NYTW BLOG

The lights are shining bright onstage for LIGHTS OUT: NAT “KING” COLE at NYTW! Our partner schools from across the city will be joining us for our Student Matinee soon, and you can join us in learning more about the show too! In the latest edition of “The Brief” Study Guide, dive into topics like the sociopolitical context surrounding Nat “King” Cole’s variety show, the history of Black performers in tap dance, and more about the production itself. Get excited about this dazzling show with us, and then grab your tickets here!

May 14, 2025 by NYTW Education

We’re gearing up for Saturday Church, which opens our 25/26 season. Adapted from the 2017 film, this exhilarating musical explores the intersections of faith and queerness. In advance of rehearsals, we sat down with filmmaker and co-book/additional lyric writer of the musical, Damon Cardasis to talk about the inspiration for the film and the process of bringing it to the stage.

May 13, 2025

After months of collaboration, it’s finally here! A TRIPTYCH OF TIME, a new piece created and performed by the 2024/25 Youth Artistic Instigators premieres this week. The Workshop’s youth ensemble is comprised this year of twenty-four students from across the city, who have been working together since October to devise a story to speak to and for their generation in this present moment.

April 18, 2025 by Marty Chandler

BECOMING EVE is now onstage at the Abrons Arts Center. Before we bring our partner schools to down there for our Student Matinee, we’re bringing them through several themes from the play, including gender and its intersections with Jewish texts, puppetry, adaptation, and more. Want to join us? Check out the latest edition of “The Brief” Study Guide.

March 27, 2025 by NYTW Education

Phoebe Moore began her NYTW journey as a 2050 Administrative Fellow in 2022 and is now the Director of Special Events! After Phoebe finished putting on an incredible gala, we were excited to sit down with her and talk to her about her time at NYTW, her memories, and how she got to where she is now.

March 6, 2025 by NYTW

It’s super fun and super busy to work at New York Theatre Workshop as a 2050 Administrative Fellow, so I sat down with two of my fellow fellows to keep track of what each of us do day to day. My name is Marty Chandler (Education & Engagement), and I’m joined by Tyra Mishell (Marketing) and Salwa Meghjee (Artistic Workshop). Any given week at the Workshop is different, since there are always new and different events, programs, or shows happening, so we did our best to give you a sense of most of what we do. (We threw in some of our favorite local recommendations, too!) Read all about it below!

March 4, 2025 by Marty Chandler

Despite the cold weather outside the walls of the Workshop, the room feels warm as I watch Khawla Ibraheem’s performance of A Knock on the Roof. I can feel how the audience around me is moved by Khawla’s performance as Mariam, a mother rehearsing how she and her family can run from the titular evacuation warning. Collectively, we consider the questions she asks of us (or individually, answer aloud when asked directly). Parents in the audience laugh at Mariam’s complaints about her family. All of us feel the weight she carries throughout her story.

February 11, 2025 by Marty Chandler

Ready to catch a preview or performance of A KNOCK ON THE ROOF at NYTW? We know our students are! Our amazing partner schools from all over New York City will be joining us for our Student Matinee next month. To help the students (and all of us!) get excited about the show, our Education department has published the latest edition of “The Brief” Study Guide. From ​solo performance to the metric system, the topics covered in the guide will help prepare audiences to understand the weight of Khawla Ibraheem’s character, Mariam, and find commonality in her everyday life, feelings, and obstacles.

January 23, 2025 by NYTW Education

In September 2024, A Knock on the Roof playwright and actress Khawla Ibraheem and Director Oliver Butler sat down with our Associate Artistic Director Aaron Malkin and our NYTW staff to talk more their relationship with NYTW, about their play and what they hope audiences take from it.

January 22, 2025 by NYTW

Please join us in welcoming our new Managing Director, Maya Choldin! Maya will join the New York Theatre Workshop staff beginning February 1, 2025.

January 13, 2025 by NYTW