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WWTNS - At the Barricades Theatrical Reading
Friday, April 11, 20257PM

53 Washington Square South

Event description:

As the culmination of their residency at NYU's Espacio de Culturas, the Neighbors will share a staged reading of the final “At the Barricades” script. The piece, which has been in development since 2022, will gather its cast and creative team for a reading ahead of the full production in June at MITU580 in Brooklyn. The piece, a multilingual documentary theatre play about the international troops fighting in the Spanish Civil War, is written by WWTNS? Co-Artistic Directors James Clements and Sam Hood Adrain, helmed by director Federica Borlenghi and supported by script supervisor Skye Pallo Ross. The project, which has been recognised by the National Endowment for the Arts in the 2024 cycle, the New York State Council on the Arts, the Cultural Development Fund at DCLA and the Brooklyn Arts Council, was developed at Brooklyn Art Haus and through a residency at NYU's Espacio de Culturas. The reading will be followed by a reception at Espacio de Culturas.

What Will the Neighbors Say? is an investigative theatre company that provokes questions through untold stories. Founded by a collaborative cohort of international artists, the Neighbors present overlooked social, cultural and historical narratives that challenge the audience to reflect on the current moment. Through a combination of original plays, arts education workshops and dynamic community gatherings, the troupe encourages rowdy and rigorous debate at the theatre and throughout the Neighborhood.

Founded in 2016, the company has premiered 11 original plays in 6 cities in 4 countries on 2 continents, and co-presented a further 24 new works. Over the course of these projects, the Neighbors have created jobs for over 250 artists - 75% of them non cis-male identifying and 50% of them members of the global majority or immigrants.