THE ELEMENTARY SPACETIME SHOW in Concert is Coming to Lincoln Center
Public reading of César Alvarez and Emily Orling’s musical will take place at Lincoln Center’s David Rubenstein Atrium, featuring Montclair State University cast members.
A public concert presentation of The Elementary Spacetime Show with Music and Lyrics by César Alvarez, Book by César Alvarez and Emily Orling and directed by Dante Green, will be presented on Sunday, April 26, 2026 at 7:00 pm at Lincoln Center’s David Rubenstein Atrium.
The musical has been developed in earlier iterations at Ars Nova, University of the Arts, NYU and New York Stage and Film.
The presentation is produced by Lincoln Center, Spirits Go Blah - a performing arts company/collective founded by César Alvarez and Emily Orling - in a special arrangement with Montclair State University, with Esmé Maria Ng serving as line producer.
The reading will feature performances by the cast of Montclair State University's production of The Elementary Spacetime Show, running Saturday April 11th through Saturday April 18th.
The concert will feature costume design by Emily Orling, with Ashley Rose Horton as associate Costume Designer. Ansel Brasel will serve as production stage manager.
About The Elementary Spacetime Show
The Elementary Spacetime Show tells the story of a teenager who, after a suicide attempt, finds herself in a cosmic vaudevillian game show that she has to win in order to die. Over the course of the show Alameda soldiers through a series of musical and philosophical trials, each one of which illuminates another dimension of her struggle. Her clash with a depressed mosquito asks her to reassess the meaning of violence. Her encounter with another version of herself pulls her into a reckoning with self-hatred. A talking piece of Rhubarb becomes a confidante. The Elementary Spacetime Show is a musical about why to exist when you no longer want to.
