The popular Big Umbrella Festival blooms as a free campus takeover at Lincoln Center full of relaxed spaces with multi-sensory experiences, performances, installations, and workshops specifically welcoming neurodivergent audiences and their families.

• The U.S. premiere of When the World Turns: an immersive and participatory collaboration from Polyglot Theatre (Australia) and Oily Cart (UK) inviting audiences to explore a wondrous landscape of foliage, light, sounds, and shadows (April 4-6 and 11-13)

• Esrawe + Cadena (Mexico) bring their captivating outdoor installation, Los Trompos, to Damrosch Park—inviting families to rest, play, and engage with eight colorful and larger-than-life spinning tops (April 4–6, 9–13, and 16–20)

• Virtual Crip Movement Lab, a workshop for all disabled people and their non-disabled accomplices, and an exciting evening of standup comedy, both presented in collaboration with the ReelAbilities Film Festival (April 3 and April 4)

• A melodious introduction into the world of chamber music and its instruments with CMS Kids: Moving Music—where audiences can experience how an ensemble works together through active listening, movement, and call-and-response activities (April 5)

• The U.S. Premiere of The Sticky Dance for Sensory Groovers, an interactive dance performance co-created by Rosie Heafford and Takeshi Matsumoto of Second Hand Dance (England), encouraging audiences to freely explore a colorful tapestry of sticky tape in this tactile, participatory experience (April 11-13)

• E.P.I.C. Players returns to campus to present a sample of their 2025 season, shining a light on neurodiverse talent through music, theater, and dance performances (April 12)

• The New York premiere of Hamlet by Teatro La Plaza (Peru), a joyful and enigmatic reimagining of Shakespeare’s timeless work performed in Spanish (with English captions) by a cast of actors with Down syndrome (April 19)

• Indoor visual art stations led by Lincoln Center’s education team and teaching artists (April 11–13)

• Outdoor creative activity stations inspired by the Los Trompos installation led by Lincoln Center’s education team and teaching artists (April 4–6, 9–13, and 16–20)