Thinking Theater NYC

Café Utopia featuring Julia Atwood, Al Piper, and Louis Reyes McWilliams Photo credit: John Keon Notch Theatre Company , which creates community-responsive cultural work to drive change around the pressing issues of our time, will host a series of community engagement and talkback events as part of their World Premiere of Café Utopia by Gwen Kingston ( New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice and Oprah Daily ’s 'Most Anticipated Books of 2024' for Did I Ever Tell You?: A Memoir ), directed by Ashley Olive Teague (Founder and Artistic Director of Notch Theatre Company), November 2-23 at the Hudson Guild Theatre (441 W 26th St, New York, NY 10001).  What is  Café Utopia all   about?  Café Utopia seems like the perfect place to work: flexible hours, great benefits, free juice! But when mysterious pamphlets begin to appear, and key equipment breaks down, the staff start to question whether the renowned health food chain is truly all it seems. Preparing for a visit fr...

Emily Sullivan in Loneliness Was a Pandemic . Photo credit: Danny Bristoll KOPCORP (Artistic Director Alex Kopnick, Co-Producer Kelsey Ballard) will host a series of talkback events alongside their World Premiere of Loneliness Was a Pandemic , a new science fiction drama by Olivia Haller which examines the loneliness epidemic in this country through the lens of AI (you can read our review here ). These post-show panel discussions aim to help audiences engage with the show in an enriching way and to bridge the gap between the show's narrative and the real-world implications of AI usage, especially in the arts. Saturday, November 9 at 3pm Guests for this post-show discussion include Dr. Cynthia Steinhardt, a postdoc research fellow at Columbia University, where she uses AI in her research of cochlear implants, Steve Klein, an Angel Investor, with an AI focus, Richard Rothenberg, the President of Global Algorithmic Institute, which utilizes AI for national policy and UN relief plannin...