Untitled New Work by Monica Bill Barnes and Robbie Saenz de Viteri
A new work by Barnes and Saenz de Viteri
Playwrights Horizons plans a world premiere from choreographer Monica Bill Barnes and her collaborator Robbie Saenz de Viteri, built around everyday sidewalk life in New York.
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What it is
Untitled New Work is a new live performance piece by Monica Bill Barnes and Robbie Saenz de Viteri, planned as a world premiere at Playwrights Horizons, the Off-Broadway company on West 42nd Street. It has no final title yet, so the listing carries the placeholder name the company itself uses.
The company says the piece will look at the small, easily forgotten moments that pass every minute on a New York City sidewalk, and that it will be different at every performance. No plot, cast or format details have been released beyond that. The pair's live pieces draw on comedy, storytelling, theater and movement as much as on dance, and they say they like to take dance to places it does not usually go.
The company lists it for Fall 2027/Spring 2028, while Playbill reported that it is due in fall 2027.
History
Playwrights Horizons announced the piece on May 28, 2026, as one of nine works in its 2026–2027 season announcement, which also gave early plans for the 2027–2028 season. TheaterMania included it in a group of three productions set for the months after summer 2027.
The project continues a relationship with the theater. The two creators earlier presented Many Happy Returns at Playwrights Horizons, and they staged Lunch Dances at the New York Public Library in 2025.
Cast
Creative team
Monica Bill Barnes moved to New York in 1995 and started her own troupe, Monica Bill Barnes & Company, in 1997. Robbie Saenz de Viteri first met her while working on a collaboration with radio host Ira Glass, Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host, and later became part of the company. Barnes also created choreography for the 2019 film Little Women, and in 2025 she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in Choreography.
Recognition for the pair includes Lilly, Chita Rivera and Bessie Awards. Their bio on the Playwrights Horizons page also presents accessibility as a priority in their work. Designers, performers and any musicians for this piece have not been announced.
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Playwrights Horizons
416 West 42 Street, New York, NY 10036
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