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The Conductor (2023)
By: Ishmael Reed
Directed By: Carla Blank
March 9 – March 26
MAR 9 - MAR 26; THU, FRI, SAT at 8 PM, SUN at 3 PM

Tickets $18, Seniors/Students $15
JOHNSON THEATER

In San Francisco, former school board members Alison Collins and Gabriela López were objects of threats because they sought to replace a scandal ridden test system with what they deemed a fairer Lottery system.

Katy and Jennifer vs. The Flasher on New Year’s
By: Matt Morillo
Directed By: Phoebe Leonard Dettmann
March 16 – April 2
MAR 16 - APR 2; THU, FRI, SAT at 8 PM, SUN at 3 PM

Tickets $20
Sundays - Pay What You Can
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CINO THEATER

With the heat broken in their East Village two-bedroom apartment on New Year's Eve, plans for the evening are on hold for Katy and Jennifer. In desperation, the two recent college graduates try to get to Jennifer's grandmother's place. But when they open the door to leave, they are confronted by a creepy flasher whom they have inadvertently buzzed into the building.

Romeo and Juliet: Tribal Rock Musical
By: William Shakespeare, William Electric Black
Directed By: William Electric Black
March 16 – April 2
MAR 16 - APR 2; THU, FRI, SAT at 8 PM, SUN at 3 PM

Tickets $18, Seniors and Students $15
Groups of 10 or more use code TRIBAL10
COMMUNITY SPACE

William Electric Black, aka Ian Ellis James, assembles 13 actors and musicians to perform the actual Romeo & Juliet Shakespearian text with pop, soul, blues, gospel, hip hop, and rock songs written by William Electric Black.


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PEARLS AND SWINE/THIS BODY IS MINE
By: WillieAnn Gissendanner
Directed By: WillieAnn Gissendanner
March 30 – April 16
MAR 30 - APR 16; THU, FRI, SAT at 8 PM, SUN at 3 PM

Tickets $18
CABARET SPACE

Zena Baldwin, a young woman in her mid thirties, an actor, is raped by her live in boyfriend, Keith DuBois, and must decide to give birth or abort the pregnancy.

OBSESSED
By: David McDermott and Andy Halliday
Directed By: David McDermott
March 30 – April 22
MAR 30 - APR 22; WED, THU, FRI, SAT at 8 PM, SUN at 3 PM

Tickets $25
PAY WHAT YOU CAN on THURSDAYS
JOHNSON THEATER

Leaning into the Film Noir style: A twisted thriller about murder, money, and love gone terribly wrong.

MARTIN’S TRUTH
By: Victor Vauban Junior
April 6 – April 23
APR 6 - APR 23; THU, FRI, SAT at 8 PM, SUN at 3 PM

Tickets $18, Seniors and Students $15
Running Time: 90 minutes

In the 1800s, after the end of the Civil War and the abolishment of slavery, during the period known as the Reconstruction, America’s Negro population seemed to be progressing, with the promise of full citizenship and the right to vote.

Mirror, Mirror
By: Stephen Cornine, Jonathan Horton, Susan Bucci
Directed By: Samantha Roberts
April 6 – April 23
APR 6 - APR 23; THU, FRI, SAT at 8 PM, SUN at 3 PM

Tickets $18
COMMUNITY SPACE

TNC’s New City, New Blood Reading Series: Flawless
By: Robin Goldfin
Directed By: Ed Chemaly
April 17
Monday, April 17, 2023 at 7 PM

FREE
$5 SUGGESTED DONATION

As her father cares for his wife of over 50 years who now has Alzheimer’s, their youngest daughter takes center stage, witnessing the relentless repetition of the disease and the extraordinary patience and commitment of her father’s love.

TNC’s New City, New Blood Reading Series: RUBBER
By: Vinnie Nardiello
Directed By: Kerri Ann Murphy
May 8
Monday, May 8, 2023 @ 7 PM

FREE
$5 SUGGESTED DONATION

Tucked away in non-descript government buildings across the country you’ll find “rubber rooms,” a purgatory for educators deemed both unable to teach and unable to be fired.

I Just Want to Tell Somebody (June 2023)
By: Smokey Stevens
Directed By: Stephen Byrd
June 1 – June 18
JUNE 1 - JUNE 18; THU, FRI, SAT @ 8 PM, SUN @ 3 PM

Tickets $18, Students and Seniors $15
CABARET THEATER

To share an exceptional show with a wider audience, Theater for the New City will present a return engagement of Smokey Stevens in "I Just Want to Tell Somebody." A one-man, two character theater production by one of Broadway's great musical comedy performers, it earned critical plaudits when TNC presented its New York premiere last season (January 6 to February 6, 2022), directed by Stephen Byrd.

Freedom SUMMER
By: Toby Armour
Directed By: Joan Kane
June 8 – June 25
JUN 8 - JUN 25; THU, FRI, SAT at 8 PM, SUN at 3 PM