Shares at La MaMa | 2026
Sun Oct 25
Boundary-pushing theatre collective
This event is in the past.It took place on March 1, 2026 at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club.
East Village, New York
✨"Magical, funny, heartbreaking, revolutionary, and delightful" (David Henry Hwang)
🎭Hakawati is traditional Arabic oral storytelling
⏰3 hours with intermission — settle in
Scheherazade spins tales to survive a thousand and one nights in this bold reimagining that weaves Arabic folklore with puppetry, poetry, and live music. It's theater as resistance: confronting colonialism while celebrating Indigenous resilience through the ancient art of Hakawati storytelling.
Experimental theater
Storytelling & puppetry
Social justice themes
Epic 3-hour runtime
East Village, New York
✨"Magical, funny, heartbreaking, revolutionary, and delightful" (David Henry Hwang)
🎭Hakawati is traditional Arabic oral storytelling
⏰3 hours with intermission — settle in
Scheherazade spins tales to survive a thousand and one nights in this bold reimagining that weaves Arabic folklore with puppetry, poetry, and live music. It's theater as resistance: confronting colonialism while celebrating Indigenous resilience through the ancient art of Hakawati storytelling.
Experimental theater
Storytelling & puppetry
Social justice themes
Epic 3-hour runtime
Matches these interests
- Experimental theater
- Storytelling & puppetry
- Social justice themes
- Epic 3-hour runtime
- La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
- East Village
- New York
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