Jay Alan Zimmerman

June 19-21 2026

ASL Creative

IN RESIDENCE: May 26 – June 22, 2026

Jay Alan Zimmerman’s Incredibly Deaf Musical tells the heartwarming, bootyshaking, true story of a composer who battled deafness… by creating a musical. Staged in an immersive world where Jay is trapped between a piano he can’t
hear and a growing caption screen he wants to avoid, Jay must now also perform the show… while actually Deaf!

PERFORMANCE
Friday, June 19th @ 7:30pm
Saturday, June 20th @ 2pm
Sunday, June 21st @ 2pm
RUN TIME: 
PRICE: $25
At IRT: 154 Christopher st. NYC #3B (third floor)
ADA Accessible
PLEASE NOTE: All sales final and there is no late seating at IRT Theater.
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At IRT, this radically new re-envisioning of the award-winning musical Jay started performing over 20 years ago blends live performers with personal, never-seenbefore footage of the Twin Tower ruins, the WTC site rebuilding Jay participated in, and his many attempts to rebuild himself by telling his story in standup clubs, theatre festivals, and Off-Broadway. Staged in an immersive world where Jay is trapped between a piano he can’t hear and a growing caption screen he wants to avoid, he must not only relive this story one more time, but also sing and play the piano while profoundly deaf.

Created by Jay Alan Zimmerman
Directed by Yannick-Robin Mirko
Music Directed by Isaiah Evans
Stage Managed by Ashlyn Laning

Produced by Sierra Lancaster & IRT Theater
Associate Produced by Claire-Francis Sullivan
Scenic & Caption Design by Dean Grosbard & Lee Rosen of Access Collabs
Sound Design by Mario Perez
Lighting Design by Paige Blackwell
Additional Music Support from Jacob Clements
Access Consulting by Yannick-Robin Mirko
ASL Performance Consulting by Charles Mokotoff

“An inspired musical autobiography that has earned the right to be taken seriously as a work of worthwhile art. It deserves to be seen; he deserves to be heard.” – Backstage

IRT Theater is a grassroots laboratory for independent theater and performance in New York City, providing space and support to a new generation of artists. Tucked away in the old Archive Building in Greenwich Village, IRT’s mission is to build a community of emerging and established artists by creating a home for the development and presentation of new work.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from New York State Council on the Arts and the New York State Legislature; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council; A.R.T./New York’s NYC Small Theatres Fund made possible with support from the Howard Gilman Foundation. Thank you to IndieSpace, and everyone who supports venues like ours in New York City.

ACCESS: IRT is a fully wheelchair-accessible facility. Please reach out to Kori Rushton if you have any accessibility questions or concerns, krushton@irttheater.org

PLEASE NOTE: All sales final and there is no late seating at IRT Theater.