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A scene from Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin." Photo: Ken Howard / Met Opera

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ITZHAK PERLMAN & THE PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM: SUMMER CELEBRATION CONCERT

Presented by The Perlman Music Program & Guild Hall

Experience the future of classical music. Join legendary violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman as he conducts the world’s most gifted young string players in a rare “off-campus” performance. This seven-week residency culmination features soaring orchestral masterworks and a breathtaking choral performance led by The Perlman Music Program’s Assistant Conductor and alum, Nico Olarte-Hayes. Don’t miss this one-night-only showcase of the next generation of virtuosos.

Founded by Toby Perlman as a refuge to nurture early promise, The Perlman Music Program is home to the very best young artists from around the world. Each summer, The Program draws the most gifted young violinists, violists, and cellists (ages 12-18) from around the to its historic Shelter Island. Under a faculty led by violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman, students engage in an intensive curriculum of solo, chamber, orchestral, and choral performance.

Exact program to be announced.

JACOB JONAS THE COMPANY WITH SPECIAL GUEST, SARA MEARNS

“When Jacob Jonas The Company performs, energy doesn’t just seem to bounce off the walls—it reverberates off bodies.” – Los Angeles Times

Jacob Jonas The Company (JJTC) is a Los Angeles–based contemporary dance company founded by choreographer and director Jacob Jonas. Known for its interdisciplinary approach to performance, the company creates original works for stage and film while collaborating across visual art, music, and media. Since its founding, JJTC has presented work at venues including the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, and the Hollywood Bowl.

Tonight’s program highlights Jonas’s ongoing exploration of the body, nature, and resilience. The evening includes excerpts from Jonas’s film.dance series alongside stage works created for the company, including Nature Sounds While the IV Drips, RIVER, and RAIN. Moving between the quiet interior landscape of illness and healing and the expansive rhythms of the natural world, these works reflect on cycles of endurance, renewal, and transformation.

The program also features ZEBRA, a collaboration with New York City Ballet Principal Dancer Sara Mearns that explores the tension between strength and vulnerability in an intimate solo.

THE CENTER AT WEST PARK PRESENTS: NETWORK!

Ticket on sale date to be announced.

Presented by The Center at West Park

The Center at West Park returns to Guild Hall with a follow-up to last year’s sold-out celebrity benefit: a staged reading of the screenplay of the award-winning 1987 film Network!

In Network, a television network cynically exploits a former anchor’s ravings and revelations about mass media for its own profit, but finds that his message may be difficult to control. CWP originally presented Network in April 2024 in NYC with a cast that included Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Fisher Stevens, Julianna Marguiles, and Keegan-Michael Key, and now will bring the reading to East Hampton for the first time with a celebrity cast to be announced.

Proceeds from the event will support efforts to preserve the Landmark West Park Presbyterian Church on Manhattan’s Upper West Side and its seven unique community spaces under one roof as a hub of affordability, accessibility, inclusivity, and diversity for NYC and beyond. 

KIDFEST: ILL-ABILITIES

“A powerful force on the hip-hop dance stage” — The Guardian

Blending high-level breakin’, music, and live audience interaction, ILL-Abilities  goes beyond performance. Each dancer shares their unique journey, offering insight into their lived experiences as differently-abled artists, while challenging perceptions of disability and redefining what is possible.

With performances in over 25 countries and a global reach of more than one million people, ILL-Abilities is known for its powerful combination of artistry and message. The name “ILL” comes from hip-hop culture, meaning extraordinary—reflecting the crew’s commitment to excellence, creativity, and positive impact.

Specifically created for Guild Hall audiences, this presentation of ILL-Abilities offers an intimate and interactive experience featuring three dancers and a DJ from the internationally acclaimed crew. Stripping down the scale while deepening the connection, this format brings audiences closer to the artists, their movement, and their personal stories.

This is more than a show—it’s a shared experience that invites audiences to engage, reflect, and leave inspired by the limitless potential within every individual.

Join us out-front at the Phanstiel Plaza for a free workshop before the show!

 

KIDFEST: STORY PIRATES LIVE

Get ready for Story Pirates Live, featuring fan-favorite songs from the multi-award winning The Story Pirates Podcast and improvised sketch comedy based on ideas from kids in the audience. The Story Pirates believe that all kids are creative geniuses, and they’re ready to prove it with their fast-paced, hilarious and inspiring show for the whole family. Featuring Eric from The Story Pirates Podcast, plus a cast of the funniest Story Pirate actors, singers, and comedians around. 

The Story Pirates, best known for their flagship podcast with more than 100 million downloads, are a family media company that amplifies the words and ideas of kids. The award-winning The Story Pirates Podcast takes stories submitted by kids and turns them into sketch comedy and songs with help from celebrity guests like Kristen Bell, John Oliver, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sara Bareilles, Seth Meyers, and more.  

Join us out-front at the Phanstiel Plaza for a free cookie-decorating workshop with our friends at Citarella before the show!

KIDFEST: HUMAN – NEHPRII AMENII

“At the Bottom of the Ocean, where the darkness meets the stars, the Octopus will tell the story of a thing once called the human being…”

In a distant future where humans are gone, an octopus faces a powerful question: could it give one of its three hearts to help create a new kind of human—one that is kinder, more connected, and more in tune with the world?

Told through the windows of a sunken submarine, HUMAN invites audiences on an underwater journey filled with wonder, imagination, and discovery. Using striking visuals, inventive puppetry, dance, original music, and African Diasporic storytelling, the piece unfolds through the eyes of ocean creatures trying to understand who we once were—and who we might become.

HUMAN is a 60-minute interactive performance for the whole family, encouraging audiences of all ages to reflect on connection, care, and what it truly means to be human.

CREATIVE TEAM
Nehprii Amenii (Writer/Director/Puppet designer/Original lyrics)
Martha Redbone and Aaron Whitby (original music and lyrics)

Choreography by Chigui Santiago
Scenic Design by Marie Yokoyama
Lighting and Projection Design by Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew
Sound Design by Joshua Langman
Costume Design by Angela Fludd
Puppet Design by Nehprii Amenii, Dan Jones, and Genna Beth Davidson

Stage Manager – Jordyne Bouza
Creative Producer – Alverneq Lindsay
Production Manager – Carolyn Boyd

The Development of “HUMAN” Has Been Supported by The Jim Henson Foundation, Cheryl Henson, The National Endowment for the Arts, The New Victory Theatre, Powered by The New 42, The Drama League, The New York State Council on the Arts, The New York Foundation for the Arts, Anonymous Was a Woman Foundation, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Chelsea Factory. “HUMAN” is a 2025 National Performance Network Creation & Development Fund grantee, co-commissioned by Sandglass Theater, BAM, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, and Asheville Creative Arts.

KIDFEST: HUMAN – NEHPRII AMENII

“At the Bottom of the Ocean, where the darkness meets the stars, the Octopus will tell the story of a thing once called the human being…”

In a distant future where humans are gone, an octopus faces a powerful question: could it give one of its three hearts to help create a new kind of human—one that is kinder, more connected, and more in tune with the world?

Told through the windows of a sunken submarine, HUMAN invites audiences on an underwater journey filled with wonder, imagination, and discovery. Using striking visuals, inventive puppetry, dance, original music, and African Diasporic storytelling, the piece unfolds through the eyes of ocean creatures trying to understand who we once were—and who we might become.

HUMAN is a 60-minute interactive performance for the whole family, encouraging audiences of all ages to reflect on connection, care, and what it truly means to be human.

CREATIVE TEAM
Nehprii Amenii (Writer/Director/Puppet designer/Original lyrics)
Martha Redbone and Aaron Whitby (original music and lyrics)

Choreography by Chigui Santiago
Scenic Design by Marie Yokoyama
Lighting and Projection Design by Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew
Sound Design by Joshua Langman
Costume Design by Angela Fludd
Puppet Design by Nehprii Amenii, Dan Jones, and Genna Beth Davidson

Stage Manager – Jordyne Bouza
Creative Producer – Alverneq Lindsay
Production Manager – Carolyn Boyd

The Development of “HUMAN” Has Been Supported by The Jim Henson Foundation, Cheryl Henson, The National Endowment for the Arts, The New Victory Theatre, Powered by The New 42, The Drama League, The New York State Council on the Arts, The New York Foundation for the Arts, Anonymous Was a Woman Foundation, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Chelsea Factory. “HUMAN” is a 2025 National Performance Network Creation & Development Fund grantee, co-commissioned by Sandglass Theater, BAM, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, and Asheville Creative Arts.

Join us out-front at the Phanstiel Plaza for a free workshop before the show!

 

KIDFEST: UP IN ARMS—PIRATE SONG

Set sail on the adventure of a lifetime with Pirate Song, a whimsical musical puppet show filled with heart, humor, and discovery. In a world where dreams set sail and magic fills the air, Paulette the Pirate Princess and her faithful dog Waffle embark on a journey around the world in search of something truly special, her very own song.

For generations, Paulette’s family have sung the same old pirate song. But Paulette longs for something more. Determined to discover her own voice, she and Waffle set off on an unforgettable voyage, meeting remarkable friends along the way. A giraffe in Africa shares a new perspective on seeing the world. In Australia, a quirky koala playing the didgeridoo teaches Paulette to celebrate what makes each of us wonderfully different. A wise dragon in Japan reveals how our past can guide our future, while a vibrant toucan in Brazil encourages Paulette to trust her inner spirit.

Through music, laughter, and colorful characters, Paulette discovers that her song may have been with her all along, the song of curiosity, courage, and adventure. With her inner song guiding her, Paulette inspires audiences to celebrate their own unique voice and the beauty of cultures around the world.

RODERICK GEORGE | KNONAME ARTIST: THE GRAVE’S TEARS

Performed by seven male dancers, The Grave’s Tears expands on themes first explored in kNoname Artist’s Venom(2024), offering a deeper examination of the physical and psychological toll of systemic oppression, violence, and erasure against the LGBTQIA+ community. The work centers queer bodies as vessels of memory where grief, resistance, intimacy, and survival coexist. Drawing from the liberatory spirit of the Disco era, it reflects on a time when joy, music, and collective celebration became radical acts of defiance for communities pushed to the margins. In the absence of safety, visibility, and institutional care, queer people built refuge through chosen family and shared movement, where love functioned as a practice of survival.

Set against the legacy of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and widespread abandonment, the work confronts the fragility of communities forced to grieve in isolation. In response, queer communities forged their own systems of care, holding one another through loss while insisting on presence.

CRUCE DE CAMINOS / CROSSROADS: A NIGHT OF SHORT PLAYS

Guild Hall and OLA of Eastern Long Island present a dynamic, original multi-lingual performance led by 2026 Guild Hall Community Artists-in-Residence Margarita Espada and Minerva Perez. Building on the spirit of Fuenteovejuna: East End(2025), this performance program brings community voices to the stage through a series of original short works.

Blending language, music, movement, and storytelling, the evening reflects contemporary issues and lived experiences from across the East End. Each piece highlights the richness of the region’s cultural and linguistic diversity, creating a shared space for expression and connection.

Join us for an inspiring evening of original theater that uplifts local voices and showcases the vibrancy of multilingual storytelling.

Guild Hall y OLA del Este de Long Island presentan una dinámica actuación multilingüe original, dirigida por las Artistas en Residencia Comunitarias 2026 de Guild Hall, Margarita Espada y Minerva Pérez. Inspirado en el espíritu de Fuenteovejuna: East End (2025), este programa escénico lleva las voces de la comunidad al escenario a través de una serie de obras cortas originales.

Combinando lenguaje, música, movimiento y narración, la velada refleja problemáticas contemporáneas y experiencias vividas en todo el East End. Cada pieza resalta la riqueza de la diversidad cultural y lingüística de la región, creando un espacio compartido para la expresión y la conexión.

Acompáñenos en una noche inspiradora de teatro original que eleva las voces locales y muestra la vitalidad de la narración multilingüe.