The New Harmony Project
Goes to New York City
Join The New Harmony Project community for performances of three shows, all developed during NHP’s Annual Writers’ Residency! On October 3 and 4, we’ll celebrate these incredible writers and their contribution to the theatre and our evolving cultural landscape! To make ticket reservations for what promises to be an incredible weekend, click here.
torera, by monet Hurst-mendoza
October 3, 7pm
We’ll start our weekend at WP Theater, where the bullfighting ring comes to life! Playwright Monet Hurst-Mendoza was at the residency in 2025.
Elena María Ramírez was born to be a torera, but it’s a rare feat for a woman in México’s bullfighting scene. In order to enter the ring, she must defy society, her family, and legendary torero Don Rafael Cárdenas. Torera is a dynamic, epic family drama that swirls with the action, stakes, and intrigue of the bullfighting ring.
This much I know by Jonathan Spector
October 4, 2pm
On our second day in the Big Apple, we’ll take a trip to 59E59 to see Tony-Award winner and NHP alum Jonathan Spector’s play, developed in the 2021 residency. This production is produced by Theatre J.
A psychology professor's search for his missing wife launches us on a time-hopping fugue, weaving together the stories of Stalin's daughter defecting to America, the son of a white supremacist growing to doubt the beliefs he was raised with, and the secret despair of becoming an accidental killer.
Inspired by the book Thinking, Fast and Slow by Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman about the science of decision-making, Jonathan Spector (Tony Award-winning Eureka Day) takes us on an explosively theatrical interrogation of how we make decisions, how we change our minds, and how much responsibility we bear for the things we do not control.
Mexodus by Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson
October 4, 7pm
We’ll wrap up our whirlwind weekend with a performance at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre, to see Mexodus, written and performed by 2023 alums Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson.
You know the story of the Underground Railroad that ran North—but this show takes you on the path that ran South, revealing the untold journey of thousands who escaped slavery by crossing the Rio Grande into Mexico.
Called “thrilling” by The Washington Post and “genius in motion” by the San Francisco Chronicle, this groundbreaking theatrical experience follows a freedom seeker and an unlikely ally as they forge a remarkable bond that transcends borders.