The Frontera Series is a play reading series dedicated to highlighting the next frontier of great American Playwrights.
The Vicky Archives is an intimate immersive theater experience in which 30 guests enter an enigmatic memory archive, whose peculiar members recall and refine each other’s life stories.
May 5th and 19th at 3pm
May 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 16th, 17th, and 18th at 7pm
Ghetto Alchemy: A Lunchroom Survival Guide is an afrofuturist coming-of-age story that transports us from the outer reaches of space to the rhythmic tables of a middle school lunchroom in Detroit, MI.
THE TRUE STORY OF THE FIRST GIRL WHO SMASHED PATRIARCHY AND WAS MURDERED FOR IT.
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May 5 at 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM, May 9 at 9:30 PM , May 12 at 9:30 PM
The pivotal year of 1357 in Iran's solar calendar marks the Islamic Republic revolution in Iran, a year that transformed the Middle East and marked the mass suicide of a nation.
A performance duet of sonic verse dance and audience experience. This show explores expectations and the divergence from that. The audience will be asked to consider their own ideas of “shoulds.”
Tier5 presents a staged reading of Seth Barnes' hilarious and poignant take on underworldly office behavior.
May 7, June 4, July 23 at 7:00pm
Join Road House Sketch Comedy at their season opener on Tuesday 3/26 at 7PM at The Tank!
Six Degrees of Separation is an annual showcase that brings together choreographers separated by one degree of association. This season, SDS presents work by artists who choreograph in tandem.
Allie, Charlie, and Jessie have returned to work at their childhood summer camp. On their first day back, they can't help but reminisce about their last summer together. New beginnings follow.
Gi60 International One Minute Theatre Festival: US - 20th Anniversary!
May 15, 16, 17 and 18 at 7:00 PM
May 19 at 3:00 PM
Gi60 International One Minute Theatre Festival: US - 20th Anniversary! 60 plays (40 from 'the vault' and 20 new) performed by 17 actors in one evening! Join us for this exhilirating smorgasbord of stories!
Lifestyle is a sketch comedy group dedicated to spreading laughter, wellness, and the joys of Capitalism.
Sydney Holmes revisits her dad’s passing, funeral, and the double life he left behind. A musical comedy investigation into death, deceit and daddy issues.
COVID PROTOCOL: Please note that this performance will be presented at the Tank's in-person performance space at 312 W 36th St. All attendees and artists will be required to be vaccinated for Covid-19. Patrons will also be required to wear masks when not eating or drinking.
A seance of sorts is occurring in a New York City one-bedroom apartment 4 years into the pandemic, on the eve of a momentous event planned for the next day.
On a broken- down bus outside of Victorville California, a bus driver and his diverse group of passengers fester in the heat as they wait for a replacement bus. A shocking shift in their reality creates a scramble to survive.
Elizabeth Keckley and Mary Lincoln attempt a reconciliation, exposing their long-held grievances as they struggle with trauma, drug, and alcohol abuse.
Victor Jones figures out who they are, live, on camera, in front of an audience. Pop music, comedy, theater, and more...
Fat Faggot
June 26th 2024 at 7:00pm and June 29th 2024 at 7:00pm
Welcome to “The Fat Faggot Variety Hour”: a biting yet fabulous 1960s musical variety show, broadcast in the deep recesses of the mind of Ben Langhorst (protagonist [also the writer]). Using his life as fodder for each new episode, Ben desperately clings to his sanity as a television audience cackles and jeers (a fat gay man looking for love and acceptance - now that’s pathetic!). But even as Ben struggles to break free from old patterns, will the host (also named Ben Langhorst) allow the show to end?
*Please note that this performance will be presented at the Tank's in-person performance space at 312 W 36th St. All attendees and artists will be required to have a covid vaccination before being admitted to the space. Patrons will also be required to wear masks, when not eating or drinking.
May 31st at 7pm
June 1st, 2nd, 6th, 8th and 10th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 20th, 21st and 23rd at 7pm
June 7th at 11pm
June 9th, 16th and 22nd at 3pm
Join the infamous Drag-Vamp, Midnight Coleslaw as she hosts a campy, queer and horrific evening of one-act plays conjured up by Joey Merlo (On Set with Theda Bara) and director Nick J. Browne. The Tank presents Midnight Coleslaw’s Tales from Beyond the Closet!!!
A mother and her daughters navigate grief after deciding to end her suffering via assisted suicide. Add a husband, a pedophilic priest and a death doula- what could go wrong?
An evangelical theatre kid discovers the mentors she adores aren't who they appear to be. A dark, funny, hopeful play about complicity and the absurd comedy of being a child.
The Bechdel Group presents the staged reading of our 2023-34 Resident Playwright Mollie Gordon's play The Tin Man's Daughter. The Tin Man's Daughter (working title) is a piece is inspired by The Wizard of Oz, and centers on a young woman, perhaps even a girl, named Tina, who doesn't want the heart that the Tin Man so desperately craved. Instead, she wants a new body.
Things go awry when a group of girls accidentally get high during an event at their prestigious boarding school. Well.. sorta kinda!
The Christening of Prince Imogene
June 8 2024 at 7:00pm
A trans boy and his piano’s musical exploration of romantic failure. Through a painful confrontation of embarrassing memories, this is a celebration of queer joy.
*Please note that this performance will be presented at the Tank's in-person performance space at 312 W 36th St. All attendees and artists will be required to have a covid vaccination before being admitted to the space. Patrons will also be required to wear masks, when not eating or drinking.
no no no please no god no, nevermind i’m fine
June 6th 2024 at 8:30pm and June 8th 2024 at 1:00pm
In 2021, Sarina confronted death and won. It took only one harrowing LSD trip. Now she's dying (not literally!) to reveal how she's now really completely totally fine.
*Please note that this performance will be presented at the Tank's in-person performance space at 312 W 36th St. All attendees and artists will be required to have a covid vaccination before being admitted to the space. Patrons will also be required to wear masks, when not eating or drinking.
Something to Believe In
June 8 at 2:30pm
It’s like confession without the guilt. Faith and queerness clash at an all-girls Catholic school in Kentucky, as one senior hurtles to graduation feeling less than blessed.
*Please note that this performance will be presented at the Tank's in-person performance space at 312 W 36th St. All attendees and artists will be required to have a covid vaccination before being admitted to the space. Patrons will also be required to wear masks, when not eating or drinking.
Pretty Delusional
June 8th 2024 at 4:00pm
Pretty Delusional is a musical comedy about staying sexy in the face of rejection. Gianna marches heart-first into the battle of loving too much or not at all, while trying not to vomit in the process.
*Please note that this performance will be presented at the Tank's in-person performance space at 312 W 36th St. All attendees and artists will be required to have a covid vaccination before being admitted to the space. Patrons will also be required to wear masks, when not eating or drinking.
Leave if No Response
June 12 at 7:00pm June 14 at 9:30pm June 15 at 3:00pm June 16 at 7:00pm
In this queer coming-of-age story, best friends Mira and Ariel grow up in a tight-knit Jewish community. Together, they remember what was. Apart, they wonder what could have been.
*Please note that this performance will be presented at the Tank's in-person performance space at 312 W 36th St. All attendees and artists will be required to have a covid vaccination before being admitted to the space. Patrons will also be required to wear masks, when not eating or drinking.
A play about the making of LOVE. Not Making Love.
Queer To Tell presents “Captured in Color” is a storytelling show/photo series in which 6 storytellers share stories inspired by the six initial colors of the Pride Flag and their meanings.
yo ho. is a sexy, funny, and heartfelt swashbuckling adventure that explores the relationship between Mary Read and Anne Bonny, gender, transitioning, sexuality, and power.
Momdy: the Non-Birthing Lesbian Mom
June 21st 2024 at 9:30pm and June 22nd 2024 at 3:00pm
Through video and shadow puppetry, Jessica Marie Lorence documents her non-traditional journey to parenthood and explores what it means to be a mother when your wife is the one giving birth.
*Please note that this performance will be presented at the Tank's in-person performance space at 312 W 36th St. All attendees and artists will be required to have a covid vaccination before being admitted to the space. Patrons will also be required to wear masks, when not eating or drinking.
Sisterhood
June 22nd 2024 at 9:30pm
"Sisterhood" follows three fifteen-year old girls who, after being total jerks to each other, are haunted by the all-knowing Spirit of Sisterhood. This play is their quest for redemption.
*Please note that this performance will be presented at the Tank's in-person performance space at 312 W 36th St. All attendees and artists will be required to have a covid vaccination before being admitted to the space. Patrons will also be required to wear masks, when not eating or drinking.
Prima and Maggie fall in love in the old wild west and fight to defend their home and lives from the dark secrets of Maggie’s past.
Eat Your Mother / Es, es!
June 23rd 2024 at 7:00pm
Eat Your Mother is a patchwork performance piece stitching together works from the archive of the Yiddish theater, original compositions, and brand-new translations into Yiddish. Featuring: The Petoskey Breasted Mermaid of Adrienne Rich, a Yiddish-language trans reclamation and recrimination of the poet’s life and afterlife; Jewish Drag Kings; a visit from the Beep-Boop Barry Sisters; a never-before-staged one-act by early 20th century Yiddish playwright Jane Rose; and more.
*Please note that this performance will be presented at the Tank's in-person performance space at 312 W 36th St. All attendees and artists will be required to have a covid vaccination before being admitted to the space. Patrons will also be required to wear masks, when not eating or drinking.
Great Aunts
June 24 at 7:00pm
Great Aunts transports audiences to Gran's home for some Southern cooking, spirited phone calls, and a look into family photo albums that are full of diagnoses and revelations.
Ultra-confident butch lesbian ASÍ wrestles (WWE-style) with their longing for true love and internalized machismo when their childhood rival (their older cousin Raiden) interrupts their impromptu solo show.
Gay Femme Mayhem
June 24th 2024 at 9:30pm
Come one, come all to Gay Femme Mayhem, a night of stand-up featuring emerging and established queer femme comedians! Featuring Emily Drossell, Bianca Barragan, Daisy Walker, and more!
*Please note that this performance will be presented at the Tank's in-person performance space at 312 W 36th St. All attendees and artists will be required to have a covid vaccination before being admitted to the space. Patrons will also be required to wear masks, when not eating or drinking.
Jess is an incredibly talented sleight-of-hand magician. Marla is a horrible singer-songwriter. They do not like each other very much. They have been dating for 2 years.
Settling scores against rough odds, Winners is a quirky, queer comedy about a competitive family with communication challenges where everyone's looking for forgiveness and how to manage our losses.
A lost young man sets off on a poorly-planned trip to West Hollywood in an attempt to find the man of his dreams.
The Cuntry Club is a one woman show about a one woman show — a comedic deconstruction of the form, an experiment that spirals out of control.
Self-love. Erotic cannibalism. Queer relationships. Lindwurms tells the story of what it means to love and be loved, and the sacrifices we make in order to grow.
House of Legendary is an opera about double lives and destructive desires set in the glory days of New York City’s underground drag culture.
Through the lens of four queer-ass men on Pride Eve, Velvet Rage explores the queer lexicon, iconography, and pop-culture references that connect and sometimes interfere with the relationships in our community.
In 1999, two teenage boys deal with their closeted sexuality and a violent incident changing them both forever. In 2012 and beyond, the scars of their past define their future.
Turnover: A New Leaf
June 28 at 7:00pm
Turnover: A New Leaf is a plant-based musical about how two business-owning families, rooted in prejudice, overturn their views when their queer kids start rooting for each other.
*Please note that this performance will be presented at the Tank's in-person performance space at 312 W 36th St. All attendees and artists will be required to have a covid vaccination before being admitted to the space. Patrons will also be required to wear masks, when not eating or drinking.
When a veteran drag queen takes “death drop” too literally, a hosting gig is up for grabs at one of Milwaukee’s last gay bars. Let the queer catfight commence!
The Fires
June 30th 2024 at 7:00pm
Two men sit outside an abandoned 7/11 as a wildfire approaches, the latest catastrophe in an apocalyptic America. The Fires is a bleakly funny love story set in a burning world.
*Please note that this performance will be presented at the Tank's in-person performance space at 312 W 36th St. All attendees and artists will be required to have a covid vaccination before being admitted to the space. Patrons will also be required to wear masks, when not eating or drinking.
Parenting: A Queer Concert
June 30th 2024 at 7:00pm
A concert of original songs and musical theatre moments on parenting as LGBTQ2I.
*Please note that this performance will be presented at the Tank's in-person performance space at 312 W 36th St. All attendees and artists will be required to have a covid vaccination before being admitted to the space. Patrons will also be required to wear masks, when not eating or drinking.
Tier5 presents a staged reading of Rachel Greene's powerful deconstruction of Mamet's Oleanna
In this story of queer self-discovery and liberation, two women find themselves trapped inside an AI experience. They must look inward and forge new connections to make their way home.
Blair and Teddy are siblings reuniting after a few years at their childhood home. While going through items, secrets are revealed that test their strength to move forward.
Wes Anderson meets Hitchcock meets Spaghetti Western in this multi award-winning, intercontinental, inter-genre, cinematic caper of accusations, accidents and accents. Playbill Critic’s Pick of The Fringe. “★★★★★” - BroadwayBaby, BroadwayWorld, WhatsOnStage
A workshop of a new dance-theatre show about substitutions, replacements, and feeling expendable. A workshop of a new dance-theatre show about substitutions, replacements, and feeling expendable.
Four Fragments and A Spirit of Some Strange Love
April 29th at 7:00 PM
Join us for a night of Theater at The Tank with Sarah Lawrence and Take in Romeo & Juliet getting re-imagined in A Spirit of Some Strange Love, dance with us in Solo Performance fragments
Brett Epstein reflects upon the highs and lows of being an artist, being a gay male, being alone and Being Alive™. A darkly comic Brooklyn Bottling Company solo show.
A sketch troupe that is quite a disgrace, but still suitable enough to be shown in public.
April 25, 26, 28 at 7:00 PM
April 27 at 3:00 PM
A sorority Exec board is plagued with drama after a harassment claim is placed against the president.
April 20 at 3:00pm
April 21 at 7:00pm
This is a story of Anatolian women who chose to fight alongside their countrymen for freedom.
April 17 and 18 at 9:30pm and April 19, 20, 23, and 24 at 7:00
In ORLANDO: A Rhapsody, two actors, father and daughter, place gender onstage as a theatrical material to wrestle with, in all of its violence and all of its poetry.
The Resurrectionist tells the mirroring stories of 1890s Clara and modern Roxie as they navigate their male-dominated worlds. We learn that the past is not so different from the present.
Exquisite Drones is a drone-based piece for cello, live electronics and films patterned after the surrealist drawing game “exquisite corpse.” The group-work connects three compositions, written in isolation.
When The Greenery, a Bushwick music venue, is faced with the fear of getting shut down, a group of regulars must fight to keep their home away from home alive.
garland of songs is a showcase that weaves flowering fusion dance with mesmerizing story telling. rooted in Bharatanatyam and contemporary dance, geatali presents a bouquet of artistry, emotion, and introspection.
New York City's Trashiest Talk Show
Since he was a young boy, Benny Winner dreamed of hosting his own talk show, like his heroes Jerry Springer, Steve Wilkos, and Maury Povich.
A one-person show about falling in- and out- of love with the theatre
An operatic musical comedy about the intimacies of our iPhones.
Before Amelia Earhart, there was Bessie Coleman. In 1921, Queen Bess was the first American to receive an international pilot’s license.
A surreal and poetic chamber oratorio with ballet that follows a shape-shifting figure displaced by war, a ghost child on an infinite errand.
FAST ONES is a night of quick theater featuring 5 never-before-seen works by emerging NYC theater artists.
April 5th, 7ht, 11th, 12th, 13th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 22nd, 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th at 7pm
April 6th, 14th and 21st at 3pm
The Human Dream Project is a multimedia puppetry and performance project that collects recordings of people candidly describing dreams they have had, and illustrates these intimate recordings with colorful puppetry, stop motion animation, live music, and other video and performance art.
April 4, 6, 11, 13 at 7:00 PM
The world is ending. Thea Collins is taking notes. A surreal, comedic meditation on an apocalypse of language, PLUME explores the absurdity of keeping history at history’s end.
The beloved late-night play competition is BACK for the first time ever at The Tank! SERIALS is a raucous night of serialized plays featuring some of the hottest actors, directors, and playwrights in the indie theater scene. Five teams perform five original, ten-minute episodic plays with only six hours of rehearsal time. Then YOU, the audience, vote for your three favorites. The plays with the most votes come back with a brand new episode of the same storyline the following week of SERIALS. Teams with the least votes come back with a pilot episode of a brand new storyline.
You're invited to an intimate and immersive saloon reading of 'Dorian Gray', an adaptation of Wilde's infamous novel.
Join The Makers' Ensemble for our 3rd Annual SHORT PLAY FEST. Four Powerful Plays, Four Dynamic Directors. Four Nights Only.
A muralist. A firefighter. Four claustrophobic walls covered in paint. Houses invites you into a troubled home and implores you to embrace your mistakes with ferocity.
Who dares knock, knock, knock on the Raven's chamber door? He'll have you know he's a poet, and he's very busy avoiding his romantic life and sobering up for Prospero's party. When his life as a writer and life as a forever-bachelor collide in a time jumping vignette adventure through the bibliography of one Edgar Allan Poe, fate propels the Raven to further dissect his own avoidance of love.
"The Glass Between Stars" follows Claire and Gideon from ages 17 to 32, as they journey through love, loss, reconciliation, and hope.
March 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, and 25th at 7:00 pm
43 STAGES OF GRIEVING: A COMEDY tells the story of a pregnant, dying robot and a human who attempted to live forever. This is a comedy for a grief saturated world.
Join the chorus of a new musical about how we find our authentic voice, process grief, and… live in a musical. Be a part of the first public staged reading!
The Slop Bucket runneth over. An evening of unfinished plays, songs, stories, images, textiles, and people. If you can't take the slop, stay out of the bucket!
March 5th, 6th and 7th at 7pm
March 9th at 3pm
Winner of the Tampa Bay Theatre Festival and the Voices of Women Theatre Festival. Searching for Abuelo is a one-woman show framed in the Puerto Rican musical style of Bomba.
