Abrons Arts Center’s 2018-19 season, curated by Artistic Director Craig Peterson and Director of Programming, Ali Rosa-Salas, along with guest artists and organizational partners, will celebrate the 125th anniversary of Henry Street Settlements through 26 public events, primarily World Premiere performances and exhibitions, that examine the critical role the arts have played in both reflecting and challenging the social and political norms of our times. The institution's Lower East Side location has long been a nexus of communities and cultures who have immigrated to the United States or who have historically been pushed to margins of our City. Abrons Arts Center’s 2018-19 season's theatrical works include: Trusty Sidekick Theater Company’s Gumshoe (Sept 28-Oct 7), a performance for children and families inspired by the legacy of Henry Street Settlement founder Lillian Wald; Big Dance Theater has pared down her version of Antigone to an intense, cut-to-the-bone one-act play called ANTIGONICK (Nov 14-17); Jack & the Beanstalk, which introduced many New York audiences to the widely popular British art form known as the Panto, returns this holiday season with some new songs and even more radical joy (Dec 14-30); POLLOCK (Jan 4-6), returns with its original cast (Jim Fletcher as Jackson Pollock, Birgit Huppuch as Lee Krasner) for a strictly, limited engagement; Korde Arrington Tuttle’s the journey between (Feb 14-23) is a theatrical investigation of the relationship between Space Exploration and the Middle Passage of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade; Okwui Okpokwasili premieres Adaku’s Revolt (Mar 14-24), her first work for families, which follows one young black girl’s revolt against normative standards of beauty; Composer, comedian and performance artist Morgan Bassichis premieres a new performance work that draws on Henry Street Settlement’s archives, Jewish folktales, and music to explore Zionism and its discontents (April 11-13)& Minor Theater will premiere PATHETIC (June 5-June 23), an irreverent new adaptation of Racine’s tragedy Phèdre, done as a teen drama in the style of Heathers. For a full lineup of events, please visit abronsartscenter.org. Press contact:  John Wyszniewski at Everyman Agency (347/416-3881)...