La Mama Experimental Theatre Club News

Sun Kim Dance Theatre will perform Alien of Extraordinary at La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre as part of the 21st annual La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival.

Confessions of Peaches, The Vixen and a hole new world. will be presented at La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival. The shared program features work by ms. z tye and Mina Nishimura. Performances will take place at La MaMa’s Community Arts Space in New York.

Booth McGowan’s new play, The Iguana Becomes Marco finished its world premiere run at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club on April 5. The limited run was directed by McGowan. Check out photos from the show here!

wild project will present WILD WORKS: PUPPETRY ON THE EDGE, a new puppetry series curated by Amanda Card, on May 6th in New York City, featuring performances from Nick Lehane, Maiko Kikuchi, Marcella Murray, and Purser & Amanda Card.

Corningworks will bring STAND BY — an allegory to La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, a dance-theater work featuring Japanese Kuruma Ningyo cart puppetry exploring human mortality and the continuity of life.

The Obie Award-winning play Can I Be Frank?, written by and starring comedian, artist, and writer Morgan Bassichis, will return this May to SoHo Playhouse. Learn more here!

The Life and Times of Daisy Forbes will be presented at La MaMa in New York City. The workshop production is created by Scout Davis. Performances will run May 22–24.

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club will present a rare revival of OCCURRENCE #14 by Donald Byrd /Spectrum Dance Theater as the opening to the 21st annual La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival.

Booth McGowan's latest play, The Iguana Becomes Marco, will have its world premiere at The Community Arts Space at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, directed by McGowan himself.

Midnight Radio Show will present the world premiere of DREAMCATS! from April 23 to May 3 at The Gene Frankel Theatre. This new shadow puppet musical, created by Charlotte Lily Gaspard, founder of Midnight Radio Show, explores a fantastical world where cats rule and study dreams.

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club has announced the lineup for the 21st annual La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival. La MaMa Moves! runs from April 9 through May 10, 2026.

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club will present the 21st annual La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival. The festival, curated by Nicky Paraiso, features twelve productions across four venues, highlighting a blend of emerging and established dance artists.

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club will present Krymov Lab NYC's UNCLE VANYA, scenes from country life, from March 28 to April 12, 2026, at The Ellen Stewart Theatre in New York.

OBIE and NYIT Award-winning Peculiar Works Project returns to La MaMa ETC's Downstairs Theatre for the world premiere of Antigone in Analysis, written by Barbara Barclay and directed by Ralph Lewis, running March 20 - April 5, 2026.

The full cast has been announced for SEAGULL: TRUE STORY, which will begin performances off-Broadway next month. Learn more about the cast, led by Gus Birney!

La MaMa will present Jane Comfort and Company with a new world premiere and two landmark works, marking their first return in over eight years. The event, set for March 19-22, 2026, will feature a blend of dance and theater addressing America's cultural and political issues.

La MaMa will present the world premiere of FOOTNOTES, a multi-media puppetry show exploring the profound aspects of walking, from February 27 to March 15, 2026.

H.T. Chen & Dancers will return to La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club with a series of Teahouse Performances celebrating the Lunar New Year of the Horse. The program will be presented January 30 and 31 at 8:00 p.m. and February 1 at 4:00 p.m. at La MaMa’s Downstairs Theatre, located at 66 East 4th Street.

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club will present the workshop production of The Thousand and One Nights, a reimagining of the  epic from Lebanese-American director and playwright Ghina Fawaz and Turkish dramaturg and artist Begüm 'Begsy' Inal.

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club will present the world premiere of MIA M.I.A., a new theatre and puppetry work created by Charlotte Lily Gaspard and Midnight Radio Show.