La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club

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Founded in 1961 by Ellen Stewart in a tiny basement on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, La MaMa is dedicated to the artist and all aspects of the theatre. Artists who began their careers at La MaMa include: Sam Shepard, Lanford Wilson, Philip Glass, Robert Wilson, Harvey Fierstein, Blue Man Group, David and Amy Sedaris,

La MaMa also has a history of introducing America to international artists, incl

uding: Tadeusz Kantor, Andrei Serban, Kazuo Ohno and, more recently, the acclaimed Belarus Free Theatre. In its 60-year history, La MaMa has been honored with more than 30 OBIE Awards, dozens of Drama Desk and Bessie Awards, and Villager Awards. THE LA MAMA CAMPUS
- 4 Venues: Ellen Stewart Theater, First Floor Theater, The Downstairs and The Club
- Art gallery: La Galleria
- Rehearsal Studios: 47 Great Jones

In addition, La MaMa offers an annual artist's retreat, complete with workshops in directing, performing and playwriting at La MaMa Umbria International. For theatre and rehearsal studio rentals: [email protected]

06/04/2026

What does it mean to build a practice rooted in history, embodiment, and the future?

For Daniel Alexander Jones, it means working at the crossroads of performance, music, and literature to create what he calls the "ancientfuture." In his words: "I tend my roots and my cultures as living ecosystems... and I work from their archives (their stories, their songs, their lessons, and their maps) as much as anything."

At this summer’s La MaMa Umbria International Symposium for Directors / Theatre-Makers, Daniel will lead a workshop called "playing ancient futures." He describes it as "an invitation to practice rooted in layers of history, embodiment, and speculation." Participants will write, move, and assemble through daily group experiences and individualized assignments, culminating in a processional sharing.

This is for directors and theatre-makers ready to deepen their artistic practice through focused contemplation and creative exercises in dialogue with personal pasts, the land, and imagined futures.

As playwright Sarah Ruhl says: "Daniel Alexander Jones is a poet of mighty theatrical proportions. Seeing his plays is like getting baptized. ... Daniel is a transmitter of light."

Don't miss the chance to learn with him. Applications and information at the link in the comments below 👇

🗓️ Session Two: Summer 2026
📍 La MaMa Umbria – Spoleto, Italy

06/04/2026

For Pride Month, we continue our "La MaMa Conversations" with Nicky Paraiso and Erick Alonso.

In this excerpt, Nicky shares a story about his first boyfriend – a young man who died of AIDS. It is a story of love, loss, and the long shadow of the early epidemic. But also a story of resilience, of carrying that memory forward, and of being proud of who you are and who you have loved.

Nicky is an actor, musician, curator, Obie Award winner, and a pillar of downtown NYC's q***r theater community.

🎥 Watch the full conversation on our YouTube channel – link in the first comment.

The Game of Bluff. One show. Three generations of women in the gambling world.ㅤWritten and performed by . Directed and c...
06/03/2026

The Game of Bluff. One show. Three generations of women in the gambling world.
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Written and performed by . Directed and co‑written by Mary Fulham.
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A grandmother who ran horse‑race bookies. A mother who played poker. A daughter waiting for her big break. This is a work‑in‑progress solo show about bluffing your way through life — and knowing when to go all in.
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🗓️ June 10–11, 2026
📍 La MaMa Community Arts Space – 74 East 4th Street, NYC
🎟️ $25 Adults / $20 Students & Seniors / $10 La MaMa Members
💥 First ten tickets just $10 (limit 2 per person)
⏱️ 50 minutes
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🔗 Link in comments.
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06/03/2026

A sneak peek inside tech rehearsal for luzAzul – an immersive opera for babies (0–24 months) and their caregivers. 🎭👶

The show starts TOMORROW at La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre.

🗓️ Thursday, June 4 at 6pm & 7:30pm (adults without babies welcome)
🗓️ Friday, June 5 – Sunday, June 7 at 9:30am & 11am (babies + caregivers)
📍 66 East 4th Street, NYC
🎟️ $15 adult / $15 child or baby
💥 First 10 tickets just $10!
👶 Age range: 0–24 months. Not appropriate for children 2–6.
👥 2 caretakers per child maximum.

Created with support from Princeton University and CultureHub.
Stage director & design: Malena Dayen | Composer: David Rosenmeyer | Choreographer: Troy Ogilvie
Performers: Samarie Alicea, Sam Ogilvie, Eugenia Forteza

👉 Tickets in the first comment.

06/01/2026

The Game of Bluff. One show. Three generations of women in the gambling world.

Written and performed by Susan Jeremy. Directed and co‑written by Mary Fulham.

A grandmother who ran horse‑race bookies. A mother who played poker. A daughter waiting for her big break. This is a work‑in‑progress solo show about bluffing your way through life — and knowing when to go all in.

🗓️ June 10–11, 2026
📍 La MaMa Community Arts Space – 74 East 4th Street, NYC
🎟️ $25 Adults / $20 Students & Seniors / $10 La MaMa Members
💥 First ten tickets just $10 (limit 2 per person)
⏱️ 50 minutes

06/01/2026

The Game of Bluff. One show. Three generations of women in the gambling world.

Written and performed by Susan Jeremy. Directed and co‑written by Mary Fulham.

A grandmother who ran horse‑race bookies. A mother who played poker. A daughter waiting for her big break. This is a work‑in‑progress solo show about bluffing your way through life — and knowing when to go all in.

🗓️ June 10–11, 2026
📍 La MaMa Community Arts Space – 74 East 4th Street, NYC
🎟️ $25 Adults / $20 Students & Seniors / $10 La MaMa Members
💥 First ten tickets just $10 (limit 2 per person)
⏱️ 50 minutes

Join us for the next edition of La MaMa's Experiments play reading series.The Morgan Jenness Experiments in Playwriting ...
06/01/2026

Join us for the next edition of La MaMa's Experiments play reading series.

The Morgan Jenness Experiments in Playwriting Fellowship Readings feature new works from Leslie Gauthier and Abigail C. Onwunali.

🗓️ Monday, June 8

📍 La MaMa Community Arts Space – 74 East 4th Street, NYC

🎟️ FREE EVENT

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⚡️ 5:00 PM | CUL-DE-SAC by Leslie Gauthier

What happens to the people who live on land where there was once a massacre? In Cul-de-Sac, three women’s lives unfold and intertwine as they’re haunted by the same ghosts. Based on a real-life traffic circle in Mystic, CT, the men responsible for a violent past shape the relationships of the women they haunt – until they’re exorcised by time, nature, and the resurrection of lost language. The play spans across centuries to expose unmet desires, wasted talent, and missed connections—but also to expose what endures.

⚡️ 7:30 PM | HOUSE GYALZ by Abigail C. Onwunali

House Gyalz is a fierce, darkly comedic thriller set inside the lavish home of a Nigerian socialite whose world begins to unravel overnight. As two housemaids spiral deeper into dangerous roleplay, buried desires and impossible loyalties erupt into chaos. Blending razor-sharp satire with explosive theatricality, House Gyalz reimagines Jean Genet’s classic through a contemporary Nigerian lens, examining class, power, womanhood, and what it costs to finally break free.

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The Experiments play reading series has provided a forum for talented playwrights and theatre makers to continue their creative process. The Monday night readings give emerging artists the opportunity to hear their developing works read by professional actors and receive valuable audience feedback.

🔗 Link in bio for more info.

06/01/2026

Derek Goldman, shares their experience at La MaMa Umbria. 🇮🇹✨

Every summer, theatre-makers from around the world gather in a restored 700-year-old convent in the Umbrian hills. Not just to learn—but to connect, to experiment, and to find new ways of seeing their own work.

La MaMa Umbria's International Symposium for Directors / Theatre-Makers is a hands-on, immersive training program led by internationally renowned artists. This summer features two 10-day sessions (August 12–21 and August 23–September 1), plus a dedicated Playwright Retreat (September 3–13). Participants take daily workshops, visit cultural sites like Perugia and Assisi, and share their own processes with a global cohort of peers.

It's where lifelong friendships are formed, where voices are discovered, and where the spirit of Ellen Stewart lives on.

🗓️ Summer 2026 Sessions now open for application.�
📍 Spoleto, Italy�
🎟️ Limited space available—first-come, first-served.

Apply Here Today: https://vist.ly/568am

From our friends at Jersey City Theater Center and Loco7 Dance Puppet Theatre Company.Don Quixote Takes New York brings ...
06/01/2026

From our friends at Jersey City Theater Center and Loco7 Dance Puppet Theatre Company.

Don Quixote Takes New York brings puppets, dance, and music together in a reimagined quest through the five boroughs. The company follows Don Quixote and Sancho Panza as they fight to save Lady Liberty and prove that no dream is too impossible to achieve.

This production was originally developed and premiered at La MaMa as part of our La MaMa Kids series.

🗓️ Sunday, June 14 at 4:00 PM
📍 Nimbus Arts Center – 329 Warren Street, Jersey City, NJ
🎟️ For tickets visit the link in the pinned comment below 👇

Part of the Voices International Theatre and Arts Festival (June 4–26).

05/29/2026

✨ A teaser of the q***r magic coming to La MaMa next week. ✨

Here is Crackhead Barney & Friends in a metallic suit that captures the spirit and energy of the 13th Annual SQUIRTS – a q***r intergenerational performance festival set inside the "Memory Palace": a space for reflection, remembrance, glitz, and gab.

📅 PERFORMANCES:

🗓️ THU JUNE 4, 7:30PM
ACT 1: performing an excerpt of Cecilia Gentili's RED INK
ACT 2: + – a conversation between Chiqui and Lady Bunny.

🗓️ FRI JUNE 5, 7:30PM
ACT 1: "show, girl" created by and starring .afza, with Isaiah Flores, Kalani Perez, Makinrola Orafidiya, Paridhi Chawla, and drag mother .
ACT 2: .afza, , and – a mother-daughter dialogue + performance.

🗓️ SAT JUNE 6, 7:30PM
REMEMBERING AGOSTO – A night honoring the legendary Agosto Machado, with talks and tribute performances.

🗓️ SUN JUNE 7, 5:30PM
A Night for zaza – a sparkly conversation with , a reading of “My H8 Letter to the Great American Theater” by Diana Oh / ZaZa D, with a closing offering by Deepali Zeer.

All performances at La MaMa's Community Arts Space (74A East 4th Street, 3rd Floor).

🎟️ Tickets at lamama.org
First 10 tickets just $10!

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