AUGUST 3 TO SEPTEMBER 15
IN PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS & CLOSED-OFF STREETS CITYWIDE
TNC STREET THEATER, "THE SOCIALIZATION OF A SOCIAL WORKER..."
Theater for the New City's 2024 Street Theater musical is "The Socialization of a Social Worker or The Fight for Social Justice," which tells a story of a humanitarian case worker learning to overcome despair and find strength for today's challenges through people power. Book, lyrics and direction are by Crystal Field, Artistic Director of Theater for the New City (TNC). Musical score is composed and arranged by Peter Dizzoza. Free performances will tour parks, playgrounds and closed-off streets throughout the five boroughs.

COMPLETE INFO: www.jsnyc.com/season/stth2024.htm
PHOTOS: https://photos.app.goo.gl/4qMuSLYwZPzbjeLS7

AUGUST 25 TO SEPTEMBER 15
THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
DREAMUP FESTIVAL
Theater for the New City (TNC) presents its twelfth Dream Up Festival, an ultimate new works festival dedicated to the joy of discovering new authors and edgy, innovative performances. The Festival is helmed by the theater's Literary Manager, Michael Scott-Price.  The annual event is an ultimate new works festival, dedicated to the joy of discovering new authors and edgy, innovative performances.  This year it offers 17 plays, 12 of which are world premieres and one of which is an American premiere. Audiences will savor the excitement, awe, passion, challenge and intrigue of new plays from around the country. 

COMPLETE INFO: www.jsnyc.com/season/dreamup2024.htm
PHOTOS: https://photos.app.goo.gl/12dnTHAckMjVByUw9

AUGUST 30 TO SEPTEMBER 15
GURAL THEATRE AT A.R.T/NEW YORK THEATRES, 502 W. 53RD STREET
SMOKING MIRROR THEATRE COMPANY IN "THE TEMPEST"
Smoking Mirror Theatre Company, an emerging Shakespeare troupe led by John Gordon, will stage Shakespeare's magical tale of power, forgiveness and redemption with Prospero, the magician, and Alonso, King of Naples, re-imagined as female characters. The production's non-traditional casting aims to challenge and expand our understanding of the play's characters and themes, and to reflect the reality that we live in an increasingly female-oriented world.

COMPLETE INFO: www.jsnyc.com/season/tempest.htm
PHOTOS: https://photos.app.goo.gl/oaaZ1sx5BVSKx2KD8

SEPTEMBER 12 TO 15
LA MAMA SHARES, 74 E. 4TH STREET
"THEATRE WILL NOT PREPARE YOU FOR DEATH"
An experimental theater piece exploring death, love and family based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead.  This production is the stage directorial/producing debut of film maker Olga Lvoff, whose previous work is primarily documentaries. Written by Russian playwright Nika Velt and co-directed by Olga Lvoff and Elena Che, it will be performed by a cast of five actors and five dancers and employs Tibetan masks, throat singing, audience interaction, biomechanics and choreography. Diplodocus Arts presents the work September 12 to 15 at La MaMa Shares, 74 East Fourth Street. La MaMa Shares provides theater space for non-curated productions.

COMPLETE INFO: www.jsnyc.com/season/olga_tibetan.htm
PHOTOS: https://photos.app.goo.gl/nNLJzZbDS933Lycy8

SEPTEMBER 19 TO OCTOBER 6
THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
"THE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS" BY GEORGE TABORI, DIRECTED BY MANFRED BORMANN
This is the Amerian premiere of "The Goldberg-Variations" by George Tabori, a major play by a master of experimental theater who confronted the darkest aspects of human history with wit, insight and innovation. The piece is a backstage comedy set in Jerusalem, where a play based on disasters in the Old and New Testaments is being rehearsed. The director of this play, Mr. Jay, is deliberately named with the initial of Jehovah. His assistant, Goldberg, is a Jew and an Auschwitz survivor. They enact the Creation, the Fall of Man, the near-sacrifice of Isaac, the Golden Calf and the Crucifixion with a satirical combination of seriousness, farce and unashamedly bad jokes.

The play is named after Bach's famous musical composition, "Goldberg Variations." Like the music, it explores variations on a theme, delving into the different ways in which individuals cope with trauma and loss. George Tabori's plays customarily deal with the Holocaust, Jewish identity, human suffering, and the absurdity of existence. They are deeply reflective and often unsettling, pushing audiences to confront difficult truths about history, humanity, and the self. Director Manfred Bormann is now regarded as America's primary interpreter of Tabori.

COMPLETE INFO: www.jsnyc.com/season/goldberg.htm
PHOTOS: https://photos.app.goo.gl/WnydicrcSYiHeJrj7

SEPTEMBER 26 TO OCTOBER 13
THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
"DICKHEAD" BY GIL KOFMAN, DIRECTED BY RICHARD CALIBAN
A lawyer and paterfamilias named Richard (he's a real Dick) has forgotten the password to his bitcoin wallet, where millions of dollars sit just out of reach. His panic ushers in a funny, dark, macabre, satiric play on the multigenerational dynamics of a dysfunctional family pursuing/embacing their personal fantasies and pipe dreams in a world under siege by technology and virtual reality. Cast of seven stars Ezra Barnes as Richard.

COMPLETE INFO: www.jsnyc.com/season/dickhead.htm
PHOTOS: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Ccjrwajs134giGB48

SEPTEMBER 26 TO OCTOBER 20
THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
"SOUP IN THE SECOND ACT," WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY BARRY PRIMUS
On the road, in an ill fated tour, five veterans of the stage and screen end up in a blizzard in Syracuse, waiting to hear if their show will continue, or if they will all be set adrift again. This family of actors fills the time with jokes, songs, and fond memories, all in an attempt to avoid dealing with their long and troubled history with each other, and the uncertain future before them. A paean to theater people written and directed by Barry Primus, the accomplished character actor and film maker. With: Paul Coates, Kip Gilman, Equiano Mosieri, Zora Rasmussen, Dey Young, Connor Stewart, and Bill Waters. Choreography by Julie Arenal Primus.

COMPLETE INFO: www.jsnyc.com/season/soup.htm
PHOTOS: https://photos.app.goo.gl/97RHVXxvzk9x4s887

OCTOBER 3 TO 20
WILD PROJECT, 195 E. THIRD STREET, MANHATTAN
THE DRILLING COMPANY PRESENTS "LAKEPLAY" BY DREW VALINS
"Lakeplay" is a love story + horror story + mystery set in a haunted cabin in the Adirondacks. It's the first play (other than solo shows) written by Drew Valins, an ascending interpreter of Kafka and Havel and a frequent actor in The Drilling Company's Shakespeare in the Parking Lot. Hamilton Clancy directs.

The play takes place at the onset of the Covid quarantine. A Brooklyn couple-- artists in the middle of  their lives--are attempting to make a baby and journey for an idyllic stay in a lakeside cabin. They pack up their essentials, lots of wine and their hopes, but encounter an enigmatic caretaker in the midst of  the seclusion who upends their expectations. With Matt Lee,  Pëtra Denison and Karla Hendrick.

COMPLETE INFO: www.jsnyc.com/season/Lakeplay.htm
PHOTOS: https://photos.app.goo.gl/3smwPtHkQ36Y1wSp9

OCTOBER 31
THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
VILLAGE HALLOWEEN COSTUME BALL
To delight its community and celebrate the creativity that comes with the season, Theater for the New City (TNC), 155 First Ave., will present its 48th annual Village Halloween Costume Ball October 31. A large outdoor festivity will be held from 3:15 PM to 8:00 PM outside the Theater on East Tenth Street between First and Second Avenues (or if it rains, in a big tent), featuring performances, a costume competition and dancing to swing and Latin bands. This will be followed by indoor performances from 8:00 PM to midnight in TNC's large Johnson Theater, and from 9:00 PM to 1:30 PM in the adjacent Community Space. Admission is free for the outdoor program and $20 for the indoor festivities. Costumes or formal wear are requested.

PHOTOS: https://photos.app.goo.gl/prEwwsQct9R5SC9G7

NOVEMBER 21 TO DECEMBER 8
LA MAMA E.T.C.
CZECHOSLOVAK-AMERICAN MARIONETTE THEATRE IN "FOWL PLAY: CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS"
An original puppet rock opera inspired by Farid us-Din Attar’s 12th century Sufi poem “The Conference of the Birds,” as re-told by contemporary illustrator and author, Peter Sis. In the story, a flock of birds seek their leader in vain. Performers will portray the birds on their quest over mountain ranges, through deserts and forests. Puppets, objects and costumes will be designed in the style of Sis's colorful illustrations; and include feather boas, scarves, flags, flowers, banknotes, traffic tickets, dry leaves, newspapers, political and sales flyers, plastic bags, cans & bottles. Diretced by Vit Horejs. Score created by Avi Fox-Rosen, using some of the original music by Czech Rockstar, Michael Kocab (Prague).  Choreography by Martha Tornay in collaboration with the performers and directed by Horejs.

PHOTOS: https://photos.app.goo.gl/esD7PQMDG2bqUrut8

DECEMBER 19 TO JANUARY 5
THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
"THE PRIOR 55" BY ANDREA FULTON
In Louisiana, a woman who fancies herself a social worker of the streets wants to save a guy who sings days in the French Quarter, then goes home to live in the woods. The saviors sometimes need the most help of all.

JANUARY 10 TO 19, 2025
THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
50TH ANNUAL THUNDERBIRD AMERICAN INDIAN DANCERS' POW-WOW AND DANCE CONCERT
A Pow-Wow is more than just a spectator event: it is a joyous reunion for native peoples nationwide and an opportunity for the non-Indian community to voyage into the philosophy and beauty of Native culture. Traditionally a gathering and sharing of events, Pow-Wows have come to include spectacular dance competitions, exhibitions, and enjoyment of traditional foods.There will be dances, stories and traditional music from Native Peoples of the Northeast, Southwest and Great Plains regions. The event has become a treasured New York tradition for celebrating our diversity by honoring the culture of our first Americans. TNC donates all proceeds from the event to college scholarship funds for Native American students. Throughout the performance, all elements are explained in depth through detailed introductions by the troupe's Director and Emcee Louis Mofsie (Hopi/Winnebago).

2024 PRODUCTION PHOTOS: https://photos.app.goo.gl/cdngGP9j8jaHQy7G8
2019 PRODUCTION PHOTOS: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ebLLGRPPQVHjJsxt8
RECENT YEARS' PHOTOS: https://goo.gl/photos/tcrxbtPYtF2hdvhV6 and https://goo.gl/photos/SLr4PXEHJrsq34j9A
HISTORICAL PHOTOS of Pow-Wows from 2004 to 2015: https://goo.gl/photos/wUcenp6ZcPDcBCYD7

VIDEO ON DEMAND

"USED AND BORROWED TIME" BY SOPHIA ROMMA
"Used and Borrowed Time," written and directed by Sophia Romma, is now available on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Roku and the Vyre Network. This experimental avant-garde film, a psychological drama phantasma, has amassed over 45 festival awards and 26 festival film selections. An interracial couple's idyllic love rises above the hatred of a vengeful white supremacist family in segregationist Alabama during the 1960s. The film pays homage to the French New Wave films of Goddard, Truffaut and Agnès Varda. It has been translated from its original English into Greek, Spanish and Italian.

COMPLETE INFO: www.usedandborrowedtime.com

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY & NEW YIDDISH REP PRODUCTION OF "THE DYBBUK"
"The Dybbuk" is arguably the most well-known play in the Yiddish theater lexicon. It was premiered on December 9, 1920 by the Vilna Troupe at the Eizeum theater in Warsaw. Its success catapulted that company onto the International stage. It has since been translated into 27 languages and performed worldwide. From December 9-13, New Yiddish Rep celebrated the play's 100th birthday with a live performance streamed from Theater For The New City. A recording of the production has now been released for the general public to view on Vimeo.

MORE INFO: www.jsnyc.com/season/Dybbuk.htm

"Feathers of Fire" is the most elaborate shadow theater experience ever created, and this recording, captured on an actual theater stage, transforms it into a video-on-demand production for all ages. The story is adapted from Shahnameh (the Persian Book of Kings) and tells the action-packed tale of two star-crossed lovers of old Persia. Zaul, an outcast albino boy, is brought up by a bird-goddess and grows up into a wise ruler. He enters into a forbidden love with Rudabeh, a princess who is the granddaughter of the dreaded Serpent King. Their young, impetuous romance survives many precarious adventures before they finally receive blessings for their union. When they ultimately have a child, it is Rostam, "the Hercules of Iran." Aspects of the story are reminiscent of "Romeo and Juliet," "Rapunzel," "The Firebird" and "Jungle Book."

The piece is created and directed by Hamid Rahmanian, a 2014 Guggenheim fellowship-winning filmmaker/visual artist living in Brooklyn. It is endorsed by Francis Ford Coppola, who called the production "Fantastic! One of the greatest epics of all time and my favorite Shahnameh brought to life in a spectacular fashion by Hamid Rahmanian with shadow puppets design and cinematic wizardry."

COMPLETE INFO: www.jsnyc.com/season/feathers.htm