Welcome to the NYTW Blog—a resource for behind-the-scenes insights on our productions, share-outs from the classroom penned by teaching artists, community partner spotlights, and a peek behind the curtain to see how work gets made at NYTW.

The Journey of We Live in Cairo

Brothers Daniel and Patrick Lazour have been creating We Live in Cairo for over ten years, and they finally believe they have figured out their story. “What it had to be is a story of six very specific characters, very real people, going through an overwhelming moment in history,” says Patrick. Read more of this intimate interview with the brothers and see what has changed in the many years of development.

November 1, 2024 by Linda Buchwald for THEATERMANIA


We Live in Cairo Study Guide

The revolution is here, and you can be a part of it! Join us for WE LIVE IN CAIRO now at NYTW, and take a look at our study guide created by our Education department. As part of the Learning Workshop program, our teaching artists have started visiting our partner schools, using the study guide to help today’s students find parallels between themselves and the young activists they will see onstage during the student matinee.

October 11, 2024 by NYTW Education


We Live in Cairo FTC Events

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


The Lazours and Taibi Magar Talk “We Live in Cairo”

We recently sat down with Daniel & Patrick Lazour and director Taibi Magar to talk about We Live in Cairo, a project that’s been ten years in the making and will begin previews on October 9, 2024.

August 1, 2024 by NYTW


Meet the 2050 Fellows for the 2024/25 Season

Today, we’re excited to introduce 2050 Artistic Fellows Derick Edgren Otero, Nikki Massoud, Andres Santiago Piña, Danica Selem and Christie Zhao and 2050 Administrative Fellows Shania Benjamin, Marty Chandler, Salwa Meghjee and Tyra Mishell.

July 17, 2024 by NYTW


Announcing our 2024/25 Season!

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. Our work is muscular and intimate, brimming with delight and searing questions.

May 23, 2024 by NYTW


Here There Are Blueberries Pulitzer Prize Finalist

We are throwing all the flowers for Moisés Kaufman, Amanda Gronich, and the entire team at Tectonic Theatre Project for being named a 2024 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Drama for Here There Are Blueberries. Get your tickets now for the extraordinary production playing at NYTW through June 16!

May 6, 2024 by NYTW


The Making of Here There Are Blueberries

Go into the rehearsal room of Here There Are Blueberries and watch just how this magnificent piece gets made for the stage. You’ll also hear exclusive insights from some of the actors on how the Tectonic process of Moment Work is an integral part of the finished product.

April 30, 2024 by NYTW


HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES FTC EVENTS

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