Announcing our April Events3/26/2021 Dear friends, We are so excited to announce our April events for The Debates 2021. This month we'll be digging into more of the responsibilities of our elected officials, as well as surveying the candidates for mayor. All this will culminate this spring with an original theater piece adapted from the election. We hope you'll join us and be a part of the process! See you soon! Paul, Katie, Kathryn, Hilarie, and Ariella Theater in Asylum Civics Happy Hour: Comptroller, Public Advocate, Borough Presidents Thursday, April 8, 2021 7-9pm on Zoom Join Theater in Asylum for a discussion about the roles, responsibilities, and opportunities of NYC’s Comptroller, Public Advocate, and Borough Presidents. We’ll give a brief overview of the positions, dig into a few key activities they perform, and then open things up for a discussion. While we’re no experts at any of this, we are theater makers and politics enthusiasts who believe in learning about these things together and empowering each other in the process. Civics Happy Hour: The Mayoral Candidates Thursday, April 22, 2021 7-9pm on Zoom Join Theater in Asylum for a discussion about some of the leading candidates for NYC mayor. We’ll survey the field, explore the candidates' backgrounds, read some of their public statements, and discuss their policy positions. While we’re no experts at any of this, we are theater makers and politics enthusiasts who believe in learning about these things together and empowering each other in the process. The Debates 2021 is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC).
Disclaimer: We are not lawyers, election experts, nor representatives of any campaign. We are theater makers. All expenditures for The Debates are paid for by Theater in Asylum. No actions, script lines, voting guide, or events are authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee. Theater in Asylum never endorses candidates in a race. We simply want more people, people like you, to engage and participate. No copyright infringement, defamation, libel, or slander is intended. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to email us at [email protected]. Please don’t sue us!
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Hurray bread-bakers!3/25/2021 Dear friends, Thank you to everyone who joined us last week for Civics Happy Hour. Thank you also to our fearless bread bakers, who took Rick’s sourdough bread baking class this weekend as a "perk” from donating to our fundraiser. What delicious looking loaves! Next up, join us TONIGHT to discuss LIT's recent Meet-the-
Candidates Forum. Learn more and RSVP here. The Debates 2021 is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC). Hope to see you soon! Peace, power, and love to you, Paul, Katie, Kathryn, and Hilarie We won a BAC grant!3/16/2021 Dear friends,
We are THRILLED to announce that we have won funding from the Brooklyn Arts Council for The Debates 2021! “Brooklyn Arts Council grants strive to support local artists and small arts organizations whose work enhances the cultural climate of our borough, city, state, and nation. These awards encourage professional development, community growth, and fellowship among artists.” We are over the moon to share this news and for The Debates 2021’s events to begin this week! Before we remind you of those events, we must excitedly include this official text about the project: The Debates 2021 is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC). Upcoming:
Learn more about these upcoming events here. Hope to see you soon! Peace, power, and love to you, Paul, Katie, Kathryn, and Hilarie Dear friends, We hope you are well and enjoying these almost-early days of Spring! It’s been beautiful lately in New York. With our successful fundraiser complete (thank you again!), Theater in Asylum’s plans are charging full-steam ahead! We are just beginning serious work on our next production: The Debates 2021. The Debates 2021 will be our fourth iteration of The Debates. This year we turn to New York City’s Democratic primaries and the conversation over what we want our city to be. New Yorkers will soon elect a new mayor, comptroller, and many city council members. Last month we launched our voter guide and next week begins our live events! Civics Happy Hour: |
Theater in Asylum (TIA) is a New York-based theater company founded in 2010 to challenge and empower our community. TIA joyfully pursues a rigorous research and an ensemble-driven approach to theater-making. We create performances to investigate our past, interpret our present, and imagine our future. We prize space to process, space to question—asylum—for ourselves and our community.
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