"The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them." Anton Chekhov Lama means WHY in Hebrew. "WHY" is a central question of human existence; it’s the leaping off point for all that follows in the pursuit of understanding. The Lama Theater is a writer/director-driven, New York based Company that deals with raising questions and encourages bold new writing and directing. We are constantly searching for curious collaborators from within the nation, and around the world, to inspire different points of view and theatrical visions. Lama generates new work that explores theatrical, psychological, political and social questions, through a dialogue between artists of different disciplines and often of different cultural backgrounds. Our goal is to give the artists a platform to create risk taking and thought provoking theater, that will inspire the audience to question the world around them.