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asses.masses

Opening Date: Oct 4, 2025
Closing Date: Oct 4, 2025
Running Time: 07:30
asses.masses

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Playing @
NYU Skirball
566 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY 10012
Part video game, part political satire, asses.masses is an interactive theater experience where the audience takes control—literally. Created by Patrick Blenkarn and Milton Lim, two of Canada’s most daring performance makers, this wild and witty production follows a herd of unemployed donkeys trying to get their jobs back. Will the donkeys succeed? The choice is yours. Blending live performance with contemporary and retro gaming aesthetics, this playful yet sharp examination of power, resistance and revolution unfolds over an unforgettable 8-hour communal adventure, complete with food and drink. asses.masses invites you to discover the space between the work that defines us and the play that frees us.

Participation and active spectatorship is a central part of asses.masses. We invite you to be part of our Herd in any way you can. Food will be served throughout the experience, offered during each intermission. Drinks will be available for purchase. Intermissions occur every two episodes, approximately every 90 minutes.
Off BroadwayPerformance ArtInteractive
Age Guidance: 14
Audience Advisory: asses.masses flashing lights, audience participation, violence, crude language, simulated donkey sex, simulated human sex and references to drug use, suicide and police brutality. We recommend it for audience members ages 14 and up. This is not a performance that is suitable for young audiences.

Performance Schedule

Saturday, October 4 @ 1 PM


Written By
  • Patrick Blenkarn
  • Milton Lim & Laurel Green

Director
  • Patrick Blenkarn & Milton Lim

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$32.00 - $32.00

Accessibility

  • Box Office

    Shagan Box Office in the lobby of NYU Skirball, 566 La Guardia Place (just south of Washington Square South).
    Hours: Tues - Sat, noon to 6pm and two hours before show times.
  • Seating

    860 seats.
  • Elevator/Escalator

    Elevator.
  • Assisted Listening System

    Infrared listening devices available for most performances. Please make a request to the house staff upon arrival.
  • Wheelchair Info

    Wheelchair seating available on all levels.

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