News: HERE Arts Center to Partner with Under the Radar and Mayor Mamdani for Free Ticketing Initiative

 

HERE Arts Center (Co-Directors Jesse Cameron Alick, Annalisa Dias, Lanxing Fu, and Lauren Miller) will partner with Under the Radar and Mayor Zohran Mandani as part of Under The Radar For All, a new ticketing initiative which will provide the opportunity for 1,500 New Yorkers to see select UTR performances at no charge, including the World Premiere of Dream Feed by The HawtPlates on January 14th, 15th and 16th at 8:30pm at HERE Arts Center (145 6th Ave, New York, NY 10013). Availability is limited. Sign up now at https://here.org/shows/dream-feed/ with the code UTRFREE to access free first come first serve tickets.

"HERE has always been committed to economic access to our programs, with 10 tickets available for $10 for every single performance across our two theaters all year long,” said HERE Co-Director’s Lauren Miller and Jesse Cameron Alick. “We are thrilled to take part in Mayor Mamdani's first initiative to ensure that access extends to the arts across the city through its innovative partnership with the Under the Radar Festival."

Under the Radar and Mayor Mamdani held a joint press conference in Brooklyn this morning to announce the new program. The event featured a special appearance by The HawtPlates who performed an excerpt from their UTR show, Dream Feed.

Dream Feed, a new electro-acoustic vocal work created by two-time Grammy Award winning theatrical family band The HawtPlates, will run in the Mainstage Theater at HERE Arts Center (145 6th Ave, New York, NY 10013), January 9-25, 2026, as part of Under the Radar.

Dream Feed asks: Can we remember our own dreams? Can we share the dreams we have in common? Can we awaken ourselves to the origin of our aspirations? In this shared dream sequence and live concept album, The HawtPlates metabolize the surreal allure of the active mind within a slumbering body through trip-like lullabies and bold reveries.

Performances will take place on:

Friday, January 9 at 8:30pm (Preview)
Saturday, January 10 at 4pm (Preview)
Sunday, January 11 at 4pm (Preview)
Tuesday, January 13 at 8:30pm (Opening Night)
Wednesday, January 14 at 8:30pm
Thursday, January 15 at 8:30pm
Friday, January 16 at 8:30pm
Saturday, January 17 at 4pm
Saturday, January 17 at 8:30pm
Sunday, January 18 at 4pm
Tuesday, January 20 at 8:30pm
Wednesday, January 21 at 8:30pm
Thursday, January 22 at 8:30pm
Friday, January 23 at 8:30pm
Saturday, January 24 at 4pm
Saturday, January 24 at 8:30pm
Sunday, January 25 at 4pm (Special benefit performance, with post show reception celebrating HERE’s commitment to new work, with a sneak peak of Justin Hicks' new album, Man of Style)

UPDATE [15 Jan. 2026]: Additional performances have been added and will take place on:

Tuesday, January 27 at 8:30pm
Wednesday, January 28 at 8:30pm
Thursday, January 29 at 8:30pm
Friday, January 30 at 8:30pm
Saturday, January 31 at 4pm
Saturday, January 31 at 8:30pm
Sunday, February 1 at 4pm

Tickets are available for advance purchase at https://here.org/shows/dream-feed/. The performance will run approximately 75 minutes, with no intermission.

The HawtPlates are a Grammy Award-winning singing group that creates live vocal performances by breaking down vernacular musical forms and reconstituting them through improvisation and composition. Their works - or “sonic one-pots”- honor their lineage and personal histories while outwardly reporting an ultimately human experience. The HawtPlates work with numerous organizations and artists across disciplines including Meshell Ndegeocello, Abigail DeVille, Kaneza Schaal, Hilton Als, Helga Davis, Steffani Jemison, Reggie "Regg Roc" Gray and The D.R.E.A.M. Ring, National Black Theater, Charlotte Brathwaite, The Public Theater, Performance Space New York, and The Park Avenue Armory among many others. The HawtPlates is composed of Drama Desk Award-nominated composer/performer Justin Hicks, his sister, singer/songwriter Jade Hicks, and his wife Tony-nominated actor/singer Kenita Miller-Hicks.

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