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SISSY
Opening Date: Apr 24, 2025
Closing Date: Apr 26, 2025
Running Time: 01:10
Playing @
Baryshnikov Arts
450 West 37th Street , New York City, NY 10018
SISSY is a modern-day reimagining of Sisyphus, expressed through dance and explored from a female perspective, taking place between the worlds of a theater and a miles-long rock quarry. But this isn’t just any woman, and this isn’t just any rock—it is a rock by day, the moon by night and a disco ball for special occasions. And each day, Sissy must push it up the giant quarry which becomes deeper and more vast every time we extract more of the earth away. Not to mention, she’s pregnant. As Sissy’s belly grows, so does the story, and the dance weaves the imaginary world of SISSY into the real-life world of the theaters’ performers and its director, a new mother grappling with caring for her ill father and her baby boy. This piece beautifully and creatively explores the Sisyphean tasks and challenges of motherhood, being an artist, a performer, a daughter—and how our approach to them is the only thing within our control. With overlapping worlds where the imaginary and the real struggle for attention, SISSY—part dance, part theater and part personal essay—is a beautiful beast of its own making and expression.
Show Notes: No intermission
Performance Schedule
THURSDAY & FRIDAY @ 7 PM
SATURDAY @ 3 PM & 7 PM
Cast
- Lucas Hedges
- Ida Saki
- Marisa Tomei
- Zoë Winters
Written By
- Celia Rowlson-Hall
Director
- Celia Rowlson-Hall
Choreography
- Celia Rowlson-Hall
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Full-price tickets:
$54.00 - $154.00
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Accessibility
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Box Office
For questions or requests related to accessibility, including assistance with purchasing tickets, please call the box office at (646) 731-3226 or email boxoffice@baryshnikovarts.org. -
Curb Ramps
There is a step up from the street to the curb. -
Restroom
Accessible restrooms are available on Floors 3, 4 and 6. -
Entrance
Street level entrance, reception personnel are staffed in the lobby to assist with questions upon entrance. -
Elevator/Escalator
All studios reachable by elevator. -
Parking
Enterprise Parking (453 West 37th Street), Icon Parking (404 West 37th Street) -
Telephone
None on premises -
Wheelchair Info
Wheelchair accessible -
Seating
Accessible seats are available for each performance and can be purchased directly on our website. Jerome Robbins Theater: Seats located in row A of the Orchestra do not require the use of stairs. Seats located in the Balcony require use of stairs. Audience members sit in padded, connected seats. | Howard Gilman Performance Space: Seats do not require use of stairs. Audience members sit in freestanding, padded seats.
