About the Play This play is a contemporary reimagining of the classic Chinese folk romance The Butterfly Lovers. In a world where marriage comes with a price tag, self-branding has become a means of survival, and ideals are quietly shaped by capital, the story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai takes root again in Shanghai and New York in 2026. […]
Considered one of the great plays of the modern era, Anton Chekhov’s final play about a family on the edge of ruin is radically reimagined by acclaimed director and dramatist Simon Stone, who returns to the Armory following his blistering Obie-Award winning take on Federico García Lorca’s Yerma (2018). His refreshing adaptation resets the action from Russia to a […]
Mom and I Go To The Temple — a one-man show by Michael Tay “Mom said we were just taking a simple trip to a temple hidden in the mountains of Malaysia.” “What she failed to mention was that this "temple” wasn’t quite what it seemed. As the journey grew stranger, it became increasingly clear that […]
A story about time, memory, diaspora, and the futures we dare to imagine, can we break the cycles we are born into, or are we destined to repeat them? On the Moon, Icarus dreams of soup. Across the ocean, Mikey dreams of war. At Purdue, Chrys dreams of a yellow house. In a future where […]
During World War II, student Gordon Hirabayashi fights the US government's orders to forcibly incarcerate people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast. Struggling to reconcile his country's betrayal with his passionate belief in the Constitution, he journeys toward greater understanding of America's triumphs - and confrontation with its failures. A 36-character solo play inspired […]
Presented by La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club Tickets: Free Admission (RSVP Required) A live, non-verbal performance that reimagines Korean classical painting through contemporary performance Named after the Korean word for “knot,” maedeup evokes the weaving together of image, movement, sound, and memory. Inspired by the visual world of Shin Yun-bok (Hyewon), an 18th-century Korean painter […]
Yunie’s Magical Adventure is an imaginative family music theater production that brings beloved Korean children’s songs and traditional games to life through storytelling, multimedia, and the vibrant sounds of both Western classical and Korean traditional music. The story follows Yunie, a curious young girl who discovers a magical world when tofu and bean sprouts suddenly […]
National Asian Artists Project (NAAP) is pleased to present this year's "Discover: New Musicals," an evening of short new musicals by new and emerging artists, including artistic teams Jesse Ayala/Brandon […]