EVERYBODY HAS A STORY TO TELL, a Free Multilingual Community Play

Offered free of charge to the public, with art-making workshops and food justice programming, the events will be held May 16-24, 2026 from 1:00–5:00 p.m. in community gardens throughout the Lower East Side/Chinatown, including M’finda Kalunga Garden (May 16 & 17), 6th and B Garden (May 23), and El Jardín del Paraíso (May 24). Performances will be offered free to the public at 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. The runtime is 40 minutes. Everybody Has a Story to Tell is a free community play created in collaboration with seniors, new migrants, and housing-insecure artists in the Lower East Side and Chinatown set among the neighborhood’s shared spaces written by Obie Award-winning playwright Carmen Rivera and presented by the Remote Theatre Project. Illuminating the voices that shape its vibrant, ever-evolving community, the piece invites audiences to encounter the lived experiences of artists, members of the Chinese community, unhoused individuals, and migrants whose stories often go unheard.