Oratorio for Living Things

The piece premiered at Ars Nova Off-Broadway on March 17, 2022, directed by Lee Sunday Evans and featuring Kirstyn Cae Ballard, Jonathan Christopher, Carla Duren, Ashley Pérez Flanagan, Brian Flores, Jonny-James Kajoba, Barrie Lobo McLain, Ángel Lozada, Divya Maus, Ben Moss, Onyie Nwachukwu and Dito Van Reigersberg.^[3]The show was staged in-the-round to evoke the feeling of a planetarium, according to Christian.^[4] The production closed on May 22, 2022.

The production received critical acclaim, with Jesse Green of the New York Times calling it "profoundly strange and overwhelmingly beautiful," naming it a Critic's Pick.^[5] The show was nominated for six Lucille Lortel Award nominations, winning three^{[6] [7]}, along with Christian receiving a special Drama Desk Award^[8].

The show was revived Off-Broadway at Signature Theatre Company, in 2025 again directed by Evans, with all the original cast returning, along with new cast members Major Curda, Elisa Galindez, Laura Darrell and Jacob Ryan Smith.^[9] The production ran from September 30, 2025 through November 23, 2025, and again received critical acclaim. Allison Considine of New York Theatre Guide praised the show, claiming it "completely reshapes what a theatre performance can be."^[10]