Downtown_Stories

When: June 8–25, 2022
We the People (not the Bots) extended until June 30th
Where: Lower Manhattan

Experience your Lower Manhattan adventure with three theatrical Performances

Experience your Lower Manhattan adventure with three theatrical Performances

A little-known landmark, the smallest street in Manhattan, an historic graveyard…
These are just some of the places you will discover through Downtown Stories.
Downtown Stories is a series of three theatrical adventures that bring to life the secrets and stories of Lower Manhattan, both real and imagined. It’s art meets anthropological expedition as audiences traverse lower Manhattan to discover new or little-known facts about downtown that provide a fresh perspective on the places we pass by every day.

Come and see one, two or the three of them to discover what are the dreams behind the oldest streets of New York:

Wednesdays through Fridays:
12:30 pm – Uncovering Downtown
1:00 pm – We the People*
5:30 pm – Uncovering Downtown
6:00 pm – We the People*
8:00 pm – Sidewalk Echoes

Saturday:
12:30 pm – Uncovering Downtown
1:00 pm – We the People
5:30 pm – Uncovering Downtown
6:00 pm – We the People
8:00 pm – Sidewalk Echoes

*The performances of We the People (not the Bots) on June 29th and June 30th will take place at 7:00 pm.

SIDEWALK ECHOES

By Rogelio Martinez
Directed by Johanna McKeon
– Sidewalk Echoes is entirely free-

A play with music drawn from interviews with small business owners, we hear their heartwarming and illuminating stories about what it takes to survive against all odds.

A barber moonlights in the evenings with his Yiddish wedding band. A liquor store owner holds down four jobs so he can start his own business. A Pakistani woman leave the nest of her Muslim parents to tour the world and found a threading salon with her Irish husband. Four actors, three guitars, a grand piano and a large dose of humour, performed in the sanctuary of the historic John Street Methodist Church

Photographs by Maria Baranova.

INFORMATION

CREATIVE TEAM & CAST

UNCOVERING DOWNTOWN: A MAGICAL EXPEDITION OF UNRECORDED DREAMS

When an out-of-work Downtown performance artist takes a job leading a Hamilton Walking Tour even further Downtown, she is prepared to give the standard tour about the trendiest Founding Father. But when an unexpected fork in the road presents a path not taken, she can’t help but follow it.

Video by Jesse Green

Join our Further Downtown Guide on Uncovering Downtown: A Magical Expedition of Unrecorded Dreams, as she uncovers the secrets contained within the oldest streets in New York and reveals the New York you always knew, or wanted to know.


INFORMATION

June 8th through 25th
Starting Point: Bowling Green Park
Wednesdays–Saturdays at 12.30pm and 5.30pm. 
Saturday Tours are ADA compliant.
COVID PROTOCOL: Proof of Covid-19 vaccination required, masks optional outdoors.

CREATIVE TEAM & CAST

WE THE PEOPLE
(NOT THE BOTS)

Javel Washington, an accidental time-traveler, arrives in present day NYC with a warning from the future. In a race against the Bots of his time, Javel hopes to enlist you to help him save the human race from destruction.
Maybe the stories of New Yorkers, will offer insight into the value of resilience and with your help, Javel, could discover that what makes us human will always be our secret weapon.  

Video by Jesse Green

INFORMATION

June 8th through 30th
Starting Point: At 140 Broadway, at the corner of Broadway and Cedar Streets across from Zuccotti Park.
Saturday Tours are ADA compliant.
COVID PROTOCOL: Proof of Covid-19 vaccination required, masks optional outdoors.

CREATIVE TEAM & CAST

Downtown Stories is made possible with support from:

BIOS — CREATIVE TEAM

Morgan Green
Jessica Holt
Eric Lockley
Mona Mansour
ROGELIO MARTINEZ
Johanna McKeon

BIOS — CAST

Sheher Azaad
Lakpa T. Bhutia
Chris Crofton cast Downtown Stories
Chris Crofton
Ashley Jones

Michelle J. Rodriguez

Pictures (except header) are courtesy of Andrew Bordwin.


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