The Door Slams, A Glass Trembles | April 24 – May 10
Apr 24 – May 10, 2025
The Downstairs
66 East 4th Street
New York, NY 10003
Tickets:
Adults: $40
Students/Seniors: $35
La MaMa Members: $10
“One of the boldest and most venerable politically minded companies in New York”
The New York Times
ABOUT
The Door Slams, A Glass Trembles. The dining room of a sanatorium in the Alps. The deck of a ship on its way to Egypt. A country home in the Northeast. An uprooted family. An accidental death. Time elongates, compresses, becomes disjointed, and layers events past, present and imagined.
Combining richly textured music-theater with striking visual imagery, Talking Band’s elegant, eloquent, profound performance work has for fifty years been a cornerstone of New York City’s avant-guard theater community. Recipient of 18 OBIE awards including Life Time Achievement awards for its founders Ellen Maddow, Tina Shepard, and Paul Zimet. Talking Band is a resident company at La MaMa. Performing at nearly all of New York City’s celebrated downtown venues. Its original productions have toured throughout the U.S. and internationally to 14 countries.
Post-show Talkbacks
Stay back after the following shows for conversations featuring Paul Zimet, Ellen Maddow, and members of the cast.
Sunday, May 3, 2026, after the 4pm performace
moderated by Rosemary Quinn
Saturday, May 9, 2026
moderated by Mary Fulham
“Beautiful and compelling…The Door Slams, A Glass Trembles will draw you in and have you looking at your life and your time past, present, and future. The ensemble is perfection. Paul Zimet’s direction flows.”
– Holli Harms, Front Row Center
“Talking Band’s, The Door Slams, A Glass Trembles, presented in association with the famed experimental La MaMa is a match made in avant-guard theater heaven.”
– Cathy Hammer, The Unforgettable Line
Cast
Patrick Dunning, Delaney Feener, Amara Granderson, Jesse Koehler, Ellen Maddow, Lizzie Olesker, Steven Rattazzi, Tina Shepard, Jack Wetherall
CREDITS
Paul Zimet writer and director
Ellen Maddow composer
Anna Kiraly set and video design
Olivera Gajic costume design
Mary Ellen Stebbins lighting design
Erica Schnitzer production stage manager
Mia Harada assistant stage manager
Flannery Gregg choreography
Mary Ellen Stebbings lighting design
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