A City Doesn't Talk
A City Doesn't Talk, a new site-responsive play, asks what nostalgia costs and how the city shapes who we become.
Reilly runs Nighthawk's Record Shop, a fading, maybe haunted relic of a vanishing city. Then old friends, shuttered storefronts, and impossible memories drag him backward through time. A City Doesn't Talk, a new site-responsive play, asks what nostalgia costs and how the city shapes who we become. Written by Jack Towhey Calk Directed by Lillian Meredith Featuring Adam Patterson, Jaz Astwood, Kyle McClellan, Lauren Dortch-Crozier, and Andrew Porter Original music by Andrew Porter Designed by Michael Costagliola, Olivia V. Hern, and Caitlin Wells Stage managed by Jarielle Jeffrey Lillian assisted by Zara Zeidman Produced in association with the MTA’s Vacant Unit Activation Program, and made possible in part by a generous grant from the Venturous Theater Fund of the Tides Foundation.
Organizer
The Motor Company NYCVenue
Unit 18, 42nd St–Port Authority Station
Category
Immersive TheatreTag
MusicStart date
October 22nd, 2026
End date
December 19th, 2026
Audience Role
Record shop customer
Ages: All ages
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About The Motor Company NYC
The Motor Company is dedicated to creating and producing theater that is accessible and community-oriented by using public spaces as the impetus for free storytelling and theatrical events since 2011. Recent site-responsive shows include 1940’s cowboys on The High Line (as part of West Side Fest), Dutch colonist clowns down in The Battery, environmental activists in a giant canoe in Newtown Creek, and AI avatars in Fort Greene Park. www.themotorcompanynyc.com