Writer’s Stage
Writer’s Stage is a monthly event that evokes the spirit of a literary salon, bringing writers, creators, and artists into the gallery to share their literary work and engage in discussions with the audience.
Upcoming Event
From A to Z: 3-D poems
June 24, 2026 6:15–7:30 PM at Nunu Fine Art New York
Writer's Stage | "From A to Z: 3-D poems"
Venue | Nunu Fine Art New York
Date | June 24, 2026 6:15-7:30 PM
Charles Bernstein samples 50 years of poetry to accompany Nancy Bownen’s works, including poems from his recent book. Topsy-Turvey and his forthcoming collection, Dodging.
Charles Bernstein is the author, most recently, of The Kinds of Poetry I Want: Essays and Comedies (University of Chicago Press, 2024), Topsy-Turvy (Chicago, 2021), and Pitch of Poetry (Chicago, 2016). Read more at https://writing.upenn.edu/epc/authors/bernstein/
Past Event
BIPOLARCOASTER -- An Original One-Woman Musical About Mental Health
May 3, 2026 6:15-7:30 PM at Nunu Fine Art New York
Amanda Andrews
Writer's Stage | "BIPOLARCOASTER -- An Original One-Woman Musical About Mental Health"
Venue | Nunu Fine Art New York
Date | May 3, 2026 6:15-7:30 PM
Nunu Fine Art will be hosting an exclusive preview performance of "Bipolarcoaster," an original one-woman musical about mental health that is set to run at Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August.
Join award-winning writer, singer, and actress, Amanda Andrews for a vulnerably wild ride on the edge of the mental health spectrum. Inspired by personal experiences, BIPOLARCOASTER is a one-woman play about harnessing self-awareness and finding empowerment through taking responsibility for mental health. Performed alongside critically acclaimed composer and musician Kyle Lacy, Bipolarcoaster is bursting with original music, unfiltered narrative, and light hearted humor.
Amanda and Kyle have been developing BIPOLARCOASTER since performing it at the Rochester Fringe Festival in September 2025. Audience remarks include: "favorite at Fringe," "relatable and encouraging," "resonated with me and made me laugh."
Biploarcoaster at Edinburgh Festival Fringe: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/bipolarcoaster
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Amanda Andrews has written and performed over 10 original one-woman plays with music about mental health. Her shows have premiered all over New York City, selling out venues like Joe's Pub at the Public Theatre, Don’t Tell Mama, and The Duplex. Amanda has also immensely enjoyed sharing these plays regionally beyond NYC. Amanda produced and hosted "Melodies & Memoirs," a series in residence at The Stonewall Inn, which amplified NYC artists who create original work. In addition to the pieces she has written, Amanda performs in plays, musicals, and films, and sings in cabaret venues and variety shows.
Website: amandaandrews.net/mentalhealthplays
IG: @amandrews31 instagram.com/amandrews31/
Kyle Lacy is currently the musical director and guitarist for the Grammy-nominated Group Harlem Gospel Travelers (Colemine Records). He also has cheekbones for days and hair that Elvis stole (remember that time machine?) His 2nd solo album, Pleasurecraft, came out January 20, 2023. Together with his band, he has held a Saturday residency at NYC’s Club Groove for 4 straight years, and in 2025 was featured on Guitaro5000’s youtube channel telling the story of his vocal surgery and subsequent spiritual and musical recovery.
Website: kylelacymusic.com
IG: @kylelacymusic instagram.com/kylelacymusic
UNDER OUR SKIN -- Poets Respond to Bellmer Nauman Pondick: Material Desire
April 23, 2026 6:30–8:00 PM at Nunu Fine Art New York
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Nunu Fine Art New York, in collaboration with Sonnabend and Ubu Gallery, NY, is excited to announce the fifth installment of its Writer’s Stage on April 23, 2026. The gallery is pleased to offer their New York space to host this program, offering select writers the opportunity to share their work among fellow writers, artists and friends.
“UNDER OUR SKIN -- Poets Respond to Bellmer Nauman Pondick: Material Desire” brings together Abigail Child, William Lessard, and Andrew Levy as well as event organizer Susan Lewis. The group of poets will respond to the pieces currently on view in the gallery by Hans Bellmer, Bruce Nauman, and Rona Pondick, who are separated by generations and geographies, yet united by their engagement with the human body as material, and subject, and as a tool for experimentation and exploration of the implications of the psychic self.
**HUMANS**
February 17, 2026 6:30 – 8:00 PM at Nunu Fine Art New York
Paul MCneill
Writer's Stage | “**Humans**”
Venue | Nunu Fine Art New York
Date | February 17, 2026 6:30-8:00 PM
Nunu Fine Art New York is excited to announce the fourth installment of its Writer’s Stage on Tuesday, February 17, 2026. The gallery is pleased to offer their New York space to host this program, offering select writers the opportunity to share their work among fellow writers, artists and friends.
13.77 billion years and 10 minutes ago something happened.
The rest is history.
And then the humans arrived.
Paul McNeill will share a few chapters from his soon-to-be-published eccentric take on history. Please join us for an informal and light-hearted exploration of the question, "how did we get here?"
About the Performer:
Paul McNeill is the retired Director of Innovation and Engineering for SPX Corporation. A passionate environmentalist, Shakespeare enthusiast, and bad pianist, he has written and lectured around the world about the intersection of philosophy and science. "**Humans**" is his first full length book.