This year, the festival is mounted with the theme “We will not be silenced, speak up for democracy.” The subject will be addressed in some of the playlets and acts written for the festival.

Theater for the New City has currently scheduled over 200 performing arts organizations, independent artists, poets, puppeteers and film makers for its 30th annual Lower East Side Festival of the Arts.

Indoor performances will take stage from 6:00 PM to midnight each day, utilizing two of TNC’s four theaters. From 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM Saturday, vendors and food sellers, including booths from nearby restaurants, will set up in the closed-off block of East Tenth Street between First and Second Avenues.

Schedule:

FRIDAY EVENING IN THE JOHNSON – MAY 23:

6:00 PM – COBU
6:22 PM – The Anthropologists
6:34 PM – Richard Ploetz
6:46 PM – CONSTELLATION MOVING COMPANY
6:58 PM – Thunderbird American Indian Dancers
7:10 PM – PENNY ARCADE
7:22 PM – Glitter Kitty
7:34 PM – Rita Constanzi (harp)
7:46 PM – Rod Rodgers Dance Company
8:10 PM – Lissa Moira
8:22 PM – The Shine Challenge
8:34 PM – Julieta Valero
8:46 PM – Scammed Into Love
8:58 PM – KT Sullivan
9:10 PM – Anne Lucas
9:22 PM – Mister Pablo
9:34 PM – Inma Heredia
9:46 PM – Jose Francisco Ruiz
9:58 PM – Sylvain Leroux (Flutist)
10:10 PM – Austin Pendleton
10:22 PM – Boxcutter Collective
10:34 PM – Louisa Bradshaw
10:46 PM – Ejyp Johnson
10:58 PM – Hollie Harper
11:10 PM – Drilling Company
11:22 PM – Gravity
11:34 PM – Bryce Payne
11:46 PM – Rocco George
11:58 PM – Terry Lee King w/ Billy Little

FRIDAY EVENING IN THE CABARET – MAY 23:

6:30 PM – STAR ‘69
6:52 PM – Dada NY
7:04 PM – Catalina Beltran
7:16 PM – Yenny Sanchez
7:28 PM – Miguel Loyola
7:40 PM – Devorah Shubowitz
7:52 PM – Viktoriya Papayani
8:04 PM – Stan Baker
8:16 PM – Textile Theater Collective
8:28 PM – Clara (Ego Actus)
8:40 PM – David Jacobsen
8:52 PM – Anita Daswani
9:04 PM – Broken Chains
9:16 PM – Michael A. Green
9:28 PM – Evan Laurence
9:40 PM – Rew Starr
9:52 PM – Ed Malin
10:04 PM – William Electric Black
10:16 PM – Wendy Stuart
10:28 PM – Elisa Blynn
10:40 PM – Christine Stoddard
10:52 PM – Thomas Baker
11:04 PM – Ellen Speir

Admission is free but donations will be gratefully accepted.