Malapert Love
Oct
16
to Nov 9

Malapert Love

Malapert Love is a queer reimagining of Shakespeare's comedies from award winning 21-year old playwright Siah Berlatsky. Plots are hatched, personas concocted, and paint thinner sniffed – all for unrequited love!

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Oct
23
to Dec 6

SERIALS

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.

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People Like Us
Nov
4
to Nov 5

People Like Us

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.

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Le Blanc
Nov
7
3:00 PM15:00

Le Blanc

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.

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Obit Play
Nov
8
to Nov 15

Obit Play

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.

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Nov
13
to Nov 21

TENTS

TENTS
Thursday, November 13th—Friday, November 21st

The production is directed by Taylor Edelle Stuart with scenic design by Molly C. Carroll and lighting design by Heather Crocker.

At the end of the world, Diana has found the perfect spot to lay low. The problem? Elmer has already claimed it. When he asks her to help search for his missing wife, the uneasy alliance between two strangers becomes a high-stakes negotiation where every story could mean the difference between life and death.

Featuring Russ Cusick as Elmer and Rubina Vidal as Diana, Tents is an intimate two-hander that explores trust, myth-making, and the fragile hope that remains when the world has burned away.

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As Sylvia
Nov
20
9:30 PM21:30

As Sylvia

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.

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Nov
25
9:30 PM21:30

The Poinciana Woman

The Poinciana Woman

November 25th @ 9:30 PM

Writer, Performer, Producer — Libby Yowell

The Poinciana Woman is a hauntingly intimate one-woman play that reimagines an Australian urban legend through a modern lens. Written and performed by Libby Yowell, the piece weaves folklore and memory to explore womanhood, inherited trauma, and the stories that shape us. Set beneath the vivid canopy of the poinciana tree, this striking debut invites audiences to confront the blurry line between myth and truth, asking what happens when the ghosts of our past come creeping into our present.

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KEVIN!!!!!
Dec
3
to Dec 7

KEVIN!!!!!

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.

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Dec
9
7:00 PM19:00

IHRAF 25: Celebration of Women's Power

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 Sad Woman

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

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Dec
10
7:00 PM19:00

IHRAF 25: Celebration of LGBTQIA+

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.

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Dec
10
8:30 PM20:30

IHRAF 25: We Wear the Sky, Curated by WADE Dance

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.

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Dec
11
7:00 PM19:00

IHRAF 25: Celebration of Immigration

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.

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Dec
11
8:30 PM20:30

IHRAF 25: Beneath the Baobab, Seeds of Sankofa

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

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Dec
12
7:00 PM19:00

IHRAF 25: Climate Change Action

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.

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Dec
12
8:30 PM20:30

IHRAF 25: Conjuring Mythologies, Curated Event by ArteEast

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.

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Dec
13
3:00 PM15:00

IHRAF 25: Gender, Sexuality, and Queerness through the Dancing Body, Mare Nostrum Elements

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.

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Dec
13
7:00 PM19:00

IHRAF 25: Celebration of Human Rights

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.

Untitled

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.

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Dec
14
3:00 PM15:00

IHRAF 25: Protest, Passion, Power

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

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Dec
14
7:00 PM19:00

IHRAF 25: Short Performance Festival

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!

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Grown Up Bedtime Stories
Oct
29
9:30 PM21:30

Grown Up Bedtime Stories

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.

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The Scouts
Oct
27
7:00 PM19:00

The Scouts

Let’s go, Scouts! Skippy, Rascal, Tiny, and Pup are off on their scout hiking weekend. Led by Scoutmaster Waldo, these next 36-48 hours will contain tests of courage, trust, and brotherhood that will change them forever. But there's something watching them in the woods. Are any of them prepared?

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Mama's Boy
Oct
26
to Oct 27

Mama's Boy

A powerful new play about a Black mother’s fight to protect her sons while navigating poverty and systemic injustice. Raw, urgent and deeply moving, Mama’s Boy is a story of survival.

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Not That Kind of Girl
Oct
20
to Oct 25

Not That Kind of Girl

Rachel, a 20-something trans girl, invites Crystal, a "scene girl" stuck in the 2000s emo aesthetic, into her apartment after she accidentally bumps into her and gives her a nosebleed. But despite Crystal's small stature and bubbly personality, Rachel slowly discovers she the person she invited in is not as harmless as she seems.

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HEELS
Oct
18
to Oct 21

HEELS

With the help of his supportive mother, Frankie prepares for his first-ever performance as a Drag Queen — but they must keep it a secret from his conservative, disapproving father.

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grease my chin
Oct
13
7:00 PM19:00

grease my chin

Tensions are running high on an annual family camping trip — and the onset of the zombie apocalypse sure doesn’t help. In hereditary horror grease my chin, disputes over parenting, pronouns, and privacy give way to a fight for survival as a family wrestles with its own monstrosity.

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Oct
7
7:00 PM19:00

Armory Sketch Comedy

Get ready for a night of pure, unfiltered silly! This sketch show has it all—parties, un-parties, oddball thieves, and the kind of embarrassing wins that make you laugh, cringe, and cheer all at once. Fast-paced, wildly funny, and just the right amount of weird, this is the comedy escape you didn’t know you needed. Come for the laughs, stay for the absurdity!

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Oct
1
to Oct 10

S.C.U.M

Four friends meet for a holiday week in the Poconos. When one announces they plan to commit a murder, all hell breaks loose. Inspired by the SCUM manifesto by Valerie Solanas.

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Unbroken
Sep
29
7:00 PM19:00

Unbroken

In this all-Black adaptation of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, nine long-term friends, trapped in a villa in the middle of the Sonoran Desert, try to survive a serial killer who looks to take vengeance for the skeletons in their closets.

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Huntsville
Sep
29
6:00 PM18:00

Huntsville

A prison chef has made 217 last meals for death row inmates. But his 218th wants to eat dirt. . Can he be saved? Can anyone on death row be saved? Inspired by real events, Huntsville asks: what is the value of a last meal, when everyone gets "Texacuted" anyway?

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-in-chief
Sep
24
to Sep 28

-in-chief

The editor-in-chief of a college newspaper tries to keep the status quo intact as the 2016 presidential election looms large over the United States in this 80 minute political dramedy.

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Ritual: Red
Sep
10
to Sep 12

Ritual: Red

"Ritual: Red" is more than a play; it is a ritual of liberation, offering audiences a cathartic and immersive experience that resonates with anyone who has struggled to find their voice in a world that often silences it.

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Big Wave
Sep
9
to Sep 14

Big Wave

An antique dealer helps her hoarder friend to not lose her apartment. While they work their way through thousands of objects, the complexity of their relationship rises, in the same pace that one of them realises she is not where or when she thought she was.

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