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CITY SESSIONS

A Series of Performance Cabarets to Celebrate the History of New York City

Artwork of pushpins in a older subway map to marks the spots for Dixon Place between the 2nd Ave and Grand Street, and the W4 St subway stops with the words CITY SESSIONS in the lower lefthand corner and a Peculiar Works Project logo superimposed over the upper righthand corner of the image.

In 2013, PWP led audiences on an epic adventure through New York City history over two floors of the James A. Farley post office in midtown Manhattan. Beginning in 2026 and continuing through 2027, we're collaborating with artists from a variety of disciplines—music, dance, theater, puppetry, visual art—to create a new promenade celebrating the city that we all call home.

Dave Ross playing electric guitar and singing in City Sessions #1 at Dixon PlaceThe series kicked off on April 30, 2026 with "All I Remember is Here...", an evening dedicated to the people born and raised in New York City. Each quarter, we'll be presenting a new evening of short works in theme-based cabarets at different locations around the five boroughs. The City Sessions cabarets will take audiences on a 90-minute journey through the high and low points of the City: the activists who shaped its evolving landscape, the riots that reshaped it, the ordinary workers who built it, and the powerful elites who both supported and exploited them. And for the adventurous spectator, there’ll be opportunities for YOU to participate with trivia contests and ways you can add YOUR story to our NYC narrative!

NEXT UP: "I'm in NY but NY Ain't In Me"
A series of short works that explore the experiences of people who spend their days in New York but live elsewhere: The Commuters.

ARTISTS: If you are interested in collaborating with our team on an upcoming cabaret event, just fill out a brief questionnaire about yourself and your art.
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CREATIVE TEAM

Writers: Cherrye J. Davis • Conrado Falco • Barry Rowell
Director: Kathleen Amshoff
Dramturgical Collaborator: Catherine Porter
Production Stage Manager: Heather Olmstead
Producers: Ralph Lewis, Catherine Porter, and Barry Rowell

New York State Council on the Arts and NYC Department of Cultural Affairs logosThe Puffin Foundation logoOur Peculiar Works projects are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, and from New York City Council member Christopher Marte; and with private funds from the Mental Insight Foundation and The Puffin Foundation, Ltd., as well as our many, wonderful, individual donors.