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A Queer Little Murder

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When a dead body is discovered in a small and incredibly queer town, the audience must decide who committed the murder. Every queer stereotype is a suspect in this whodunnit!

Very Blue Light

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Marfa, Texas. Two women reunite with their childhood best friend, only to find that his politics have gone askew. With uncertainty defining both the present and future, Angela faces the temptation of adopting her old friend’s conservative lifestyle, while Magna seeks (and finds) some certainty about her way forward…

FOMO: Formerly Mormon

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FOMO: Formerly Mormon is the critically acclaimed, two-time award winning solo show by Frankie Lee. FOMO story of a young man discovering his queer identity while signing his life away to the Mormon Church. Frankie Lee genuinely and humorously reflects on the opportunity he took to escape Mormonism and live as a gay…

Armory Improv House Teams

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

QUEEN FOR A DAY

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American fashion designer Halston is down on his luck. He's packing up his chic-as-hell Olympic Tower office for reasons he doesn't want to discuss. To make matters worse, Elizabeth I is knocking on his door. Yes, Elizabeth I, whose reign as Queen of England ended in 1603. But it's 1984 in New York City. All that…

Honor Shmonor

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A celebrated knight and his loyal squire arrive at a witch’s cave to carry out a righteous execution. What follows is a fast, profane, and increasingly absurd debate about honor, faith, and obedience, as certainty collapses into circular logic and sanctioned violence. 'A brilliantly silly medieval comedy' about how…

Dogs! Dogs! Dogs!

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'Dogs! Dogs! Dogs!' joins an 8th grade squad on a high-school cross-country team as they run their little hormonal hearts out in the fall of 2011. A frenzied race through the dynamics of sex, love, and growing up, 'Dogs! Dogs! Dogs!' breathlessly begs the big questions: What is boyhood? Why does pain feel so good…

At a Reasonable Hour

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It’s a talk show! It’s a variety show! It’s a late night show at a reasonable hour! Anne Gridley hosts an all-star lineup of Third Ear Theater Co. friends, including dance, performance, music, comedy, and theater, plus an interview with extra-special guest Annie-B Parson! If you don't like something, it’ll be over…

Track My Feet Please!

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Fast and Furious: A show about collective experience

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"Fast and Furious is a show about collective experience. It’s a place to make fun and meaning of all the things we experience together as New Yorkers, internet-scrollers, and happening-noticers, but may not have been given a moment to say, “Wow, that was crazy, right?” In practice, the show is an intimate collection…

Mom and I Go To The Temple

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"Mom said we were just taking a simple trip to a temple hidden in the mountains of Malaysia. What she failed to mention was that this ""temple"" wasn't quite what it seemed. As the journey grew stranger, it became increasingly clear that mom knew far more than she was letting on—and that this wasn't going to be a…

From Show Boat to Hamilton, Black women's voices have been integral parts of the musical theatre canon. But while the sound of our voices is celebrated, we have had few opportunities to actually tell our own stories. In Caged Bird, creator and performer Zina Ellis weaves together history, sociology, personal stories,…

Remember remember how the fifth of November was about nine months ago? G.B.A.T.P.M.O.A.P.F.T.S.I.T.M.T.T. Stands for Getting Back at the Prime Minister Over A Personal Feud That Started in the Mid-2000's is a show about a guy who wears a mask named G.B.A.T.P.M.O.A.P.F.T.S.I.T.M.T.T. who tries to get back at the…

You Can't Tell Anyone

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Four friends are forced to face themselves, how they truly feel about each other and the gossip that divides and unifies them. But promise you won’t tell?

Falls for Jodie

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1980. New Haven, Connecticut — Four months before he will attempt to assassinate President Ronald Reagan, John Hinckley Jr. moves into the Colony Inn with a simple plan to make Jodie Foster his girlfriend. In his first night at the hotel, John and meets Eddie, the night concierge, where they discover a shared…

Persephone

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Persephone is an original play that reimagines the ancient Greek myth through the lens of migration, identity, and the intricate bond between mothers and daughters. Moving between Sicily and New York, the story follows a young woman suspended between the life she left behind and the one she is trying to build,…

PUNCH Puppet Slam: PRINCESS BRIDE

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Come to PUNCH puppet slam - a diverse group of puppet artists use a variety of styles to tell one story, a weird and wonderful puppet experience.

The Two Worlds Project

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The Two Worlds Project is a verbatim documentary play that explores the urban-rural divide in New York State. Created from interviews with residents of the North Country and New York City, The Two Worlds Project examines the experiences, attitudes, and values of people in both regions regarding their local…

Beach Pageant

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Beach Pageant is an immersive spiritual service dedicated to the healing properties of the ocean. Lead by Pearl Emerson, this bizarre quasi-cultish performance piece will leave audiences with a metaphorical sunburn and sand between their toes. Grab your bathing suit and your iced coffee, and lets make the beach!

MEAT

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Ham, a West Texas meatpacker, longs for a promotion. He will do anything to get it. Beleaguered by his grim career, eccentric libertarian coworker, and stalled long-distance relationship with a woman 30 years his senior, Ham is plagued by the looming presence of his manager and visions of his dead mother. MEAT…

ACTION开拍

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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.

Running for my Life

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Running For My Life is a one woman show that blends spoken word, satire and live re-enactments to tell the story of Agnes Tirop a world class Kenyan athlete whose life was tragically cut short by femicide.

Domov

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Domov is a story about a young Slovak-American woman who journeys to reconnect with her past, discovering old and new friends who help piece together her fractured identity.

By Our Bootstraps

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When a sad, sensitive 6 year old boy watched Charles Walters' 1953 MGM Technicolor masterpiece Lili about a sad, sensitive French waif who joined a Carnival in search of love on television in 1967, his life changed forever. Now 64, he retraces the steps he took in search of his own Carnival to join, only to discover…

The Sum of These Parts

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In a dystopian future where humans prolong their lives by replacing their body parts, the poor are dying in the street while the affluent horde wealth so they can live forever. Gray, a disillusioned aristocrat trapped by an overbearing guardian, and Lincoln, the leader of a group of streetwise scavengers struggling…

Face Tape Sketch Comedy - Presented by The Armory

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Get ready to laugh your Face Tape off! Come see The Armory's newest sketch comedy team, led by director Emily Claypoole and head writer Kali Doyle. They’re serving chaos, camp, and deeply funny nonsense. See you there!

◼️⚫🅾

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“◼️⚫🅾” culminates a four yearslong choreographic exploration of geometric shapes: spatially, geometrically, and physically. While this sounds simple, complexity arises from extremely rigorous application. This hourlong quintet features original sound design by Ross Daniel utilizing the sonic landscape created by the…

SERIALS 10/08-10/10

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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,…

Dearly Beloved

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What happens when a romcom turns dark?

From playwright/director Lisa Naso, Ladies is a fast paced, claustrophobic, dark comedy about family, mortality, and what it means to be (or not to be) a lady.

Mid Play

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"In a Toronto loft, a disillusioned professor on the brink of divorce reunites with a former college friend, now a celebrated literary figure. Fuelled by whiskey and memories, their encounter unearths buried ambitions, the sting of aging, and paths not taken. A tender, time-bending exploration of love, regret, and…

Body Language: Every “Body” Has a Story

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Speak ART is USE's annual mainstage featuring a devised piece based on a culturally relevant theme. Speak ART empowers multidisciplinary artists to craft a new theatrical piece merging music, movement, and text. Through improvisation and experimental techniques, artists explore a culturally relevant theme and develop…

Show Trial

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One woman stands alone against an oppressive regime. Show Trial turns state propaganda into farce—with choreographed confessions, scripted testimony, and a healthy disregard for reality. Drawn from the real transcripts of the 1950 trial of Milada Horáková, the Czechoslovak dissident accused of treason by a regime…

Imposter Syndrome: a Greek Tragedy?

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"A hot witchy summer brews in Astoria Queens but Themi Tsamos, a gay Greek virgin, is stuck working for his Thea at her run-down cat shop. After a psychic reading goes awry, Themi discovers his romantic misfortune stems from a curse, placed by his Thea, repelling all men from being attracted to him. When Themi sets…

Road House Sketch Comedy - Presented by The Armory

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Road House is taking over The Tank for two fast-paced, high-energy sketch comedy shows. Experience the latest work from one of The Armory’s resident sketch ensembles. Each performance is a unique, one-night-only event filled the weird characters, crazy premises and other comedy buzz words!

Sybil Creepe's House of Mysteries

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Thunder! Lightning! Nebulous time period resembling a turn-of-the-20th century past! Young scholar Arthur Tuck is on a quest for a mysterious magical artifact when he finds himself lost in the countryside during a thunderstorm — good thing there’s aforeboding Gothic manor happy to let him in! Arthur is warmly…

Frankie is a fuck-up. She dropped out of college; she got fired from Dunkin Donuts; her mom kicked her out and banished her to her annoyingly successful older sister's place. Things are not looking great for Frankie...until she meets John. John is a charming, seemingly put-together-but-not-annoying-about-it…

The Living Room and Death

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The Living Room and Death In a farcical domestic setting five family members are dealing with the loss of a loved one as the Angel of Death and Azazel, a fallen angel, bring a surreal and otherworldly presence to the scene. The play’s humor arises from the absurdity of its characters, who grapple with the profound…

An evening of sketch-comedy, drag, music, burlesque, and more! This lively, elegant, and bold duo just keeps getting better with time.

Legerdemain

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As Halloween approaches and a strangler is on the loose, Devin, a jaded waitress at Butterloafs, a chain restaurant in New England, gets to know Don Franz, her most devoted customer. In this comedy, bananas appear from sleeves, grief is shared, and a story’s resurrection changes lives in the blink of an eye.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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Adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novella and set in San Francisco 1971: this sexy, queer, violent take on the classic story questions what one would give up to finally be free to do whatever they want- no matter the consequence.

Steps

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“Steps" follows Margot, a woman who returns to her childhood bedroom after ten years- she finds and reads her stepsister's old journal, forcing her to confront the past she once fled. The play unfolds as she relives the memories of her and her step-sister, Grace, as they grow from strangers to sisters.

Object/Subject

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John loves Kate. Kate loves Man Ray. Rachel loves true crime podcasting. A play about photography, obsession, and body parts, Object/Subject is a tight, sparse piece that plays with conventions of the erotic thriller genre in the context of a contemporary relationship drama. Through discussions of voyeurism,…

"In 1993, the city of Waco, Texas was the site of a siege between the FBI and the ""religious group"" known as the Branch Davidians. Over the course of 51 days, the Branch Davidians and the FBI conducted negotiations over the phone in an attempt to end the standoff. With a script crafted entirely from hundreds of…

Inspired by Japanese legend of the Nine-Tailed Fox, this original dance theatre piece explore love, war, power, and the mysterious bond between humans and spirits.

Neighbors 5

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Regina Nejman and Despina Sophia Stamos explore the charged spaces between bodies, histories, and the social scripts that shape female presence. The performers navigate a score of entrances and exits, sustained stillnesses and sudden crossings: a physical architecture of parallel lives that hover next to each other.…

"Once you hear the story of the Town, you will never be able to leave." There is a Town where hydrangeas bloom only when surrounded by love. A Town protected by singing mermaids. A Town ruled by a King convinced it is the greatest place in the world. Following positive national press attention in Italy and a featured…

Echo

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"Echo is a retelling of the Greek Myth of Echo and Narcissus. A story of greed, pain, loss, and perseverance. Our retelling is done through an emphasis on the female experience, heightened text, and modern dance. At the crossroads of Shakespeare, Greek text, and Sarah Ruhl's poetry; you will find Echo. Echo and her…