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!

PRELUDE 2026
Wed, Oct 07
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
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PRELUDE 2026: Devotion (The American Negro) | Music and Masturbation
Wed, Oct 07
80 Wythe Ave
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PRELUDE 2026: the [home] project
Wed, Oct 07
Private Home - Upper West Side NYC
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PRELUDE 2026: Blasted
Wed, Oct 07
80 Wythe Ave [Room TBA]
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PRELUDE 2026: DeliaDelia! The Flat Chested Witch | Work in Progress | 5 Dancer Medley
Thu, Oct 08
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
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PRELUDE 2026: Working the Elements: Site-Responsive Performance
Thu, Oct 08
Elebash Recital Hall, The Graduate Cente
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PRELUDE 2026: The [home] project 2
Thu, Oct 08
Brooklyn, New York
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PRELUDE 2026: Buong Buo Binago! | Bacchanalia
Thu, Oct 08
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
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PRELUDE 2026: I Prefer to Die in This Moment | a small gift | Thoughts on Practice
Fri, Oct 09
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
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PRELUDE 2026: An Independent Producers Roundtable
Fri, Oct 09
Elebash Recital Hall, The Graduate Cente
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PRELUDE 2026: Centerpiece
Fri, Oct 09
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
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PRELUDE 2026: Alex Tatarsky
Fri, Oct 09
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
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PRELUDE 2026: Manhunter
Sat, Oct 10
Coffey Street Studio
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PRELUDE 2026: Protection | FUGUE: An Unauthorized Dramatized Eight-Episode Netf | MudMothers: Memory in and of the Wake
Sat, Oct 10
Coffey Street Studio
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PRELUDE 2026: Franky Awards Ceremony
Sat, Oct 10
Coffey Street Studio
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Book Celebration: The Diaries of Judith Malina with NOW! Judith Malina and the Living Theatre
Thu, Oct 22
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
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Book Celebration: The Theatre of Drawing
Mon, Nov 02
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
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The Robert Wilson Yearbook -- Launch
Thu, Nov 05
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
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Past Events

You can view an archive of our past events below

Fri, Jun 05
Screenings: 'Robert Wilson on Screen' at Anthology Film Archives (Day 7)
Anthology Film Archives
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Jun 05, 2026, 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003, USA
Join us at the Anthology Film Archives to discover fragments of the multiverse of Robert Wilson (1941-2025) with screenings of documentaries, productions, videos, and rehearsals.
Thu, Jun 04
Screenings: 'Robert Wilson on Screen' at Anthology Film Archives (Day 6)
Anthology Film Archives
Details
Jun 04, 2026, 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003, USA
Join us at the Anthology Film Archives to discover fragments of the multiverse of Robert Wilson (1941-2025) with screenings of documentaries, productions, videos, and rehearsals.
Wed, Jun 03
Screenings: 'Robert Wilson on Screen' at Anthology Film Archives (Day 5)
Anthology Film Archives
Details
Jun 03, 2026, 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003, USA
Join us at the Anthology Film Archives to discover fragments of the multiverse of Robert Wilson (1941-2025) with screenings of documentaries, productions, videos, and rehearsals.
Tue, Jun 02
Screenings: 'Robert Wilson on Screen' at Anthology Film Archives (Day 4)
Anthology Film Archives
Details
Jun 02, 2026, 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003, USA
Join the Segal Center to discover fragments of the multiverse of Robert Wilson (1941-2025) with screenings of documentaries, productions, videos, and rehearsals at Anthology Film Archives
Mon, Jun 01
Screenings: 'Robert Wilson on Screen' at Anthology Film Archives (Day 4)
Anthology Film Archives
Details
Jun 01, 2026, 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003, USA
Join us at Anthology Film Archives to discover fragments of the multiverse of Robert Wilson (1941-2025) with screenings of documentaries, productions, videos, and rehearsals.
Multiple Dates
Mon, Jun 01
10th International Segal Center Film Festival (Day 3)
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
Details
Jun 01, 2026, 5:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA
Sun, May 31
Screenings: 'Robert Wilson on Screen' at Anthology Film Archives (Day 3)
Anthology Film Archives
Details
May 31, 2026, 5:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003, USA
Join us at Anthology Film Archives to discover fragments of the multiverse of Robert Wilson (1941-2025) with screenings of documentaries, productions, videos, and rehearsals.
Sat, May 30
Screenings: 'Robert Wilson on Screen' at Anthology Film Archives (Day 2)
Anthology Film Archives
Details
May 30, 2026, 5:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003, USA
Join us at Anthology Film Archives to discover fragments of the multiverse of Robert Wilson (1941-2025) with screenings of documentaries, productions, videos, and rehearsals.
Fri, May 29
Screenings: 'Robert Wilson on Screen' at Anthology Film Archives (Day 1)
Anthology Film Archives
Details
May 29, 2026, 5:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003, USA
Join us at Anthology Film Archives to discover fragments of the multiverse of Robert Wilson (1941-2025) with screenings of documentaries, productions, videos, and rehearsals.
Mon, May 18
World Voices: MARIUS VON MAYENBURG (Germany)
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
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May 18, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA
Join us for an evening with one of Germany's most celebrated playwrights, Marius von Mayenburg.
Mon, May 18
World Voices: PENDA DIOUF (Senegal / France)
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
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May 18, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA
Join us for the reading of a work in progress of JULIUS by Penda Diouf, one France's most significant young playwrights.
Sat, May 16
World Voices: JEAN-LUC LAGARCE (1957-1995)
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
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May 16, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA
Join us for an evening celebrating the work of the late Jean-Luc Lagarce, one of France's most significant playwrights of the second half of the 20th century.
Mon, May 11
World Voices: LISA WENTZ (Austria)
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
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May 11, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA
Join us for an evening with one of Europe's most interesting emerging playwrights.
Mon, May 04
World Voices: VICKIE RAMIREZ, Tuscarora / CANADA / US
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
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May 04, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA
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
Details
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.

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