Happy to Be Here By Miguel Sutedjo
a one man musical written, performed, accompanied and lived by Miguel Sutedjo, exploring his decision to return to NYC from Paradise, also known as Taiwan. During his year there, he wrote puppet shows and ESL musicals for his middle schoolers, ate rice for every meal, and fell in love with convenience stores, universal healthcare, and Asian hospitality. So if he was so happy there, why did he come back?

Until the First Snow By Tanya Ko-Hong
Amid the 1992 Los Angeles Riots, Kelly travels to her grandmother’s home on the outskirts of Seoul, where past and present blur and fractured memories uncover a buried family history that reshapes her sense of identity and inner strength.
Dates: Sat, June 13, 2026, Thu, June 18, 2026

NuWorks Program B

The Tea on Robert By Amy Pan
When her dream London vacation is complicated by the 1848 tea espionage–when England stole tea from China–third-grade teacher Cecilia Wang is torn between her idyllic adventures and classroom full of children she can no longer teach the same way.”

A Water Play By Katie May Porter
This is a story about how water holds our stories – our past, our present, and our future – and how words and water can both hurt and heal our communities.
Dates: Fri, June 19, 2026, Sun, June 14, 2026

NuWorks Program C

ALLIES By Franky D. Gonzalez, Jeff Liu, & Zakiya Young
A Black woman, an Asian man, and a Latino man come together to interrogate whether their communities can show up for each other in this tumultuous moment or if the divisions are now too deep for connection to ever be possible.

She Said Fuck That’s a Pretty Giant Deep Ocean By Jingyi Luna Peng
A Chinese theatre artist in America moves through rehearsal rooms, therapy language, and immigration logic—all systems that insist on narrating her—until her body becomes the only truth left, which the audience will translate anyway.
Dates: Tue, June 16, 2026, Sat, June 20, 2026

NuWorks Program D

MET Cute by Isabel Beatriz Tongson
In the MET, where relics of their cultures are kept behind glass, two people reconnect with their heritages and ancestors in spite of the white plaster walls that house them; make-outs and destruction of property may ensue.

How to Catch Crickets With Your Bare Hands by Camilla Shae
After opening her grandmother’s chest of secrets, a woman is possessed by ancestral memories that plunge her into World War II Japan, forcing her to physically unpack layer after layer. Is this her inheritance?

THE TOILET QUEEN By Patrick Lee
A sharp-witted lady transforms a yard full of discarded toilets into a hilarious and heartfelt protest garden that celebrates her community and refuses to be ignored.
Dates: Wed, June 17, 2026, Sun, June 21, 2026