Docbloc brings theatre makers, photographers, filmmakers, artists, journalists, and creatives working across nonfiction forms together for live performance investigations into the critical topics that define our times.
Coming in Fall 2025 :
Podcast
A new podcast brought to you by HowlRound Theatre Commons and Docbloc. Conversations at the intersection of truth, ethics, and performance in nonfiction theatre hosted by Ash Marinaccio. Debuting November 3, 2025 here.
Film Screening
Join Docbloc, Eagle Project and Radical Evolution for a screening of Donkeysaddle Projects' Severed on October 27, 2025 at 7pm in Brooklyn (RSVP to receive location). Severed is directed by Jen Marlowe. A discussion will follow.
Documentary Theatre
"2024, Spring" by Ash Marinaccio and Joseph Shahadi is being workshopped at New York University's Verbatim Performance Lab. "2024, Spring" is a documentary theatre play about the Gaza Solidarity Encampments at City College of New York. The play was developed as part of the 2024-2024 Civilians R&D Group. A free reading will be held on October 25, 2025 at 12:00 pm. RSVP via e-mail.
Intergenerational Theatre Lab
Docbloc's first Intergenerational Theatre Lab launched in January 2025. Applications to be part of our second cohort will open in spring 2026.
New Play Development
"I Went to Paterson" is about the heroin epidemic on the Jersey Shore. The show is created by interviews, testimonies, and stories from those affected including users, former users, family members, friends, and community activists. Learn more here.
PREVIOUS COLLABORATIONS AND PROJECTS
The College Monologue Project presented in May 2024 at The People's Forum. This project brought students from Queens College and Purchase College together to investigate critical socio-political issues impacting their respective communities. Learn more here.
The Gaza Monologues in November 2023, a collaborative production produced by Theatre of the Oppressed NYC, Friends of ASHTAR NYC, The Eagle Project, Radical Evolution, and The People's Forum.