DramaEtMusica Mini Festival 2026
Day I Friday, September 4, 7:30 PM
Day II Sunday, September 6, 3:00 PM
Tickets Open!
FACTORY SERIES at CHAIN THEATRE
312 W 36th St. 3rd floor, New York, NY 10018
DramaEtMusica Mini Festival 2026 will take place on September 4 & 6, 2026 at Chain Theatre in New York, presenting two days of interdisciplinary performances ranging from new music theatre, intermedia theatre, chamber opera, and experimental performance art to interactive works exploring movement, video, sound, and emerging technologies.
The festival is presented as an expanded edition of DramaEtMusica, an interdisciplinary performance series curated by Chen Shuhe Yue. The series brings together artists working across music, theatre, movement, visual media, and technology to explore new forms of collaborative performance and cross-disciplinary artistic practice.
* This festival is made possible, in part, by a grant from CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)
Program
Day I - Friday, September 4, 7:30 PM
Day II - Sunday, September 6, 3:00 PM
Day I - Friday, September 4, 7:30 PM
New Music Theatre with Video & Live Electronics
Gala
Composer & Creator: Jiwon Seo
Saxophonist: Zhongyang Ling
Actor: Cyrus Pacht
Artwork by Xinyi Liu
AUDIENCE ADVISORY
This performance incorporates a real pig kidney and includes a live surgical procedure performed on animal tissue, presented through live video projection. No live animals are involved in the performance.
Workshop for Images, Actions, Sounds, and Words
Kaspar
Composer & Director: Reiko Füting
Dancer: Iris Sewell
Actor: Jeff Parkinson
Vocalist: Suzuna Ikeda
Cellist: Clara Cho
Video Editor: Tongyu Lu
Artwork by Angela Tse
Intermedia Theatre for Flesh, Electronics, and Moving Image
Noema || Noes!s
Director & Video Designer*: Chen Shuhe Yue
Composer: Tianyu Zou
Choreographer: & Dancers: Iris Sewell & Rachel Heinkel & William Pettigrew
Flutist & Dancer: Samantha Kochis
*Video created with generative AI assistance.
Artwork by Prathmesh Viveki
Day II - Sunday, September 6, 3:00 PM
Interactive Overhead Puppet Video Game
Whispers Beneath Willowvale
Creator: Emily Batsford & Esme Roszel
Puppeteer: Emily Batsford & Gaby FeBland
Composer & Musician: Dan Saulpaugh
Artwork by Esme Roszel
Experimental Performance Art
your HOUSEPLANT is a DINOSAUR
Composer: Zack Di Lello
Ensemble: Dice Trio
Adeline DeBella & Grace Pressley & Sam Friedman
Artwork by Angela Tse
Chamber Opera
A Tampered Voice
Composer: Takuto Fukuda
Soprano: Suzuna Ikeda
Flutist: Andrea Ábel
Clarinetist: Thomas Giles
Cellist: Clara Cho
Artwork by Haolun Liu
Festival Lighting Designer: Hailey Garza
Festival Tech Director: Nhat Nguyen
Festival Curatorial Team:
Chen Shuhe Yue & Shinya Lin & Tianyu Zou
