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DOLORES is the story of two sisters drawn together because of domestic violence, which influences the lives of both characters more than they've ever admitted. Content Awareness: Domestic Violence mentioned.
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Remember that nightmare where you were on stage in your underwear? Well come watch six comedians' nightmare come true. Jared Sterling and Ethan Howard are pursuing their dream as freely as possible and teaming up with six of their favorite comics to deliver pure, unfiltered laughs... in their underwear.
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When five teens are sentenced to a fate worse than death (AKA Friday night detention), they discover that the adults working at their school are not who they appear to be. With the "Friday the 13th Halloween Blood Moon" fast approaching, the students must fight to survive the night while their bloodthirsty principal plots their doom. "It's Alive: ON STAGE!" is a hysterical and raunchy original comedy musical channeling the spirit of your favorite John Hughes films set to a rocking score. Book by Jack Doyle & Nina Groll Music & Lyrics by Josh Moore Content Awareness: Violence, Profanity, & Strobing Lights
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Come for a night of comedy with some of NYC's Top Comedians! Featuring: Sienna Hubert Ross — The Stand, Tubi, Netflix. Sahib Singh — Opened for Mark Normand, Nimesh Patel, and regular NYCC, Sabeen Sadiq — Opened for Hasan Minhaj Join us for a one-of-a-kind comedy show where a special guest tells a five-minute true story, then the improv cast takes that story and spins it into a completely unscripted set. Past special guests have included Melanie Chandra from CBS, Anya Banerjee from Fox, Shruthi Ganguly from Amazon Prime, and many more. Saturday, May 16 6:30 PM Under St. Marks Theatre New York City Improv by: Tucker Iverson Will Braite Big Nikhil Plus a surprise guest Come for the story. Come for some of NYC's top Comedians in an intimate venue. Lowey Spicy Comedy — May 16 at St. Marks Underground Theatre.
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Story Collider presents Realignment. Join us for an evening of stories about making adjustments - be it pivoting to a whole new phase of life, changing careers, or changing a mindset! Spend the evening with 5 stories about science at Under Saint Marks in New York City! Hosted by Gastor Almonte and Brad Lawrence at Under Saint Marks. Doors at 6:30pm. Show starts at 7:00pm. In person and livestreamed. With storytellers Kenice Mobley, Janice Sullivan, David Drake, Lauren Hope Krass, and Walt Egbert. Content Awareness: Body image issues, Medical crises
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Spanglish Affair Open Mic If you want to perform, please fill out this form and attach a screenshot of your ticket purchase: Click here Now the Spanglish Affair is happening monthly! We are introducing themes to spark your creativity April Theme: Millennials We are excited to provide a safe space for artists to explore and share their art in front of a live audience. If there's something you've always wanted to do, this is a space for you to do it! While our company focuses on Spanish and Spanglish content, this is not a requirement for your piece—if you're someone with art to share, this space is for you. Here are some ideas for types of performers we're looking for: singers, dancers, comedians, performance art, burlesque, actors, visual artists, clowning, spoken word, poetry. THE SKY IS THE LIMIT! We have 8 available spots which will be filled first-come first-served basis. ---- Open mic for artists of all disciplines. 8 available spots for pre-selection via the form at Something From Abroad’s Instagram bio. 2 spots available in-person. Join us for an evening of fresh talent with a new cast every edition!
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Ask peculiar questions, get peculiar answers. Join us for our first show, featuring five talks - tales from history of renewal, renaissance, revivals, re-emergences, and resurgences!
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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. In our second season at Under St Marks we aim to experiment with long form improvisation: two teams will perform in the first part of the show, then we will jam with audience members who put their names in the hat. Our show is an offshoot of East Village Performance/Practice Group that started in Spring 2025. Our gratitude goes to Under St. Marks Theater that fostered our group. Betsy Helmer is a New York based actor, originally from Atlanta. She has performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater on numerous house teams, and toured with UCB Touring Company. She has an extensive theater background (Kennedy Center, Pioneer Theatre Company, New Stage Theatre, ASF) and her on-camera credits include; The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, FBI: Most Wanted, and The Enemy Within. She currently performs with her improv team, The Working Group around NYC.
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The show continues every Tuesday at 9:30 PM EST! At The Open Mic at FRIGID New York, the focus is the stage! Sign-ups get 7 minutes to try anything in one of the most supportive rooms in New York City. Whether it’s a performance art piece, comedy, music, storytelling, dance, or something entirely off the top of your head, you'll find a home in the attentive, welcoming community. Open Mic FAQs
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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. No two shows will be the same. Come and see this New York Times, Time Out New York, and CBS critics’ pick LIVE on stage in New York! A different special guest storyteller will begin each show. “Mr. Wade is an enchanting storyteller.” – The New York Times “Wade is expressing not just our inner misfit but our inner small-town kid.” – The New Yorker “He’s completely vulnerable. When he goes on stage he brings only himself. People instantly fall in love with him.” – George Dawes Green, the founder of The Moth “Adam’s nuanced observations, openness, and wit transform his coming-of-age tales into funny, impactful, and universal stories of joy and hope.” – Audible
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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. “One to watch” Time Out “Brilliantly offbeat” Guardian “Exceptionally funny” Village Voice
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Fire Wheel is a show that celebrates long form improvisational comedy. Each performance consists of a host introducing three teams, that perform regularly in New York City. These teams perform all new material created on the spot.
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What does it mean to be utterly consumed by longing for another? In this unsettling dance-theatre work, a craftsman's obsession takes a form both intimate and grotesque: he sews himself inside the furniture of the woman he desires. Adapted from the classic story by Edogawa Rampo, Japan's master of the macabre whose pen name is itself a winking tribute to his idol Edgar Allan Poe, "Human Chair" transforms the story's dark, suffocating premise into something visceral and physical. Performed in Japanese with English subtitles.
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"Do a Little Dance" is a drag performance art show. A certain gentleman asked Mae to do a little dance, and she froze. She blew it. She blew it! Join her now as she tries to put on the show she needs to redeem herself through burlesque, live music, lip-syncing, performance art rituals, and other strategies. Content Awareness: partial nudity, sexually suggestive content, needles, simulated bodily fluids.
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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. Try something new, delicious and strange. Come for the art. Stay for the community. We encourage risk-taking, question-asking, and the development of a supportive community of artists seeing, encouraging, and challenging each other’s work with the ultimate goal of enriching the artistic community through cross-pollination and meeting new people. Learn more at www.paperkraine.com.. Due to limited capacity, latecomers are not guaranteed seats. This applies to both walk ups and reserved tickets.
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Italian Abroad: Culture in Translationis 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 spoken.
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MAY 29TH PERFORMANCE: SLOPOCALYPSE NOW FRIGID Nightcap: SLOPOCALYPSE NOW — A Human-Made Variety Show is a late-night variety show for the end of the feed: comedy, music, drag, burlesque, theatre, clown, performance art, games, and chaos in defiance of AI slop, authoritarian taste, culture-war censorship, fake grandeur, and the general garbage-fire aesthetic of late empire. As the world fills with algorithmic content and gold-plated nonsense, we’re gathering actual live humans in an actual basement to make actual weirdness. No bots. No generated garbage. No official culture. Just a gloriously unpredictable night of human-made performance from NYC’s strangest and most electric artists. The empire is tacky. The basement is real. --- Tickets: $15 (includes a complimentary glass of wine) | $10 livestream
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Psychic medium and stand up comedian Nelly Reznik will be performing Comediumship, an experimental combination of stand up comedy and audience readings. Readings may consist of connecting with loved ones who have passed, and receiving life guidance for audience members, all in a lighthearted way. Not everyone will receive a reading, but all in attendance should be open to it. Due to the intimate nature of the event, doors will close at curtain time and latecomers will not be given a seat. In addition, this is an alcohol-free event. Opener: Grace Lobo
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Come catch the best short films of the month with the EAST VILLAGE NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL! APRIL 26th FILMS THE SAINT'S CODE by Patrizia Luliucci RED DOT by Mark Krol RITAM by Grace Maria Varughese CLEAR SIGHT by Teresa Garza MISS LONELY by Nina Demarchi THE PROPHECY OF SELF-FULFILLING by Xanthe Acquah Storey Má Má & me by Kristine Liang ROOT FOR ME by Valerie Dowret OH SHIT, DID WE JUST KILL A GUY? by Oscar Monroy SUNSHINE by Violet Gallo Please note that this event does not offer streaming. This is an in-person only event. -- East Village Film Festival is an independent project and not produced by FRIGID New York. For more information, please visit their website at eastvillagefilmfestival.com.
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Every month, we remix current events to imagine what a slightly altered world could look like. Five brand-new radio plays, written with inspiration from the news, featuring a rotating cast and creative team, exploring alternate presents. The results range from the absurdly wacky to the poignantly reflective, from apocalyptic to aspirational—but they’re always clever, fun, and inspired. It's the news—only better.
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This is a split bill show featuring NYC comedians Alex La and Adam Mitrani. Adam Mitrani Adam Mitrani is a New York based standup comedian, actor and writer. He currently hosts the podcast “Why Aren’t You More Famous? with Adam Mitrani” and co-hosts the live shows “Mid-Weak Comedy” with Liam Welsh and Alex La and “Project XOXOXO” with Eric Dreiblatt and Sam Denney. Adam began performing comedy in Burlington, Vermont in 2017. Alex La Alex is working on his debut comedy special for Edinburgh Fringe this year. It’s called “Fool As Hell”. It’ll have jokes about puzzles and dragons but also gets a bit personal as well, talking about his parents’ marriage and his dating life, from his most recent breakup to his current relationship with an older woman. He’s performed on Don’t Tell, Angel Comedy, Backyard Comedy Club, Laugh Factory, and more. --- Content Awareness: Topics of death and grief are occasionally present.
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Clay Mommy follows Violet, a young trans woman who quits sex work to return to her estranged Orthodox Jewish mother. Violet becomes the mother of a family friend who is beginning to transition. Seeking guidance, Violet forces her grandmother to come to life as a golem to teach her how to be a mother. Content Awareness: Transphobia, sexual harassment
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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 sight: 5 people, 4 weapons…only one way out. Who will survive the Vengeance Room? And who is the mastermind?...that could change every different show based on your votes! Content Awareness: Violence, Death, Gunshot sound, Weapons
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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 Social Club, the real witches turn the tables on those who abuse their power to harm others out of ignorance and fear. This four-person 60-minute comedy self-identifies as "The Crucible Meets Monty Python" and is headed over to The Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August of 2026.
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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 quirky experiences in East Harlem, using her dog and cat as reference points. The cast will feature Vermillion and her companion dog, Pandele, who said she's in it not for fame, but to pay her vet bills. Rosamunda, her cat, was asked to perform but declined. She’d rather lounge under the sofa than be in the limelight. “Being from Transylvania, is expected of me to be creepy, so I oblige, from time to time, albeit not in Hollywood style,” said Vermillion, lead performer and director of On Cats and Dogs and Other Family Revelations. “The war in Ukraine riled my memories up, and urged me to point out how much there is to lose.” The performance will run approximately one hour. Each show is a different iteration. Vermillion is an independent performer and writer who has been active in the New York City cultural community since 2001. Her work has been presented at the Immigrant Theater Festival, Galapagos Art Space, Manhattan Theater Source, IWAS,The Field, Theater for the New City, The Moth, Stage Left, Bowery Poetry Club, Chashama, and her present incubator, Fountain House Gallery. For several years she focused on her visual art, but in 2022, serendipity made her act in Stories From My Mother at the Theater for the New City, and thus reminded her how lovely it is to be in front of a live audience. Her current solo storytelling show, On Cats and Dogs and Other Family Revelations, was shaped during her 2023 Fountain House Gallery summer residency on Governors Island and in Adam Wade’s Magnet Theater Solo Workshop, and premiered successfully at the 2024 NYC Fringe Festival.
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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. It’s 2013 in Central Jersey’s Dunmouth Township, where the 17-year cicadas refuse to die. Gio’s father describes the mutant cicadas as “unnatural,” the same word he used last summer when Gio came out as a lesbian. Determined to find the reason for the cicadas’ mutations and for her own queerness, Gio becomes obsessed with investigating the (un)natural. This concert reading will present an hour of selected songs from Bury Your Gays.
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Over a messy seder. Got mommy problems? Come thru Written by “Je’Jae cleo Mizrahi” & @mx.enigma Content Awareness: Divorce, custody battles, potential mention of DV.
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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 differences. Loosely based on a true love, this intimate, humorous, & politically urgent two-hander explores what it means to sustain Black trans love when America won't stop sounding the alarm. HIGH QUALITY RESPIRATORS PROVIDED & REQUIRED. The Juneteenth reading (June 19th) is a Black & Trans Night; we ask that attendees honor this as a space centering a Black trans audience. Content Awareness: The dialogue includes references to state violence & ICE; anti-Black racism & lynching; transphobia; family rejection; environmental disaster; & contains curse words. The Under St Marks Theater is a Basement theater, with no wheelchair access.
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It’s a Queerly Double Feature and that means two shows for the price of one! ACHILLES IN DRAG “Achilles in Drag” is a bold, comedic play remixing an ancient myth. To dodge the Trojan War, Achilles fakes his death and reinvents himself as a woman on a lush island—until his forlorn lover, Patroclus, uncovers the truth. Inspired by bestselling book, “The Song of Achilles”, this queer romp bursts with romance, chaos, and a deliciously messy royal love triangle. No Follow Up Questions When it comes to comedian, Marla Alpert, critics agree: “Oh, Marla, that’s wicked...” - Barbara Alpert, no relation. “If Lewis Black had a sex change, and never hung out with Jeffrey Epstein.” and “Thanks for the review, mom.” - M. A. “Who?” -Brant Bentley, Knew York Times Your parents probably taught you that it’s “impolite to discuss politics in mixed company.” That was never true for Marla Alpert. Her parents sat her in front of a TV for every second of Bush v. Gore, and 26 years onward, like a hanging chad, it’s now everyone’s problem. Her father always called her a “wise guy.” He was half-right. Come watch a woman, as Jewish as she is transgender, take on the most insidious and uncomfortable topics in our current political landscape, in unapologetic and surprising ways. The government may be trying to kill her, but what’s new?
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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 hospital. But they've all got one life to live. Join us as their world turns. Join us as their guiding light leads them on their constant search for tomorrow. Join us as they hang on to the edge of night and you will be transported to another world. The world of It's Getting Tired Mildred. But make sure you join us for their continuing stories. Set in the 1980’s, known for riding the line between camp and loving homage to the soap opera genre, and featuring a dynamic cast of the indie theatre pros, IT’S GETTING TIRED MILDRED hooks audience members to come back month after month to see what happens next. Each episode of IT’S GETTING TIRED MILDRED is performed only once! Formerly a late-night hit... Now daytime moves from late-night to primetime! Now at Under St. Marks, 94 St. Marks Place.
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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 Also Rises dissects the innately queer longing for what could have been, and what might still be. Content Awareness: Some explicit/offensive language, mild homophobia/transphobia, physical violence.
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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. Featuring performances by Marie Anello, Samuelito Flores, Joe Montoya, and Scam Likely.
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Bertha Vanayshun and Frida Cox take on America in a sketch comedy, improv, and drag Juneteenth Special!
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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 York, an estranged pair of friends test their capacity for repair over pie. In colonial India, a Muslim sepoy and a British lieutenant risk secret love on the brink of uprising. In Victorian London, a mother and daughter plot survival through yet another migration. Each era is warmed by a cup of chai asking to be drunk. Content Awareness: Flashing or shifting lights. Themes of colonial violence, and intergenerational trauma. Mentions of sexual acts. Depiction of parental violence.
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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.” Known for igniting stages across New York City, their surreal, high-energy shows feature dance breaks, costume changes, and psychedelic visuals, with a national tour and EP on the horizon.
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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 Georges into one last painting. Georges promises he'll stay if he loves the painting, but after Rosalie breaks the news about her getting married everything starts to fall apart and fall into place. Antoine wonders if he'll ever be able to paint the art of marrying Georges. Maybe in another life. Content Awareness: Mentions of homophobia and war.
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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? Blending lip synch with theatrical chaos—a drone, rainbow cake, and a literal carrot on a stick—the show pays homage to the queer icon while dissecting the intersections of fatphobia and the entertainment industry. As Garland’s financial livelihood, legacy, and relationship with her queer fans hang in the balance, Xenia Fauxbia & Soda Pressed examine the cultural pressures that shaped her self-destruction. Through virtuosic Judy Garland impressions, they mine their own complex relationships to weight, eating, and not always fitting into The Costume. They proudly use the word FAT—insisting it is not an insult, nor a word to whisper—while confronting how society’s demonization of fatness impacted Garland’s fragile self-image and continues to shape artists today.
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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 terms with his sexuality, Pat decides to leave his marriage for his paramour, Guy. When Pat is given some devastating information, he returns to the woman he loves, exploring themes of sexuality and feminism along the way. Content Awareness: Suicide, terminal diseases, and alcoholism.
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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!
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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. Trauma Mia" follows a closeted trans girl, Sophie, who travels to Greece for her sister Allison’s wedding to her blind fiancée Katie. Not wanting to steal the spotlight from Allison, Sophie tries to keep her transition a secret. But after the siblings meet their grandmother’s caregiver, Max, who’s also trans and turns out to be Katie’s ex, a zany series of miscommunications and misunderstandings leads to drama (and song and dance numbers). Also in tow is June, Sophie’s kooky transfemme roommate who dispenses questionable advice from afar; Donna, their narcissistic alcoholic mother, who’s hosting the wedding as a tax avoidance strategy; and Tom, their Gen Z younger brother. Trauma Mia is written by writer and comedian Natasha Dumas, whose work has been published in McSweeney’s, Belladonna, and Jane Austen’s Wastebasket. It stars Nat Kissingford, T Anthony, Nyomi Nee, Ellis Durand, Hannah Brown, Emeline Lakrout, and Natasha Dumas.
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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 New York. As he navigates the city—threesomes, protests, nightclubs, cemeteries—time begins to unravel around him. With each trauma, he is hurled through time where personal memories and historical vignettes blend in this surreal politico-somatic world. As he regains his memories in ebbs and flows of amnesia and clarity, memory itself becomes both duty and burden. A weight that seems to break him, and the world around him, wide open. Content Awareness: Potential flashing lights (briefly).
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It’s a Queerly Double Feature and that means two shows for the price of one! ACHILLES IN DRAG “Achilles in Drag” is a bold, comedic play remixing an ancient myth. To dodge the Trojan War, Achilles fakes his death and reinvents himself as a woman on a lush island—until his forlorn lover, Patroclus, uncovers the truth. Inspired by bestselling book, “The Song of Achilles”, this queer romp bursts with romance, chaos, and a deliciously messy royal love triangle. AN ENBY's GUIDE TO CLOWNING AROUND! Come one, come all to see the adventures of Curbee the Clown! AN ENBY’S GUIDE TO CLOWNING AROUND! is a campy clown cabaret about child using imagination to navigate their expression, sexuality, and puberty while navigating the obstacles of living authentically queer. Through their imagination, creativity, and cozy bedroom, we invite audiences to play, draw outside the lines, and connect to their inner childhood clown. Caution – this piece contains wigs, paint, pink, boobs, buffoonery, binders, messes and 2000s pop music. Content Awareness: absurdist intimacy, partial nudity, strobe/flashing lights, and heavy sound effects.
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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! SCOWL Heavyweight champion, April Rain, has no intention of losing her title as she celebrates a decade of dominance as champ! There are plenty of challengers ready to knock her down a peg and take her title as she offers her annual “Pride Open Challenge,” to anyone on the SCOWL roster! Could Rhonda McConners step up? Maybe the original party werewolf, London Jack, will answer the call for a rematch. Or perhaps a new challenger will rise! Who will come out on top and leave with the title? Don’t miss this evening of very silly, very queer, pro wrestling-style stage combat action! Queer folks have existed in pro wrestling since it began in vaudeville and as part of carnival culture and continues to be a campy, over the top style of theatre where out Queer and Trans folks can thrive as champions. SCOWL: Queerapalooza honors, in a theatrical way, that history of vaudevillian clownery while crafting stories for a modern audience, and paving a way to ensure Queer and Trans actors can work up stage combat skills and get the opportunities they’ve traditionally been denied and feel like a champion while doing it. Don’t miss this evening of very silly, very queer, pro wrestling-style stage combat action! SCOWL Heavyweight champion, April Rain, has no intention of losing her title as she celebrates a decade of dominance as champ! There are plenty of challengers ready to knock her down a peg and take her title as she offers her annual “Pride Open Challenge,” to anyone on the SCOWL roster! Could Rhonda McConners step up? Maybe the original party werewolf, London Jack, will answer the call for a rematch. Or perhaps a new challenger will rise! Who will come out on top and leave with the title? Content Awareness: Simulated Violence.
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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 you to celebrate Pride in style and wear your favorite fits to this entertainment extravaganza! Tickets WILL sell out, so be sure to grab yours while you can! Stay tuned for the cast announcement, this is a level of talent you’re going to want to see for yourself in person.
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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 together!Streaming option available.
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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. Told through six autobiographical stories of perseverance, resilience and hope (along with a healthy dose of Gen-X humor) H@PPY F@GGOT is a 1980s/90s time capsule that travels between the past and the present to illustrate how much the queer experience has changed, how much it hasn’t and how much stronger we are together than apart. “How he weaves his story around lust and love, comical and endearing observations, and the 80s life of a gay man in all its revelations and horrors is a gift.” (review - NoHo Arts/Los Angeles) Content Awareness: This show contains stories of sex/sexuality, violence, disease/death, and harsh language.
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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. Isaac will need to embrace what he knows to make it out of this, sane. Even if that means confronting his past: Herself. How do we make peace with the dreams we never reach and be open to the new ones waiting around the corner? Who are we if not who we wish to become in the future? On Your Way Out' is a dive into past expectations confronting realistic futures, opening conversation for what's left of us. Starring Leo James Osborne, Taegan Chrinos, and Brooke Hall, 'On Your Way Out' is a dive into past expectations confronting realistic futures. What's left of us without our past hopes?
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In Iron Dumb, Eyal shares personal stories from Israel, the army, and life abroad — blending humor and honesty to explore identity, war, and the absurd logic of conflict through bold storytelling and dark humor. Eyal Wartelsky — half of the duo Two Jews (@twojewscomedy), whose videos have reached billions of views worldwide — brings his one-man stand-up comedy show to the East Village, New York. After performing across Europe, the Middle East, and the U.S., selling out shows in Paris, Berlin, London, and beyond, Eyal has proven he can make any audience laugh — even Germans. This show is perfect for people who love stand-up, don’t get offended easily, and enjoy comedy that swings between smart and wonderfully stupid. - Location: Under St. Marks, 94 St Marks Pl, East Village, New York, NY 10009 - Duration: ~70 minutes - Bar: Available - Tickets: $15 online / $20 at the door - Limited seats! <a href="https://www.instagram.com/eyalwartelsky/">@eyalwartelsky</a>
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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! Content Awareness: Adult content
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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. Imaginary follows Tristan who is not taking the break up with their long term girlfriend, Dakota, very well. Wallowing in their apartment isolated from everyone, Tristan starts being visited by their ex’s childhood Imaginary Friend, Sunny. Together, Sunny and Tristan learn what life looks like without the person they loved so much. Helping each other cope with the same person out growing them both.
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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 destiny. www.planetgrapeshow.com Content Awareness: Flashing Lights Written by Peter Michael Marino Directed by Michole Biancosino Original Score by Michael Harren Winner: Infallibles Award for Creativity ★★★★★ Astonishing! Unmissable! Fringe Biscuit ★★★★ Splendid! Riveting! Front Row Center ★★★★ Completely bonkers and utterly brilliant! BroadwayWorld
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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. Sisters and lifelong collaborators, Amelia and Avi Gorman are thrilled to share their first full-length work with you. A comedy infused with puppetry, drama, and a little bit of showgirl magic, The Spectacular Vermin Sisters is a celebration of those who crave the limelight.
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One battered travel guide. One hundred and fifty-three years overdue. One small-town Dutch librarian... who refuses to let the matter rest. Glen Berger’s acclaimed and beloved solo mystery UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL begins with the smallest possible catastrophe: a book returned through a library’s overnight slot more than a century late. To most people, it would be an oddity. To the Librarian, it is an outrage — a crime against order, reason, and the sacred little card in the back of the book. Then he finds the first clue. And then another. A laundry ticket. A pair of abandoned trousers. A tram report. A dog quarantine record. A name: “A.” What begins as an attempt to collect the fine of the century becomes a globe-spanning pursuit through London, Bonn, China, Australia, New York, ancient myth, modern grief, and the stubborn human need to leave proof: I was here. Funny, obsessive, erudite, and unexpectedly heart-cracking, UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL is part detective story, part ghost story, part metaphysical treasure hunt — a theatrical puzzle box about faith, evidence, regret, wonder, and the impossible task of proving that a life has mattered. After performing the play five times in previous productions across the region and in Florida, Edward Gibbons-Brown returns to the role for a rare NYC revival of Berger’s cult Off-Broadway hit. Originally produced at Soho Playhouse, where it ran for more than 400 performances and was named one of Time Out New York’s ten best plays of 2001, UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL now arrives at Under St. Marks for one night only — an intimate, urgent, funny, haunted evening about the scraps we leave behind... and the defiant act of continuing. Still, we’ll proceed. Content Awareness: This production contains references to antisemitism and Jewish persecution, including one quoted antisemitic comment, presented disapprovingly as being from a historical document; references to war, mass death, mortality, existential despair, religious imagery, the Holocaust/Buchenwald, and the death/euthanasia of a dog. The play also includes brief profanity. There is no sexual violence, nudity, self-harm, gunshot sounds, or graphic violence. Sensory elements may include projected images/slides, theatrical lighting shifts, and recorded music/scratchy archival-style audio; no strobe/flashing lights or haze will be used.
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DOLORES is the story of two sisters drawn together because of domestic violence, which influences the lives of both characters more than they've ever admitted. Content Awareness: Domestic Violence mentioned.
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Remember that nightmare where you were on stage in your underwear? Well come watch six comedians' nightmare come true. Jared Sterling and Ethan Howard are pursuing their dream as freely as possible and teaming up with six of their favorite comics to deliver pure, unfiltered laughs... in their underwear.
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When five teens are sentenced to a fate worse than death (AKA Friday night detention), they discover that the adults working at their school are not who they appear to be. With the "Friday the 13th Halloween Blood Moon" fast approaching, the students must fight to survive the night while their bloodthirsty principal plots their doom. "It's Alive: ON STAGE!" is a hysterical and raunchy original comedy musical channeling the spirit of your favorite John Hughes films set to a rocking score. Book by Jack Doyle & Nina Groll Music & Lyrics by Josh Moore Content Awareness: Violence, Profanity, & Strobing Lights
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Come for a night of comedy with some of NYC's Top Comedians! Featuring: Sienna Hubert Ross — The Stand, Tubi, Netflix. Sahib Singh — Opened for Mark Normand, Nimesh Patel, and regular NYCC, Sabeen Sadiq — Opened for Hasan Minhaj Join us for a one-of-a-kind comedy show where a special guest tells a five-minute true story, then the improv cast takes that story and spins it into a completely unscripted set. Past special guests have included Melanie Chandra from CBS, Anya Banerjee from Fox, Shruthi Ganguly from Amazon Prime, and many more. Saturday, May 16 6:30 PM Under St. Marks Theatre New York City Improv by: Tucker Iverson Will Braite Big Nikhil Plus a surprise guest Come for the story. Come for some of NYC's top Comedians in an intimate venue. Lowey Spicy Comedy — May 16 at St. Marks Underground Theatre.
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Story Collider presents Realignment. Join us for an evening of stories about making adjustments - be it pivoting to a whole new phase of life, changing careers, or changing a mindset! Spend the evening with 5 stories about science at Under Saint Marks in New York City! Hosted by Gastor Almonte and Brad Lawrence at Under Saint Marks. Doors at 6:30pm. Show starts at 7:00pm. In person and livestreamed. With storytellers Kenice Mobley, Janice Sullivan, David Drake, Lauren Hope Krass, and Walt Egbert. Content Awareness: Body image issues, Medical crises
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Spanglish Affair Open Mic If you want to perform, please fill out this form and attach a screenshot of your ticket purchase: Click here Now the Spanglish Affair is happening monthly! We are introducing themes to spark your creativity April Theme: Millennials We are excited to provide a safe space for artists to explore and share their art in front of a live audience. If there's something you've always wanted to do, this is a space for you to do it! While our company focuses on Spanish and Spanglish content, this is not a requirement for your piece—if you're someone with art to share, this space is for you. Here are some ideas for types of performers we're looking for: singers, dancers, comedians, performance art, burlesque, actors, visual artists, clowning, spoken word, poetry. THE SKY IS THE LIMIT! We have 8 available spots which will be filled first-come first-served basis. ---- Open mic for artists of all disciplines. 8 available spots for pre-selection via the form at Something From Abroad’s Instagram bio. 2 spots available in-person. Join us for an evening of fresh talent with a new cast every edition!
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Ask peculiar questions, get peculiar answers. Join us for our first show, featuring five talks - tales from history of renewal, renaissance, revivals, re-emergences, and resurgences!
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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. In our second season at Under St Marks we aim to experiment with long form improvisation: two teams will perform in the first part of the show, then we will jam with audience members who put their names in the hat. Our show is an offshoot of East Village Performance/Practice Group that started in Spring 2025. Our gratitude goes to Under St. Marks Theater that fostered our group. Betsy Helmer is a New York based actor, originally from Atlanta. She has performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater on numerous house teams, and toured with UCB Touring Company. She has an extensive theater background (Kennedy Center, Pioneer Theatre Company, New Stage Theatre, ASF) and her on-camera credits include; The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, FBI: Most Wanted, and The Enemy Within. She currently performs with her improv team, The Working Group around NYC.
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The show continues every Tuesday at 9:30 PM EST! At The Open Mic at FRIGID New York, the focus is the stage! Sign-ups get 7 minutes to try anything in one of the most supportive rooms in New York City. Whether it’s a performance art piece, comedy, music, storytelling, dance, or something entirely off the top of your head, you'll find a home in the attentive, welcoming community. Open Mic FAQs
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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. No two shows will be the same. Come and see this New York Times, Time Out New York, and CBS critics’ pick LIVE on stage in New York! A different special guest storyteller will begin each show. “Mr. Wade is an enchanting storyteller.” – The New York Times “Wade is expressing not just our inner misfit but our inner small-town kid.” – The New Yorker “He’s completely vulnerable. When he goes on stage he brings only himself. People instantly fall in love with him.” – George Dawes Green, the founder of The Moth “Adam’s nuanced observations, openness, and wit transform his coming-of-age tales into funny, impactful, and universal stories of joy and hope.” – Audible
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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. “One to watch” Time Out “Brilliantly offbeat” Guardian “Exceptionally funny” Village Voice
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Fire Wheel is a show that celebrates long form improvisational comedy. Each performance consists of a host introducing three teams, that perform regularly in New York City. These teams perform all new material created on the spot.
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What does it mean to be utterly consumed by longing for another? In this unsettling dance-theatre work, a craftsman's obsession takes a form both intimate and grotesque: he sews himself inside the furniture of the woman he desires. Adapted from the classic story by Edogawa Rampo, Japan's master of the macabre whose pen name is itself a winking tribute to his idol Edgar Allan Poe, "Human Chair" transforms the story's dark, suffocating premise into something visceral and physical. Performed in Japanese with English subtitles.
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"Do a Little Dance" is a drag performance art show. A certain gentleman asked Mae to do a little dance, and she froze. She blew it. She blew it! Join her now as she tries to put on the show she needs to redeem herself through burlesque, live music, lip-syncing, performance art rituals, and other strategies. Content Awareness: partial nudity, sexually suggestive content, needles, simulated bodily fluids.
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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. Try something new, delicious and strange. Come for the art. Stay for the community. We encourage risk-taking, question-asking, and the development of a supportive community of artists seeing, encouraging, and challenging each other’s work with the ultimate goal of enriching the artistic community through cross-pollination and meeting new people. Learn more at www.paperkraine.com.. Due to limited capacity, latecomers are not guaranteed seats. This applies to both walk ups and reserved tickets.
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Italian Abroad: Culture in Translationis 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 spoken.
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MAY 29TH PERFORMANCE: SLOPOCALYPSE NOW FRIGID Nightcap: SLOPOCALYPSE NOW — A Human-Made Variety Show is a late-night variety show for the end of the feed: comedy, music, drag, burlesque, theatre, clown, performance art, games, and chaos in defiance of AI slop, authoritarian taste, culture-war censorship, fake grandeur, and the general garbage-fire aesthetic of late empire. As the world fills with algorithmic content and gold-plated nonsense, we’re gathering actual live humans in an actual basement to make actual weirdness. No bots. No generated garbage. No official culture. Just a gloriously unpredictable night of human-made performance from NYC’s strangest and most electric artists. The empire is tacky. The basement is real. --- Tickets: $15 (includes a complimentary glass of wine) | $10 livestream
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Psychic medium and stand up comedian Nelly Reznik will be performing Comediumship, an experimental combination of stand up comedy and audience readings. Readings may consist of connecting with loved ones who have passed, and receiving life guidance for audience members, all in a lighthearted way. Not everyone will receive a reading, but all in attendance should be open to it. Due to the intimate nature of the event, doors will close at curtain time and latecomers will not be given a seat. In addition, this is an alcohol-free event. Opener: Grace Lobo
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Come catch the best short films of the month with the EAST VILLAGE NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL! APRIL 26th FILMS THE SAINT'S CODE by Patrizia Luliucci RED DOT by Mark Krol RITAM by Grace Maria Varughese CLEAR SIGHT by Teresa Garza MISS LONELY by Nina Demarchi THE PROPHECY OF SELF-FULFILLING by Xanthe Acquah Storey Má Má & me by Kristine Liang ROOT FOR ME by Valerie Dowret OH SHIT, DID WE JUST KILL A GUY? by Oscar Monroy SUNSHINE by Violet Gallo Please note that this event does not offer streaming. This is an in-person only event. -- East Village Film Festival is an independent project and not produced by FRIGID New York. For more information, please visit their website at eastvillagefilmfestival.com.
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Every month, we remix current events to imagine what a slightly altered world could look like. Five brand-new radio plays, written with inspiration from the news, featuring a rotating cast and creative team, exploring alternate presents. The results range from the absurdly wacky to the poignantly reflective, from apocalyptic to aspirational—but they’re always clever, fun, and inspired. It's the news—only better.
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This is a split bill show featuring NYC comedians Alex La and Adam Mitrani. Adam Mitrani Adam Mitrani is a New York based standup comedian, actor and writer. He currently hosts the podcast “Why Aren’t You More Famous? with Adam Mitrani” and co-hosts the live shows “Mid-Weak Comedy” with Liam Welsh and Alex La and “Project XOXOXO” with Eric Dreiblatt and Sam Denney. Adam began performing comedy in Burlington, Vermont in 2017. Alex La Alex is working on his debut comedy special for Edinburgh Fringe this year. It’s called “Fool As Hell”. It’ll have jokes about puzzles and dragons but also gets a bit personal as well, talking about his parents’ marriage and his dating life, from his most recent breakup to his current relationship with an older woman. He’s performed on Don’t Tell, Angel Comedy, Backyard Comedy Club, Laugh Factory, and more. --- Content Awareness: Topics of death and grief are occasionally present.
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Clay Mommy follows Violet, a young trans woman who quits sex work to return to her estranged Orthodox Jewish mother. Violet becomes the mother of a family friend who is beginning to transition. Seeking guidance, Violet forces her grandmother to come to life as a golem to teach her how to be a mother. Content Awareness: Transphobia, sexual harassment
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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 sight: 5 people, 4 weapons…only one way out. Who will survive the Vengeance Room? And who is the mastermind?...that could change every different show based on your votes! Content Awareness: Violence, Death, Gunshot sound, Weapons
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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 Social Club, the real witches turn the tables on those who abuse their power to harm others out of ignorance and fear. This four-person 60-minute comedy self-identifies as "The Crucible Meets Monty Python" and is headed over to The Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August of 2026.
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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 quirky experiences in East Harlem, using her dog and cat as reference points. The cast will feature Vermillion and her companion dog, Pandele, who said she's in it not for fame, but to pay her vet bills. Rosamunda, her cat, was asked to perform but declined. She’d rather lounge under the sofa than be in the limelight. “Being from Transylvania, is expected of me to be creepy, so I oblige, from time to time, albeit not in Hollywood style,” said Vermillion, lead performer and director of On Cats and Dogs and Other Family Revelations. “The war in Ukraine riled my memories up, and urged me to point out how much there is to lose.” The performance will run approximately one hour. Each show is a different iteration. Vermillion is an independent performer and writer who has been active in the New York City cultural community since 2001. Her work has been presented at the Immigrant Theater Festival, Galapagos Art Space, Manhattan Theater Source, IWAS,The Field, Theater for the New City, The Moth, Stage Left, Bowery Poetry Club, Chashama, and her present incubator, Fountain House Gallery. For several years she focused on her visual art, but in 2022, serendipity made her act in Stories From My Mother at the Theater for the New City, and thus reminded her how lovely it is to be in front of a live audience. Her current solo storytelling show, On Cats and Dogs and Other Family Revelations, was shaped during her 2023 Fountain House Gallery summer residency on Governors Island and in Adam Wade’s Magnet Theater Solo Workshop, and premiered successfully at the 2024 NYC Fringe Festival.
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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. It’s 2013 in Central Jersey’s Dunmouth Township, where the 17-year cicadas refuse to die. Gio’s father describes the mutant cicadas as “unnatural,” the same word he used last summer when Gio came out as a lesbian. Determined to find the reason for the cicadas’ mutations and for her own queerness, Gio becomes obsessed with investigating the (un)natural. This concert reading will present an hour of selected songs from Bury Your Gays.
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Over a messy seder. Got mommy problems? Come thru Written by “Je’Jae cleo Mizrahi” & @mx.enigma Content Awareness: Divorce, custody battles, potential mention of DV.
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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 differences. Loosely based on a true love, this intimate, humorous, & politically urgent two-hander explores what it means to sustain Black trans love when America won't stop sounding the alarm. HIGH QUALITY RESPIRATORS PROVIDED & REQUIRED. The Juneteenth reading (June 19th) is a Black & Trans Night; we ask that attendees honor this as a space centering a Black trans audience. Content Awareness: The dialogue includes references to state violence & ICE; anti-Black racism & lynching; transphobia; family rejection; environmental disaster; & contains curse words. The Under St Marks Theater is a Basement theater, with no wheelchair access.
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It’s a Queerly Double Feature and that means two shows for the price of one! ACHILLES IN DRAG “Achilles in Drag” is a bold, comedic play remixing an ancient myth. To dodge the Trojan War, Achilles fakes his death and reinvents himself as a woman on a lush island—until his forlorn lover, Patroclus, uncovers the truth. Inspired by bestselling book, “The Song of Achilles”, this queer romp bursts with romance, chaos, and a deliciously messy royal love triangle. No Follow Up Questions When it comes to comedian, Marla Alpert, critics agree: “Oh, Marla, that’s wicked...” - Barbara Alpert, no relation. “If Lewis Black had a sex change, and never hung out with Jeffrey Epstein.” and “Thanks for the review, mom.” - M. A. “Who?” -Brant Bentley, Knew York Times Your parents probably taught you that it’s “impolite to discuss politics in mixed company.” That was never true for Marla Alpert. Her parents sat her in front of a TV for every second of Bush v. Gore, and 26 years onward, like a hanging chad, it’s now everyone’s problem. Her father always called her a “wise guy.” He was half-right. Come watch a woman, as Jewish as she is transgender, take on the most insidious and uncomfortable topics in our current political landscape, in unapologetic and surprising ways. The government may be trying to kill her, but what’s new?
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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 hospital. But they've all got one life to live. Join us as their world turns. Join us as their guiding light leads them on their constant search for tomorrow. Join us as they hang on to the edge of night and you will be transported to another world. The world of It's Getting Tired Mildred. But make sure you join us for their continuing stories. Set in the 1980’s, known for riding the line between camp and loving homage to the soap opera genre, and featuring a dynamic cast of the indie theatre pros, IT’S GETTING TIRED MILDRED hooks audience members to come back month after month to see what happens next. Each episode of IT’S GETTING TIRED MILDRED is performed only once! Formerly a late-night hit... Now daytime moves from late-night to primetime! Now at Under St. Marks, 94 St. Marks Place.
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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 Also Rises dissects the innately queer longing for what could have been, and what might still be. Content Awareness: Some explicit/offensive language, mild homophobia/transphobia, physical violence.
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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. Featuring performances by Marie Anello, Samuelito Flores, Joe Montoya, and Scam Likely.
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Bertha Vanayshun and Frida Cox take on America in a sketch comedy, improv, and drag Juneteenth Special!
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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 York, an estranged pair of friends test their capacity for repair over pie. In colonial India, a Muslim sepoy and a British lieutenant risk secret love on the brink of uprising. In Victorian London, a mother and daughter plot survival through yet another migration. Each era is warmed by a cup of chai asking to be drunk. Content Awareness: Flashing or shifting lights. Themes of colonial violence, and intergenerational trauma. Mentions of sexual acts. Depiction of parental violence.
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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.” Known for igniting stages across New York City, their surreal, high-energy shows feature dance breaks, costume changes, and psychedelic visuals, with a national tour and EP on the horizon.
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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 Georges into one last painting. Georges promises he'll stay if he loves the painting, but after Rosalie breaks the news about her getting married everything starts to fall apart and fall into place. Antoine wonders if he'll ever be able to paint the art of marrying Georges. Maybe in another life. Content Awareness: Mentions of homophobia and war.
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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? Blending lip synch with theatrical chaos—a drone, rainbow cake, and a literal carrot on a stick—the show pays homage to the queer icon while dissecting the intersections of fatphobia and the entertainment industry. As Garland’s financial livelihood, legacy, and relationship with her queer fans hang in the balance, Xenia Fauxbia & Soda Pressed examine the cultural pressures that shaped her self-destruction. Through virtuosic Judy Garland impressions, they mine their own complex relationships to weight, eating, and not always fitting into The Costume. They proudly use the word FAT—insisting it is not an insult, nor a word to whisper—while confronting how society’s demonization of fatness impacted Garland’s fragile self-image and continues to shape artists today.
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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 terms with his sexuality, Pat decides to leave his marriage for his paramour, Guy. When Pat is given some devastating information, he returns to the woman he loves, exploring themes of sexuality and feminism along the way. Content Awareness: Suicide, terminal diseases, and alcoholism.
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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!
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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. Trauma Mia" follows a closeted trans girl, Sophie, who travels to Greece for her sister Allison’s wedding to her blind fiancée Katie. Not wanting to steal the spotlight from Allison, Sophie tries to keep her transition a secret. But after the siblings meet their grandmother’s caregiver, Max, who’s also trans and turns out to be Katie’s ex, a zany series of miscommunications and misunderstandings leads to drama (and song and dance numbers). Also in tow is June, Sophie’s kooky transfemme roommate who dispenses questionable advice from afar; Donna, their narcissistic alcoholic mother, who’s hosting the wedding as a tax avoidance strategy; and Tom, their Gen Z younger brother. Trauma Mia is written by writer and comedian Natasha Dumas, whose work has been published in McSweeney’s, Belladonna, and Jane Austen’s Wastebasket. It stars Nat Kissingford, T Anthony, Nyomi Nee, Ellis Durand, Hannah Brown, Emeline Lakrout, and Natasha Dumas.
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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 New York. As he navigates the city—threesomes, protests, nightclubs, cemeteries—time begins to unravel around him. With each trauma, he is hurled through time where personal memories and historical vignettes blend in this surreal politico-somatic world. As he regains his memories in ebbs and flows of amnesia and clarity, memory itself becomes both duty and burden. A weight that seems to break him, and the world around him, wide open. Content Awareness: Potential flashing lights (briefly).
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It’s a Queerly Double Feature and that means two shows for the price of one! ACHILLES IN DRAG “Achilles in Drag” is a bold, comedic play remixing an ancient myth. To dodge the Trojan War, Achilles fakes his death and reinvents himself as a woman on a lush island—until his forlorn lover, Patroclus, uncovers the truth. Inspired by bestselling book, “The Song of Achilles”, this queer romp bursts with romance, chaos, and a deliciously messy royal love triangle. AN ENBY's GUIDE TO CLOWNING AROUND! Come one, come all to see the adventures of Curbee the Clown! AN ENBY’S GUIDE TO CLOWNING AROUND! is a campy clown cabaret about child using imagination to navigate their expression, sexuality, and puberty while navigating the obstacles of living authentically queer. Through their imagination, creativity, and cozy bedroom, we invite audiences to play, draw outside the lines, and connect to their inner childhood clown. Caution – this piece contains wigs, paint, pink, boobs, buffoonery, binders, messes and 2000s pop music. Content Awareness: absurdist intimacy, partial nudity, strobe/flashing lights, and heavy sound effects.
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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! SCOWL Heavyweight champion, April Rain, has no intention of losing her title as she celebrates a decade of dominance as champ! There are plenty of challengers ready to knock her down a peg and take her title as she offers her annual “Pride Open Challenge,” to anyone on the SCOWL roster! Could Rhonda McConners step up? Maybe the original party werewolf, London Jack, will answer the call for a rematch. Or perhaps a new challenger will rise! Who will come out on top and leave with the title? Don’t miss this evening of very silly, very queer, pro wrestling-style stage combat action! Queer folks have existed in pro wrestling since it began in vaudeville and as part of carnival culture and continues to be a campy, over the top style of theatre where out Queer and Trans folks can thrive as champions. SCOWL: Queerapalooza honors, in a theatrical way, that history of vaudevillian clownery while crafting stories for a modern audience, and paving a way to ensure Queer and Trans actors can work up stage combat skills and get the opportunities they’ve traditionally been denied and feel like a champion while doing it. Don’t miss this evening of very silly, very queer, pro wrestling-style stage combat action! SCOWL Heavyweight champion, April Rain, has no intention of losing her title as she celebrates a decade of dominance as champ! There are plenty of challengers ready to knock her down a peg and take her title as she offers her annual “Pride Open Challenge,” to anyone on the SCOWL roster! Could Rhonda McConners step up? Maybe the original party werewolf, London Jack, will answer the call for a rematch. Or perhaps a new challenger will rise! Who will come out on top and leave with the title? Content Awareness: Simulated Violence.
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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 you to celebrate Pride in style and wear your favorite fits to this entertainment extravaganza! Tickets WILL sell out, so be sure to grab yours while you can! Stay tuned for the cast announcement, this is a level of talent you’re going to want to see for yourself in person.
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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 together!Streaming option available.
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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. Told through six autobiographical stories of perseverance, resilience and hope (along with a healthy dose of Gen-X humor) H@PPY F@GGOT is a 1980s/90s time capsule that travels between the past and the present to illustrate how much the queer experience has changed, how much it hasn’t and how much stronger we are together than apart. “How he weaves his story around lust and love, comical and endearing observations, and the 80s life of a gay man in all its revelations and horrors is a gift.” (review - NoHo Arts/Los Angeles) Content Awareness: This show contains stories of sex/sexuality, violence, disease/death, and harsh language.
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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. Isaac will need to embrace what he knows to make it out of this, sane. Even if that means confronting his past: Herself. How do we make peace with the dreams we never reach and be open to the new ones waiting around the corner? Who are we if not who we wish to become in the future? On Your Way Out' is a dive into past expectations confronting realistic futures, opening conversation for what's left of us. Starring Leo James Osborne, Taegan Chrinos, and Brooke Hall, 'On Your Way Out' is a dive into past expectations confronting realistic futures. What's left of us without our past hopes?
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In Iron Dumb, Eyal shares personal stories from Israel, the army, and life abroad — blending humor and honesty to explore identity, war, and the absurd logic of conflict through bold storytelling and dark humor. Eyal Wartelsky — half of the duo Two Jews (@twojewscomedy), whose videos have reached billions of views worldwide — brings his one-man stand-up comedy show to the East Village, New York. After performing across Europe, the Middle East, and the U.S., selling out shows in Paris, Berlin, London, and beyond, Eyal has proven he can make any audience laugh — even Germans. This show is perfect for people who love stand-up, don’t get offended easily, and enjoy comedy that swings between smart and wonderfully stupid. - Location: Under St. Marks, 94 St Marks Pl, East Village, New York, NY 10009 - Duration: ~70 minutes - Bar: Available - Tickets: $15 online / $20 at the door - Limited seats! <a href="https://www.instagram.com/eyalwartelsky/">@eyalwartelsky</a>
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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! Content Awareness: Adult content
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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. Imaginary follows Tristan who is not taking the break up with their long term girlfriend, Dakota, very well. Wallowing in their apartment isolated from everyone, Tristan starts being visited by their ex’s childhood Imaginary Friend, Sunny. Together, Sunny and Tristan learn what life looks like without the person they loved so much. Helping each other cope with the same person out growing them both.
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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 destiny. www.planetgrapeshow.com Content Awareness: Flashing Lights Written by Peter Michael Marino Directed by Michole Biancosino Original Score by Michael Harren Winner: Infallibles Award for Creativity ★★★★★ Astonishing! Unmissable! Fringe Biscuit ★★★★ Splendid! Riveting! Front Row Center ★★★★ Completely bonkers and utterly brilliant! BroadwayWorld
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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. Sisters and lifelong collaborators, Amelia and Avi Gorman are thrilled to share their first full-length work with you. A comedy infused with puppetry, drama, and a little bit of showgirl magic, The Spectacular Vermin Sisters is a celebration of those who crave the limelight.
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One battered travel guide. One hundred and fifty-three years overdue. One small-town Dutch librarian... who refuses to let the matter rest. Glen Berger’s acclaimed and beloved solo mystery UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL begins with the smallest possible catastrophe: a book returned through a library’s overnight slot more than a century late. To most people, it would be an oddity. To the Librarian, it is an outrage — a crime against order, reason, and the sacred little card in the back of the book. Then he finds the first clue. And then another. A laundry ticket. A pair of abandoned trousers. A tram report. A dog quarantine record. A name: “A.” What begins as an attempt to collect the fine of the century becomes a globe-spanning pursuit through London, Bonn, China, Australia, New York, ancient myth, modern grief, and the stubborn human need to leave proof: I was here. Funny, obsessive, erudite, and unexpectedly heart-cracking, UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL is part detective story, part ghost story, part metaphysical treasure hunt — a theatrical puzzle box about faith, evidence, regret, wonder, and the impossible task of proving that a life has mattered. After performing the play five times in previous productions across the region and in Florida, Edward Gibbons-Brown returns to the role for a rare NYC revival of Berger’s cult Off-Broadway hit. Originally produced at Soho Playhouse, where it ran for more than 400 performances and was named one of Time Out New York’s ten best plays of 2001, UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL now arrives at Under St. Marks for one night only — an intimate, urgent, funny, haunted evening about the scraps we leave behind... and the defiant act of continuing. Still, we’ll proceed. Content Awareness: This production contains references to antisemitism and Jewish persecution, including one quoted antisemitic comment, presented disapprovingly as being from a historical document; references to war, mass death, mortality, existential despair, religious imagery, the Holocaust/Buchenwald, and the death/euthanasia of a dog. The play also includes brief profanity. There is no sexual violence, nudity, self-harm, gunshot sounds, or graphic violence. Sensory elements may include projected images/slides, theatrical lighting shifts, and recorded music/scratchy archival-style audio; no strobe/flashing lights or haze will be used.
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