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  • Thu Oct 22 – Sat Oct 24

Rabih Mroué & Lina Majdalanie: Four Walls and a Roof

Politics is always a performance.

  • NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
  • Political Theater
Five people are suspended by harnesses on stage in dramatic lighting and mist, appearing to hang limply in front of a brick wall, creating a haunting, theatrical scene.
  • Thu Nov 12 – Sun Nov 15

Dead Centre: Deaf Republic

Silence has never been this loud.

  • NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
  • International
  • Political Theater
  • Theater

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Whether you’re a student at NYU or a student of life, explore our Prep School study guides, scholarly essays by NYU faculty, and online artists’ conversations to learn about our artists, their creative process, and all kinds of insights into the shows.

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Tom at the Farm

María José Zubieta on “Tom at the Farm”

We cannot assume that we have fully understood another culture simply because we have found words to represent it.

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Two black and white photos side by side show the same man at a desk: left labeled “Allemagne 1933,” right labeled “USA 1947.” The backgrounds and desks are different in each photo.

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Rabih Mroué & Lina Majdalanie: Four Walls and a Roof

Zachary Samalin on “Four Walls and a Roof”

Censorship, the political persecution of speech, deprives a culture of its language, exiling its words.

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Archives Onstage: Celebrating María Irene Fornés

Archives Onstage: The LGBTQ+ Artists Archive Project

A new collaboration between Archives Onstage and the LGBTQ+ Artists Archive Project.

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Archives Onstage: María Irene Fornés

Celebrate your favorite playwright's favorite playwright, this fall at NYU.

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Ewa Dziarnowska: This resting, patience

Jesse Bransford on “This Resting, Patience”

Blue sits fluctuating in our experience as a continual site for poetry.

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Three people in dark, dramatic costumes and red headscarves perform on stage with eerie lighting. Shadows and dried herbs hang in the background, creating a mysterious atmosphere.

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Manual Cinema: The 4th Witch

Allen S. Weiss on “The 4th Witch”

Enchantment is bewitchery.

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