Join us for a work-in-progress sharing of "Ceasefire Later!" by Mariam Bazeed as part of our 2026 New to the Neighborhood residency program. There will be a brief reception with drinks and snacks following the presentation! All tickets are Pay-What-You-Can; you must type in the amount you would like to pay per ticket below. The suggested amount is $10.

About the play:

"Ceasefire Later!" is a multilingual play/choreopoem that attempts, using only found and verbatim text, to narrate the propaganda that enabled the genocide in Gaza to be concomitantly committed and denied, even as it was live-streamed to our device screens.

About the writer:

Mariam Bazeed (they/them) is a multi-disciplinary artist, working in text, installation & assemblage, theater, and live performance. They are a playwright, poet, performer, and maker of hybrid documentary timed media. Margins and marginality are both subject and viewpoint of their work, and inform it in form, syntax, and content. Their theatrical work lives specifically at the nexus of erasure/documentary poetics and verbatim theater; formats obsessed with the archive, and its erasures. 

About the venue:

Brick Aux is located at 628 Metropolitan Avenue in Brooklyn. The closest train is the L or G at Metropolitan Avenue/Lorimer Street.

About the program:

New to the Neighborhood is a residency program intended to be an incubator for Brooklyn-based emerging artists from underrepresented communities. Specifically, we curate residents who are female, trans, and non-binary artists of the Global Majority. We selected these specific groups as they have historically been underserved by the American theater industry, and this residency aims to help redress that imbalance. This program is made possible by a generous gift from the Wyman-Potter Foundation and the offices of City Counselor C.M. Hudson and State Senator Julia Salazar.

About the Neighbors:

What Will the Neighbors Say? is an investigative theatre company that provokes questions through untold stories. Led by a collaborative cohort of international artists, the Neighbors present overlooked social, cultural and historical narratives that challenge the audience to reflect on the current moment. Through a combination of original plays, arts education workshops and dynamic community gatherings, the troupe incites rowdy and rigorous debate at the theatre and throughout the Neighborhood.