In its coming season, La MaMa Experimental Theater Club will continue doing what won it the 2018 regional theater Tony Award: presenting a diverse slate of challenging performances. The theater’s 2018-19 offerings include a timely look at the origins of the National Endowment for the Arts, visual theater inspired by the poetry of William Butler Yeats, and a monthlong puppetry series.

“I feel each season is shaped by the artists and what they’re exploring and experimenting with,” said Mia Yoo, the artistic director of La MaMa, in an interview. “We really feel as though we’re jumping off the cliff with those artists because a lot of times we don’t even know what the work is going to be until it opens on our stage.”