Production Schedule

Tisch Drama is a community devoted to creation and collaboration. Our degree program combines rigorous conservatory training across ten professional training studios with a robust academic curriculum in Theatre Studies. Through the dynamic production process, students have the opportunity to synthesize critical thinking and practical training in the context of creation. 

This production schedule marks the TISCH DRAMA STAGE current season and the lineup of Spring 2023 studio productions. Together they're just a glimpse into the various creative works presented by the department.

Tisch Drama Stage, 2022-23

Big Zoo

Big Zoo, by Taiwanese playwright Wei Yu-Chia is set in a Chinese zoo that has fallen on hard times and is about to close. The play explores the relationship between animals and humans during a time of change and challenge.

Big Zoo
Written by Wei Yu-Chia
Translated by Jeremy Tiang
Directed by Nana Dakin
October 6-8, 8:00pm
October 9, 1:00pm
October 11-14, 8:00pm
October 15, 2:00pm and 8:00pm
Abe Burrows Theater
721 Broadway, 1st Floor
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All Department Festival

The All Department Festival joins faculty from across the Drama Department with student performers, designers, and managers for an exploration of A Midsummer Night's Dream and in lucem, a response of devised work. Performed in repertory, the festival explores the timely narratives and issues of Shakespeare's original work through deconstructed performance components. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Doug Paulson
November 17, 8:00pm
November 19, 8:00pm
November 20, 1:00pm
Abe Burrows Theater
721 Broadway, 1st Floor
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in lucem
Directed by Malika Samuel
More information coming soon
November 18, 8:00pm
November 19, 2:00pm
November 20, 6:00pm
Abe Burrows Theater
721 Broadway, 1st Floor
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The ThreePenny Opera

Written by Bertolt Brecht with music by Kurt Weill, TISCH DRAMA STAGE presents The Threepenny Opera: a consumer-critical, music-theater work of entertainment. 

The Threepenny Opera
Written by Bertolt Brecht
Translated by Marc Blitzstein
Directed by Ashley Tata
February 23-25, 7:30pm
February 26, 2:00pm
March 2-3, 7:30pm
March 4, 2023 2:00pm and 7:30pm
Abe Burrows Theater
721 Broadway, 1st Floor
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Festival of Voices

This year’s Festival of Voices features playwright Kirya Traber and Movement Artist Alicia Morales. Alongside Joe Salvatore and Keith Huff of the Verbatim Performance Lab, students will devise a new style of verbatim documentary theatre. For FOV, the final creation will focus on exploring the issue of housing in NYC.

The Poverty Archive: Box 1
Directed by Kirya Traber & Alicia Morales
April 21, 8:00pm
April 22, 2:00pm
April 27, 8:00pm
April 29, 8:00pm
Abe Burrows Theater
721 Broadway, 1st Floor
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That’s not supposed to be happening
Written and directed by Keith Huff and Joe Salvatore
April 20, 8:00pm
April 22, 8:00pm
April 28, 8:00pm
April 29, 2:00pm
Abe Burrows Theater
721 Broadway, 1st Floor
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Songs in the Key of Resistance (Staged-Reading)
Workshop Co-created and co-facilitated by Channie Waites, Charon Hribar, Jamel Coy Hudson and Daniel Blake
April 22, 4:00pm
Abe Burrows Theater
721 Broadway, 1st Floor
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Yo Te Esperaba: A Crimmigration Story (Staged-Reading)
Co-created and co-led by Alejandra Pablos, Jen Marlowe, Noelle Ghoussaini and BK
April 30, 4:00pm
Abe Burrows Theater
721 Broadway, 1st Floor
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Studio Productions, Spring 2023

Atlantic Acting School

Men on Boats
By Jaclyn Backhaus
Directed by Tai Thompson
March 31, 7:30pm
April 1, 3:30pm
April 13, 7:30pm
April 15, 7:30pm
Atlantic Stage 2
330 West 16th Street
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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
By Rachel Sheinkin
Directed by Gabriel Vega Weissman
March 30, 7:30 pm
April 2, 3:30 pm
April 14, 7:30 pm
April 15, 11:30am
Atlantic Stage 2
330 West 16th Street
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Summertime
By Charles Mee
Directed by Borna Barzin
April 1, 7:30pm
April 2, 11:30am
April 12, 7:30pm
April 15, 3:30pm
Atlantic Stage 2
330 West 16th Street
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The Classical Studio

The Winter's Tale
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Daniel Spector
March 1-May 9, 7:00pm
Studio A (500), Fifth Floor
John A. Paulson Center, 181 Mercer Street
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Experimental Theatre Wing

Trojan Women
By Euripides
Translated by Brendan Kennelly
Directed by Andy Arden-Reese
February 14-18, 7:30pm
February 18, 1:30pm
Frederick Loewe Theatre
721 Broadway, 2nd Floor
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Borderline: a dance/theater piece
By Ishmael Houston-Jones
April 18-22, 7:30pm
April 22, 1:30pm
Frederick Loewe Theatre
721 Broadway, 2nd Floor
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ETW Independent Projects
By ETW Seniors
April 6-May 13, TBA
Shop Theater
721 Broadway, 2nd Floor
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ETW Second Year Projects
By ETW Second Year Students
May 5, TBA
May 6, TBA
Frederick Loewe Theatre
721 Broadway, 2nd Floor
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Lee Strasberg Institute

Reclamation: A Black History Month Performance Spotlight
Devised by the students of LSTFI
February 16-17, 7:00pm
The Irma Sandrey Theatre
115 East 15th
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Assassins
By Stephen Sondheim
Directed by John Weidman, Stephen Sondhem, and Sam Barkley
March 8-11, 7:00pm
The Irma Sandrey Theatre
115 East 15th
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You On the Moors Now
By Jaclyn Backhaus
Directed by Leah Reddy
April 13-15, 7:00pm
Irma Sandrey Theatre
115 East 15th
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Sophmore Scene Showcase
Directed by Lorca Peress
May 4-6, 7:00pm
Marilyn Monroe Theatre
115 East 15th
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On March 24, the Lee Strasberg Institute will host its Strasberg Film Festival featuring various works from Drama students. More information will be available soon. 

The Meisner Studio

Where are We Going
By Kate Benson
March 2-3, 7:30pm
March 4, 2:00pm and 7:30pm
March 6-7, 7:30pm
Loewe Theater at Tisch Drama
721 Broadway
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Everybody
By Branden Jacobs Jenkins
March 29-31, 7:30pm
April 1, 2:00pm and 7:30pm
Black Box F
John A. Paulson Center, 181 Mercer Street
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Macbitches
By Sophie McIntosh
April 5-7, 7:30pm
April 8, 2:00pm and 7:30pm
Black Box F
John A. Paulson Center, 181 Mercer Street
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Stupid Fucking Bird
By Aaron Posner
April 12-14, 7:30pm
April 15, 2:00pm and 7:30pm
Black Box F
John A. Paulson Center, 181 Mercer Street
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A Few Good Men
By Aaron Sorkin
April 19-21, 7:30pm
April 22, 2:00pm and 7:30pm
Black Box F
John A. Paulson Center, 181 Mercer Street
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The Children's Hour
By Lillian Hellman
April 26-28, 7:30pm
April 29, 2:00pm and 7:30pm
Black Box F
John A. Paulson Center, 181 Mercer Street
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New Studio on Broadway

Nine
Directed by Amy Seidel
March 25-31, TBA
The Loewe Theater
721 Broadway, 2nd Floor
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Physical Acting Intensive
Directed by Tiffany Rachelle Stewart
April 8-12, TBA
Theater 104
113 2nd Ave
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Bandstand
Directed by Dell Howlett
April 29-May 6, TBA
Theater 104
113 2nd Ave
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Playwrights Horizons Theater School

Watch for news about Playwrights Horizons Theater School's student-led works involving students from each of Tisch Drama's training studios.

Production & Design

Each semester, Production & Design students collaborate on numerous productions throughout the Department of Drama—from capstone experiences on TISCH DRAMA STAGE productions to ETW independent projects, PHTS student productions, and Student Works. 

P&D student stage managers and scenic, costume, lightind, and sound designers learn and apply their art while making many of the shows seen in Tisch Drama's production schedule.

Stella Adler Studio of Acting

NYU 3 Contemporary Productions
May 3-10, TBA
Stella Adler Studio, 2nd Floor
65 Broadway
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Stonestreet Studios

Stonestreet Festival Sneak Peak Film Series: Wait What
Directed by Zach Raffio
February 1, 1:30pm
Stonestreet Studios 8A
48 W 21st St, 8 Floor
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Stonestreet Festival Sneak Peak Film Series
March 1, 1:30pm
Stonestreet Studios 8A
48 W 21st St, 8 Floor
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Inside SNL Talkback
April 10, TBA
Stonestreet Studios 8A
48 W 21st St, 8 Floor
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Stonestreet Festival Sneak Peak Film Series
April 26, 1:30pm
Stonestreet Studios 8A
48 W 21st St, 8 Floor
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Student Works, Spring 2023

Mariposa

Mariposa
Directed by Britney Quiroz and Ariana Montoya
February 16, 7:00pm
February 17, 7:00pm
February 18, 2023, 2:00pm and 7:00pm
Shop Theater
721 Broadway, 2nd Floor
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