Ukrainian Drama Showcase

Dive into six powerful stories at Razom for Ukraine's inaugural staged reading festival of Ukrainian theater.

Come to experience contemporary and classic Ukrainian theater through the first-ever Ukrainian Drama Showcase, presented by Razom for Ukraine. Taking place May 7–10, 2026 at Flamboyan Theater in the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center on Manhattan's Lower East Side, the festival features six Ukrainian plays in English translation through dynamic staged readings.

The program spans genres and eras: a dark comedy set in eastern Ukraine; a poetic monologue by the soldier “Raccoon,” accompanied by a relentless chorus; a 19th-century proto-feminist salon debating “pure love”; and a documentary-style theatrical collage exposing the gap between official narratives and lived reality.

The program features:

Long plays, translated by Nina Murray:

• A Harvest Truce by Serhiy Zhadan / Directed by Danilo Gambini
• The Blue Rose by Lesia Ukrainka / Directed by Rory Pelsue
• The Order of Neatly Made Beds by Lena Lagushonkova / Directed by Jillian Jetton

Short Plays:

• Balance by Alina Sarnatska, translated by the author / Directed by Dylan Zwickel
• The Chronicles of the Lost Soul by Anna Halas, translated by the author / Directed by Lita Lofton
• New York, Donetsk, Ukraine: 100° F by Oleksandr Zhuhan, translated by John Freedman with Nataliia Bratus / Directed by Yibin Wang

Half-day and Full-day tickets are available as well as the Full Festival Weekend Pass.

SCHEDULE:

Thursday, May 7:

6:00pm — Balance

6:30pm — The Chronicles of the Lost Soul

8:00pm — The Blue Rose

Friday, May 8:

6:00pm — New York, Donetsk, Ukraine: 100° F

6:30 pm — Balance

8:00pm — A Harvest Truce

Saturday, May 9:

2:00pm — Balance

2:30pm — Artist Talk

3:30pm — The Order of Neatly Made Beds

5:00pm — The Chronicles of the Lost Soul

6:00pm — Meal Break (catered by Veselka)

7:30pm — New York, Donetsk, Ukraine: 100° F

8:00pm — The Blue Rose

Sunday, May 10:

12:00pm — New York, Donetsk, Ukraine: 100° F

12:30pm — A Harvest Truce

2:00pm — Artist Talk

3:00pm — Meal Break (catered by Veselka)

4:30pm — The Chronicles of the Lost Soul

5:00pm — The Order of Neatly Made Beds