Rambunctious, daring, hilarious, provoking, and fun. Trust us - You've never experienced a night of improvisation quite like this.
SERIALS is a late-night episodic play competition series. Each weekend of performances, five original, never-before-seen 10 minute works are rehearsed, teched, and fully staged, premiered live in front of our audience. The audience then votes on their favorites, which come back the next week with a brand-new episode, creating long-term overarching storylines and inventive, outside-of-the-box new plays.
A dark comedy that starts at a wake and ends with a cough, Adult Relationships follows two former lovers brought together by the death of a troubled mutual friend.
A forest plateau. A tent. Two strangers. In Tents, survival means choosing what to believe—and who to trust—when the world offers nothing but danger.
A frenzied dance through the untamed wilderness of sex, vulnerability, and obsession, Le Blaireau is a theatrical study into what the hell happens when we lose ourselves in the woods.
"Shringarik Lavani" is an immersive dance show that travels back to Maharashtra in the 1600s with fast rhythms, energetic dancing, powerful poetry, and storytelling that spans from comedic to contemplative.
An institutionalized femme on suicide watch impersonates trans activist Sylvia Rivera in order to hide who she is, as she grapples with self-love and an unmet need to belong. Written and performed by Summer Minerva.
The world will end in 80 years. Just enough time to have a baby! With doomsday just outside of their natural lifespans, four friends navigate the personal and existential implications of living as the final generation.
After yet another heartbreak, Felipe dives headfirst into Grindr. Inspired by Lana Del Rey, he simultaneously obsesses over his latest situationship while trying to hook up his pain away.
Drama of Works presents PUNCH Puppet Slam: UNIVERSAL MONSTERS! A diverse group of puppet artists use a wide variety of puppet styles to collaborate to tell the tales of Dracula, Frankenstein and all their friends - extend the spooky vibes into November!
Traveling alone to a Cranberries concert, Jen gets trapped in a crumbling hotel bathroom for 5 hours—IMGONNAWANNA: a darkly funny, raw story of resilience and escape.
Three New Yorkers dealing with their relationships and their mental health.
The long lost story of an American actress turned Civil War spy.
Every year, we take one night to stop running around and actually hang out with the people who make The Tank what it is. Come by for drinks, snacks, and good company as we toast to another year of artists filling our stages, hallways, and inboxes with brilliant, strange, joyful work.
Join us for the premiere public reading of Can You Stay Late, as featured on Spot the Pro. Logline: Trapped in a corporate office after hours, a burned-out receptionist must survive a deadly outbreak by battling her toxic coworkers as she fights her way down sixteen floors. If Dawn of the Dead were blended with John Wick, Can You Stay Late might be the result.
The Poinciana Woman is a haunting one-woman play blending myth and memory to explore womanhood and truth beneath the blooms of Australia’s poinciana tree.
Unfolding in the form of a hallucinatory YouTube wormhole, CAPRICORN 29 is an internet-film that wrestles with the tyranny of age-based milestones.
Four actors perform a live, shot-for-shot parody of Home Alone in “one breathless hour” (NY Times). Recent Cutbacks returns with their hilarious holiday blend of puppetry and 90s nostalgia.
In a retirement community, three women reflect on their pasts, reenact scenes and confront the absurdities of aging.
MY FRIEND SHERRY transforms real voice memos from Sherry (LA) to Brett (NYC) into a live lip-sync performance—equal parts comedy, confession, and celebration of enduring friendship.
Uptown One Train’s Subway Series features a slate of five original play readings – each by an emerging NYC playwright – across three days! For full reading schedule check @uptownonetrain on IG
MY FRIEND SHERRY transforms real voice memos from Sherry (LA) to Brett (NYC) into a live lip-sync performance—equal parts comedy, confession, and celebration of enduring friendship.
IHRAF is presented by The International Human Rights Art Movement, whose values are; Beauty as a fundamental creative principle; Sincerity and Vulnerability of presentation; Celebrating Diversity and opening doorways of Engagement!
IHRAF 25: Celebration of Women’s Power
Tuesday, December 9th @ 7pm
Desire Path
Solo Dance Performance
Valkyrie Yao - Choreographer
Miaotian Sun - Lead Artist
Rutong Lin - Lead Dancer
Desire Paths takes the historical practice of foot binding among Chinese women as an entry point to interrogate the objectification of women across time. Through the symbolic use of water sleeves from traditional Chinese attire, the work reveals how the “male gaze” shapes and restricts women’s roles, much like desire paths, those worn shortcuts created by repeated passage, that enforce convenience over autonomy. This performance asks how women can resist the weight of inherited expectations and carve new routes toward agency, resilience, and self-definition.
Content Advisory: Contains references to gender-based oppression and historical bodily harm.
Father, I'm Not a Sinner
Short Play
Alyssa Borelli - Playwright
Abby Collins - Laurie
El Raiford - Devil
Megan Metivier - Angel
Mario Borelli - Father Michael
When 15-year-old Laurie sings a solo at her church’s Sunday mass, she’s suddenly visited by her own Devil and Angel. As the two clash over her past sins, Laurie is compelled to confront her faith and reconsider her relationship with religion.
Content Advisory: Mentions of Sexual Assault and Abortion
Sundara Natarajam
Indian Dance
Arohi Dandawate and the Kritya Ensemble
Sundara Natarajam is a Kuchipudi piece choreographed by Yamini Kalluri and the Kritya Ensemble, on a reflection of women’s lived experiences today. The piece begins with the Hindu Lord Shiva’s ecstatic dance, where his beauty in divine frenzy is revealed through movement. From there, the focus shifts to Shakthi, his consort, who attempts meditation but is drawn instead into a profound awareness of her love for Shiva. Her distraction is not weakness, but instead it is recognition that true yoga lies in union, in a love that transcends even the deepest meditation. Through this journey, Sundara Natarajam challenges the narrative that women must sacrifice ambition for love, or independence for companionship. Instead, it envisions a world where women can embrace both power and intimacy, thriving in ambition and partnership without compromise of self. Ultimately, the piece is a celebration of universal love, feminine strength, and the freedom to live fully as both lover and leader.
The Women Among Us
Performance
Molly Shayna Cohen - Artist
Three Sad Greek Women walk into a pond. One says it’s too cold and jumps out - and gets turned into an apple. Another says it’s too hot and leaves - then gets sucked into hell. The other says it’s just right - but transforms into a swan. Will it ever be enough?
Content Advisory : Language about sexual assault
IHRAF 25: Celebration of LGBTQIA+
Wednesday, December 10th @ 7PM
By Chance
Short Play
Teatro Oscuro
Vincent Marano - Writer/Director
Tod Engle - Victor
Joe Cronin - Serge
Lauren Arneson - Asst. Director
At a long-term care facility, two former lovers find each other again. After all the compromises, pain and loss, are there still any sparks left in the ashes of their grief.
Het Crimes
Short Play
Leif Larson - Playwright
Matthew Pezzulich - Director
Joey Massa - Intimacy Director
After committing a serious crime, Dave finds himself at the mercy of an old school friend.
Content Advisory - This play deals with themes of sexual assault.
Permission
Dance
Margeaux Pernin - Choreographer
Phoebe Amory, Joye Giuffre, Jessica Kohl, Indigo Coar, Haylei Libran, Annie Mallamaci, Lo Abel, Kelsey Kushnir - Performers
Margaux Pernin presents a contemporary fusion dance piece titled “Permission”. I've created a piece that tells a diverse story of moments that queer people have experienced that allowed them permission to exist authentically as themselves. You will watch a few of the different experiences that shape the LGBTQ+ journey of radical self-acceptance within ourselves and community. Then witness how that permission creates a ripple effect to the people who get to experience our joy, normalizing the LGBTQ+ experience for future generations to grow up knowing their community is there for them. We don't need anyone's permission to exist as ourselves. We give ourselves permission to exist daily, by showing up for ourselves we give the rest of society permission to be their most authentic self.
The Body of Christ
Short Play
Colleen Morgen - Director
Jo Ratnik - Writer, Actor
Arissa Collymore - Actor
Bennie Trel
Lily and Lena are two young nuns in training (as well as closeted lesbians) who have snuck into the chapel at night to practice their audition for the nativity play. Lena is anxious to win the part of Mary to impress the intimidating Mother Superior, and Lily has discovered that she quite enjoys embodying the male characters. The Body of Christ is an energetic and physical comedic piece inspired by drag, lesbian comedians and Catholicism.
IHRAF 25: We Wear the Sky, Curated by WADE Dance
Wednesday, December 10th @ 8:30 PM
Giada Matteini - WADE Artistic Director
Jay Beardsley, Rylan Joenk, Maggie Joy & Corinne Lohner, Dylan Richmond - Choreographers
We Wear the Sky is a vibrant celebration of boundless identity, personal freedom, and collective pride. It features choreographic works that explore the limitless spectrum of self-expression, where every individual is invited to wear their identity like the sky—expansive, beautiful, and deeply personal. As the sky connects us all, so too does this evening of movement invite us to honor our truth, stand in community, and reflect the radiant diversity of who we are and who we are becoming.
IHRAF 25: Celebration of Immigration
Thursday, December 11th @ 7 pm
In the Same World
Short Play
VoxArt Lab Productions
Gaston Leguizamon - Playwright/Actor/Producer
Matthew B. Cullen - Director
Agustina Garcia Ramirez - Producer
A tense night unravels in a Los Angeles garage when Carlos attempts to stop his undocumented brother from joining a new self-deportation program. As they unearth old wounds of privilege and belonging, their confrontation reveals how immigration policy fractures not only nations, but families, while questioning the moral comfort of inaction.
Content Advisory - Includes a brief moment of staged physical conflict.
Excavating My Family
Solo Show
Theatre Beyond Broadway
Excavating My Family, is a work-in-progress that explores identity, legacy, and resilience through the lens of Trinidadian history and ancestral DNA research. This project is deeply personal and continues to evolve with each step of its development.
Token
Short Play
Dacyl Acevedo - Playwright
Ana Luz Zambrana - Director
A gifted young poet struggles to fit in as the "token" minority, scholarship student at an elite private school and is ready to throw it all away, but a tyrannical English Teacher and former token, won't let them throw it all away.
Groove With Me
Dance
Angie Agudo - Co-choreographer
Aracely Isidoro, Ariana Arriaga, Halimah Carela, Inspire Wells, Juliette Castillo, Kaistin Ross, Madison Rivera, Malaika Holder, Melanie Umana Galeana, Mia Rodriguez, Nana Kone, Tylynn Wheeler - Dancer, Co-Choreographer
Groove with Me is a non-profit that utilizes FREE after-school and summer dance classes to promote and encourage positive youth development among girls, ages 5-18. The piece that will be presented at IHRAF has been created in collaboration with the students to begin developing their choreographic and performer journeys. With themes specific to the experience of having an immigrant background in the midst of our current political environment, and the fears associated with being a youth without power.
IHRAF 25: Beneath the Baobab: Seeds of Sankofa
Curated event by Taiwo Aloba
Thursday, December 11th @ 8.30 pm
“Beneath the Baobab: Seeds of Sankofa” unites four acts in a celebration of heritage and defiance. The curtain rises on “Jaja of Opobo” a sweeping theatrical saga of King Jaja of Opobo’s fiery resistance against colonial forces, Congo’s rhythm follows as the troupe MFOUAMBILA erupts into "Makinu Ma Kongo" (Dance of Congo), their bodies a blur of hypnotic footwork and polyrhythmic mastery. South Africa’s musical virtuoso, PitsiRa YaMabala, then electrifies the air with his settlor-tinged ballads. Finally, Beninois poet Justin Lokossou mesmerizes with "Mother Tongue", a searing ode to linguistic reclamation, his words resurrecting silenced histories. Together, they gather beneath the Baobab's ancient shade; a testament to Africa’s enduring boldness and brilliance, where art is both memory and revolution.
JAJA of OPOBO
Taiwo Aloba + African Theater Troupe
Short Play
Makinu Ma Kongo
Andoche Loubaki & the Mfouambila Kongo Dance Company
Dance of Congo
Son of the Soil of Alkebulan
PitsiRa YaMabala
Music
Mother Tongue
Justin Lokossou
Spoken Word
IHRAF 25: Climate Change Action
Friday, December 12th @ 7 pm
Pando
DoubleTake Dance
Dance
Vanessa Martínez de Baños and Ashley Carter - Co- Artistic Directors
Contemporary dance exploring the connection between beings, and how it affects our ability to thrive on Earth. Pando is Latin for spread out, and also is a clonal colony of a single male quaking aspen. An intricate kaleidoscope, using the dancers bodies and timing as a never ending thread based on the quaking aspen forest being a single living organism connected by one massive underground root system. The environment is reaching a point of no return but... we are all one connected entity.
Using the means of contemporary athletic and technical movement set to beautiful music we want to bring awareness to the environment and how our actions have a direct effect on us as we are all one system.
High Water Line
Victoria Z Daily/ Lorenza Bernasconi
Short Play
Fabiola Arias - Director
Victoria Z. Daily - Writer
Fantasy/absurdist comedy where teenage Abby and her mother Elise — stuck in a room together after the ice caps have melted — must either escape or drown. A short climate-change apocalyptic black comedy, maybe impossible to stage. Or maybe not.
Plastick
Henry Alper & Din Klein
Dance/Visual Art piece
Henry Alper - Dancer
Din Klein - Dancer
A dance with plastic.
Nature's Secret
Ongama Mhlontlo
Music and Poetry
Marieke De Koker - Voice
Lamis Shams - Piano
Ongama Mhlontlo - Music and Lyrics
Nature’s Secret is a song cycle exploring serenity, loss, and the cost of corruption on the natural world. The work imagines a future rooted in restorative justice, one where environmental revitalization is intertwined with social healing and a just energy transition. Through Marieke de Koker (voice) and Lamis Shams (piano), With Nature’s Secret, composer Ongama Mhlontlo evokes the beauty of nature and the resilience of communities seeking healing and environmental justice.
IHRAF 25: Conjuring Mythologies
Curated Event by ArteEast
Friday, December 12th @ 8.30 pm
Ginou Choueiri - (ArteEast) Executive Director
Zeina Abedrabo - (ArteEast) Curator and Communications Coordinator
Levon Kafafian - Performance Artist
Shiraz Fazli - Performance Artist
Hind Shoufani - Performance Artist
Timothy Cleary - Performance Artist
Niki Afsar - Performance Artist
"Conjuring Mythologies" is the third program of performances within ArteEast’s HIKAYAT series, presented in collaboration with IHRAF. The show brings together artists Niki Afsar, Shiraz Fazli, Levon Kafafian, Hind Shoufany and Timothy Cleary with performances rooted in conjuring mythologies of historical, contemporary, and speculative figures from the SWANA region. Afsar’s baraye nika, is a sound piece dedicated to Nika Shakarami, in solidarity with the people of Iran and revolutionaries around the globe. Fazli’s piece is an ode to the wisdom and humor of Mullah Nasruddin, a beloved character in Muslim folklore. Kafafian will be embodying a spirit being from their ongoing speculative world building project, Azadistan. Shoufani and Cleary’s hybrid performance Like Wind With An H is a reflection on the horrific story of Hind Rajab and commemorates the lives of all Palestinian children lost to the violence imposed upon them.
IHRAF 25: Gender, Sexuality, and Queerness through the Dancing Body
Curated by Mare Nostrum Elements
Saturday, December 13th @ 3 pm
This performance features three diverse works by choreographers Emory Ferra Campbell, Heather Dutton, and Ke'Ron Wilson. All three artists are alumni of MNE's Emerging Choreographer Series (ECS) program which provides funding, rehearsal space, mentorship, professional development, and presentation opportunities to up-and-coming dance makers in NYC. Join us for a visceral and thought-provoking exploration of gender expression, sexuality, and queerness. The performance will be followed by a short Q&A with the artists and a reception celebrating MNE's upcoming 25th Anniversary.
I'm Not Wrong & Neither Am I
Heather Dutton, Middle Child Dance Theatre
Heather Dutton - Choreographer, performer
Abigail Linnemeyer - Performer
Wilder Troxell - Sound designer
I'm not wrong & neither am I is a dance theatre piece that explores themes of gender performance, fluidity, conflict and liberation in the context of gender-queer identities. The work is informed by comedic and theatrical practices, and underscores the tension between public and private queer experiences. How do gender-queer individuals learn to hide inside of our bodies? How do we learn to fully inhabit them - and what might that look like?
Velvet Pistol
Emily Tarrier and Emory Ferra Campbell
Emily Tarrier- Choreographer and Performer
"Velvet Pistol" is a sapphic high femme duet drawing from the Classic American Western. We use cinematic imagery to illustrate the push and pull longing of two women and their forbidden love, as they navigate sex, death, revenge, victimhood, antagonism, and the power of their femininity.
in small steps (with courage)
Ke’Ron Williams
“in small steps (with courage)” is an abstract manifestation of the underlying suspense felt from being transfeminine in public and the effects of that suspense on the body and the psyche. It is an attempt to show how the anticipation of ridicule and/or violence for being trans in public stifles self-expression and encourages trans (and gender queer folx) to disappear themselves. In the same vein, it is also a piece about the courage it takes to examine and then dispose of the opinions we trans people are given about ourselves and our identity. In small steps (with courage) seeks to reconcile the trans capacity for courage with our very real need for safety.
IHRAF 25: Celebration of Human Rights
Saturday, December 13th @ 7 pm
Tales & Tunes of Tamazgha
Live Music + Storytelling
Nora Gharyeni
"Tales & Tunes of Tamazgha" takes audiences on a soulful journey through North Africa, celebrating the spirit and resilience of the Amazigh people through music and storytelling. The performance honors indigenous voices while inviting reflection and dialogue on cultural preservation, human dignity, and cross-cultural understanding.
I Got The Role
Short Play
Rachel Jones & Jessica W Bonds
I Got the Role tells the story of Martha, a talented actress who finally lands the part she’s worked so hard for—only to face bias, microaggressions, and double standards that threaten to dim her shine. With honesty, wit, and resilience, Martha confronts the barriers stacked against her and redefines what it means to truly own the stage.
Good Women
Short Play
Cate Wiley
Kelly O'Donnell - Director
Kim Yancey - Actor
Laura Fois Bosley - Actor
Abortion-rights activists in graduate school, Tracie and Louise have not seen each other in decades. Tracie raised kids; Louise works in international development. They meet before Louise’s controversial speech on women’s health care at the UN and discover the current crisis may bring these two "Good Women" back together.
Black in the First Degree
Short Play
Reginald T Jackson - Playwright
Kubbi - Director
Anthony Wills Jr.* - Black Male
Brain Patterson* - White Police Officer
Miriam Kulick* - Actor #3
*Member of Actors Equity
Black in the First Degree is a provocative look at police violence and racial identity. How quickly a cop can flip from a public servant to a murderer just because of the race of the “perp.” This play also explores the “Magic Negro” syndrome whereby the Officer claims his life was in danger even though he has a gun, taser, stick, baton, and pepper spray. Somehow the “Magic Negro” is still going to overcome the Officer and take his gun and kill the Officer with it. The audience is left to decide what is the real truth in this situation.
In Exile, Exile
Music, Interdisciplinary
Sepehr Pirasteh
Giancarlo Latta - Performer, Violin
This piece is an interdisciplinary performance that explores the cyclical trauma of exile through the intersecting lenses of a queer artist and an immigrant artist. Merging the intensity of a concert with the intimacy of a theatrical experience, the piece uses live violin performance, electronic sounds, lighting, and visuals to champion freedom of expression in an era of rising authoritarianism.
IHRAF 25: Protest, Passion, Power
Sunday, December 14th @ 3pm
Pause
Music
Songs, Dances, and Poetry of Social Consciousness
Owen Valentine- Vocals, Composer, Producer,Instrumental
Ayana Wild - Vocals, Dancer, Songwriter
ALALA AND THE SCARMAN
Short Play
Vick Liu
Silma Sierra Berrada - Playwright
Emilio Maxwell Cerci - Director
Alala & The Scarman follows a student activist and her immortal lover as protest politics collide with intimacy, asking how trauma and desire shape what it means to survive and love in a hostile world.
Content Advisory: references to racialized violence and lynching, frank sexual language (including masturbation and pornography), protest-related danger, drug use, and strong language.
A Troubling State
SOLO Spoken Words
Oscar Sanders
Theatrical Social Justice Spoken Word Poetry Performed In Thirteen Different Characters
Say Something
Short Play
Nicholas Bompart/ Bompart Productions
Chole Pellicano - Stage-manager
Marco Lando - Photographer
Lorenza Bernasconi - Rae
James Murphy - James
Rick Reid - Carl
Tal Shashoua - Nina
Mindy Skates - Mara
In a near-future world where surveillance drones police “Civic Harmony” and even emotion is regulated, five ordinary people find themselves tangled in a web of loyalty, resistance, and silence. When a fugitive activist seeks refuge in a civil servant’s apartment, old friendships collide with new fears, exposing the thin line between safety and conscience. Blending poetic realism and political tension, "Say Something" explores how truth survives in an age where speaking out can erase who you are...and where saying nothing might cost even more.
Content Advisory: Themes of authoritarian surveillance, state violence, psychological manipulation, and oppression. Contains scenes of emotional distress, implied detention, and moral betrayal.
PRECIOUS BODILY FLUIDS: "Ode to Eno Peeing in Duchamps Urinal," "Mother's Milk," and "Licking the Wound."
Musical Spoken Word
Screaming Mimes Theater Company
Mark Blickley, he/him - Writer
Joe John Battista - Director
Zoe Anastassiou - Actress
Claudio Paciocco - Musician
Alex Notkin, he/him - Musician, Actor
Screaming Mime Theater Company's production of PRECIOUS BODILY FLUIDS consists of three short performance pieces with music, "Ode to Eno Peeing in Duchamp's Urinal," "Mother's Milk," and "Licking the Wound." All three works are ekphrasis collaborations---each text is based on a visual image created by three international artists that are displayed on stage. Come take a quick plunge into a Liquid Life of intimate secrets and secretions.
Jesus and George Michael
Interdisciplinary
Poppy Louise Miller
Madison Moser - Dancer
The piece is born out of a response to the political erasure and fragmentation of one's national identity. It is about how being from somewhere can become a liability. How the state can shrink your voice into something barely audible. How resistance can take many forms—subtle, chaotic, ritualistic—and still remain unanswered.
Content Advisory: Blood, Noise
IHRAF 25: Short Performance Festival
Sunday December 14th @ 7 pm
I Am Ophelia
Solo Show
Shyla Idris
I Am Ophelia (Psychiatry, Shakespeare and an Actor's Journey), a solo play by Shyla Idris. Inspired by Shakespeare, this show combines classical and contemporary language to tell an autobiographical multi-character story of mental health and a life in the arts.
Content Advisory: Profanity, Mental Illness, Suicide, Immigration, Gun Violence, Sexual abuse, AI (artificial intelligence), Holocaust, Politics, Healthcare, Race and Culture Wars.
Live Birth in the Cactus Farm: Featuring Nicholas Cage
Short Play
Trans Agenda Presents
Feliz Felix - Director
Eka Savajol - Button
Aviva Pearl Ocean Creation - Writer, Tali
Live Birth in the Cactus Farm: Featuring Nicholas Cage follows a spiraling trans girl as she tries to find solace from her troubles by talking to a cactus that wants to consume her flesh so it can re-transform into renowned actor Nicholas Cage.
These Words
Dance/Spoken
Liv Butowsky and Laura Coe
How can we address issues of civil and human rights without the words to describe what we’re experiencing? In March 2025 the New York Times published “These Words Are Disappearing in the New Trump Administration,” a compiled list of 198 words the authors found the new administration had consistently deleted across government websites. In six months we’ve witnessed the dissolution of major laws protecting civil and human rights connected with many of the words that were erased. Our duet for dance and spoken word invites viewers to reflect on the relationship between language (loss) and power through current U.S. politics. Our piece is not primarily a protest, but rather a celebration of these words/people, their continuing diversity and self-expression, and the power of movement as a resource to continue speaking.
Saturday's Child
Short Play
Brynn Hambley - Playwright
Anne Karyna Bakan - Director
Kayla Kaszycki-Martin - Poster/Marketing Materials Designer
Sasha Aronson - Actor, ONE
Addy Jenkins - Actor, TWO
Molly Kate Babos - Actor, THREE
Three workers toil at pointless busywork under the threat of death-- until tragedy strikes, and they must decide if complacency is worth the cost of someone's life.
Content Advisory: Discussions of death, discussions of burn out, depictions/discussions of wrist injury
Love Life
Short Play
Gabriella Arianna - Producer/Playwright/Co-Director
Mattie Parker - Co-Director, Actor [Donatello]
Peyton Strong - Actor [Florence]
Chase Erwin - Actor [Max]
Rachel Muñoz - Actor [Bobby]
Sebastian Kim - Actor [Billy]
Michael Longo - Actor [Clifton]
Love Life is a comedy about Florence, a recently deceased New York socialite looking forward to reuniting with the love of her life. There’s only one problem: five men claim to be Florence’s soulmate, all of whom have been patiently waiting on the other side for her to join them for eternity. There’s Billy, Florence’s high school sweetheart who was drafted and killed in WWII; Donatello, Florence’s secret Italian lover; Maximilian, Florence’s first husband who died unexpectedly of a heart-attack; Bobby, Florence’s second husband killed by the mob; and Clifton, Florence's patient. As Florence and her lovers reminisce on the lusts of their past lives, the question becomes why God/the universe has allowed this fluke in the system—if there is to be only one true love?
Content Advisory: Depictions of death or terminal illness, physical violence or abuse, LGBTQ+ discrimination
Singing Through Space
Musical Comedy
Redshirts Musical Improv
Improvisers: Susan O'Doherty, Julia Lunetta, Melissa Parker Caron, Sarah Mucek, all she/her. Accompanist: Avery Bargar
Based on a suggestion from the audience, we create a musical comedy version of an imagined Star Trek episode. The entire performance, including the songs, is made up on the spot--never before seen and never to be seen again!
A crack spreads through Plainview Tower. Neighbors argue, the walls crumble, and no one acts. Condominium turns collapse into comedy and exposes the cost of doing nothing.
From the legally degenerate minds behind Golem Owned a Tropical Smoothie, Ethan, Garrett, and the gang bring you GOLEM’S CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA!!! It’s hand-crafted, and almost a hundred years old!!
The Get Together is a three-day festival of live performance showcasing the work of artists from The Tank and Producer Hub communities.
The Get Together will consist of work-in-progress performances, full showings, networking, and a party. This goal of the event is to celebrate our artistic communities through an in person gathering and share highlights of the work created amongst us.
DIRT by SOUR MILK (TRAFFIC, FEAST) is an interactive theatre experience where audiences rebuild New York after the East River vanishes—constructing an imagined neighborhood atop fifteen pounds of pudding.
A historical-ish new comedy about the literal lengths women must go to be recognized in their time!
A surreal two-act, one-woman multimedia musical that fuses performance art, poetry, photography, noir film, neo-burlesque and circus art into a confessional cabaret about a teen addict's true tale of escape.
A darkly funny one-act where a grad student’s research presentation on love unravels into obsession, blurring the line between study and breakdown in a sharp, chaotic dissection of modern romance.
Join rogue wave for our mid season performance! Featuring works by Aryanna Allen, Caroline Alter, JG Luitje, and Catherine Messina, this performance will have a variety that all will enjoy!
A looping fever dream in a house that keeps turning back into a wheatfield, "Scarecrow" is an experimental dance theater deathbed hallucination where mind and body stand in open confrontation—a quiet, disorienting psychodrama set in a 1950s interior-wheatfield where memories deteriorate, the unseen insists on being felt, and the body returns to its limits.
THE MALL THE MALL THE MALL
February 28th - March 22nd
By Phillip Kenner, Driected by James Wyrwicz
Naomi, Viv, and Charlie spend their Friday nights at the mall, but this night is special: there is new Buffy the Vampire Slayer merchandise at Hot Topic, and Naomi is determined to get her hands on it. When the best friends discover that thieves have brutally ransacked the Hot Topic, they embark on a mission to save the merchandise. Along the way, they uncover a deeper conspiracy, and evil forces emerge to ensnare the teenagers. Their allegiances to each other are called into question, and when all hope seems lost, Naomi must fight back or risk losing her friends to the mall forever.
THE MALL THE MALL THE MALL is an adventure comedy about a group of teenagers who uncover an evil conspiracy at their local shopping mall and must fight their way – video game style – through Hollister, Hot Topic, Build-A-Bear, and more to save their beloved mall. An unapologetic love letter to nerd culture and food courts, THE MALL^3 is both a laugh-packed nostalgia fest and an earnest meditation on what it meant to grow up at the dawn of the digital age.
PLAN C
Thurs March 12th - Sun April 12th
Conceived & Directed by Carrie Heitman, Production Management by Leah McVeigh, Assistant Direction by Kyle Abourizk, Costume Design by Krista Pineman , Scenic Design by Anna Grigo, Composition & Sound Design by Ian Scott Williams, Lighting Design by Zack Saunders, Choreography by Leslie Galán Guyton, Graphic Design by Sarah Fay Krom, Social Media Coordinator: Caroline Lucas
ENSEMBLE
Parnia Ayari, Elizabeth London, Cynthia Babak, Meghan Grover, Jesse Koehler, Nylda Mark, Vann Dukes, Rina Dutta, Austin Purnell
PLAN C is a darkly funny, time-collapsing caper of resistance, resourcefulness, and rebellion, where history collides with the here-and-now, and women running things aren’t nearly as quiet as they seem. In 1620 Brussels, imperial postmistress Alexandrine Von Taxis, moves more than mail through the empire’s hands during The Thirty Years’ War. In present-day West Virginia, Charley Gibson runs her family’s hardware store, where lockers hide more than tools. One misplaced letter. One break-in. As 17th-century espionage collides with a small-town network, PLAN C exposes how rebellion takes shape—through wit, nerve, and crossing a line.
Using movement, original music, and ensemble-driven storytelling PLAN C theatrically flips between the two eras, to bring history and the present into dynamic conversation. Using our signature devising style, this nine-person ensemble (double cast for maximal mischief!) brings to life a story of whispers, defiance, and impossible choices. Our narratives slide back and forth from past and present, between truth and fiction to create a madcap theatrical experience that reflects the complexities of the present moment.
Experience the most poetic story of one New York City public school teacher’s miraculous and sometimes hilarious journey that will serve humanity as a simple but profound remedy for disconnection.
Dream Team: A new dark comedy pop-punk performance
Molly joined a Hollywood celebrity's cult. Do you want to hear about it?
Get ready to laugh your Face Tape off! Come see our newest sketch comedy team, led by director Emily Claypoole and head writer Kali Doyle. They’re serving chaos, camp, and deeply funny nonsense. See you there!
A seminar on career paths on Broadway beyond acting.
Set in a prestigious MFA Drama program in NYC, The Pigeon, a queer riff on Chekhov’s The Seagull, is a love letter to queer drama kids that didn’t fit it.
On the eve of Archie's execution, a podcaster, Bill, confronts his year-long subject, a high-society rapist, for one final, chilling attempt to unearth the truth.
"half infinity" is a semi-verbatim play about your QAnon relatives.
Your guess is correct! It's the Merchant of Venice, but about an hour shorter, and Shylock is... more specific in his demands. That's really all there is. WHAT WILL HAPPEN???
My Immortal: A Fanfiction of A Fanfiction is a play in development about the most infamous Harry Potter fanfiction and the elusive author(s) who wrote it.
Pilau is a cozy variety show blending stand-up and sketch comedy. It features brilliant under-the-radar comedians, leaving you as satisfied as a warm, comforting meal.
A comic, intimate solo show by Fabiana Mattedi exploring beauty, aging, and identity through sharp storytelling, humor, and reflection—sparked by a subway moment and shaped by lived experience.
When Aussie skater Steven Bradbury summons the Devil for one last shot at gold, he must decide—win it all, or lose his soul trying.
Scott, a self-described playwright, meets his muse in young poetry student Eva. While crafting what he thinks will be his masterpiece around this new love interest, Eva’s true self fights for recognition.
Special invite to preview a development presentation of Crash Landing A one woman show.
Synopsis: A night of celebration turns into a nightmare when an engine fails on flight 872.
Seven slices of life. A dance. A fight. A tattoo session. Before it hurts dissects the intimacy formed around the messiness of grieving.
The LeAb Iteration Lab conducts performance research, creating experiences of silence, repetition, and sustained attention. “An Iteration in Progress" seeks to understand how “routine” shapes our lives and experiences.
Trove's SLOP BUCKET returns just in time for the Thanksgiving season. A night of unfinished work with mashed potatoes and gravy!
People are missing. So are the snacks. Evel Knievel died ten years ago. Or will it be tomorrow? A new dark comedy about what it means to mourn the dead, the undead, and the people we used to be.
The world will end in 80 years. Just enough time to have a baby!
Follow the rags to riches firsthand account of the world infamous, Black, queer, and heavily politicized superstar Wellington "Isyss" Le Blanc as he navigates the sexy story of his life as a serial monogamist trying to find himself in the reflection of his lovers and the applause of the crowd.
She likes him. He likes her. She likes her. People Like Us tells the story of three high-schoolers whose emotional and romantic lives are all-too-closely intertwined and their struggles with honesty, intimacy, and sex.
A surreal descent into ritual, desire, and the seductive pull of power. At an elite mountain retreat, a desperate couple is drawn into a spiral of ritual, control, and transformation.
Mary Ann needs $2,000 and 20 mg of Lexapro. Her new friend, Sean, offers her an opportunity to make quick cash, but at what cost?
Sex. Sin. Swing. Explore suburban stickiness with a night at the local swingers club (or squirrel sanctuary - if anyone asks). Oh, an unexpected guest is on the list!
Blood may be thicker than water, but that just means it can drown you faster.
One man. One family. A lifetime of unpacking. In his raw, riveting solo show A Cat in a Box, Tom Nemec explores childhood chaos and addiction—with deep vulnerability and biting humor.
A metalhead, a wannabe metalhead, and a choir boy stuck in a hunting cabin for the onset of the zombie apocalypse. A new play by Bug Johnson.
What if the biggest decision of your teenage years happened in secret, while four students and a teacher sat inches away?
This is a play about a girl who lies about her age on the internet, a boy who can't stop watching Liveleak videos, and a nun who's hiding a secret.
An evening of horror stories, monsters, and scariest of all: your relationship with your parents! Grown Up Bedtime Stories is a one woman show and sensory experience that invites you to relive the horrors of growing up, through the deranged horror writings of a 17-year-old Cassidy. Complemented by original illustrations and animations, jump scares and music, don’t miss this horrifying night to remember.
