Upcoming Performances
LIVE.
IN THE ROOM.
WITH YOU.
Original theatre created in communities across the world — now coming to a stage near you. These are stories that travelled a long way to reach you.
Come for the story. Stay for the world it opens. ↓
The Rainbow of San Luis
A DAT Original Production
Summerhall · Edinburgh, UK
Doors at 6:00 PM
An original DAT production born in the Ecuadorian Amazon — performed live at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Puppetry, music, and community storytelling cross borders and languages.
Joint Community Showcase
Zemplínska Teplica Ensemble + Luník IX Collective
TBD · Slovakia
Afternoon
A special daytime community showcase featuring the Zemplínska Teplica Ensemble and the Luník IX Collective in an afternoon of performance, storytelling, and celebration.
A Girl Without Wings
DAT × Malayerba Teatro Co-production
Teatro Malayerba · Quito, Ecuador
Doors at 7:30 PM
In Spanish & Kichwa. DAT and Malayerba Teatro revive the company's most celebrated love story — a solitary condor and the wingless shepherdess who stole his heart.
What to Expect
Theatre Made in the World
Born in community
Every DAT production is devised on location — in the places and with the people whose stories it tells. You're seeing something built across continents.
Live music & physical theatre
No passive watching. DAT performances are immersive, musical, and physical — built from the ground up by ensemble artists.
Post-show conversations
Most performances include a post-show Q&A or community conversation. The performance is just the beginning.
Archive
Past Performances
Voices from Zimbabwe
Load of Fun (Baltimore), Bricolage Production Co. (Pittsburgh), and more · Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New York,
Flight 360
IATI Theatre & Red Room Theater · NYC,
Backpack Musical
IATI Theatre & Richmond Shepard Theatre · NYC,
Flight of the Condors
IATI Theatre & Richmond Shepard Theatre · NYC,
Hotel Millionaire
IATI Theatre & Richmond Shepard Theatre · NYC,
Miente de Niño
IATI Theatre & Richmond Shepard Theatre · NYC,
Piranhas
IATI Theatre & Richmond Shepard Theatre · NYC,
Preaching Oil
IATI Theatre & Richmond Shepard Theatre · NYC,
Set in Clay
IATI Theatre & Richmond Shepard Theatre · NYC,
To the Universe
IATI Theatre & Richmond Shepard Theatre · NYC,
Wet Paint
IATI Theatre & Richmond Shepard Theatre · NYC,
A Girl Without Wings -- Staged Reading (Kennedy Center)
· Washington, DC,
Enchanted Islands
Gene Frankel Theatre · NYC,
Esmeraldas Dumbshow
Gene Frankel Theatre · NYC,
Esperanza
Gene Frankel Theatre · NYC,
A Girl without Wings -- Staged Reading (5 Year Anniversary Party)
· Hells Kitchen, NYC,
A Girl without Wings -- Workshop Production
· NYC,
Travelogue Season One
· Jimmys No. 43, East Village, NYC,
A Girl Without Wings
· NYC,
The Cleaver and the Wall: An Almost Fairytale
Abingdon Theatre · NYC,
Ako David
Abingdon Theatre · NYC,
Flakes
Abingdon Theatre · NYC,
Travelogue Season Two
· Jimmys No. 43, East Village, NYC,
The Rebel Bird -- Workshop Production
· Nitra, Slovakia,
Stop. Stay. Leave.
· NYC,
Porajmos: The Devouring
· NYC,
The Town at the Edge of the Sunflower Field
· NYC,
Little Light
· NYC,
Tembo!
· NYC,
Travelogues
· NYC,
Ubinadamu
· NYC,
Nisikilize
· NYC,
Miracles are Soft in the Jungle
· NYC,
Whispers of Floreana
· NYC,
Blackfish -- Workshop Production
· Towson, MD,
The Rainbow of San Luis
Plaza Civica · Gualaquiza, Ecuador,
Quito Collective Community Showcase
Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana · Quito, Ecuador