Ping Chong and Company to Present Celebration of Ping Chong and Bruce Allardice in January 2023
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Oct 20, 2022
Ping Chong and Company will present All Islands Connect Underwater: a Celebration of Ping Chong and Bruce Allardice, convening artists and other luminaries for a public tribute PCC’s influential Founder and Artistic Director and his longtime professional partner, PCC Executive Director Bruce Allardice, who both retire from the company this year.
La MaMa Announces 61st Season Featuring 40 Productions From 8 Nations
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Aug 24, 2022
La MaMa ETC’s 61st season will feature world-premieres by John Kelly, Erik Ehn, Elizabeth Swados, Witness Relocation/Dan Safer, Bobbie Jene Smith and Ping Chong, along with the live, in-person stage debut of Split Britches’s 2021 digital production LAST GASP and the first-ever revival of Maria Irene Fornes’ EVELYN BROWN.
Mabou Mines to Present Three-Day 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF WORK
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Jun 2, 2022
Mabou Mines will present a 50th Anniversary Celebration of Work, reaching back into the company’s brimming five-decade history of innovative theater as a launchpad into the next 50 years (June 23–25; beginning 5pm June 23; 5pm–11 pm June 24; and 12pm–11pm June 25).
A FEW DEEP BREATHS Comes to La MaMa This Week
by Stephi Wild
- May 17, 2022
Each of the writers worked independently to generate dialogue and/or actions for two performers, one playing a 7-year-old and the other a 77-year-old. The non-linear tale that emerges is developed in collaboration with creative technologists, embodied by performance artist Agosto Machado and a puppet by Tom Lee, performed by Leah Ogawa and Maria Camia, and will explore interactivity and connection with the online audience.
La MaMa to Present World Premiere of CAGE SHUFFLE MARATHON
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Feb 8, 2022
CAGE SHUFFLE MARATHON – a full-length evening of dance and spoken word set to John Cage’s 90, one-minute stories from his 1963 score INDETERMINANCY – will be given its world premiere February 15-19 when Paul Lazar and several guest artists take the stage at La MaMa’s Downstairs theater.
GRAND PANORAMA By Theodora Skipitares to Have World Premiere At La MaMa ETC
by A.A. Cristi
- Jan 26, 2022
La MaMa in association with Skysaver Productions presents GRAND PANORAMA – a music-theater work by Theodora Skipitares about Frederick Douglass's obsession with photography and its power to 'tell the truth' about the humanity of African-Americans during slavery – will be given its world-premiere at La MaMa, with previews beginning February 17 prior to a press opening on February 20, it has been announced by Mia Yoo, La MaMa's artistic director.
La MaMa Will Present Timothy White Eagle's Newest Work THE INDIGO ROOM Next Month
by Stephi Wild
- Oct 27, 2021
Timothy White Eagle, the Seattle-based Indigenous performance artist and collaborator with Taylor Mac, will debut his newest work, THE INDIGO ROOM – ritual theater about contemporary isolation and community – with performances November 11-21 at La MaMa's Downstairs theatre (66 E. 4 St.), it has been announced by Mia Yoo, La MaMa's artistic director.
Longtime Downtown Theater Director George Ferencz Passes Away at 74
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Sep 23, 2021
Stage Director George Ferencz (1947-2021), passed away on September 14 following a long illness according to his wife of 35 years, Sally Lesser. For over a half century, Ferencz was a beloved fixture of New York’s Off- and Off-Off-Broadway theatre scenes.
La MaMa Announces 2021-2022 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Aug 20, 2021
The Tony Award-winning theatre has announced a fresh season of work – on its various stages in the East Village - that explores new rituals of our time from a multiplicity of perspectives and speaks to the epic changes of the 21st century.
La MaMa Will Conclude 59th Season With A FEW DEEP BREATHS
by Stephi Wild
- Jun 10, 2021
For the final online experiment in La MaMa's 59th season, seven writers (Erik Ehn, Huntrezz Janos, Adrienne Kennedy, Haruna Lee, Chuck Mee, Robert Patrick, and Christopher Rivas), two performers, and an online audience come together for A FEW DEEP BREATHS, premiering Friday, June 25 at 8pm ET.
Bold Theater of Kenya to be Featured in DOWNTOWN VARIETY
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Apr 28, 2021
Bold Theater of Kenya – comprised of young theater artists from across the East African nation -- will be featured in an exclusive DOWNTOWN VARIETY presentation live-streamed online Friday, April 30 at noon (eastern) it has been announced by Mia Yoo, Artistic Director of La MaMa.
Theatre Communications Group Announces 'Chi è di Scena? ITI Meets USA'
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Mar 19, 2021
Theatre Communications Group has announced ITI Meets the USA, an online event on Monday, March 22, at 11am EST/4pm Italy (GMT+1) on Facebook Live. Presented and hosted by the International Theatre Institute Italy and ITI-Worldwide the 70-minute event will include remarks from leaders of the Global Theater Initiative).
La MaMa and Talking Band Announce the World Premiere of EFFLORESCENCE
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Feb 24, 2021
La MaMa and Talking Band have announced the world premiere of Efflorescence, a seven-episode serial songspiel. A new audio segment will be released daily from March 29 – April 4, 2021. On April 6, 2021, La MaMa and Talking Band will premiere the full piece followed by a post-show conversation with the artists.
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