An Evening with Tony Award Winner Ari’el Stachel

A Curated Performance & Conversation Experience Join us at The Hub for a one-night-only opportunity to see Tony Award–winning actor Ari’el Stachel for an intimate, powerful evening of storytelling, performance, and dialogue. This experience is an intimate version of his acclaimed solo show, which initially premiered at Berkeley Rep and made its New York debut Off-Broadway in the fall of 2025. Through humor, vulnerability, and masterful character work, Ari explores themes of identity, mental health, and belonging as an Arab-Jewish artist navigating multiple worlds. Written and performed by Stachel, the show traces his lifelong struggle with OCD, the pressure to assimilate, and the identity fracture that began in the aftermath of 9/11. As a Middle Eastern Jewish teenager in America, Ari’el quickly learned that safety meant silence. He began hiding his father, denying his roots, and reshaping himself to fit a culture that viewed his heritage as suspect. What began as protection became performance—until it all broke. Ari’el plays dozens of characters, including “Meredith,” the personified voice of his anxiety who guides, manipulates, and ultimately hijacks his pursuit of belonging.…