2025/26 Season

MY JOY IS HEAVY is just around the corner here at the Workshop, and our Education & Engagement team has partnered with nine organizations to reflect on the conversations around love, joy, and care that The Bengsons open up through their piece. These themes of the show are embodied in the impacts our partner organizations have on families, caregivers, and artists. From groups working at the intersection of the arts and healing, to health service and advocacy organizations, to performance groups for artists of all backgrounds and identities, we are honored to be working with these partners. We invite you to join us for a post-show conversation or community gathering to get to know them more, and read more below in the meantime.

February 12, 2026 by NYTW Education & Engagement

All the fun of TARTUFFE didn’t just happen onstage! Look back at our line-up of For the Culture events that NYTW Education & Engagement hosted throughout the nine week run of the show. From seven meaningful post-show conversations to four large events and collaborations with eight community partners, we had a blast connecting with artists and community members around the show.

January 26, 2026 by NYTW Education & Engagement

NYTW celebrated IN HONOR OF JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT with a few For the Culture events amidst the show’s sold-out run for the Under the Radar Festival. Take a look back at the events below!

January 21, 2026 by NYTW Education & Engagement

Our Casebook program pulls back the curtain on one show in the Workshop’s season each year, and this year, participants spent eight weeks taking a behind-the-scenes look at the making of TARTUFFE. From conversations with the generative artists to sitting in on tech rehearsal, Casebook participants (or “Casebookers”) learned all about what goes into taking a new work from page to stage at an Off-Broadway theatre company. NYTW Education & Engagement Associate Marty Chandler chatted with a few Casebookers to recap what Casebook covered this year and hear about their experience in the program. Let’s hear what they had to say!

December 22, 2025 by Marty Chandler

Before seeing TARTUFFE at the Workshop, we recommend that you pop
over to “The Brief” Study Guide, where you’ll learn from all that’s inside
about topics like comedy and farce, themes of hypocrisy, and even could parse
through the difference between rhymes made by Lucas Hnath and Moliére.
Whether a student or curious theatregoer, we’re excited to share
this knowledge about the show—and then see you there!

December 5, 2025 by NYTW Education & Engagement

Throughout the weekend of November 21st, artists and activists gathered in hundreds of events across the country as part of Fall of Freedom, “an urgent call to the arts community to unite in defiance of authoritarian forces sweeping the nation.” In answering this call, New York Theatre Workshop collaborated with FABnyc to cultivate an evening of creativity, conversation, and community, complete with live performances and a screening of Reclaim the Flag, a documentary created by Bruce Cohen and Alexis Bittar.

November 25, 2025 by Marty Chandler

TARTUFFE is about to take the stage at the Workshop, and the Education & Engagement Team has partnered with eight different organizations to engage with the play’s themes of faith, storytelling, and community. From the Workshop’s long-time neighbors to artistic communities from across the city, these partners are actively working to bring people together to make art and celebrate identity. We encourage you to join us for one of our For the Culture events, meet our partners, and continue learning more about them below!

November 13, 2025 by NYTW Education & Engagement

Take a look back at our robust line-up of For the Culture events for SATURDAY CHURCH. With over 12 community partners, 8 post-show conversations, 3 community gatherings, 1 masterclass, and countless connections made while celebrating this show, we are full of gratitude for the community that gathered over the past several weeks.

October 29, 2025 by NYTW Education & Engagement

Are there any queens in the house? In this two-page, briefer edition of “The Brief” Study Guide, learn more about the process of making SATURDAY CHURCH, its inspiration from the real-life program at St. Luke in the Fields, and its adaptation from 2017 film to 2025 Off-Broadway musical. Explore our community partners, and reflect on the show’s themes of community and ballroom culture. Then, get hype about the show and get your tickets before they sell out!

October 1, 2025 by NYTW Education & Engagement

Before SATURDAY CHURCH hit the NYTW stage, and before Damon Cardasis wrote and directed his 2017 film, the West Village-based Church of St. Luke in the Fields opened its doors to members of the LGBTQ+ community and has continued to do so for generations.

Art & Acceptance, St. Luke’s Saturday evening drop-in program for LGBTQ+ young adults, inspired the story at the heart of the film and now musical, serving as a place for the protagonist Ulysses to find community, belonging, and self-expression. The program still runs every Saturday.

September 17, 2025 by Marty Chandler