NYC needs public arts funding6/29/2024  Last week, The New York Times highlighted the importance of funding the city’s cultural and arts institutions as City Council heads into budget negotiations. As author Ginia Bellafonte points out, the funds needed to support these organizations is equivalent to the cost of two police helicopters. Supporting cultural institutions should be a priority for NYC. If you agree, call your City Councilmember and let them know!
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Summer Happenings6/12/2024  TIA Book Club Explores a Classic Myth Book Club Discussion: Faust Wednesday, July 10, 2024 7pm ET on Zoom RSVP For the next meeting of the TIA Book Club, we will gather to discuss the myth of Faust. We encourage folks to pick an adaptation to bring to the discussion, knowing that not everyone will have read it. Please read it in advance of the discussion and be prepared to describe it, knowing that not everyone will have read it. Other notable takes on the myth include:
 Celebrate Summer with Us this August!
Theater in Asylum Summer Picnic Sunday, August 18, 2024 @ 2 PM Gantry State Park Long Island City, NY RSVP Summer is here and there's plenty to celebrate! Join us for a picnic at Gantry State Park in Long Island City on Sunday, August 18th at 2pm. Gantry State Park is easily accessible via the 7 and G trains and the ferry to Hunters Point South. Bring a snack or beverage to share, your favorite people and animals, and enjoy an afternoon on the water with us! RSVP here for more information as we get closer to the date. Spring happenings4/29/2024  Spring Happy Hour Thursday, May 2, 2024 6 - 10 PM Tile Bar 115 1st Ave. New York, NY RSVP Spring is here, the sun is up past 7pm and we want to see you! Join us this Thursday, May 2nd for our Spring Happy Hour at Tile Bar in the East Village. Drop by for drinks and conversations with TIA’s community of artists and theater lovers! RSVP to join!  Book Club Discussion
Doppelgänger by Naomi Klein Wednesday, May 15, 2024 7pm ET on Zoom Whether you’re already part of our book club or new to the group, join us on May 15th for our next discussion. The next book club pick will be Doppelganger by Naomi Klein, an exploration of the misinformation and conspiracies that thrive online in our increasingly polarized world. RSVP here to join us on Zoom. If you'd like to purchase a copy of the book, we encourage you to do so through our Bookshop.org shop, which will help support the company (as well as independent bookstores!). Happy reading!  Announcing Our Next Book Club Pick: Doppelganger by Naomi Klein Wednesday, May 15, 2024 7pm ET on Zoom The 2024 edition of the Theater in Asylum Book Club is off to a strong start! On January 31st, we hosted an excellent discussion of Rebecca Solnit's Hope in the Dark with friends of TIA from all across the country. Huge thanks to everyone who joined us! The next book club pick will be Doppelganger by Naomi Klein, an exploration of the misinformation and conspiracies that thrive online in our increasingly polarized world. RSVP here to join our discussion on May 15th. If you'd like to purchase a copy of the book, we encourage you to do so through our Bookshop.org shop, which will help support the company (as well as independent bookstores!). Happy reading! See Friends of TIA on Stage in NYC!Several friends of TIA are premiering new works in NYC and we cannot wait to see these talented folks hit the stage! Check out the following shows over the next few weeks:  axes, herbs and satchels Created by The Anthropologists February 25th - 27th Episcopal Actors’ Guild Hall 1 East 29th Street New York, NY 10016 Get Tickets Rooted in the history and embodied wisdom of doulas and midwives, axes, herbs and satchels is a celebration of traditional knowledge held in the Black birth worker community and a potent examination of maternal mortality. The United States has a maternal mortality rate that is three times higher than any other high-income country. Black and Indigenous birthing people are particularly at risk, with death rates up to three times more likely than their white counterparts. Modern medicine may be at our fingertips, but did it come at the cost of losing the ancient practices of doulas and midwives? The play is being devised from an array of research materials; first hand accounts, medical textbooks, ethnological research, and primary sources documenting granny midwives and the history of midwifery. Need a show buddy? The TIA team will be attending the show on Sunday, February 25th!  Three Scenes in The Life of a Trotskyist by Andy Boyd Directed by Jake Beckhard February 22nd - March 17th The Tank 312 W. 36th Street New York, NY 10018 Get Tickets Told in three scenes over the course of forty years, Three Scenes in the Life of a Trotskyist traces the story of Lev Trachtenberg from idealist youth to contrarian middle age to hard-core reactionary old age. Lev is a prototypical New York intellectual: educated at City College and in left-wing movements, he makes his reputation writing for small magazines and teaching modernist literature. He falls out of step with the Left during the culture wars of the 1960s, and by the election of Reagan he has embraced the Right with a convert's zeal. Three Scenes is a play about politics, literature, and the corrosive power of success in America. We'll be attending the 7pm performance on March 9th. Join us to cheer on friends of TIA Andy Boyd, Jake Beckhard and Charlotte Dow!  Rager
Written by and Directed by Willie Johnson Presented as part of the Chain Theatre's Winter One Act Festival February 15th @ 8:30PM (also livestreamed) & February 20th @ 6:30PM Chain Theatre 4th Floor 312 W 36 St 4th Floor New York, NY 10018 Get Tickets Friend of TIA Willie Johnson's latest one act play Rager runs at the Chain Theatre this February as part of their Winter One Act Festival! Rager is a short play examining sibling relationships and the miseries of adolescence and runs alongside I Am Here by Lindsay Ross in Program #20. The performance will also be livestreamed on February 15th for folks who can't make it to NYC. We'll be cheering Willie on at the February 20th performance — feel free to join! Categories
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