Photo by Orsi Varga Nela H. Kornetová is an independent performance maker and performer based in Norway. She works with themes that the audience can relate to instinctively, aiming to create atmospheric performances that explore the borderlines of live art forms using the body, visuals, and sound. As a member and artistic leader of the independent group T.I.T.S., Kornetová initiated, created, performed, and produced Forced Beauty, an audiovisual dance performance about power structures and our fascination with violence.  There are three performances of Forced Beauty ..read more

From: WBAI/Cat Radio Cafe: O-Lan Jones and Emmitt Tinley  TWO LAMAMA MUSICAL ARTISTS' WORLD PREMIERE OF THEATER/OPERA ICELAND: A RE-CREATION MYTH Actress/composer/sound designer/director O'Lan Jones and Irish singer/songwriter Emmett Tinley discuss the upcoming premiere of their collaboration on the score and libretto of the theater opera Iceland: A Re-Creation Myth a contemporary love story about a disillutioned architect and a traumarized mountain guide enmeshed in the mythic world of Iceland's Dark Night. With original musical selections from the work, opening at LaMaMa on Mar ..read more

Photo by Piotr Nykowski For 23 years, Thomas Richards was Artistic Director of the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards, an outstanding and unique performing arts research centre, a place of constant experimentation and innovation. In February of 2022, several ex-colleagues of the Workcenter opened the cultural association, Theatre No Theatre, dedicated to supporting the new theatre research of Thomas Richards. The Theatre No Theatre performances of Han!, performed by Hyun Ju Baek and directed by Thomas Richards, have been extended until March 12. Tickets can be purchased ..read more

Tarish Pipkins a.k.a. Jeghetto is puppetry infused with Hip Hop culture. He has been building his puppets out of recycled and found materials for about 20 years. He has worked with Missy Elliott, Pharrell Williams, Alec Baldwin, and others. Jeghetto travels the country performing his unique style of puppet theater and facilitates puppet workshops and performances online. Learn all about him at jeghetto.com. Jeghetto will be performing four performances of The Hip Hopera of 5P1N0K10 from February 16–19, which will be the first full performance in the newly-renovated 74 East 4th Street.  ..read more

Interview with Timothy White Eagle, the co-creator, lead performer, and production designer of The Indigo Room, an immersive ritualistic theater and installation work that moves from a vibrant chaotic carnival into the belly of the whale. Interview by Allison Hsu and Rachel McCauley Camera by Harsh Alurkar/Pundit Edit by Theo Cote Timothy White Eagle is a mixed race visual and performance artist trained in traditional ritual and embodiment practice. Mediums include photography, performance and installed space. Recipient of WAA/Advancing Indigenous Performance award in 2019, Seattle Ci ..read more

 Harvey Fierstein Donates $250K Matching Grant to La MaMa‍The donation will help complete the renovation and restoration of the historic theatre, where the four-time Tony winner got his start. BY LOGAN CULWELL-BLOCK JANUARY 04, 2023 Read the article in Playbill. Harvey Fierstein has donated a $250,000 matching grant to La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club's capital campaign, with funds going to help complete the renovation and restoration of the company's building in NYC's East Village. The four-time Tony-winning actor and writer, who got his start at the landmark Off-Off-Broadway institut ..read more

Thank you to the artists, activists, and everyone who joined us on Sunday, December 4 at La MaMa Galleria for Paint2Power! Thank you to event organizers and partners Julia Haart, Kate Rigg, Heidi Sieck, Nicole Ansari, Shaunna Thomas, Marlene McCarty, Antoinette Cooper, Miriam Haart, BETTY, A'shanti F. Gholar, and Jen Aks, among others. In the wake of the Dobbs decision overturning Roe V. Wade and the women-led revolution in Iran, catalyzed by Mahsa Amini’s death, hundreds of women came together in community to spread messages of resistance and create a collage of Story Stars on a large-s ..read more

Photo of Ellen Stewart and Peter Brook Peter Brook, the renowned award-winning British director whose non-traditional approaches to classic work reinvented theatre, passed away at the age of 97. For his innovative work, he has won Tony and Emmy awards, as well as a Special Citation from the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for Le Centre International de Créations Théâtricales at La MaMa, which included performances of Ubu Roi, L’os, The Ik, and The Conference of the Birds in 1980. These works, performed in both French and English, also traveled through the Middle East and Africa ..read more

Interview with Martha Clarke, the creator and director of God's Fool about the ancient story of St. Francis of Assisi by Allison Hsu and Cadence Rose Camera by Pearse Redmond Edit by Theo Cote Martha Clarke is an American theater director and choreographer noted for her multidisciplinary approach to theater, dance, and opera. A graduate of Juilliard, she danced with the Anna Sokolow Company before becoming a founding member of Pilobolus Dance Theatre. She has choreographed for Nederlans Dans Theater, American Ballet Theatre, Rambert Dance Company, and The Martha Graham Company, among othe ..read more

Photo by Trudi Cohen The Brooklyn-based Boxcutter Collective was formed by veterans of the world-famous Bread and Puppet Theater. They both make puppet shows to underthrow the rotten empire. Joe Therrien and Sam Wilson are two members of the collective, who will be performing four performances of The Divinity Supply Company this weekend in The Downstairs from June 30–July 2. Tickets can be purchased here. 1. What inspired you to create and perform this specific show, here and now?   Joe: Boxcutter had been planning to make a specifically Bread and Puppet/Boxcutter Collective ..read more