Who We Are

Meet the collaborators!

Courtney J. Boddie

Director of Education /

School Engagement

New Victory

Christopher Totten

Senior Education Programs Manager

New Victory

Sara Zatz

Associate Director

Ping Chong + Company

Writer/Director Generation NYZ

Kirya Traber

Collaborating Artist

Ping Chong + Company

Writer/Director Generation NYZ

New Victory

New Victory opens new worlds to young people and families through extraordinary performances, education and engagement programs. Bringing kids to the arts and the arts to kids since 1995, this nonprofit theater has become a standard-bearer of quality performing arts for young audiences in the United States. Featuring artistic disciplines and traditions from a multitude of cultures, New Victory presents theatrical stories and experiences that spark the imagination and broaden our understanding of the world and our place in it.

New Victory Education has made it possible for more than 610,000 students across 200 NYC schools to experience international performing arts with their classmates for little to no cost. Typically serving approximately 40,000 schoolkids every year, New Victory pairs these visits with free, arts-based classroom workshops and residencies, and offers professional development for educators who want to incorporate the arts into their daily curriculum.

Powered by New 42, New Victory is committed to arts access and equitable student engagement for all communities of New York and is thrilled to share new digital materials with educators across New York City for kids to experience and engage with the exemplary performing arts activities.

For notifications about 2020-21 Season Partnerships, please complete this request form.

For other inquiries, email New Victory Education at Education_Tickets@NewVictory.org or call 646.223.3090.

New Victory is powered by New 42, a cultural nonprofit whose mission is to make extraordinary performing arts a vital part of everyone’s life from the earliest years onward. Driven by a deep commitment to performing arts access, New 42 connects people to world-class performances, essential education and employment programs, and creative communities that push culture forward. New42.org

Ping Chong + Company

Ping Chong + Company creates theater and art that reveal beauty, precision, and a commitment to social justice. Founded in New York City in 1975 by leading theatrical innovator and National Medal of Arts recipient Ping Chong, the company engages multigenerational interdisciplinary artists to build on and expand a prolific catalogue—at the root of which is Ping Chong and his singular and visionary body of work. The company’s work centers innovation, collaboration, and community engagement, and amplifying underrepresented voices. Since 1975, PCC has created over 100 original works for the stage. Productions range from intimate oral history projects to grand scale cinematic multidisciplinary productions featuring puppets, performers, and full music and projection scores.

Undesirable Elements: Generation NYZ is part of an ongoing series of interview-based theater works by Ping Chong + Company examining issues of culture, identity, and belonging in the lives of individuals in different communities. The script is based on interviews with local community members, who then become the performers. There have been over 65 productions in the Undesirable Elements series created with and representing myriad communities!

For more information about Ping Chong + Company, please visit www.pingchong.org or email info@pingchong.org.

Facebook: @pingchongco

Instagram: @pingchongco

Phone: 212.529.1557