End Credits normally runs 72 hours and defeats anyone who tries to watch it whole; compressing it into a single live hour is a fundamentally different proposition, and this is its New York live premiere. Four voices reading redacted FBI files aloud turns state surveillance into something you sit inside rather than scroll past, and Robeson - singer, actor, athlete, target - is the case study. Two performances, then it is gone.
What to expect
A roughly one-hour live performance in The Shed's Griffin Theater, built entirely from the language of surveillance documents read aloud by four performers who recorded the source material with McQueen. It is spare and text-driven rather than theatrical in a conventional sense. The Shed's building at Hudson Yards is worth arriving early for.
Good to know
- Only two performances are scheduled, and there is no extension planned for this engagement.
- Exact curtain times had not been published at the time of writing - confirm on theshed.org before booking travel.
- The Shed's members received a presale window ahead of the public on-sale.
- The Griffin Theater is inside The Shed at 545 West 30th Street, closest to the 7 train at Hudson Yards.
- The source material is FBI surveillance documentation and the piece deals directly with political persecution.
- The performance runs roughly an hour, making it an easy pairing with dinner on the West Side.
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Common questions
How many performances are there?
Two only - September 25 and 26, 2026, in The Griffin Theater at The Shed.
What is End Credits?
A work by Steve McQueen drawn from the FBI's decades-long surveillance files on Paul Robeson. Normally a 72-hour video installation, it is staged here as a one-hour live performance.
Who performs it?
Actors Laurel Lefkow, Jeff Mash, Eric Meyers and Regina Reagan, who recorded nearly forty years of the surveillance material with McQueen over ten years.
