SUMMER FESTIVALS
AT THE TANK
DEY PHOENIX, PrideFest2020
SUMMER FESTIVALS AT THE TANK
Summer is Festival Season at The Tank! PrideFest, TrashFest, DarkFest, and LimeFest return!
2025 Festivals
PRIDEFEST
PrideFest (June 19th- 29th) A festival of new and imaginative performances from queer artists that center our community. The shows of PrideFest 2025 address queer joy, laughter, struggle, resistance and beauty through a range of mediums including theater, comedy, puppetry, storytelling, and music. These performances will reflect where we've come from, where we are, and where we can go.
Submissions closed April 27th.
DARKFEST
DarkFest (July 21st- 27th) For twelve years, The Tank has hosted DarkFest - a week of shows that do not use conventional theatrical lighting in an effort to reexamine how we can make theater more sustainable. DarkFest celebrates innovative performance that utilizes self-sufficient and alternative energy sources.
Submissions closed May 26th.
TRASHFEST
TrashFest (July 21st- 27th) It is often difficult to wrestle with the environmental impact that our daily lives and our work have - especially in theater, where so many resources are needed to develop sets, props, and costumes that are only used for a short amount of time. TrashFest centers work that produces no waste by reusing materials discarded as garbage.
Submissions closed May 26th.
LIMEFEST
LimeFest (August 4th-24th) New, zesty works by emerging artists and creative teams who identify as women, non-binary, or gender non-conforming.
Submissions closed May 19th.
2024 Festivals
2021 FESTIVALS
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2020 Festivals
2019 Festivals
AUGUST 2018: SPEAK UP RISE UP STORYTELLING FESTIVAL
Speak Up, Rise Up is a storytelling festival that aims to amplify the voices of communities and people we don’t get to hear from. Through live, personal storytelling, we combine both traditional and non-traditional storytellers on the big stage for curated events that share personal experiences. The first festival was held in August 2017 at the Connelly Theater. The second festival was held in August 2018 at The Tank.
Over 100 people took the stage throughout the week. The shows highlighted diversity in subject matter - immigration stories, stories of LGBTQ rights, stories of incarcerated people; and diversity of performers – the festival featured a majority of female performers and majority people of color. There were 7 community partners – Planned Parenthood NYC, Lady Parts Justice League, NYC Veteran’s Alliance, Razom for Ukraine, the Muslim Community Network, Theater of the Oppressed, and the Future Project – who all shared personal stories from their membership. These organizations were also offered personal storytelling workshops to their members, which were run prior to the festival.
