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Despite the cold weather outside the walls of the Workshop, the room feels warm as I watch Khawla Ibraheem’s performance of A Knock on the Roof. I can feel how the audience around me is moved by Khawla’s performance as Mariam, a mother rehearsing how she and her family can run from the titular evacuation warning. Collectively, we consider the questions she asks of us (or individually, answer aloud when asked directly). Parents in the audience laugh at Mariam’s complaints about her family. All of us feel the weight she carries throughout her story.

February 11, 2025 by Marty Chandler

Ready to catch a preview or performance of A KNOCK ON THE ROOF at NYTW? We know our students are! Our amazing partner schools from all over New York City will be joining us for our Student Matinee next month. To help the students (and all of us!) get excited about the show, our Education department has published the latest edition of “The Brief” Study Guide. From ​solo performance to the metric system, the topics covered in the guide will help prepare audiences to understand the weight of Khawla Ibraheem’s character, Mariam, and find commonality in her everyday life, feelings, and obstacles.

January 23, 2025 by NYTW Education

In September 2024, A Knock on the Roof playwright and actress Khawla Ibraheem and Director Oliver Butler sat down with our Associate Artistic Director Aaron Malkin and our NYTW staff to talk more their relationship with NYTW, about their play and what they hope audiences take from it.

January 22, 2025 by NYTW

Please join us in welcoming our new Managing Director, Maya Choldin! Maya will join the New York Theatre Workshop staff beginning February 1, 2025.

January 13, 2025 by NYTW

When We Live in Cairo came to NYTW, Literary Manager Salma Zohdi knew it would be a specific kind of experience. Not only would she be working in her capacity as an NYTW staff member, she was also the co-dramaturg of a piece that was about her homeland. In this deeply personal essay, Salma reflects on her journey with We Live in Cairo.

December 13, 2024 by Salma Zohdi, NYTW Literary Manager

For more than 45 years, we’ve been producing theatre that animates, challenges and celebrates the world we live in. Through this work, we not only build shows, but also community.

While we may be best known for award-winning work—Rent; Merrily We Roll Along; On Sugarland; Hadestown; Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord; Here There Are Blueberries and so many more—they represent a fraction of what we do in our unique home in the East Village.

December 11, 2024 by NYTW

’Tis the season for sweaters, sparkles, good cheer, and uplifting our neighbors! We’re here to help you find the perfect gifts by highlighting some of the local shops in our neighborhood. Happy holidays and happy shopping to you and yours!

December 10, 2024 by NYTW

’Tis the season for sweaters, sparkles, good cheer, and uplifting our neighbors! We’re here to help you find the perfect gifts by highlighting some of the local shops in our neighborhood. Happy holidays and happy shopping to you and yours!

December 1, 2024 by NYTW

With an emotional sincerity and vivacious zing for life, Rotana Tarabzouni brings her own personal Palestinian heritage to the character of Fadwa in We Live in Cairo. Read through what Rotana thinks this show means for Arab representation going forward, as well as her own personal journey.

November 18, 2024 by Jose Soltes for HOLLYWOOD SOAPBOX

Brothers Daniel and Patrick Lazour, join Alison Stewart to discuss writing the music, lyrics, and book for We Live in Cairo. Actor Ali Louis Bourzgui, who stars as Amir, a kid who writes an anthem for the revolution, also joins for a sneak peek at the music!

November 15, 2024 by Alison Stewart for WNYC