La MaMa is anything but retiring in its 65th year, an anniversary that will be celebrated with a free block party on East Fourth Street the afternoon of October 18th. The season promises: .A revival of Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge starring Sam Rockwell, Marin Ireland and Alfred Molina; an oratorio about the Epstein files, co-starring Kathleen Chalfant; the story of “Dog Day Afternoon” from the trans woman’s point of view; 18th century South Korean paintings come alive as a performance pierce; a Palestinian dance-theater troupe — and some sixty other shows.
The Miler revival is a first, exploring a new “collaborative model.”. Much of the rest of the 2026-2027 is far less familiar to New York theatergoers — which has been the point from the get-go of La MaMa Experimental Theater Club.
Below are photos and links to ten promising shows or programs in the new season at La MaMa – including the return of the La Mama Puppet Festival and a celebration of 50 years of Spiderwoman Theater with a global indigenous festival.
Tawasol
September 5
El-Funoun Palestinian Dance Troupe, which asks the audience to share stories, and dance with them.
Maedeup: Weaving Shin Yun-bok
September 24-27
Inspired by the visual world of Shin Yun-bo, an 18th-century Korean painter renowned for his portrayals of women and everyday life, the work unfolds without spoken text.
Epstein Oratorio, or a Modern Hymn to Demeter
October 1 – 4
Kathleen Chalfant co-stars in this mix of modern and mythic worlds with a male chorus that speaks in language that has been lifted directly from the Epstein files and the news.
Queer New York Festival
October 1 – 11
Performances, exhibitions and talks that explore sex work, migration, Indigenous rights, political prosecution, and the new conservatism. The programming includes “All My Bodies,” in which Argentine Maiamar Abrodos walks us through her story as a trans woman in a country and time when laws were different and prejudice was heavier.
Doll Day Afternoon
October 15 – 25
Elizabeth Eden, the real-life trans woman who was at the center of the story that became “Dog Day Afternoon,” wrote a memoir. Dmitri Barcomi dramatizes it to tell the story from her perspective.
Unconditional, a musical memoir
October 15 – 25
Writer-performer Margot Rose offers a story in song of one dysfunctional fantastic family that learns how to go on living, from a miraculous ultrasound to an impossible critical care unit
Untold Wajda: Blokowisko (The Estate)
October 22 – 24
Blanka Barbara Stahl creates a dance-theatre spectacle reviving Andrzej Wajda’s lost film about an actor who shares a magical single day with a woman, only to find himself unable to navigate the labyrinth of anonymous housing blocks to find her again the next morning
Spiderwoman Theater | Celebrating 50 years
October 30 – November 7
A Global Indigenous Theatre Festival featuring performances from Canada, New Zealand and Australia as well as the United States. and community events.
La MaMa Puppet Festival 2026
November 11-December 6
Ten separate programs, including “The Undercity,” a rat puppet pageant about overthrowing a crumbling empire on the verge of ecological collapse.
To The Playground
December 4 – 20
Playwright Andy Bragen delivers an ode to playgrounds and playground parents.
