CREATURES:Prophets of Compassion
October 23 – November 2, 2025
a festival of art, science, & spirit

La MaMa ETC, 74A East 4th St. NY, NY 10003
& The Great Jones Repertory Theatre Company
A two-week inhabitation of installations, short works/performances, workshops, meals, vigils, processions, & conversations about liminal beings
as they manifest across cultures.

Creatures convenes artists, scientists, scholars, & theologians
from across the globe to consider non-human protagonists
as prophets of compassion in an era of great ecological precarity.
Tickets & Reservations @ LaMaMa.org
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Week I: Programs A – E
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Thursday 10/23: Program A
6:30pm – 9:30pm
Capitalist Bull…(John Maria Gutierrez)
Creatures/Terraria (Tom Lee)
Atalanta/Ellen(Matt Nasser)
BALLS…(CultureHub w/ Arthur Adair)
Opening Reception
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Friday 10/24: Program B
7:00pm – 9:30pm
Creatures/Terraria (Tom Lee)
SUMMON PLAY (lim mui)
SKY meets SEA (maura nguyen donohue)
Tho Dja & Benh (***)
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Satur(DAY) 10/25: Program C
2:00pm – 4:00pm
Arachne: A Heroine… (Kat Yew)
Pit Hoist (Juan Pablo Toro)
We Are So Happy You… (Kim Ima)
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Saturday 10/25 Conversations (Free w/ RSVP)
11:00am-12:00pm La MaMa Kids
11:30am-1:00pm Richi Wa Utat/R3 & Pre-historic Body Theater Discussion
4:30pm-6:00pm Cross Pollination Discussion
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Satur(EVE) 10/25: Program D
7:00pm – 9:00pm

SUMMON PLAY (lim mui)
SKY meets SEA(maura nguyen donohue)
Tho Dja & Benh (***)
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Sunday 10/26: Program E
2:00pm – 4:30pm
Arachne: A Heroine… (Kat Yew)
We Are So Happy You… (Kim Ima)
Pit Hoist (Juan Pablo Toro)
Atalanta/Ellen (Matt Nasser)
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Sunday 10/26 Conversations (Free w/ RSVP)
11:00am-1:00pm Creature Conserve Workshop
1:00pm-2:00pm Community Meal
4:30pm-6:00pm Creature Conserve Book Reading
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INSTALLATIONS
Experience during your visit in various locations within the bldg.
Catastrophic Retreat
by maura nguyen donohue
Creature Dispatch
by Yael Haskal
DAMN’d
by Arthur Adair
Fire/Flies
by maura nguyen donohue
Posthuman meditation number 0
by Tareke Ortiz
Staging a Protest & R for Rebel
(26.5 hrs durational performance)
by Zishan Ugurlu
The Bat, the Moose, & the Tamarack Tree
by Peter Case
Untitled
by Prisca Ouya
Where Did They Go
by Onni Johnson & Sara Galassini
Zombie vs. Ophelia
by Peter Case
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Week II: Programs F – K
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Monday 10/27 Conversations (Free w/ RSVP)
7:00pm-9:30pm The Skeleton’s Rep Play Reading Salon
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Wednesday 10/29: Program F
7:00pm – 9:30pm
Cause and Effect… (Loco 7)
Zombie vs. Bambi (Peter Case)
Gods Grandeur & Other … (Orchestra Mythologica)
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Thursday 10/30 Conversations (Free w/ RSVP)
5:00pm: STAGING A PROTEST: WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROTEST & R FOR REBEL
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Thursday 10/30: Program G
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Cause and Effect…(Loco 7)
Zombie vs. Bambi (Peter Case)
Four Play (Poogene O’Neill)
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Friday 10/31 Conversations (Free w/ RSVP)
5:00pm-6:30pm Unhappy Hour
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Friday 10/31: Program H
7:00pm – 9:00pm
In Your Head(Yael Haskal)
Four Play (Poogene O’Neill)
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Satur(DAY) 11/1: Program I
2:00pm – 4:00pm
Ohi’ a Lehua (Kiku Sakai)
Deer Dancer… (Kimberly Gleason)
Mother Nature, Songs of…(Sheree V. Campbell)
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Saturday 11/1 Conversations (Free w/ RSVP)
4:00pm-5:00pm Community Meal
4:30pm-6:30pm Stewards of Creation: Eco-Theology Panel
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Satur(EVE) 11/1: Program J
7:00pm – 9:30pm
Herd Grievance (Valois Mickens)
Los que viven (Erik Ehn)
Dancing with Fire(?)
Mother Nature, Songs of…(Sheree V. Campbell)
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Sunday 11/2 Free Events w/ RSVP
11:00am-1:00pm Storytellers Walking with Creation Discussion
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Sunday 11/2: Program K
2:00pm – 5:00pm
Ohi’ a Lehua (Kiku Sakai)
Herd Grievance (Valois Mickens)
Los que viven (Erik Ehn)
Closing Reception
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