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ARIAS WITH A TWIST to Return to HERE Arts Center for Limited Engagement
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 15, 2026

Joey Arias and Basil Twist's Drama Desk-nominated production ARIAS WITH A TWIST returns to HERE Arts Center for a limited run, nearly two decades after its world premiere at the downtown NYC venue.

THE KICK INSIDE, SEE/UNSEE and More Set for HERE Arts Center 2026-27 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 15, 2026

HERE Arts Center has unveiled its 2026-27 season, featuring the world premieres of The Kick Inside, See/Unsee and Water Walker, plus new works developed through its artist residency program.

PUPPETOPIA 2026 to be Presented at HERE Arts Center
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 20, 2026

HERE Arts Center, in collaboration with Dream Music Puppetry, will host PUPPETOPIA 2026, featuring innovative puppetry performances including the world premiere of 'Parched'.

HERE Arts Center Unveils Winter & Spring 2026 Programming
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 21, 2025

HERE Arts Center has announced additional programming for its Spring 2026 season, including the HARP world premiere of Dream Feed by The HawtPlates as part of the Under the Radar Festival.

Tickets Now On Sale For HERE Arts Center Winter and Spring 2026 Programming
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 20, 2025

HERE Arts Center has revealed additional programming for their Spring 2026 lineup including the HARP world premiere of DREAM FEED by The HawtPlates as part of the Under the Radar Festival and more.

THE ESSENTIALISN'T World Premiere and More Set for HERE Arts Center 2025-26 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 21, 2025

HERE Arts Center has revealed its programming for their 2025-26 season, in addition to transformations to HERE's programming models. Learn more here!

Inside BEYOND: HERE's 31st Annual Gala; $1.5 Million Mellon Foundation Grant Announced 
by A.A. Cristi - May 14, 2025

HERE Arts Center celebrated Eisa Davis, Co-creater of WARRIORS, Playwright (Bulrusher) and performer (Passing Strange), as the Avant-Guardian honoree and artist, culture worker, Program Officer at Mellon Foundation, Stephanie Ybarra as the HEREmantitarian honoree. 

Joshua William Gelb and More to Perform at BEYOND: HERE's 31st Annual Gala
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 30, 2025

HERE Arts Center has revealed the performers for BEYOND: HERE’S 31st Annual Gala. Performers will include Joshua William Gelb and more. Learn how to purchase tickets.

HERE Arts Center Reveals Additional Artists For Puppetopia 2025
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 17, 2025

HERE's Dream Music Puppetry revealed that KT Shivak's Rhynoceron and Lake Simons' Variations On (the) Water will join the lineup for Puppetopia 2025. See the full lineup here!

Alva Rogers' THE HARLEM DOLL PALACE To Headline Puppetopia 2025 At HERE Arts Center
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 28, 2025

HERE's Dream Music Puppetry will present the World Premiere of The Harlem Doll Palace, written by Alva Rogers. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

RHEOLOGY, EAT THE DOCUMENT, and More Set for HERE 2024-2025 Season
by Blair Ingenthron - Jul 26, 2024

HERE's 2024-2025 season features four world premieres and a diverse lineup of innovative performances. See the full schedule here!

HERE Appoints Jesse Cameron Alick, Annalisa Dias, Lanxing Fu, And Lauren Miller As Co-Directors
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 16, 2024

HERE appointed Jesse Cameron Alick, Annalisa Dias, Lanxing Fu, and Lauren Miller as Co-Directors, bringing diverse leadership to the renowned performing arts organization. Learn more!

HERE Announces 2024 Recipients Of $125K HARP Residencies
by A.A. Cristi - May 10, 2024

HERE will welcome three new members of the HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP), one of the most robust residency programs in the country.

HERE To Be Led By Three Co-Directors in New Leadership Structure
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 26, 2024

HERE has unveiled a new leadership structure where the boundary pushing organization will be led by three Co-Directors.

HERE's Dream Music Puppetry Program to Celebrate 25th Anniversary With PUPPETOPIA
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 2, 2024

HERE's Dream Music Puppetry Program celebrates its 25th anniversary with a new edition of PUPPETOPIA. Learn how to purchase tickets!

PSYCHIC SELF DEFENSE by Normandy Sherwood is Coming to HERE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 9, 2023

Prepare to be amazed as 'Psychic Self Defense' by Normandy Sherwood takes the stage at HERE. Uncover the secrets of this mind-blowing theatrical performance and experience the power of psychic self-defense. Don't miss out on this unforgettable show running at HERE.

HERE Reveals 30th Anniversary Season and Departure Of Founding Artistic Director Kristin Marting
by Stephi Wild - Jul 18, 2023

HERE's 30th anniversary season exemplifies this vision of creating a home for artists who blend multiple genres—theatre, dance, music and opera, puppetry, media, visual art and installation, spoken word and performance art—and defy categorizations.

HERE's Dream Music Puppetry Program to Present PUPPETOPIA in March
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 22, 2023

The OBIE-winning HERE has announced programming for its second annual Puppetopia, a three-week festival of new puppet theater.

HERE Announces Full Programming for PUPPETOPIA
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 4, 2022

The Obie Award-winning HERE has announced programming for Puppetopia, a presentation of HERE’s Dream Music Puppetry program. Puppetopia will run May 11–22, 2022 in the HERE Mainstage & Dorothy B. Williams Theatres (145 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY 10013).

HERE Will Present Kalan Sherrard's KOSMOS INVERS: THE MORPHOLOGY OF XOS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 6, 2020

As the Earth crumbles around us and we continue to kill everything in our path, it is time we face the paradoxic integration of evils within ourselves: sterility and garbage, meaninglessness, sexuality as the sin of origin, the contradictory drives of human things. KOSMOS INVERS is the creation of two inverse planets filled with bizarre otherworldly puppets: one, an Edenic parallel of our green earth; and the other, its tentacled pink opposite. Strange fragments of stories coalesce through the contours of different biomes piecing together a patchwork of utopian armageddon and weird psychological metaphors with a green cosmic bent.