For The Culture

For each show in our season, our Education & Engagement department collaborates with a variety of community partners. Our incredible partners for Saturday Church all actively support the communities and individuals that the musical represents onstage. The themes of the show are embodied in the impact these organizations are making for families, the queer community, queer youth and young people of color, people of a range of religious backgrounds, and the intersections of our shared identities. We are excited for you to learn more about these organizations and support them in achieving their missions.

August 27, 2025 by NYTW Education & Engagement

Take a look back at the end of our 2024/2025 season and this archive of events we hosted for LIGHTS OUT: NAT “KING” COLE as part of our For the Culture series. From a variety of pre-show gatherings, post-show conversations, and a party or two (or three!), we loved being able to connect with so many members of our NYTW community.

Join us next season for more moments of meaningful connection, laughter, and fun!

July 14, 2025 by NYTW Education & Engagement

We are starting off the 2024/25 season with a robust line up of pre-show events, post-show talkbacks, and masterclasses as part of the For The Culture series to accompany the soaring musical We Live in Cairo. Read on to get involved in the fun!

September 20, 2024 by NYTW

We are thrilled to announce our full For The Culture lineup for Here There Are Blueberries in partnership with our friends at FASPE.

FASPE challenges its professionals to recognize and exercise their ethical and leadership responsibilities as influencers. FASPE’s distinctive approach is to examine the roles and behavior of individual professionals in Germany and elsewhere between 1933 and 1945 as an initial framework for approaching ethical responsibility in the professions today. Each year, FASPE awards 80 to 90 Fellowships to graduate students and early-career professionals in Business, Design & Technology, Journalism, Law, Medicine, and Seminary. The Fellowships begin with intense study in Germany and Poland where FASPE takes advantage of the urgency created by the power of place to translate the history into the present. Visit faspe-ethics.org to learn more.

April 17, 2024 by NYTW

We are proud to add a series of robust conversations as part of Here There Are Blueberries, including special post-show discussions with our partners at FASPE (Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics). Check out who will be participating, browse the full slate of discussions, and get your tickets! A reminder that a ticket to that evenings performance will be required for entry.

April 2, 2024 by NYTW

Our For the Culture series for MERRY ME is in full SWING! 

Check out photos from our recent SAPPHO NIGHT at The Gray Mare. We’re keeping the party going with many more events throughout October and November, including our SAPPHIC & SMUTTY Lesbian Story Hour at Henrietta Hudson. Through our For The Culture Series (FTC), NYTW seeks to bridge the gap between the world we know and the world we are actively striving to build – where we harness the power of theatre to deepen human connections by learning and growing from the lived experiences of each other

October 15, 2023 by NYTW

We can’t wait to start the 05FEST this weekend! Award-winning poet and playwright of The Half-God of Rainfall Inua Ellams showcases the power of words as he curates and hosts a series of creative and thought-provoking events. This FREE festival will bring poetry center stage! Tickets to the 05FEST are free, and we look forward to welcoming some special guests to join Inua in this exploration of poetry and art!

July 17, 2023 by NYTW

NYTW is thrilled to expand our partnership with The Center for Anti-Violence Education (CAE) to include Empowerment Self-Defense classes during the run of How To Defend Yourself. Want to learn more about self-defense or unsure of what to expect? We chatted with Rae Switlick, Empowerment Self Defense Program Manager for CAE (and one of the trainers for the Self-Defense classes at NYTW), about her experience with self defense and all the amazing work that CAE does!

February 24, 2023 by NYTW

In Dreaming Zenzile, Somi awakens the power of Miriam Makeba; What a GIFT it was to witness. Makeba’s powers included her ability to transport an audience and motivate folks into action for social change. This play is a work of conjuring in which through Somi we get an intimate look into the soul of Makeba.

June 12, 2022 by Trevor Latez Hayes (Creator of @BlackBoysDoTheater)

To expand meaningful audience engagement among artists, audiences, and staff, New York Theatre Workshop is introducing the “For the Culture Series.”  Through FTC, NYTW seeks to bridge the gap between the world we know and the world we are actively striving to build – where we harness the power of theatre to deepen human connections by learning and growing from the lived experiences of each other; connect through art, shared customs, traditions and heritage(s); and where we amplify artists and work by traditionally underrepresented groups or individuals, creating access to the Workshop for historically marginalized communities in order to build and sustain authentic relationships with our fellow community members and theatergoers.

February 7, 2022 by Gaven Trinidad, NYTW Community Engagement Associate