First Mondays invites our communities to experience readings of unpublished works and works in progress by an intergenerational group of vanguard writers. This season we continue to gather over free drinks in our theaters to hear writers discuss what’s on their mind and get a glimpse of the future of literature.
For more than 5 years, First Mondays has brought readers and writers together to celebrate the written word from diverse perspectives and genres, all for free.
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Lesbians, AIDS, Trans People: The We Won’t Go Back edition of First Mondays
First Mondays invites our communities to experience readings of unpublished works and works in progress by an intergenerational group of vanguard writers. This season we continue to gather over free drinks in our theaters to hear writers discuss what’s on their mind and get a glimpse of the future of literature.
For more than 5 years, First Mondays has brought readers and writers together to celebrate the written word from diverse perspectives and genres, all for free.
Freedom Visions
First Mondays invites our communities to experience readings of unpublished works and works in progress by an intergenerational group of vanguard writers. This season we continue to gather over free drinks in our theaters to hear writers discuss what’s on their mind and get a glimpse of the future of literature.
For more than 5 years, First Mondays has brought readers and writers together to celebrate the written word from diverse perspectives and genres, all for free.
Marathon Read of The Cancer Journals by Audre Lorde
Readers: J Bob Alotta, Lisa Baltazar, Samiya Bashir, Marci Blackman, Kera Bolonik, Jacqueline Nassy Brown, Ann Cammett, Ava Chin, Grace M Cho, Peter Cramer, Bridgett Davis, Lisa Duggan, Marta Elena Esquilin, Marcia Gallo, Ysabel Y Gonzalez, Kaitlyn Greenidge, Ada Gay Griffin, Rachel Harris, Briona Jones, Roz Lee, Tonia Poteat, Courtney Reid-Easton, Shellyne Rodriguez, Kate Rushin, Aishah Shahidah Simmons, Bina Shariff, Evie Shockley, Pamela Sneed, laila stevens, Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, Cheryl Boyce Taylor, Karen Thompson, Linda Villarosa, Jack Waters, Jana Welch, Jacqueline Woodson, and LinYee Yuan.
Performance Space New York’s Marathon Readings shares important, influential, and experimental work by women who have passed away, to collectively remember their words. Previous readings were: black looks: race and representation by bell hooks, Blood and Guts in High School by Kathy Acker and DICTEE by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, and Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria Anzaldúa, and Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian Liberation by Urvashi Vaid.
Alternative Education
Alternative Education is a resource-sharing initiative including multiple workshops, tech camps, fairs, and events designed to uplift and empower artists, technicians, curators, and art workers at various stages of their careers. Spearheaded by Performance Space New York’s Production Manager Sarai Frazier, this series emphasizes community, collaboration, and professional development, with a particular focus on supporting QTBIPOC community. Throughout the season, Performance Space New York will host events, fostering connections and enhancing skills within our community of art workers at the organization and around the city at large.
In this day-long workshop, young Black emerging technicians will learn about the basics of scenic design, audio engineering, video tech, and lighting design.
To be announced.
Performance Space New York invites colleagues from neighboring performing art institutions to set up informational booths, offering art workers an opportunity to network, engage, and learn about the missions, visions, and perspectives of these organizations.
This workshop offers Performance Space New York crew, artists, and PSNY community members essential knowledge and skills in tech and software.
An event for artists, technicians, art workers, and makers to meet each other, connect, and collaborate on creative projects.