Off the Record: Acts of Restorative Justice
Closing: April 19, 2026Off the Record: Acts of Restorative Justice - 2026 Off-Broadway History , Info & More
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OFF THE RECORD: Acts of Restorative Justice is a theatrical intervention aimed directly at the American Criminal Justice System and a call for audiences to activate their activism and stoke the fires of change. Invoking magic, mysticism, hard-facts, and carnival games, this performance will help audiences build their tool kit to take the necessary next steps toward fostering systemic transformation.
Off the Record: Acts of Restorative Justice - 2026 - Off-Broadway Cast
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Off the Record: Acts of Restorative Justice
8 / 10
What the play did give me was the immense feeling of how daunting this problem is. Knowledge, knowing, and acknowledgment are worth something, but the next step towards action from there is almost a journey to the moon. I was forced to address the idea of being an activist for a cause that I believe in, and what I would have to give to act with my convictions. The feeling of, “I’m only one person” doesn’t hold much water after this show. Prepare to be challenged. “The real question is – do you want tomorrow to look like yesterday, or do you want tomorrow to look like something else?”
Theater Review (NYC): ‘Off the Record: Acts of Restorative Justice’ Asks Hard Questions About Racism and the Criminal Justice System
8 / 10
Ultimately this provocative but pessimistic show also indicts the community itself for passive acceptance – as someone so conditioned to going in the back door that when “seeing no back door he makes one for himself.” Still, there’s something potentially productive in gathering in these points of view, these experiences, this history in a communal, and sometimes slightly confrontational, artistic setting. For my part, as a “white” person I gleaned as much from the responses from the audience as from what was happening on stage – which was a lot.
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by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 17, 2026
See what the critics are saying about Off the Record: Acts of Restorative Justice, now playing Off-Broadway at the HERE Mainstage. Read reviews in BroadwayWorld's Review Roundup!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 27, 2026
HERE Arts Center will present the world premiere of OFF THE RECORD: Acts of Restorative Justice, a new play by James Scruggs and Thomas Giovanni, from April 5-19 at the HERE Mainstage in New York. The show challenges the American Criminal Justice System and encourages audience activism.
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