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Bright White Light is an earnest exploration of life and its most important moment: death. Centered around a conversation between an amicable Grim Reaper and a fiery Ornithologist, the play dares to ask, "Is rage the appropriate response to the dying of the light?" Bright White Light was originally written and performed for the NYC Fringe Festival 2025 and won an Extension Award with Frigid's Days of the Dead Festival
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In the chilling aftermath of “ONE-MAN WHODUNNIT: The Tale of Francis Grey and the Case of His Dead Boyfriend,” the shadows of Mistyfield Hospital for the Criminally Insane loom ominously. Rebecca, ensnared within its cold, echoing walls for her sinister attempt to end Jimmy’s life, leaves Francis with a sense of fleeting respite. His peace is shattered by the haunting realization of Rebecca’s decades-long scheme to unravel his existence. As Francis steps into the hospital’s dimly lit corridors, he encounters not just the twisted remnants of his former friend, but a malevolent entity—a centuries-old demon, its eyes gleaming with a promise of eternal torment. Desperate to save his life and soul from this dark force, Francis must confront the demon that now inhabits Rebecca, questioning his own sanity as he whispers, “What would Buffy do?”
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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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Step into the darkly comic world of Brokeneck Girls: The Murder Ballad Musical—winner of Best New Musical at the NYC Fringe Festival, Broadway World’s Best Book of a Musical, and more. For one night only, NYC’s folk-noir powerhouse Brokeneck Girls perform the haunting, foot-stomping score live in concert, with scenes from the brand-new video projected between songs. Rooted in the tradition of violence against women in folk music, this sharp-witted social commentary blends true crime, outrageous humor, and hidden history with an unflinching take on violence in entertainment. Don’t miss this rare chance to experience the award-winning sensation in a thrilling mix of live music and theatrical storytelling.
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Step into a world of Music, Dance, Comedy, Burlesque. The cool. wild and wonderful. Dress Up, dress Downtown or come as you are for a slice of NYC nightlife like no other. Co-Hosted by dazzling Dara Jemmott (crowned Winner, NJ Statewide Funniest Fest) and gregarious Gregory Levine (Travel Channel & Emcee - Guilty Pleasures) since June 2023.
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You’re invited to Trinity’s Necromancy Party! She found a dead body in her backyard, and now she’s invited all her friends and others to resurrect the mystery man. Together they’ll celebrate the summer, play jump rope with the line between life and death, and try not the start the zombie apocalypse in Jersey City in this new play from playwright Leo Layla Díaz and director Hannah Marie Pederson.
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FRIGID Nightcap: BORDERLESS SPIRITS The veil is thin. The ancestors return. And no wall, border, or checkpoint can keep them out. This Halloween, FRIGID Nightcap joins FRIGID New York’s Days of the Dead Festival with Borderless Spirits — a late-night cabaret of life, death, and defiance. Hosted by Bobby Hedglin-Taylor and Colette, this unhinged, deeply heartfelt edition of Nightcap celebrates the freedom to cross every border — between worlds, between selves, between art and afterlife. Expect drag, burlesque, comedy, music, ritual, and chaos that refuses to be contained. Featuring: Salve Regina – Witch in White: Brujas, Obeah & Defiance of Western Witchcraft — a two-part homage to the dual worlds of witchcraft: the black-clad enchantress of Western myth and the ancestral woman in white who resists colonial law through sacred dance. David Brown – My Life in Near Death Comedy — sharp, funny, and fearless stand-up that finds laughter in the unlikeliest places. The Strange Girlzz – Our haunting resident performance collective channels the spirits that patriarchy tried to bury. Nightcap Open Stage – Surprise performances drawn from our open lottery! The ghosts choose. Part séance, part variety show, part protest in glitter and bone — Borderless Spirits invites you to dance with the dead, honor the living, and cross every line they told you not to. The ancestors cross freely. So should we. Friday, October 31st, 2025 – 10:30 PM Under St. Marks Theatre – East Village Tickets: $15 (includes a complimentary glass of wine) | $10 livestream
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Spooky Town is a dark comedy about a town haunted not by ghosts, but by laughter. When laughter rates suddenly skyrocket in a small, eerie town, X and Z think little of it—until people start dying. Not from fear or violence, but from laughing too hard. As mysterious blood puddles appear, power flickers, and odd new student Y becomes increasingly unsettling, the friends find themselves at the heart of something deeply wrong. They uncover that laughter is no longer harmless—it’s deadly. But the more they try to resist it, the more contagious it becomes. Spooky Town blends comedy and horror through a surreal, often absurd lens. Part paranormal mystery, part existential panic, the play explores how we cope when the line between joy and destruction disappears. With sharp dialogue, queer romance, and escalating tension, it’s a love story about fear and a theatrical ghost story without any ghosts. Just try not to laugh.
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Madrugada En Manhattan (Manhattan's Midnights): In the heart of Loisaida (Lower East Side), Toro, a Nuyorican musician, is haunted by the spirit of Luna. But she's more than a spirit, she is a memory; she's a messenger of forgotten love, a cosmic destiny, a love from a past life. Toro must awaken to who he truly is- BORICUA. If he fails, humanity never know true love and the stars will vanish from the night sky. Blending Puerto Rican folklore, Latino rhythms, and poetic magical realism, Madrugada en Manhattan (Manhattan's Midnights) is more than a love story, it is an epic bilingual drama, a revolution, and a tribute to culture’s power to outshine even the darkest night. Written and Directed by, international artistic diplomat, Reyna de Jesús Music arranged and produced by, Grammy nominee, Adan Perez Madrugada en Manhattan (Manhattan's Midnights): En el corazón de Loisaida, Toro, un músico neoyorquino, se encuentra con el espíritu de Luna. Pero Luna es más que un espíritu: es un recuerdo, una mensajera de un amor olvidado, un destino cósmico, un amor de una vida pasada. Toro tiene que despertar a quien realmente es: BORICUA. Si no, la humanidad jamás conocerá el amor verdadero y las estrellas desaparecerán del cielo nocturno. Combinando el folclor puertorriqueño, los ritmos latinos y el realismo mágico poético, Madrugada en Manhattan (Manhattan's Midnights) es más que una historia de amor: es un drama bilingüe épico, una revolución y un homenaje al poder de la cultura para brillar en la inmensa oscuridad. Escrita y dirigida por Reyna de Jesús Arreglo y producción músical por, Adán Pérez.
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When Tom Galván takes his own life, his family and friends and most importantly, his ex-boyfriend, gather to say their goodbyes on a day that happens once every four years. Realizing none of them are prepared for the funeral, they band together to get through this tragedy. With humor, tears, anger, and cake, they learn how to hold onto the love they have always had, while moving forward in a world that seems so cruel for no reason. Oh, and maybe the ghost of Tom Galván shows up to haunt them in a way only he knows how.
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In one hour of drag, clown, and desperation, Señor Babyhead presents his Día de Muertos Especial. It’s a journey across the Sonoran Desert in which Babyhead encounters artifacts, mirages, and spirits. Who is Señor Babyhead? Only Mexico’s most (washed up) famous sitcom star, desperate to stay relevant and avoid becoming an artifact, himself. It’s an hour of crooning, crawling, and implicating the audience in a dangerous game. Analisa Raya-Flores is a writer, performer, and papier-mâché artist. Her fiction can be found in Glimmer Train and MonkeyBicycle, and her face can be seen in My Beloved (Eleanor Monahan), Interesting Ball (DANIELS), and live venues all over LA and NYC. Her plays have been produced at the Annenberg Beach House and the Elysian Theater. In 2023, her screenplay Farewell Chica was a semifinalist at the Austin Film Festival Competition. As a queer Chicana, she creates work that celebrates and interrogates the Mexican-American experience, from the grief of diaspora and to the awkward hassle of Otherness. Analisa is autistic, which gives her a perspective neurotypicals often call “unique”— which she decodes to mean “unintentionally weird.” She lives, worries, and walks her dogs at the foot of the Sierras.
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At Burlesque Buffet, necromancers aren’t the only ones raising spirits. Blood Lust is a sultry, spooky burlesque cabaret where bump-and-grind meets the macabre. Our cast of dazzling ghouls and glamorous monsters will haunt the stage with acts that are equal parts fright and delight. Expect slinky vampires, seductive slashers, and mischievous witches conjuring up chills, thrills, and a few devilish laughs. With hauntingly beautiful costumes, spine-tingling music, and just the right amount of camp, Blood Lust is a celebration of all things wicked and wonderful. Join us for a night of glitter, giggles, and ghoulish glamour—you’ll leave howling for more.
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The horror movie classic gets twisted into Shakespeare, as Laurie Strode must keep herself and her friends safe from the evil murderer Michael Myers, all while Doctor Loomis rushes to protect her.
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Vintage chanteuse and composer Artemisia LeFay, great-granddaughter of Mexican traveling troubador and composer Longinos Guerrero, will conjure up rare cabaret gems dug up from the graveyards of early 20th century Europe and Mexico to a historically inspired cabaret show, PHANTOMS OF THE CABARET. As an homage to her Mexican roots in celebration of Día de los Muertos, accompanied by her mother, renowned classical pianist Renée Guerrero, Artemisia will perform songs written by her great-grandfather Guerrero, the Mexican composer Manuel Ponce, haunting folk songs, as well as LeFay's dark cabaret compositions. PHANTOMS OF THE CABARET is sure to be an unusually delightful diversion from the trappings of the world of the living.
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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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Meet the Sgadugi is a new play set in a pre-contact (1392) Cherokee village. When a neighboring tribal member accidentally kills one of their wolves, the Cherokee villagers must decide the traitor's fate. At the helm is nepo baby councilwoman Tahl, whose main priority is becoming a famous village singer. The only way she'll learn to lead is by leaning on her ragtag community (Sgadugi in Cherokee), whether she knows it or not. You'll meet an artisanal canoe salesman, tiny corn hat vendor, Elder seer who often misinterprets her visions, human scarecrow, and a pyromaniac hairstylist. This heartfelt one act comedy showcases Native joy, so leave your trauma at the door and prepare to travel back to a time BC (Before Colonizers).
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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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Food is so meaningful in our lives. Food is love; food is culture; food is family; food is comfort. We celebrate with food, and we mourn with food. We go to great lengths to find, buy, and create the very best food experiences for ourselves and our loved ones. And food brings us so many stories. Join us as some of NYC’s best storytellers weave seamlessly through their fantastic tales of food.
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There's nothing like experiencing music live. Attending a concert is exhilarating, enchanting, and exciting. Each show is a moment in time that cannot be captured again. Some of NYC's best Storytellers will delight you with stories about their first concerts, their best concerts, and their worst concerts.
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David Lawson’s one-man show about corporate welfare, “sportswashing,” eminent domain, racist team names, and all the other things that get in the way of a community-oriented, cheer-filled, barrier-breaking good night out at the game.
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Doors open at 7:30 for drinks and mingling, curtain at 8:00pm. 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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Tales of treacherous lives and treasonous souls, clever cons and corruptible characters, and outrageous stories of the most pesky of personages. Curated by: Jackie Schicker-Taubman Speakers include: Jenny Williamson, Steven Jaret, Andrea Fondulas, Sarah Grant, Maryellen DeVivo, and Grant Bremer
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On the eve of marriage—an institution Jamie resisted for 30 years—he replays his sex life, which gives new meaning to the term parks and recreation. “Pearl Necklace is funny, sharp, and a hysterical romp” through Jamie’s amorous adventures in bathrooms, beaches, bookstores, and appallingly decorated apartments “delivered with a bawdy panache and a naughty sense of the comic.” Called “a natural raconteur” by the Washington Post, this 6-time Moth champion’s darkly comic stories of his sybaritic journey reveal his struggle to shed shame and guilt and reach self-acceptance before finally tying the knot. Award-winning writer and storyteller Jamie Brickhouse has recorded voices on Beavis and Butthead, appeared on PBS-TV’s Stories from the Stage and The Moth Podcast, and his daily #storiesinheels TikTok videos have over 6 million views, one million likes, and 75 thousand followers. He’s the creator of the memoirs and solo shows Dangerous When Wet: Booze, Sex, and My Mother, I Favor My Daddy: A Tale of Two Sissies, and The Brothers Orphan. “Pearl Necklace is funny, sharp, and camp. . .hugely enjoyable and hysterical romp. . .delivered with a bawdy panache and a naughty sense of the comic. . .Brickhouse brings each character to life and makes each encounter real and immediate, with a wild sense of wordplay, as he navigates the lure of getting laid and the longing to be in love.” —London Theatre's LouReviews
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On Cats and Dogs and Other Family Revelations wraps big ideas in focused stories about Ella’s pets, offering glimpses of her human family and life in her place of birth, Transylvania, Romania. With her dark humor and heart, Ella takes audiences from her childhood under communist rule, to her present quirky experiences in East Harlem, using her dog and cat as reference points. Content Warning: This show contains dark humor. This show is not recommended for children. The cast will feature Ella Veres 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 Ella Veres, 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. Ella Veres 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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How do we write an ending to a story that isn’t finished? Through fractured fairy tales and crafted personal stories, Vianna Isbister’s show, Leaking, explores how trauma leaks into our interactions, perceptions, and futures. Topics in this solo show include generational trauma, sexual assault (non-graphic), and things your therapist might say that you shouldn’t listen to. This show is 18+
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In this critically acclaimed solo-show, monologist, writer, and English teacher Becky Bondurant threads her coming-of-age narrative through a Freudian needle, weaving from eating disorders and female orgasms to circumcision and breastfeeding against a backdrop of political crisis. Penis Envy is the culmination of more than three years of study under New York City’s master monologist Mike Daisey who has described Becky as "a cross between Sylvia Plath and Mary Katherine Gallagher." Informed by her experiences as a parent, a teacher, a queer, a student of literature, and a former Catholic, Becky’s stories unravel extemporaneously to undress taboo topics like sex, age, weight, othering, power, ritual, and death in a style that is raunchy, irreverent, and sharply philosophical. The 46 paintings that appear as the backdrop of Penis Envy were created in a collaboration between Becky and her two children, ages 7 and 9, over the course of three weeks leading up to the show’s premiere at the Capital Fringe Festival 2024 in Washington, D.C. The show was named "Best of Fringe" by DC Theater Arts in 2024 and praised by critics such as Chris Klimek who wrote in The Washington Post, “I loved ‘Penis Envy,’” and described the show as “vulnerable and true to her, funny and inviting.” Penis Envy ran as part of the 2024 Philadelphia Fringe Festival and was described in The Broad Street Review as “the best kind of monologue show: finely crafted and intimately inhabited... funny, bold, poignant, sad, and transformative.”
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Ever wanted to sit in on someone’s therapy session? This unafraid one-woman musical starts as a hilarious, all-too-relatable plunge into the horrors of modern dating. But when our protagonist finally dares to ask, “What’s wrong with me?!” she’s forced to navigate messy situationships, brutal screenshots, and unfiltered vulnerability—with the audience as her therapist and raw laughter as her lifeline.
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16,000 Pounds By Owen Prum with Jade Manns Doors: 7pm Show 7:30pm
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Now in its 23rd Season in NYC, the multi-award-winning, critically acclaimed RADIOTHEATRE returns to Under St. Marks Theater, where in a co-production with FRIGID NY, it will present LIVE ON STAGE its all-time fan-favorite RADIOTHEATRE'S 15th Annual EDGAR ALLAN POE FESTIVAL! ("Phantasmic!" NY TIMES, ) This year's festival includes such terrifying classics as THE TELLTALE HEART; BERENICE; THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO; THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH; THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER; THE CASE OF M.VALDEMAR. Schedule of tales TBA. INFO: www.radiotheatrenyc.com RADIOTHEATRE'S 15th ANNUAL EDGAR ALLAN POE FESTIVAL is produced by Radiotheatre and Frigid NY and starring FRANK ZILINYI and ALEJANDRO CARDOZO with DAN BIANCHI (Writer/Director/Art, Music, Sound Designer) and WES SHIPPEE (Technical Director). It comes complete with a great cast, original orchestral music, and a plethora of sound FX! Just bring your imagination! With over 90 NYC productions, RADIOTHEATRE has garnered a DRAMA DESK AWARD nomination, winning 6 NY Innovative Theater awards, 15 more noms, 5 yrs Best Performance Art and 6 Rondo Hatton Horror Awards noms, and 21 Broadway World nominations. In 2014, RT's Artistic Director Dan Bianchi received the NYIT award for Lifetime Artistic Excellence. RADIOTHEATRE does NOT produce authentic re-creations of old-time radio shows …rather, they are inspired by the artistry created during the Golden Years of Radio when SOUND was king and STORYTELLING, along with great voices, music, and sound effects, as well as the imaginations of its audiences. As for content, RADIOTHEATRE draws its inspiration from genres such as Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction, and Crime, which have been thoroughly exploited by Literature, Cinema, and TV, even Radio…but generally ignored by the Theatre world. Combining their unique presentation with non-traditional content makes RADIOTHEATRE a singular theatre company creating modern, innovative, and interactive stage works. LIMITED ENGAGEMENT: 6 Performances Only NOV 29 5:00pm-6:30pm 7:00pm-8:30pm NOV 30 2:00pm- 3:30pm DEC 27 - 5:00pm- 6:30pm 7:00pm- 8:30pm DEC 28 -5:00pm-6:30pm
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Bright White Light is an earnest exploration of life and its most important moment: death. Centered around a conversation between an amicable Grim Reaper and a fiery Ornithologist, the play dares to ask, "Is rage the appropriate response to the dying of the light?" Bright White Light was originally written and performed for the NYC Fringe Festival 2025 and won an Extension Award with Frigid's Days of the Dead Festival
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In the chilling aftermath of “ONE-MAN WHODUNNIT: The Tale of Francis Grey and the Case of His Dead Boyfriend,” the shadows of Mistyfield Hospital for the Criminally Insane loom ominously. Rebecca, ensnared within its cold, echoing walls for her sinister attempt to end Jimmy’s life, leaves Francis with a sense of fleeting respite. His peace is shattered by the haunting realization of Rebecca’s decades-long scheme to unravel his existence. As Francis steps into the hospital’s dimly lit corridors, he encounters not just the twisted remnants of his former friend, but a malevolent entity—a centuries-old demon, its eyes gleaming with a promise of eternal torment. Desperate to save his life and soul from this dark force, Francis must confront the demon that now inhabits Rebecca, questioning his own sanity as he whispers, “What would Buffy do?”
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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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Step into the darkly comic world of Brokeneck Girls: The Murder Ballad Musical—winner of Best New Musical at the NYC Fringe Festival, Broadway World’s Best Book of a Musical, and more. For one night only, NYC’s folk-noir powerhouse Brokeneck Girls perform the haunting, foot-stomping score live in concert, with scenes from the brand-new video projected between songs. Rooted in the tradition of violence against women in folk music, this sharp-witted social commentary blends true crime, outrageous humor, and hidden history with an unflinching take on violence in entertainment. Don’t miss this rare chance to experience the award-winning sensation in a thrilling mix of live music and theatrical storytelling.
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Step into a world of Music, Dance, Comedy, Burlesque. The cool. wild and wonderful. Dress Up, dress Downtown or come as you are for a slice of NYC nightlife like no other. Co-Hosted by dazzling Dara Jemmott (crowned Winner, NJ Statewide Funniest Fest) and gregarious Gregory Levine (Travel Channel & Emcee - Guilty Pleasures) since June 2023.
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You’re invited to Trinity’s Necromancy Party! She found a dead body in her backyard, and now she’s invited all her friends and others to resurrect the mystery man. Together they’ll celebrate the summer, play jump rope with the line between life and death, and try not the start the zombie apocalypse in Jersey City in this new play from playwright Leo Layla Díaz and director Hannah Marie Pederson.
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FRIGID Nightcap: BORDERLESS SPIRITS The veil is thin. The ancestors return. And no wall, border, or checkpoint can keep them out. This Halloween, FRIGID Nightcap joins FRIGID New York’s Days of the Dead Festival with Borderless Spirits — a late-night cabaret of life, death, and defiance. Hosted by Bobby Hedglin-Taylor and Colette, this unhinged, deeply heartfelt edition of Nightcap celebrates the freedom to cross every border — between worlds, between selves, between art and afterlife. Expect drag, burlesque, comedy, music, ritual, and chaos that refuses to be contained. Featuring: Salve Regina – Witch in White: Brujas, Obeah & Defiance of Western Witchcraft — a two-part homage to the dual worlds of witchcraft: the black-clad enchantress of Western myth and the ancestral woman in white who resists colonial law through sacred dance. David Brown – My Life in Near Death Comedy — sharp, funny, and fearless stand-up that finds laughter in the unlikeliest places. The Strange Girlzz – Our haunting resident performance collective channels the spirits that patriarchy tried to bury. Nightcap Open Stage – Surprise performances drawn from our open lottery! The ghosts choose. Part séance, part variety show, part protest in glitter and bone — Borderless Spirits invites you to dance with the dead, honor the living, and cross every line they told you not to. The ancestors cross freely. So should we. Friday, October 31st, 2025 – 10:30 PM Under St. Marks Theatre – East Village Tickets: $15 (includes a complimentary glass of wine) | $10 livestream
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Spooky Town is a dark comedy about a town haunted not by ghosts, but by laughter. When laughter rates suddenly skyrocket in a small, eerie town, X and Z think little of it—until people start dying. Not from fear or violence, but from laughing too hard. As mysterious blood puddles appear, power flickers, and odd new student Y becomes increasingly unsettling, the friends find themselves at the heart of something deeply wrong. They uncover that laughter is no longer harmless—it’s deadly. But the more they try to resist it, the more contagious it becomes. Spooky Town blends comedy and horror through a surreal, often absurd lens. Part paranormal mystery, part existential panic, the play explores how we cope when the line between joy and destruction disappears. With sharp dialogue, queer romance, and escalating tension, it’s a love story about fear and a theatrical ghost story without any ghosts. Just try not to laugh.
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Madrugada En Manhattan (Manhattan's Midnights): In the heart of Loisaida (Lower East Side), Toro, a Nuyorican musician, is haunted by the spirit of Luna. But she's more than a spirit, she is a memory; she's a messenger of forgotten love, a cosmic destiny, a love from a past life. Toro must awaken to who he truly is- BORICUA. If he fails, humanity never know true love and the stars will vanish from the night sky. Blending Puerto Rican folklore, Latino rhythms, and poetic magical realism, Madrugada en Manhattan (Manhattan's Midnights) is more than a love story, it is an epic bilingual drama, a revolution, and a tribute to culture’s power to outshine even the darkest night. Written and Directed by, international artistic diplomat, Reyna de Jesús Music arranged and produced by, Grammy nominee, Adan Perez Madrugada en Manhattan (Manhattan's Midnights): En el corazón de Loisaida, Toro, un músico neoyorquino, se encuentra con el espíritu de Luna. Pero Luna es más que un espíritu: es un recuerdo, una mensajera de un amor olvidado, un destino cósmico, un amor de una vida pasada. Toro tiene que despertar a quien realmente es: BORICUA. Si no, la humanidad jamás conocerá el amor verdadero y las estrellas desaparecerán del cielo nocturno. Combinando el folclor puertorriqueño, los ritmos latinos y el realismo mágico poético, Madrugada en Manhattan (Manhattan's Midnights) es más que una historia de amor: es un drama bilingüe épico, una revolución y un homenaje al poder de la cultura para brillar en la inmensa oscuridad. Escrita y dirigida por Reyna de Jesús Arreglo y producción músical por, Adán Pérez.
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When Tom Galván takes his own life, his family and friends and most importantly, his ex-boyfriend, gather to say their goodbyes on a day that happens once every four years. Realizing none of them are prepared for the funeral, they band together to get through this tragedy. With humor, tears, anger, and cake, they learn how to hold onto the love they have always had, while moving forward in a world that seems so cruel for no reason. Oh, and maybe the ghost of Tom Galván shows up to haunt them in a way only he knows how.
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In one hour of drag, clown, and desperation, Señor Babyhead presents his Día de Muertos Especial. It’s a journey across the Sonoran Desert in which Babyhead encounters artifacts, mirages, and spirits. Who is Señor Babyhead? Only Mexico’s most (washed up) famous sitcom star, desperate to stay relevant and avoid becoming an artifact, himself. It’s an hour of crooning, crawling, and implicating the audience in a dangerous game. Analisa Raya-Flores is a writer, performer, and papier-mâché artist. Her fiction can be found in Glimmer Train and MonkeyBicycle, and her face can be seen in My Beloved (Eleanor Monahan), Interesting Ball (DANIELS), and live venues all over LA and NYC. Her plays have been produced at the Annenberg Beach House and the Elysian Theater. In 2023, her screenplay Farewell Chica was a semifinalist at the Austin Film Festival Competition. As a queer Chicana, she creates work that celebrates and interrogates the Mexican-American experience, from the grief of diaspora and to the awkward hassle of Otherness. Analisa is autistic, which gives her a perspective neurotypicals often call “unique”— which she decodes to mean “unintentionally weird.” She lives, worries, and walks her dogs at the foot of the Sierras.
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At Burlesque Buffet, necromancers aren’t the only ones raising spirits. Blood Lust is a sultry, spooky burlesque cabaret where bump-and-grind meets the macabre. Our cast of dazzling ghouls and glamorous monsters will haunt the stage with acts that are equal parts fright and delight. Expect slinky vampires, seductive slashers, and mischievous witches conjuring up chills, thrills, and a few devilish laughs. With hauntingly beautiful costumes, spine-tingling music, and just the right amount of camp, Blood Lust is a celebration of all things wicked and wonderful. Join us for a night of glitter, giggles, and ghoulish glamour—you’ll leave howling for more.
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The horror movie classic gets twisted into Shakespeare, as Laurie Strode must keep herself and her friends safe from the evil murderer Michael Myers, all while Doctor Loomis rushes to protect her.
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Vintage chanteuse and composer Artemisia LeFay, great-granddaughter of Mexican traveling troubador and composer Longinos Guerrero, will conjure up rare cabaret gems dug up from the graveyards of early 20th century Europe and Mexico to a historically inspired cabaret show, PHANTOMS OF THE CABARET. As an homage to her Mexican roots in celebration of Día de los Muertos, accompanied by her mother, renowned classical pianist Renée Guerrero, Artemisia will perform songs written by her great-grandfather Guerrero, the Mexican composer Manuel Ponce, haunting folk songs, as well as LeFay's dark cabaret compositions. PHANTOMS OF THE CABARET is sure to be an unusually delightful diversion from the trappings of the world of the living.
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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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Meet the Sgadugi is a new play set in a pre-contact (1392) Cherokee village. When a neighboring tribal member accidentally kills one of their wolves, the Cherokee villagers must decide the traitor's fate. At the helm is nepo baby councilwoman Tahl, whose main priority is becoming a famous village singer. The only way she'll learn to lead is by leaning on her ragtag community (Sgadugi in Cherokee), whether she knows it or not. You'll meet an artisanal canoe salesman, tiny corn hat vendor, Elder seer who often misinterprets her visions, human scarecrow, and a pyromaniac hairstylist. This heartfelt one act comedy showcases Native joy, so leave your trauma at the door and prepare to travel back to a time BC (Before Colonizers).
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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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Food is so meaningful in our lives. Food is love; food is culture; food is family; food is comfort. We celebrate with food, and we mourn with food. We go to great lengths to find, buy, and create the very best food experiences for ourselves and our loved ones. And food brings us so many stories. Join us as some of NYC’s best storytellers weave seamlessly through their fantastic tales of food.
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There's nothing like experiencing music live. Attending a concert is exhilarating, enchanting, and exciting. Each show is a moment in time that cannot be captured again. Some of NYC's best Storytellers will delight you with stories about their first concerts, their best concerts, and their worst concerts.
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David Lawson’s one-man show about corporate welfare, “sportswashing,” eminent domain, racist team names, and all the other things that get in the way of a community-oriented, cheer-filled, barrier-breaking good night out at the game.
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Doors open at 7:30 for drinks and mingling, curtain at 8:00pm. 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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Tales of treacherous lives and treasonous souls, clever cons and corruptible characters, and outrageous stories of the most pesky of personages. Curated by: Jackie Schicker-Taubman Speakers include: Jenny Williamson, Steven Jaret, Andrea Fondulas, Sarah Grant, Maryellen DeVivo, and Grant Bremer
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On the eve of marriage—an institution Jamie resisted for 30 years—he replays his sex life, which gives new meaning to the term parks and recreation. “Pearl Necklace is funny, sharp, and a hysterical romp” through Jamie’s amorous adventures in bathrooms, beaches, bookstores, and appallingly decorated apartments “delivered with a bawdy panache and a naughty sense of the comic.” Called “a natural raconteur” by the Washington Post, this 6-time Moth champion’s darkly comic stories of his sybaritic journey reveal his struggle to shed shame and guilt and reach self-acceptance before finally tying the knot. Award-winning writer and storyteller Jamie Brickhouse has recorded voices on Beavis and Butthead, appeared on PBS-TV’s Stories from the Stage and The Moth Podcast, and his daily #storiesinheels TikTok videos have over 6 million views, one million likes, and 75 thousand followers. He’s the creator of the memoirs and solo shows Dangerous When Wet: Booze, Sex, and My Mother, I Favor My Daddy: A Tale of Two Sissies, and The Brothers Orphan. “Pearl Necklace is funny, sharp, and camp. . .hugely enjoyable and hysterical romp. . .delivered with a bawdy panache and a naughty sense of the comic. . .Brickhouse brings each character to life and makes each encounter real and immediate, with a wild sense of wordplay, as he navigates the lure of getting laid and the longing to be in love.” —London Theatre's LouReviews
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On Cats and Dogs and Other Family Revelations wraps big ideas in focused stories about Ella’s pets, offering glimpses of her human family and life in her place of birth, Transylvania, Romania. With her dark humor and heart, Ella takes audiences from her childhood under communist rule, to her present quirky experiences in East Harlem, using her dog and cat as reference points. Content Warning: This show contains dark humor. This show is not recommended for children. The cast will feature Ella Veres 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 Ella Veres, 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. Ella Veres 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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How do we write an ending to a story that isn’t finished? Through fractured fairy tales and crafted personal stories, Vianna Isbister’s show, Leaking, explores how trauma leaks into our interactions, perceptions, and futures. Topics in this solo show include generational trauma, sexual assault (non-graphic), and things your therapist might say that you shouldn’t listen to. This show is 18+
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In this critically acclaimed solo-show, monologist, writer, and English teacher Becky Bondurant threads her coming-of-age narrative through a Freudian needle, weaving from eating disorders and female orgasms to circumcision and breastfeeding against a backdrop of political crisis. Penis Envy is the culmination of more than three years of study under New York City’s master monologist Mike Daisey who has described Becky as "a cross between Sylvia Plath and Mary Katherine Gallagher." Informed by her experiences as a parent, a teacher, a queer, a student of literature, and a former Catholic, Becky’s stories unravel extemporaneously to undress taboo topics like sex, age, weight, othering, power, ritual, and death in a style that is raunchy, irreverent, and sharply philosophical. The 46 paintings that appear as the backdrop of Penis Envy were created in a collaboration between Becky and her two children, ages 7 and 9, over the course of three weeks leading up to the show’s premiere at the Capital Fringe Festival 2024 in Washington, D.C. The show was named "Best of Fringe" by DC Theater Arts in 2024 and praised by critics such as Chris Klimek who wrote in The Washington Post, “I loved ‘Penis Envy,’” and described the show as “vulnerable and true to her, funny and inviting.” Penis Envy ran as part of the 2024 Philadelphia Fringe Festival and was described in The Broad Street Review as “the best kind of monologue show: finely crafted and intimately inhabited... funny, bold, poignant, sad, and transformative.”
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Ever wanted to sit in on someone’s therapy session? This unafraid one-woman musical starts as a hilarious, all-too-relatable plunge into the horrors of modern dating. But when our protagonist finally dares to ask, “What’s wrong with me?!” she’s forced to navigate messy situationships, brutal screenshots, and unfiltered vulnerability—with the audience as her therapist and raw laughter as her lifeline.
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16,000 Pounds By Owen Prum with Jade Manns Doors: 7pm Show 7:30pm
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Now in its 23rd Season in NYC, the multi-award-winning, critically acclaimed RADIOTHEATRE returns to Under St. Marks Theater, where in a co-production with FRIGID NY, it will present LIVE ON STAGE its all-time fan-favorite RADIOTHEATRE'S 15th Annual EDGAR ALLAN POE FESTIVAL! ("Phantasmic!" NY TIMES, ) This year's festival includes such terrifying classics as THE TELLTALE HEART; BERENICE; THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO; THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH; THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER; THE CASE OF M.VALDEMAR. Schedule of tales TBA. INFO: www.radiotheatrenyc.com RADIOTHEATRE'S 15th ANNUAL EDGAR ALLAN POE FESTIVAL is produced by Radiotheatre and Frigid NY and starring FRANK ZILINYI and ALEJANDRO CARDOZO with DAN BIANCHI (Writer/Director/Art, Music, Sound Designer) and WES SHIPPEE (Technical Director). It comes complete with a great cast, original orchestral music, and a plethora of sound FX! Just bring your imagination! With over 90 NYC productions, RADIOTHEATRE has garnered a DRAMA DESK AWARD nomination, winning 6 NY Innovative Theater awards, 15 more noms, 5 yrs Best Performance Art and 6 Rondo Hatton Horror Awards noms, and 21 Broadway World nominations. In 2014, RT's Artistic Director Dan Bianchi received the NYIT award for Lifetime Artistic Excellence. RADIOTHEATRE does NOT produce authentic re-creations of old-time radio shows …rather, they are inspired by the artistry created during the Golden Years of Radio when SOUND was king and STORYTELLING, along with great voices, music, and sound effects, as well as the imaginations of its audiences. As for content, RADIOTHEATRE draws its inspiration from genres such as Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction, and Crime, which have been thoroughly exploited by Literature, Cinema, and TV, even Radio…but generally ignored by the Theatre world. Combining their unique presentation with non-traditional content makes RADIOTHEATRE a singular theatre company creating modern, innovative, and interactive stage works. LIMITED ENGAGEMENT: 6 Performances Only NOV 29 5:00pm-6:30pm 7:00pm-8:30pm NOV 30 2:00pm- 3:30pm DEC 27 - 5:00pm- 6:30pm 7:00pm- 8:30pm DEC 28 -5:00pm-6:30pm
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