NYC Small Stages

Shitzprobe is a fully improvised musical that features a Broadway star throwing away the script and making it all up on the spot. Every song, lyric, line of dialogue and dance move is totally improvised, accompanied by a live band creating the score right before your eyes. Each performance of Shitzprobe is the…

The Infinite Wrench is a barrage of 30 short plays the cast attempts to perform within a single hour in a race against the clock. Each play offers something different, be it funny, profound, elegant, disgusting, topical, irrelevant, terrifying, or even a dance or a song. All are truthful and tackle the here-and-now,…

Marcus Monroe is a New York City based comedian. His show is a high energy blend of in your face comedic banter riddled with awkwardness. He is the recipient of the prestigious Andy Kaufman Award and has recently appeared on The Late Show, Late Night with Seth Myers, and ITV (London). Chances are, you’ve seen him in…

The East Village Wordsmiths is a monthly salon for artists to share their work. Each month will have a different theme. We welcome writers of prose, poetry, memoir, or song to perform a five-minute original work. If you would like to share your work, please email EVWordsmiths@gmail.com. [ ABOUT THIS EVENT : This is a…

Join The Motherhood Collective NYC for our first Spanish-English storytime at Book Club Bar! This is a parent-led storytime, feel free to bring a favorite book to share! ¡Trae tu libro favorito para compartir!

Our weekly acoustic music series, featuring Odd Shaped Swimmers. [ ABOUT THIS EVENT : This is non-ticketed event, free and open the public. The musician will be playing in the rear of the store, but we remain open for book browsing.]

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE Han Kang’s most revelatory book since The Vegetarian, We Do Not Part tells the story of a friendship between two women while powerfully reckoning with a hidden chapter in Korean history—“[A] masterpiece” (The Boston Globe) One winter morning in Seoul, Kyungha receives an urgent message from…

General Literary Trivia at Book Club Bar in Brooklyn: classics, bestsellers, authors, and deep cuts await. For people who actually read the book. Join us at Book Club Bar in Brooklyn on Wednesday, August 5th at 8pm for a special night of General Literary Trivia covering classic novels, modern fiction, iconic authors,…

Existential crises are like a persistent rash. There's no cure, but if you're suffering from the Big Questions, maybe the How To Be Book Club can be a salve. Come hang out in Book Club Bar's back garden one Saturday each month, and join us in discussing works of philosophical fiction from across different eras and…

Our weekly acoustic music series, featuring Dominic & Pilialoha. [ ABOUT THIS EVENT : This is non-ticketed event, free and open the public. The musician will be playing in the rear of the store, but we remain open for book browsing.]

Our weekly acoustic music series, featuring Joey Ama Dio. [ ABOUT THIS EVENT : This is non-ticketed event, free and open the public. The musician will be playing in the rear of the store, but we remain open for book browsing.]

Sweet Nothings is a literary salon held the second Tuesday of every month at Book Club Bar in Bushwick. It's a place for writers to share their work with a friendly and supportive community. We can't wait to have you! You can submit to perform your work HERE . [ ABOUT THIS EVENT : This is a free event. The rear part…

Stuck in your writing? In need of a little more time or inspiration? Book Club Bar's Drink 'N Draft writing night is designed to get you out of your head and onto the page. Each night includes a series of visual prompts that will lead you toward new creative choices in your work. This laptop-free/handwriting exercise…

Seven Wonders is a theatrical magic show featuring curated magic and intimate illusions presented by award winning magician Ryan Phillips . Exploring his personal relationship to the Art of Magic, this one man immersive experience features unbelievable true stories, unique magic ephemera, and audience participation…

Book Club Bar's monthly live poetry series. Curated by local poet and playwright Galinsky, with "Five Minute Features" from a dozen poets of all styles. [ ABOUT THIS EVENT : The rear half of the store will be used exclusively for this event. The front bar will be open to the public for drinking & chatting. Book…

Book Club Bar's in-person poetry discussion group! This month: The Vitals by Marie de Quatrebarbes. The book's translator, Aiden Farrell, will join the discussion! Whether you haven't read a poem since high school or you live and breathe verse, come to Book Club Bar for a tour of the underground lab where the most…

Our weekly acoustic music series, featuring Ava Franks. [ ABOUT THIS EVENT : This is non-ticketed event, free and open the public. The musician will be playing in the rear of the store, but we remain open for book browsing.]

Our weekly acoustic music series, featuring Erika Leigh. [ ABOUT THIS EVENT : This is non-ticketed event, free and open the public. The musician will be playing in the rear of the store, but we remain open for book browsing.]

Want to fall in love in a New York bookshop? We got you. Join us and @boredofdatingapps for wine, coffee, and gorgeous offline socialising. 📍 6PM-8:30PM [EARLY SESSION] 📍 9PM-10:30PM [LATE SESSION] 👯‍♀️ SINGLES’ ONLY SOCIAL 🎟️ [ TICKETS HERE ] See you there for conversations about books, life, love, and pretty much…

Everyone’s welcome at our generative writing party. Just bring an empty notebook and we'll do the rest! Welcome to Written in Brooklyn 's Journal Club ; an in-person writing party that makes you feel like you’re sitting at the coolest lunch table in the cafeteria. With generative writing prompts centered around that…

From the superbly gifted Sherry Thomas comes this beautifully written romance about a marriage of convenience that turns inconveniently passionate... Felix Rivendale, the Marquess of Wrenworth, is The Ideal Gentleman, a man all men want to be and all women want to possess. Even Felix himself almost believes this…

In a reading rut? Venture off the beaten path and into the wilds of indie publishing! Featuring fiction published within the last six months, we will be reading beyond the Big Five and into the realms of the transgressive and experimental, the fun and the freaky. Join us for a Saturday brunch with Book Club Bar…

Our weekly acoustic music series, featuring Adam Cordero. [ ABOUT THIS EVENT : This is non-ticketed event, free and open the public. The musician will be playing in the rear of the store, but we remain open for book browsing.]

Our weekly acoustic music series, featuring Sophia Stewart. [ ABOUT THIS EVENT : This is non-ticketed event, free and open the public. The musician will be playing in the rear of the store, but we remain open for book browsing.]

Stuck in your writing? In need of a little more time or inspiration? Book Club Bar's Drink 'N Draft writing night is designed to get you out of your head and onto the page. Each night includes a series of visual prompts that will lead you toward new creative choices in your work. This laptop-free/handwriting exercise…

Weekly on Mondays - the Nuyorican Poets Cafe's famous slam series at the Bowery Poetry Club. Hosted by JRose & Luna Rosa.

It’s 2006 and you open up your copy of TV Guide. You read: “Graveyard Shift S21/E13 - Game Show - 7:00PM EST

Come see three incredible singer-songwriters at the Art Haus. It will change your life. Irrevocably.

two wildly inventive live movie parodies from Recent Cutbacks

NYC's Premier Sapphic Playwriting Competition & Play Festival

A Comedy Show for Jews for Racial and Economic Justice

Arounded is a 20 vs. 1 debate show where comedians argue their hottest takes.

A Multimedia Musical by C.M. Soto

Grounded in a rare collision of radical movement and sacred ordeal, "Ash and Air" exposes the human body at its absolute limits.

After nearly 3 years, XSW returns! But could it be for the last time? One wonders!

This year at Girl Scouts Camp Jane has only one goal: to become the best f***ing Girl Scout to ever live.

The Story Collider is a storytelling show dedicated to bringing true, personal stories about science to audiences around the world. Each month we bring five storytellers to the stage to tell their stories of how science impacted their lives in touching, funny, and interesting ways. This month, join us for an evening…

Coming off of successful runs at The Second City - Chicago, UCB, and Brooklyn Comedy Collective, Jake Griffith is excited to bring Ripstickin' & Burpin' to Caveat! When confronted with a possible cancer diagnosis, Jake Griffith found himself looking back for any semblance of meaning in his short short life: from…

The NYC Pun Off is a wordplay tournament that is exactly what it sounds like. If you love puns, you'll love this. If you don't love puns... we can fix that. Worldwide Puns has been producing the Bay Area Pun Off for a decade — selling out every show since inception, including Cobb's Comedy Club as part of SF…

Law School. Death row. Clown school. US capital defense attorney Josh Pickar spent seven years fighting against the death penalty. Then he moved to France and trained as a clown. Now he’s on stage with an absurd comedy about the American death penalty, the institutions that run it, and how one lapdance took it down.…

Arguments & Grievances is a live comedy debate show where comedians argue about ridiculous topics with the audience deciding the victor. The show has been featured in countless comedy festivals earning praise such as “smart, high-stakes tomfoolery disguised in a brilliant, faux-brainy conceit… This show is a riot.”…

Next Slide Please invites comedians to prepare and present PowerPoints about whatever they want. That could mean a data-driven ranking of the best Manhattan street corners for first date make-outs, pitches for start-up investment opportunities that are *probably* not scams, or a passionate defense of the 2003 Jessica…

Are you smarter than the Morning Brew Daily podcast hosts? Join us as Maxinomics' Phil Andrews hosts an evening of trivia, friendly competition, unfriendly competition, and prizes as we finally test if Neal and Toby are actually as good at trivia as they say they are.

Love This Arrangement — Screening Event & Fundraiser 🎬 The Hook One film. Two Artists. One night celebrating the beauty, humor, and heart of Caribbean culture — and the stories that deserve to be told on the world's biggest stages. 🌴 About the Event Love This Arrangement is a Caribbean romantic comedy that brings…

A Comedy Special by Max Carlson written for the stage and filmed by Max, alone, on a Cross-Country Train heading from New York City to Los Angeles over the course of Four Days. Join us for the New York City premiere of Project Choo Choo by Max Carlson. Director, Writer, and Star of the special, Max Carlson, will…

GUSH is a comedy show about anything and everything we love! Thirty performers each get 90 seconds to passionately rant, rave, spiral, and gush about a topic they absolutely need more than 90 seconds to talk about. Performers come from all realms of comedy, from stand-up to improv, drag to PowerPoint. It’s a chaotic…

Actor on Parole is a hilarious and deeply human true story about Ari Brisbon’s two years inside a minimum-security prison. With sharp wit and raw honesty, Ari traces the moments from his childhood and youth that led to the crime, the nerve-racking wait for his court date, and the unforgettable cast of characters he…

Ruined Live! Join Halle Kiefer and Alison Leiby for a live episode of the hit podcast [Ruined](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ruined-with-alison-leiby-and-halle-kiefer/id1528202364) where we'll cover the hit summer film OBSESSION.

It is time we address the psychological elephant in the room: FREUD! Love him or hate him, we ALL have feelings about him. But was he right or wrong when it comes to humor? THIS SHOW we will debate whether Freud's thesis from his book "Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious" is correct or not using our guest…

The dynamic ventriloquism duo Zack Binder & Ticklemuff are coming from Los Angeles to bring you an hour of whimsical, heartwarming comedy- only to be interrupted when Zack's raunchy, muppet girlfriend Jill Goldstein shows up...and all hell breaks loose. Strap in for a hilarious, emotionally therapeutic rollercoaster…

RaaaatScraps is the World's Best Improv Show from the people who produced Asssscat. Join a surprise guest monologist and NYC's best improvisers, many from The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, who have been seen on Broad City, High Maintenance, Succession, Severance, Somebody Somewhere, Difficult People, Search…

Comedy meets all your gripes about living in this godforsaken and beautiful city. This variety show, fundraising money for the New York Working Families Party, will feature sketches, improv, stand-up, surprise guests, and singing (for some reason)! Follow us on Instagram at @wfpsketchshow. Here are our guests: THE…

Comedian Brandon Collins (Drunk Black History) gathers his generation's most emotionally unavailable storytellers and comedians for a night dedicated to the millennial experience: the burnout, Sidekick phones, and the participation trophies that didn't prepare anyone for life in 2026. "Millennials 'R Us" is a…

Need help? So do they! Reba with an H, and whoever she is dating now, think they signed up to attend a couples therapy seminar, but they accidentally signed up to HOST it. They help the audience, and the audience helps them (maybe!) through a series of relationship building exercises designed for breakthroughs or…

At Good Work_ Live, Dan Toomey and his news associates bring their YouTube channel to the live stage – tackling one surprise news topic each show with a panel of guests, experts, and hopefully one animal. At our second event, Toomey looks at SPACE! Dan Toomey is a comedian who hosts the Good Work YouTube channel.

Hot Boys is a one-woman comedy musical crush-induced identity crisis heartbreak explosion. As a pop-culture-obsessed 90s kid, true love was always drilled into Kali Doyle’s head as the absolute pinnacle of success. The moment she laid eyes on her first crush, her life forever shifted onto a path that would ultimately…

Lucie Pohl’s Immigrant Jam Comedy features NYC’s funniest immigrant and 1st gen comics, who will make you laugh so hard you’ll wish you were born somewhere else. Guaranteed not to have stolen any of your jobs, Immigrant Jam celebrates the beauty of everything cross cultural, deliciously different and not from here.…

Ask a Fuckboy is a new comedy show in NYC that combines the irreverence of Call Her Daddy with the indulgent storytelling of your favorite guilty pleasure Reddit thread. Comics present unhinged dating stories and a panel of “fuckboys” (male comedians) weighs in. Hosted by: Andrea Popova (Writer of 10,000-reader…

Comedians go on job interviews with real life hiring professionals in an effort to get the job. The catch? They'll be assigned terrible fake resumes that they won't see until the show. Will these performers successfully crank up their corporate charisma and defend some truly terrible credentials, or will their…

Ever see a famous work of art at a museum and wondered, what does that painting even mean? Modern Whitney is a comedy panel show that attempts to answer that question. Join our comedians as they try to guess what famous art from different museums mean. Afterwards, a real art expert explains what that art actually…

A comedy show about music. Like your Spotify Wrapped...but funny. A playlist of sketches. Each show in this series is inspired by a musical theme – the playlist could be any genre from punk and party anthems to 70s classics and Broadway musicals. Hear what musically inspired sketches College Radio has composed: It's…

Join our rowdy band of bards for a musical celebration of your favorite fandoms, from Shrek 2 to Baldur's Gate 3. Expect pop-culture parodies, queer covers of ren faire classics, and tons of audience interaction as we put the party back in adventuring party! Many guests come in costume or cosplay. Every show is a new…

Craving some Jewish joy and TRADITION? Join Jewish pop culture site Hey Alma for a screening and sing-along to the iconic "Fiddler on the Roof." We'll provide the movie and snacks, you bring your friends and your best rendition of "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" and Fruma-Sarah impression. Please note: This event will only…

World renowned vocal coaches, voice practitioners, and ‘Gurus of the Throat’, Carol Eisenberg and Julie Stern host “The Sound Within,” a life-altering masterclass that celebrates the miracle of the organic voice (and demystifies non-truths about the status quo in the entertainment industry). Eisenberg & Stern have…

Professors, experts, and storytellers giving thought-provoking lectures in NYC bars. 📍 Location: Exact address given in confirmation email 🧠 Lecture: "Parenting: What to Do When Your Child Tries to Kill You" 🎤 Speaker: Dr. Alec Goldstein Join us for a powerful and eye-opening evening as Dr. Alec Goldstein draws on…

**WRITE CLUB TAKES MANHATTAN** Natural disasters. Alien invasions. Rampaging kaiju. Morally bankrupt real estate moguls. New York City's survived it all, and now it's time to see if it can withstand the full impact of WRITE CLUB. We've gathered together some of the fiercest, most legendary literary gladiators from…

The formula is simple: 1. Experts give fun talks 2. Comedians improv/e them, sight unseen The Result: A night where big ideas meet big laughs Talks by: **Chandler Dean** *(Abolish Everything)* **Noah Guiberson** *(Facts Machine)* **Diana Li** *(Story Collider)* **Leslie Sibener** *(Story Collider)* Comedy by:…

Come watch the funniest comedians and finest scientists in NYC go head-to-head-to-head-to-head the Caveat way: by creating presentations from audience suggestions and delivering them live on the spot. SageMatch is a powerpoint comedy gauntlet hosted by Ben Taylor (Nerd Nite NYC) that challenges the city's funniest…

Join us on August 14th for Vocabaret: Sports hosted by Jerzy Gwiazdowski ______________________________________________________ *Do you marvel at morphemes? Are you scintillated by syntax? Then you belong at Vocabaret, where we make language fun while making fun of language. Each month we explore a new theme — from…

The NYC Magic Ensemble presents a night of world-class magicians and mentalists at the Caveat Theater in Manhattan. Witness an evening of sophisticated illusion and psychological mystery that will have you questioning your own senses. Perfect for a remarkable date night or an unforgettable evening with friends. Just…

Comedy meets catharsis in this personalized adventure that literally fights your figurative demons. Each performance of The Legend of You begins with an audience member sharing a problem they’re experiencing. We spin that problem into an improvised fantasy adventure of epic proportions, including original songs,…

Derry Queen performs her hour of stand up, drag, and death!

This show is exactly what it says. Every week one of your favorite comedians interviews an expert on a topic they've always wanted to know more about. Every Sunday come hear the funniest interviews about neuroscience, astrophysics, mental health, and more! This week **Alison Leiby** interviews **Dr. Karen Tang**…

Actors are given a scene & learn their lines, improvisers are given nothing & must make it work. New York top improvisers and actors from Broadway, TV and beyond perform in scenes from Mamet to Moliere and everything in between. The actors will know their lines and the improvisers will improvise with no prior…

Join host Stephanie Rae for “The Music That Makes Me Laugh”, a night of comedic songs across decades and genres from stage and screen. Along with the music, you’ll also enjoy musings from comedians, including standup inspired by the music and duets between singers who’ve rehearsed the songs and improvisers who…

If you want to submit to be a contestant, please buy a ticket and [fill out this form!](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScXA7ZlYHOgFT7Io39-FT6JfiGc9bmRqvbpZ8FW2eEl56mcoQ/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=108638396707139800083) The Jewish Dating Game is the hilarious interactive dating game show with delicious…

Part karaoke, part confessional. STORY-OKE invites performers and audience members alike to share a true story about their connection to a song - or the song itself - then sing the hell out of it. Every song has a story. For our next show, we'll have stories about songs, from performers with stories about songs, and…

SORRY WE'RE HERE is an NYC-based sketch group founded by Caleb Alexander, Edward Barbini, Leah Windahl, and Kevin Turner. Sorry We're Here invites their favorite performers to join them for a hilarious original hour of comedy. With new creative voices joining the mix every performance, each show promises a unique…

Facts Machine is a science comedy show (and science trivia showdown) by and for people who are curious about everything – but especially the things that make them laugh! Scientists by day and pub trivia hosts by night, Em, Noah, and Rob leverage their scientific curiosity and delight in obscure minutiae to bring you…

Ask a Fuckboy is the viral live comedy show in NYC that combines the irreverence of Call Her Daddy with the indulgent storytelling of your favorite guilty pleasure Reddit thread. Comics present unhinged dating stories and a panel of “fuckboys” (male comedians) weighs in. This will be a very special edition of Ask a…

The science game show that's academically rigorous and comically ridiculous. Science Communicator and Comedian Tom Lum will put his contestants through trials and games inspired by the wildest real scientific papers. Join us to see for yourself what Our Findings Show!

WokeAI is an artificial intelligence company that has the mission of making you seem like a good person through our chatbots: RaceGPT (to talk to poc), GayGPT (self explanatory), and WorkingClassGPT (you get it). Come see how our CEO, Ham Baldman, gets himself in hot water and tries to come back from his string of…

Dungeons & Decanters is a live, interactive adventure blending Dungeons & Dragons gameplay, comedy, and immersive storytelling. Whether you’re a seasoned adventurer or completely new to the game, this is a night designed for laughs, surprises, and shared chaos. The audience serves as the Gods of Fate, with the…

<b>THEME: VOTING RIGHTS</b> What happens when the master builder of New York, Robert Moses, loses his power and attempts to host a late night talk show? Who cares, because for one night only, former president Lyndon Baines Johnson takes over the show! That's right, LBJ has wrested control over The Power Joker away…

Mystery Science Theater meets Animal Documentary at Drunk Planet Earth. Hosted by Brian Morabito (Dropout) and Stephen Buckley (UCB), the twist of the show comes when the audience tries to stump the hosts with animal questions. Come for the animal facts, stay for the drunk hosts trying to remember what they know…

Asian improv icons unite! Celebrate culture, comedy and experience improv from a different perspective. Featuring a rotating cast of Asian performers! @shoesoffimprov

This show is exactly what it says. Every week one of your favorite comedians interviews an expert on a topic they've always wanted to know more about. Every Sunday come hear the funniest interviews about neuroscience, astrophysics, mental health, and more! This week **Josh Gondelman** interviews **Kelly Weinersmith**…

EconLOL is an economics-themed comedy show that will teach you nothing about the economy, but will give you lots of opportunities to laugh at it. EconLOL brings together comedians, writers, and sometimes real life economists to make fun of economics (or something at least somewhat, remotely econ/money/finance…

Hosts Courtney Maginnis & Tom Delgado celebrate the 10-year anniversary of their popular weekly stand-up show, Let's See, What Else!

Dun Dun Musical Improv presents Off the Record: an Improvised Musical Documentary! Come with us on a journey through a town in crisis as our team of crack investigators/improvisers gets to the bottom of each case... through song. There will be laughs. There will be harmonies. There will be Keith Morrison impressions.…

Radiolab Presents: Viscera An event of gripping tales of the human body with Radiolab, hosted by correspondent Dr. Avir Mitra and Senior Producer Matt Kielty. This series of live podcasts explores the weird, wonderful, and often grotesque mysteries of the human body. By taking audience members along a journey into…

**Abolish Everything** is a fast-paced, low-stakes comedy debate show! Comedians roast their pet peeves. A panel of improvisers grills them with questions. The audience decides what gets abolished—and the most persuasive lobbyist receives the ultimate corrupt bribe: a bag of coins with a dollar sign on it. Hosted by…

Featured on BBC Scotland. It's Love Island meets Whose Line Is It Anyway. Two singles are blindfolded. Will it be love at first sight or a slow-motion car crash? One blind date. Four comics. Unscripted, unhinged, unforgettable. Hosted by Douglas Widick (North Coast) and Kaila Mullady (Freestyle Love Supreme) '*A…

Every New Yorker has had a crazy NYC moment that makes them say, “Only in New York…” In celebration of PRIDE month, some of New York's best LGBTQ comedians and storytellers will share their most wild, improbable, yet totally true - Impossible New York Stories!

Rough Crowd with Mary Houlihan is a shameless ripoff of Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn. Panelists: Dina Hashem, Sean Donnelly, Kunal Arora, more tbd Mary Houlihan is tired of everyone arguing about Edgy Comedy vs. Woke Comedy. The world was better back in the 2000s when we could watch Patrice O’Neal shut down racist…

What if your explore page was just one guy trying his best? In Doomscroll, Blake must do whatever the projector says, and the audience has the clicker. Just like on Reels or TikTok, the audience can skip past jokes they don’t like or they can go back to previous slides and make him do it again. The show features…

Friendship, lust, and lies.

Cherry Lane Theatre, New York’s oldest Off-Broadway theatre and a historic cultural landmark in the West Village, is proud to announce the North American premier of Shifters, the critically acclaimed, intoxicating, and fierce new romance by Olivier Award-nominated writer Benedict Lombe. Following a sold-out run in…

Following a hit run at the Edinburgh Fringe, comedian Bryan Safi brings Are You Mad at Me?? to New York.

Welcome to Music City, the new musical by Billboard Chart-topping songwriter JT Harding, with book by Peter Zinn and directed by Eric Tucker.&nbsp; &nbsp; Follow two young singer-songwriters into the Wicked Tickle, an East Nashville bar that serves up cheap beer, open mics, and dreams of b

The Brick presents Strange Men by Sarah Bernstein playing July 30-Aug 2, 2026 at Brick Aux Studio, 628 Metropolitan Ave running time 100 minutes Four men are brought together by a dating coach who promises to help them make meaningful connections with women. In this dark comedy about what it means to be a man, both…

BrickFlix, The Brick, Soho Rep, and INTAR present Red November, Black November Directed by Sally Alvarez and Carolyn Jung playing August 3, 2026 | 7:30PM at The Brick Theater running time 120 minutes Proceeds to benefit Beloved Community Center in Greensboro, NC November 3rd 1979. Greensboro, North Carolina. Members…

The Brick presents Real Estate by Isa Spector playing Aug 6-15, 2026 at The Brick Theater running time 70 minutes tickets $25-50 David and Robert are constantly moving; moving houses, moving bodies, and moving against their desires. As they continue to find themselves in the wrong place, they draw closer to a fantasy…

The Brick presents HOW TO BE NORMAL AND REGULAR by Celia Krefter & Kate Purdum playing August 27-30, 2026 at Brick Aux Studio, 628 Metropolitan Ave running time 80 minutes Everybody’s saying that nightclub sensation Breathless Mahoney is washed up. Between acts at the struggling mob-run club she calls home, she…

Lama El Homaïssi performs at Joe's Pub!

A Tribute to Diana, Dionne and Donna is a show that will have you on your feet dancing, leaving Joe’s Pub feeling your absolute best.

Alysha Brilla performs at Joe's Pub!

Tony Award-winning director Daniel Sullivan returns to Free Shakespeare in the Park with a spellbinding new production of THE WINTER’S TALE.

Dre Scot performs at Joe's Pub!

"Playlist for the Liberated Soul: The Music of Artemis Montague" will highlight Montague’s Black-queer, and trans-led musicals, SHE SINGS ME HOME and HOW BABY AND ANCESTORS STARTED A REVOLUTION.

MIZU performs at Joe's Pub!

A concert reading of something new, written by Bridget Everett, Isaac Oliver, Marc Shaiman, Rachel Shukert, Scott Wittman. Directed by Teddy Bergman and Scott Wittman.

Come spend an intimate evening with Alice Smith, celebrating her return to New York at Joe’s Pub.

Comedienne, cabaret artist, and living legend D'yan Forest (currently Guinness World Records Title Holder for Oldest Working Comedian in the World) returns to Joe’s Pub on her 92nd birthday with an all-new show!

Firas Zreik performs at Joe's Pub!

The Kevin Ferg & Friends Company are back for another fabulous night of music and entertainment!

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Clarice Assad & Keita Ogawa perform at Joe's Pub!

Tray Wellington performs at Joe's Pub!

Mireya Ramos performs at Joe's Pub!

Quarantined Quartet performs at Joe's Pub!

Starring Mike Kelton and Barrett Wilbert Weed, Kathy is a "mostly true" cabaret about Mike’s iconic mother, Kathy.

An evening with Gino Sitson featuring Jody Redhage-Ferber on cello & voice, Alan Ferber on violin, and Gino Sitson (voice, body percussion & compositions).

Celebrate the summer with an unforgettable evening featuring Syrian-American rapper & poet Omar Offendum, whose unique performance style draws upon the hakawati traditions of Damascus, while remaining deeply rooted in the stories and streets of New York.

This hour-long comedy show skewers the state of gender politics on Broadway with a delicious mix of stand-up, musical comedy, and as always, unspeakable beauty.

Tony Award Winner Gabriel Ebert brings his original music to Joe's Pub featuring special guest performances.

Anna Moss & Sabine McCalla perform at Joe's Pub!

Generation Women is a multigenerational storytelling night that invites a woman or non-binary performer in their 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s+ to share an original true story on a theme.

Larry Owens performs at Joe's Pub!

Richard Perez presents: I Have To Do This – a full-hearted, sexually explicit exploration of partnership, vulnerability, and, yeah, love.

Amira B performs at Joe's Pub!

Aliah Sheffield returns to Joe's Pub!

Yasser Tejeda celebrates 17 years of Mezclansa, his groundbreaking debut album that blends Afro-Dominican roots with jazz, rock, funk, and Caribbean rhythms.

Michael R. Jackson performs at Joe's Pub!

Based on immersive reporting from the battlelines and trenches of Democracy, from school board showdowns in Florida, grassroots organizers in Atlanta, barbershops in Las Vegas, deprogrammers of violent extremists in Missouri and much more. Experience the moving, funny, true Stories of American Democracy.

Christian De Gré Cárdenas comes another volume of Twisted Operelas, a one night only intimate return to Joe’s Pub, 27 years in the making.

A solo show from a serial monogamist who is very bad at one of those words.

Kim Onah performs at Joe's Pub!

When Voices Rise is a showcase of original music featuring the winning songwriters in a nationwide contest drawing on the legacy of the protest music of the turbulent 60’s and 70’s in the US and Latin America.

Afro Dominicano performs at Joe's Pub!

My Brightest Diamond returns to Joe's Pub to celebrate the 20th anniversary of her acclaimed debut album Bring Me the Workhorse.

Miki Abraham performs at Joe's Pub!

The Po' Ramblin' Boys perform at Joe's Pub!

Dez Duron brings his signature crooner style, as seen in Broadway’s Maybe Happy Ending to Joe’s Pub.

Andy Statman Trio performs at Joe's Pub!

Marianne Solivan performs at Joe's Pub!

Following his Joe’s Pub debut with Sherry at a Funeral, hailed by Broadway World as “a ridiculously satisfying night of entertainment,” haute cabaret raconteur Zachary Clause returns for his second appearance with I Really Do Want to Start a Garden One Day—his most personal show yet.

Jen Kirkman is back on stage for the first time in five years and only at Joe's Pub with "I'm Not Trying To Be Funny" (but it's ok to laugh).

Travel to a Dreamlike Realm of Memory and Music with Carla Patullo and the Scorchio Quartet, during their intimate reunion performance.

Brooklyn native Anayka She immerses you in her world of self love, relationships and mental health through sultry vocals and relatable songs.

In a playful nod to Sammy Hagar's classic anthem ‘I Can't Drive 55,’ composer Gene Pritsker celebrates the milestone with 'I Can Survive 55', a festive birthday concert featuring his ensemble Sound Liberation.

Ethan Carlson returns to Joe’s Pub with his brand-new show, The Eleanor Show!

An open mic for comedians, musicians, poets, writers and performers of any other inclination.

A weekly comedy show in the heart of the East Village hosted by Emily Wilson with DJ Good Attitude.

Naughty Girl performs in the KGB Private Curtain. Free Entry.

Join the Allan Bezama Group for three hours of live jazz in the KGB Red Room!

With lacerating irony and ruthless wisdom, Shelley Stenhouse’s collection, BEANSTALK, unmakes the fairy tale. Her larger-than-life father in his Burberry raincoat, her mother’s gnarled dragon hand, the money that courses through her family but isn’t real to her until it’s gone. Her imagery is sharp, visceral,…

Join the Matt Garcia 4tet for three hours of live jazz in the KGB Private Curtain!

Readings from acclaimed poems

Join Sam and Friends at the Private Curtain!

Featuring: Dan Bodah; Dave “The Spazz” Abramson; Elena Razlogova; Emily Saltz; Amanda Nazario.

Showtime 8:00pm. Lark Lepage presents the Being Alice release show! Come catch the best indie folk sets in NYC! Featuring Laura Elliott, Lark Lepage, and Gentlewife! Be there or be square!

7:00pm showtime. Nussy Andrews is a singer-songwriter and pianist based in NYC. She is hosting a release show for her upcoming single “I Just Keep Losing My Mind, Can You Hold Onto It For Me?” Featuring Mina Walker of Daisy the Great, Cash O’Brien, and Jacob Boarman and Oeste!

Life can be hard, so let’s make it HARDCORE. Jack Powers returns to the Slipper Room July 30th, joined by the incomparable Alaïa, VERBAL ANIMAL & Emily Tressa, with superstar DJs DJ Thank You & Willin and host Pop Star Bitch Zine. Dress code: leather & latex, uniform, or black tie.

The variety show that tops them all. the original, since 1999. Doors 8:00pm. Shows 8:30, 9:45, & 11:00. Featuring Bastard Keith, Veronica Viper, Danielle Saint Velvet, Twisted Sisters, Seedy Edie, Rosie Cheeks, Rachel Wax, Broody Valentino, & Zero Boy. Full bore fun, non-stop excitement.

New York City's longest running variety show. Since 1999. Doors 8:00pm. Shows 8:30, 9:45, 11:00, 12:15. Featuring Sir Richard Castle, Lydia Vengeance, Ryan Shinji, Alisa Mae, Qualms Galore, Viola Heart, Rachel Wax,Mantrix, Cheeky Lane, & Phill Von Awesome! Full bore fun, non-stop excitement.

The variety show that tops them all. The original, since 1999. Doors 8:00pm. Showtime 8:30 with a single intermission. Hosted by Walt Whitman. Featuring Sam Urdang, Tiger Bay, Twisted Sisters, Cheeky Lane, & GiGi Bon Bon. Full bore fun, non-stop excitement.

Showtime 8:00pm. Music, Comedy, Magic, & Surprises from Hanna Dickinson, Kathe Farris, Emma Olson, The (Sort of) Amazing JJ Farris, Jefferson Friere, Harriet Tugsmen, Hosted by AJ Powell. Plus a SECRET Headliner, straight from BROADWAY!

8:00pm doors. 8:30pm showtime. A Variety show that is erudite while at the same time rudimentary, instructive and yet a bawdy ribald romp! Hosted by Borscht belt legend Mel Frye. Live musical accompaniment by Charlie O'Connor. Featuring Matt Holtzclaw, Jam's Aura, Emma Magnus, & more!

10PM showtime. Skeleton Symphony presents one night of peace and music with a live band burlesque tribute to the music from Woodstock '69. Come enjoy a summer of love with performances by Zennifer Sage, Désirée de Sade, Belladonna Luxe, and Doll Body. Hosted by Lydia Vengeance.

You’re invited to the marriage of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Constanze Weber and the reception of the century! A night of POMP! BUTTS! MISCHIEF! celebrating their perfectly scandalous lives. Starring Emma "Mags" Magnus, Madison Iosia, Dash Perry, and special guests.

Showtime 5:00pm. Circus Academy presents a variety show with a brilliant array of upcoming artists. Featuring Legs, Persephone, Sapphire Wilde, Lottie T. Totler, Jake and Nicole, Nicole Long, Sage Ribbons, Bush Baby, and Rebecca & very special guest barracuda, Clair!

7:30 show. Join the Hotsy Totsy family as we pay tribute to one of the great talents of American Cinema, Rob Reiner. With Cherry Pitz, Handsome Brad, Mary Cyn, Oliver Bliss, Viola West, Perse Fanny, Vincent Gallant, Rocco Chanel, and more!

Showtime 7:30pm. Nerdlesque NYC is smashing together Greek mythology & nerd culture! Hosted by Dionysus, the god of theatre, wine, & madness, adding his personal touch to everyone’s favorite Greek myths with delightfully debauched results. Let's cavort like the Greeks of old! You know the ones...

"POV: you and hubby are driving to your Niagara Falls honeymoon, fresh off the altar, sipping on a mango lime La Croix. It’s the middle of the night and you haven’t had service for miles, but it's okay, you’re drunk off the bliss of married life! Or...trying to be? Out of nowhere, your La Croix goes flying and the…

The 1943 melodrama The Pearl of My Oyster could be a camp masterpiece, an erotic transfixion, a flicker of joy amidst utter terror, or it might just be a dumb old movie. Two performers try to sort it out and things get heated…does anyone need an Altoid?

Bananas follows two aspiring artists who share a garden-level apartment in the city. When the local news reports on a bizarre murder, one of them reveals that their current project is a series of durational killings. Instead of confronting this vicious creation, the two intellectualize, ignore, and argue. But when a…

"My Way" follows a Girl being haunted by a Ghost. But not just any ghost; a crooning Ghost in a jacket, hat, and tie who keeps bringing up "the good ol' days". He's there to help her write a very important speech, if she'll let him.

A transsexual codependent family tragedy about childbirth, murder, and Shabbat dinner.

Pietro happens to be a clown, and also happens to be avoiding something from her past, in an attempt to move forward and be a beautiful normal girl who does what she's supposed to. But she can't seem to forget the thing from before, especially after the sudden appearance and disappearance of an old friend, which…

When college admissions season hits Manhattan's elite, the masks come off, but only behind closed doors. A tragicomedy about two NYC families —one billionaire family, one worth a mere $20 million — locked in a silent arms race to get their unqualified sons into Stanford. No shame, no mercy, and absolutely no safety…

After a year of silence, Coco pays a psychic for one impossible thing: another chance. But when the ritual reveals the life of the man she lost, she enters a world where love is no longer romantic—it is dangerous. Blending psychological theater, movement, dark comedy, and magical realism, Redemption Is A Dangerous…

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,…

Lacuna: Remastered is a genre-defying performance piece in which a writer named C. descends into her own subconscious to recover the fragments of a life and an artistic process in pieces. Guided by Virgilia, a Commedia dell'arte trickster in the spirit of a 70s talk show host, and Memi, a cellist who wages a quiet…

Rambunctious, daring, hilarious, provoking, and fun. Trust us - You've never experienced a night of improvisation quite like this.

Multiple clones of Kylie Minogue strutting in Paris! Madonna walking along the sandy beach paying homage to Joan Crawford in 'Humoresque'! Beyoncé and Shakira switching places in a way that almost convinces you they look alike! What do these videos have in common... besides being Divamaxxed?! (Did I use that right?)…

Maxine has just lost her job, is sleeping on her ex-boyfriend's couch and is three months behind on rent. So when she starts making fetish content to pay her bills she enlists the help of her one and only friend, Elena. As the duo's popularity rises, the requests from their “fans” become stranger and darker, and…

HatHead is a heartfelt slice-of-life dramedy seen through the eyes of a family navigating the changing landscape of dementia. Over ten years, the play beautifully chronicles siblings Nell and Robert as they care for their mother, Denise. From frantic midnight escapades in platform shoes to avoid ""poisoned"" floors,…

In a suburban house in a suburban town somewhere in New Jersey, Sadie, Olivia, Ellie and Jackson celebrate the end of their junior year of high school. It’s 2014 and they have the whole world ahead of them, but tonight, all that matters is the latest gossip, bonding as best friends, and the secrets that come out, or…

**OVERFLOW** follows the life of a woman with severe personality disorder as she spirals through memories, relationships, emotional extremes, distorted perceptions, and a fragmented sense of reality in a fever dream like reflection of her life. Blurring the line between reality, memory, fantasy, delusion, and…

Before Eve, there was Lilith—the first woman, who would not bow to Adam or to God’s order. Yet love ties her to the garden as she and Eve forge a bond of desire and defiance. Lilith, a new play by Adina Aaron and directed by Samantha Ozeas, is new interpretation of the myth that investigates the gender dynamics,…

When an undercover cop who's frustrated with their job meets a vampire who's also a career criminal, both of their worlds change. Moonlighters is a story of the circumstances we've ended up in, what we can do to get out of them and finding solace in the darkness all held inspired by many things, but mainly Can't…

Have you ever been personally victimized by MyChart or found yourself writing a bad review for your therapist? Maria has. Baby Bipolar is the story of one woman’s journey from getting diagnosed with bipolar 1 to embracing a life where that doesn’t have to be a bad thing. Winner of the “Old Greeny Laughs Too” award at…

"Brace Yourself: A Musical Apocalypse" follows Holly, a young girl trying to make her orthodontist appointment to have her braces removed... on the first day of a sudden apocalypse. Along the way, Holly and her friends learn that in an unforgiving world, change is inevitable and usually unexpected. The future you…

Step into the mystery! Join Lizzie Borden (performed in drag) on the anniversary of the infamous axe murders of her father and stepmother for a chilling evening where the ghosts of the past return and long-buried secrets are revealed. Lizzie exposes her version of the events leading up to the brutal killings of…

“CCC: A Montalk In the PanMonticon” is an interactive one-woman-show performed, directed, and written by Montgomerie West that physicalizes the digital experience of ideas, information, and social media circulating. The play centers around Montie, who with the help of stagehands guides the audience in a…

Lake Effect is a sharp, darkly funny two-hander about siblings Ari and Shana, stuck in a cabin and in each other across time. As identity, trauma, sex, and family tension collide, their bond starts to feel less like home and more like a storm they’re trapped inside.

Petey wakes up tangled in ropes. In a group no one wants to be a part of. There's a box of Krispy Kreme donuts. And also the world is ending in two months.

Welcome to Seagull’s Gay Bar! Bar manager Dexter works hard to ensure that it’s a safe space, but his best friend Daphne doesn’t think it’s safe enough for Julian, her boyfriend. Er. Partner. With Dexter’s blessing, Daphne wants to institute a few well-intended guidelines. Well, maybe more than a few…

Survival isn’t guaranteed. Neither is coupling up after a massive extinction event. But British reality contestants Tud, Myleigh, and Lancelot keep trying - failing, and failing better. Isolated from the outside world, they dance between denial and acceptance, searching for love and meaning in a pointless, absurd…

Described as a mix between The Boys in the Band, The Exterminating Angel, and No Exit, And Eat It Too follows a long term friend group through what should be a normal unspecific game night hang, if not for each member bringing in their own self centered baggage to derail the evening.

He was a turtle. She was a girl. And then there’s drugs. Franklin the Turtle is a hilarious and heartbreaking one-woman show about addiction, stigma, and the unexpected creatures that help us survive.

When sudden spells of aphasia and mysterious blackout episodes lead to a life-changing neurological diagnosis, Danielle is left to navigate an escalating disability while sorting through her relationships, confronting her mortality, and reckoning with an unexpectedly fractured sense of self. LUNATICUS is a quirky,…

METASTASIZED. a dark comedy. Helena might be dying. But not according to her husband, Stan, who recently became a Personal Death Healer. Their adult children, Harley and Maeve, agree to participate in structured, holistic, guru-esque, family time. Together, they will heal Helena of death! There is also a kazoo. It's…

Ten years after Tom and Julia parted ways as creative partners, Julia has finally completed her Great Gatsby adaptation. However, she has been turned into a giant pile of scarves. Tom, feeling he has to see out her vision, reunites the Bombshell crew to bring the show to BROADWAY! A parody of the hit NBC television…

NYU’s Parliamentary Debate Society has made it to the 2035 World Universities Debating Championship, under the leadership of their go-getter president Bleecker, whose years-long rivalry with Oxford Union president Fish‘N’Chips has been the only thing standing between her and WUDC victory. This year’s championship is…

Claire and Mona, best friends for life, lock themselves in the girls' bathroom and get ready for one last school dance before the climate apocalypse ruins everything — including their makeup. Claire knows a secret about the mysterious and deadly Floodwater Flu ravaging their town, but Mona might be too self-absorbed…

STRANGEGIRLZZ’ WERE LOOKING FOR BOYFRIEND. THEY FOUND ONE MAN WHO UNDERSTOOD WHAT IT WAS TO SUFFER AND SACRIFICE LIFE FOR OTHERS- JESUS CHRIST- AND WE WENT TO FIND HIM AT A MONASTERY. AND THEY TOOK AWAY OUR FORKS AND OUR KNIVES AND OUR BODIES AND ALL WE HAD WERE LITTLE SPOONS. WE SHARED OUR MONEY AND CHILDREN AND…

INVINCIBLE / THE BULLETS PASS THROUGH ME / LIKE LIGHT follows the ghost of an old Korean woman killed in a hate shooting who teams up with a comedian to find the killer.

REPLACED! is a surrealist sci-fi tragicomedy following a young woman identified only as a Daughter who returns to her hometown to find that everyone in it has been replaced by aliens. Not knowing who’s real and who isn’t, she has to figure out how to live in this new, or if she even wants to. Hailed as “an…

How much can happen before the semester starts?

MOONBODIES is an erotic horror play set in a nightmarish near-future New York City, where Shelley, a vibrant nightclub performer battling lifelong body dysmorphia and eating disorders, enrolls in an experimental drug trial that slowly transforms her into a werewolf. The catch: the drug only works if she eats. Using…

Equal parts true story, theatrical play, live music, and spiritual gathering, Godfriend asks audiences to practice radical belief in each other while facing uncertain futures. College professors and real-life couple Hal and Elle ask: should they have a child? As a trans man and a cis woman, the couple wonders if…

Britt Benson is flying high as her buzzy, autobiographical new play gets national news coverage before it even premieres. But once the cameras start rolling the play is no longer center stage and she finds the childhood trauma she experienced suddenly publicized and scrutinized. Determined to make it to opening…

A dark comedy about identity, intimacy, and the personas we create. As fantasy and reality collide, a group of strangers discovers the hardest role to play is themselves.

"It’s been six years since Joanna vanished. But Kate doesn’t know about that. Kate is fine. She just moved in with Marcus—which is good! It’s great, actually. He’s really working on himself. He’s reading books about stress management. He’s doing so well that he hasn’t even told her about his former girlfriend who…

DC Martin, winner of the RTB Theatre Staged Reading Award, presents a new original play: Will You Walk Into My Parlour? When five friends take refuge from a storm in an old cabin they become pawns in an evil game. Brought to you by Dead Horse Productions, a multimedia production company committed to storytelling…

Everyone knows how to quit. Easiest thing in the world, right? Tonight, a renowned local expert in how to quit will share everything that research has uncovered on this time-honored tradition of easily walking away from situations that are not for you. Not that you need it. You already know how to quit, right, right?…

Twins Michael and Michaela and their mother Dot have all reunited in their small Southwest town following the untimely passing of their estranged father. Each lost in their own way, they each secretly turn to the arms of the same mysterious escort, "The Man" in order to help them discover, through their own strange…

We’re standing on the corner and you’re laughing at everything I say. You’re literally doubling over. I’m amazed, watching you, because how can you laugh at everything I say but not want to love me, especially when what I’m saying isn’t particularly funny? This play is about that, that day standing on the corner in…

When you’re caught up in an arranged marriage ordained by God, things aren’t always easy. A fun little slice of life, from the Espousal through the Nativity, we follow Mary and Joseph as they navigate their new relationship and approach the birth of their child.

A time traveling secret agent goes on a quest to save the world from nuclear war. Her caveman boyfriend, a sentient potato, and her mommy issues are all at play in JUMP!

Max is a 12-year old trans boy trying to make sense of the world's response to his transness. Outside of school, he spends his time vlogging about magic tricks and thinking about space, all while being (reluctantly) guided by the Star Friends—magical manifestations of trans histories and possible futures. Meanwhile,…

GOOD MOTHERS (KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON) Four mothers walk into a support group. One can't stop thinking about a sandstorm, one is convinced a British nurse accused of murdering babies has been profoundly misunderstood, one hears God through the walls, and another unravels beneath the weight of perfection. Every…

You turn thirteen, your parents divorce, and your mom leaves. Now you have to figure out femininity without her. How do you do it? If you’re me, you learn everything you need to know from a self-help book written by an Old Hollywood movie star.

Since Belinda’s death, Joan and Ellis have determinedly kept their distance. But after three years of no contact, Joan reappears in Ellis’ life with a million-dollar opportunity—which should be something of a miracle for her late daughter’s boyfriend. All he has to do is finish the collection of paintings underway at…

We fight to become someone new, but what if we’re destined to repeat the very lives we’re trying to escape? BLACKOUT is a familial drama set during a hurricane in Florida that blends Reiki, queerness, generational trauma, and latine identity. It is an intimate yet universal story about love, pain, and the cycles we…

Your Son Looks Like A Girl by Jane Domenghini A one woman show about you. Seriously, this play is about you. Benefits by Natalia Shane A three woman tragicomedy that chronicles Lesbians, death-spiral best friends, and the virtues of cosmesis.

Infertile and isolated from her community, Brooklyn Museum historian Iris seeks vindication the only way she knows how. In preparation for the opening of her curatorial magnum opus, "She Is Risen: Global Burial Practices Through an Intersectional Feminist Lens", Iris charms prenatal yoga instructor Holden into a…

Twyla loses her job, Eric goes through a break-up, Blair invents a lid, and Carl is in a cave. No one really knows what time it is, or what time even is. This Is Where You Live is a comedy about the rugs that get pulled up from under us and whether they were all that cozy to begin with.

Three college seniors, two dorm rooms, one evening. Clara is ready for another long night of semi-voluntary isolation. She’s somehow failed to make a single close friend at her microscopic rural liberal arts college. She looks forward to regular long phone calls with her romance-addicted, neurotic, self-described…

When small-town girl May and Type-A finance guy Theo literally crash into each other at a Virginia airport, their connection is instant, quirky, and impossible to ignore. With May’s flight to Los Angeles boarding in mere minutes, the pair decides to take a spontaneous leap of faith. "fly away with me." is a…

A developmental showing of a new play about storytelling, lying, friendship, and the artistic life. Written by Kallan Dana, directed by Hanna Yurfest, produced by Needy Lover.

Jason and Nick will do anything to win Annaliese's affection. Buying her a pig is just step one. A dark satire about sitcoms, misogyny, and society’s most controversial animal.

WELCOME TO THE GAME OF AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS Play to win Black Excellence and hang with the Jeffersons or lose and end up in poverty with the Younger Family.

Join Maude Lardner Burke as she takes you on her journey of sex, love, the Hollywood Blacklist, and the power of song!

Do I Know You? follows Kat, a emotionally stunted English major, coming of age in her junior year of college. Her first fight with her best friend and department rival, Ace. Her first relationship with a confident premed student, June. Her first missed deadline to her teacher and confidante, Alice. And her second.…

"Andie the alien is trying to become a human. The Scientist has a new way to study her. Together, they travel to the Andromeda Galaxy and embark on a journey through Time, Space, and Possibility. “extra(terrestrial)” uses visions from the past, humor, surrealism, mythology, and “The Little Mermaid” to explore…

Party Girl is the one woman show of your dreams! This girl just wants to have fun and be sexy. And never think about the economy. Or death. After years of losing love, scraping by at minimum wage, and smoking weak-ass weed, she's determined to have the most fabulous night ever, at any cost. Even blood.

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Jane loves weddings. It’s one of the reasons she became a wedding photographer. But when she starts running into her own exes at these weddings, she is confronted with more than uncomfortable reunions. She also finds herself navigating the complicated feelings of past love, self worth and ultimately, resilience.

"Cassie M. Seinuk, Playwright Christopher Randolph, Director Michael Underhill, TURNER Emma Svitil, JOHANNA TBD..., PALMER TBD..., Stage Direction Reader Patrick R. Greene, Original sound design and composer CMS Productions, Producers"

When I was 18, I discovered that my great-grandfather directed 21 films in 1930s China. Why did nobody ever tell me? Where can I find his films? What did he believe in as an artist? Now, I step onstage, searching through fragments for answers—in a world still falling apart.

Does blood alone anoint revolution? In a Northern Ireland jail cell, Bobby Sands contemplates the role of violence in revolution as he begins his hunger strike. When the death of a government leader opens up a seat in Parliament, Sands must decide what message he wants to embody and exactly what sacrifice he wants to…

A Will’o’wisp Encounter: as Presented to the Council of Mythical and Magical Creatures is a funny and moving concert theater experience about grief, magic, and the strange things that find us when we are lost. Presented as a formal report to the Council on Mythical and Magical Creatures, Camille Harris (writer and…

A college student, a restaurant owner, a shelter puppy, an engaged couple, and a kindergarten teacher - what do they have in common? Not much, until COVID-19 forces them to forgo their plans and figure out a new normal. The characters navigate anxiety, loneliness, impatience, and loss while learning to lean on one…

| An angel haunts you with visions of overlapping infinities. | | Rings encircle the moon with a growing shimmer. | | I am beginning to remember the time we spent by the water. | A collage of sound, story, and spectacle, Sublimation / Irisation is a trans odyssey into the afterlife/atmosphere. Presented as a…

What does love mean to you? How do you express it? Can you move forward while still longing to stay within the memories? The Last Leaf is Sydney Yu's autobiographical journey through her grandfather's illness and the family she left behind. Born in Sydney, raised in Beijing, and now living in the U.S., Sydney often…

On a stormy night in 2007, at the dawn of the social media age, burnt-out vlogger Kelly finds a mysterious diary in the old house she’s retreated to. Reading it, she meets Ruth, a self-destructive painter from 1959 wrestling with her own unstoppable drive for artistic transcendence—even at the cost of her selfhood.…

The Lolita Apologies returns to NYC following its critically acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival last summer. Fringe Review’s Hidden Gem of the Festival presents its first full staging in the United States. Called “the kind of theatre that provokes conversation…and lingers in your thoughts days later,” and…

Five friends form an amateur witches’ coven to cast a healing spell... and accidentally summon a demon. As the demon draws people to it's space (a vacation rental property) to feed on their pelvic pain, the friends try and complete healing rituals to assuage their pain. The demon interrupts each ritual just as…

A tragedy that occurred in history and immortalized in The Divine Comedy, Affairs Of The Heart tells the tragic love story of Francesca Da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta. With moments inspired by the art pieces that helped tell their story throughout centuries. Written for a modern audience, this retelling decides to fix…

Limón Theater Company presents it's newest production, Casa Ajena! Casa Ajena is a play inspired by true events bridging three familial generations of young Latinas in a real time evolving home established by the matriarch, Gloria. Written by Amber Barrios & Directed by Maya Renee Castro

Two scientists attempt to uncover hidden truths about the brain and its functionality. By pitting two subjects in a series of trials attempting to induce the recollection of memory — and by extension identity — they stage a collision between what is forgotten and what is remembered.

Not all RomComs deserve a happily ever after. But this one might just kill for it. Close Distance Disappearing Acts is sexy, funny, and deliciously dangerous. ANDY is a quirky vigilante on a mission: clearing nerd conventions of "bad bad men." PETER is the kind of man who shouldn't exist — unapologetically Irish,…

Through a series of interviews and vignettes, Le Blanc explores the life of Wellington, a world infamous, Black, queer superstar from his humble beginnings as a motherless child in the foster/adoption system of California, to his sexy exploits as a serial monogamist with a diverse selection of male and female lovers,…

8/1 • 2pm • Manhattan • TNC at E. 10th St. & First Ave. 8/2 • 2pm • Bronx • St. Mary’s Park at 147th St. & St. Ann’s Ave. 8/8 • 2pm • Staten Island • Tappen Park btw. Canal & Water Streets 8/9 • 2pm • Manhattan • Central Park Bandshell, 72nd Street Crosswalk 8/14 • 5pm • Brooklyn • Coney Island Boardwalk at W. 10st…

Learn how to pitch your next Horror story!

59 recipes inspired by true crime, dark local flavors, and eerie menu items served at some of the world's most haunted spots.

For fans of the macabre and monsters, join us for another meeting of our Spine Chillers Horror Book Club!

Join us for another meeting of our Dark Romance book club to discuss GAME ON!

Heart-Throb Slasher is a totally improvised, choose-your-own-adventure style show, that'll keep you laughing as the bodies drop.

A post-apocalyptic satire where six engineered women break their programming and rebel against their billionaire overlords.

Join us for an evening of mystery, horror and adventure as we enter the world of Call of Cthulhu!

Laugh…if you dare!

Multi-award-winning author Sara Cooper presents a wild debut novel in this satire of consumerism, performative femininity, and social media.

For fans of the macabre and monsters, join us for another meeting of our Spine Chillers Horror Book Club!

In this double feature aliens and enslaved humans explore a haunted house and a mummy wreaks havoc in South Boston.

A queer, gothic horror romance set in a necromancy-tinged London, sure to entrance fans of The Death of Jane Lawrence and Mexican Gothic.

The show continues every Tuesday at 9:30 PM EST!

Paper Kraine was created in 2016 to bring together works in development, artists, and audiences in support of nonprofits. Monthly, the PK team curates a new works sample platter around a theme and donates all proceeds to a selected nonprofit.

"Emma" is a harrowing story following a closeted, religious teenage boy, Hudson Pierce. As he navigates his way through learning who he is (with the help of his best friend, Parker) his path toward enlightenment is made into a cruel nightmare when he finds out his girlfriend, Lenny, is pregnant. Hudson is tormented…

FRIGID Nightcap July 31st: FUTURE TENSE

Split Personalities is a comedy roadshow built around the real mother-daughter dynamic between Nicole Davis and River Rose. The two share a stage and unpack the kind of family history you can't make up: the Goosebumps collection that got tossed when Mom found religion, the wedding Nicole pulled off without telling…

This performance aims to raise funds to support people affected by the recent earthquakes in Venezuela.

Psychic medium and stand up comedian Nelly Reznik will be performing Comediumship, an experimental combination of stand up comedy and audience readings.

A play by Catherine Shonack

A night of experimental comedy with New York's Funniest Stand-Up 2022 winner Daniel Simonsen. Come watch the Norwegian build material as he works both scripted and completely unscripted. As seen on Late Night with Seth Meyers and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Friends, foes, fools! Do you ever bemoan the fact that the 884,647 words William Shakespeare wrote have been performed already? Do you yearn for the experience of seeing The Bard's works for the first time? Then celebrate the glad tidings of As You Will and our Unscripted Shakespeare Show!

UNREHEARSED!: Shakespeare for Sports Fans

Comedian and writer Alise Morales reimagines Shakespeare’s classic comedy in a chaotic, irreverent new production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream that blends the Bard’s original text with sharp modern punch-ups. Featuring a diverse, gender-bent cast of some of NYC’s funniest character performers, the show lovingly…

In A Man Called Paris we get to follow Paris, a 40 year old gay man and professor of classical literature, who is being forced to marry the ruthless Capulet's teenage daughter Juliet, or they will out him to the world and destroy his life and reputation. Paris has just about come to terms with his fate when a dashing…

Man, woman, history, present, will, everything to be, and Shakespeare’s work. One kid tries to do it all, if they can. Limits go past numbers in this one person show. Join Gigi Moacdieh as they bring a different touch to some of the most famous scenes in history: themselves.

A paean to the Mystical in the theater, with echoes of Hamlet’s ghost.

In this solo performance, OPHELIA: A PRISM focuses on Shakespeare’s Hamlet to the ingénue Ophelia- or rather, three aspects of herself. These contrasting Sister Selves (Green, Brass, and Orange) take control of the original narrative to tell their own story of Black Femme joy, oppression, and resilience.

One battered travel guide. One hundred and fifty-three years overdue. One small-town Dutch librarian... who refuses to let the matter rest.

“The Hex Pistols!” is a rock opera starring the witches of Macbeth as the titular punk band. This alternative perspective of the Shakespearean tragedy follows the witches as they taunt the other characters and mock their misfortunes through song and spooky hijinks. Content Awareness: Violence is alluded to but not…

What if he’s the shrew, and he enjoys the taming?

Verily! Tis the revisionist murder spree every wench hath dreamt of: Shakespeare's two-timing, slut-shaming men finally get their comeuppance from the women they slandered, scorned, and dishonor'd. Why marry the guy who took your virginity, when you can kill him instead? But don't worry, as with all Shakespeare's…

Sisterhood is powerful, but it isn’t always pretty in this triple bill of savage comedies inspired by Shakespeare. Meet Cleopatra’s asps; vengeful cross-dressing twins Violenta and Vendetta; and the three weird daughters of a witch who tempted Macbeth.

Join Model Majority and friends for a night of Shakespeare-inspired sketch comedy, music and more. Think SNL meets Shakespeare (you have never seen before) performed by a diverse cast.

Spanglish Affair Open Mic

Adam Wade, the 20-time Moth Story Slam winner, creator of the #1 Best Selling Audible Original 'You Ought To Know Adam Wade' and from TV’s 'Inside Amy Schumer' and 'Girls' returns to Under Saint Marks Theater! This monthly storytelling show will feature three to four different stories from Adam’s extensive catalog.…

Following the events of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Olivia and Viola find themselves unhappy in their marriage arrangements, despite what you have been made to think. In this queer and trans only piece, follow Liv and Vi as they navigate what their relationship means now that they are both married to twinks.…

In this adaptation of “Measure for Measure”, Isa, a christian adult content creator takes on the responsibility of supporting her brother's legal battle while struggling through his disproval for her work.

Brave Sons of England is a new musical with a classic sound. It follows the story of Shakespeare's Henriad plays, Richard the Second, Henry the Fourth parts One and Two, and Henry the Fifth, telling the story of a series of rebellions and trying to answer the age old question of what gives a man the right to rule.

King Lear is a puppet. His daughter his fool. They each have nothing but each other.

Italian Abroad: Culture in Translation is an intimate evening of piano, stories, and song that follows Italian identity beyond Italy's borders. Through humor, music, and reflection, pianist Ivan Dalia explores what happens when traditions travel — and reveals how heritage, like language, only stays alive when it's…

Come catch the best short films of the month with the EAST VILLAGE NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL!

🛼 About Skaterobics 🛼 Skaterobics is an all-levels roller skating class for adults ages 21 and up who want to learn how to dance on wheels. The class begins with a fun and dynamic warm-up session to get everyone’s muscles ready and to introduce basic movements and techniques. The main portion of the class focuses on…

***🛼 About Wednesday on Wheels 🛼*** ***Wednesday nights are for skating! Whether you’re new to life on wheels or are a seasoned pro, you’re invited to the hottest mid-week vibe boost! Come early for Skaterobics at 6PM (you must purchase a separate ticket) to learn to dance on wheels.*** Vibe and skate to the music of…

🛼 About All-Ages Open Skate (skate)🛼 Get ready for All-Ages Open Skate (skate)– the ultimate way to roll into fun with friends! Whether you're a beginner skater or a seasoned pro, all skill levels are encouraged to lace up and hit the rink. Vibe and skate to the music of 70s/80s Disco, Funk, R&B, and 90s/2000s Hip…

Back In NYC ★ One Night Only Stud Country returns to NYC on July 30 for one night of dancing at the iconic Xanadu Roller Rink Founded in LA and born from the legacy of the queer country dance scene, Stud Country has began hosting line and two-stepping events in NYC in 2021, inspiring what has now grown into a…

🛼 About Weekend Warm-Up (skate) 🛼 ***Come roll out the week’s stress and warm up for everything the weekend has in store. Your weekend starts at Xanadu every Friday from 4-7pm. Consider us your end of week workout and pre-game for the weekend ahead. We got you!*** Vibe and skate to the music of Top 40, R&B Booth…

***Three Of Hearts "YOU SPIN ME RIGHT ROUND" 80's Roller Jam (skate all night)*** ***Three of Hearts are DJs Rok One, Andi, and Danny White*** ***genres: 80s Dance-Pop • Hi-NRG • Roller Skate Jam • Retro Dance • Synth-Pop*** ***Get ready to roll back in time for a night of nonstop skating, neon lights, and iconic 80s…

***Xanadu Day Disco*** ***Get ready for a magical, neon-bright celebration inspired by the legendary spirit of Xanadu! Join us for a glitter-filled daytime disco where music, movement, and imagination collide. Whether you’re 5 or 95, this all-ages event brings the joy of roller-disco vibes, dazzling colors, and…

BEYONSK8 ft. DJ Fade, Tone Capo & more! (skate & dance party) r&b, 90's hip hop, house, soul 🚨Important Info🚨 · Ticket does \*NOT\* include Skate Rental. · Skates & safety gear are available to rent \*\*first come, first served\*\* · All sales are final. No refunds. · You must sign the Xanadu waiver in advance here:…

**🛼 About Sunday Afterglow: (skate)🛼** **Ease into the end of the weekend with a mellow, magical skating session designed for everyone — kids, teens, adults, families, and first-time skaters. Sunday Afterglow blends chill music, soft lights, and easygoing energy to help you unwind, connect, and roll into a brand-new…

Sunday Skate Club {RIDE THE SPACESHIP} dress in your most galatic outfiit ✨👽 Tooted in the Cosmic Disco / Nu-Disco era,Italo,Cosmic House inspired by pioneers like Daniele Baldelli and Beppe Loda the architects of that hypnotic, space driven sound, We imagine riding spaceships like surfboards or floating on them as…

***🛼 About Wednesday on Wheels 🛼*** ***Wednesday nights are for skating! Whether you’re new to life on wheels or are a seasoned pro, you’re invited to the hottest mid-week vibe boost! Come early for Skaterobics at 6PM (you must purchase a separate ticket) to learn to dance on wheels.*** Vibe and skate to the music of…

***"Music, Fashion, Film, Skate" : Charli XCX Party (skate all night)*** Here's the truth, and we've gotta be honest, we're really excited for Charli xcx's newest album soo much so we decided to skate about it Two weeks after Charli xcx’s new album drops, we’re bringing the full universe to the rink. A night…

Digital Vinyl: A Skate Experience ft. DJ Nile, DJ Rob Scott, and DJ Soul (skate all night) ***r&b, 90's hip hop, house, soul*** ***DIGITAL VINYL: A SKATE EXPERIENCE brings the sound, style, and energy of skate music together under one roof. This night is built on The Foundation and the Future, celebrating the…

***Rhythm & Blades (skate + dance)*** ***r&b, 90's hip hop, house, soul*** 🚨Important Info🚨 · Ticket does \*NOT\* include Skate Rental. · Skates & safety gear are available to rent \*\*first come, first served\*\* · All sales are final. No refunds. · You must sign the Xanadu waiver in advance here:…

***Sunday Skate Club: Dominican Day ft. Charlie Chimi (skate all night)SSC - house, disco, soul, funk*** ***A love letter to Sunday Skate Club 🫶*** ***Every Sunday from 8–12am, the rink becomes more than a skate session. It’s a weekly ritual where local club kids, industry folks, and NYC’s DJs get their flowers — and…

***🛼 About Wednesday on Wheels 🛼*** ***Wednesday nights are for skating! Whether you’re new to life on wheels or are a seasoned pro, you’re invited to the hottest mid-week vibe boost! Come early for Skaterobics at 6PM (you must purchase a separate ticket) to learn to dance on wheels.*** Vibe and skate to the music of…

ethereal post-punk, darkwave, and trip-hop Clock serum (live), Boiled Angel, Nightvvitch Step into the shadows for a night of ethereal post-punk, darkwave, and trip-hop. Glide beneath dim lights as haunting melodies, hypnotic basslines, and atmospheric rhythms fill the rink. Whether you're dressed in lace, leather,…

SOUL ROLL presented by: Stef Nava & Luv w/ special surprise guests! (skate all night) r&b, 90's hip hop, house, soul Get ready to roll all night long with a soulful skate experience featuring good vibes, great music, and special surprise guests bringing the energy. Lace up, hit the floor, and let the rhythm move you…

🛼✨ IT’S TIME TO DISCO! ✨🛼 Get ready to roll into Vinyl Nights with a workshop by the Liberty Crew NYC🗽 Join us on Saturday, August 15th from 6 - 8 PM at Xanadu Roller Arts for a Disco themed rollerskate workshop where we’ll teach you our very own Roller Disco Dance! 🪩 Whether you’re a seasoned skater or just getting…

Vinyl Nights Summer Roller Jam Social Media link - @vinylnights\_ @djmisbehaviour @missrebeccalynn Genres - Disco, Funk & Soul, House, Boogie & 80's & 90's Hip Hop Join Vinyl Nights at Xanadu & experience the Golden Era of the Classic NYC Roller skating scene from the 1970's - 1990's. Roller Boogie to the hits that…

***Sunday Skate Club ft. Dirtyfinger, Club Flush: ZZZZACH, NEU NEU, WONNSSS, BABY VIRGO*** ***SSC - house, disco, soul, funk*** ***A high-energy night of global club sounds. Expect everything from techno, Baile funk, East Coast club, and more, brought to you by a lineup of heavy hitters: @zzzzach @wonnsss…

***🛼 Wednesday on Wheels🛼*** ***Wednesday nights are for skating! Whether you’re new to life on wheels or are a seasoned pro, you’re invited to the hottest mid-week vibe boost! Come early for Skaterobics at 6PM (you must purchase a separate ticket) to learn to dance on wheels.*** Vibe and skate to the music of…

Friday Night Adult Skate ft. DJ Lemonade (skate) r&b, 90's hip hop, house, soul Booth reservations are available for parties 7+ via form: https://www.xanadu.nyc/booking General Admission tickets are included in all booth reservations. 🚨Important Info🚨 · Ticket does \*NOT\* include Skate Rental. · Skates & safety gear…

Booth reservations are available for parties 7+ via form: https://www.xanadu.nyc/booking General Admission tickets are included in all booth reservations. 🛼 About Saturday Night Adult Skate ft. DJProjectDelancey (skate)🛼 Roll into the weekend at Saturday Night Adult Skate — a late-night session dedicated to grown…

***Superfriendz 20th Anniversary ft. DJ Dream & Tone Capo, Club Flush: Secret Guest (skate all night)*** ***r&b, 90's hip hop, house, soul*** Booth reservations are available for parties 7+ via form: https://www.xanadu.nyc/booking General Admission tickets are included in all booth reservations. 🚨Important Info🚨 ·…

Sunday Skate Club ft. Love Games w/ Lauren Murada, Finn Jones, Party Dad, Club Flush: Andrew Lenox (skate all night) A love letter to Sunday Skate Club 🫶 Every Sunday from 8–12am, the rink becomes more than a skate session. It’s a weekly ritual where local club kids, industry folks, and NYC’s DJs get their flowers —…

Y2K SK8 w/ boyyyish, Chloe Jane (LIVE) & more! (skate all night) disco, house, pop Step into the ultimate Y2K throwback at Y2K SK8! Lace up your skates and roll through a night of pop-punk, hip-hop, dance classics, and all the iconic hits that defined the 2000s. Featuring a live performance by Chloe Jane, music from…

Birthday Behavior: Virgo Edition ft. DJ Arson (skate all night) r&b, 90's hip hop, house, soul Virgo season is here, and it's time to celebrate the ones who always get it right. Confident, classy, detail-oriented, and effortlessly stylish, Virgos know how to make an entrance. Join us for Birthday Behavior: Virgo…

Sunday Skate Club ft. David Paglia, Club Flush: ANICHE (skate all night) A love letter to Sunday Skate Club 🫶 Every Sunday from 8–12am, the rink becomes more than a skate session. It’s a weekly ritual where local club kids, industry folks, and NYC’s DJs get their flowers — and skate heads and music heads move in the…

Breathtaking and tense, The Night Hunter maps the treacherous terrain of family duty and loyalty as the two sisters confront what they’ve spent years trying to forget. In a remote corner of the South African bush, two sisters reunite to bury a family secret once and for all, but when they’re stranded among the wild…

A siren call to Hong Kong’s yesterday, today, and tomorrow, envisioned by one of the city’s most prescient and unapologetic writers.

Join us for our For the Sake of Love Mingles Event on Saturday, August 1 from 7:30PM to 9PM! There'll be mingling and games, delicious sake from the Brooklyn-based sake brewery Kato Sake Works for sale, and great conversation.

For readers of Permission to Come Home , Minor Feelings , and Pleasure Activism , an insightful guide for “hyphenates” seeking to better understand themselves and help others understand them, too.

Join us for a listening party and pop up with Year of the Tiger Records for another intimate evening of analog sound waves, rare spins, and deep cuts! We'll be celebrating a summer of musical milestones with salt district mayor, Year of the Tiger Records, and Taiwanese Waves.

12-4PM. Free Clothes! Bring gently worn clothes you'd give to a friend and take anything you'd like. Clean clothes only and no undergarments, please!

Philosophical, tender, and hilariously observed, Nice Places s ubverts the “go find yourself” travel story, unpacking our shared desire for meaning, connection, and a true place in the world.

Join us for No/pen Mic, hosted by Ed Lin. Sign-ups start from 7:30 PM. Five-minute time slots. All performers welcome!

Hosted by Covers by Mp3 & Lucy Yu A workshop for all levels! Have you ever wanted to draw out your memories and make mini cd covers out of it? Remember hit clips? MAKE YOUR VERY OWN out of a memory landscape that you draw! Plus , you can tap these mini cd's with your phone and pull up a playlist that you make.…

From BEAM Studio , in collaboration with nonprofit Eating with the Ecosystem , EATING THE WHOLE FISH is a 200-page exploration of sustainable seafood systems through recipes, interviews, photography, essays, and cultural stories.

Written and performed by Neil Totton August 7-8, 2026 - 7pm This work-in-progress presentation of Higher Than A Body is a solo performance with original music by multidisciplinary performing artist Neil Totton. Set in May 2020 during the global pandemic within the walls of a NYC apartment, where "BJ the Color…

Wednesday, July 15th 2026 6:00pm - Open House Pre-show 8:00pm - performance Tickets $23.93 (including fees) Curated by Cyrus Aaron Join us on July 15th for the opening night of our live music series SOUND STAGE! We are kicking things off with a community open house to celebrate wild project’s cultural mission…

The 10th Annual EAST VILLAGE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL embraces an inclusive Queer identity, featuring films that entertain, explore and promote queer-themed issues, work by and featuring LGBTQIA+ artists, as well as work inspired by the expanded innovative and audacious downtown Queer avant-garde. Festival Co-Directors…