La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
30 productions with 108 listed performance dates
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As Spiderwoman celebrates our 50th Anniversary with the Global Indigenous Theatre Festival at LaMaMa, these groundbreaking theatre companies are offering FREE theatre and cultural workshops. Please feel free to share this email with any artists/cultural artisans who might be interested.
Schedule
October 28-November 5
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Maayuma li Mubirr (Healing Scars)
66 E 4th Street, New York, NY 10003Maps ↗ to La MaMa
3 dates listedMaayuma li Mubirr (Healing Scars) is an expression of the self-healing journey First Peoples take in reconciling the grief of loss from injustice crossing multiple lifetimes.
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All My R(el)ations celebrates a return to community. Aanmitaagzi’s multi-disciplinary dance theatre project looks at who we are in the face of adversity.
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The Greatest Story Ever
74 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003Maps ↗ to La MaMa — The Club & Community Arts Space
4 dates listedA stolen spaceship. A taxi driver. A distant star. Paul Budraitis returns to La MaMa for an intimate, surprising performance where everyone in the room is part of the story.
Upcoming Dates
- Thu Nov 5
- Fri Nov 6
- Sat Nov 7
- Sun Nov 8
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La MaMa Kids: Kinding Sindaw Dance Interactive Workshop
74 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003Maps ↗ to La MaMa — The Club & Community Arts Space
1 date listedRice Planting Through Music, Rhythm, and Movement Children learn how rhythm, music, and ritual dances tell the story of planting and harvesting rice. Through movements inspired by farming activities, they build coordination, teamwork, and confidence.
Upcoming Dates
- Sat Nov 7
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Indigenous artists and the downtown arts community come together in a tribute to 50 years of Spiderwoman Theater. Curated and directed by Murielle Borst-Tarrant.
Upcoming Dates
- Sat Nov 7
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12 ANGRY ELECTRICS
74 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003Maps ↗ to La MaMa — The Club & Community Arts Space
1 date listedInspired by Sidney Lumet’s classic film, 12 Angry Men, Emmy Award winning writer/director William Electric Black (aka Ian Ellis James) becomes all 12 jurors in this timely masterpiece - now calling it - TWELVE ANGRY ELECTRICS.
Upcoming Dates
- Mon Nov 9
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Endless Forms Most Human is an original science-fiction myth told through a feast of tabletop puppetry. Haunted by a family tragedy born from a society that outlaws life-saving technology, the brilliant, genderqueer scientist Syx wages a personal war against the frailties of the flesh.
Upcoming Dates
- Wed Nov 11
- Thu Nov 12
- Fri Nov 13
- Sat Nov 14
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Projected in the lobby of Building 74A (before and after the theatre presentations) Created by Avery Vang and Paige Vang, Assortment is a collection of stop-motion and digitally animated films that explores the diverse possibilities of animation as an art form.
Schedule
November 12 – December 6
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Why is this night different from all other nights? After 40 years of hosting Passover seders, Sue holds out hope that it won’t be. Miriam, her youngest, could show up after all.
Upcoming Dates
- Thu Nov 12
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Tiresias Presents New Weird Future: a Work in Process
74 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003Maps ↗ to La MaMa — The Club & Community Arts Space
6 dates listedTiresias Presents New Weird Future: A Work In Process is a speculative eco-opera and puppet pageant-in-process that imagines futures of multispecies flourishing in the ruins of the Anthropocene.
Upcoming Dates
- Thu Nov 12
- Fri Nov 13
- Sat Nov 14
- Sun Nov 15
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La MaMa Kids: The Dandelion’s Wish
74 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003Maps ↗ to La MaMa — The Club & Community Arts Space
3 dates listedThe Dandelion’s Wish is an extraordinary story of never giving up from the perspective of an unlikely wild flower.
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When an otherworldly artifact falls into her paws, Rat Girl uncovers a vast conspiracy that threatens the fate of the entire rat metropolis.
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Everything That Follows
74 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003Maps ↗ to La MaMa — The Club & Community Arts Space
7 dates listedEverything That Follows is a dance puppet experience that blends rod puppets, marionettes, dance, acrobatics, and video. This project explores themes linked to the natural environment, aiming to shed light on the interconnectedness between humans and animals while showcasing the beauty and fragility of our shared…
Upcoming Dates
- Thu Nov 19
- Fri Nov 20
- Sat Nov 21
- Sun Nov 22
- Mon Nov 23
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an interdisciplinary shadow and toy puppetry performance examining the life and work of cult musician Connie Converse and our relationships with the artists we love
Upcoming Dates
- Thu Nov 19
- Fri Nov 20
- Sat Nov 21
- Sun Nov 22
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From Concept to Ask
47 Great Jones Street, New York, NY 10012Maps ↗ to La MaMa Great Jones Studios
1 date listedFrom Concept to Ask is a one-day intensive with producer and puppet artist Jean Marie Keevins, built for artists who already have a project, or a dream project, in mind.
Upcoming Dates
- Sat Nov 21
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Where do we fit in this endless universe? Glimpse the precious fragility of our life on Planet Earth as we peer into the Mirrored Pool.
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Jump Start 2026
74 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003Maps ↗ to La MaMa — The Club & Community Arts Space
3 dates listedLa MaMa’s annual Jump Start series gives puppet artists the opportunity to workshop and showcase current work-in-progress. Featured artists are Justin Perkins, William Carter, Andrew Murdock, Marcella Murray, Torry Bend.
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Intuitive Hand Puppets
74 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003Maps ↗ to La MaMa — The Club & Community Arts Space
1 date listedJoin Puppeteer and Fiber Artist, J Hann, in this hands-on puppet making workshop. Participants will let the materials guide them as they learn techniques on fabric manipulation, layering, and creating texture to make unique hand puppets. Everyone will leave with knowledge on how to manipulate their new fantastical…
Upcoming Dates
- Sat Nov 28
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En Mer Avec Louise Bourgeois
74 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003Maps ↗ to La MaMa — The Club & Community Arts Space
4 dates listedA haunting found-object theatre piece where discarded things reveal fragments of the memories, and obsessions that animated Louise Bourgeois’s work well into her 90s.
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Husks from Iran
74 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003Maps ↗ to La MaMa — The Club & Community Arts Space
4 dates listedAn Iranian immigrant artist struggling with language finds her same struggle reflected in the works of exiled poets, whose translations she sees through shadow puppetry inspired by Persian calligraphy.
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To The Playground is an ode to playgrounds and playground parents – a journey into the beauty, banality and anxieties of the longest shortest time.
Upcoming Dates
- Fri Dec 4
- Sat Dec 5
- Sun Dec 6
- Tue Dec 8
- Wed Dec 9
- Thu Dec 10
- Fri Dec 11
- Sat Dec 12
- Sun Dec 13
- Thu Dec 17
- Fri Dec 18
- Sat Dec 19
- Sun Dec 20
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ALLEGRA & THE CELLO, IN MOVEMENTS, A New Opera
74 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003Maps ↗ to La MaMa — The Club & Community Arts Space
8 dates listedWitness a groundbreaking moment in opera history where the first-ever female doctor to take stage in opera brings to life the story of Allegra. Set in the tension-filled days before a high-stakes trial, Allegra lets the audience of lawyers into the most vulnerable and difficult moments in her life and career as they…
Upcoming Dates
- Thu Dec 10
- Fri Dec 11
- Sat Dec 12
- Sun Dec 13
- Thu Dec 17
- Fri Dec 18
- Sat Dec 19
- Sun Dec 20
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COUNTRY/CONVENIENCE
74 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003Maps ↗ to La MaMa — The Club & Community Arts Space
3 dates listedCOUNTRY/CONVENIENCE is a new experimental operetta, presented as a workshop performance. Set entirely during a graveyard shift at a rural gas station, a middle-aged queer woman stands alone at the register of the last outpost for miles — and over a single night, her inner life erupts into song.
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The La MaMa Family’s Winter Wonderland Performance
74 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003Maps ↗ to La MaMa — The Club & Community Arts Space
1 date listedLa MaMa Family will weave their magic and excitement for La MaMa’s End of Year celebration event – a fun-filled performance by La MaMa resident artists. Embracing puppetry, storytelling, dance, music and theatre, this is a unique holiday event for the whole family, all ages encouraged!
Upcoming Dates
- Sat Dec 19
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Christmas in Nickyland 2026: Rejuvenating Democracy
74 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003Maps ↗ to La MaMa — The Club & Community Arts Space
2 dates listedAs the ever-changing world we live in continues to challenge us both as individuals and within our different communities, we can use this year-end holiday time to reflect, heal, find solace as we celebrate together. Joy, hope and love to this world! Hosted & curated by Nicky Paraiso.
Upcoming Dates
- Mon Dec 21
- Tue Dec 22
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Spider Rabbit
74 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003Maps ↗ to La MaMa — The Club & Community Arts Space
7 dates listed"Spider Rabbit" is a play by poet and Obie award winning playwright Michael McClure. Written in 1971, it is an "absurdist anti war gargoyle cartoon" that feels increasingly relevant 50+ years later.
Upcoming Dates
- Fri Jan 8
- Sat Jan 9
- Sun Jan 10
- Mon Jan 11
- Tue Jan 12
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Anima Mundi fuses visceral movement, live music and cinematic imagery, conjuring spirit beings and shadows to explore our connection with the other-than-human world.
Upcoming Dates
- Wed Jan 13
- Thu Jan 14
- Fri Jan 15
- Sat Jan 16
- Sun Jan 17
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The Life and Times of Daisy Forbes
74 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003Maps ↗ to La MaMa — The Club & Community Arts Space
4 dates listedA cautionary tale about what it feels like to be left behind as an artist in our world.
Upcoming Dates
- Thu Jan 14
- Fri Jan 15
- Sat Jan 16
- Sun Jan 17
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A performance and public tribunal exposes the failures of the U.S. immigration courts and their human impact on asylum seekers.
Upcoming Dates
- Thu Jan 21
- Fri Jan 22
- Sat Jan 23
- Sun Jan 24
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