DramaEtMusica Mini Festival 2026
CRS is proud to sponsor DramaEtMusica Mini Festival 2026, presented by Chaospace at Chain Theatre in New York City — and it is this sponsorship that brings the festival to our pages here today.
CRS is supporting Chaospace and its upcoming festival because their mission resonates deeply with ours: creating opportunities for international artists to work, experiment, and share their perspectives with one another and with audiences. Through intimate, deep-listening experiences and exchanges across genres and disciplines, Chaospace cultivates the kind of open dialogue, cultural exchange, and artistic exploration that CRS is committed to fostering.
DramaEtMusica Mini Festival 2026 takes place September 4 and 6 at Chain Theatre, presenting two days of interdisciplinary performances ranging from new music theatre, intermedia theatre, and chamber opera to experimental performance art and interactive works exploring movement, video, sound, and emerging technologies.
The festival is an expanded edition of DramaEtMusica, an interdisciplinary performance series curated by Chen Shuhe Yue that brings together artists working across music, theatre, movement, visual media, and technology to explore new forms of collaborative, cross-disciplinary performance.
CRS is proud to sponsor DramaEtMusica Mini Festival 2026 and Chaospace’s continuing work creating space for international artists in New York.
Event Information
- Day I: Friday, September 4, 2026 — Doors 7:00 pm, Performance 7:30 pm
- Day II: Sunday, September 6, 2026 — Performance 3:00 pm
- Location: Chain Theatre — 312 W 36th St., 3rd floor, New York, NY 10018
- Tickets: Day I Tickets / Day II Tickets — seats strictly limited; tickets may not be available at the door
- Advisory: Recommended for ages 16+. Day I’s “Gala” includes a simulated surgical procedure on animal tissue shown via live video projection (no live animals involved)
- Curator: Chen Shuhe Yue
- Presented by: Chaospace
- Festival: DramaEtMusica Mini Festival 2026
- Presented by: Chaospace
- Sponsored by: CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)
Program
Day I — Friday, September 4, 7:30 pm
- Gala — New music theatre with video & live electronics. Composer: Jiwon Seo.
- Kaspar — Workshop for images, actions, sounds, and words. Composer & Director: Reiko Füting.
- Noema || Noesis — Intermedia theatre for flesh, electronics, and moving image. Director: Chen Shuhe Yue.
Day II — Sunday, September 6, 3:00 pm
- Whispers Beneath Willowvale — Interactive overhead puppet video game. Creators: Emily Batsford & Esme Roszel.
- your HOUSEPLANT is a DINOSAUR — Experimental performance art. Composer: Zack Di Lello.
- A Tampered Voice — Chamber opera. Composer: Takuto Fukuda.
Website: chaospace.org/dramaetmusica2026