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 fall 2023 studio productions. Together they're just a glimpse into the various creative works presented by the department.

Tisch Drama Stage, 2023-24

The Rover

Written in both verse and prose, The Rover is a dark comedy that follows the conventions of 17th-century Restoration Comedy while subverting many societal values of that era. At its core, The Rover provocatively delves into themes of gender, sex, and power, all presented through a seemingly light-hearted romp. This production of The Rover features an all-female/female-presenting cast and captures the spirit of Behn's daring and playful approach. The goal is to distill the play to its essence, revealing the underlying emotions amidst the chaos and politeness.

The Rover
By Aphra Behn
Directed by Andy Arden-Reese
October 5-7, 8:00pm
October 8, 1:00pm
October 10-13, 8:00pm
October 14, 2:00pm and 8:00pm
Abe Burrows Theater
721 Broadway, 1st Floor
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Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom

Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom is an adaptation of a short story by master speculative fiction writer Ted Chiang, a story about a reality in which people are able to communicate with their paraselves through technology called a PRISM. The production will activate and utilize the full text, casting an ensemble to narrate and play all the characters in the story.

Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom
By Ted Chiang
Adapted & directed by Mei Ann Teo
November 16-18, 8:00pm
November 19, 1:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Abe Burrows Theater
721 Broadway, 1st Floor
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Perhaps The World Ends Here

Perhaps the World Ends Here is a sci-fi epic that blends video game culture and Choctaw cosmology in the style of Theatre of the Ridiculous.

Frankie Brown is a young Choctaw woman with big dreams and an even bigger destiny. Hopelessly devoted to becoming a professional video gamer and e-sports star despite some serious ineptitude, she pawns her personal belongings to pay rent and further her dreams. After unwittingly losing the key to the universe, she must undertake a journey of epic proportions accompanied by her queer best friend, her granddad, and a fearsome hopaiyai to prevent a great cataclysm.

Perhaps The World Ends Here
By Daniel Leeman-Smith
February 29-March 2, 8:00pm
March 7-8, 8:00pm
March 9, 2:00pm and 8:00pm
Abe Burrows Theater
721 Broadway, 1st Floor
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Rent

Set within the height of the AIDS Crisis and the Tompkins Square Riots protesting the gentrification of Alphabet City, RENT tells the stories of Queer artists bravely reckoning together with how to make meaning and care for each other in defiance of the systemic violence that impacts them. 

With ferociously heart-centered resonance and a 90s grunge rock score, this classic musical invites us all to risk everything for what we know is right and, most of all, to measure our lives in love.

 

Rent
By Jonathan Larson
Directed by Orion S. Johnstone
April 26-27, 7:30pm
April 28, 2:00pm
May 1-3, 7:30pm
May 4, 2:00pm and 7:30pm
Iris Cantor Theatre at the John A. Paulson Center
38 West Houston Street
Tickets available near performance dates

Studio Productions, Fall 2023

Atlantic Acting School

Women of Trachis
By Sophocles
Adapted by Bryan Doerries
Directed by Jake Beckhard
October 7 and 11, 7:30pm
October 8 and 14, 3:30pm
Atlantic Theatre Stage 2
330 W 16th Street
Tickets available near performance dates

A Midsummer Night's Dream
By William Shakespeare
Adpated and directed by Montgomery Sutton
November 2 and 10, 7:30pm
November 4, 3:30pm
November 11, 11:30am
Atlantic Theatre Company Stage 2
330 W 16th Street
Tickets available near performance dates

Romeo & Juliet
By William Shakespeare
Adapted and directed by Ivey Lowe
November 3, 7:30pm
November 5, 11:30am
November 9, 7:30pm
November 11, 7:30pm
Atlantic Theatre Company Stage 2
330 W 16th Street
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Blood Wedding
By Federico García Lorca
Adpated by Caridad Svich
Directed by Borna Barzin
November 4 and 8, 7:30pm
November 5 and 11, 3:30pm
Atlantic Theatere Company Stage 2
330 W 16th Street
Tickets available near performance dates

The Classical Studio

Stay tuned for more information on The Classical Studio's upcoming spring 2024 production. 

Lee Strasberg Institute

And Then There Were None
By Agatha Chrstie
Directed by Attilio Rigotti
October 19-21, 7:00pm
The Irma Sandry Theatre
115 E 15th Street
Tickets available near performance dates

I'm Sorry For Your Troubles
By Aniello Fontano
Directed by Ben Villegas Randle
December 7-9, 7:00pm
The Marilyn Monroe Theatre
115 E 15th Street
Tickets available near performance dates

The Meisner Studio

As You Like It
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Steven Eng
Oct 20, 7:30pm
Oct 21, 2:00pm
Oct 22, 7:30pm
Oct 24, 7:30pm
Oct 26, 7:30pm
Oct 28, 2:00pm
John A. Paulson Center Studio F, 181 Mercer Street
Tickets available near performance dates

Cymbeline
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Maia Karo
Oct 21, 7:30pm
Oct 22, 2:00pm
Oct 23, 7:30pm
Oct 25, 7:30pm
Oct 27, 7:30pm
Oct 28, 7:30pm
Studio F
John A. Paulson Center Studio F, 181 Mercer Street
Tickets available near performance dates

The Chekhov Project
By Anton Chekhov
Directed by Kimberly Senior
Dec 10, 2:00pm and 7:30pm
Dec 11-12, 7:30pm
Studio F
John A. Paulson Center, 181 Mercer Street
Tickets available near performance dates

New Studio on Broadway

Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
By Mark Haddon
Adapted by Simon Stephens
Directed by Tiffany Rachelle Stewart
October 20 at 7:30pm
October 21-22 at 2pm and 7:30pm
October 24-27 at  7:30pm
October 28th at 2pm
Loewe Theater
721 Broadway
Tickets available near performance dates

Applause
By Lee Adams, Charles Strouse, Adolph Green, and Betty Comden
Directed by Christopher Betts
November 3 at 7:30pm
November 4-5 at 2:00pm and 7:30pm
November 7-10 7:30pm
November 11 at 2:00pm
Theater 104
113 2nd Avenue
Tickets available near performance dates


Bright Star
Music, Book & Story by Steve Martin
Music, Lyrics & Story by Edie Brickell
Directed by Stephen Nachamie
December 2 at 2:00pm & 7:30pm
December 3 at 2:00pm & 7:30pm
December 5-8 
December 9 and 2:00pm and 10:30pm
Theater 104
113 2nd Avenue
Tickets available near performance dates

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Playwrights Horizons Theater School

Playwrights Horizons Theater School (PHTS) will lead over twenty productions, presented across three weekends in November. Stayed tuned for more information.

Marisol
By José Rivera
Directed by Drew Drake
Production dates TBA
Robert Moss Theater
440 Lafayette Street, 3rd Floor
Tickets available near performance dates

 

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.

Student Works, Spring 2024