The Wooster Group

02/03/2026

Read The Guardian's interview with Elizabeth LeCompte, Kate Valk, and Scott Shepherd about NAYATT SCHOOL REDUX and more – in advance of our April performances at NAYATT SCHOOL REDUX at the Coronet Theatre in London.

For info and tickets, visit: https://www.thecoronettheatre.com/whats-on/the-wooster-group-nayatt-school-redux

In wonderfully bewildering shows, New York’s venerable avant garde theatre company mash together everything from baroque opera to sci-fi B-movies. Their next trick? A seance-style tribute to an old friend

01/15/2026

01/03/2026

In memory of Libby Howes — July 6, 1955 - December 17, 2025 — early member of The Wooster Group who performed in Sakonnet Point, Rumstick Road, Nayatt School, and Point Judith (an epilogue).

Libby also performed in The Balcony by The Performance Group and created her own solo piece, ### - Standing Room Only, performed in October/November of 1980 at The Performing Garage.

12/01/2025

See us in London next spring: NAYATT SCHOOL REDUX in April at The Coronet Theatre!

10/15/2025

GET YOUR ASS IN THE WATER AND SWIM LIKE ME returns to Joe's Pub as part of Under The Radar Festival in January. Two shows only! Jan 12 & 13. Tickets and info: https://publictheater.org/performances-jp/2026/g/the-wooster-grouperic-berryman-get-your-ass-in-the-water-and-swim-like-me/

GET YOUR ASS IN THE WATER AND SWIM LIKE ME is a dive into Toasts: b***y poetry from the Black-American oral tradition that tells witty, fantastical stories about legendary street heroes. Featuring Eric Berryman with Jharis Yokley on drums.



Photo by David Andrako.

08/28/2025

Visiting artist at The Performing Garage: see "Honor, an Artist Lecture by Suzanne Bocanegra Starring Lili Taylor," Weds Sept 3-Sun Sept 14. Tickets available here: https://thewoostergroup.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/ #/events/a0SPC000003EA5p2AG

"Peak lecture-performance in the age of the internet: hundreds of images and deftly intertwined stories that romp through time, inserting the personal into a broader cultural history with precision and wit.” – Claire Bishop, ARTFORUM

Visual artist Suzanne Bocanegra uses theater to interrogate the history and practice of the visual arts. Part performance, part memoir, and part gleefully rambling cultural essay, her “Artist Lectures” are intensely personal, exhaustively researched, and kaleidoscopically wide-ranging.

"Honor, an Artist Lecture by Suzanne Bocanegra Starring Lili Taylor" is based on a 16th-century tapestry at the Metropolitan Museum of Art entitled “Honor,” which depicts 69 historical and allegorical figures who offer personal stories as moral lessons in honor and in dishonor. Bocanegra’s very close reading of the tapestry leads her to weave together such diverse topics as Carole King’s Tapestry album, tableau vivant, the founding of the Girl Scouts of America, Anni Albers, the Monkees, the history of theater and, most significantly, the meaning of honor.

Starring Lili Taylor, directed by Geoff Sobelle, and produced by Jecca Barry. Frances McDormand, executive producer. Kathleen Irvin Loughlin, Executive Co-Producer.

08/20/2025

Four chances left to catch GET YOUR ASS IN THE WATER AND SWIM LIKE ME at Joe's Pub – ends Saturday!

Info and tickets: https://publictheater.org/performances-jp/2025/e/the-wooster-grouperic-berryman-get-your-ass-in-the-water-and-swim-like-me

Photos: David Andrako
Sound: the toast "Signifying Monkey" from GET YOUR ASS IN THE WATER AND SWIM LIKE ME

08/17/2025

.reviews says GET YOIR ASS IN THE WATER AND SWIM LIKE ME “tell[s] a story that need[s] to be told that’s rarely told.” See it tonight at and get $30 tickets with the code FRIEND30. (Ticket link in bio: performances continue through Aug 23.)

“Let me tell you who should see this show. . . . Anybody who loves a dirty story. Anybody who likes dirty jokes. Anybody who had a favorite uncle and that uncles used to tell them stories. Anybody who has a relative who earned a Purple heart, I would say that. A barber — I would take any of those people.” — .reviews (link to the full review is in our bio)

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08/15/2025

Get $30 tickets to GET YOUR ASS IN THE WATER AND SWIM LIKE ME this weekend only at Joe's Pub. Use the code FRIEND30: https://publictheater.org/performances-jp/2025/e/the-wooster-grouperic-berryman-get-your-ass-in-the-water-and-swim-like-me/

Experience the performance collaboration that The New York Times and TimeOut New York are talking about! You won’t want to miss the epic, Eric Berryman up close, only at Joe’s Pub.

https://publictheater.org/performances-jp/2025/e/the-wooster-grouperic-berryman-get-your-ass-in-the-water-and-swim-like-me/

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