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Early Experiments
  • Kennedy / Nixon Debate
    • Based on the September 26, 1960 Presidential Debate
    • Performed August 2015 at The Hangar Theatre, Ithaca, NY
  • Bernie Sanders Experiment
    • Based on a Bernie Sanders' speech on August 19, 2015
    • Performed September 21, 2015 at the headquarters for the Communications Workers of America Local 1180

Democratic Primaries
  • Debate #1 Workshop
    • Based on the October 13, 2015 Democratic Primary Debate
    • Performed November 5, 2015 at City Center, NYC
  • Debate #2 Workshop
    • Based on the November 14, 2015 Democratic Primary Debate
    • Performed December 12, 2015 at City Center, NYC
  • Debate #4 Workshop
    • Based on the January 17, 2016 Democratic Primary Debate
    • Performed February 9, 2016 at The Kraine Theatre, NYC
  • University Workshops
    • Based on the eight 2015-2016 Democratic Primary Debates
    • Butler University on April 15, 2016
    • Muhlenberg College on April 24, 2016
  • The Debates: Democratic Primaries Performance
    • Based on the 2015-2016 Democratic Primary Debates
    • Performed
      • April 18-19, 2016 at the Kraine Theatre, NYC
      • ​April 21, 2016 at the William Way LGBT Center, Philadelphia
      • April 25, 2016 at The Hartford Carriage House Theater, Hartford, CT
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Companion Pieces
  • Shots Fired
    • Based on and using text from the 2016 Verizon Strike
    • Performed June 9, 2016 at The Center for Social Innovation, NYC as part of The Artist Co-op Pop Up (script and more information here)
  • Trump Jokes
    • An investigation of Donald Trump supporters
    • Performed June 27, 2016 at La MaMa as part of EMERGENYC (script and more information here)
  • ​​The PRIMARIES Project
    • ​A cabaret of politically charged works
    • Performed at The Kraine Theatre, NYC on July 7, 2016 (more information here)

General Election
  • The Debates: General Election Performance
    • Based on the 2016 Presidential Debates
    • Performed November 6-7, 2016 at The Under St. Marks Theatre, NYC
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Experimental staging of 1960 Kennedy/Nixon debate
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Our first watch party in NYC
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Debate #2 Workshop Performance
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Debate #4 Performance
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Hartford Primary Performance, Photo by Joyce Bedard
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Hartford Primary Performance, Photo by Joyce Bedard
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"Shots Fired" at The Artist Co-op
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"Shots Fired" at The PRIMARIES Project
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"Trump Jokes" at The PRIMARIES Project

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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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