For Bill T. Jones and Janet Wong, the artistic leaders at New York Live Arts, community is a pressing political concern. The lineup they chose for the organization’s coming season is meant to reflect that urgency and highlight the role that art can play in examining societal problems.

“We’re asking the question: ‘Where is the poetry in cultural change?’” Mr. Jones said in an interview. “Artists have a way of abstracting and making metaphors that can give us an experience of what it truly means to participate.”

This focus on participation is exemplified by Yanira Castro’s “Last Audience,” an immersive performance piece that will receive its world premiere in October. Audience members will assist Ms. Castro and her collaborative group A Canary Torsi in creating and recreating the piece each evening.

Fall performances begin in September with Sarah Jones’s “Sell/Buy/Date,” her one-woman science-fiction show about people involved in the sex industry. “Sell/Buy/Date” had its debut in 2016 at Manhattan Theater Club.