“Spider Rabbit” is a play by poet and Obie award winning playwright Michael McClure. Written in 1971, it is an “absurdist anti war gargoyle cartoon” that feels increasingly relevant 50+ years later. Harolded by Dan Safer and Tony Torn who have been referred to as “Off Off Broadway luminaries” by the New York Times.
Elementary is an innovative early-years multidisciplinary production designed for children aged 6 months to 3 years. It will create an immersive, sensory-rich environment that sparks curiosity and engagement. It explores the poetic representation of the elements—earth, air, wind, fire, and water—through gentle movement, tactile elements, and interactive storytelling. Denisa Musilova, a graduate of the Art History and Museum Professions at FIT is a Czech choreographer and performer based in
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club presents the world-premiere of “The Iguana Becomes Marco” by Booth McGowan, a Lisa Long Adler and Booth McGowan production.
GREASE MEETS TWILIGHT – in writer - director, William Electric Black’s bopping Drac-apella Musical – JOHNNY DOO WOP DRACULA.
La MaMa Moves! 2026. Celebrating the 21st Annual Dance Festival
Returning to work at a chemical plant in the wake of a coworker’s murder of a supervisor, a group of blue-collar Latino laborers must confront their own mutual hostilities and the draining grind of the job as they search for ways to either move forward or move on.
Children are invited to experience the beauty, rhythm, and storytelling of traditional hula in this joyful, hands-on workshop led by Kumu Hula ʻAuliʻi Aweau. Through movement, chant, and cultural learning, keiki will explore how hula shares stories of nature, place, and community.
A new interactive, experiential theater work that explores the challenges, moments of humor, and unexpected losses and victories that arise when dementia impacts individuals, families, and communities. Memory Generation is part of the first year of Pink Fang (formerly Ping Chong and Company), a home for daring experimentation, expanding the boundaries of theater and nurturing creative communities of care.
A Nitwit son, A Revolutionary Daughter, Not-too-butch-for-primetime Generals, A Put-upon Wife, Exhausted Servants, Air-filled-Lovers, and Mad-As-Hell-Citizenry threaten to tear down the palace of McManus (King of all he surveys in-his-boxer-shorts). Randy Neale’s McManus: Fall of a Tyrant is a scathingly funny socio-political satire hell bent on “giving” (as the kids say) some catharsis to those damn beleaguered lefties!
The Life and Times of Daisy Forbes is a long-form lip-sync illustrating a show girl, our last show girl who is at a distinct crossroads in her life. A crossroads where she is forced to make the decision of whether or not to continue pushing the rock up the hill as a performer and human being in this world. Via TV interviews, trashy pop, obscure musical theater scores and film scenes, Daisy channels these voices as a means of excavating the choices she has made, the feeling of abandonment and the
Riding on the huge success of Lucky FM at La MaMa E.T.C. last season, Slant returns to The Club to dig deeper into the liminal space between past and present with Lucky FM 2. Through the underground radio station's telethon portal, Slant journeys through AANHPI histories with bamboo flutes, drums, and guitars telling stories of the Japanese American concentration camps, the International Hotel, Vincent Chin, and today. Performed viscerally through music, dance, drama, and humor, Slant finds unit
Mary and her little lamb are the best of friends—they do everything together. That is until one day, a substitute teacher with an extremely strict “no lambs in school” policy arrives, forcing Mary and her little lamb to spend an entire day apart for the first time ever. Using live music, puppetry and interactive storytelling, Mary Had A Little Lamb And Also A Substitute Teacher is a high energy, laugh filled adventure that reminds us that, while making new friends can be scary, it can also
