Monday, November 17, 2025
THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS: A New Musical
Adaptation, Music, and Lyrics by Ethan Lipton
Based Upon the Play The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder
Choreography by Sunny Min-Sook Hitt
Directe…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:32PMThursday, November 13, 2025
DID YOU EAT? (밥 먹었니?)
Written and Performed by Zoë Kim
Directed by Chris Yejin
Choreographed by Iris McCloughan
Ma-Yi Theater Company in Residence
DID YOU EAT? (밥 먹었니?) is…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:42PMMonday, November 10, 2025
REJOICE! 🌟 Congratulations to the incredible company of OH HAPPY DAY on taking their final bows tonight at The Public!!! Join us in wishing them a happy trails! 🎉 💜 💐 ✨
A huge…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:54PMDon’t miss the FINAL PERFORMANCES of Zoë Kim’s DID YOU EAT? (밥 먹었니?)!
A reckoning—weaving through the textured threads of Korean/American identity, belonging, and healing. �…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:54PMThursday, November 6, 2025
NEW YORK PREMIERE
OH HAPPY DAY!
By Jordan E. Cooper
Original Songs by Donald Lawrence
Directed by Stevie Walker-Webb
Presented in Association with Baltimore Center Stage
An impending flo…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:12PMMonday, November 3, 2025
OH HAPPY DAY!
By Jordan E. Cooper
Original Songs by Donald Lawrence
Directed by Stevie Walker-Webb
Presented in Association with Baltimore Center Stage
An impending flood is the least of…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:12PMThursday, October 30, 2025
“There were stars everywhere, the last Summer we saw each other.” — Riley, Chapter 2: We Dance, INITIATIVE
On the edge of the universe, between childhood and what comes next, INITIATI…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:54PMFriday, October 24, 2025
DID YOU EAT? (밥 먹었니?) is Zoë Kim’s autobiographical journey through love’s many forms—how it’s learned, given, and reflected inward.
In nimble and tender solo performance, …
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:02PMThursday, October 23, 2025
Else Went's INITIATIVE follows the intertwined, early 2000s, lives of seven teens in California as they come of age through love, loss, and D&D campaigns.
Don't miss this epic and bitterswe…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:36PMWednesday, October 22, 2025
John Leguizamo is Nelson Castro, a Colombian-American laundromat owner in Queens grappling with a failing business and buried secrets. Will he emerge victorious, or will his past consume eve…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:24PMTuesday, October 21, 2025
The world might be ending in Ethan Lipton’s THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS, but in rehearsal Ruthie Ann Miles, Micaela Diamond, and Amina Faye are singing through it anyway. Because what else can y…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:02PMPlaywright Else Went, alumnus of The Public’s acclaimed Emerging Writers Group, brings her transformative new play INITIATIVE to The Public this fall. A bittersweet reflection on adolescen…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:02PMTuesday, October 14, 2025
THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS: a new musical about holding it together while everything falls apart.
Directed by Leigh Silverman with choreography by Sunny Min-sook Hitt, this world premiere runs O…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:18PMFriday, October 10, 2025
Step into the making of The Seat of Our Pants, a world premiere musical at The Public Theater about everything falling apart. And also being fine. Totally fine. No problems at all. Thank you…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:02PMWednesday, October 8, 2025
Step inside the rehearsal process for OH HAPPY DAY! as Grammy-winner Donald Lawrence works with The Divines on “Oh Happy Day.”
Get a glimpse into Lawrence’s process as he shapes harmo…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:18PMThursday, September 25, 2025
John Leguizamo’s THE OTHER AMERICANS has been extended again at The Public — now playing through October 26!
This fiery new play blends Leguizamo’s trademark humor with a powerful exp…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:12PMWednesday, September 24, 2025
THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS is a wild ride but with Ruthie and Micaela at your side, you’re all set for survival! They definitely know what’s coming next… and they’ve got a song for it!
D…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:54PMThursday, September 11, 2025
Step inside the rehearsal room for OH HAPPY DAY!, a wild, gospel-soaked new play by Tony Award nominee Jordan E. Cooper (Ain’t No Mo’). With brand-new songs from Grammy Award winner Dona…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:32PMTuesday, September 2, 2025
PERICLES: A PUBLIC WORKS CONCERT EXPERIENCE
Venue The Cathedral of St. John the Divine (1047 Amsterdam Ave)
Runtime Two hours, no intermission
By William Shakespeare
Music and Lyrics by T…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:24PMMonday, September 1, 2025
PERICLES: A PUBLIC WORKS CONCERT EXPERIENCE
September 01, 2025 - September 02, 2025
Venue The Cathedral of St. John the Divine (1047 Amsterdam Ave)
Runtime Two hours, no intermission
By Wil…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:02PMSunday, August 31, 2025
PERICLES: A PUBLIC WORKS CONCERT EXPERIENCE!!! 🎶 🌟
Only 2 more chances to experience the magic of 100+ New Yorkers coming together to light up the awe-inspiring Cathedral of St. John …
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:36PMPERICLES: A PUBLIC WORKS CONCERT EXPERIENCE
September 01, 2025 - September 02, 2025
Venue The Cathedral of St. John the Divine (1047 Amsterdam Ave)
Runtime Two hours, no intermission
By Wil…
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:36PMTuesday, August 12, 2025
DAY ONE BACK AT THE DELACORTE WAS 12 HOURS OF PURE JOY!
From the first person in line to the final bows, New York YOU showed up for the return of Free Shakespeare in the Park!!
For 12 hour…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:48PMThursday, August 7, 2025
The official mascot of Free Shakespeare in the Park is here, and we couldn’t be more excited!
Come down to The Delacorte Theater, meet Romeo, and celebrate the return of Free Shakespeare …
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:06PMFriday, July 25, 2025
Step inside the rehearsal room for TWELFTH NIGHT—the inaugural production at the newly revitalized Delacorte Theater in Central Park.
Directed by two-time Tony Award nominee Saheem Ali, …
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:36PMMonday, July 21, 2025
Free Shakespeare in the Park returns August 7, 2025 with TWELFTH NIGHT, the inaugural production at the revitalized Delacorte Theater in Central Park. Directed by Tony Award nominee Saheem A…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:18PMFriday, July 18, 2025
This summer, you are the actor, and the city is your stage.
From your morning commute to a pickup game in the park, Shakespeare for the City celebrates how free theater can be found in ever…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:12PMSaturday, June 21, 2025
NOW ON TOUR: Mobile Unit’s FREE NYC tour of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, hitting all 5 boroughs, now through June 29!
Come and enjoy a fresh adaptation on Shakespeare’s classic romantic com…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:02PMMonday, June 16, 2025
NOW ON TOUR: Mobile Unit’s FREE NYC tour of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, hitting all 5 boroughs, now through June 29!
Come and enjoy a fresh adaptation on Shakespeare’s classic romantic com…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:12PMSunday, June 15, 2025
GODDESS: A New Musical
New York Premiere
Music and Lyrics by Michael Thurber
Book by Saheem Ali
Additional Book Material by James Ijames
Choreography by Darrell Grand Moultrie
Directed…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:48PMSaturday, June 14, 2025
GODDESS
Music and Lyrics by Michael Thurber
Book by Saheem Ali
Additional Book Material by James Ijames
Choreography by Darrell Grand Moultrie
Directed by Saheem Ali
GODDESS comes to T…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:06AM 
