In the 2024/25 season, we’re championing the work of powerful artists who are confronting the world we live in and guiding us into the future. Their work is muscular and intimate, brimming with delight and searing questions. We look forward to sharing diverse and powerful storytelling through these productions and welcoming you to New York Theatre Workshop, where you may come for the show, but we hope you’ll stay for the conversation.
Book, Music & Lyrics by The Lazours
Choreography & Movement Direction by Ann Yee
Directed by Taibi Magar
October 9, 2024—November 27, 2024
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Inspired by the young Egyptians who took to the streets amidst the throes of the Arab Spring, We Live in Cairo follows six student activists using their street art, photography and song to overthrow a regime older than they are.
By Khawla Ibraheem
Directed and developed by Oliver Butler
A co-production with piece by piece productions
Presented in partnership with Under the Radar
January 10, 2025—February 16, 2025
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Set the timer. The everyday existence of a mother during a sweltering summer vacation: prepare meals, pack the bag, run the drill, repeat.
By Emil Weinstein
Based on the Memoir by Abby Chava Stein
Directed by Tyne Rafaeli
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Becoming Eve is a powerful coming-of-age story about an ultra-Orthodox child's search for her identity and life as a transgender woman.
By Colman Domingo and Patricia McGregor
Directed by Patricia McGregor
Spring 2025
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Despite being the voice that built Capital records, Nat King Cole’s groundbreaking NBC variety show faced cancellation as they could not find a sponsor. Now, on the night of his final broadcast, Nat must decide whether to quietly step out of the spotlight, or, as his friend Sammy Davis Jr. urges, “go out with a bang.”