Under St Marks

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

On Cats and Dogs and Other Family Revelations wraps big ideas in focused stories about Vermillion’s pets, offering glimpses of her human family and life in her place of birth, Transylvania, Romania. With her dark humor and heart, Vermillion takes audiences from her childhood under communist rule, to her present…

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.

This hour-long concert of selected songs will provide a preview of Bury Your Gays, a new comedy musical written by Sam Melton, directed by Eliyana Abraham.

Over a messy seder. Got mommy problems? Come thru

Set in a studio apartment in South L.A., CHIRP follows a Black American T4T couple simply trying to celebrate their three-year anniversary on a terrible, no good, very bad day. When Remi surprises Naseego with a life-altering anniversary gift, what should be romantic instead detonates years of accumulated ideological…

This revolutionary DIY parody film and hilarious reimagining of the classic autobiographical coming-of-age story follows an unconfident, closeted trans girl as she moves to Gotham City to make it big as a comedian by joining the cast of UCB Live - a government-sanctioned late night sketch show in a world where comedy…

It’s a Queerly Double Feature- which means two shows for the price of one!

Welcome to Mildred Springs! A quaint city in the vague Northeastern United States. A city not unlike other cities. Join us while the bold and the beautiful citizens of Mildred Springs live the days of their lives. Some might be young and restless. Some might be doctors working at Sacred Corpuscle Memorial, a general…

This sapphic reinterpretation of the Hemingway classic imagines Jake and Brett as queer exes tangled among histories of friendship, debauchery, love, and heartbreak. On a group trip to Spain, Jake must grapple with her relationships to sex, gender, and Brett’s new fiancé in the midst of social catastrophe. The Sun…

Spanglish Affair Open Mic

Side-Coached is an improv show in which performers improvise live based on an audience prompt, all along being side-coached by our experienced improv teacher Betsy Helmer.

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.…

Join drag clown Pixie Pierrot and all their puppet pals for a night of adult short form puppet acts by queer puppeteers! Discover new forms of puppetry, artistry, and homosexuality!

Witches, Britches, and You Better WORK Bitches! A rollicking, irreverent cabaret about the queer, cross-dressing legacy of opera. Full of new twists on old classics, we're holding a mirror up to over 400 years of gender-bending and drag divas then and now.

Bertha Vanayshun and Frida Cox take on America in a sketch comedy, improv, and drag Juneteenth Special!

Anchored by a wandering pocket watch, "Undrunk Chai" is a surreal drama with dark humor that ruptures across three centuries. Two gender-expansive performers inhabit a kaleidoscope of characters caught between queer desire, ancestral wounds, and the fight to keep joy alive in the shadow of empire. In present-day New…

LOLO FIMA is an electrifying NYC-based Avant-garde band blending funk, punk, new wave, and jazz, fronted by vocalist Blakstar. Drawing from church, theatre, and drag, they craft a spiritually charged, politically bold sound they call “gay jazz.”

It's the death of Bohemia in Paris. Antoine believes we can glow, Georges is leaving Paris, and Rosalie is getting married and hasn't told her best friend. Antoine, hopelessly in love with Georges, can't find it in himself to tell Georges before he leaves Paris, so he decides he'll paint all the love he has for…

On April 23, 1961, Judy Garland took the stage at Carnegie Hall for what would be called “the biggest night in show business history.” Sixty-five years later, NYC-based drag artists Xenia Fauxbia & Soda Pressed resurrect that legendary concert in a bold, experimental drag comedy that asks: what did it cost her?

What constitutes a successful marriage? How do we balance the person we think we should be with the one that we are? The Leopard and the Lynx explores the marriage of bi-sexual writer Pat Tanner III (the writer of Auntie Mame and dozens of other mid century comic novels) and his wife, Louise. In an attempt to come to…

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.

Do you like “Mamma Mia”? Do you like transgender people? If your answer to both questions is yes, then Trauma Mia is the show for you! If your answer to only one of those questions is yes, this still might be the show for you; we’re not sure.

The Body—our nameless narrator in this one-person play—is a hypochondriac. Or at least that’s what the world tells him when he confesses his symptoms. His hair seems to be suddenly falling, strange cysts appear on his testicles, and he can’t remember basic details like the name of his roommate’s dog or how he got to…

It’s a Queerly Double Feature- which means two shows for the price of one!

MAY 29TH PERFORMANCE: SLOPOCALYPSE NOW

SCOWL: a queer and trans-focused stage combat collective presents SCOWL: QUEERAPALOOZA. Don’t miss this evening of very silly, very queer, pro wrestling-style stage combat action!

Award-winning producer Nina Divina with Haus of Muse brings you Brick House: A Body Abundant Queer Burlesque Show! No more hiding away- here, we celebrate ourselves loud and proud! Showgirls come in all sizes, styles, and genders, and this is your chance to be a part of real authentic NYC creation and art. We invite…

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

True stories about the most gloriously awkward times in our lives - our teenage years! Awkward Teenage Years was born at the 2020 FRIGID Festival just before the pandemic began. We’re bringing you the best storytellers in NYC to relive their joys and traumas for your entertainment - let’s laugh and reminisce…

Before queer/straight alliances, social media and PrEP, how does a feral, gay kid from the 80’s try to figure things out? Trial and error with an emphasis on error.

Isaac wants one good day: Move his stuff from his mother's house into some nameless storage unit. Reality confronts him when he is confronted by Kaitlyn, a stubborn teen on the quest to meet her future self.

A Stand-Up Comedy Show

Join Laughlin on this auspicious occasion as he continues his lifelong quest of clawing his way to the middle of fame, fortune and artistic and social relevance!

What happens to your Imaginary Friend after you grow up? Do they stop existing? Do they grow up too? Or do they just get left behind along with all your other forgotten childhood keepsakes.

5 strangers stricken with amnesia find themselves trapped in a claustrophobic room with 4 weapons sitting on a table: a baseball bat, a sword, a knife and a pistol. Each person discovers this horrific sight, and now must interact with each other and their own fears, as the realization of the Vengeance Room comes into…

Sins and Stardust Burlesque is a spellbinding series from producers Stiletto Sinclair and Jackie Galaxy, featuring a rotating cast of dazzling burlesque stars, high-energy go-go dancing, and unforgettable headliners. From classic striptease to genre-bending surprises, no two nights are ever the same, just…

When American Astronaut George Taylor crash lands on a strange, distant planet ruled by speaking grapes who enslave mute humans, he soon discovers the shocking truth about their warped world. This wildly reimagined time-traveling tale bursts with bunches of insane puppets, intergalactic irreverence, and uncorked…

Opening night – 1926. Sister showgirls Amelia and Avi have practiced their dance steps, perfected their costumes and downed a celebratory glass of champagne. But two other sisters lurk below the floorboards, and they are ready to take back what is ratfully theirs.

What would’ve happened if real witches dropped in on the witch hunts? Comedy, we’re sure. Summoned by the ghost of a witch hunt victim, real witches Mildred, Agnes & Suds arrive to rescue innocent Obediently Snead and serve up a little justice of their own. When challenged by The Pricks of Puritanical Piety Guild and…

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…

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

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