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ARS NOVA

511 west 54th st
new york, 10019

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About the Theatre

Ars Nova exists to discover, develop & launch singular theater, music & comedy artists who are in the early stages of their professional careers. Our dynamic slate of programs supports outside-the-box thinking and encourages innovative, genre-bending work. By providing a protective environment where risk-taking and collaboration are paramount, Ars Nova amplifies the voices of a new generation of diverse artists and audiences, pushing the boundaries of live entertainment by nurturing creative ideas into smart, surprising new work.

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Past Shows

River L. Ramirez's Theories of Perversion & Depravity


Ars Novas Spring line up highlights its resident artists with eight nights of programming curated by the current Vision Residency class: River L. Ramirez; LEGACY: ...

River L. Ramirez's Theories of Death & the Afterlife


Ars Novas Spring line up highlights its resident artists with eight nights of programming curated by the current Vision Residency class: River L. Ramirez; LEGACY: ...

BBL: Black Beginning Live


Ars Novas Spring line up highlights its resident artists with eight nights of programming curated by the current Vision Residency class: River L. Ramirez; LEGACY: ...

River L. Ramirez's Theories of God & Love


Ars Nova’s Spring line up highlights its resident artists with eight nights of programming curated by the current Vision Residency class: River L. Ramirez; LEGACY: ...

Surrender, is the night An Evening of Songs & Orations with Jillian Walker


Jillian Walker is a multi-faceted artist and thinker who is shaping culture through interdisciplinary forms of performance. Her genre-pushing work SKiNFoLK: An American Show has ...

Heather Christian's Oratorio For Living Things


In this sweeping world premiere, composer Heather Christian infuses the classical oratorio with blues, gospel, jazz and soul. Oratorio for Living Things unfolds the complex ...

A Benefit Performance of Isaac Oliver's Lonely Christmas


Ars Nova's beloved holiday tradition returns live and in-person this December! Everyones favorite yuletide gay brings his renowned Lonely Christmas special back to the stage ...

Rags Parkland Album Celebration


The cast of Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future is reuniting for a concert to celebrate the March 2020 release of their original ...

Showgasm: The CAMP Edition


The artists from Ars Novas comedy residency take over our untamed monthly variety show-meets-party. Mahayla Laurence and Matt Gehring host this special Showgasm introducing us ...

P.S.
P.S.
10/7 - 10/23/2021


From a year in letters to a moment in time, experience the in-person culmination of P.S. Since November 2020, P.S. has delivered intimate storytelling directly ...

The Ramayan In Concert


The Ramayan is one of India's most treasured ancient stories. This epic tale of good and evil has been loved and shared for thousands of ...

Laura Galindo, In Front Of Your TV: The EP Release Show


In celebration of the imminent release of her EP In Front Of Your TV, Laura Galindo and her bandmates come together to play in a ...

Raimunda
Raimunda
9/17


When COVID first hit the US, Rodriguez was visiting friends in Vermont and stayed put. Displaced and delving deep into old and new musical influences, ...

How Does That Make You Feel


In this darkly comic and irreverently silly solo show, Ely Kreimendahl explores the intersection of queer motherhood, pregnancy, sobriety, identity and navigating being both a ...

Madre Mía // Minha Mãe


Three Latinx prepubescents sit in a waiting room and need to kill time while their moms are in another cult meetingthank God they have television! ...

Kuhoo's Cloud


We stumble into Kuhoo's computer storage and get a peek into self-tapes, self-reflection and self-preservation....

To All My Supporters


A shocking scandal occurs in a small town mayoral race. Two campaign advisors scramble to prep the talking points for their candidate's interview to explain ...

Ten Days Next to a Cheesecake Factory


A darkly comic BedTalk and investigation of Eleanor's time in a psychiatric ward, how she wound up there, what it was like and whether or ...

TRANS MOSES!


Christian Luu is TRANS MOSES! You're invited to this comedic sketch exploration into the perspective of living while trans. And Asian. And fat. And having ...

Playing With Myself


Step into the mind of Joel Perez as he loops his way through songs and stories about growing up as a queer Puerto Rican ex-Pentecostal. ...

Ugh, I'm Going Viral (Again!)


In a vibrant collage of viral online videos #femmeboy TikToks, tearful coming out YouTube videos, targeted gay Instagram Ads and more! this "Gen Z fever ...

A Boy's Room


Young Ricky gives the divas a run for their money and turns the performance of a lifetime in this glittery pop concert for the ages ...

my mouth is a queer time machine


A celebration of trans* histories and futures. Featuring audio from interviews with trans* and gender-nonconforming individuals, performers will trace forward in time through movement and ...

Meebula: A Drag and Sonic Memoir


Sound artist/DJ Jess Ramsay and drag artist Untitled Queen premiere Meebula: A Drag and Sonic Memoir, an immersive video art performance album combining original poetry, ...

Bread Crumbs


What even IS nonbinary anyway? A computer program? A tropical drink? A word that caused you to have an existential crisis when you finally realized: ...

SORRY/NOT SORRY


You say youre sorry, but what good is that? What do we do with an apology or without it? Some options include: dance, scream, fight, ...

my dick is david duke or The Sad Fat Negress Can't Get a Date


Why the f*ck are you so ashamed to love Black women especially the fat ones? While we know the systemic culprits are anti-Blackness and fatphobia, ...

AMERICA
AMERICA
6/19


Award-winning international physical theater company Voloz Collective brings you AMERICA, weaving juggling and object theater with magical realism in a fantastical physical comedy. Based on ...

he rip his shirt off completely


A nonsensical yoga teacher; an earnest artist; a self righteous multi-level marketer; an overblown philosopher. In this outlandish rumination on YouTubers and the culture that ...

Your Changing Body


In 2005, Ana Verdes mom told her about her period via a PowerPoint presentation, and now, shell regale you with that same gift. Part biology ...

NIGHTSWIMMING


NIGHTSWIMMING is an experimental short film that explores a young woman's fantasy world slowly crumbling around her as different versions of herself start to question ...

Paletas de Coco


Four Christmas Eves, three generations and one mans reckoning with forgiveness. Paletas de Coco explores the meaning of fatherhood in all of its complexities, through ...

pov: u run joe biden's tiktok


Follow four Gen Z influencers hired by the Biden campaign to create content for his official TikTok account. With the soul of the country at ...

WE STILL HERE


In WE STILL HERE, JJJJJerome Ellis reads new writing and accompanies himself with new music. In the writing, he continuesto explore intersections between blackness, disabled ...

Masque On
Masque On
6/9


Drawing inspiration from TV shows like Wonder Showzen and Sesame Street, influencer apology videos, viral tweets, shadow puppetry, memes and medical infomercials, Masque On channels ...

Re:collections


Re:collections is a performance film remembering lost language in the body, across land and in alternate universes. Following a recent return to the artists motherland ...

Perspective


Perspective is an ongoing sound, video and research project with disabled interviewees exploring access, care, interdependence and more through audio interviews, open captioning and musical ...

The (virtual) Wildness


Sky-Pony's indomitable Rock Fairy Tale cannot be stopped by social distancing. Indie-pop band Sky-Pony reunites for this one-night concert. Their lush sound and cheeky style ...

Stranger Futures: A World-Building Game


You're invited to engage in a communal game of imaginative thinking, to time travel and to experiment with new processes for dreaming: alone and in ...

CAMPFire: The Sneak Peek


Mahayla Laurence and Matt Gehring host a sneak peek at the inaugural comedy residency at Ars Nova: CAMP. Eight comedy groups will perform juicy teasers ...

RESILIENCE
RESILIENCE
5/14


An exaggerated triptych revolving around solitude, self-care, communal spaces and Zoom fatigue, RESILIENCE encourages you to reflect upon your own experiences, participation and self-awareness, through ...

Trés | Tres


An interactive visual meditation on home, journeys and the worlds we create for ourselves. This experience will invite you to engage with your surroundings in ...

The AIR-Vengers


Join us for a one-night-only Air Guitar Extravaganza! Hosted by two-time world champion, Matt "Airistotle" Burns, the evening features brand new stay-at-home performances by the ...

9 C u p s i n t h e M o o N


"As I am impelled to evolve beyond my fears and insecurities; walking the path of self-knowledge through the unknown inner realms of myself. I manifest ...

Showgasm.
Showgasm.
4/29


Still-breathing standup comedian George Civeris guest hosts our untamed monthly variety show-meets party, introducing us to his who's-who of the weird and wonderful from comedy ...

Healing Soundboxes: A Series of Aquifers


Healing Soundboxes: A Series of Aquifers are four recordings of voice and modular synths performed by Starr Busby and James Allister Sprang to be released ...

Ellen Winter wants to hug you but she can’t so how about she sings you some songs instead


Join Ellen in her LED-filled closet (and various other corners of her apartment) for a night of original music and quality time. Featuring tunes from ...

addy gets a childhood


addy gets a childhood is a poem, video, pleasure & reclamation project created by poet/musician/composer/artist kim mayo, aka moonheart. 'addy' reimagines the life of the ...

The Black Beginning


The Black Beginning is a multidisciplinary cabaret featuring Black queer artists and performers based in New York City. Each participating artist creatively responds to the ...

SOUTHERN GOTH


An archive of the glorious self. A reimagining of the baby picture for the growing transgender body. Documenting womanhood, pain, growth, god, love and joy. ...

Artifact
Artifact
4/9


Artifact is an experiment in-process that invites a group of inclined and multifarious artists to exhibit their work by transfiguring ideas, partly in conversation with ...

The Women (2021) [working title]


What does it mean to be a woman? What are the societal and gender expectations put on women? What are the obstacles? What are the ...

THUG
THUG
3/25


In 4 short dance films, Tislarm Bouie centers the nuances of Blackness and Masculinity in America....

Light Journals


A visual experience of light and dark in conversation with Rumi's poetry from Moon and Sun. Taking place on the vernal equinox, we mark a ...

Untitled Mockumentary Project (Episodes 3 & 4)


Untitled Mockumentary Project follows Collegiate Ki, Goddess G, Loud Aunty and Working Girl, four phenomenal Black Trans Womxn, as they come together to create the ...

Showgasm.
Showgasm.
3/18


Self-described "Reluctant Auntie-In-Training" SHALEWA SHARPE guest hosts a live-for-digital version of our untamed monthly variety-show-meets-party, introducing us to her who's-who of the weird and wonderful ...

Untitled Mockumentary Project (Episodes 1 & 2)


Untitled Mockumentary Project follows Collegiate Ki, Goddess G, Loud Aunty and Working Girl, four phenomenal Black Trans Womxn, as they come together to create the ...

Queer MENASA Dancy Partay


Shake the winter blues away with "Persian princess of drag" Jackie Cox (Ru Paul's Drag Race), hosting a Zoom dance party featuring the hottest dance ...

MENASAfied
MENASAfied
2/23


Join us for an evening of beloved pop, musical theater, and folk songs reinvented through the lens of the Middle Eastern, North African and South ...

Rona & Her Sketchy Friends


From the zany quarantine brain of Rona Siddiqui comes a video trilogy about a woman and the fleece-lined sweatshirt she dared to love. Featuring a ...

A Trip to Persia


Take a trip to Persia in this interactive online culinary event, hosted by Chef Behzad Jamshidi (Moosh NYC) and Atef Boulaabi of (SOS Chefs). You'll ...

A Very MENASA Valentine's


Four sexy writers, one juicy topic and sweet, sweet alcohol! Join us for four flash plays on dating in the time of COVID, hosted by ...

Authenticity vs. Opportunity: New Possibilities in MENASA Recognition & Representation


This FREE panel discussion profiles creators and activists in film, TV and theater to offer insights into this moment of possibility for MENASA representation in ...

Rise of Thunderdome


What does a revolutionary leader do when the people aren't ready for a revolution? Set at the brink of an apocalypse, this solo show follows ...

excerpts from my ribs (the end is sweet)


What does it mean to be born with an extra rib? When the loops and cycles we are given to work with are unable to ...

What Do They Call Us


Inspired by Nina Simone's "Four Women," WHAT DO THEY CALL US is an evening of stories and rituals featuring musicians, poets and dancers coming together ...

La Hora Santa


Inspired by a traditional Hora Santa at which family and friends gather to pray for the soul of a loved one who's passed, this one-night-only ...

Isaac Oliver's Lonely Christmas


Trim the tree, hang the stockings and tip the homewine your favorite holiday special is back (virtually)! Ring out the year-to-end-all-years cuddled up with stories, ...

Find Him (Episode 4 of 4)


Late one night, a guy told Dylan he wanted to disappear; the very next day he did. In this first installment of a four-part Definitely ...

The Rumble with Mahayla & Matt


Ars Nova CAMP Co-Program Directors Mahayla Laurence and Matt Gehring take the stage to host a night of comedians fighting to the death er, we ...

Mi: Michelle J. Rodriguez in Concert


In this intimate solo concert, Michelle J. Rodriguez presents the music that has kept her well during this Season of Pandemic and Uprising, which she ...

Find Him (Episode 2 of 4)


Late one night, a guy told Dylan he wanted to disappear; the very next day he did. In this first installment of a four-part Definitely ...

Showgasm w/ Joél Pérez


Triple-threat prince JOL PREZ guest hosts a live-for-digital version of our untamed monthly variety-show-meets-party, introducing us to his who's-who of the weird and wonderful from ...

Find Him (Episode 1 of 4)


Late one night, a guy told Dylan he wanted to disappear; the very next day he did. In this first installment of a four-part Definitely ...

The Other Other
The Other Other
10/27 - 11/3/2020


In the wake of Kamala Harris vice presidential nomination, and counting down to the 2020 Election, a queer interracial couple attempt to situate their relationship ...

A Blue-Moon Study by O-die


As the veil slims this Holy Eve, absorb live footage of O-dies full moon reading. Whos O-die? a voice, a monsterImagine the essence of Walter ...

HORSETALE
HORSETALE
8/17


How far would you go to restore the piece of yourself you hold most dear? In Hit the Lights! Theater Co.'s shadow play HORSETALE, a ...

HORSETALE
HORSETALE
8/17


How far would you go to restore the piece of yourself you hold most dear? In Hit the Lights! Theater Co.’s shadow play HORSETALE, a ...

Videos


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Sid Gold’s Request Room (7/2 - 12/30) Tracker
Rejects Anonymous in Off-Off-Broadway Rejects Anonymous
Caveat (12/30 - 12/30)

COMEDY Tracker
Guilty Pleasure: A Cumming Out Story in Off-Off-Broadway Guilty Pleasure: A Cumming Out Story
Caveat (1/19 - 1/19)
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Thomas Schütte SEPTEMBER 29th – JANUARY 18th
Museum of Modern Art (9/29 - 1/18)
Broadway Magic Hour in Off-Off-Broadway Broadway Magic Hour
Broadway Comedy Club (12/27 - 12/27)
David Marino in Off-Off-Broadway David Marino
Birdland Jazz Club (12/30 - 12/30)
Cult Classic Reimagined: The Rocky Horror Show at Gettysburg Community Theatre in Off-Off-Broadway Cult Classic Reimagined: The Rocky Horror Show at Gettysburg Community Theatre
Cult Classic Reimagined: The Rocky Horror Show at Gettysburg Community Theatre (10/28 - 10/28)
PHOTOS
Iolanthe in Off-Off-Broadway Iolanthe
Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College (4/5 - 4/6)
In Pour Taste: A Comedy Wine Tasting Experience in Off-Off-Broadway In Pour Taste: A Comedy Wine Tasting Experience
SoHo Playhouse (1/29 - 2/9)
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