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Can You Hear the Pigeons

Opening Date: Feb 27, 2025
Closing Date: Mar 16, 2025
Running Time: 01:20
Can You Hear the Pigeons

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Playing @
Theater for the New City
155 First Ave, New York, NY 10003
What if right before we die our life doesn’t flash by our eyes? What if, instead, a terrifying story does. Can You Hear the Pigeons, a bold retelling of Lord of The Flies, is a new play written and directed by Emmy Award winning writer William Electric Black aka Ian Ellis James. The play is a story imagined by Ralph, from the original story, while Jack Merridew and his hunters set their habitat on fire to trap and kill him. Jack has already killed the smart, asthmatic boy called Piggy and the strange loner, Simon. Ralph, knowing that his fate is sealed, has nowhere else to go except inside his mind where Lord of The Flies conjures up a new, engrossing tale, Can You Hear the Pigeons.

In this daring, immersive production where the audience sits on stage, Ralph becomes Ralphie, as he imagines that he exists on another island where an array of other teenagers—Lorde, Jackson, Faye, Frances, Taylor, Gray Ford and Frankie now find themselves alone in the 13th Circle. War has erupted, and many young boys and girls have been sent away by their parents to find safety in the circles. Can You Hear the Pigeons is the all-consuming chaos within Ralph’s mind that tragically parallels his same fate.
Off-Off BroadwayPlay - Drama
Show Notes: No intermission

Performance Schedule

THURSDAY-SATURDAY @ 8 PM
SUNDAY @ 3 PM


Written By
  • William Electric Black

Director
  • William Electric Black

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Listed at

Never

Full-price tickets:

$23.00 - $23.00

Accessibility

  • Box Office

    Counter 43".
  • Parking

    SVI Permit.
  • Curb Ramps

    All corners.
  • Passenger Loading Zone

    Front.
  • Restroom

    Unisex: Lobby. Lightweight door 33". Stall 66" x 68". Commode 19". Grab bars.
  • Seating

    Four Theatres: Three on lobby-level (one seating 240, two seating 99 each), one in basement (seats 65). No fixed seating in any of the theaters.
  • Elevator/Escalator

    Elevator: For access to basement theater. Lift for one person using wheelchair and one ambulatory person. Operated with key by house manager.
  • Telephone

    Lobby. Coin slot 61". Cord 29".
  • Entrance

    Ground level. Double doors in series (each 36"). Easy to operate with adequate maneuvering space.
  • Visual Assistance

    None.
  • Water Fountain

    None.
  • Assisted Listening System

    None.
  • Wheelchair Info

    No fixed seating in any of the theaters.

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