IRT Theater

IRT Theater is a grassroots laboratory for independent theater and performance in New York City, providing space and support to a new generation of artists.

[IRT Theater @IRTTheater]

I just uploaded “My Onliness September 2022” to #Vimeo: https://t.co/aqsQOFtCIT

[IRT Theater @IRTTheater]

Happening Tonight! Congratulations to both Malik & Jessica—we are so excited to see what you’ve been working on!

#irttheater #nyctheater #3bresidency

[IRT Theater @IRTTheater]

Here are a couple impressions from IRT’s Westside Experiment participants!

Thanks to NEA, DCA, NYSCA, and ART NY participation is FREE for all who apply!

Fully accessible and FREE for Deaf  and Hard-of-Hearing students.
For more information go to:

https://t.co/27OtQSTHGl

[IRT Theater @IRTTheater]

IN RESIDENCE:July ‘22-June ‘23–Two solo pieces encounter one another in this collaboration between Malik Paris (he/him) @malikc.parisii & Jessica Ranville (she/they) @jessicaranville Themes of family history, belonging, generational trauma & language deprivation. In ASL/English

[IRT Theater @IRTTheater]

IN RESIDENCE: June 7 – 11, 2023
Meat Expectations is a Deaf musical in development by New York Deaf Theatre that is being created using American Sign Language first rather than written English. Music is then composed in response to the signing movement and rhythms.
#irttheater

[IRT Theater @IRTTheater]

IRT Theater In Collaboration With 
Brooklyn Collaborative Studies | P.S. 347 The ASL & English Lower School & Broadway Books First Class

For full video and full credentials please visit:

https://t.co/YfIuKRPC7u

[IRT Theater @IRTTheater]

In Development: This is a heartwarming and empowering story that sheds light on the contributions of deaf people to the war effort and the challenges they faced during that World War 2.
More on this incredible piece soon!

[IRT Theater @IRTTheater]

This week at IRT we have @malikc.parisii & @danielirizarry1 with translator Emily Hart cooking up some inspiration for Malik’s new project!

#theater #theaternyc #irttheater #newwork #development

[IRT Theater @IRTTheater]

BIG NEWS! Thanks to NEA, DCA, NYSCA, & ART NY “A Westside Experiment” is now FREE for all those who would like to join!
For more information & to apply head to:

https://t.co/27OtQSTHGl

Fully accessible for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing students
#theaternyc #youngartists #irttheater

[IRT Theater @IRTTheater]

This week New Ohio Archive Residency director Nana Dakin @nanawhirl & @jeremy_tiang are workshopping "Big Zoo," written by Taiwanese playwright Wei Yu-Chia!

#theaternyc #workshop #residency

[IRT Theater @IRTTheater]

This May at IRT!
Being Chaka is a coming-of-age story in which souls from two worlds struggle for self and group transcendence as they take the painful and possible redemptive journey through relationships and systems steeped in racism.

Photos by: Kevin Condon @weirdhours

[IRT Theater @IRTTheater]

Starting up this next week for the New Ohio/IRT Archive Residency:

“Being Chaka”
Written by Tara Amber, Chuk Obasi, & Nalini Sharma
Directed by Vieve Radha Price, & Chuk Obasi

Showing May 6th—27th!

Get your tickets here:

https://t.co/DYgX43zZol

#irttheater #newohiotheater

[IRT Theater @IRTTheater]

It’s Throwback Thursday!
Let’s Celebrate our latest artist in IRT’s 3B Development Series residency @charlotteinc and their reading of “The War Letters”
“The War Letters is the story of my grandparents and a life-affirming, whimsical exploration into the soul of love.

[IRT Theater @IRTTheater]

“A Westside Experiment: Young Actors Laboratory” is now open for sign up and applications!🎉

For more information & to apply head to:

https://t.co/27OtQSTHGl

Fully accessible and FREE for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing students.

[IRT Theater @IRTTheater]

Final show is today at 2:00. Come and check it out. https://t.co/ZnwXOo2Iio https://t.co/eAwJrtkpMl

[IRT Theater @IRTTheater]

I just uploaded “IRT Westside Experiment-Behind The Scenes” to #Vimeo: https://t.co/8Az3tZ2Lzf

[IRT Theater @IRTTheater]

Closing Weekend- https://t.co/OQjAEy799r

[IRT Theater @IRTTheater]

Get your tickets today!9/29-10/9 Burning House presents CHERRY JAM, a play on Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard. https://t.co/OQjAEy6BjT https://t.co/KNm5E8dclY

[IRT Theater @IRTTheater]

Just posted a photo https://t.co/C8TuDaBuxa

[IRT Theater @IRTTheater]

Opens Tonight!!! https://t.co/z1EJSU8q2o https://t.co/ZnxXf3wiPV