NYTW BLOG

Now that In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat has wrapped, take a look back at our For the Culture events hosted by the NYTW Learning & Community Engagement team in collaboration with our presenting partners, community partners, and artists on stage. Through meaningful conversations and engaging activities, we had a blast connecting with so many communities in celebration of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s enduring legacy and the power of the downtown NYC arts scene.

October 16, 2026 by Emma Yaniger

Following the Saturday evening performances of In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat, join multi-hyphenate Tony Award nominee Daniel J. Watts (Lights Out! Nat King Cole, The Refuge Plays) in a continued celebration of Basquiat’s life and legacy. With music, spoken-word and his singular practice of painting with his feet while he dances, Daniel and his special guests will bring the party to 4th Street!

The special guests include extraordinary artists Sage Gallon, Ari Grooves, Joan Morgan, Lee Quiñones, Michael Thurber and Tiana Webb-Evans.

September 11, 2026 by NYTW

As our 2026/27 season gets underway, we’re excited to welcome our newest cohort of 2050 Artistic and Administrative Fellows! Over the next year, these six emerging artists and administrators will join our community, gain hands-on experience across NYTW, and build formative connections with artists and audiences alike.

September 3, 2026 by NYTW

Surrounding In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat, NYTW Education & Engagement has curated a variety of events for our For the Culture series in collaboration with community partners. We invite you to join us and get to know these organizations during a post-show conversation or community gathering, and to learn more about them below!

August 28, 2026 by Emma Yaniger

As the Education & Engagement Associate, and before that as a 2050 Administrative Fellow, I found writing for the NYTW Blog an incredibly inspiring aspect of my time at the Workshop. Creating posts to document the history of Mind the Gap or solo performances at NYTW made me feel proud—they were opportunities to celebrate the work of our intergenerational participants and engage with a legacy of diverse and iconic artists. Interviewing community partners and sharing their stories reminded me of why I love doing what I do. And illustrating the impact of our shows, events, and collaborations affirmed my own long-term interests in theatre: to always make bold, new work that is issue-oriented and community-created.

July 17, 2026 by Marty Chandler, Emma Yaniger, Dylin Taylor

It’s the start of summer! Now that the school year and the season at NYTW have both ended, we thought it would be the perfect time to reflect on our year of Education & Community Engagement programming. In addition to another successful season of our after-school programs, including Mind the Gap (in NYC and London) and a comedic new work created by our Youth Artistic Instigators, we hosted a range of in-school residencies through our Learning Workshop program, and a variety of community engagement events through our For the Culture series.

June 25, 2026 by Marty Chandler

In just one calendar year, NYTW staff, artists, friends, neighbors, and community partners gathered outside on East 4th Street for a variety of events that each echo the block’s long-standing history of artistry and community-building. Take a look back with us at all the fun we’ve had breaking bread and celebrating together, from last summer to this one!

June 24, 2026 by Marty Chandler

Since 2017, New York Theatre Workshop has partnered with Southwark Playhouse and London South Bank University to bring our Mind the Gap program over to London for a week of intergenerational theatremaking. Just last week, NYTW Director of Education & Engagement Psacoya Guinn and Education & Engagement Associate Marty Chandler headed across the pond to facilitate the program again this year, guiding participants through interviews and devising exercises which culminated in the group’s final ‘works-in-progress’ performance of their piece titled “Is This the Real Life?”

Amidst the busyness of the program, Marty sat down with our partner from Southwark Playhouse, Head of Participation David Workman, to reflect on the history of the partnership and the impact of the program on its participants.

June 17, 2026 by Marty Chandler

Now that the In the Bricks Festival has wrapped, take a look back at our For the Culture events hosted by the NYTW Education & Community Engagement team in collaboration with our presenting partners, community partners, and artists on stage. Through meaningful conversations to new connections while breaking bread on East 4th St, we had a blast connecting with so many communities surrounding the Festival’s celebration of our shared humanity. Be sure to join us next season for even more talkbacks, community events, and opportunities to gather with one another!

June 16, 2026 by NYTW Education & Engagement

NYTW’s intergenerational theatre program, Mind the Gap, has been connecting teens and elders through the power of storytelling for over sixteen years. Over the course of several weeks, participants interview one another in intergenerational conversations, getting to hear stories from each other’s lives, as well as their dreams, fears, and ways of seeing the world. From these exchanges, each participant writes a short play inspired by what they learn from their partner, and these plays are performed by professional actors on a day of public readings.

May 21, 2026 by Marty Chandler