Protesting and cheering

Photo by TJ Jacobs

On Sunday, September 17, 2023, Theater in Asylum joined Bread and Puppet and thousands of marchers to demand an end to fossil fuels and global militarism.

Theater in Asylum Happy Hour
Friday, September 22, 2023
4 - 8 PM
Tile Bar
115 1st Ave, New York, NY

Join us at Tile Bar in the East Village on Friday, September 22nd for a happy hour! Celebrate the run of The Nobodies with us, catch up with members of the TIA community and learn more about our friends’ exciting theater projects coming up this Fall. Mark your calendars — we can't wait to see you all there!

Andy Boyd has a new play!

TIA collaborator (Occupy Prescott) and playwright Andy Boyd has a new play! Come see Room, Room, Room, in the many Mansions of eternal glory for Thee and for everyone at The Brick in Williamsburg, October 12th-October 28th! This piece, which is with syd island and Philip Santos Schaffer, explores the life and legacy of The Publick Universal Friend, a genderless mystic from the 18th century. The Publick Universal Friend preached a non-predestinarian, anti-slavery, gender-egalitarian version of Christianity, and believed the world was about to end. Relatable! The show also includes the co-creators' own 21st century thoughts on some of the themes of PUF's life, like God, sex, gender, utopia, and the end of the world. There will be songs! There will be dancing! There will be an opportunity to radically rethink your relationship to gender!

Tickets start at $22, and the October 19th performance will be a sensory-relaxed show with even lighting, no projections, and quieter music."

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The Federal Theater Project in the news

New York Times: “Echoing Federal Theater Project, 18 Towns Plan Simultaneous Events”


“The theme “No Place Like Home” will drive shows and festivals in both large cities and rural locales of this country on July 27, 2024.”

Jacobin: “We Need Free Theater for All”


“Writers are striking to save film and TV from destruction by corporate giants. New Deal-era schemes like the Federal Theatre Project and the Group Theater offer a tantalizing glimpse of how entertainment could be run as a public good, not as a business.”