok, Doug Wright and more! New programming will be added regularly, so keep an eye on this page and NYTW social media channels for additional events and offerings.

SERVICES & RESOURCES FOR ARTISTS

We''re compiling a list of resources and emergency funds for artists including The Kinkade Family Foundation emergency grants, Trickle Up (an artists-helping-artists network), The Indie Theatre Rapid Relief Emergency Fund, The Arts and Culture Leaders of Color Grant, and many, many more. Please take a look at these resources and share them with artists in need.

We''re all facing unique challenges and we hope that you''re able to find some much needed relief in these difficult times. If you have the means, many of these funds are also collecting donations to support their efforts.

COVID-19 is a community crisis and we face it together. Consistent with NYTW's core values, we are encouraging everyone to avoid misinformation as well as racist and xenophobic rhetoric.

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??Fireside Chat: An Actor''s Journey

Thurs, December 10th @3pm EST

Join us as we chat with Tony nominated actors Ato Blankson-Wood and Annie McNamara (Slave Play) and explore everything that goes into making a life and career in acting. While their lives as artists converged in Slave Play at NYTW, both have traveled rich, winding paths through life and show business and we are excited to reflect on the big breaks, setbacks, detours and adventures that have brought them to this moment.

??Youth Artistic Instigators FINAL PRESENTATION

Tues, December 15th @7pm EST

Youth Artistic Instigators (YAI) is a new program bringing together 25 high school students from across the country to create bold, activist theatre. Under the guidance of NYTW''s expert teaching artist, Nana Dakin, students engaged in 10 online workshops to collaborate, write and perform an original piece of theatre that responded to urgent current events. RSVP to see their final presentation.

??Holiday Follies

Wed, December 16th @7pm EST

NYTW will host a one-night-only holiday variety show, featuring some of our theatre community''s brightest. The evening will include festive holiday classics, dance-both nice and naughty!-and some Follies fun to bring us all together for some laughs this season.

Lean into the nostalgia and join us for a zany evening featuring:

Annaleigh Ashford ? Nabiyah Be ? Addalie Burns & Luke Hawkins ? Brandy Clark ? Marshall L. Davis, Jr. ? Jake Dupree ? Bridget Everett ? Lisa Stephen Friday ? Daniel & Patrick Lazour ? Gian Perez ? Martha Redbone & Aaron Whitby ? Daphne Rubin-Vega ? Adrian Stevens & Sean Snyder ? Michael Urie ? Bruce Vilanch ? More Zmin ? Michael Cerveris & Loose Cattle ? Kinder HSPVA''s Mariachi Los Pasajeros

We are so pleased to announce the Golden & Ruth Harris Commission, a collaboration between New York Theatre Workshop and Jeremy O. Harris that offers two $50,000 commissions to two generative artists who are Black womxn: one of whom is an artist who has yet to have an Off-Broadway New York production as a generative artist, and one of whom is an artist who made a significant impact early in their artistic lives but has not had adequate support of late.

Over the next several months, a wide array of nominators will recommend nominees from every area and medium of the field, who will submit proposals to an independent panel of artists. The panel will review the nominees and submit finalists to Harris and New York Theatre Workshop, who will select the recipients.

</remnant>

EXTENDED thru Dec 13

An interactive digital reimagining of Theater Mitu's 2018 live theatrical production built from interviews conducted around the world concerning death, loss, and what is left behind.

The Cooking Project

Streaming NOW thru Dec 15

Travel with the Dominican Artists Collective as they travel through time and space to explore their Diasporic journey-where they come from, and how they came to be.

Check out the Virtual Programming archive

Our Master Classes, Fireside Chats and Jam Sessions are available to watch anytime on our official YOUTUBE channel!

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Join us tonight at 7pm EST for a holiday variety show featuring some of our theatre community''s brightest. The event will include festive holiday classics, dance-both nice and naughty!-and some Follies fun to bring us all together for some laughs this season.

Can''t make it tonight? The HOLIDAY FOLLIES will be available to stream on-demand until Sunday, December 20th at 7pm EST.

Lean into the nostalgia and join us for a zany evening featuring:

Annaleigh Ashford ? Nabiyah Be ? Addalie Burns & Luke Hawkins

Brandy Clark ? Marshall L. Davis, Jr. ? Jake DuPree ? Bridget Everett

Lisa Stephen Friday ? The Lazours ? Peppermint ? Gian Perez

Martha Redbone & Aaron Whitby ? Daphne Rubin-Vega

Basil Twist & Julie Atlas Muz ? Michael Urie ? Bruce Vilanch

More Zmin ? Michael Cerveris, Kimberly Kaye & Loose Cattle

Kinder HSPVA''s Mariachi Los Pasajeros

The evening is written by NYTW Tow Playwright-in-Residence

Victor I. Cazares and directed by Kevin Cahoon

Please Note: the Holiday Follies includes mature content that may not be suitable for younger audiences.

If you have any questions, please email BreannaF@nytw.org

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We hope that this finds you and your loved ones safe and healthy! We''re pleased to share our artistic and operational plans for the coming year, which have been developed in accordance with our Core Values. In our ongoing commitment to becoming a fully anti-racist organization, we''re publishing those Core Values alongside action steps to interrogate our practices, disrupt patterns that reinforce institutionalized oppressions and inequities, acknowledge our missteps, and hold our organization to a standard that does not accept that this work is ever done. We stand in solidarity with the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) members of our community, and recognize that we have not always lived up to these values and must contend with the harm that those shortcomings have caused.

While the timeline for resuming in-person performances in New York City remains uncertain, we believe great work is still possible!

We''re committing resources to support a group of extraordinary Artistic Instigators to create and develop new work and to share that work with audiences in both existing formats and in ways yet to be imagined.

Ayad Akhtar, Clare Barron, Lileana Blain-Cruz, David Cale, Sean Carvajal, Victor I. Cazares, Rebecca Frecknall, Sam Gold, Aleshea Harris, Jeremy O. Harris, Modesto Flako Jimenez, Martyna Majok, Denis O''Hare, Lisa Peterson, Dael Orlandersmith, Rub?n Polendo, Martha Redbone, Tina Satter, Geoff Sobelle, Celine Song, Theater Mitu, Aaron Whitby, Whitney White, Kristina Wong, and Doug Wright.

The list of Artistic Instigators will continue to grow! We''re starting them off with $2,500 grants to imagine work in our present moment that creates community within the given circumstances of social distancing, celebrates the liveness that is inherent in a theatrical experience, and examines the relationship between theatre, distance and technology. From virtual experiences to outdoor performance to art installations, the possibilities are limitless.

While the Artistic Instigators dive into an exploration of form and content, you''re invited to experience the evolution of the work through work-in-process sharings and behind-the-scenes conversations. You can have a front-row seat to the unfolding of this experiment-and that definition of a "front-row seat" will shift throughout the year. Some events will be exclusively virtual experiences while others may take place in person-when it is possible to do so with appropriate safety measures.

And we still intend to return to the two productions we were unable to open due to the pandemic! As soon as it is feasible and safe to do so, we remain committed to bringing you Martyna Majok''s Sanctuary City directed by Rebecca Frecknall and Clare Barron''s adaptation of Three Sisters directed by Sam Gold.

The Artistic Instigators aren''t the only exciting theatremakers we''ll be welcoming this year! Six new 2050 Artistic Fellows-directors Josiah Davis, Adil Mansoor, and Tyler Thomas and playwrights Nissy Aya, Ruth Tang, and David Zheng-will join our community, continuing our 25-year tradition of supporting early-career artists who, with their unique voices, challenge us all to contend with this changing world.

NYTW Memberships have been reconceived for the coming year in response to the physical limitations and financial challenges that continue to impact our community. 2020/21 season memberships will be available at levels from $10-$50 per month to offer a range of options for members, from those who are unsure when and how often they will feel ready to return, to those who hunger for the lost sense of community and the joy of a new artistic adventure.

Repeat Defenders-the loyal group of donors who make New York Theatre Workshop's mission possible-will receive the highest level of behind-the-scenes insights for the experimental season in exchange for their unwavering support.

We hope you''ll consider joining us, at whatever level is right for you, to support these artists as they unleash their imaginations and discover a richer, deeper understanding of what it means to live and breathe on this earth right now.

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Here''s what''s happening in our virtual theatre this week, including our??MONDAYS @ 3 and ??WORKSHOP WEDNESDAYS series plus new events with Dr. Nisha Sajnani, Julian Boal, and Victor I. Cazares. And don''t forget to check out our Zooming with the Stars digital auction packages - bidding closes Wednesday!

Our programming is free and open to the public, just make sure to register in advance! All artists who contribute to these important online gatherings are compensated. If you''re in the position to make a gift to support our work, we hope you''ll consider doing so-even $5, $10, $25 makes a big difference.

?? MASTERCLASS: THE TEXT IN SPACE

May 11 at 3pm EDT

Former NYTW 2050 Directing Fellow Whitney White (What to Send Up When It Goes Down, Our Dear Dead Drug Lord) explores how she interprets text for acting, design and movement.

VIRTUAL NETWORKING EVENT

May 12 at 7pm EDT

EVENT IS FULL

?? FIRESIDE CHAT

May 13 at 5pm EDT

Go into the studio with internationally acclaimed theater director/designer/performer Thaddeus Phillips (?El Conquistadror!, Red-Eye to Havre de Grace, 17 Border Crossings) as he takes you step by step through his creative process.

EMERGING ARTISTS CORNER

May 15 at 12:30pm EDT

Want to mingle with fellow artists? Join NYTW Community Engagement Associate Gaven Trinidad and other emerging artists to discuss and share work-in-progress this Friday, May 15th at 12:30 pm EDT. Bring your lunch and make friends in this hour-long gathering. Due to the intimate nature of the weekly gathering, space is limited.

?? MARVEL AT THE CLASSICS

May 18 at 3pm EDT

Watch and learn how to work on classical text with award winning stage and screen actress Elizabeth Marvel (Homeland, House of Cards, Ivo van Hove's Hedda Gabler).

?? FIRESIDE CHAT

May 20 at 5pm EDT

Join Intimacy Directors Claire Warden and Teniece Divya Johnson in conversation about their work and intimacy direction''s role in bringing us together as we return to rehearsal.

?? VIRTUAL OPEN MIC NIGHT

May 21 at 7pm EDT

Join NYTW and Poetic Theater Productions for a free community Virtual Open Mic Night. The theme REIMAGINING COMMUNITY, CONNECTION & CREATION.

Performer registration is now full.

JUST ANNOUNCED:

TEACHING THEATRE ONLINE: Trauma-Informed Pedagogy

May 22 at 4pm EDT

NYTW Education Associate Adam Odsess-Rubin will interview NYU Drama Therapy Program Director Dr. Nisha Sajnani about taking care of students in the midst of a crisis, the potential power of theatre for radical healing, and how teachers can use artistic tools to help students face new challenges with creativity.

JUST ANNOUNCED:

?? FIRESIDE CHAT

May 27 at 5pm EDT

NYTW Director of Education Alexander Santiago-Jirau will be in conversation with international Theatre of the Oppressed practitioner Julian Boal on the future of global popular theatre movements.

JUST ANNOUNCED:

QUEERING BORDERS: Immigration & the Arts

May 29 at 3:30pm EDT

Join NYTW Community Engagement Associate Gaven Trinidad, NYTW Tow Playwright-in-Residence Victor I. Cazares and Immigration Equality in conversation about the political intersections of art, activism, immigration, and queerness. This conversation is in collaboration with National Queer Theatre.

ZOOMING WITH THE STARS:

Online Auction Ends May 13

Elevate your screen time with these personal, one-of-a-kind experiences with celebrated artists we love. Whether you''re looking to hone your own creative practice, get behind-the-scenes intel on your favorite TV shows and films, or find the perfect digital keepsake for yourself or to give a loved one.

Your winning bid will not only help NYTW continue to serve our community through these challenging times, but will also ensure that we emerge from this crisis with the ability to support artistic risk-taking in the years ahead.

We recognize that this can be a lonely and isolating time for people (or just a moment where we all have some extra time on our hands) and we would like to bring our community together and make some new introductions! Since we may not be able to see our actual neighbors, we would like to create a community of new, virtual neighbors.

Are you looking for an email pal, phone call or video call once or twice a week? If so, please fill out this short google form or email us at nytwvirtuallyneighbors@gmail.com and we will be in touch to get you started with a virtual neighbor from the NYTW community!

Julian Boal is a teacher, researcher, and well-known Theatre of the Oppressed practitioner who has facilitated workshops in more than 25 countries around the world. He has collaborated with a number of social movements such as Jana Sanskriti, the Landless movement from Brazil, the Roofless movement of Bahia, among others, in activities related to Theatre of the Oppressed. Boal has also has collaborated on several international festivals of Theatre of the Oppressed: in India with Jana Sanskriti, in Spain with Pa'tothom, in Portugal with ?prima, in Croatia with the Istrian National Theater, in France with GTO-Paris, and in Brazil with CTO-Rio. In Paris, he was a founding member of the Ambaata collective, which worked alongside migrant workers, and he also worked with GTO-Paris and F?minisme Enjeux. He is also a founding member of the Escola de Teatro Popular (Popular Theatre School) in Rio de Janeiro, which has as its students only activists from a diverse range of political organizations, all interested in the use of theatre to build up popular protagonism. He recently completed his PhD, entitled "On Old Forms in New Times: Theatre of the Oppressed Today, Between a ''Rehearsal of Revolution'' and Interactive Training for the Victims". Boal is also the author of Images of a Popular Theatre (Hucitec, 2000) and co-editor of the DVD and essay booklet Theatre of the Oppressed in Actions (with Kelly Howe and Scot McElvany, Routledge, 2015) and the anthology The Routledge Companion to Theatre of the Oppressed (with Kelly Howe and Jos? Soeiro, 2019)

Victor I. Cazares was born twice on paper: in El Paso, Texas and San Lorenzo, Chihuahua, Mexico (shhh...don''t tell the government). Their plays have been read, developed, or produced at American Repertory Theatre, Amherst College, Brown University, New York Theatre Workshop, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Red Fern Theatre Company, Teatro Vivo and the Yale School of Drama. Cazares holds an M.F.A. from Brown University and a B.A. in History of Art from Yale University where they received a Josef Albers Fellowship, a couple Sudler Grants, and a restraining order against their ex-boyfriend that faked his way into Yale. Victor is currently the Pandemic Playwright-in-Residence at New York Theatre Workshop thanks to the generosity of the Tow Foundation. They had just bought an expensive membership to the Astor Place New York Sports Club before it all came crashing down. They have since re-relocated back to Portland, Oregon where they live, forage, and produce their social media telenovela that is always on the verge of cancellation, El Amor en Tiempos de Trump. Plays include: american (tele)visions, The Dead Women of J-Town & Smiley, Ramses contra los monstruos, We Were Eight Years in Powder, and When We Write With Ashes.

Teniece Divya Johnson, MA (Lehigh University, Sociology), MFA (University of Florida), is a student of life, stunt performer and certified intimacy coordinator and director for television, film and stage. They are a Creative Team Member of (IDC) Intimacy Directors & Coordinators and some of Teniece''s credits include HBO's Succession, HULU''s Wu-Tang: An American Saga, FX''s POSE, Run the World directed by Millicent Shelton, West Side Story directed by Steven Spielberg and the limited series The Underground Railroad written and directed by Barry Jenkins. Teniece is also honored to have worked with Claire Warden on Slave Play at the Golden Theater and NYTW. And they love working with the students at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts as a fight director and intimacy director. Teaching and performing for over a decade, Teniece uses a multidisciplinary approach to cultivating self-healing and creative wellness practices. Driven to keep actors safe but the story dangerous Teniece's devised theater experience, movement training and spoken word poetry lends for a natural curiosity and commitment to honoring and dissecting what is on the page in order to develop a captivating movement dialogue of action and reaction. They are also an outspoken advocate for diversity, inclusivity, LGBTQ and consent culture.

Elizabeth Marvel most recently wrapped the first season of Marvel's "Helstrom" for Hulu, where she plays the series regular role of "Valerie Simms." The series is expected to be released in 2020. Elizabeth also completed shooting News of the World for Universal, directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Tom Hanks, which will be released this year as well. Prior to this, Marvel was seen in the critically acclaimed limited series "Unbelievable" for Netflix. Additional work on Netflix includes The Meyerowitz Stories co-staring Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller and directed by Noah Baumbach. This was a stark contrast to her series regular role of the first female President on "Homeland" for Showtime. Elizabeth also played series regular "Heather Dunbar" on "House of Cards" for yet another Netflix collaboration. She has appeared in countless films such as Native Son, The Land Of Steady Habits, Swallow, All The Little Things We Kill, Dark Waters, Lincoln, Bourne Legacy, Hyde Park on Hudson, and A Most Violent Year. In television, Marvel has depicted recurring roles on "Manifest," "Fargo," "Law and Order: SVU," and "Person of Interest." She was also a series regular on "The District" for CBS and "Lights Out" for FX. Other television work includes "Nurse Jackie," "30 Rock," "The Good Wife," "The Newsroom," "White Collar," and "Elementary." She has won 4 Obie Awards for her Off-Broadway work, most notably for the title role in Ivo Van Hove''s 2004 production of Hedda Gabler. She also received a Drama Desk Nomination for her performance in Fifty Words. Of her numerous Broadway roles, she is best known for her portrayal of Brooke Wyeth in Other Desert Cities, a role which she originated off-Broadway. Marvel is a graduate of the Juilliard School.

Thaddeus Phillips is a theatre director/designer + performer who works internationally. Recent credits include Antropoceno (Teatro La Abadia, Madrid). The Polar Eagle (Teateri, Sweden) & Inflatable Space (Assembly Festival, Edinburgh). His work has been presented in theatres and festivals in Russia, Colombia, Italy, Czech Republic, Australia, Spain, Ireland, Holland, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, Serbia, Canada, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden, Mexico, Norway + across the USA. NYTW Theatre Credits: 17 Border Crossings, Red-Eye to Havre de Grace (designer & director), ?El Conquistador! (creator & actor). NYC: A Billion Nights on Earth (BAM 2018 Next Wave Festival), Capsule 33 (Barrow Street Theater), The Earth's Sharp Edge, Lost Soles, King Lear and The Tempest (La MaMa ETC). International Directing: Ankomsten (from Shaun Tan's "The Arrival"), Midnight Train to Marrakesh (Teateri in Sweden). Other Created works include: The Incredibly Dangerous . . . Adventures of Barry Seal (FringeArts), Flamingo/Winnebago (Revolutions Festival, Albuquerque), and Whale Optics (Prince Music Theater). Film & TV: The Amazing Spider-Man 2, "Narcos," "Celia," "Alias El Mexicano," "El Capo 3."

Dr. Nisha Sajnani is the Director of the Program in Drama Therapy and Theatre & Health Lab at New York University. She is the President of the Foundation for the Arts and Trauma which champions trauma-informed, theatre-based pedagogy in K-12 schools. Dr. Sajnani is the Editor of the journal Drama Therapy Review and Trauma-Informed Drama Therapy: Transforming Clinics, Classrooms, and Communities.

Claire Warden is an intimacy director and coordinator, fight director, teacher and actress with over twenty years experience in theatre, TV and film across America and the UK. She is part of the creative team of Intimacy Director and Coordinators, a founding member of IDI - UK and was Associate Director of Intimacy Directors International. She is part of the team helming the intimacy direction movement across America and the world. Claire works as an intimacy coordinator and consultant on numerous television productions under various studios including HBO, Hulu, Amazon, Showtime, as well major motion picture studios such as Sony and 20th Century Fox. She is part of the collaboration team advising SAG-AFTRA on their effort to standardize, codify and implement guidelines for on-set intimacy coordinators. Claire recently made history as the first intimacy director on Broadway with Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune and also worked as Intimacy Director on the Broadway productions of Slave Play, The Inheritance, Jagged Little Pill, Linda Vista and West Side Story. She was recently awarded Variety Magazine's 2019 '10 Broadway Players to Watch'. Claire is a Drama Desk award winner for 'Outstanding Fight Choreography' for Slave Play at NYTW and was also nominated in the same category for the play Daddy. Off-Broadway, she has intimacy and fight directed Slave Play (NYTW), Daddy (Vineyard/New Group), Mies Julie and Dance of Death (CSC) and BLKS (MCC Theatre) as well as others both in New York and regionally. Claire trains faculty & students in acting training institutions across the country, including Yale, Brown/Trinity, Brandeis, Tufts, JMU, SITI, Stella Adler, the O'Neill Theatre Center and numerous others. She has presented and given workshops for conferences and theatre communities on both sides of the Atlantic. She is also part of the teaching team of IDC, training the next generation of intimacy directors and coordinators. www.IDCprofessionals.com www.clairewarden.com

Whitney White is a director, writer, and musician originally from Chicago, based in New York. She is a believer of alternative forms of performance, multi-disciplinary work, and collaborative processes. Recent work: Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (New York Times Critic's Pick), Aleshea Harris' What to Send Up When it Goes Down (New York Times Critic's Pick), The Amen Corner (Shakespeare Theatre DC), An Iliad (Long Wharf), Canyon by Jonathan Caren (LA Times Critic's Choice and recipient of the CTG Block Party , IAMA), Jump by Charly Evon Simpson (National New Play Network Rolling World Premier, PlayMakers Rep). Upcoming projects: The Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington by James Ijames (Steppenwolf Theatre), Animals by Stacy Ossei-Kuffour (Williamstown Theatre). Her original musical Definition was in development as part of the Sundance Theatre Lab, and her five part cycle deconstructing Shakespeare's women and black female ambition is currently in development with American Repertory Theater. Her musical discipline is rooted in electro-rock, industrial, and soul. Whitney has developed work with: The Roundabout, New York Theatre Workshop, The Vineyard, The New Group, Page 73, Playwrights Realm, Juilliard, Trinity Rep, NYU TISCH, Luna Stage, SUNY Purchase, Princeton University, Atlantic Theater Company Acting School, The Drama League, South Oxford, Jack, The Tank, New York Musical Festival, The Lark, and others. She also has been an Associate to: Sam Gold (Othello, New York Theatre Workshop and The Secret Life of Bees, New York Stage and Film), Daniel Sullivan (If I Forget, Roundabout), and Anne Kauffman (Marvin's Room, Broadway). Whitney is a part of the Rolex Mentor and Prot?g? Arts Initiative and is the current recipient of the Susan Stroman Directing Award. She is also an Artistic Associate at The Roundabout. Past residencies and fellowships: Colt Coeur, The Drama League, the Roundabout and the 2050 Fellowship at the New York Theatre Workshop. MFA Acting: Brown University/Trinity Rep, BA: Northwestern University.

Illustration by Community Engagement Associate, Gaven D. Trinidad.

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After blowing away audiences and critics when she opened the NYTW 2018/19 season, Heidi Schreck returns for a virtual conversation hosted by Clubbed Thumb and NYTW.

Join us for a conversation with What the Constitution Means to Me''s HEIDI SCHRECK & Special Guests. Wed, October 21 at 6:30pm. Moderated by Kathleen Peratis.

What the Constitution Means to Me will stream to homes across America when it premieres on Amazon Prime on October 16th! Join us for a virtual conversation with Heidi Schreck & special guests in a conversation moderated by former Director of the ACLU Women's Project and NYTW Trustee Kathleen Peratis.

Heidi Schreck''s boundary-breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful and achingly human new play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives.

What the Constitution Means to Me was commissioned by True Love Productions. This production originated as part of Summerworks 2017, produced by Clubbed Thumb in partnership with True Love Productions. After an extended run of over 100 performances at New York Theatre Workshop, the production transferred to Broadway where it was recorded live for this broadcast.

?? FIRESIDE CHAT: See Lighting Foundation

Wed, Oct 14 at 11:30am EDT

Confronted with the lack of support for immigrant theater artists, See Lighting Foundation was started to give immediate relief for those in need. Join Stefania Bulbarella (theater director/projection designer), Yijun Yang (set/projection designer), Danilo Gambini (director) and Kimie Nishikawa (set designer/co-founder of See Lighting Foundation) to hear about the immigrant theater artist experience and how you can help.

?? LET''S PLAY: THEATRE MAKERS TALK GAMING

Fri, Oct 16 at 7pm EDT

Video Games have evolved in the past 40 years into a sophisticated artform that has catapulted generations of players into deep immersive, digital worlds, creating new forms of storytelling, entertainment and community. This digital storytelling has greatly affected the aesthetics of contemporary theatre making, finding conventions of gaming on the stage and vice versa. In advance of her Artistic Instigator project, The Seagull on The Sims 4, at the end of the month, join theatre maker and gamer Celine Song in conversation with other theater makers about how video games have affected their artistry and their ideas of theatrical storytelling in the twenty-first century.

Open Mic Night, Virtual 5K, Dominican Artists Collective

?? VIRTUAL OPEN MIC NIGHT

Thurs, Oct 22 at 7pm EDT

Join NYTW and Poetic Theater Productions for a free community Virtual Open Mic Night with original music, songs, poetry, spoken word and storytelling. The evening''s theme: Calling for Guidance/Rising Above Fear!

During this time of major change, loss, and the unknown, how do we find our path forward? What do you need from others to collectively create the space and energy necessary for tomorrow/for the next moment to come? Let us come together to remind ourselves of our limitless imagination and strength to build a world embracing equity, radical love and liberation.

????? VIRTUAL 5K

Sat, Oct 24 - Sat, Oct 31

Bid farewell to fall with family and friends at NYTW''s first 5K! Register to run, walk or roll with us to directly support NYTW emerging from the COVID-19 crisis. Register solo, with the family, or create a team to help fundraise for the Workshop!

?? FIRESIDE CHAT: Spotlight on The Cooking Project with members of the Dominican Artists Collective

Wed, Oct 28 at 5pm EDT

Welcome to the kitchen of the Dominican Artists Collective. Get to know members of the DAC, learn about their process, Dominicanidad, Washington Heights, and what it means to be making art and theater right now as Dominican artists. This conversation will give you a taste and sneak peek into The Cooking Project, the DAC''s Artistic Instigator project coming in November.

DON''T MISS EPISODES 3 & 4

An interactive examination of community, democracy and what made the Roman Republic fall.

In this tumultuous moment for American democracy, playwrights Denis O''Hare and Lisa Peterson find it increasingly urgent to focus on what America can learn from the republic that inspired ours: the Roman Republic. This political entity lasted for nearly 500 years before it slid into an autocratic empire. As they dive deep into this history, O''Hare and Peterson expose their own process, demonstrating the difficulties around collaboration. They ask: is it possible to reach consensus? How can two points of view converge in a united vision? Can a democratic system sustain itself in a just way? Is there any way our republic can survive?

NYTW Usual Suspects O''Hare and Peterson return to NYTW following their acclaimed 2012 production of An Iliad. This four-episode series brings their collaborative process of theatre-making to the forefront as they turn to the Roman Republic and countdown to the 2020 election.

PINCHING PENNIES WITH PENNY MARSHALL

By Victor I. Cazares

Directed by Borna Barzin

Oct 19 - Nov 1, 2020

Hi and welcome to Pinching Pennies with Penny Marshall, an EXTREMELY limited series of financial advice Zoom webinars for OnlyFans content creators, InstaCart executives, and the cleaning staff of a clandestine TikTok Hype House McMansion. Over the course of three episodes, you will learn how to balance a pandemic budget, whether or not you qualify for Penny's sliding scale, and who to talk to if you need to escape the country.

THE SEAGULL ON THE SIMS 4

By Anton Chekhov

Adapted and Performed by Celine Song

Oct 27 - Oct 28, 2020

When it first premiered, Anton Chekhov''s The Seagull was a famous failure, the audience unfamiliar with ideas of subtext and subtlety that Chekhov was experimenting with and preferring the more conventional melodrama of the 19th century. It has gone on to become one of the most recognizable titles in Western drama. Artist CELINE SONG (playwright of Endlings) attempts to reenact the classic text on 21st century videogame Sims 4 via Twitch. Join us for a durational installation art piece that explores the newly emerging popular form of live-and interactive-performance.

Use code 202020 for $20 Discount Room Rates

From Oct 9-25, visionary director, designer and performer Thaddeus Phillips (17 Border Crossings, Red-Eye to Havre de Grace) and innovative designer Steven Dufala (Designer of The Object Lesson & Home) invite you into the mysterious & playful ZOO MOTEL, Phillips' new solo work that is a live, cinematic, and interactive theatrical event. Limited to only 21 audience participants nightly who check into virtual "rooms," this wildly inventive exploration of the possibilities of live theater and the magic of cinema explores what connects us and is broadcast live and online from a small room in a village in South America.

CELINE SONG''s play Endlings received its world premiere in 2019 at American Repertory Theater, and it had its New York premiere in 2020 at New York Theatre Workshop. It has been named a finalist for the 2020 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, and it was selected for the 2018 O'Neill National Playwrights Conference. The play was also included on the 2017 Kilroys list. Celine is a member of the Public Theater's 2016-2017 Emerging Writers Group, Ars Nova's 2014-2015 Play Group, and The Orchard Project''s inaugural NYC Greenhouse 2018. She was a Playwrights Realm Writing Fellow from 2017-2018, a 2014 & 2016 Great Plains Theatre Conference Playwright, and she was a 2017 semifinalist for the P73 Playwriting Fellowship. Her play TOM & ELIZA was a semifinalist for the American Playwriting Foundation''s 2016 Relentless Award. Celine has been awarded residencies, fellowships, and commissions from MTC/Sloan, Sundance, the Millay Colony for the arts, the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, and the Edward F. Albee Foundation. She holds an M.F.A. from Columbia. Celine was a staff writer on Amazon''s THE WHEEL OF TIME.

In the Fall of 2019, a small group of Dominican artists gathered in Washington Heights to envision a world where their stories would be honored and celebrated in mainstream media. With this goal in mind, the founders of the DOMINICAN ARTISTS COLLECTIVE (DAC) have dedicated themselves to build a home for multidisciplinary Dominican artists which include actors, directors, writers, producers, visual artists, musicians, theater and film makers. The members of the group create original work that showcases the multidimensional facets of Dominican identity and culture both here in the states and in the Dominican Republic. DAC members include Angie Abreu, Carlos Andrickson, Massiel Armengot, Sean Carvajal, Julissa Contreras, Zahaira Curiel, Guadal?s Del Carmen, Cindy De La Cruz, Daniella De Jes?s, Yohanna Florentino, Xavier Galva, Gineiris Garcia, Katherine George, Kelvin Grullon, Dilson Hernandez, Glen?s Hunter, Maribel Martinez, Andres Pina, Mitchie Ramirez, Saso, Paola Alexandra Soto, Ed Ventura, Merlixse Ventura and Little Veras.

POETIC THEATER PRODUCTIONS seeks to define the modern genre of "poetic theater" by connecting and fostering a community of artists who are passionately creating relevant and accessible work and reinvigorating a conscious theater of language. Poetic Theater Productions offers resources and opportunities for poets, playwrights, and theater artists to create new work and see it through to production via educational workshops, developmental readings and performance. PTP seeks out and creates opportunities to connect with communities affected by the issues of topic within our productions through collaborative projects and exchanges of art and ideas.

The SEE LIGHTING FOUNDATION, is a grassroots organization committed to supporting immigrant theater artists during the global pandemic.The foundation aims to distribute $500 monthly grants to all 60 immigrant artists registered with the foundation until the end of 2020. The foundation states "Applying for unemployment benefits poses a risk for us and O visa holders are issued their visas to allow them to do specific work in the U.S. Meaning, we cannot legally seek work outside of the field (theater, design, lighting, etc) we have obtained the visa for." With no concrete plans for theaters reopening, this artistic community is in dire need of financial support. The donated money from the Monthly Donation Campaign will be divided among the immigrant designers and artists, including scenic, prop, and costume designers, wig and make-up artists, lighting designers, sound designers, projection designers, directors and actors. To donate and learn more about the See Lighting Foundation, please visit SeeLightingFoundation.com. Follow us on Instagram @seelightingfoundation

Photo of Heidi Schreck by Joan Marcus. Photo of Celine Song by Matthew Dunivan.

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This Giving Tuesday, cross holiday shopping off your list! Give the gift of personal experiences with today''s top theatre and film professionals to your loved ones this season.

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Virtual Open Mic Night with

Poetic Theater Productions

Mon, Nov 23 at 7pm EST

The evening''s theme: What We Carry in Our Hearts

On the emergence of an election in the month that begins with a day of remembrance, we must continue to find hope and strength. We must demonstrate mutual support and love to those in our chosen families and communities as the challenges of the world continue to grow. Let us take this time to collect ourselves, mourn those we have lost, dance even for the smallest joys, and remind ourselves why we fight for each other''s humanity. What continues to ignite your passion to create?

Original music, songs, poetry, spoken word and storytelling! All languages welcome! Four minutes of material! Our host is the spectacular Lauren F. Walker.

Attend the PREMIERE on Nov 18 at 7pm

or stream on-demand until Dec 15

In THE COOKING PROJECT, the Dominican Artists Collective welcomes you to the real Washington Heights as they travel through time and space to explore their Diasporic journey-where they come from, and how they came to be. They''ll journey through rich, complex, untold stories and deep-rooted ancestral knowledge, all while wrestling with their American experience: how we view the world around us while contemplating how to make art during these times.

Begins Nov 16 at 7pm EST

For FOUR PERFORMANCES ONLY, Theater Mitu reimagined their 2018 live theatrical production in this part performance, part sound art, part video installation MUST-SEE experience directed by Rub?n Polendo.

?? FIRESIDE CHAT: What the Hell is a Republic, Anyway?
Episode 5: What Happens Next?

Tue, Nov 17 at 7pm EST

Two weeks after the Election, Lisa Peterson and Denis O''Hare are reconvening to touch base, take stock and see what the history of the Roman Republic has to offer us in Late 2020. We''ll be live-streaming to YouTube, so if you don''t make the cutoff to get into the Zoom room, subscribe below to be notified when we go live!

(UN)DOCUMENTS

By Jes?s I. Valles

Directed by Rudy Ramirez

Starring Jes?s I. Valles

Nov 12-14 at 7:30pm CST

Nov 15 at 2pm CST

With a single phrase, you can give up your country. With a single signature, you can tear a family apart. With a single word, you can learn to transform.

In their first full-length solo show, (Un)Documents, award-winning actor and poet Jes?s I. Valles (Pinching Pennies with Penny Marshall) journeys across both sides of a river with two names, moving between languages to find their place as a child, a lover, a teacher, and a sibling in a nation that demands sacrifice at the altar of citizenship. In doing so, they create a new kind of documentation written with anger, fierce love, and the knowledge that what makes us human can never be captured on a government questionnaire.

THE BROBOT ADVENTURES: WRATH OF THE WACKNESS

TONIGHT at 7pm EST

Writer/Composer/Performer: Darian Dauchan

Director: Andrew J. Scoville

featuring Darian Dauchan, Toni Blackman, Ben Holbrook, Eric Lockley and Cristina Pitter

Presented by: Poetic Theatre Productions

Flobot Owens, legendary Brobot MC travling trough space and time to help humans be better humans, returns to "abduct" an audience of humans from Earth for a Sci-Fi Hip Hop dance party to eradicate the wacknesss that's slowly plaguing his planet.

The piece includes intricate live looping that combines verses with beatboxing, vocal melodies, and sound effects while mixing socially conscious lyrics in the genres of Hip Hop, Afrofuturism, and Afrobeat.

MASTERCLASS WITH CHALIA LA TOUR

from Encompass Collective

Sat, Nov 14 (11AM-1PM PST // 2-4PM EST)

$25 Suggested / Pay What You Can

Join us for a Masterclass and Q&A session with Tony nominated actress Chalia La Tour (YSD Acting, '16) of NYTW & Broadway's Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris. Chalia will be working with current students of Encompass Collective. There will be a Q&A session that will be open to all participants.

LESSONS IN SURVIVAL

Conceived by Marin Ireland, Peter Mark Kendall, Tyler Thomas, Reggie D. White

Directed by Tyler Thomas

A Digital Theatrical Experience that All Access Pass Holders can explore through Nov 29!

More than 40 theatre artists have come together to investigate the words of trailblazing artists and activists who survived and created in times of revolution in our country. Baldwin. Giovanni. Davis. Lorde. Hansberry. Rustin. Hamer. Actors channel these historic conversations, interviews and speeches by listening to original broadcasts on an in-ear feed and speaking exactly what they hear.

Stream all 8 episodes & 4 open rehearsals now!

Our Master Classes, Fireside Chats and Jam Sessions are available to watch anytime on our official YOUTUBE channel!

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LIVE ON TWITCH FOR 2 NIGHTS ONLY!

Oct 27 - Oct 28, 2020

7pm EDT

When it first premiered, Anton Chekhov''s The Seagull was a famous failure, the audience unfamiliar with ideas of subtext and subtlety that Chekhov was experimenting with and preferring the more conventional melodrama of the 19th century. It has gone on to become one of the most recognizable titles in Western drama. Artist Celine Song (playwright of Endlings) attempts to reenact the classic text on 21st century videogame Sims 4 via Twitch. Join us for a durational installation art piece that explores the newly emerging popular form of live-and interactive-performance.

Pinching Pennies with Penny Marshall: Death Rituals for Penny Marshall

CATCH EPISODE 2 TONIGHT!

NOW - Nov 1, 2020

A workplace comedy for the deranged economy!

Victor I. Cazares and director Borna Barzin bring you a new workplace comedy for the deranged economy. Hi and welcome to Pinching Pennies with Penny Marshall, an EXTREMELY limited series of financial advice Zoom webinars for OnlyFans content creators, InstaCart executives, and the cleaning staff of a clandestine TikTok Hype House McMansion. Over the course of three episodes, you will learn how to balance a pandemic budget, whether or not you qualify for Penny's sliding scale, and who to talk to if you need to escape the country.

Did you miss a previous episode? Check out the schedule for encore showings to get you caught up!

EPISODE 4 IS SOLD OUT!

NOW - Nov 2, 2020

We don''t want anyone to miss out on Episode 4 on the eve of the election, so we''ll be broadcasting LIVE to YouTube and Facebook! RSVP using the button below and we''ll send you a direct link.

An interactive examination of community, democracy and what made the Roman Republic fall.

In this tumultuous moment for American democracy, playwrights Denis O''Hare and Lisa Peterson find it increasingly urgent to focus on what America can learn from the republic that inspired ours: the Roman Republic. This political entity lasted for nearly 500 years before it slid into an autocratic empire. As they dive deep into this history, O''Hare and Peterson expose their own process, demonstrating the difficulties around collaboration. They ask: is it possible to reach consensus? How can two points of view converge in a united vision? Can a democratic system sustain itself in a just way? Is there any way our republic can survive?

Did you miss a previous episode? Check out the schedule for encore showings to get you caught up!

Wed, Oct 28 at 5pm EDT

?? FIRESIDE CHAT: Spotlight on The Cooking Project with members of the Dominican Artists Collective

Welcome to the kitchen of the Dominican Artists Collective. Get to know members of the DAC, learn about their process, Dominicanidad, Washington Heights, and what it means to be making art and theater right now as Dominican artists. This conversation will give you a taste and sneak peek into The Cooking Project, the DAC''s Artistic Instigator project coming in November.

NOW - Sat, Oct 31

????? VIRTUAL 5K

It''s not too late to join! Bid farewell to fall with family and friends at NYTW''s first 5K! Register to run, walk or roll with us to directly support NYTW emerging from the COVID-19 crisis. Register solo, with the family, or create a team to help fundraise for the Workshop!

Presented by TodayTix & 3AD in association with NYTW, BELLY OF THE BEAST is a timely new play by Margaret Vandenberg, directed by NYTW Usual Suspect Lisa Rothe with Daniel Dae Kim, Joel de la Fuente, Carrie Preston, Antonia Thomas and Tamlyn Tomita. Profits from this one-night-only event benefit The Creative Coalition.

NOVEMBER 1 at 7pm EDT

Disinformation and fake news, arguably the most virulent threats to American democracy, have gone viral. If campaign executives Alex and Justin have their way, psychographic profiling, microtargeting, twitter bombs, and sock puppets will determine the outcome of the presidential election, replacing so-called reality with the political equivalent of reality TV. Yet Washington insiders are caught in the crosshairs of their own machinations, poisoning the well of what is left of their personal lives. Election night looms large in Belly of the Beast, a potential nightmare scenario that haunts the collective imagination of a country at war with itself. Will democracy survive the digital age?

By Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley

Created in collaboration with Ariel Sibert and Cat Rodriguez

Co-directed by Rory Pelsue, Michael Breslin, and Patrick Foley

Produced by Caroline Gart

It's winter on Gaymen Island, a summer retreat for the homosexual rich and fame-ish. This off-season, two White Gay internet trolls hatch a plot to take back what's wrongfully theirs. Circle Jerk will play for eight live performances October 18-25 at 7:30pm EDT on Vimeo Live and then be available to rebroadcast for two weeks. It''s a wild romp with 3 actors playing 9 characters, on 4 sets with 12+ cameras in a chaotic live-streamed descent into the high-energy, quick-change, low-brow shitpit of the internet. The show was developed with Ars Nova''s Makers Lab, and we have shown works-in-progress at the Prelude Festival and Little Theater at Dixon Place. This production is supported with a generous gift from Jeremy O. Harris.

RUSSIAN TROLL FARM: A WORKPLACE COMEDY

By Sarah Gancher

Directed by Jared Mezzocchi and Elizabeth Williamson

Produced by Theaterworks Hartford and TheaterSquared + The Civilians

with Danielle Slavick, Greg Keller, Ian Lassiter, Haskell King, and Mia Katigbak

STREAMS LIVE: October 20-24 at 7:30pm EDT

WATCH ANYTIME: October 25-November 2, 2020

A LIVE, SITE-SPECIFIC PLAY.for the internet.

At the infamous (real-life!) Internet Research Agency, professional internet trolls work for days at a time to influence American popular opinion, creating the illusion of consensus-or conflict. There are floors for Twitter, for Facebook, memes, fake news, and comments sections. Russian Troll Farm: A Workplace Comedy imagines the daily lives of these workers as they invent characters, stage conflicts, and create conspiracies. What happens to your grasp on the truth when your whole job is lying? How does your identity shift when you impersonate Americans for a living? Does anybody want Thai food? From Thai Palace or Thai Pavillion?

OLE WHITE SUGAH DADDY

By Obehi Janice

Directed by Caitlin Sullivan

WP Theater in partnership with AYE DEFY

Streaming Reading: October 23 at 8pm EDT / 5pm PDT

In Ole White Sugah Daddy, a young Black female coder and MIT grad wrestles with love, identity and the tension between striving and thriving. Lynne is struggling to get her new app noticed when an unexpected investor appears in the form of an older white man. Set amidst Boston's startup culture, Ole White Sugah Daddy asks, 'What do you do when you don't want the attention you're getting and you're not getting the attention you want?''

Our Master Classes, Fireside Chats and Jam Sessions are available to watch anytime on our official YOUTUBE channel!

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Wed, Nov 11 at 5pm EDT

?? FIRESIDE CHAT: Spotlight on Black Acting Methods with Dr. Sharrell Luckett and Dr. Tia M. Shaffer, moderated by marcus d. harvey

Join us for a lively conversation with Dr. Sharrell D. Luckett and Dr. Tia M. Shaffer, editors of Black Acting Methods: Critical Approaches. Published in 2016, this anthology "seeks to offer alternatives to the Euro-American performance styles that many actors find themselves working with" and to "reclaim, reaffirm, and even redefine the role and contributions of Black culture in theatre arts." Since then, the book has evolved into the Black Acting Methods Studio, a mobile and online training institute, for "actors of all heritages" seeking to "gain in-depth knowledge about acting processes, methodologies, and philosophical underpinnings in Black American culture and tradition." The conversation will be moderated by theatre artist, educator, and NYTW Teaching Artist marcus d. harvey.

CATCH THE FINAL LIVE SHOW TONIGHT!

EPISODE 3: Dia de la Muerta

10/30 at 7:30pm

A workplace comedy for the deranged economy!

Victor I. Cazares and director Borna Barzin bring you a new workplace comedy for the deranged economy. Hi and welcome to Pinching Pennies with Penny Marshall, an EXTREMELY limited series of financial advice Zoom webinars for OnlyFans content creators, InstaCart executives, and the cleaning staff of a clandestine TikTok Hype House McMansion. Over the course of three episodes, you will learn how to balance a pandemic budget, whether or not you qualify for Penny's sliding scale, and who to talk to if you need to escape the country.

CATCH THE FINAL EPISODE ON MONDAY!

NOW - Nov 2, 2020

Tickets to be in the Zoom room where it happens are sold out, but we don''t want anyone to miss out on Episode 4 on the eve of the election, so we''ll be broadcasting LIVE on YouTube! RSVP using the button below and we''ll send you a direct link.

An interactive examination of community, democracy and what made the Roman Republic fall.

In this tumultuous moment for American democracy, playwrights Denis O''Hare and Lisa Peterson find it increasingly urgent to focus on what America can learn from the republic that inspired ours: the Roman Republic. This political entity lasted for nearly 500 years before it slid into an autocratic empire. As they dive deep into this history, O''Hare and Peterson expose their own process, demonstrating the difficulties around collaboration. They ask: is it possible to reach consensus? How can two points of view converge in a united vision? Can a democratic system sustain itself in a just way? Is there any way our republic can survive?

Did you miss a previous episode? Catch the marathon this weekend of Episodes 1, 2 and 3 to get caught up!

Tue, Nov 17 at 7pm EDT

?? FIRESIDE CHAT: What the Hell is a Republic, Anyway? Episode 5: What Happens Next?

Two weeks after the Election, Lisa Peterson and Denis O''Hare will reconvene to touch base, take stock and see what the history of the Roman Republic has to offer us in Late 2020. We don''t know yet what the election will bring, but whatever it brings, we''ll need to talk about it!!

Presented by TodayTix & 3AD in association with NYTW, BELLY OF THE BEAST is a timely new play by Margaret Vandenberg, directed by NYTW Usual Suspect Lisa Rothe with Daniel Dae Kim, Joel de la Fuente, Carrie Preston, Antonia Thomas and Tamlyn Tomita. Profits from this one-night-only event benefit The Creative Coalition.

Disinformation and fake news, arguably the most virulent threats to American democracy, have gone viral. If campaign executives Alex and Justin have their way, psychographic profiling, microtargeting, twitter bombs, and sock puppets will determine the outcome of the presidential election, replacing so-called reality with the political equivalent of reality TV. Yet Washington insiders are caught in the crosshairs of their own machinations, poisoning the well of what is left of their personal lives. Election night looms large in Belly of the Beast, a potential nightmare scenario that haunts the collective imagination of a country at war with itself. Will democracy survive the digital age?

LESSONS IN SURVIVAL

Conceived by Marin Ireland, Peter Mark Kendall, Tyler Thomas, Reggie D. White

Directed by Tyler Thomas

A Digital Theatrical Experience that All Access Pass Holders can explore through November 15!

More than 40 theatre artists have come together to investigate the words of trailblazing artists and activists who survived and created in times of revolution in our country. Baldwin. Giovanni. Davis. Lorde. Hansberry. Rustin. Hamer. Actors channel these historic conversations, interviews and speeches by listening to original broadcasts on an in-ear feed and speaking exactly what they hear.

Stream all 8 episodes & 4 open rehearsals now!

Our Master Classes, Fireside Chats and Jam Sessions are available to watch anytime on our official YOUTUBE channel!

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YOU''RE NOT TOO LATE! Register to Run/Walk/Roll in the NYTW Virtual 5K

Our first-ever Virtual 5K kicked off this weekend, but you still have 7 days to run/walk/roll with the Workshop!

Register solo, with the family, or create or join a team to help fundraise for the Workshop. Prizes will be awarded!

Starting today, all who donate $100 or more will receive an NYTW Virtual 5K fanny pack or Dad cap-your choice, while supplies last. If you have already donated $100 or more-THANK YOU! Please email BreannaF@NYTW.org to claim your swag.

Did you know your donation can help a team achieve their goal? Consider donating to NYTW Education, NYTW Usual Suspects, Show Runners, or another fantastic team!

Run, walk, or roll on your own route, at your own pace, on your own time! Use the fitness tracker of your choice (we love the free version of Strava), and send a screenshot of your route and stats when you've completed your 3.1 miles. Then, join us to celebrate our collective Virtual 5K completion on SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 at 5pm EDT.

Questions? Would you or someone you know like to sponsor this event? Would you like an artist discount code? Reach out to Breanna Foister at BreannaF@nytw.org.

ABOUT THOSE PRIZES

Prizes will be awarded for:

Fastest Times
Most Interesting Route
Farthest Distance from NYTW
Closest Route to NYTW
Largest Team
Most Funds Raised
Best 5K Ensemble (tag @nytw79 in a photo of your outfit!)

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SPECIAL WEEKEND EVENT: What the Hell is a Republic, Anyway?

Get caught up on the previous episodes before the next LIVE performance.

YOUR OCT 17-18 WEEKEND PLANS:

Watch Episode 1: Rome & America: Joined at Birth

and Episode 2: Citizenship

You''ll have all weekend to watch at your convenience from 12:01am on Saturday through 11:59pm on Sunday!

Then get ready for Episode 3: How Republics Fall Apart
LIVE on Tuesday, Oct 20 @7pm

Set your calendar for Episode 4: The Election LIVE on Nov 2 @7pm

NYTW Usual Suspects Denis O''Hare and Lisa Peterson return to NYTW following their acclaimed 2012 production of An Iliad. This four-episode series, WHAT THE HELL IS A REPUBLIC, ANYWAY?, brings their collaborative process of theatre-making to the forefront as they turn to the Roman Republic and countdown to the 2020 election.

BONUS: Hear from the Artistic Instigators

Earlier this summer, Lisa and Denis sat down for a Fireside Chat with dramaturg Anna Morton to talk about their inspiration and process.

CLICK the video to watch the chat!

This season, we're committing resources to support a group of extraordinary Artistic Instigators to create and develop new work and to share that work with audiences in both existing formats and in ways yet to be imagined.
Learn more about the season!

All performances of What the Hell is a Republic, Anyway? will be presented online. Ticketholders must have internet access to stream events. Schedule subject to change. No exchanges or refunds. All sales are final.

If you have any questions, please email tickets@nytw.org

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We hope this message finds you and your loved ones safe and healthy! As you know, artists and cultural organizations are in crisis due to the disastrous effects of COVID-19. Cultural institutions are shuttered and financially struggling. And with our stages dark and shops closed, nearly 100% of our freelance artists, technicians, and vendors are currently unemployed.

You can help! Call on your Congressional representatives to pass much-needed relief for the Arts & Culture sector by August 1st. We know that as a member of our community, you value the arts. We hope that you''ll take a moment to raise your voice as an #ArtsHero in support of the incredible artists and artisans who are the lifeblood of our industry.

In New York alone, the Arts & Culture sector employs 483,424 people and is responsible for almost $120 billion in value added to the economy. Nationally, the Arts & Culture sector makes up 4.5% of GDP, is responsible for up to $877 billion in value added to the U.S. economy, and provides 5.1 million American jobs.

We''re asking for federal legislation that:

Extends the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation Program until it's safe to return to work;

Fully subsidizes COBRA so that unemployed Arts & Culture workers can stay healthy during this deadly pandemic;

Commits direct relief funds to artists and Arts & Culture institutions so that this cornerstone of the American economy can survive.

HOW TO TAKE ACTION:

Please join us in raising your voice by writing to your senator, picking up the phone, and tagging them on social media to let them know why artists need their support, now more than ever. Join the @beanartshero campaign on social media as an #ArtsHero and ask your friends to do the same. To get you started, here''s a list of contact info & social media handles and a compilation of facts.

Want to do more? Here are a few amazing organizations working to provide direct relief for artists. If you''re in the position to offer your financial support, we hope that you''ll consider doing so.

ARTIST RELIEF FUND

An emergency initiative created by a coalition of national arts grantmakers to offer financial and informational resources to artists across the United States during the COVID-19 crisis.

NEW BLACK MUTUAL AID FUND

NEW Black Mutual Aid Fund strives to create the safety net and financial support for Black Theater Professionals through a time of revolution and pandemic.

SEE LIGHTING FOUNDATION

A fundraiser to provide immediate relief for low-income immigrant theater artists who have been financially impacted by COVID-19.

TRICKLE UP: NYC ARTISTS NETWORK

An artists-helping-artists grassroots network that provides monthly grants to artists hurting from the COVID-19 shutdown.

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Here''s what''s happening in our virtual theatre this week, including our??MONDAYS @ 3 and ??WORKSHOP WEDNESDAYS series plus new events with Orion S. Johnstone, Thaddeus Phillips, Safe Harbors NYC and Whitney White. And don''t forget to check out the Sing Street event this week PLUS our new Zoom with the Stars digital auction packages.

Our programming is free and open to the public, just make sure to register in advance! All artists who contribute to these important online gatherings are compensated. If you''re in the position to make a gift to support our work, we hope you''ll consider doing so-even $5, $10, $25 makes a big difference.

?? IMAGINING WORLDS

*TODAY* April 27 at 3pm EDT

A master class with Director Lileana Blain-Cruz (The House That Will Not Stand, Red Speedo, Fefu and Her Friends) and scenic/costume designer Adam Rigg (The House That Will Not Stand, Fefu and Her Friends) on collaboration.

?? FIRESIDE CHAT

April 29 at 5pm EDT

Join NYTW Artistic Director James C. Nicola in conversation with musical duo Martha Redbone (for Colored Girls..., Drama Desk nom) and Aaron Whitby. ICYMI, check out STARS, the unforgettable collaboration between Martha, Aaron and the amazing students at the Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music.

JUST ANNOUNCED:

500 YEARS AND COUNTING:
The East Coast Blind Spot

April 30 from 6:30-8pm EDT

Join Safe Harbors NYC and Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning in partnership with NYTW and La MaMa for an artist conversation with Jen Kreisberg, Tailinh Agoyo, David Weeden, Kevin Tarrant and Murielle Borst Tarrant.

?? CABARET WORKSHOP

May 4 at 3pm EDT

"How To Grab Your Audience Without Even Touching Them" with performer Dito van Reigersberg (co-founder of Pig Iron Theater Company) and Dito's alter-ego Martha Graham Cracker (Joe's Pub, "Lashed but not Leashed" album).

?? FIRESIDE CHAT

May 6 at 5pm EDT

Join NYTW Literary Director & Dramaturg Aaron Malkin, NYTW Tow Playwright-in-Residence Victor I. Cazares and longtime Usual Suspect Rub?n Polendo (Artistic Director, Theater Mitu) in conversation about their artistry and being in residence at New York Theatre Workshop.

JUST ANNOUNCED:

?? SINGING FOR OUR LIVES*:
A VIRTUAL COMMUNITY SONG CIRCLE

May 8 from 5-6:30pm EDT

Theatermaker/Community Minister Orion S. Johnstone (composer for Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, co-director of {my lingerie play} the Concert and Call to Arms!!!!!!!!!) will facilitate a community song circle of repetitive, easy-to-learn songs dedicated to our collective healing and liberation. All voices are welcome.

*the title of this gathering is inspired by the song by Holly Near

JUST ANNOUNCED:

?? MASTERCLASS: THE TEXT IN SPACE

May 11 at 3pm EDT

Former NYTW 2050 Directing Fellow Whitney White (What to Send Up When It Goes Down, Our Dear Dead Drug Lord) explores how she interprets text for acting, design and movement.

JUST ANNOUNCED:

?? FIRESIDE CHAT

May 13 at 5pm EDT

Go into the studio with internationally acclaimed theater director/designer/performer Thaddeus Phillips (?El Conquistadror!, Red-Eye to Havre de Grace, 17 Border Crossings) as he takes you step by step through his creative process.

ONLINE AUCTION:

Zooming with the Stars

Elevate your screen time with these personal, one-of-a-kind experiences with celebrated artists we love. Whether you''re looking to hone your own creative practice, get behind-the-scenes intel on your favorite TV shows and films, or find the perfect digital keepsake for yourself or to give a loved one.

Your winning bid will not only help NYTW continue to serve our community through these challenging times, but will also ensure that we emerge from this crisis with the ability to support artistic risk-taking in the years ahead.

??TUNE-IN ALERT!

SING STREET - Facebook Live on Thursday, 6:30-7pm

This Thursday from 6:30-7pm EDT, catch up with the Sing Street team on Facebook Live! The cast will gather virtually with instruments in hand to play some songs, reminisce about 80s Dublin and share a few surprises, all to benefit Broadway Cares and the Mayor's Fund in the fight against COVID-19

We recognize that this can be a lonely and isolating time for people (or just a moment where we all have some extra time on our hands) and we would like to bring our community together and make some new introductions! Since we may not be able to see our actual neighbors, we would like to create a community of new, virtual neighbors.

Are you looking for an email pal, phone call or video call once or twice a week? If so, please fill out this short google form or email us at nytwvirtuallyneighbors@gmail.com and we will be in touch to get you started with a virtual neighbor from the NYTW community!

Tailinh Agoyo serves as co-director of We Are the Seeds of CultureTrust, a non-profit organization committed to uplifting and centering Indigenous voices through the arts. In its fourth year, We Are the Seeds has produced six celebrations of Indigenous arts and culture and multiple education programs. Tailinh is also an artist and an actor. Her photography work is focused on capturing the vibrancy of Indigenous people today. The Warrior Project, a collection of photos of Native youth and their commitment to environmental stewardship has received international attention and continues to be impactful. Tailinh has worked in film and television for over 30 years. She is mom to four wonderful boys all of whom are basketball obsessed!

Lileana Blain-Cruz is a director from New York and Miami. Recent projects include: Anatomy of a Suicide (Atlantic Theater Company), Fefu and Her Friends (TFANA); Girls (Yale Repertory Theater); Marys Seacole (LCT3, Obie Award); Faust (Opera Omaha); Fabulation, Or the Reeducation of Undine (Signature Theatre); Thunderbodies and Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again (Soho Rep.); The House That Will Not Stand and Red Speedo (New York Theatre Workshop); Water by the Spoonful (Mark Taper Forum/CTG); Pipeline (Lincoln Center); The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World (Signature Theatre, Obie Award); Henry IV, Part One and Much Ado About Nothing (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); The Bluest Eye (The Guthrie); War (LCT3/Lincoln Center Theater and Yale Rep.); Salome (JACK); Hollow Roots (the Under the Radar Festival at The Public Theater). She was recently named a 2018 United States Artists Fellow and a 2020 Lincoln Center Emerging Artist. She received her MFA in directing from the Yale School of Drama. Upcoming projects include Dreaming Zenzile at St. Louis Rep and McCarter Theater.

Victor I. Cazares was born twice on paper: in El Paso, Texas and San Lorenzo, Chihuahua, Mexico (shhh...don''t tell the government). Their plays have been read, developed, or produced at American Repertory Theatre, Amherst College, Brown University, New York Theatre Workshop, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Red Fern Theatre Company, Teatro Vivo and the Yale School of Drama. Cazares holds an M.F.A. from Brown University and a B.A. in History of Art from Yale University where they received a Josef Albers Fellowship, a couple Sudler Grants, and a restraining order against their ex-boyfriend that faked his way into Yale. Victor is currently the Pandemic Playwright-in-Residence at New York Theatre Workshop thanks to the generosity of the Tow Foundation. They had just bought an expensive membership to the Astor Place New York Sports Club before it all came crashing down. They have since re-relocated back to Portland, Oregon where they live, forage, and produce their social media telenovela that is always on the verge of cancellation, El Amor en Tiempos de Trump. Plays include: american (tele)visions, The Dead Women of J-Town & Smiley, Ramses contra los monstruos, We Were Eight Years in Powder, and When We Write With Ashes.

Jennifer Kreisberg (Tuscarora, NC): Jennifer is an Emmy-nominated

Singer/Composer/Producer/Teacher with 30 years of experience in musical performance, music producing & soundtracks. Music for film credits include: Emmy award-winning documentary Dawnland, Raven West's Unnatural & Accidental, Miramax's Smoke Signals, TBS's "Music for The Native Americans," The Business of Fancydancing, Anagram Films' Elijah, Palm Pictures' One Giant Leap, The Road Forward, among countless others. She continues to perform live and record music solo and collaboratively.

Jennifer Kreisberg (Tuscarora, NC): Jennifer is an Emmy-nominated

Singer/Composer/Producer/Teacher with 30 years of experience in musical performance, music producing & soundtracks. Music for film credits include: Emmy award-winning documentary Dawnland, Raven West's Unnatural & Accidental, Miramax's Smoke Signals, TBS's "Music for The Native Americans," The Business of Fancydancing, Anagram Films' Elijah, Palm Pictures' One Giant Leap, The Road Forward, among countless others. She continues to perform live and record music solo and collaboratively.

Thaddeus Phillips is a theatre director/designer + performer who works internationally. Recent credits include ''Antropoceno (Teatro La Abadia, Madrid). The Polar Eagle (Teateri, Sweden) & Inflatable Space (Assembly Festival, Edinburgh). His work has been presented in theatres and festivals in Russia, Colombia, Italy, Czech Republic, Australia, Spain, Ireland, Holland, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, Serbia, Canada, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden, Mexico, Norway + across the USA. NYTW Theatre Credits: 17 Border Crossings, Red-Eye to Havre de Grace (designer & director), ?El Conquistador! (creator & actor). NYC: A Billion Nights on Earth (BAM 2018 Next Wave Festival), Capsule 33 (Barrow Street Theater), The Earth's Sharp Edge, Lost Soles, King Lear and The Tempest (La MaMa ETC). International Directing: Ankomsten (from Shaun Tan's "The Arrival"), Midnight Train to Marrakesh (Teateri in Sweden). Other Created works include: The Incredibly Dangerous . . . Adventures of Barry Seal (FringeArts), Flamingo/Winnebago (Revolutions Festival, Albuquerque), and Whale Optics (Prince Music Theater). Film & TV: The Amazing Spider-Man 2, "Narcos," "Celia," "Alias El Mexicano," "El Capo 3."

Rub?n Polendo is the Founding Artistic Director of Theater Mitu. Polendo's practice and pedagogical work is situated in the tension between acting and performance, theatrical design and installation, multi-media and interactive technology. His work with Mitu has been presented and developed nationally and internationally. Polendo recently served as Founding Theater Program Director and Associate Dean for the Arts Center, both at NYU Abu Dhabi. Polendo is currently Chair of The Department of Drama at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.

Martha Redbone is a Native & African-American vocalist/songwriter/composer/educator. She is known for her unique gumbo of folk, blues and gospel from her childhood in Harlan County, Kentucky infused with the eclectic grit of pre-gentrified Brooklyn. Inheriting the powerful vocal range of her gospel-singing African American father and the resilient spirit of her mother's Cherokee/Shawnee/Choctaw culture, Redbone broadens the boundaries of American Roots music. With songs and storytelling that share her life experience as a Native and Black woman and mother in the new millenium, Redbone gives voice to issues of social justice, bridging traditions from past to present, connecting cultures, and celebrating the human spirit. Her latest album The Garden of Love: Songs of William Blake is "a brilliant collision of cultures" (New Yorker). Redbone's recent work has been predominantly in theater. Redbone is the Composer of Original Music and Score for the 2019 revival For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf, choreopoem by the late Ntozake Shange, where Redbone honors the author's 1976 classic by intertwining her original compositions celebrating the music of the African American diaspora with the beautiful choreography of Tony Award-nominee Camille A. Brown at The Public Theater. Redbone is currently in development with her own new work Black Mountain Women at The Public Theater. It is a timely musical about the ongoing environmental destruction of her ancestral homeland in Appalachia told through the lives of four generations of women in her matriarchal Cherokee family.

Adam Rigg is a 2015 Princess Grace Award and a three-time Henry Hewes Design Award nominee. Recent credits include New York Theater Workshop, Yale Rep, Soho Rep, Signature Theater Company, Atlantic Theater Company, Manhattan Theater Club, Williamstown Theater Festival, The Mark Taper Forum, LA Opera, Theater An Der Wien-Vienna, Berkeley Rep, The Guthrie Theater, Cincinnati Symphony, Westport Country Playhouse, Theater For A New Audience, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Cal Shakes, Buena Vista Center, Theater Municipal - S?o Paulo, Opera Omaha, Opera Philadelphia. Upcoming: Norwegian National Opera, The Kennedy Center, Santa Fe Opera, The Public Theater, The Old Globe, LA Opera, Opera Philadelphia, The Alliance Theater, Asolo Rep, Arena Di Verona. Education: BA UCLA, 2010; MFA Yale School of Drama, 2014. adamriggdesign.com

Kevin Tarrant (HoChunk, Hopi)-Musical Director/Musician/Actor-is a member of the HoChunk Nation of Wisconsin and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona. He was brought up in the traditional way and has been dancing since the age of 2 and singing since the age of 9, with the Thunderbird American Indian Dancers. For the past 26 years he has been the head singer of The SilverCloud Singers, which was formed in 1991 with his brother Michael Tarrant, and friends Randy Whitehead and Lance Richmond. With the group he has performed at most major venues in NYC including The Theater at Madison Square Garden, Madison Square Garden, The Ritz, Roseland, LaMama Theater, Theater for New City, Lincoln Center, The National Museum of the American Indian, The Museum of Natural History, The Public Theater and The Apollo Theater and also appeared on the soundtrack Song for Native Americans with Robbie Robertson. Also took part in PERCPAN VI, an international percussion festival in Salvador, Brazil. Kevin has also served as Master of Ceremonies at various events, most recently at Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, a nightly Native American show from Memorial Day thru Labor Day. Solo, he has performed with Ulali, David Amaram, Savion Glover and Allessandra Belloni. He has also sung in the Off-Broadway Productions of Winterman and The Rez Sisters. He has sung at the U.N. as well as various other venues such as Trinity Church, The Beacon Theater, and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. He recently appeared on "Emeril LIVE-Native American Cooking." He has also taught Native American Singing at the Banff Center for the Arts in Alberta, Canada. Recently performed and served as Musical Director for Don''t Feed the Indians: A Divine Comedy Pageant! Served as a Composer and Musician in Ajijack on Turtle Island on National Tour and Off-Broadway in 2019.

Murielle Borst Tarrant (Kuna/ Rappahannock Nations). Author, playwright, director, producer, cultural artist, educator, and human rights activist. She studied acting at HB STUDIOS. She is also a graduate of Long Island University, Southampton College Theatre Program. She studied and interned with Spiderwoman Theatre and is a second-generation artist of that company that was founded by her mother, Muriel Miguel. She also works on the deconstructing of methods of the arts in Native communities in urban areas across the country and in the New York City education system. She consults many urban and non-urban universities on the development on Native theater programming. Nominated for the Rockefeller grant in 2001, won a Native Heart Award and was the only Native American Woman to have her work to be selected by the Olympic Games in Sydney Australia at the Sydney Opera House for her one woman show More than Feathers and Beads. She served internationally as the Special Assistant to the North American Regional Representative to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, during which one of her mandates was arts and culture. Directed Muriel Miquel''s Red Mother nationally and internationally. Keynote speaker for the Indigenous Women's Symposium at Trent University. Global Indigenous Woman's Caucus Chair (North America) from 2013 to May, 2014. Selected to speak on Repetition, Tradition and Change: Native oral history and contemporary art practice in hostile post-colonial times at the International Conference at the Muthesius Academy of Art in Kiel Germany and the Norwegian Theater Academy. She is the Artistic Director of Safe Harbors NYC. Native Consultant for Regional Tony award-winner La MaMa Experimental Theatre for their Indigenous Initiative. She produced, written and directed Don't Feed the Indians: A Divine Comedy Pageant! at La MaMa. National Playwright Fellow from the Mellon Foundation.

Dito van Reigersberg is a co-founder of Pig Iron Theatre Company, a physical-theatre company that has created over 35 original pieces in its 25-year history. He has performed in almost all of Pig Iron's productions since 1995, including the OBIE-winners Hell Meets Henry Halfway and Chekhov Lizardbrain. He has also created and performed with Headlong, Azuka, Mauckingbird, Bearded Ladies, Arden Theatre Company, Rude Mechs, and Nichole Canuso Dance Company. He is a Barrymore Award recipient for Best Ensemble for Mission to Mercury and for Best Choreography for Cafeteria (Pig Iron), a Barrymore nominee for Best Actor in a Musical for Hedwig (Azuka), as well as a Helen Hayes Nominee for Best Leading Actor for Hell Meets Henry Halfway. With his Pig Iron cohorts Dan Rothenberg and Quinn Bauriedel, he was named a Pew Fellow (2002) and a Knight USA Fellow (2010). A graduate of Swarthmore College, he trained at the Neighborhood Playhouse and the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance.

Dito's alter-ego Martha Graham Cracker is famously 'the tallest drag queen in the world." Her monthly cabaret series at L''Etage in Philadelphia has been running for over 14 years. Along with her extraordinarily tight band, she has performed regularly at a wide variety of venues including Joe''s Pub, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, The Trocadero Theatre, Oberon at ART, World Cafe Live, The Afterglow Festival in Provincetown, and the Mayor's Reception Room in City Hall. She recently unveiled her first album, Lashed but Not Leashed, a cycle of original songs about Martha''s desire to quit show biz and become a librarian (available on Bandcamp, iTunes and Spotify).

Mr. David Weenaatainnini (One Who Walks Alone): Weeden is the middle son of Patricia Cameetah Turner-Weeden and Everett Tall Oak Weeden, and Grandson to Harriet and Seaman Turner and an enrolled member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. Raised in a very traditional family, actively engaged in Native American Civil Rights, Tribal Politics, Cultural events and programming within affiliated Native communities within the region.

Aaron Whitby is an award-winning record producer, composer/songwriter, pianist, engineer and educator born and raised in London, and a longtime resident of Brooklyn. Mentored by Ohio Players/Funkadelic Walter 'Junie' Morrison, Whitby is best known for his work with longtime collaborator Martha Redbone, the acclaimed Native/African-American songstress with whom he created the music genre 'Native Soul' and subsequently took poet William Blake to Appalachia. The albums they co-wrote/co-produced include notably; Home of the Brave, Skintalk and The Garden of Love: Songs of William Blake have received numerous awards and critical acclaim. Currently the team tour Bone Hill-The Concert, a devised, multi-disciplinary theatrical concert originally commissioned by Joe's Pub/Public Theater, the NEA and Lincoln Center for the Arts. Whitby and Redbone are recipients of the NEFA NTP Award and an NPN Creation Fund Award, and are currently developing a musical commissioned by the Public Theater in NYC supported in part by MAP Fund and Creative Capital. With Cousin From Another Planet, his debut album as frontman, Whitby comes full circle to his jazz and funk roots pulling together an amazing cast of friends to realize his musical vision, as described by renowned music writer Greg Tate, "a funk-da-fied jam session feel undergirding tight, knotty jazz-smart progressions." With tunes inspired by the animated energy and profound innocence of his young son, humorous lyrics that celebrate empathy and empowerment and musicians given the freedom to take the music wherever it feels good, according to Tate, this album is "one of this era's hardiest re-dedications and festival-tent revival of soulful and exploratory jam-gnocity." Cousin From Another Planet live onstage is a music and visual experience accompanied by a video artshow by VJ Lady Firefly (Dave Chappelle, The Roots) to capture the colorful, cartoonish and movement-inspired worldview.

Whitney White is a director, writer, and musician originally from Chicago, based in New York. She is a believer of alternative forms of performance, multi-disciplinary work, and collaborative processes. Recent work: Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (New York Times Critic's Pick), Aleshea Harris' What to Send Up When it Goes Down (New York Times Critic's Pick), The Amen Corner (Shakespeare Theatre DC), An Iliad (Long Wharf), Canyon by Jonathan Caren (LA Times Critic's Choice and recipient of the CTG Block Party , IAMA), Jump by Charly Evon Simpson (National New Play Network Rolling World Premier, PlayMakers Rep). Upcoming projects: The Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington by James Ijames (Steppenwolf Theatre), Animals by Stacy Ossei-Kuffour (Williamstown Theatre). Her original musical Definition was in development as part of the Sundance Theatre Lab, and her five part cycle deconstructing Shakespeare's women and black female ambition is currently in development with American Repertory Theater. Her musical discipline is rooted in electro-rock, industrial, and soul. Whitney has developed work with: The Roundabout, New York Theatre Workshop, The Vineyard, The New Group, Page 73, Playwrights Realm, Juilliard, Trinity Rep, NYU TISCH, Luna Stage, SUNY Purchase, Princeton University, Atlantic Theater Company Acting School, The Drama League, South Oxford, Jack, The Tank, New York Musical Festival, The Lark, and others. She also has been an Associate to: Sam Gold (Othello, New York Theatre Workshop and The Secret Life of Bees, New York Stage and Film), Daniel Sullivan (If I Forget, Roundabout), and Anne Kauffman (Marvin's Room, Broadway). Whitney is a part of the Rolex Mentor and Prot?g? Arts Initiative and is the current recipient of the Susan Stroman Directing Award. She is also an Artistic Associate at The Roundabout. Past residencies and fellowships: Colt Coeur, The Drama League, the Roundabout and the 2050 Fellowship at the New York Theatre Workshop. MFA Acting: Brown University/Trinity Rep, BA: Northwestern University.

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*TODAY* April 20 at 3pm EST

A master class with Tony Award-winning performer Celia Keenan-Bolger (Peter and the Starcatcher, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Glass Menagerie).

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Join NYTW Literary Director & Dramaturg Aaron Malkin in conversation with the Sanctuary City team including Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Martyna Majok, Olivier Award-winning director Rebecca Frecknall, and actors Jasai Chase-Owens, Sharlene Cruz and Austin Smith.

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APRIL 24 at 4pm EST

NYTW Director of Education Alexander Santiago-Jirau will moderate a conversation with Heleya de Barros (Director of Arts Education for Arts Corps, Seattle), Sobha Kavanakudiyil (Director of The Graduate Program in Educational Theatre at The City College of New York), Micheal Rohd (Founding Artistic Director of Sojourn Theatre and Institute Professor at Arizona State University's Herberger Insititute for Design & the Arts) and Dr. Daphnie Sicre (Assistant Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts at Loyola Marymount University) on how artists and educators can adapt their practice to teach the art form online. Join us for some practical tips, ideas and resources.

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April 27 at 3pm EST

A master class with Director Lileana Blain-Cruz (The House That Will Not Stand, Red Speedo, Fefu and Her Friends) and scenic/costume designer Adam Rigg (The House That Will Not Stand, Fefu and her Friends) on collaboration.

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April 29 at 5pm EST

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May 4 at 3pm EST

"How To Grab Your Audience Without Even Touching Them" with performer Dito van Reigersberg (co-founder of Pig Iron Theater Company) and Dito's alter-ego Martha Graham Cracker (Joe's Pub, "Lashed but not Leashed" album).

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May 6 at 5pm EST

Join NYTW Literary Director & Dramaturg Aaron Malkin, NYTW Tow Playwright-in-Residence Victor I. Cazares and longtime Usual Suspect Rub?n Polendo (Artistic Director, Theater Mitu) in conversation about their artistry and being in residence at New York Theatre Workshop.

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Lileana Blain-Cruz is a director from New York and Miami. Recent projects include: Anatomy of a Suicide (Atlantic Theater Company), Fefu and Her Friends (TFANA); Girls (Yale Repertory Theater); Marys Seacole (LCT3, Obie Award); Faust (Opera Omaha); Fabulation, Or the Reeducation of Undine (Signature Theatre); Thunderbodies and Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again (Soho Rep.); The House That Will Not Stand and Red Speedo (New York Theatre Workshop); Water by the Spoonful (Mark Taper Forum/CTG); Pipeline (Lincoln Center); The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World (Signature Theatre, Obie Award); Henry IV, Part One and Much Ado About Nothing (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); The Bluest Eye (The Guthrie); War (LCT3/Lincoln Center Theater and Yale Rep.); Salome (JACK); Hollow Roots (the Under the Radar Festival at The Public Theater). She was recently named a 2018 United States Artists Fellow and a 2020 Lincoln Center Emerging Artist. She received her MFA in directing from the Yale School of Drama. Upcoming projects include Dreaming Zenzile at St. Louis Rep and McCarter Theater.

Victor I. Cazares was born twice on paper: in El Paso, Texas and San Lorenzo, Chihuahua, Mexico (shhh...don''t tell the government). Their plays have been read, developed, or produced at American Repertory Theatre, Amherst College, Brown University, New York Theatre Workshop, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Red Fern Theatre Company, Teatro Vivo and the Yale School of Drama. Cazares holds an M.F.A. from Brown University and a B.A. in History of Art from Yale University where they received a Josef Albers Fellowship, a couple Sudler Grants, and a restraining order against their ex-boyfriend that faked his way into Yale. Victor is currently the Pandemic Playwright-in-Residence at New York Theatre Workshop thanks to the generosity of the Tow Foundation. They had just bought an expensive membership to the Astor Place New York Sports Club before it all came crashing down. They have since re-relocated back to Portland, Oregon where they live, forage, and produce their social media telenovela that is always on the verge of cancellation, El Amor en Tiempos de Trump. Plays include: american (tele)visions, The Dead Women of J-Town & Smiley, Ramses contra los monstruos, We Were Eight Years in Powder, and When We Write With Ashes.

Jasai Chase-Owens holds a BFA in acting from the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Purchase College, SUNY. Theatre credits include: The Tempest at The Public Theater; A Midsummer Night's Dream at The Public Theater; Native Son at Yale Repertory Theatre. Television credits include: HBO's The Deuce and he is currently a series regular on Amazon Prime's The Expanse.

Sharlene Cruz is thrilled to make her NYTW debut in Sanctuary City! Cruz originated the role of Witch 3 in Erica Schmidt's Mac Beth at the Lucille Lortel and reprised the role at Hunter Theater Project earlier this year. Other credits include: The Climb (Cherry Lane Theater), Den of Thieves (Harlem Repertory Theater), and BLU (Aaron Davis Hall). Recent graduate of the City College of New York.

Heleya de Barros is an actor, teaching artist, and arts education advocate whose work focuses on how to use theatre skills across disciplines. She is the Director of Arts Education for Arts Corps in Seattle, WA and Executive Director of the Association of Teaching Artists, the oldest organization serving TAs in the US. Heleya has served as faculty at The New School for Drama and has taught with such organizations as Lincoln Center Theater, McCarter Theater Center, New York Theatre Workshop, The Center for Arts Education, People's Theatre Project, Young Audiences New York, The Geffen Playhouse, The Los Angeles Music Center, The Orange County Performing Arts Center, Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences, Will & Company, CRE Outreach, and 24th Street Theatre. As an actor Heleya earned her Actor's Equity card touring TYA shows to schools and communities. Currently Heleya acts as a performer and researcher with the Verbatim Performance Lab using theatre to examine and uncover unconscious bias. @Heleya_deBarros

Rebecca Frecknall is Associate Director at the Almeida Theatre, where she will direct The Duchess of Malfi this winter. In April of 2019, she opened a new version of Chekhov's Three Sisters to critical and popular acclaim. She also recently directed the critically acclaimed Summer and Smoke, which opened at the Almeida before transferring to the West End in November 2018. The production won the 2019 Olivier Award for Best Revival, and Rebecca was also nominated for the Peter Hall Olivier for Best Director. Future projects include directing Violet, a new opera written by Alice Birch and composed by Tom Coult. After graduating from Goldsmiths in 2009 with a First Class BA/Hons in Drama and Theatre Arts Rebecca went on to train on the Directors Courses at LAMDA. She was the 2012/13 recipient of the National Theatre Studio's Emerging Director Bursary and was the 2015/16 recipient of the acclaimed RTYDS Bursary at Northern Stage.

Sobha Kavanakudiyil is the Director of The Graduate Program in Educational Theatre at The City College of New York and is Co-Chair of the Board of Directors for the New York City Arts in Education Roundtable. She is an Arts Education Consultant and has worked with Tectonic Theater, The Apollo Theater, The Center for Arts Education, Urban Arts Partnership, and The New Victory Theater, as well as being part of the Speaker's Bureau for American's For the Arts. Recently she moderated a panel at the AATE NY 2019 Pre-Conference hosted by Roundabout Theater and the New Victory Theater called Conversations with Young Artists and was the moderator for the all conference plenary/keynote with Alexis Roblan and Ty Defoe. Sobha was the recipient of a Fulbright Specialist Fellowship and traveled to Seoul, Korea as well as Puebla, Mexico to share her love of theatre! Sobha has a strong commitment to quality and accessible arts education for all. sobha.net

Celia Keenan-Bolger. NYTW: Peter and the Starcatcher. Broadway: To Kill a Mockingbird (Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards), The Cherry Orchard, The Glass Menagerie (Tony Award nomination; Drama Desk and Dorothy Loudon Awards), Peter and the Starcatcher (Tony, Drama Desk, and Drama League Award nominations), Les Miserables (Drama Desk nomination), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Tony nomination; Drama Desk and Theatre World Awards). Off-Broadway: A Parallelogram, The Oldest Boy, Merrily We Roll Along, A Small Fire, Bachelorette, Juno, Saved, Kindertransport, Little Fish, Summer of '42. Regional: The Glass Menagerie (A.R.T.), The Light in the Piazza (Goodman Theatre), Sweeney Todd (Kennedy Center), Our Town (Intiman Theatre). Film: Diane, Breakable You, The Visit, Mariachi Gringo. Television: "Bull," "Louie," "NCIS: New Orleans," "Blue Bloods," "Good Behavior," "The Good Wife," "Elementary," "Nurse Jackie," "Heartland," "Law & Order: SVU." Education: University of Michigan.

Martyna Majok was born in Bytom, Poland and aged in Jersey and Chicago. Martyna was awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Cost of Living (Williamstown, MTC, Hampstead). Other plays include Queens (LCT3, La Jolla) and Ironbound (Steppenwolf, Round House, WP/Rattlestick, Geffen, National Theatre of Poland). Awards include a Lortel Award, ATCA Francesca Primus Prize, Lanford Wilson Award, Stacey Mindich Prize, Greenfield Prize, Champions of Change Award, Helen Merrill Emerging Playwright Award, Charles MacArthur Award, Ashland New Plays Festival Women's Invitational Prize, Jean Kennedy Smith Award, David Calicchio Emerging American Playwright Prize, Global Age Project Prize, Smith Prize for Political Playwriting, two Jane Chambers Feminist Playwriting Prizes, and Merage Foundation Fellowship for the American Dream. Commissions from The Public, Lincoln Center, The Bush, Almeida, Geffen, La Jolla, South Coast Rep, and MTC. Residencies at Sundance, The O'Neill, Vineyard Arts Project with The Public, Ground Floor, SPACE on Ryder Farm, Fuller Road, Marble House Project, and Ragdale. BA: University of Chicago; MFA: Yale School of Drama, The Juilliard School. Alumna of Youngblood, WP Lab and NYTW's 2050 Fellowship. Martyna is a Core Writer at Playwrights Center and a member of The Dramatists Guild, The Writers Guild of America East, and an NYTW Usual Suspect. Martyna was a 2012-13 NNPN playwright-in-residence and the 2015-16 PoNY Fellow at the Lark. She is a 2018-19 Hodder Fellow at Princeton.

Rub?n Polendo is the Founding Artistic Director of Theater Mitu. Polendo's practice and pedagogical work is situated in the tension between acting and performance, theatrical design and installation, multi-media and interactive technology. His work with Mitu has been presented and developed nationally and internationally. Polendo recently served as Founding Theater Program Director and Associate Dean for the Arts Center, both at NYU Abu Dhabi. Polendo is currently Chair of The Department of Drama at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.

Martha Redbone is a Native & African-American vocalist/songwriter/composer/educator. She is known for her unique gumbo of folk, blues and gospel from her childhood in Harlan County, Kentucky infused with the eclectic grit of pre-gentrified Brooklyn. Inheriting the powerful vocal range of her gospel-singing African American father and the resilient spirit of her mother's Cherokee/Shawnee/Choctaw culture, Redbone broadens the boundaries of American Roots music. With songs and storytelling that share her life experience as a Native and Black woman and mother in the new millenium, Redbone gives voice to issues of social justice, bridging traditions from past to present, connecting cultures, and celebrating the human spirit. Her latest album The Garden of Love: Songs of William Blake is "a brilliant collision of cultures" (New Yorker). Redbone's recent work has been predominantly in theater. Redbone is the Composer of Original Music and Score for the 2019 revival For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf, choreopoem by the late Ntozake Shange, where Redbone honors the author's 1976 classic by intertwining her original compositions celebrating the music of the African American diaspora with the beautiful choreography of Tony Award-nominee Camille A. Brown at The Public Theater. Redbone is currently in development with her own new work Black Mountain Women at The Public Theater. It is a timely musical about the ongoing environmental destruction of her ancestral homeland in Appalachia told through the lives of four generations of women in her matriarchal Cherokee family.

Adam Rigg is a 2015 Princess Grace Award and a three-time Henry Hewes Design Award nominee. Recent credits include New York Theater Workshop, Yale Rep, Soho Rep, Signature Theater Company, Atlantic Theater Company, Manhattan Theater Club, Williamstown Theater Festival, The Mark Taper Forum, LA Opera, Theater An Der Wien-Vienna, Berkeley Rep, The Guthrie Theater, Cincinnati Symphony, Westport Country Playhouse, Theater For A New Audience, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Cal Shakes, Buena Vista Center, Theater Municipal - S?o Paulo, Opera Omaha, Opera Philadelphia. Upcoming: Norwegian National Opera, The Kennedy Center, Santa Fe Opera, The Public Theater, The Old Globe, LA Opera, Opera Philadelphia, The Alliance Theater, Asolo Rep, Arena Di Verona. Education: BA UCLA, 2010; MFA Yale School of Drama, 2014. adamriggdesign.com

Michael Rohd is founding artistic director of the 20-year-old national, ensemble-based Sojourn Theatre. In 2015, he received an Otto Rene Castillo award for Political Theater and The Robert Gard Foundation Award for Excellence. He is an Institute Professor at Arizona State University's Herberger Insititute for Design & the Arts and is author of the widely translated book Theatre for Community, Conflict, and Dialogue. He is Lead Artist for Civic Imagination at Center for Performance and Civic Practice where current initiatives include The Catalyst Initiative, Civic Body & Learning Labs. He was the 2013-2016 Doris Duke Artist-in-Residence at Lookingglass Theater Company in Chicago. Recent/Current projects include collaborations and/or productions with Goodman Theater, Bush Foundation, Singapore Drama Educators Association, Americans for the Arts, Nashville's MetroArts, ArtPlac America, Cleveland Public Theater, United Way, Catholic Charities USA, Cook Inlet Housing Authority Alaska, ASU/Gammage, Georgetown University & Steppenwolf Theater.

Dr. Daphnie Sicre is a director, educator, dramaturg, teaching directing, and theatre for social change in the Theatre Arts Program at Loyola Marymount University. Previously, she taught Latinx Theatre, Latin American Theatre, Solo Performance, Intro to Theatre, Arts and Social Justice to name a few. Focusing on Afro-Latinx performance, she completed her Ph.D. at NYU in Educational Theatre in 2017. Raised in Madrid, Spain, but born in Guayaquil, Ecuador to Peruvian and Spanish parents, she shares a deep passion for directing and discovering multiple Latinx and African-American perspectives in theatre. Her latest publication is a chapter in The Routledge Companion to African American Theatre and Performance entitled, "Afro-Latinx Themes in Theatre Today". Other publications include, "#UnyieldingTruth: Employing the Culturally Responsive Pedagogy" from the book Black Acting Methods and "Bilingual Storytelling and Puppetry with Head Start Children" from the book, The Arts and English Language Learners. Currently she is working on two book chapters, "A Time of Protest; Exploring Activism through Newspaper Theatre" in Dynamic Bodies, Emerging Voices- Racializing and Decolonizing Actor Pedagogy and "Romeo y Julieta; Staging Shakespeare in the Park in Miami" for Latinx Shakespeare: Performance, Appropriation and Pedagogy. When she is not writing, teaching, or conducting workshops, she can be found directing. Her directing debut at LMU was In the Heights, and last year, she directed Jose Casas's immigration play 14. Select New York directing credits include: Shower Me at the FringeNYC and Stranger for Stage Black, where she won the Best Director award and the AUDELCO nominated Not About Eve, to name a few.

Austin Smith made his professional debut starring in the Obie award-winning Soho Rep production of An Octoroon by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins at Theatre for a New Audience directed by Sarah Benson. He went on to join the original Broadway cast of the Tony, Grammy & Pulitzer prize winning musical Hamilton, performing both the roles of Aaron Burr and George Washington. World premieres include How to Transcend a Happy Marriage by Sarah Ruhl starring Marisa Tomei at Lincoln Center Theater directed by Rebecca Taichman, Zurich by Amelia Roper directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt at NYTW Next Door, Socrates by Tim Blake Nelson starring Michael Stuhlbarg and directed by Doug Hughes at The Public Theater. Television Credits include "Odd Mom Out" "Random Acts of Flyness" and "New Amsterdam." Training: The Juilliard School.

Dito van Reigersberg is a co-founder of Pig Iron Theatre Company, a physical-theatre company that has created over 35 original pieces in its 25-year history. He has performed in almost all of Pig Iron's productions since 1995, including the OBIE-winners Hell Meets Henry Halfway and Chekhov Lizardbrain. He has also created and performed with Headlong, Azuka, Mauckingbird, Bearded Ladies, Arden Theatre Company, Rude Mechs, and Nichole Canuso Dance Company. He is a Barrymore Award recipient for Best Ensemble for Mission to Mercury and for Best Choreography for Cafeteria (Pig Iron), a Barrymore nominee for Best Actor in a Musical for Hedwig (Azuka), as well as a Helen Hayes Nominee for Best Leading Actor for Hell Meets Henry Halfway. With his Pig Iron cohorts Dan Rothenberg and Quinn Bauriedel, he was named a Pew Fellow (2002) and a Knight USA Fellow (2010). A graduate of Swarthmore College, he trained at the Neighborhood Playhouse and the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance.

Dito's alter-ego Martha Graham Cracker is famously 'the tallest drag queen in the world." Her monthly cabaret series at L''Etage in Philadelphia has been running for over 14 years. Along with her extraordinarily tight band, she has performed regularly at a wide variety of venues including Joe''s Pub, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, The Trocadero Theatre, Oberon at ART, World Cafe Live, The Afterglow Festival in Provincetown, and the Mayor's Reception Room in City Hall. She recently unveiled her first album, Lashed but Not Leashed, a cycle of original songs about Martha''s desire to quit show biz and become a librarian (available on Bandcamp, iTunes and Spotify).

Aaron Whitby is an award-winning record producer, composer/songwriter, pianist, engineer and educator born and raised in London, and a longtime resident of Brooklyn. Mentored by Ohio Players/Funkadelic Walter 'Junie' Morrison, Whitby is best known for his work with longtime collaborator Martha Redbone, the acclaimed Native/African-American songstress with whom he created the music genre 'Native Soul' and subsequently took poet William Blake to Appalachia. The albums they co-wrote/co-produced include notably; Home of the Brave, Skintalk and The Garden of Love: Songs of William Blake have received numerous awards and critical acclaim. Currently the team tour Bone Hill-The Concert, a devised, multi-disciplinary theatrical concert originally commissioned by Joe's Pub/Public Theater, the NEA and Lincoln Center for the Arts. Whitby and Redbone are recipients of the NEFA NTP Award and an NPN Creation Fund Award, and are currently developing a musical commissioned by the Public Theater in NYC supported in part by MAP Fund and Creative Capital. With Cousin From Another Planet, his debut album as frontman, Whitby comes full circle to his jazz and funk roots pulling together an amazing cast of friends to realize his musical vision, as described by renowned music writer Greg Tate, "a funk-da-fied jam session feel undergirding tight, knotty jazz-smart progressions." With tunes inspired by the animated energy and profound innocence of his young son, humorous lyrics that celebrate empathy and empowerment and musicians given the freedom to take the music wherever it feels good, according to Tate, this album is "one of this era's hardiest re-dedications and festival-tent revival of soulful and exploratory jam-gnocity." Cousin From Another Planet live onstage is a music and visual experience accompanied by a video artshow by VJ Lady Firefly (Dave Chappelle, The Roots) to capture the colorful, cartoonish and movement-inspired worldview.

Original illustration by Gaven Trinidad, NYTW Community Engagement Associate.

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