Just in time for Halloween, Nosferatu, A 3D Symphony of Horror will be live streamed throughout Halloween weekend, October 27 – 31. From the acclaimed Theater in Quarantine, featuring Joshua William Gelb, Nosferatu is the company’s newest experiment in digital performance, reaching back to the classic 3D technology of cardboard glasses and old midnight movies. This reimagining of the 1922 vampire classic will be livestreamed in live 3D from the Theater in Quarantine closet directly to audience’s phones or devices.

This NYU Skirball commission is created in collaboration with puppet artist and theatermaker Nick Lehane and designer Normandy Sherwood.

Theater in Quarantine is an Obie and Drama League Award-winning performance laboratory dedicated to the exploration of the live theatrical experience in the digital space. Established in response to the pandemic by director, performer, and creative technologist Joshua William Gelb, TiQ has live-streamed dozens of visually distinctive, original works to its YouTube channel, all performed out of a closet in the East Village measuring only 8 sq feet. Hailed as one of the most imaginative makers of digital performance, TiQ has been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered, Japan’s NHK Television, has been profiled in The New Yorker, The New York Times, been a four-time Times Critic’s Pick as well as one of Vulture’s “Top 10 Best Theater Moments of 2020” and the NY Times’ “Best Theater of 2021.” TiQ’s full archive can be found and streamed anytime on their YouTube channel at youtube.com/theaterinquarantine.

Joshua William Gelb is an Obie and Drama League Award winning multi-hyphenate theater maker whose various hats include director, performer, and creative technologist. With an eye for the highly theatrical verging on the cinematic, Gelb’s work has been known to feature striking integrations of technology, music, movement, clowning, and dance. Gelb has been in residence at LaMama, CultureHub, Theater Mitu, Abrons Arts Center, Ars Nova, and is currently a HARP resident artist at Here Arts Center. Recently his media designs with Theater in Quarantine were exhibited at the Prague Quadrennial. Joshuawilliamgelb.com

NYU Skirball is located in the heart of Greenwich Village, historically a center of resistance, dissent and free thinking. NYU Skirball’s programing reflects this history and embraces today’s renegade artists and companies, presenting works that aim to engage, provoke and inspire audiences. NYU Skirball is NYC’s home for cutting-edge performance, artistic research, and discourse, holding close to James Baldwin’s dictum that “artists are here to disturb the peace.” The 800-seat theater provides a home for internationally renowned artists, innovators, and thinkers and presents ground-breaking events ranging from re-inventions of the classics to cutting-edge premieres, in genres ranging from dance, theater and performance arts to comedy, music and film.