The NYU Production Lab recently announced the artists selected for their inaugural pilot Artist in Residence program, all of whom are alumni or current students of NYU Tisch School of the Arts. This August, the Lab will serve as a workspace for performance maker Christina Tang, playwright Fernando Segall, and filmmaker Raha Amirfazli.
Christina Tang '25 (MPS, ITP), Performance Maker
BIRTHDAY is a collaboratively devised immersive theater event that explores the most secular of contemporary meaning-making traditions: the birthday party. Check out Christina’s company, SOUR MILK (@sourmilk.xyz)
Fernando Segall '20 (BFA, Drama/Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing), Playwright
As Rio de Janeiro goes through aggressive urban and sanitation reforms, Doctor Oswaldo Cruz is charged with the herculean task of ending simultaneous epidemics of Malaria, smallpox, and The Bubonic Plague. But as the people’s distrust for the government grows, the decision to make the Measles vaccination mandatory starts an all out revolt in this farce based on history.
Raha Amirfazli '26 (Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film), Filmmaker
In a secluded mountainous corner of the American West where the mountain is rumored to speak, an elderly goat herder tastes avocados for the first time. The revolutionary taste brings misfortune for the goats, ecstasy for the herder, and freedom for the rural townspeople.