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.

Here There Are Blueberries Pulitzer Prize Finalist

We are throwing all the flowers for Moisés Kaufman, Amanda Gronich, and the entire team at Tectonic Theatre Project for being named a 2024 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Drama for Here There Are Blueberries. Get your tickets now for the extraordinary production playing at NYTW through June 16!

May 6, 2024 by NYTW


The Making of Here There Are Blueberries

Go into the rehearsal room of Here There Are Blueberries and watch just how this magnificent piece gets made for the stage. You’ll also hear exclusive insights from some of the actors on how the Tectonic process of Moment Work is an integral part of the finished product.

April 30, 2024 by NYTW


HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES FTC EVENTS

We are thrilled to announce our full For The Culture lineup for Here There Are Blueberries in partnership with our friends at FASPE.

FASPE challenges its professionals to recognize and exercise their ethical and leadership responsibilities as influencers. FASPE’s distinctive approach is to examine the roles and behavior of individual professionals in Germany and elsewhere between 1933 and 1945 as an initial framework for approaching ethical responsibility in the professions today. Each year, FASPE awards 80 to 90 Fellowships to graduate students and early-career professionals in Business, Design & Technology, Journalism, Law, Medicine, and Seminary. The Fellowships begin with intense study in Germany and Poland where FASPE takes advantage of the urgency created by the power of place to translate the history into the present. Visit faspe-ethics.org to learn more.

April 17, 2024 by NYTW



Hear The Title Song of I LOVE YOU SO MUCH I COULD DIE

We are excited to share a clip of the title song from I Love You So Much I Could Die, taken from a recent live performance. Mona’s vocals are sure to seep into your soul in this stirring and beautiful melody.

March 7, 2024 by NYTW


The History of Casebook

It’s the best time of year – Casebook season! If you don’t already know about Casebook, you’re in luck – because this post is all about it!

Casebook is one of our show-specific education offerings. Through Casebook, audience members are given a behind-the-scenes look at how a production comes together at NYTW. NYTW designates one show per season as a case study and hosts a 7-week class designed to provide theatre lovers with a true insider’s view of the development process, including insights into budgeting, artistic and design decisions, and how a show might change from the final dress rehearsal to opening night.

February 21, 2024 by Corey Bravo Sloan, NYTW Development Fellow


Opening Night of I LOVE YOU SO MUCH I COULD DIE

We were excited to celebrate opening night for I LOVE YOU SO MUCH I COULD DIE with some of our nearest and dearest friends! Check out some behind the scenes photos of this wonderful celebration!

February 15, 2024 by NYTW


A Voice in the Darkness

Playwright and performer Mona Pirnot and director Lucas Hnath sit down for a wide ranging conversation with Michael Paulson at The New York Times to discuss how sound plays a role in I Love You So Much I Could Die.

February 13, 2024 by Michael Paulson for THE NEW YORK TIMES


In Conversation: Will Butler & Mona Pirnot

We are back! After a little winter hiatus, we sat down with playwright and performer Mona Pirnot of I Love You So Much I Could Die for a conversation with her good friend and Grammy-winning musician Will Butler (who will make his Broadway debut as the Music Director for Stereophonic this season)

January 18, 2024 by NYTW


“Another Hit” For A Visionary Director

Leigh Silverman is a busy director these days, but we are so glad she calls NYTW her home! In her chat with FORBES, Leigh talks everything from the creation of Merry Me and representation on stage, to walking into the workshop in 1996 as an intern during the original production of RENT.

November 3, 2023 by Jeryl Brunner for FORBES