What happens to jazz musicians after the final note? In One Night at the Blackbird, Maria Messias Mendes and Thomas Mullen imagine an afterlife where the music keeps playing inside a New Orleans funeral parlor.
The AMT Theater is a welcome addition to the Meatpacking District. The theater presents productions that foster new artistic voices and is sponsoring the 2026 Broadway Bound Theatre Festival, “where playwrights take center stage.”
The AMT Theater was established as a regional theater in the heart of the Theater District. Its mission is to expand artistic opportunities by offering a haven for playwrights, actors, directors, and stagehands, while inviting audiences to take part in the creative process.
At a moment when artificial intelligence is reshaping work, creativity, and daily life, Eric Pzena’s Society 2.0 turns contemporary anxiety into a sharply theatrical warning.
The attacks of September 11, 2001, changed American life in lasting ways. Nearly 3,000 people were killed, and the aftermath reshaped politics, foreign policy, air travel, domestic surveillance, and the nation’s sense of security.
Politicians come and go, but bureaucracies endure. Daniel R. O’Brien explores that idea in Jugular, a ninety-minute political satire about urgent contemporary issues. A graduate of the Tisch School of the Arts, O’Brien is an award-winning playwright.