# Event Details - **Event Name**: Re-Thinking Theater and Politics in a Time of Multiple Crises - **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 30 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Mon, 30 Mar, 2026 at 08:00 pm - **Event Description**: Can theater instigate awareness—or even action—in an era of overlapping crises?About this Event"The concept of political theater clings to me like a shirt,” Erwin Piscator once wrote. As a pioneer of political and epic theater, Piscator transformed the stages of Weimar Germany with bold, experimental productions that confronted the burning issues of his day and sought to mobilize audiences rather than merely entertain them. After fleeing Nazi Germany, Piscator carried this mission to the United States, where he founded the Dramatic Workshop at the New School for Social Research. When he returned to Germany in 1951, his theater turned toward the project of sustaining a new democratic culture in postwar West Germany.Sixty years later, after his death on March 30, 1966: what remains of his vision?What is the role of political theater today?Can art still change how we think and act in the world?Can theater instigate awareness—or even action—in an era of overlapping crises?Or has political theater lost its force in a time when politics itself is saturated with performance and spectacle?We invited recipients of the Erwin Piscator Award, playwrights Doug Wright and J.T. Rogers, stage director Bartlett Sher, and James Nicola, former artistic director of the New York Theater Workshop, to discuss these questions and beyond in a panel discussion moderated by Linda S. Chapman, Co-Director of the LGBTQ+ Artists Archive Project and Founding President of Youth Arts New York.Followed by a reception.Location: New School - 66 West 12th Street, New York, NY 10011, Auditorium A407 - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/new-york/re-thinking-theater-and-politics-in-a-time-of-multiple-crises/100001984325048637 - **Event Categories**: art, workshops, business, theatre, performances, entertainment, lgbt-pride - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: New York - **state**: NY - **country**: United States - **location**: The New School - **lat**: 40.7354925 - **long**: -73.9971361 - **full address**: The New School, 66 West 12th Street, New York, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Re-Thinking Theater and Politics in a Time of Multiple Crises - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/1a878c0e6ca7bec82bca17ccc594b30b9582e91c022e461bd76409114ffce174-rimg-w1200-h675-dc191614-gmir.png?v=1772724711 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Re-Thinking Theater and Politics in a Time of Multiple Crises being held? - **A:** Re-Thinking Theater and Politics in a Time of Multiple Crises takes place on Mon, 30 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Mon, 30 Mar, 2026 at 08:00 pm at The New School, 66 West 12th Street, New York, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Re-Thinking Theater and Politics in a Time of Multiple Crises? - **A:** Re-Thinking Theater and Politics in a Time of Multiple Crises is organized by 1014. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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