Community

Tuesday, May 19 – 6:00-7:30PM
83 E 4th Street
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Join us for the NYTW Community Mixer, an evening to gather, connect, and celebrate the artists, neighbors, partners, and collaborators in our community. Whether you’re a longtime friend or new to our community, this is a space to meet fellow creatives, spark new ideas, and strengthen the relationships that keep our theatre vibrant. Come for the conversation, stay for the community.

Thursday, May 21 @ 5:30-7PM
Outside at 79 E 4th St
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As part of Open Streets, NYTW hosts a pop-up Open Salon that brings the spirit of In the Bricks into the neighborhood. Featuring short performances, spoken word, music, and community sharing, this outdoor gathering invites passersby, neighbors, and families to engage with NYTW in a casual, celebratory way. The event emphasizes accessibility, joy, and the power of art to animate public space. 

Thursday, May 28 – 5-6:30PM
Outside at 79 E 4th St
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Artists, audiences, neighbors, and partners gather for a shared meal and facilitated conversation. Inspired by the themes of In the Bricks, this Longest Table centers storytelling, listening, and connection across difference. Guided prompts encourage reflection on joy, resilience, creativity, and what it means to gather in community.

Thursday, May 7 – Post-Show (following 7PM performance)
New York Theatre Workshop

Unpacking The Complex: The Forgotten Patriot centers incarcerated individuals as vital members of our shared civic fabric, despite systemic erasure. It highlights the broader impact of incarceration while advocating for recognition, restoration, and change.

Featuring: Assemblyman Al Taylor & Selwyn R. Fergus, LCSW-R

About Assemblyman Al Taylor
Assemblyman Al Taylor has represented the 71st Assembly District of Upper Manhattan since 2017. Before being elected to the Assembly in a special election in the fall of 2017, Al Taylor served as Chief of Staff to legendary former Assemblyman Herman “Denny” Farrell, Jr., and as District Leader. Assemblyman Taylor has served his community as an advocate for over 20 years, working to increase economic opportunity, affect social change and reform the criminal justice system, and he continues that work in the Assembly. In 2008, Assemblyman Taylor, a longtime advocate and leader in the fight against guns and violence, began the Man Up! In Harlem program to address the alarming increase in gun-related deaths in his neighborhood. The program arranged for dialogue between neighborhood leaders and residents through early morning prayer walks at the Polo Grounds’ Rucker Park every week. The program has been widely credited, including by the NYPD, for dramatically reducing violence in the neighborhood. The program has since been replicated in housing projects throughout Upper Manhattan. As part of an effort to inspire communities to confront violence and work toward peace, Assemblyman Taylor walked 780 miles to Chicago in the “It’s A Love Thing Always” event. Assemblyman Taylor has also been a leader in the fight against bigotry and hatred and mobilized his community to work against hate crimes after the murder of Islan Nettles, a 21-year old transgender woman and Harlem resident. In 2010, Assemblyman Taylor led a relief mission to Haiti after the catastrophic earthquake decimated that country.
Assemblyman Taylor graduated from Lehman College of the City University of New York with a B.A. in Public Communication and later earned the degree of Master of Divinity, with a concentration in Church Development, from Nyack College Alliance Theological Seminary. Married for more than 20 years to wife Gwendolyn, they raise their daughters Tiffany, Tameka, Ashley and Stefani, and their son, Brandon, in Northern Manhattan, the neighborhood Al Taylor loves and has devoted his entire life to serving.

About Selwyn R. Fergus

Selwyn R. Fergus, LCSW-R, is the Senior Advisor to the Commissioner for the New York City Department of Correction, where he oversees the CARE Unit (Counseling, Assistance, Response, and Engagement). He leads a multidisciplinary team dedicated to supporting the wellness, resilience, and crisis response needs of correction officers and civilian staff.
With over three decades of experience in clinical practice and leadership, Mr. Fergus has served in a variety of roles across community-based organizations and healthcare systems, including the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services, Montefiore Medical Center, and the Administration for Children’s Services.

For more information about the series, click here to visit the show page for The Peculiar Patriot.

Thursday, May 7 – Post-Show (following 7PM performance)
New York Theatre Workshop
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Following the performance of The Peculiar Patriot, this Open Salon welcomes artists and community members impacted by the criminal legal system to share poetry, monologues, music, and conversation. The evening is designed as a supportive gathering that centers creativity and community as a tool for healing, liberation and action. The salon invites audiences to listen, witness, and connect across lived experience.

This event is presented in partnership with The Fortune Society and Re-Entry Theatre of Harlem.

Saturday, May 9 – Post-Show (following 6PM performance)
New York Theatre Workshop

Join us for an intentionally curated post-show gathering immediately following The Peculiar Patriot as part of AfterWords: Unpacking the Complex. This series of town hall–style conversations, held after selected performances, brings together audience members, community leaders, and artists to create a space for communal reflection and digestion.

Featuring: Wallo267

About Wallo267
Wallo267 is proof that purpose has no borders. After serving 20 years behind
bars, he turned his story into a global movement of resilience and reinvention. A New York Times Bestselling Author, Cultural Advisor at YouTube, former Chief Marketing Officer of Reform Alliance, and co-host of “Million Dollaz Worth of Game” named by The Hollywood Reporter among the Most Powerful Voices in Podcasting (2024) Wallo267 continues to merge impact and innovation through partnerships like Barstool Sports’ $4.5 million minority-business initiative, his lifestyle brand ARPLNSNHOTLS, and his production company Nanny’s House Entertainment, which develops and produces movies, TV series, books, and podcasts, proving that your past is data, not destiny.

For more information about the series, click here to visit the show page for The Peculiar Patriot.

Sunday, May 10 – Post-Show (following 2PM performance)
New York Theatre Workshop

Unpacking The Complex: The Mother’s Impact by Bars centers the generational impact of maternal incarceration on families and communities. It highlights the ways cycles of separation shape childhood, care, and collective well-being.

Featuring: Soffiyah Elijah, Lena Waithe, & Kimberlé Crenshaw

About Soffiyah Elijah
Soffiyah Elijah is the Founder and former Executive Director of the Alliance of Families for Justice. Established in 2016 in New York, the mission of the Alliance of
Families for Justice (AFJ) is to support families of incarcerated people and people whose lives have been impacted by incarceration, empower them as advocates and mobilize them to marshal their collective power to achieve systemic change. Prior to founding AFJ, Ms. Elijah was the Executive Director of the Correctional
Association of NY (“CANY”) where she was the first woman and the first person of color to lead the 170 year old organization. Prior to leading the CANY, Ms. Elijah
served as Deputy Director and Clinical Instructor at the Criminal Justice Institute at Harvard Law School. Before moving to Harvard, she was a member of the faculty and Director and Supervising Attorney of the Defender Clinic at the City University of New York School of Law. Ms. Elijah also worked as a Supervising Attorney at the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, a Staff Attorney at the Juvenile Rights Division of the Legal Aid Society, and in private practice. She has mentored and trained thousands of lawyers during her career. An accomplished advocate, attorney, scholar, and educator, Ms. Elijah has practiced criminal and family law for more than 40 years. She has dedicated her life to human rights and social activism and is a frequent presenter at national and international forums on criminal justice policy, incarceration and human rights issues.

About Kimberlé Crenshaw
Kimberlé Crenshaw is the Co-founder and Executive Director of the African American Policy Forum, and the founder and Executive Director of the Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies at Columbia Law School. She is the Promise Institute Professor at UCLA Law School and the Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor at Columbia Law School. She is popularly known for her development of “intersectionality,” “Critical Race Theory,” and the #SayHerName Campaign, and is the host of the podcast Intersectionality Matters!

For more information about the series, click here to visit the show page for The Peculiar Patriot.

Saturday, May 16 – Post-Show (following 1PM performance)
New York Theatre Workshop

Unpacking The Complex: Imagine Liberation centers collective visioning as a pathway toward systemic change. It explores how communities can move from survival toward freedom through shared power and transformative justice.

Featuring: Jamie Maleszka-Tate & Alex Anderson

About Jamie Maleszka-Tate
Jamie Maleszka-Tate is the Director of Creative Arts at The Fortune Society, a NYC-based nonprofit that believes in building people, not prisons. Jamie is a writer, editor, teacher, and advocate invested in the transformative and restorative capacities of creativity and community. A believer in radical love and collective action, she has facilitated writing and storytelling workshops and art builds on Rikers Island and in alternative to incarceration and reentry settings since 2016. She is the recipient of The Public Theater’s Community Leadership Award in recognition of her commitment to opening sustainable pathways for all New Yorkers to express creative power. Jamie is deepening her practice by pursuing her MSW at the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College-CUNY, building towards a future where support systems are as creative and resilient as the communities they serve.

About Alex Anderson
Alex Anderson is the founder and arts director of Reentry Theater of Harlem, launched in 2020 to empower returning citizens through the performing arts. A returning citizen himself, Alex earned his high school diploma and a BA from Syracuse University while incarcerated. After his release, he obtained a LMSW at Silberman School of Social Worker at Hunter College, along with certifications in addiction counseling (CASAC) and Restorative Justice. Inspired by his transformative experience at Ritual4Return in 2009, Alex created Reentry Theater of Harlem to use performing arts as a tool for healing, redemption and transformation.

For more information about the series, click here to visit the show page for The Peculiar Patriot.

Thursday, May 21 – Post-Show (following 7PM performance)
New York Theatre Workshop

Unpacking The Complex: The Road To Restoration explores what it truly means to rebuild after incarceration, both individually and collectively. It examines the pathways, barriers, and possibilities for healing, accountability, and reintegration.

Featuring: Sharon White-Harrigan & Darren Mack

About Sharon White-Harrigan
Rev. Dr. Sharon White-Harrigan, DMin, LMSW, is a visionary strategist, faith healer, and the inaugural Executive Director of the Women’s Community Justice Association (WCJA). A survivor of 11 years of incarceration, she has transmuted her lived experience into a powerful catalyst for systemic reform, notably leading the successful campaign to pass New York’s Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act in 2019.
Dr. White-Harrigan’s multidisciplinary expertise spans clinical social work, advocacy & organizing, DV, substance usage, mental health, etc. Beyond her work at WCJA, she is an adjunct professor, therapist, and co-founder of Women Building UP. Holding a Doctorate in Ministry, Master’s in Social Work, BA in Social Work and Criminal Justice, and AA in Liberal Arts. She remains a steadfast advocate for the healing and liberation of justice-impacted New Yorkers, ensuring that those closest to the problem are at the center of the solution.

About Darren Mack
Darren Mack is an advocate and organizer based in New York City. In 2016, he became one of the outspoken advocates for the Campaign to Close Rikers Island. Darren completed his B.A. degree in Social Studies from Bard College through the Bard Prison Initiative and earned his MSW at Hunter College’s Silberman School of Social Work. He is now the co-director of Freedom Agenda, a member-led project at the Urban Justice Center.

For more information about the series, click here to visit the show page for The Peculiar Patriot.

Sunday, May 24 – Post-Show (following 2PM performance)
New York Theatre Workshop

Unpacking The Complex: The Power Game interrogates how power is constructed, wielded, and withheld within systems that shape freedom and confinement. Framed around Memorial Day, it questions who is honored, who is forgotten, and how power defines both.

Featuring: Judge Milton Tingling & Darlene Bruce

About Judge Milton Tingling
A native New Yorker, Justice Milton Adair Tingling was born to Milton F. and Eunice Tingling and two siblings. He was born into a legacy where community service, education and social activism were the vehicles used for the betterment of Black people. Destined for excellence, Justice Tingling assumed his calling for greatness as he ascended through the legal ranks to be the first of many whose tendrils of leadership and guidance has produced a generation of lawyers, judges, politicians, and impactful laws and policies.
A graduate of Brown University, Justice Milton A Tingling pursued his Juris Doctorate, Cum Laude from North Carolina Central University School of Law in 1982. This same year, his father, the Honorable Milton F, Tingling, was elected to Civil Court. Returning to New York City, Justice Tingling was admitted to the Bar in 1983 and clerked for Justice Milton H. Richardson, Justice Wilford O’Connor, Justice Dennis Edwards, Jr. — three Harlem Judges. Thereafter, Justice Tingling established a solo practice in the heart of Harlem on West 125th Street.
In 1986, he became the first Black person to ever be elected to a judgeship from the 7th Municipal Court District. This District, encompassing Harlem and Washington Heights, is the largest non-county-wide District in the State. His assignments included presiding both in Criminal and Civil Court. In 2000, he became the first North Carolina Central University School of Law Graduate elected to New York State Supreme Court.
During his tenure on the Supreme Court, Justice Tingling had several notable decisions. He is internationally renowned for striking down Mayor Bloomberg’s so-called soda ban law. The decision countered an authoritarian style of levying mandates and pushes for working through legislative processes. For him, his best decision was permanently enjoining the statewide policy of shackling youths being transported to Family Courts demonstrating his commitment to marginalized and often voiceless communities. In that same vein, Justice Tingling reestablished the Special Election Court in Harlem in 2001 and presided over every primary and general election for the next 13 years.
In November 2014, he was re-elected to the Supreme Court. Less than two months later, he retired to accept an appointment by the New York State Appellate Division First Department as New York County Clerk, Commissioner of Jurors and Clerk of the Supreme Court. With this appointment, Justice Milton A. Tingling made history as the first and only Black County Clerk and the first Black Commissioner of Jurors ever in all 62 counties of New York State.
His legal leadership extends outside of the Courthouse with his participation on the Appellate Division First Department Character and Fitness Committee and The Appellate Division First Department Attorney Grievance Committee. He is a member of New York County Lawyers Association, the New York City Bar Association, The Metropolitan Black Bar Association, The Judicial Friends and The Tribune Society.
Aside from his legal leadership, Justice Tingling serves in leadership roles on various nonprofit and community organizations, including the Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce; Belafonte Family Foundation; Not On My Watch; The West Harlem Development Corporation, Chair; and Community League of The Heights (CLOTH), Chair. Additionally, Justice Tingling serves on the City College President’s Advisory Board and the North Carolina Central University School of Law Board of Visitors.
Justice Tingling is the founder of The Initiative, a volunteer project in collaboration with the New York County Lawyers Association. “The Initiative” educates, facilitates and assists formerly incarcerated individuals in obtaining Certificates of Relief and Certificates of Good Conduct.
The project also educates the formerly incarcerated on voting rights while registering eligible individuals to vote. As Commissioner of Jurors, has instituted changes in the system that promote qualified ex-offenders serving on jurors.
The Tingling judicial legacy continues with the election of daughter Aija Tingling to Civil Court of the City of New York. The Tinglings are the nation’s first, three generation family of Black Judges. She is also an alumna of NCCU School of Law where his son, Marcus, currently matriculates. Justice Tingling is married to his sweetheart, Lisa, and the proud father of 5 children and 2 grandchildren.

About Darlene Bruce
Commissioner Darlene Grant Bruce, Esq. joined the New York State Board of Parole in 2025. Attorney Grant Bruce received her juris doctorate from Georgetown Law Center and earned her Bachelor of Arts from Brandeis University. Commissioner Grant Bruce serves on the Board of Directors for several organizations that provide services in the arts, education, and funding to community-based organizations.
Attorney Grant Bruce was sworn into several levels of both state and federal courts in New York and Washington, D.C., including the United States Supreme Court. Attorney Grant Bruce has the distinction of being appointed by the federal court as a Special Master, served as General Counsel to several not-for-profit corporations, drafted decisions for courts, and argued appeals before both state and federal courts.
Commissioner Grant Bruce has a distinguished career of advocating for individuals and our communities.

For more information about the series, click here to visit the show page for The Peculiar Patriot.

Thursday, June 4 – Post-Show (following 7PM performance)
New York Theatre Workshop

Unpacking The Complex: Sisterhood Is Bond centers the relationships and resilience formed among women navigating incarceration and its aftermath. It highlights how connection, care, and solidarity become tools for survival and transformation.

Featuring: Dr. Topeka Sam & Mariame Kaba

About Dr. Topeka Sam
Dr. Topeka K. Sam is a well loved and trusted consultant across many fields. She is the Founder of The Ladies of Hope Ministries, Inc. (@TheLOHM) and founder and President of EPIC Financial PBLLC, TKS Ventures LLC and Faces & Voices Inc. She Co- Founded Music Thera-P and is also the Co-Founder and Visionary Officer of MyFRSH financial services. All of these businesses and organizations serve as therapeutic tools to address trauma and promote emotional well-being. She currently serves on the board of directors for The Marshall Project, Operation Restoration, Pure Legacee and United Justice Coalition. She is a strategic advisor for RBIJ and HARP as well. Since her release from federal prison on May 5, 2015, Dr. Topeka K. Sam has spoken or keynoted at many events, served on many boards, and has continued to grow her businesses and non-profit simultaneously.
‍She hosted “The Topeka K. Sam Show” on SiriusXM Urban View Channel 126 for 3 years and is now developing scripted and unscripted series as an Executive Producer for TV & Film, inspired by her fight to change the many problems that plague female incarceration. Topeka has been featured in Vogue, Essence, SalonTV, Vice, New York Times, TheCut, Rolling Stone and Variety Magazine. She has shared her expertise on all the topics listed and more one The Tamron Hall Show, CNN, MSNBC and The Today Show. Additionally, has been featured in Glamour Magazine and Black Enterprise for being “The Black Woman behind the video that led to the Trump Clemency of Alice Johnson.” She has spoken in the Women in the World Conference, A White House Prison Reform Summit, is a Tedx MidAtlantic Superheros Presenter, and has received many awards for her contributions transforming the lives of women as well as men and families impacted by the criminal legal system.

About Mariame Kaba
Mariame Kaba is an organizer, educator, librarian/archivist, curator, zinemaker and prison industrial complex (PIC) abolitionist who is active in movements for racial, gender, and transformative justice. Kaba co-leads Interrupting Criminalization, an organization she co-founded with Andrea Ritchie in 2018. She is the author of the New York Times Bestseller We Do This ‘Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice (Haymarket Books, 2021) & the National Bestseller Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care with Kelly Hayes (Haymarket, 2023) among several other books that offer support and tools for repair, transformation, and moving toward a future without incarceration and policing. Mariame has founded and co-founded a number of projects and organizations including Sojourners for Justice Press, For The People Leftist Library Project (FTP) and the NYC Public Library Action Network (PLAN).

For more information about the series, click here to visit the show page for The Peculiar Patriot.

Saturday, June 6 – Post-Show (following 6PM performance)
New York Theatre Workshop

Unpacking The Complex: The Town Hall creates space for open dialogue, bringing community voices into direct conversation around incarceration and its impact. It invites collective reflection, accountability, and shared visioning for change.

For more information about the series, click here to visit the show page for The Peculiar Patriot.

Friday, June 12 – Post-Show (following 7PM performance)
New York Theatre Workshop

Unpacking The Complex: The Politics Of Policy examines how legislation and political agendas shape the realities of incarceration and justice. It unpacks the systems behind the system, revealing the power and consequences of policy decisions.

Featuring: DeRay Mckesson

About DeRay Mckesson
DeRay Mckesson is a civil rights activist, educator, and thought leader dedicated to advancing justice, equity, and innovation. Born and raised in Baltimore, he graduated from Bowdoin College and holds honorary doctorates from Bowdoin College, The New School, and the Maryland Institute College of Art.
A lifelong advocate for children, youth, and families, DeRay emerged as a leading voice in the Black Lives Matter movement and serves as Executive Director of Campaign Zero, an organization working to end police violence and dismantle mass incarceration through data-driven policy solutions. His work focuses on equipping communities with the knowledge and tools needed to create lasting change – influencing policy at local, national, and international levels. Recognized by President Barack Obama for his commitment to social justice, DeRay has advised policymakers, activists, and organizers across the country to drive systemic reform.
DeRay also has an extensive background in education. He previously served as Chief of Human Capital for Baltimore City Public Schools, where he led the district’s talent management and workforce development strategies. He began his career as a 6th grade math teacher in East New York, Brooklyn and his commitment to education continued when he returned to Baltimore to open an after-school/out-of-school center on Baltimore’s westside with Higher Achievement and then lead teacher training for a third of all Baltimore City Public Schools new teachers with the Baltimore Teaching Fellows.
Following the tragic killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, DeRay became a pivotal figure in the national conversation on policing and mass incarceration. Through his activism and public engagement, he continues to challenge the structures that perpetuate inequality. He also hosts Pod Save The People, an award-winning podcast that fosters critical discussions on justice, identity, and policy.DeRay’s impact has been widely recognized across media and culture. He has appeared on The Daily Show, NPR, MSNBC, and CNN and profiled in Vogue, Vanity Fair, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. He has been featured on the covers of The Advocate, Adweek, and Attitude Magazine. Among his many honors, he was named one of Fortune Magazine’s World’s Greatest Leaders, one of Time Magazine’s 30 Most Influential People on the Internet, and one of Forbes Magazine’s 21 Black Leaders Who Shaped History in 2025.

For more information about the series, click here to visit the show page for The Peculiar Patriot.

Saturday, June 13 – Post-Show (following 1PM performance)
New York Theatre Workshop

Unpacking The Complex: Naming Next Steps moves from dialogue to action, identifying tangible pathways forward for individuals, communities, and institutions. It calls for intentional commitment to building more just and restorative futures.

Featuring: Alethea Taylor & Judge Raymond Bruce

About Alethea Taylor
Dr. Alethea Taylor is the Executive Director of Hour Children Inc., a nonprofit focused on connecting children to their mothers who are incarcerated and formerly incarcerated. She also teaches as an adjunct assistant professor at Hunter College in the Department of Educational Foundations and Counseling. Previously, she led Greenhope Services for Women, assisting women with substance use and mental health disorders. With 30 years of experience, Alethea specializes in management coaching and advocacy within the criminal justice community, particularly for middle management women of color who are formerly incarcerated. She serves on several advisory committees, including the Correctional Association of New York and the Women Community Justice Association Taskforce, contributing to discussions about Rikers Island jail’s closure. Dr. Taylor is also a member of The Independent Rikers Commission.

About Judge Raymond Bruce
Justice Raymond L. Bruce was born and raised in Washington Heights of New York County. He received his Bachelor of Arts at New York University where he had a triple major in Spanish, Mathematics and
Political Science. Justice Bruce was awarded his Law Degree from Temple University School of Law. Justice Bruce enjoyed the distinct privilege of studying at the University of Madrid, resulting in his ability to read, write and speak Spanish fluently. Currently, Justice Raymond L. Bruce is one of few bilingual Justices assigned to Bronx County Supreme Court, Criminal
Division. Justice Bruce also holds the distinct honor of being one of the few black males, sitting as a Justice of the New York State Supreme Court, NY County. Justice Bruce’s family raised him to understand the importance of serving God, our community and having a positive impact on our youth. Being raised in Harlem during the 1960’s, Justice Bruce witnessed the daily struggles of his community to achieve equality. He responded to the multiple occurrences of “injustice” by studying the works and writings of Martin Luther King, Benjamin Mays, Judge Bruce Wright, Judge Thurgood Marshall and Judge A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. As a result of the way he continues to feel about his community, Justice Bruce selected jobs that allowed him to advocate for the under-
represented and the voiceless. Throughout his career Justice Bruce demonstrated a tenacity of faimess and being a man with a just cause.
These characteristics lead our honoree to be elected among his peers to sit on the bench in 2001, the same day that New York faced the terror attacks
on 9/11. Every day since this nomination, Justice Bruce sits on the bench dispensing justice in a fair manner in the Criminal Court, Bronx County. Justice Bruce continues to serve his community as a member of the NAACP, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and serving on various bar associations, and Judicial Friends. He happily works with students and interns of all ages whether it is at the Courthouse or their respective schools. Justice Bruce credits his Mother, his family, and being raised in the church for his long-lasting success. Justice Bruce is a staunch member of Abyssinian Baptist Church. His favorite passage is (Romans 8:28-30) “in all things God works for the good of those who love Him and who have been called according to his purpose. For those (He) foreknew… he also predestined…And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also glorified. Justice Bruce believes he has been called for a purpose and blessed in many ways. He is married to Darlene and they have 2 children, Precious and Nasiah. When Justice Bruce is not with his family, he is often found at schools speaking to at risk youth, supporting community organizations and hosting intems in chambers. For these reasons, he believes he is successful, and he thanks the Lord continuously for his blessings.

For more information about the series, click here to visit the show page for The Peculiar Patriot.

Saturday, May 16 – Post-Show (following 6PM performance)
New York Theatre Workshop (79 E 4th St)

Join the creatives behind The Unexpected Third in conversation about process, inspiration, and themes.

Tuesday, May 19 – Post-Show (following 8PM performance)
4th St Theatre

Join the creatives behind Mention My Beauty in conversation about process, inspiration, and themes.

Tuesday, June 2 – Post-Show (following 8PM performance)
4th St Theatre

Join Leslie Ayvazian in conversation with NYTW Trustee Martyna Majok discussing the topic “what is beautiful?”.

Monday, May 4 – 5:30PM-7:00PM
Location: Alpha Omega Dance Studio (70 E 4th St) 
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Join us for a fun, low-pressure workshop led by Chris Grace, writer/performer of Sardines. Through a variety of games and scenes, we’ll embrace spontaneity and build our confidence as we connect and just play together. This session is the perfect opportunity for anyone looking to dip their toes into improv or try something new—no experience necessary!

Masterclasses are offered on a tiered pay-what-you-can model; if the options listed in the registration form pose any problem for you in participating, please reach out to engagement@nytw.org and we are happy to welcome you. 

Thursday, May 14 – Post-Show (following 8PM performance)
4th St Theatre

Join the creatives behind Sardines in conversation about process, inspiration, and themes.

Friday, April 24 – 7-9PM
Healing Bean Cafe, 7904 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11209

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Come learn Palestinian cross-stitch in south Brooklyn! PlayCo & NYTW present a relaxed, communal Tatreez Circle from artist Sabri Sundos to deepen one’s practice of tatreez, or Palestinian embroidery, April 24, 7 to 9PM at Healing Bean Cafe in Bay Ridge. In this open-studio format, participants are invited to work at their own pace, learn from one another, and connect over shared creative practice. Sundos will be on hand to help refine technique, troubleshoot tricky patterns, and share knowledge. Rooted in generations of Palestinian storytelling and resistance, tatreez is more than a craft: it’s a living archive of identity, place, and perseverance.

Refreshments, aida cloth, tapestry needles, thread and a selection of traditional motifs with translations will be provided. Space is limited!

Sunday, May 3 – 7PM
Top Secret Comedy Club, 44 Avenue A, New York, NY 10009
Cost: $15

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PlayCo, New York Theatre Workshop, and the New York Arab American Comedy Festival, in association with 55B Productions, present a hilarious showcase of Palestinian comedians, Sunday, May 3, at 7pm at Top Secret Comedy Club (44 Avenue A in Manhattan). Featuring an All-Star lineup: Suzie Afridi, Eman El-Husseini, Mohanad Elshieky, Nina Kharoufeh, Dean Obeidallah, Atheer Yacoub, Maysoon Zayid and more!

Friday, May 8 – 7:30PM
Cinema Village (22 E 12th St)
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NYTW Community Night is a designated performance that brings together staff, community partners, fellows, and invited neighborhood guests to experience The Horse of Jenin together. The evening emphasizes welcome, shared experience, and collective presence.