2011-2012 Performance Season
El Circo de la Inmigración
The Immigration Circus
November 10, 11, 19, 2011

An original theatrical brainstorming event about deportation in our communities.

created & performed by The Uptown Action Theatre Troupe
facilitated by Katy Rubin & Mino Lora

*Dates and locations subject to change.  Check back for updates or sign up for our emails. 

Our biggest season yet offers a wonderful combination of original plays created and performed by community members and performances by professional theatre artists. All of our performances are designed to raise awareness of local issues affecting Washington Heights and Inwood and advocate for real change in our communities. We hope you will join the ongoing dialogue. Admission to all performances is Pay-What-You-Can.

Occupy Your Life!
December 14, 2011 at 6pm

Wintergarden Plaza
Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital
3959 Broadway (165th Street and Broadway)

An original presentation about living a healthy life in Washington Heights and Inwood

created and performed by participants of the Live Your Life children’s program
facilitated by Tara Mooney
Manifesto Supernatural
March 29 & 31, 2012

An original protest play about young changemakers in history and today.

created & performed by participants of the Voices: Our Young People Speak program
facilitated by Paula Gilovich

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INSPIRED BY...
a festival of new plays out of Washington Heights

written by members of our Resident Playwrights Unit
facilitated by Carlos J. Serrano

As part of the Uptown Arts Stroll, this festival presents 4 world premiere staged readings inspired by Washington Heights. 

June 21-24, 2012 at the Morris-Jumel Mansion

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Shakespeare at the Palace!

200 students from Harbor Heights Middle School and Gregorio Luperon High School have been working throughout the school year with teaching artists from People's Theatre Project to bring to life the characters, stories and themes of William Shakespeare's plays. This celebratory evening highlights student presentations from Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.

June 13, 2012 at 7pm at The United Palace Theatre

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UP Theater Company in association with 
People’s Theatre Project presents
 
The Chalkboard Trilogy
by Nancy Nevarez
directed by Mino Lora
October 28 - November 13, 2011

The Chalkboard Trilogy follows three teachers across three provocative landscapes as they struggle with their students and their environments to pass on the gift of literacy.
Bountiful
written and performed by Will MacAdams

September 20, 2011 at 12:30pm
October 4, 2011 at 12:30pm


a brief play inspired by the stories of farmers and farm workers of New York’s Black Dirt Region
Earlier in the season...
Scenes from “The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde
December 21, 2011 at 2pm

Isabella Geriatric Center
520 Audubon Avenue

performed by participants of our Acting Shakespeare class at Isabella Geriatric Center
facilitated by Andrew Clateman
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People’s Theatre Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, community-based organization which uses theatre to raise the awareness of urgent issues impacting Washington Heights and Inwood and advocates for social justice by empowering local residents of all ages to become artists and activists in their own lives and their community.