Rambunctious, daring, hilarious, provoking, and fun. Trust us - You've never experienced a night of improvisation quite like this.
Golem Owned a Tropical Smoothie tells the story of Golem, a non-copyright infringing creature who owns a non-copyright infringing smoothie shop called Tropical Smoothie in Panama City Beach, Florida. All is going well – until Smeegle, the notorious CEO of the mega-corporate Smoothie Kingdom, threatens to drive him out of business with tax loophole trickery. To save the shop, Golem and his loyal employees (Ian, a high school kid; Gabby, his overachieving older sister; and Kyle, a stoner college dropout) must come up with a plan to raise $60,000 in one week – or maybe 5 days? It doesn’t really matter. The point is, Golem owned a Tropical Smoothie.
Tier5 finishes its SpookyFest staged reading series with Matilda Corley Schulman's scars & stains!
In an apocalyptic future, four survivors Lionel, Lude, Virgile and Gog seek shelter in a cave to survive. There, they find something impossible: a little girl named Sophia protecting a gigantic egg she claims contains the future of humanity. How will they react to such news where all seems lost? Will they believe? Doubt? Or worse...
A joy-saturated dance-theater quartet that plays with memory, grief, community care, and a big clothesline! Built from father-daughter conversations about an ancestor, dancers excavate memory through storytelling, fabric, and bones.
The Betrothed is a farcical comedy set in the nineteenth century. Featuring an all-female cast, The Betrothed reshapes Victorian parlor comedies into a sapphic exploration of gender roles and desires.
Eating your favorite food as hot and as fast as possible increases its savoriness, and thus increases its potential for an emotional energy release. A scientist attempts to prove this theory.
PATRICK (bitter wheelchair user) must enlist the help of his cantankerous neighbor ROBERT (double amputee) to transport the four-year-old daughter he never knew he had to live with her maternal grandparents on the other side of the country.
The CEO of Slaps Energy® gives an investor pitch that goes spectacularly wrong in this psychedelic satire. This one-ish man show breaks the fifth, sixth, and seventh walls with audience participation, psychedelic visuals and yes, even puppetry, for a fluid, form-bending performance that’s never the same twice.
Join One Day Dance for our 5th season of dance on camera! This year we are premiering nine original films from an array of incredible choreographers.
This is House is a trap house function that follows the highs and lows of party culture. We investigate that friendship is needed in life and how nobody is alone in their struggle.
How do our identities and relationships change when money and power come into play?
Set in contemporary Brooklyn, the romantic dramedy Walking Charlie is about the relationship between a Venezuelan political immigrant and a struggling small businessman who are brought together by a pug dog named Charlie.
PILLOW TALK is a play that follows Ty, a gay trans man in his early twenties, as he embarks on a journey of sexual self-discovery and self-love
An autobiographical play that follows a queer, demisexual woman with OCD as she attempts to transcend her irrational fears and experience what it’s like to feel safe and loved.
In 2021, Sarina confronted death and won. It took only one harrowing LSD trip. Now she's dying (not literally!) to reveal how she's really completely totally fine.
When Dr. Nicholas A. Laurenstien isn't teaching archeology at Cambridge University, he's exchanging blows with the endless assortment of cartoony villians entering his office.
At defense contractor Boykin Dean, certified girlbosses Millie and Francine train computers to do…something. Something crucial for protecting our protectors, our ‘boys’ (sorry, our ‘people’) who fight for our freedom.
MARI
December 6 at 9:30pm
December 7 at 3pm
December 10 at 7pm
Written and performed by Marisela Grajeda Gonzales
Dramaturg Oliver Butler
Poster Design by Patricia Marjorie
A workshop presentation of Mari: A solo show about time, trauma, family, aging, healing, and arriving that blends deep humor with stories of humiliation, survival and love. Marisela began to develop this piece at the MT+NYC Collaborative Montana writers' retreat in the Fall of 2023. Marisela continued to develop the piece; writing, editing and rewriting in preparation for this first ever showing, with the Tank Presents.
1 and 2 are brothers. They haven't seen each other in a few years. 1 is stuck in here. 2 moved back home, and he can't stop visiting.
Ivy and Jones should be dead. But 4 tries in, they're still breathing. Sometimes the universe has other plans for you. A pitch black comedy about finding a way out.
Sixth Annual International Human Rights Art Festival - an open space for performance artists-activists in New York City to tell their stories and influence society.
The International Human Rights Art Festival:
TEN MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL
Monday, December 9th @ 7:00pm
Featuring:
Passed Tents presented by Scene 24 Productions
Emily Seibert - Caitlyn,
David Macharelli - AJ
An unhoused person attempts to sell “affordable, available city real estate” to a successful nurse trying to downsize.
Catastrophe presented by Hattimatim-Team, Inc.
Written and Directed by Abhisek Bhattacharya
Stage Managed by Sayantan Bhattacharya
CAST
Didhiti Mukherjee (Cat)
Anushila Bagchi (Astro)
Nabamita Pal (Phoebe)
"Catastrophe" revolves around Phoebe, an international worker in a company, Astro, a young surgery resident, and Cat, who might or might not be a soft toy. When a severely stressed-out Phoebe muses about her work-related "issues" and potential impending death, Cat and Astro try to cheer her up, though in a dramatically opposite manner.
Requiem for the Wretched presented by Robert Galinsky
written, produced, and directed by Robert Galinsky
performed by Alexis Sadé Sailes and Robert Galinsky
In the oppressive heat of a 1987 summer day, a young woman, unraveling from the agony of having her prescribed medication withheld by her doctors, stumbles into a park. The air is suffocating, 102 degrees, and her desperation grows with every breath. Drawn by some skewed instinct or blind hope, she seeks comfort in a seemingly benign hot dog vendor. She begs for advice, some semblance of relief from her mental and physical torment. The conversation begins innocently, touching on small talk, but soon the vendor’s words grow disturbing. As his demeanor shifts from friendly to almost sinister, the woman, trapped in her own unraveling thoughts, starts to challenge the very nature of the man standing before her. What seemed like a moment of potential solace takes a macabre turn, leaving her second-guessing whether the pain from the medication withdrawal, the heat, or the encounter with the disturbing figure is the greater danger.
You Can Untie Them The Guards Can't Stop You presented by Wolf Mountain Workshop, Monte D. Monteleagre
Chase Guthrie Knueven
Katie Ploetz
Jimmy Kohlmann
You Can Untie Them The Guards Can't Stop You is a play where you can untie them because the guards can't stop you. Like most plays, there are prizes at the end.
Today's América presented by Zareh Artinian, Jr.
Written, Produced, and Directed by Zareh Artinian, Jr.
Annie Hartkemeyer - América Jonze
Mark Coffin William G. Bowman
"Today's América" pits Gen Z Congresswoman and disabled shooting survivor, América Jonze, against a Boomer career politician in a behind-the-scenes battle on Capitol Hill over legislation to curb gun violence. Dramatizing the stark differences between politicians at extreme ends of the generational spectrum, this play goes beyond the familiar public vigils and speeches, the hackneyed social media debates and "thoughts and prayers" posts and gives you a peek into the drama that occurs behind Washington's closed doors.
Cast:
Annie Hartkeymer (América Jonze) (she/they) is an actor, director, and curious spirit based in New York, NY.
Mark Coffin (William G. Bowman) (he/him) is a proud member of AEA, SAG/AFTRA and The Actors Center, and is represented by Dulcina Eisen and Associates.
Crew:
Zareh Artinian (Writer/Director) (he/him) is an award-winning playwright (Shattered! An American Fairy Tale) who believes theatre can be a transformative force that fosters empathy and prompts conversations about social justice.
Leela S. Munsiff (Assistant to the Director) (she/they) is a Stage Manager and Singer-Songwriter known for her commitment to racial and disability justice and their community care, disability-first approach to theatre.
Marci Diamond, M.P.A.,SAG-AFTRA, AEA, (Intimacy Choreographer) (she/her) is a Vermont-based IC, actor, circus artist, and educator.
Andy Kasana (Stage crew) (he/him) is a student writer/filmmaker from Slovakia.
Barbare Sturua (Stage crew) (she/her) is an aspiring filmmaker and writer from the Republic of Georgia.
Across The Lake presented by Equity Library Theater of New York
Directed by Johnny Culver
CAST
Sasha Henriques
Jonathan Beebee
Regina Yeager
An encounter on a railcar brings old memories to the surface.
Angelic Virtues presented by Rhys Collins
Rhys Collins (he/they), writer and director
Mia Vongsavang - Mabel
Emily Savona - Zeraquiel
In Angelic Virtues, Mabel prays to the Heavens above to ask if she’s allowed to be a lesbian. To her surprise, an angel answers. Through humor, queer joy, and religious revelations, the play tackles homophobia and religious trauma in order to prove that being both religious and gay is perfectly okay.
The International Human Rights Arts Festival: Pride Residency and Performance by WADE Dance
IHRAF: Celebration of Immigration
IHRAF: Celebration of LGBTQIA+
International Human Rights Arts Festival: CELEBRATION OF WOMEN
The International Human Rights Arts Festival: Climate Change Action
International Human Rights Arts Festival: Human beings are members of a whole, Dance event curated by Tina Bararian
International Human Rights Arts Festival: TRANSforms: Celebration of Trans Artists
International Human Rights Arts Festival: Celebration of Human Rights
International Human Rights Arts Festival: Celebration of Human Rights
International Human Rights Arts Festival: What to do? An evening of dance curated by Charly Santagado
International Human Rights Arts Festival: Ten Minute Performance Festival
Best friends, unfiltered internet access, and the summer before 8th grade. Growing up is virtually impossible.
Is this world too much? Can't figure out the order or what you want to do or how to make enough money? Simply leave and start again in the lost dimension. In this world, the "lost" go to the Lost Dimension where they start a seemingly different life in a parallel world to our own. These lost individuals never return or contact the people that they left behind. The only way to find them is under the helm of the Agency of the Lost, a quasi-detective firm with a founder (Gennifer) who has a penchant for cigarettes and egg salad sandwiches. When Gennifer and her trusty employee find who they believe is Mae’s dad, her world seems to change as she listens to his raw and uncensored quasi-fatherly lessons. Mack, however, doesn’t believe he is her father, continually professing that he wants to return to the Lost Dimension, urging Mae to do the same and leave her life behind that perhaps he did.
New Year, New Art
February 1, 3PM & February 2, 7PM
Alex Schmidt: Co host
New Year New Art’ is a festival by Malia Lam and Alex Schmidt to give artist’s the opportunity to share their work. The festival will be hosted at The Tank Theater February 1st & 2nd.
This interdisciplinary work combines storytelling, drawing, and movement as an exercise in loving, remembering, keeping, being, and forgiving.
Who was the butch who took Georgia O’Keeffe camping, was an intimate friend for nine years, designed and built the internationally renowned house in Abiquiu—and did it all for love?
A Simple Herstory - Stress Buster Event
November 3, 7PM
Jocelyn Kuritsky (Series Creator, Executive Producer)
Jonathan A. Goldberg (Series Executive Producer, S1 & S2 Writer)
Meghan Finn (Series Presenting Partner, S2 Excerpts Director)
Jenny Turner Hall (Series Executive Producer, S2 Co-Writer)
Donya K. Washington (Series Executive Producer, S1 Director)
Florencia Lozano (Margaret Chase Smith), David Shih (Clyde/Bill)
Colleen Werthmann (Host/Eleanor Roosevelt)
Grace Flavien (Stage Manager)
Peter McCabe (Stress Buster Event Producer)
Nina Hellman (S2 Excerpts Swing)
A Simple Herstory — a Webby Award-honored and Telly Award-winning theatrical, multi-platform, audio fiction exploration of the 100+ women who have run for President of the United States — will throw a pre-election day party on November 3rd at The Tank (312 West 36th Street, 7PM) to build community, audience, and raise a couple a bucks in small change for A SIMPLE HERSTORY - SEASON 2.
This spooky season nothing is scarier than a film about man’s hubris. Shot4Shot is a drinking game with a movie problem. Actors are cast, scripts are distributed, drinking rules are rolled out, and epic fun is had.
Television! “The Boob Tube Plays” reveal how T.V. affects relationships, impacts story lines, and blends fantasy with reality. Join us on a 70-minute journey referencing notable actors, shows, fictional characters and, yes, a very special hyena.
[CRACKS] is a dance-theatre stage composition that deals with WOMAN's relation with love, power and death through the archetypes of Phaedra, Antigone and Medea.
Looking for a fun and unique way to spend Halloween night?
Join us on the 6th Floor of The Tank Theater for Movie Night, where there will be a special screening of the cult classic Troll 2, widely regarded as the best worst movie ever made!
"Doubt That the Stars Are Fire" is a queer mythological fairytale that explores the intersection of queerness, faith, and identity in a world where societal and divine expectations reign supreme.
Rose Kanj shares her journey of self-love in her autobiographical one-woman show told through silly yet vulnerable anecdotes and the music that shaped the imperfect human she is today.
Halloween night: six teens gather to confront the evil that's haunted their town for generations. But as everything goes wrong they're each forced to choose: save themselves or save each other?
There are no coincidences… only connections. Remarkable “follow-signs” lead a jaded writer to Scotland, where a bucket-list pilgrimage becomes an unexpected, life-changing exploration of kindness. Bonus: singing, Satanic nuns. #Edinburgh
Minnie has just started a wonderful new job. The pay is great, the job is easy, but the catch is it will drain the blood out of her if she isn't careful.
Tier5's SpookyFest staged reading series continues with James Cougar Canfield's DRACULA: BLOOD & GLITTER.
Celebrated novelist Nat has returned home for their sister's wedding. But when they meet their soon to be brother-in-law, dark things that should've been left buried in the backyard arise...
SUNSHOWER is an attempt at being funny and sexy while crying and desperate to not have your home - and by extension you - looked upon with disgust or remorse.
It's a very special episode highlighting the best of Armory sketch house team Road House... and some heartfelt lessons learned along the way. Join the studio audience on Tuesday, October 15th at 7pm.
Down in the Holler: a Staged Reading with The Bechdel Group
Monday, October 14 at 7pm
written by Val Dunn
directed by Marina Zurita
When two women vacation in a cabin just off The Appalachian Trail near DC, they have some unexpected visitors who dredge up more than the past.
Four eyes, two minds, two keys, one choice. Do you trust the man who calls the shots?
All the way from Scotland following a wonderful run at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Critically acclaimed storyteller Niall Moorjani (Mohan: A Partition Story) queers a Scottish folk classic in an evening of strangeness, sexy fairies and the fantastical.
Affecting Expression, a new queer tragicomedy: As three queer female artists in 1852 navigate their intersecting artistic paths and relationships, the walls of their home and boundaries between art and reality become increasingly unreliable.
Vote for us, hope for the future!
Something Blue is a gay story told through straight weddings
Bill’s Rice, a restaurant that serves only rice, runs out of rice. With a tempting business proposition and a vengeful ferret, the owners must navigate love, legacy, and letting go.
September 26, 27, 29, 30 at 7 PM
September 28 at 3 PM
October 3, 5, 7, 10, 12 at 7 PM
October 6, 13 at 3 PM
This play is based on the true story of a couple whose relationship was affected by Trump’s travel ban In 2017.The relationship serves as a metaphor, symbolizing the intricate dynamic between the nations of Iran and the US over the preceding four decades.
Tier5's SpookyFest staged reading series kicks off with Justin McDevitt's gay ghost story, Haunt Me.
Haunted prodigal playwright Sloane and their botanist husband Gwyn are due to settle the estate of Sloane's ailing grandmother. When Gwyn's childhood friend Beckham arrives to help the couple bury the hatchet, they soon discover there may be more to the dusty old house, and to Sloane's twisted past, hidden beneath the foundation.
Suficiente is a short film that follows a Mexican immigrant exploring the different personas she's had to create to be accepted in American society.
Mujer!
September 22 at 5pm
Leo Torres - Playwright
Rodrigo Ernesto Bolaños - Director
1934, on an isolated rancho in Mexico, Luisa yearns to leave behind the life that was forced on her. Through movies and magazines, she daydreams about what her life could be. Will Luisa's dreams remain a source of complacent comfort, or will she find the courage to turn them into reality?
Inspired in a real story, Dr. Joaquín finds a new meaning of life and healing in a community that prefers using puppets, magic and laughter to fight the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920).
Triple Bill: (Limón) Daddy Issues, Esclavo y Amo, Huapango Veracruzano
Experience <de>const.tru.y.END//o by Arantxa Araujo, featuring the symbolic deconstruction of 39 plaster altars, each containing a cempasuchil flower. This powerful performance invites reflection on personal identity and cultural narratives through striking visuals and an evocative soundscape.
The Loves of Diego Rivera is two person play about the art and women of Diego Rivera's amazing life.
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