La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
12pm-5:30pm
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66 & 74A E 4th St
Oct 18th is La MaMa’s 64th birthday from the day Ellen Stewart wrote a check for $55 for our first building in the Lower East Side. La MaMa will be kicking off its Opening House with a short musical dance performance by Kinding Sindaw, NYC-based dance theater company composed of indigenous Filipino American artists. We will be have tours throughout the day of both our spaces (2 buildings housing 4 operating theatres) and Archives, which houses 64 years of props, costumes and records from all La MaMa past productions.
1pm: Performance & Building Tour
Sign-up Sheet for tours available on site at 1pm
2:30: Archive Tour
3:30: Building Tour
5pm: Archive Tour
Wheelchair accessible | Elevator access | Restrooms available | Gender neutral restrooms available | Drinking fountain or water bottle filling station
Founded in 1961 by theatre legend Ellen Stewart, La MaMa is the only original Off-Off-Broadway venue still in operation. Ellen established La MaMa as a haven for underrepresented artists to experiment with new work, without the pressures of commercial success. Today, we maintain an environment of uncensored creative freedom, where artists of all backgrounds and identities can develop work that pushes the boundaries of what is possible onstage.
“A multicultural hive of avant-garde drama and performance art. La MaMa is a remarkable springboard for an impressive roster of promising playwrights, directors and actors.”
–The New York Times