Healing Arts is a global campaign by the Jameel Arts & Health Lab in collaboration with the World Health Organization
Healing Arts is a global campaign by the Jameel Arts & Health Lab in collaboration with the World Health Organization
2-10 May 2026 | Various Times Community Arts Space, 74 East 4th St, New York
Memory Generation is an interactive theater experience set in a memory café environment for people with dementia and caregivers.
Memory Generation is a new interactive, experiential theater work hosted in a memory cafe environment (unique creative and social spaces specifically for people with dementia and their caregivers). Written by Sara Zatz and Directed by Sherrine Azab (A Host of People, Detroit), with engagement support from Community and Project Advisor Andrew Morton (Detroit), Memory Generation invites audiences into an intimate, intergenerational gathering space that blends theatrical narrative, creative participation, and communal exchange in a memory café environment—creative social spaces designed specifically for people living with dementia, and their friends and families, that focus on creative experiences, not diagnosis.
Developed through extensive community interviews, artist gatherings, and lived experience, the work is shaped by real stories of caregiving, memory loss, and connection, reflecting the voices of those directly navigating these journeys.
Through storytelling and fostering creative connections, it will explore the challenges, moments of humor, and unexpected losses and victories that arise when dementia impacts individuals, families, and communities.
