Hotel New Work | Open Studio for Live Arts present The Earl of Lear: hybrid performance Written and performed by Rick DesRochersHybrid media design by Phillip Baldwin Friday , May 27 6pm FREE. RSVP here The Earl of Lear explores the theatricality of the Elizabethan soliloquy as an internal truth/honesty with the audience and […]
“Heart Of Darkness,” Retold For The 21st Century
Garden of Alla is a one-woman show telling the story of the greatest star you’ve never heard of: Alla Nazimova, the forgotten trailblazing iconoclast.
Now in its third season, Round The Block! Celebrating Arts and Community in the Garment District is a promenade-style performance connecting all the creative people in the neighborhood – businesses, community organizations, garment workers, visual artists, and theatermakers.
Tlab Shares The Playwrights Realm presents INK’D Festival of New Plays Featuring plays by Audley Puglisi, Will Brumley, Emma Horwitz, and Jeesun Choi FREE. More info and RSVP HERE The INK’D Festival of New Plays marks The Playwrights Realm’s return to in-person programming after two years! From May 2nd to 5th, the 2021-22 Writing Fellows […]
Calling all artists! Seeking Round the Block! tour guides Meet us April 8th at 4:30pm in front of 520 8th Ave With the warming up of the season and the city’s slow but sure reopening, we are very excited to be preparing another edition of our program Round the Block! Theaterlab is currently seeking […]
Theaterlab Presents THIS BEAUTIFUL FUTURE (U.S. Premiere) A Play by Rita Kalnejais Directed by Jack Serio Featuring Francesca Carpanini and Justin Mark with Austin Pendleton and Angelina Fiordellisi January 13th – 30th, 2022 Tickets $25 HERE Caught in the middle of a war, two teenagers take shelter from a divided world. Elodie is French and […]
Tlab Shares THE PORTRAIT OF AN ANGEL, A LION, A MONSTER Written by Katrin Arefy Directed by Ali Kamran Jan 29 – Feb 13, Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 3pm Tickets $25 HERE The Portrait of an Angel, a Lion, a Monster, a new three-act play by California-based playwright Katrin Arefy is a timeless, intimate story of a […]
Theaterlab presents SARA DAVIS BUECHNER in Of Pigs and Pianos Written and Performed by Sara Davis Buechner Directed by Sal Trapani Stage Design/Visuals/Projections by Phillip Baldwin Dec 17th at 7:30pm, Dec 18th at 2pm and 7:30pm, and Dec 19th at 5pm followed by closing reception Tickets $15/$30 HERE Of Pigs and Pianos is the new […]
Theaterlab presents MOTHERS MYTHS MONSTERS : MATROPHOBIANov 19 & 21 at 6pm Curated by Stefanie NelsonFeaturing artists Maya Orchin, Boris Willis, and Maria Takeuchi (aka ÉMU) This year’s iteration of a curated program initiated in 2017 will feature three short-form pieces centered around the titular fear of becoming like one’s mother and the space/s […]
Theaterlab Presents PEACE PIECES : A HOLIDAY BENEFIT CONCERT Featuring Jed Distler Dec 22, 2021 at 7:30 pm RSVP HERE Suggested minimum donation $20 at theaterlabnyc.com/support The acclaimed composer/pianist/radio host Jed Distler makes a rare solo piano appearance, offering welcome respite from New York City’s usual pre-holiday bustle. Proceeds benefit TheaterLab, an artistic laboratory dedicated to […]
TLAB hosts BABY an Out of the Box Theatrics production November 5 – December 12, 2021 Tickets HERE With a book by Sybille Pearson, music by David Shire, and lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr., Baby follows three couples on a university campus dealing with the universal experience of pregnancy and parenthood. Aligned with Out of the Box Theatrics’ mission of uplifting the […]
Ghosts and the Body TheaterWritten & Performed by Jolene NoelleFriday/Saturday, October 29 and 30 @ 8pmTickets: Free with RSVP Ghosts and the Body Theater is a performative lecture by Dramaturg Jolene Noelle investigating the question: Why do so many hauntings occur in theatrical spaces? Examining live/unlive bodies within performative spaces where the physical and spectral converge, this […]
TLAB Shares presents Bring Your Own Body : A Dark Corner to Scream Into Presented by Jack Meriwether with special guests Brielle Brilliant and Kay Gabriel Oct 28th, doors at 7pm, performance at 7:30 Tickets free with RSVP A Dark Corner To Scream Into: Jack Meriwether presents an intimate exploration into queer identity […]
Theaterlab presents A Grupo Desvio production : Carnivalize the Matter Directed and performed by Rodrigo Fischer Oct 17 at 6pm Carnivalize the Matter: Vibration, Electricity and Molecularity is a multidisciplinary, alchemical and artistic experiment that seeks to decompose and de-represent images, sounds, texts and things as a way of experiencing their vibrations. A […]
Titled Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars presentsFABRICATIONin collaboration with TheaterlabOctober 10th between 2pm-5pmFREE Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars will present a new performance procession entitled Fabrication in partnership with Theaterlab in NYC’s Garment District. Tilted Axes is a group of guitarists and percussionists lead by classically trained post-rocker Patrick Grant. They perform […]
Theaterlab presentsTHIS WOULD LOOK GOOD ON YOUWritten & Performed by Orietta CrispinoDirected by Liza CassidySept 23 – Oct 3 | Thu – Sat at 7pm, Sun at 5pmTickets: $25 HERE THIS WOULD LOOK GOOD ON YOU is a second show in a trilogy of semi-autobiographical monodramas written and performed by Orietta Crispino. In this new […]
Theaterlab presentsMINIFESTSeptember 18 at 5pm | September 19 at 3pm & 5pmTickets: $15 HERE Theaterlab is returning to our space with MINIFEST, an afternoon of tiny delights, short sparks of new work, and other small surprises. We last produced MINIFEST on March 8, 2020, days before our theater closed. Now, we are so excited to […]
Theaterlab presentsvigilWritten & Directed by Rory McGregorSeptember 2 – 10, 2021 at 8pmTickets: HERE A workshop production of a new play by Rory McGregor (Conway, 2019). VIGIL explores the mythos of a bizarre Hollywood legend in which, after making Taxi Driver, Scorsese spent an entire night drinking at his home with a loaded gun, contemplating whether or not […]
This Would Look Good On YouWritten & Performed by Orietta CrispinoDirected by Liza CassidyOpen RehearsalAugust 21, 2021 at 5pmFREE with reservation.Email theaterlab36@gmail.com to reserve your tickets On March 8th 2020 for our MINIFEST, a festival of miniature works, I offered a first view of This Will Look Good on You. It was a 20minutes snippet of a piece […]
THE INTERIORITY OF ONE DIRECTIONfor the love of a pop songCreated by Lanie ZipoyAugust 21, 2021 at 3pmFree with ReservationEmail theaterlab36@gmail.com to reserve your ticket Pop songs often save us. Like a city street where something wonderful has unfolded in your life, a pop song can transport you to a memory, an emotion, a dream. After resisting the charms […]
The rhythms. The routines. The rituals. A time capsule. Meditate with the soundtrack and beating heart of daily life in New York City amidst the past year. A film by Lanie Zipoy Filmed by Sunil Arora, Emily Branham, Orietta Crispino, Christopher Dawes, Bat-Sheva Guez, Darren Joe, Kristin McCarthy Parker, Kyle Schaefer, Roger Wu and Lanie […]
Words are too strict. They don’t let me exist. I am here. The city. The restless silence. I opt for that silence. Wild, irrational. And to feel. To feel alive. [Purple] Silence in the darkness, remembering a confusing and strange story. Hostile and aggressive. Stories, stories. The outside. And I just want to feel the […]
Reflections in Tea/a Ceremony is a celebration of a 2,000 year old culture that honors the spirit of Tea as a meditative-sensory experience and a living art. By finding a space to commune with nature, ourselves and one another, this work in progress explores the interplay of presence as we return to the simple joy of […]
As we enter May filled with expectation and desire of human connections, I thought it would be meaningful to invite artists and audience into a space of reflection and gentle communion. We open our door both physically and metaphorically to the healing and nurturing nature of Art & Rituals in the In Between that we call the […]
An entirely free, fully accessible, and wholly original performance-based video ceremony intended to bring a sense of healing from all forms This is Not a Cure: A Ceremony for Healing May 8-9-10 in Theaterlab’s Gallery: A GF&CO 3C (Creative Collective Ceremony) An entirely free, fully accessible, and wholly original performance-based video ceremony intended to bring a […]
Ulisespal’s “Everything Vibrates” is an exploration of generative data sounds mixing ASCII art code visuals, glitches, and sound waves. EV is inspired by the energy, frequency and the touched by vibration, is the invisible feeling of every day, is the feeling of a new dimension. The Installation features an audio-reactive space connected to the visuals, […]
This Will Look Good On You So many beautiful clothes and nowhere to go! Have you looked at your closet recently? Maybe you were trying to tidy up with Mary Kondo, going through drawers and boxes to shed some of the burden: too many clothes, too many past lives, to many sizes ago! Have you […]
On April 4th we reunited with a group of friends after more than a year at Theaterlab. It was really a lovely gathering ! We shared food and laughter and thanks to the incredible progress of science, we hugged ! Honoring the Italian tradition, we cut the Easter cake Colomba and share a piece holding he promise […]
Italy’s Motus Theatre returned to New York with NELLA TEMPESTA, the third and final production in La MaMa’s Tempest 3 series. Motus’ Nella Tempesta creates a short circuit between Shakespeare’s The Tempest and Une Tempête by Aimé Césaire. Reflecting on the turmoil in our society and the consequences of the economic crisis, the performance also […]