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News of the Strange (Lab)

First Preview: Jun 4, 2019
Opening Date: Jun 6, 2019
Closing Date: Jun 23, 2019
Running Time: 01:15
News of the Strange (Lab)

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Playing @
The Doxsee - Target Margin Theater
232 52nd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11220
NEWS OF THE STRANGE LAB 
Lead Artists: Leyya Mona Tawil, The Million Underscores, and Moe Yousuf


JUNE 6 – 23
This year’s TMT Lab, News of the Strange, commissions new works by emerging artists exploring rarely seen stories from The One Thousand and One Nights and early Medieval Arab fantasies. 

All we could give | Lead Artist: Leyya Mona Tawil - June 6 - 9
A womyn-driven response to the resistance strategies and power manipulations of Scheherazade and the djinnia of the legendary Alf layla wa layla. 

1001SUR | Lead Artist: The Million Underscore - June 13 - 16
An exploration of transcultural fantasies, an inquiry into the origins of narrative, and an ode to Imagination. 

NEWS OF THE STRANGE
| Lead Artist: Moe Yousuf - June 20 - 23
A Medieval Arab fantasy suite in the western disco era cookout tradition.
RegionalPerformance ArtPlay - DramaRegional
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 15
Audience Advisory: No late seating

Performance Schedule

THURSDAY thru SATURDAY @ 8 PM
SATURDAY @ 4 PM
SUNDAY @ 5 PM


Written By
  • Leyya Mona Tawil
  • The Million Underscores
  • Moe Yousuf

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Accessibility

  • Seating

    Seating risers, Flexible seating
  • Telephone

    None on premises
  • Wheelchair Info

    Both lobby & front of house are wheel chair accessible

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