CHRA’s El Khoury Awarded 2026 NYSCA Grant
CHRA director and associate professor of theater and performance, Tania El Khoury, has been named as a recipient of the 2026 Support for Artists grant from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). The NYSCA grants are intended to increase access to arts funding and recognize the substantial economic and social impact of New York State’s arts and culture sector.
El Khoury's award is in support of one of several new works she is developing. Mise en Abyme is an intimate interactive installation staged on a small desk inside public libraries. Guided by sound, scent, and touch, participants discover excerpts of books and hidden messages left by previous readers. The work traces how literature shapes culture and the ongoing history of banned and censored books. It also considers loneliness as a defining epidemic of the twenty-first century, and how it surfaces within late-stage capitalism. Mise en Abyme is a love letter to public libraries, to daily acts of resistance, and to knowledge shared as a public resource.
Mise en Abyme is produced by Play Company in NYC.
Post Date: 12-10-2025
El Khoury's award is in support of one of several new works she is developing. Mise en Abyme is an intimate interactive installation staged on a small desk inside public libraries. Guided by sound, scent, and touch, participants discover excerpts of books and hidden messages left by previous readers. The work traces how literature shapes culture and the ongoing history of banned and censored books. It also considers loneliness as a defining epidemic of the twenty-first century, and how it surfaces within late-stage capitalism. Mise en Abyme is a love letter to public libraries, to daily acts of resistance, and to knowledge shared as a public resource.
Mise en Abyme is produced by Play Company in NYC.
Post Date: 12-10-2025
