La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club Presents STAND BY — an allegory

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club will present STAND BY — an allegory by Corningworks as part of La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival, on Thursday, April 16 and Friday, April 17 at 8pm at The Downstairs Theatre, 66 E. 4th Street. Tickets are $30 (general), $25 (students/seniors), with a $50 Support-the-Artists ticket option. Tickets are available here for the April 16 performance and here for the April 17 performance. Festival packages start at $45 and are available at https://ci.ovationtix.com/42/store/packages. Additionally, the first 10 tickets of each performance are $10 (limit 2 per person). 

STAND BY — an allegory is a multi-disciplinary, dance-theater production created in collaboration with renowned puppeteer Tom Lee (engaging the centuries-old style of Japanese Kuruma Ningyo/Cart Puppetry). It is a whimsical glimpse at human inability to recognize our own mortality: not so much about death or grief, or even loss, as about the mysterious & magical continuity of life.

Corningworks is a vehicle for the multi-disciplinary, dance-theater productions by Beth Corning and her award-winning series, THE GLUE FACTORY PROJECTS — original full-evening length works created on internationally & nationally renowned performers over the age of 40 that combine sophistication, clarity of theatrical concepts, visceral choreography, and dynamic musicality. Humor co-exists with serious examination of such issues such as race, gender, aging, death, inequality, politics, human rights, art, and myth. For more information, please visit here.

STAND BY — an allegory is made possible in part with support from: CORNINGWORKS Board of Directors, an Anonymous Funder, The Chicago Puppet Lab, The Heinz Endowments, The Howard Gilman Foundation, Individual Donors, Off The Wall Charitable Trust, Opportunity Fund, PA Council on the Arts, The Pittsburgh Foundation & Nancey Rosensweig & Dan Arshack.

Creative Team Credits

PUPPETEER - Tom Lee

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER/PERFORMER - Beth Corning

LIGHTING & TECHNICAL DIRECTOR - Iain Court

SET COORDINATOR - Stephanie Mayer Staley

PERFORMERS: Chezney Douglas, Evan Fisk, Kimani Fowlin, Alberto Del Saz

La MaMa Moves! 2026, the 21st season of La MaMa’s annual dance festival, brings together dance artists at all stages of their careers to experiment, collaborate, and share new work.

La MaMa Moves! highlights the extraordinary diversity and range of artists across cultural backgrounds, ages, and dance styles. By amplifying underrepresented voices and fostering intergenerational exchange, the festival continues to reimagine what contemporary dance can be. One of New York’s signature dance festivals, La MaMa Moves! has showcased small and large-scale works of more than 400 emerging and seasoned choreographers since its beginning in 2005. With sustained support, La MaMa can deepen this impact and ensure that visionary artists and their communities have continued access to this vital platform for years to come.

About La MaMa

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club is dedicated to the artist and all aspects of the theatre. La MaMa's 64th Season, LA MAMA NOW, focuses on creating solidarity and building community, exploring ways to build connections for cross-sector coalition and invite artists, activists, organizers and community members into the creative process.

La MaMa has been honored with 30+ Obie Awards, dozens of Drama Desk, Bessie Awards, Villager Awards, the 2018 Regional Theatre Tony Award, and most recently a 2023 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Special Citation. We are a creative home to artists and resident companies from around the world, many of whom have made lasting contributions to the arts, including Blue Man Group, Bette Midler, Ping Chong, Jackie Curtis, Robert De Niro, André De Shields, Adrienne Kennedy, Cole Escola, Bridget Everett, Harvey Fierstein, Diane Lane, Charles Ludlam, Tom Eyen, Spiderwoman Theater, Tadeusz Kantor, Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, Meredith Monk, David and Amy Sedaris, Stephanie Hsu, Julie Taymor, Kazuo Ohno, Tom O'Horgan, Andrei Serban, Liz Swados, and Andy Warhol. La MaMa's vision of nurturing new artists and new work from all nations, cultures, races and identities remains as strong today as it was when Ellen Stewart first opened the doors in 1961. 

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