We're just ONE WEEK away from the first performance of The Nobodies Who Were Everybody, and we're gearing up for an opening weekend full of special events! Join us next weekend for special performances, community gatherings, and celebrations as we kick off the run. Book your tickets today to guarantee your seat! Theater in Asylum Alumni Night Friday, August 4th Alums of TIA's previous work are welcome to share and celebrate our latest! Join us after the show at Jalopy Tavern and reconnect with former collaborators — we'd love to hear about your latest project! Pre-Show Music from Madhattan Saturday, August 5th (Evening) Join us at 7:40pm on Saturday, August 5th (ahead of the evening performance of The Nobodies) for a performance from Madhattan (Alexander Ronneburg, Richard Townsend, Max Mellman and Spencer Wright), a contemporary barbershop quartet based out of New York City and Boston. The group will entertain us with some popular songs from the time of the Federal Theatre Project. And they may even break out the straw hats! Opening Night Party at Jalopy Tavern Sunday, August 6th We'll head next door to the Jalopy Tavern after the 3pm performance on Sunday, August 6th for an Opening Night celebration! Join us for a drink (cash bar) and celebrate the show with the cast and crew! Federal Theatre Project in the NewsWith the barrage of news about recent canceled theater festivals, shortened seasons, and rounds of layoffs at some of the biggest theater institutions in the country, the American theater seems to be in a crisis in the post-lockdown world. In his latest opinion piece for the New York Times, culture writer Isaac Butler suggests looking to the Federal Theatre Project as a potential model to help turn things around.
Similarly, with both the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA on strike against the major Hollywood studios, writer Einav Rabinovitch-Fox examines the long history of organized labor in the entertainment industry for her latest piece in the Washington Post. In it, she mentions pro-union plays like The Cradle Will Rock and Stevedore, originally produced for the Federal Theatre Project. It's a fascinating look at the theater's role in advancing the cause of labor in America. Want to learn more about the Federal Theatre Project and how it might inspire change in our industry today? Join us this August for The Nobodies Who Were Everybody!
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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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