What's On

Year round, the Center presents a wide variety of FREE public programs which feature leading national and international artists, scholars, researchers, arts managers and other stakeholders. Sharings, discussions, readings and more, join our events in-person in New York or online via Howlround. Free entry and open to all, always!

Past Events

You can view an archive of our past events below

Thu, Apr 23
Book Celebration—CASSANDRA: A Dramatic Poem, by Lesya Ukrainka (1871 –1913) + 5:00 pm Talk by Seth Baumrin
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
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Apr 23, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA
Thu, Apr 23
Seth Baumrin: “The Kharkiv Dramaturgy - Fortitude and Democracy in Ukrainian Modern Theatre"
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
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Apr 23, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA
Mon, Apr 20
Buenos Aires in New York, with Romina Paula's SOMBRAS, of course (Argentina)
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
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Apr 20, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA
Join us for an evening celebrating New York's artistic exchange, Buenos Aires in Translation, with Romina Paula, one of Argentina’s most celebrated playwrights, directors and filmmakers.
Tue, Apr 07
VOICING INNOCENCE: Trauma, Memory, and Contemporary Opera in the Work of Kaija Saariaho
Skylight Room GC CUNY 9th Floor
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Apr 07, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Skylight Room GC CUNY 9th Floor, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA
A conversation with librettist and dramaturge Aleksi Barrière about the upcoming 2026 Metropolitan Opera US premiere of Innocence, the final opera by the late Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, Barrière's mother.
Mon, Apr 06
LANCE HORNE's Sing with us! MONDAYS IN THE CLUB FREE
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
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Apr 06, 2026, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA
A party around a piano. Curated chaos. A spontaneous cabaret. With Lance Horne behind the piano and a roster of co-hosts, surprise guests, and whoever’s in the audience that night, you never know what the evening could turn into. Anything can happen on a Monday!
Sun, Mar 29
THE PELICOT TRIAL – TRIBUTE TO GISÈLE PELICOT a scenic oratorio by Milo Rau & Servane Dècle
Judson Memorial Church
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Mar 29, 2026, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square S, New York, NY 10012, USA
Wed, Mar 25
Wed., March 25, 2:00 pm Live Segal TALK with Milo Rau & Servane Dècle, Richard Schechner a.o. about THE PELICOT TRIAL
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
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Mar 25, 2026, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA
Wed, Mar 25
Wed., March 25, 12:00 noon Live Segal Screening of Milo Rau Film THE NEW GOSPEL (2020)
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
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Mar 25, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:50 PM
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 365 5th Ave, at 34 Street, New York City
Thu, Mar 19
Book Celebration—Late Stage: Theatre, Aging, and the Legacy of Elinor Fuchs
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
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Mar 19, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA
6:30PM Live / In Person | FREE and OPEN to the public. Join us for an evening of conversation, performance, and remembrance celebrating the release of Late Stage: Theatrical Perspectives on Age and Aging, edited by Benjamin Gillespie and Cindy Rosenthal with the late Elinor Fuchs.
Mon, Mar 02
Book Celebration: Marc Robinson's American Performance in 1976
Martin E. Segal Theater Center, New York
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Mar 02, 2026, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM EST
Martin E. Segal Theater Center, New York, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA
Join us for an evening celebrating Marc Robinson's new book, American Performance in 1976, published by Cambridge University Press, 2025.
Thu, Dec 18
Yousef Sweid & Isabella Sedlak's River and Sea
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
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Dec 18, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EST
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA
Join us for an evening of live theatre with the Berlin Gorki Theater’s 60-minute performance Rivers and Seas, featuring Palestinian-Israeli actor Yousef Sweid, exploring life between different cultures and narratives.
Mon, Dec 15
Book Celebration for Artistic Collaborators Karen Malpede & Penny Arcade
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
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Dec 15, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EST
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA
Thu, Dec 04
Abhishek Majumdar (India) presents Behram Khan
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
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Dec 04, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EST
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA
A New Play in Development with an Indian and Pakistani cast
Mon, Nov 17
Nurit Chinn's: Internee Number 6
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
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Nov 17, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EST
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA
A play in progress based on Maria Eisenstein Diaries (Italy, 1944) about Jewish women imprisoned in Fascist internment camps in Italy.
Thu, Nov 13
Honoring Morgan Jennesse: My Dinner with Morgan at Remedy Diner #44
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
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Nov 13, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EST
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA
Mon, Nov 10
The Caribbean Theatre Project: Condé, Gonfier, Glissant
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
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Nov 10, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EST
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA
Thu, Oct 30
The 2025 Edwin Booth Award: Honoring Michael R. Jackson
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
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Oct 30, 2025, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA
Fri, Aug 29
Down to Earth Festival
Multiple Locations around NYC
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Aug 29, 2025, 12:00 PM – Sep 07, 2025, 9:20 PM
Multiple Locations around NYC
New York City’s First International Festival of Multidisciplinary Creation in Public Spaces

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