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?
Vote for us, hope for the future!
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.
August 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17 at 7:00 PM
KARA & EMMA & BARBARA & MIRANDA is a play about four women whose major life crises collide on Christmas Eve, leading them to accidentally help each other find a way out.
Catholic School Girlz navigates struggles of religious beliefs and sexuality, all while dealing with the drama of middle school choir. This one act comedy celebrates young queer love and girlhood.
In a world where art is banned, the Raccoon Princess creates a secret sanctuary in her bar's basement, building a shrine to a goddess she prays will save her.
Recycling the refuse of earlier writing projects, uncollected trash collection is an essay-in-dross about the relationship between art, trash, love, death, and transformation.
When Princess Frankie of Sewer City is flushed away by The Evil Clog, she must rediscover who she is and find her path to destroy the evil plaguing her kingdom.
"Goretti" follows the decade anniversary that three friends left the Catholic faith. But when secrets behind the departure are unearthed, their relationships are tested, asking "Is forgiveness possible?"
Written and performed by Jesse Winton, this darkly comedic one-man show tackles the mundane issues of death, mortality, and what they have to teach us about the meaning of life.
Planting Day grapples with the inescapable fact that two things can be true at the same time. How do we plan for an uncertain future in a world that is slowly burning?
"Shamelia Blume and that Fat Bitch" follows Amy, a 13 year old, Glee-obsessed, book-reading, fat, Mississippi, teenage girl as she gets ready for the Little Miss Hog Stomp Pageant.
Great Aunts
June 24 at 7:00pm
Great Aunts transports audiences to Gran's home for some Southern cooking, spirited phone calls, and a look into family photo albums that are full of diagnoses and revelations.
Gi60 International One Minute Theatre Festival: US - 20th Anniversary!
May 15, 16, 17 and 18 at 7:00 PM
May 19 at 3:00 PM
Gi60 International One Minute Theatre Festival: US - 20th Anniversary! 60 plays (40 from 'the vault' and 20 new) performed by 17 actors in one evening! Join us for this exhilirating smorgasbord of stories!
Four Fragments and A Spirit of Some Strange Love
April 29th at 7:00 PM
Join us for a night of Theater at The Tank with Sarah Lawrence and Take in Romeo & Juliet getting re-imagined in A Spirit of Some Strange Love, dance with us in Solo Performance fragments
April 20 at 3:00pm
April 21 at 7:00pm
This is a story of Anatolian women who chose to fight alongside their countrymen for freedom.
April 4, 6, 11, 13 at 7:00 PM
The world is ending. Thea Collins is taking notes. A surreal, comedic meditation on an apocalypse of language, PLUME explores the absurdity of keeping history at history’s end.
It's the end of an era! After ten years of memories and laughter, producer Brett Epstein invites you to the Tank one last time to celebrate with the artists and audiences who've made 7x7 a decade-long short play smash.
Emily and Lorraine meet for the first time at Lorraine's home, under somewhat special circumstances. This one-act play explores love, grief, and complicated female companionship.
A showcase of four comedic & socially conscious one-act plays making their NY premiere, performed by new and undiscovered NYC actors, written by emerging playwrights.
As a woman struggles to leave an abusive relationship, her future self travels back in time to guide and support her. This play is a love story between our past, present and future selves.
Sistersongs
by Rachael Sage
Rachael Sage brings selections from her critically acclaimed “Sistersongs” to the IHRAF on the heels of releasing her 15th full-length album, “The Other Side”. Sage has been at the forefront of the NYC indie women’s music scene for over 20 years, having founded MPress Records to release her and many other artists’ work. Sage’s empowering lyrics and genre-crossing musical compositions have been described as “wildly expressive” by Paste Magazine and garnered listeners everywhere from Ireland to Japan. Informed by her own experiences as a survivor of domestic abuse, sexual assault, and cancer while also harnessing a seemingly unlimited amount of idealism and hope for a better future, Sage’s “Sistersongs” take the listener on a journey exploring our common humanity while challenging us with difficult questions and a world reimagined, where inclusion and compassion reign supreme. www.rachaelsage.com
Sacred Women
by Moving Spirits
Sacred Women is a dance that honors Black women and their role in society as healers through the traditional dances of Oya, coming from the sacred Yoruba movements; the Cabolco, coming from the sacred Indigenous movements from present-day Brazil; and movements coming from the descendants of African ancestors in the United States.
No More Fairy Mary’s
by Steph Prizhitomsky
Girlhood in motion is a ballet up close. Sweat, blood, tears, and all. Mary wakes up in a body that does not feel her own, in a world she knows not the rules of, with only the choices to sink or to swim.
Viable
by Cate Wiley
In a comic triptych, Viable probes the paradox of the female body in twenty-first century America. On the one hand, sex positivity, SlutWalks, no more fat shaming! On the other, the end of legal abortion in half the country. Why is half the American body politic still a problem, and what’s a person with a uterus to do?
La Monica
by Artist Collective
This multidisciplinary performance work represents women's freedom of choice with movement, texts and music.
"Dream on the Farm: ""The More Things Change""
by Farm Arts Collective
The More Things Change is a devised eco-performance work from Farm Arts Collective. Conceived and directed by artistic director and farmer, Tannis Kowalchuk, it is play #4 in a decade long climate change-themed series entitled Dream on the Farm (the ensemble is making 10 plays in 10 years). The More Things Change, a promenade performance, premiered August 2023 on Willow Wisp Organic Farm. It tells the story of a multi-generational farm family offered a huge sum of money to sell their farm to developers of “bio-diversity” theme parks. The offer pitches the family into a dramatic crisis and a riveting family drama unfolds as they decide what to do in the face of climate change and their own personal dreams—to sell or not to sell?
Sherry's Bop
by Bompart Productions
Sherry’s Bop is a comedy about humanity’s toxic relationship with our planet Earth. Through a series of arguments, eventually God intervenes as a couple’s counselor between Edward (humanity) and Earth. A serious couple’s session is had, leading to a shocking conclusion.
Regeneration
by JCWK Dance Lab
Regeneration is a contemporary dance by JCWK Dance Lab that explores the relationships between humans and Mother Earth. Regeneration draws inspiration from agricultural soil regeneration research originating in JCWK Dance Lab’s hometown of Berks County, PA. The Rodale Institute’s research has demonstrated a direct relationship between soil regeneration and climate change. Regeneration is a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) experiment with an all-female, multigenerational cast and original music. It continues JCWK Dance Lab’s mission of creating Joy, Connection and Wellness through Kinesthetic stories by Connecting the Wellness of our environments to the Joy and Wellness of humans through dance (our Kinesthetic stories).
Over Heat
by Loxton & Co.
Somewhere, in the near distant future, the planet has gotten hot... and is only getting hotter.
Eruption / Regenesis
by mignolo dance
Eruption / Regenesis, set to original music by Daniel Gall, explores the myriad ways diverse individuals react to disaster. The piece tracks the trajectory of an erupting volcano, and the choreography is informed by the dancers' own tendencies and coping mechanisms in the face of challenging circumstances."
The Sea
by Taiwo Aloba
An accidental meeting of two mothers avalanches into heartbreaking revelations.
Guellen, Kansas
a 103rd St. Productions and Astroboy Productions Co-production
Set in a very possible near future, and inspired by THE VISIT by Friedrich Durrenmatt, Guellen, Kansas is a world that's half magic, and half crushing reality. Highschool sweethearts Chase and Alice meet in the park to talk about some very bitter things, all the while being watched by a pair of magic trees. The couple struggles to reach a decision on what to do next in this world that's being affected by rapidly changing reproductive health laws. A short film was recently produced by Theater Resources Unlimited, and directed by Jordan Richards.
Herd Immunity
by Meron Langsner
Two young mothers come to realize that their worldviews are not compatible with their friendship.
Dirty Laundry
by Caleb Dukes
The ten-minute version of what will be a full-length play, "Dirty Laundry" explores the moment a mother and son come to an impasse when a horrible truth is finally said out loud. Emotions run high as the bounds of family ties are stretched. Is blood thicker than soapy water? The play deals with very dark, triggering topics involving statutory rape and abuse.
Timeshare
by Christine Benvenuto
OLIVE arrives for an obligatory timeshare sales pitch from KELLY, but what she is asked to buy into is not a condo.
ANOTHER 10 MIN PLAY TBD
The Last Supper
by Steven Gaynor
Three men sit in the waiting room of a hospital's outpatient clinic in 1983 with the intention of being tested for the AIDS virus. During the course of events, these very different individuals will evolve from a feeling of intense dislike to one of solidarity and love for each other as they are forced to confront a doctor who is totally indifferent to their plight and anti-gay rioters (never seen) outside the facility.
In 'Backlash to Brazilian Happiness,’ *Debora Balardini delivers a poignant solo performance, offering a unique perspective as a Brazilian-American multiracial woman navigating life in the United States.
November 4th at 9:30 PM
November 5th at 7:00 PM
UNSTUCK comedically explores the evolution of Levine's Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and how it has engaged particularly with her sexuality and identity as a queer woman.
November 4, 9, 11, 15, at 7:00 PM
November 5, 12, at 3:00 PM
Set on a December evening, staff and patrons of a New York City diner struggle with the lives they lead and dream about the ones they'd like to. Among them, Natalie, a waitress resigned to disappointment, grapples with whether she can change.
October 25th at 7:00pm, October 27th at 9:30pm, October 28th at 7:00pm, October 29th at 7:00pm.
Part small town drama, part absurdist comedy, The Cappuccinos paints an absurdist vision of American decline and the precious power of poetry.
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?”
September 10th, 17th, 24th at 3:00pm
September 9th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 18th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 28th, 29th, 30th at 7:00pm
October 1st at 3:00 pm
Mi Abuela, Queen of Nightmares follows Maya, a young Salvadoran-American, who navigates trauma and family mythology through magic and folklore as she comes of age in Phoenix, Arizona.
