In the 61st season, La MaMa Experimental Theater Club will present more than 40 productions from eight countries, including pandemic-era virtual theater face-to-face stage debuts, several puppet shows and dance theater music productions.
La MaMa Artistic Director Mia Yoo said: With the theme of “Remake a World,” she said, the season is about “what are the paradigm shifts that will help us rethink?”
2022-2023 productions include 2021’s large-scale puppet show Lunch with Sonia (March 16), which New York Times theater critic Laura Collins Hughes called “painfully beautiful.” ~26 days) resurrection is included. US Premiere of “Radio 477!” (March 9-19), by Yara Arts Group, inspired by a song by Ukrainian composer Yuliy Meitus, adapted from the 1979 revue “Hello, This is Radio 477!”. “Last Gasp: Recalibration” (October 13-30), created by theater duo Split Britches and recorded with Zoom, is a version of the work that premiered digitally in 2020 and will make its live stage debut at the Ellen Stewart Theater. increase.
Also in the post-pandemic postponement line-up is the world premiere of Elizabeth Swados’ musical The Beautiful Lady (date TBD). Directed by Anne Bogart, this poetic film is set in an artist’s café during the Russian Revolution.
In the winter, John Kerry explores the fantastical life of gay novelist and tattoo artist Samuel Steward in a new dance theater production, Underneath the Light, which combines movement, the words of the steward, and tattoo designs. Skin” (December 1-18). and illustration.
of Czechoslovak American Marionette Theater presents “The Conference of the Birds,” a rock opera about a human yearning to fly (February 2-19) as part of La Mama’s February Puppet Slam.
“Broken Theater” (April 20-30), by former Batsheva Dance Company member Bobby Jane Smith, examines the boundaries that performers dissolve when the audience leaves.
And La MaMa’s former home at 74A East Fourth Street, which is undergoing a multi-year, $24 million renovation, will open temporarily on November 10th for a celebration. Until reopening, all La Mama performances will be at his Ellen Stewart Theater and Downstairs Theater at 66 East Fourth Street.
Participants are no longer required to present proof of vaccination. However, masks are required. For more information, see: lamama.org.