Where We Meet

Kate Eberstadt, Molly Rose Heller

A musical experiment. A solo experience exploring quantum physics. A refugee camp. Where We Meet challenges the boundaries of reality. Can we use music to reach those we’ve loved and lost?

SATURDAY, JUNE 15
DOORS @ 6:30PM | SHOW @ 7PM
ARS NOVA
511 W 54TH STREET

Tix to this show are Name Your Price starting at $5, meaning you decide what you pay! We pass on 100% of the single ticket revenue directly to the show’s lead artists. You can learn more about What’s Ars Is Yours: Name Your Price Tix by visiting our How We Do It page.

Where We Meet will stream live from Ars Nova on June 15 @ 7pm on Ars Nova Supra. Following the live stream, you’ll be able to watch the show on-demand for up to a year. Get a cancel-anytime $15/mo subscription to stream live or on-demand.

Kate Eberstadt is an artist based in Brooklyn. You can most often find her writing music, acting, and writing prose. Kate founded a music program in an emergency refugee camp in Germany called The Hutto Project. Her work has been seen around the world, from National Sawdust to the Berlin Philharmonie to the National Theater of Kazakhstan, and featured in Elle, Glamour, PopSugar, NPR, and more. Kate has written for the Berlin Journal, ROM Mag, and Slant. Her debut album Heaven on Earth comes out this year! Upcoming: Joe’s Pub, AIR at the cell theater Fall 2024. Follow her @kateeberstadt for updates. www.kateeberstadt.com

Molly Rose Heller is a NYC-based lesbian artist. Select directing: Breaking the Story (Second Stage, Associate Director), Sabbath’s Theatre (The New Group, Associate Director), The Apostle Peter&His Lover John Also An Apostle (Ars Nova ANT Fest), INVINCIBLE: The Pat Benatar Musical (Wallis Annenberg Center, Asst. Director), Lalabala Project (Watermill Center Residency, Performance Project Residency), The Crucible (BEDLAM, SDCF Observership). Her award-winning short film directing debut, eXcape, premiered at Outfest Fusion 2023. Featured in NY Jewish Week’s “36 to Watch” List, honoring remarkable Jewish innovators. Proud SDC Associate Member. B.A. Magna Cum Laude, Columbia University. B.A. Magna Cum Laude, Jewish Theological Seminary. www.MollyRoseHeller.com

Matias Qualeri (Sound Mixer) Born in Italy and raised in New York, Matias Quarleri, an Argentinian music producer and sound designer, has crafted a unique and cutting-edge sonic landscape for numerous renowned brands and media platforms. His portfolio showcases an array of achievements, from orchestrating captivating runway shows during NYFW to spearheading seasonal campaigns and fashion films for esteemed names like Moncler, Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, Adidas, Nike, Anna Sui, Nordstrom, Refinery 29, and Jimmy Choo, among others.

Eleanor Lougee-Heimer (she/they) (Choreographer) has made a career out of rolling around on the floor. A New York based actor, dancer, and choreographer, Eleanor’s work has been presented at The Brick, Brick Aux, TheaterLab, Columbia University, Roxy Cinema, Abrons Art Center, Ars Nova’s Ant Fest, Prague Fringe Festival, Williamstown Theater Festival, and others. Eleanor is the in-house motion capture talent for Animated Storyboards. She holds a BA from Sarah Lawrence College. eleanorlougeeheimer.com

This show will take place at Ars Nova, located at 511 W 54th Street, New York, NY 10019.

Seating is general admission and first-come first-served. So, the earlier you arrive at the theater, the more choice you’ll have about where you sit! (Bonus: cheapest drinks in Midtown are at Bars Nova!)

The only way to guarantee you reserved seats is to become a Super Nova. Super Novas never hear “sold out,” get reserved seats in prime locations, and make fair wages and accessible tickets possible. Learn more about becoming a Super Nova here!

Tix to this show are Name Your Price starting at $5, meaning you decide what you pay! Best of all, when you name your price, 100% of the single ticket revenue is passed on directly to the show’s lead artists! You can learn more about What’s Ars Is Yours: Name Your Price Tix by visiting our How We Do It page

If a performance is sold out, you can join a standby line for day-of-show tix made available by minute cancellations and no-shows. Standby will begin 1 hour prior to curtain and will form outsideFolks from the standby line will be admitted into the show on a rolling basis as availability is confirmed. Standby tix are name-your-price starting at $5 + fees.

Additionally, Supra is never sold out! If you can’t make the show in-person, you can always stream online for only $15/mo, which gets you unlimited streaming access to performances from the last year. You can cancel your membership anytime by emailing contact@arsnovanyc.com.

Once you’ve selected your performance date and time at check-out, you’ll see a number of ticket price options ranging from $5 to $100. Select the price point you want to pay and the number of tickets you’d like to purchase and they’ll be added to your cart. After that, continue through the check-out process and you’ll be all set!

Yes. The processing fees are charged by our ticketing and credit card processors, and increase along with the base price of your ticket.

Yes! Ars Nova Supra is our digital platform where you can live stream all of our one-night shows and watch premieres from the past year on-demand. For the low price of $15/mo, you can access an entire seasons worth of comedy, music and theater from our groundbreaking artists, and additionally you can cancel your subscription anytime!

All sales are final – there are no refunds or exchanges.

If you’re unable to use your tickets, you may donate them in exchange for a letter of tax credit by emailing tix@arsnovanyc.com.

We ask that you stay home if you aren’t feeling well or are awaiting the results of a COVID test. Please let us know prior to your ticketed performance, and we will work with you to find a solution if you’re unable to attend.

 

We welcome and encourage mask-wearing to protect yourself and others. However, as mask mandates have lifted and city, state and federal guidelines have changed, we will not be requiring them at performances.

We no longer require proof of vaccination, but we strongly encourage all audience members to get vaccinated and boosted in accordance with public health guidelines.

Our staff will clean and sanitize the theater and common areas and we’ll continue to provide hand sanitizer for your personal use.

Signage is posted in all spaces encouraging washing or sanitizing hands frequently.

Ars Nova is uncensored. We provide content advisories — to the best of our ability — to inform audiences when shows contain racial violence, racist language, sexual violence or nudity. We provide information about this type of content in advance, based on our core values, so that each audience member can make an informed decision about if and how they’d like to engage with that content. We welcome artists to share additional information about their shows based on their own core values.

Ars Nova is wheelchair accessible. If you wish or need to remain in your wheelchair throughout the show, our staff will remove the theater chair. This can be done by letting us know your needs/plans in advance; just email Declan Zhang. It can also be done without prior notice when you arrive! If you wish to transfer to the theater seat from your wheelchair, we are happy to store your wheelchair or motorized mobility aid in the lobby during the performance. The House Manager will return your mobility device to you at the end of the performance as this show has no intermission.

About 25% of the seating is on the ground floor of the theater and does not require using stairs to access. There are five six-inch steps to get into the building.

All remaining seats require no less than one and no more than three steps to access.

Licensed service animals (any dogs that are trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities) are welcome at Ars Nova. They must rest in your seating area throughout the performance and are unable to occupy the aisle. Please bring proof of certification or a license for your service animal and be prepared to present it to the House Manager upon request. You can send advance notice to Declan Zhang, which is appreciated, but not required.

Our bathrooms are stalled, all gender restrooms – everyone is welcome to use any bathroom of their choice. We have two single-person restrooms in the lobby; with the wheelchair accessible option located right outside the theater on the first floor (doors 7 feet 10 inches x 3 feet 10.5 inches).

We have space that can be made to offer privacy for feeding should you need at any time. See the House Manager onsite and they will arrange a comfortable space, with storage and refrigeration for your materials.

The audience seating locations could be in, around and throughout the playing area. Performers will be within 3’ of you.

The seating is a combination of chairs.
Black Chairs with back: 19” wide x 32.25” high x 21.75” deep with a 500lb capacity
Black Counter height: 16.5” wide x 38” high x 18” deep with a 500lb capacity

The doors for entry into the building are 7 feet 10.5 inches x 3 feet 7 inches (external) and 7 feet 10 inches x feet 10.5 inches (internal).

Box Office height is 3 feet 6 inches and the Bar height is 3 feet 8.5 inches.

ANT FEST 2024

ANT Fest is our annual festival of All New Talent showcasing new work from New York’s most adventurous emerging artists. Learn more and get into our other 2024 ANT Fest shows here!

June 12 @ 7PM

Elijah Guo & Dylin Taylor

June 14 @ 7PM

Franco Giacomarra, Matt Coakley, Marc David Wright

June 15 @ 7PM

Kate Eberstadt

June 17 @ 7PM

American Sing-Song: Jake Brasch, Nadja Leonhard-Hooper

June 18 @ 7PM

Brett Ashley Robinson

June 20 @ 9:30PM

Hosted by Chloe Troast

June 21 @ 7PM

Justine Gelfman, Joan Sergay

June 22 @ 7PM

Allisha Edwards, Fernanda Brigneti

June 25 @ 7PM

Madison Fiedler, Francesca Sabel