Celebration of New York

Seven site-responsive theatrical installations

Marilyn Monroe admiring James Thurber murals at Costello’s Restaurant, 1955
Photo by Ed Feingersh

The Celebration of New York ran from September 10 - October 3, 2021.

These audio and video plays are meant to be experienced in the public spaces for which they were written.

We encourage you to go to each location to experience the plays.

  1. Costello’s, or Drawing Attention to the Great Art Heist of 1994

    written and directed by Lindsey Hope Pearlman
    Overlook Bar (225 East 44th Street)

 

2. you, with grass and sky and trees

written by Dominic Finocchiaro, directed by Lillian Meredith
Fort Greene Park (S. Portland Avenue entrance)

 

3. This is a Relic

written by Ben Holbrook, directed by Caitlin Wells
Grand Army Plaza (Bailey Fountain)


Additional live performances:
Friday, September 10 @ 8pm
Saturday, September 18 @ 7:30pm
Sunday, September 19 @ 5pm

 

4. Show Me

created and directed by Dina Vovsi
Archestratus Books + Food (160 Huron Street)

5. And That is Enough…

written and directed by Jack Towhey Calk
Astoria Park (under Hell Gate Bridge)

6. Bliss

written and directed by Sean Mellott
Sunnyside (corner of Packard Street and 39th Avenue)

7. So Long, New York

written by Sanaz Ghajar, directed by Nicholas Polonio
Brooklyn Heights Promenade, City Hall, Gun Hill Road 5 Train Station,
Gantry Plaza State Park, Times Square, Morgan Avenue L Train Station

Sound Engineering by Matthew Deinhart
Graphic Design by Pablo Ortego

The Celebration of New York was made possible by a City Artist Corps Grant from the New York Foundation for the Arts & the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, with support from the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment as well as Queens Theatre.