An immersive ritual play:
“A gathering is called to the House of Daemon. One by one, the guests arrive to witness the Anticipated Act—until one of them begins remembering events no one else recalls, forcing them all to tread the uncertain boundaries of Memory, Dream, and Prophecy.”

This week, the East Village theater scene prepares for a unique arrival. Opening May 16, 2026, “HEX: A Two Fold Play in Five Acts” promises to challenge conventional notions of drama. We sat down with writer and director Babäk Mehrabi to discuss the “mystical theater” tradition. On the Nature of the Production StageBuddy: Tell us about the philosophy behind HEX. Babäk Mehrabi: “The nature of the show… is following a tradition of mystical theater, which is the crossroads of entertainment, art, religion, and magic. The idea is that the audience are going to be involved in… bringing back a very, very, very old… tradition of theater… done with the means of today’s world.” On Background and the Meaning of “Drama” StageBuddy: You didn’t take a traditional path to the director’s chair. How did that influence your view of theater? Babäk Mehrabi: “I noticed that what [people] are very invested in… is drama… conflict, a story with a conflict. I refer to Mary Overly’s idea of what a story is, which is just logic of events. So I think there are stories. And then when you add conflict to it, then you have drama… what I was personally very interested in was something we can kind of …Read more