SpaceBridge
January 8, 2025 @ 7:00 pm
La MaMa, En Garde Arts, and Visual Echo present:
SpaceBridge
In partnership with Stella Adler Center for the Arts
Conceived and Directed by Irina Kruzhilina
January 7 – 11, 2025 at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
Part of the 2025 Under the Radar Festival
SpaceBridge is a live performance that brings together refugee and local youth to build lifelong friendships while coming to terms with their differences. SpaceBridge united 11 young Russian refugees, aged 9 to 14, who fled their homes due to their families’ anti-war stance and now reside in NYC shelters, with 8 American-born participants of the same age with the goal of sharing stories and fostering connection. The performance delves into the integration journeys of these young refugees in American society, where they frequently encounter a lack of empathy, suspicion, aggression, and bullying in schools because of their origin.