Welcome to the NYTW Blog—a resource for behind-the-scenes insights on our productions, share-outs from the classroom penned by teaching artists, community partner spotlights, and a peek behind the curtain to see how work gets made at NYTW.

Jupiter Performance Studio joins our Companies-in-Residence

“We’re thrilled to welcome the extraordinary multi-hyphenate Ebony Noelle Golden and her Jupiter Performance Studio into our community as our newest Company-in-Residence. Ebony is a nationally recognized artist and organizer whose expansive practice includes soulful rituals, immersive experiences in the natural world, and rigorous investigations of the intersections between scholarship and activism. Her spirit of collaboration and clarity of purpose rooted in strategies of social justice are inspiring. Her work is both intimate and expansive, vivid and visceral, modern with a sharp eye on how the past influences every inch of our present. We look forward to supporting her visioning and creation during her residency.” –Artistic Director Patricia McGregor

June 5, 2023 by NYTW


NYTW SPOTLIGHT: Brennie Tellu

In this beautiful month of May, we are delighted to shine a spotlight on a member of the NYTW Staff who has rejoined us this spring after an amazing run on Broadway! So without further ado, reintroducing to some and presenting to others, our phenomenal Marketing and Audience Services Manager, Brennie Tellu!

May 24, 2023 by Phoebe Moore, NYTW Development Fellow


Announcing our 2023/24 Season!

“When I dreamed of what this job would be, I visioned being able to say yes to audacious and impactful artists like Hansol Jung, Nathan Alan Davis, Mona Pirnot and Moisés Kaufman’s Tectonic Theater Project company. I’m exhilarated by the range of their work that’s simultaneously intimate and epic, rigorous and filled with love. I am humbled to make my first invitations and provocations to our community alongside these singular artists.” –Patricia McGregor

May 12, 2023 by NYTW


Aleshea Harris Named Pulitzer Prize Finalist

We are thrilled to share that Aleshea Harris has been named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for On Sugarland, which had it’s world premiere at NYTW in February 2022. The jury described the play as “an ambitious drama, inspired by Sophocles, of a community shaped by the trauma of a nameless war they have been dealing with for generations, and the ancestors they mourn, a solemn but also joyful work.”

May 8, 2023 by NYTW


The Basketball Loving Poet

Flash back to 2020 when The Half-God of Rainfall was first released. Inua goes in-depth on his family history growing up in Nigeria, England and Ireland, as well as his research for The Half-God of Rainfall and how the play gets its title.

May 6, 2023 by Elizabeth Harris for THE NEW YORK TIMES



How to Defend Yourself Study Guide

Dive into the world of How to Defend Yourself with the study guide created by our fantastic education and marketing teams. In addition to seeing the show and participating in a talkback with the cast, our teaching artists went to the partner schools for personalized lessons with each class.

March 21, 2023 by NYTW


Community Spotlight: Beth Prevor and Hands On

In this very special Community Spotlight interview, our Development Fellow Phoebe Moore sat down with Beth Prevor, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Hands On, to talk about legacy, accessibility, and the future of inclusive theatre. Hands On is an organization that offers Sign Interpreted Performances in the not-for-profit theatrical arena along with information on Deafness and the arts across New York City and the country.

March 17, 2023 by Phoebe Moore, NYTW Development Fellow


Merrily Announces Broadway Dates

Direct from the sold-out run at NYTW, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG will begin Broadway performances on September 19, 2023 at the Hudson Theatre for a strictly limited 18-week engagement! Beginning Friday, March 24 at 10am ET, tickets will be available from $59 from MerrilyOnBroadway.com. Pre-sale access will begin on Thursday, March 23 at 10am ET. A TodayTix Lottery will be available for all performances, with details to be announced at a later date.

March 15, 2023 by NYTW


Teens Ukraine Theatre and Lost and Found present “Are We There Yet”

New York Theatre Workshop is proud to host the world premiere of Are We There Yet, theatre told verbatim by Ukrainian teen refugees. Presented by Teens Ukraine Theater (TUT), Are We There Yet is a documentary theatre piece centered on children’s experience during the war, Russian invasion of Ukraine in New York City.

Listen to a conversation between Jerome Allen-Smith, Marketing Fellow and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer to Ukraine, and Anya Zicar, director of Are There Yet and Founder to Lost and Found Theatre.

March 13, 2023 by Jerome Allen-Smith, NYTW Marketing Fellow