STREEPSHOW by Jay Stull, directed by Andrew Neisler (June 2017)
The Tank offers the opportunity for comedians to develop and practice their technique in a space that welcomes stand-up, sketch, improvisation, and more. Providing space for the emerging artist to expand an audience base, The Tank also provides a platform for the underrepresented voices in comedy, encouraging anyone with the desire to be funny to get on stage and make us laugh.
The Tank is the home of The Armory Comedy. The Armory Comedy runs a weekly improv show in The Attic @ The Tank along with a monthly sketch show in our 56 Seat theater. Learn more about The Armory Comedy here.
Do a show here! As with all of our programming, we operate with an ongoing open submissions process. Click here for application instructions!
Past comedians who have performed at The Tank include Lee Camp, Negin Farsad, Baratunde Thurston, Colin Quinn, Kutti Gang, Leighann Lord, and Baron Vaughn.
UPCOMING COMEDY SHOWS
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.
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?
BREAKING NEWS! Road House Sketch Comedy is back, bringing you hard hitting news stories on 6/4 at 7pm at The Tank!
New York City's Trashiest Talk Show
Since he was a young boy, Benny Winner dreamed of hosting his own talk show, like his heroes Jerry Springer, Steve Wilkos, and Maury Povich.
Stove's Cabin Crew is Fordham Lincoln Center's only comedy club. 10 years on from its founding, alumni will join with current members for a jam-packed journey through the club's history.
September 27th at 7 PM
September 28th at 9:30 PM
A new sketch show from Milk 3.0 in which the new neighbors aren't all they seem... wait, I see their tails, you're so right, they're totally aliens aren't they??
Join Emily for another round of Truth, Dare, or Lesbian, the interactive musical comedy show where she spills her truths, performs your dares, and asks “what is lesbian?”
August 29th at 7pm
Roadhouse Sketch Comedy (presented by The Armory) introduces their August show: Strength! Join us for raucous laughs August 29th at 7pm at The Tank.
August 14th at 7pm
Trade in your burgers and Old Navy sales for a hot & zesty roast of THE MAN.
The Armory Comedy is proud to present their newest adventure in sketch comedy: Road House! Join us for the first of many monthly shows comprised of what absolutely no critics are describing as "a delightful romp of aliens, robots, dogs, and more that you will have to see to believe."
May 25, June 15, July 19 at 7:00 PM
Following in the footsteps of his heroes, Benny Winner lives out his dream of being a trashy talk show host.
A musical journey about replacing God with today’s pop girlies.
June 15 at 9:30 PM
Comedian and Musician Ashley Everhart is back with a brand-new solo character show! Written and Performed by Ashley Everhart Directed by Maggie Carr
June 10 at 7:00 PM
Grant proposals? MFA programs? Hot girl gallery opening IG Lives? She’s a ho for them all! (In a sex-positive way.) Painting may be dead, but Art Bitch’s complaints about “making it” are very much alive.
Really, this solo comedy thingy is a manifesto. She has to show her parents she’s still trying in order to keep their financial support; like artists in any age, she needs a good patron. How else can she complete her series of sorority crystal sculptures? Prototype to come; still in development. She just needs a new sketchbook, but she hasn’t found the PERFECT one yet. You get it. A digital mood board’s just as good; she just hasn’t decided on a URL yet. She’s putting a poll on Tumblr so check it out.
June 3rd and 4th at 3:00 PM
June 5th at 7:00 PM
A crash course on how to save the world. Class participation encouraged. Snacks included!
May 13th at 7:00 PM
Tale as old as time, song as old as wine... Shot4Shot presents Les Mis!
SHOT4SHOT is a movie game with a drinking problem. Roles are randomly cast, scripts are handed out, and drinking rules are assigned for the cast and audience which guarantees a night of uproarious fun and nostalgia.
You've never seen your favorite films quite like this!
A fresh spin on a classic! Welcome to Improvised Columbo, a mystery show where seasoned comedians make up an entire episode of Columbo on the spot.
April 21, 22, 27, 29 May 4, 5, 11, 12 at 7:00 PM
April 23, 30 May 7, 13 at 3:00 PM
A show about the rough and tumble life of being a children's party clown.
(t)RUST is a play that follows two sisters who suddenly reunite, only to find that they’ve changed greatly. It’s a charming, laugh-out-loud story about family and connection.
A night of tender, experimental, improvisational, and absurdly authentic performances hosted by Little Fish (performers/storytellers Michelle Drozdick and Annie-Sage Whitehurst). @littlefishcomedy
SHOT4SHOT is a movie game with a drinking problem. Roles are randomly cast, scripts are handed out, and drinking rules are assigned for the cast and audience which guarantees a night of uproarious fun and nostalgia. You've never seen your favorite films quite like this!
Welcome to the inaugural edition of Drag Me Into Longform, a collaborative showcase of narrative theater-drag. A group of New York drag artists got together to dream about what we could make with a full theater, more time, and space to workshop together. Drag Me Into Longform is that love child: a mashup of genres, constructed to push the narrative and conceptual limits of drag itself.
Join us, Tiny Ann, Tiny Eva, and Tiny Hrannar, for a night of long-form improv! Come for laughs, goofs, and spoofs!
HANK! and Chicken Big ring in 2023, officially deemed the year of Improv and that is cannon.
Improv comedy, brought to you by The Armory Comedy! Every Friday @ in The Attic. Free!
Meat allergy-inducing ticks, therapy robots, and rabid groundhogs collide at a luxury health retreat in this new comedy about trying to be better than you’ve been.
The wettest comedy show in NYC! Chloe and Natasha are back with another Jaw-some night of chaos, clowning, and (hopefully) laughter on a submarine mission to kill the allusive Megalodon.
December 3rd and 4th at 9:30 PM