Dreamborne Theater Presents angels, a World Premiere

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is delighted to support the world premiere of angels, written by Tara P. Nyingjè and directed by Yannis Ning. In seven loops, the play presents alternate versions of a scene featuring a woman walking into a bar, thinking out loud, and interacting with the house musician to explore themes of repetition, silence, identity, erasure, and the hunger to be seen — fully, plurally, truthfully. Two casts will alternate, each with a separate rehearsal and development process, to create alternate versions. Presented by Dreamborne Theater, the production will run from March 20 – 22, 2026, as part of ATELIER @ THEATERLAB.

Dreamborne Theater is a New York-based nonprofit performance collective committed to developing and presenting cross-cultural performing arts rooted in dreams, myth, and memory. Through ritualistic and fantastical works, they investigate the evolving nature of identity, language, and culture — embracing the fragmented self as a space of transformation, rebirth, and fairytale. Alongside their artistic productions, they offer educational programs that empower individuals to engage with myth and ritual as creative tools for self-discovery and collective storytelling. @dreamborne_theater

Tara P. Nyingjè 寜婕 (Playwright, Performer) is an actor and theatre-maker based in New York City. She is the co-founder of SpArkling Theatre Studio (IG: @sparkling_ny), Stage Director of AAAAH!Culture (IG: @aaaah.culture), and Managing Director of Dreamborne Theater (IG: @dreamborne_theater). She is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, having majored in Drama with a focus on Experimental Theatre and Screen Acting. Her practice is rooted in physical and devised theatre, guided by a deep reverence for the body as a vessel of memory and transformation. Working at the intersection of movement and cross-cultural dialogue, her work blends forms, languages, and ritual. Her recent stage credits include Birds in the Meadow (American Theater of Actors), New Year’s Eve Dinner (Gene Frankel Theater), and Love Survives in 2095? (Secret Theatre). As a playwright and director, Tara has developed works including Trapped in the Flash and Bond, both staged at off-off-Broadway venues in New York City. Her most recent original work, QINGBAI: INNOCENCE, completed a three-city tour along the U.S. East Coast. Know more about her work at taranyingje.com and know more about her life on Instagram at taranje_

Yannis Ning (Director) is a theatre director, playwright, and actor based in New York City. Their work centers on devised and movement-driven performance, with an emphasis on transnational storytelling, embodied dramaturgy, and intimate audience relationships. Yannis serves as Artistic Director of Dreamborne Theater, where they build rehearsal processes that are trauma-informed and consent-based: prioritizing clear boundaries, actionable choices, and performer agency while developing precise physical scores and dramaturgical structures. They are currently completing an M.A. in Educational Theatre and English Education (Grades 7–12) at NYU Steinhardt, following a B.F.A. in Theatre Education from Emerson College, and bring an academic foundation in psychology to their approach to character, behavior, and relational dynamics onstage. Recent directing and writing includes Nine Shadows in Bloom, an original work that uses physical theatre and tableau to examine identity, displacement, and power. Yannis’s directing practice foregrounds structural clarity, rules of seeing, staying, and exchange, and the bodily consequences that emerge when those rules are enforced or broken.@nyeong_yannis