We are so excited to announce the
2026/2027 TMT Institute Fellows:
Neena Beber
Sarah Esser
Rob Neill
Nadine Nelson
Maamoun Tobbo
The TMT Institute is a place where artists challenge and question themselves, try new directions in any way at all, without any expectation of result or success. The Institute intentionally rejects product-oriented work; Fellows pursue no project, no developmental stage, no result of any kind. The goal is to create a place where artists set aside their assumptions and disrupt their established practice.
Stay tuned for Open Studios coming June 2027.
26/27 INSTITUTE FELLOWS
NEENA BEBER
Neena Beber (she/her) is a dramatist whose current work includes A MOTHER (Baryshnikov Arts); IPHIGENIA (librettist); SOMEDAY SOON (book writer), FRIDA (lyrics and co-book). Recipient of Obie and Lilly Awards, Emmy nominations. Alum of New Dramatists, Harvard (BA), NYU Tisch (MFA). Neena teaches in the Columbia MFA program and mentors for The Campfire Project.
SARAH ESSER
Sarah Esser (she/her) is a Japanese-American choreographer, director, & dancer. She has danced for J Balvin, Megan Thee Stallion, & Kim Petras & has been featured in campaigns for Nike and Twitter. She has choreographed for Kim Petras & Sudan Archives & has shared work at Dance Lab, CreateART, & Brown University. Sarah is repped by MSA, managed by Movers Management, and is a Resident Artist of Project YZ.
ROB NEILL
Rob Neill (he/him) is a NYC-based theater maker, director, performer, producer, and educator. A founding member and former Artistic Director of the NY Neo-Futurists, he creates adventurous, collaborative performance. His work has appeared at The Public, HERE, the Whitney Biennial, and the Edinburgh Fringe. Other credits include Broadway’s LONDON ASSURANCE and the national tour of PETER AND THE STARCATCHER.
NADINE NELSON
Nadine Nelson (she/her) is a multidisciplinary social practice artist, educator, and cultural producer. Her work spans food, participatory performance, installations, digital art, and public interventions. A Project Row Houses fellow and alum of The Laundromat Project and Flux Factory, she is known for Public Kitchen, Harvest Mandalas, and Stir the Pot. She is the founder of Global Local Gourmet.
MAAMOUN TOBBO
Maamoun Tobbo (he/they) is a Lebanese theatre artist, designer, and cultural strategist. As founder and research lead of Vessel Praxis, he develops Architecture of Becoming, exploring how human intelligence is shaped by space, performance, ritual, and collective memory. His work has been seen at The Met, Rattlestick, HERE, Mark Morris Dance Center, New York Live Arts, and Baruch Performing Arts Center.
Past Institute Fellows: Avi Amon, Tom Bane, Sa[Rah] Bellin, Eliza Bent, Kaaron Briscoe, Ana Cantorán, Stephen Cedars, Tanisha Christie, Sarah Dahnke, Mashuq Mushtaq Deen, Nelson T. Eusebio III, Lanxing Fu, Ryan Gamblin, Ben Gassman, CB Goodman, Morgan Gould, Noelle Ghoussaini, Alyssa Haddad-Chin, Ayun Halliday, Carl Holder, Adam M. Kassim, Irina Kruzhilina, Emma Ladji, Brian Lawlor, Cate McCrea, Gulshan Mia, Aaron Minerbrook, Claire Moodey, Kyoung Park, Marie Lloyd Paspe, Yoni Oppenheim, Noah Ortega, Maleek Rae, Gabrielle Revlock, Christina Roussos, Barbara Samuels, Cara Scarmack, Jennifer Seastone, Marisol Rosa-Shapiro, Normandy Sherwood, Sylvain Souklaye, Sarah Cameron Sunde, Ari Tabei, reid tang, Sugar Vendil, Peter Mills Weiss, Sarah K. Williams, Anthony Wills Jr., Brandon Woolf, and Dennis Yueh-Yeh Li, Faith Zamblé
Photo of Neena Beber by Deborah Lopez, Photo by Sarah Esser by Enlin Q, Photo by Nadine Nelson by Clay Williams