Sam Hood Adrain News

What Will the Neighbors Say? has announced that two of their pieces currently in development have been curated to be presented as digital readings at the BorderLight Festival in July. New plays by WWTNS? Co-Artistic Directors James Clements and Ana Cristina DaSilva will be presented as part of a dynamic selection of digital arts projects.

What Will the Neighbors Say? has announced that they will revive their beloved Neighborhood Watch Digital Arts Series in collaboration with the Queens Public Library and Queens Memory Project for a free, three-part Memoir Intensive, presented by the QPL Cambria Heights branch.

What Will the Neighbors Say? has announced that Co-Founding Co-Artistic Director Jorge Morales Picó is stepping down at the end of their current season. Between now and August, Morales Picó will be remaining on the Board of Directors along with fellow Co-Artistic Directors James Clements, Ana Cristina DaSilva and Sam Hood Adrain.

What Will the Neighbors Say? has announced they are pairing with THE CITY, a nonprofit news organization covering New York City, for their annual winter community arts event. WWTNS? will curate a free public writing workshop, 'Writing Your Grief and Celebrating Life,' as part of THE CITY'S 'MISSING THEM' virtual memorial event.

What Will the Neighbors Say? has announced programming for the first half of their 2020-2021 season.

What Will the Neighbors Say? is thrilled to announce they have been selected to be the resident theatre company at CUNY Queens College Department of Drama, Theatre and Dance over the next two years.

What Will the Neighbors Say? has announced a new date for their fundraiser, Casa Abierta, a digital variety event to raise funds for 'Bakeo pa' sobrevivir: Alcancía Brigada Cuir,' an Emergency fund ran by Espicy Nipples, la Sombrilla Cuir and House of Grace.

What Will the Neighbors Say? is thrilled to announce they are pairing with Puerto Rican LGBTQIA+, trans, non-binary and anti-racist art collective, House of Grace, for Casa Abierta, a digital fundraiser.

After the success of their first month of programming, which served hundreds of patrons across Europe, the United States and South America, the What Will the Neighbors Say? team has announced the extension of the 'Neighborhood Watch' Digital Arts Series, now extended to run every Wednesday in May through Zoom, and likely beyond.

In this time of global crisis and uncertainty, the What Will the Neighbors Say? team, like everyone else, is trying to make sense of our current reality.

What Will the Neighbors Say? is thrilled to officially announce their first cohort of resident artists. All of these incredible artists have worked with the company for many years, and Co-Artistic Directors James Clements, Ana Cristina da Silva, Sam Hood Adrain and Jorge Morales Picó are overjoyed to be formally welcoming them into the WWTNS? Family. Joining the company is Resident Documentarian Pablo Caldéron-Santiago, Resident Lighting Designer Elizabeth M. Stewart and Resident Production Designer Johanna Pan.

What Will the Neighbors Say? opened the workshop production of their multi-media devised chorepoem 'Agua, Vida y Tierra' at MITU580, the home of Theatre Mitu. Take a look at photos from opening night below!

What Will the Neighbors Say? announces the next installment of its educational program What Will the Kids Say? WWTNS? will be remounting Untitled Shape Show: A New Musical for Young Audiences as a concert reading as part of the FringeClub 2019 at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in October.

What Will the Neighbors Say? is thrilled to announce our second bi-annual symposium, 'Agency in Storytelling.' The symposium is being produced by WWTNS? in association with Becky Abramowitz and Kori Rushton of IRT Theatre, who will host the event. The symposium will consider who can, and should, tell which stories - on stage and screen, in literature and through visual art. The discussion will examine the intersection of privilege, visibility and influence, and how that directly affects the access and space given to certain stories and their stakeholders. The symposium will be held on Wednesday October 9th, 2019 at 7pm at IRT Theatre, located at 154 Christopher St, New York, NY 10014. Tickets are pay what you wish, and are available at www.irttheater.org. Following the discussion, there will be a reception with the panellists at the venue with an open bar which all patrons are welcome to attend.

What Will the Neighbors Say? is thrilled to announce the creative team for the workshop production of their upcoming devised project, Agua, Vida y Tierra, this November. The production will officially inaugurate the company's 2019-2020 season at MITU580, the new home of the renowned Theatre Mitu company, in Gowanus. The performances will be held on November 15th and 16th at 7.30pm and November 17th at 3pm at MITU580, 580 Sackett St, Brooklyn, NY 11217. Tickets will go on sale next month, and full casting will be announced in the coming weeks.

What Will the Neighbors Say? (www.wwtns.org) hosted a gala benefit on Wednesday July 3rd at 198 Allen Street to raise funds for PERIOD (www.period.org), an organization working to alleviate period poverty in the United States.

Experimental Bitch Presents (EBP) new production, Jack of Cups by Gabriel Rodriguez, opened  to a packed house at The Flea Theater on Saturday, June 2. The post-apocalyptic play was followed by an Opening Night Party at the theater.

What Will the Neighbors Say? announces that the company will be travelling to Puerto Rico for the month of March to begin research and development for their latest project. The devised performance piece, 'Agua, Vida y Tierra,' is a response to the trauma of Hurricane Maria, as well as to the legacy of centuries of colonialism in general on the island. Following the residency, WWTNS? will begin a two month development process in Brooklyn, culminating in a public showing at the end of June, ahead of a workshop production in the Spring of 2020 at a soon-to-be-announced venue in New York.

What Will The Neighbors Say? is excited to announce the the first full production of our 2018-2019 season, a limited engagement run of Founding Co-Artistic Director Sam Hood Adrain's play Sources of Light Other Than the Sun on the Mainstage at HERE. Originally presented as a workshop production at the Hudson Guild Theatre in 2016, the play's Off-Broadway debut marks the centenary of the Armistice that ended WWI, and WWTNS?'s second show at HERE this year. The production is a part of SubletSeries@HERE: Co-op, HERE's curated rental program, which provides artists with subsidized space and equipment, as well as technical support Sources of Light Other Than the Sun will play at HERE, 145 6th Ave, New York, 10013 from December 7th-9th with shows on Friday and Today at 8.30pm and on Sunday at 4pm.

What Will The Neighbors Say? is excited to announce the the first full production of our 2018-2019 season, a limited engagement run of Founding Co-Artistic Director Sam Hood Adrain's play Sources of Light Other Than the Sun on the Mainstage at HERE. Originally presented as a workshop production at the Hudson Guild Theatre in 2016, the play's Off-Broadway debut marks the centenary of the Armistice that ended WWI, and WWTNS?'s second show at HERE this year. The production is a part of SubletSeries@HERE: Co-op, HERE's curated rental program, which provides artists with subsidized space and equipment, as well as technical support Sources of Light Other Than the Sun will play at HERE, 145 6th Ave, New York, 10013 from December 7th-9th with shows today and Saturday at 8.30pm and on Sunday at 4pm.