THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
Executive Director, Crystal Field

Presents

Dune! The Dunesical

(The Unauthorized 4D “Muad’Dib” Experience) – Part 1

Extended from its run in Theater for the New City’s Dream Up Festival 2025. Back by popular demand!

September 24 – September 28, 2025
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8:00 PM, Sunday at 3:00 PM

Tickets $20
Run Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
JOHNSON THEATER

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
155 First Avenue (between 9th and 10th Street)
New York, NY 10003
Directions

Made with a sincere love for Frank Herbert’s epic book series (or, well, actually the movies), Dune! The Dunesical (The Unauthorized 4D “Muad’Dib” Experience) – Part 1 is a parody musical for everyone from musical theater fans and Dune-heads to musical cynics and Dune haters. Written by one Letterboxd-obsessed man and one brave woman, Dune! The Dunesical mixes campy musical theater, raunchy fanfic, and confusing hardcore sci-fi no one actually understands into one endlessly hilarious experience.

CAST
Tasha Berol
TJ Canlon
Blake Du Bois
Tanner Hodson
Lauren Horgan
Kenny Lee
Katherine McKinney
Willy Nelson
Danny Ritz
Robbie Shields
Morgan Smith

PRODUCTION
Written and Directed by Blake Du Bois and TJ Canlon
Additional Material by Eli Neslund
Choreographed by TJ Canlon
Associate Choreographed by Yasmyn Sumiyoshi
Fight Choreography by Tasha Berol
Music Directed by Andrew David Sotomayor and Colin Hodgkin
Stage Managed by Olive Schettino

BIOS
Blake Du Bois is a writer and actor from the San Francisco Bay Area. He holds a BFA in Musical Theater from The Boston Conservatory. In school Blake’s passion for theater expanded into both directing and writing. With New Ground Theater Company he made his directorial debut with Dahmer: A Musical and produced his first play What Love Is Not. Credits: Metamorphosis…With Puppets! (Edinburgh Fringe 2024), RENT (Theater Aspen), vocalist with Norwegian Cruise Lines, West Side Story (Reagle Music Theatre) His Story (orig. Judas), and American Idiot (Boston Center for the Arts).

TJ Canlon is a choreographer and theater artist based in NYC. She holds a BFA from The Boston Conservatory in Dance. She began writing in college and made her debut as choreographer and co-writer with New Ground Theater Company’s Dahmer: A Musical. She decided with co-writers Blake and Eli to take their collaborations to the big leagues. Choreography credits include Dahmer: A New Musical, Peter and the Starcatcher, Lollapalooza, and most recently with a new work in 2023 at Bridge for Dance NYC. Performance Credits: Theater: Stranger Things: Immersive Experience (NYC cast), Another Rose (Virgin Voyages), American Idiot (Boston Center for the Arts). Film/TV: I am Legend, The Sopranos (HBO).

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
Executive Director, Crystal Field

Presents

The Rhythm of Reconcilliation

Dance & Dialogue

Monday, September 29, 2025
9:00 AM – 11:30 AM

FREE EVENT

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
155 First Avenue (between 9th and 10th Street)
New York, NY 10003
Directions

A Morning of Dance & Dialogue
Join us for a unique event featuring two global peace activists, Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon. One Palestinian, the other Israeli, they’ve chosen forgiveness and peace as the path forward. Hear their inspiring stories of friendship and resilience. Their TED talk of partnership and collaboration was #3 in 2024.  Following their talk, engage in a meaningful dialogue session to explore the path to understanding and reconciliation.

The morning will also include  a FOCO™️ x ONE dance session led by world-wide  dance performer and teacher, Nat Wilson. Experience movement that unites and uplifts, celebrating the spirit of community and connection.

Aziz Abu Sarah is a Palestinian peacebuilder, author, and co-founder of InterAct International and MEJDI Tours. After the killing of his brother by Israeli soldiers, he chose a path of reconciliation over revenge, and has since become a global advocate for dialogue and cross-cultural understanding.

Maoz Inon is an Israeli peace entrepreneur, CEO of InterAct International, and father of three. After losing his parents in the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, he became a leading voice for peace between Israelis and Palestinians, sharing his core belief that “Peace is possible” and “Hope is an action.”

Together they are the co-authors of an upcoming book (Crown Publishing, 2026) that is currently available for pre-sale.

Nat Wilson (they/he) is a Brooklyn-based dancer, choreographer, and teacher. At age 16 they moved to New York City to study ballet, later joining the Joffrey Ballet Studio Company. In 2016, they moved to Israel to join Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, giving them the opportunity to perform and teach around the world, including China, Peru, South Korea, and India. In January of 2020 they moved to New York City to pursue a freelance career, having since worked professionally in both New York and Los Angeles, performing with YYDC, kNoname Artist/Roderick George, Boca Tuya, and ate9 Dance Company, as well as creating their own work. They are one of only three instructors certified to teach Yue Yin’s FoCo Technique™ and have taught workshops in Peru, Los Angeles, and Chicago, as well as ongoing classes in New York.

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
Executive Director, Crystal Field

Presents

Connoly

November 6 – November 23, 2025
Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8:00 PM, Sunday at 3:00 PM

Tickets $20, Students & Seniors $15
Run Time: 2 hours with one intermission
COMMUNITY SPACE

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
155 First Avenue (between 9th and 10th Street)
New York, NY 10003
Directions

“Connoly” follows a teenage girl who is placed in an in-patient mental health facility after surviving an attempt on her own life. Together with her overwhelmed older sister Dingo, and supported by her possibly imaginary, possibly spectral best friend Georgie and strict-yet-caring nurse Natalya, she attempts to navigate her recovery, all the while struggling to see a way forward.
”Connoly” is a tragedy of youth, touching on themes of mental health, family and the preciousness of life itself.

Featuring:
Nikki Neuberger as Connoly
Abby Messina as Dingo
Emily Kendall Cohen as Georgie
Alessia Seclì as Natalya
Madi Daning as Swing Dingo/Georgie

Creative Team:
Betty Schneider – PSM
Bradly Valenzuela – Producer

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
Executive Director, Crystal Field

Presents

Walter Corwin’s

The New Normal

September 18 – October 5, 2025
Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8:00 PM, Sunday at 3:00 PM

Tickets $15, Students & Seniors $10
Run Time: 1 hour
CABARET THEATER

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
155 First Avenue (between 9th and 10th Street)
New York, NY 10003
Directions

The New Normal by Walter Corwin: six short plays, each with two characters, playing a variety of personalities. The quirky heartfelt dialogues explore the person-to-person effects of America’s sharp veer to the right. A doctor attempts to console her patient while navigating his deep misogyny; two supremely unqualified individuals are out in charge of a university; the playwright argues with his wife, and Uncle Sam and Lady Liberty hold out a shred of hope. Life continues under a dark cloud.

CAST
Kerney McAllister
Cole Ortiz-Mackes

PRODUCTION
Writer – Walter Corwin
Director – Forrest Gillespie
Music – Bobbie Johnston
Light Design – Lynell Perry

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
Executive Director, Crystal Field

Presents

A Rome Neal Banana Puddin’ Jazz Production

TIME FLIES

Monday, September 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Tickets: $20 General Admission

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
155 First Avenue (between 9th and 10th Street)
New York, NY 10003
Directions

ROME NEAL’S BIRTHDAY CONCERT

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THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
Executive Director, Crystal Field

Presents

One Woman And Her Dog

“WORLD PREMIERE”

October 9 – October 26, 2025
Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8:00 PM, Sunday at 3:00 PM
No Show October 25th

Tickets $20, Students & Seniors $15
Run Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
COMMUNITY SPACE

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
155 First Avenue (between 9th and 10th Street)
New York, NY 10003
Directions

Diogeneia a Homeless Woman and Her Human Looking Dog Cerberus live in Times Square, Defiant, Humorous, and a Mystery to Many a Philosophical Statement that is timeless and so Relevant to the times we are living in are they really Homeless? or could they be timeless Messengers who look at the world with a wink of an Eye. A bold Statement They Make about The Timeless Power Of Women.

CAST
Zoe Anastassiou*
Alexandra Laliberte
Joel Bernstein*
Shannon Van Esley*
John Barilla*

*Actors Appearing Courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association

PRODUCTION
Writer – William Lyons
Director – Joe John Battista
Musical Director – Ron Raymond
Percussion – Zianni Orange
Lighting – Brian Park
Production Manager – Roslyn Mckay

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
Executive Director, Crystal Field

Presents

Stories for Future Ancestors Part 2: OTHER WORLDS

by Constellation Moving Company

October 9 – October 12, 2025
Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8:00 PM, Sunday at 3:00 PM

Tickets $20, Students & Seniors $15
Run Time: 90 minutes, plus one intermission
JOHNSON THEATER

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
155 First Avenue (between 9th and 10th Street)
New York, NY 10003
Directions

Astronaut Sunita Williams was stuck on the International Space Station for nine months in 2024. Astronaut Kalpana Chawla was lost in the space shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003. Could the mysterious radio transmissions Suni is picking up while waiting for transport possibly be from Kalpana? Could they be a conversation on which she’s inadvertently eavesdropping, between aliens, AIs, and marine mammals? Could other worlds like the ones imagined by utopian speculative fiction ever exist on earth?

Mashing together (as we do) inspiration from NASA, Star Trek, Star Wars, Vandana Singh, Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Ursula Le Guin, Octavia Butler, Kim Stanley Robinson and more, CONSTELLATION MOVING COMPANY returns with a new aerial-theater collage about the imagination of alternatives.

You will be invited to move with us, and talk with us–about the world as it is and could be.

Written and Directed by Maia Ramnath
Performed by Medea Exogiinos, Summer Lacy, Wendy Louie, Lisa Natoli, Maia Ramnath, Monika Ramnath
Choreography by the performers, organized by Maia Ramnath
Lighting Design by Jillian Garibaldi
Special musical guest Karen Poleshuck with Medea Exogiinos on October 11-12

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
Executive Director, Crystal Field

Presents

DetoNation Rat Cabaret

A Subterranean Odyssey

October 9 – October 26, 2025
Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8:00 PM, Sunday at 3:00 PM

Tickets $20, Students & Seniors $15
Run Time: 85 minutes, No intermission
CABARET THEATER

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
155 First Avenue (between 9th and 10th Street)
New York, NY 10003
Directions

Detonation Rat Cabaret is a comedic musical odyssey through New York City’s rodent mitigation system. It follows an iconoclastic rat with substance control issues who rises to new professional heights, only to be brought down by the NYC Rat Czar. The show is influenced by Weimar Republic cabaret. Songs span from Hip-Hop, to Cumbia, to Chanson, Reggae and to glittery Bowie Glam Rock.

CAST
Lenin Alevante
JC Augustin
Elisa Blynn
Emilio Garcia
T. Scott Lilly
Lola Lukas
Leia Martin
Bry Payne
Sonny B. Svanidze
Samuel Wiek
Special Guest – Arley Hoops

PRODUCTION
Written and Directed by JC Augustin
Music by Vicente Coelho
Musical Director – T. Scott Lilly
Stage Manager – Lola Lukas
Scenic & Lighting Design – Marsh Shugart
Costume Design – Clara Chon
Production Manager – Miguel Loyola
Photography – Steven Love Menendez
Graphic Design – Carolina Botero, Eusebio Conde
Produced by Tortas Y Tacones

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
Executive Director, Crystal Field

Presents

KILLING MRS. CLAUS

A one act play written and directed by Peter Zachari

December 4 – December 21, 2025
Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8:00 PM, Sunday at 3:00 PM

Tickets $20, Students & Seniors $15
Run Time: 85 minutes, No intermission
COMMUNITY SPACE

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
155 First Avenue (between 9th and 10th Street)
New York, NY 10003
Directions

When an elf falls in love with Santa there is only one thing standing in his way: Killing Mrs. Claus.
Come join the madness in this new zany unhinged holiday comedy written and directed by Peter Zachari.

CAST
Robert Walker Jeffery
Brent Knobloch*
Patricia M. Lawrence
Alan Stuart*

*Equity Approved Showcase. Equity Member appearing with permission of Actors’ Equity Association without benefit of an Equity contract in this Off-Off Broadway production.

PRODUCTION
Writer – Peter Zachari
Director – Peter Zachari
Set and Props Design – Lytza Colón
Set Design Consultant – Mark Marcante
Lighting Design: Michael Clark Wonson
Costume Design: DW
Sound Design: Peter Zachari
Graphic Design: Christopher Short
Stage Manager: Emily LaRosa
Assistant Stage Manager: Michelle Pomponio

Theater for the New City

Executive Director, Crystal Field

Presents

TNC’s New City, New Blood Reading Series:

Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash

by India Marin Stachyra

Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM

FREE

$5 Suggested Donation

To make a reservation name and # of tickets to tncdreamup@gmail.com

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
155 First Avenue (between 9th & 10th Street)
New York, NY 10003
Directions

Former actress Kitty Ralph has lived most of her 73-year-old life in the shadows of her long-gone Hollywood starlet mother and bigshot producer father. One night, Arnold, an NYU graduate film student (and pupil of Kitty’s famous director ex-husband) arrives at her doorstep unannounced, forcing her to confront her true desires in what could be the last few months of her life.

CAST
KITTY – Christina Britton
ARNOLD – Josh Bloom

India Marin Stachyra (Writer & Director) is an actor, playwright, director, choreographer, photographer and graphic designer based in Manhattan. Theater for the New City credits include Rochelle in The White Blacks and NeNe in Rita is the Goat. On screen, you can watch her as ADA Shannon Duffy in the most recent season of Law & Order: SVU. Training: Sarah Lawrence College, British American Drama Academy, HB Studio. www.indiamarin.com