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Making Our Space Theatre Co. to Present Inaugural Production KIN in December


by Blair Ingenthron - October 20, 2024

Making Our Space Theatre Co. has announced its inaugural production, 'Kin,' a heartfelt ensemble play by Bathsheba Doran, playing this December at The Chain Theatre....

LAKE GEORGE Will Debut at the Chain Theatre in November


by Stephi Wild - October 08, 2024

Lake George is a story centered around love, class dynamics and conflicting perspectives on life philosophies, providing a brutal and darkly comedic insight into the world of an upper-class family and their treatment of those around them....

Ava Nicole Frances To Lead OLIVIA O Cast At Spark Theatre Festival NYC


by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 24, 2024

Ava Nicole Frances, a two-time Broadway World Award winner and American Idol finalist, will lead the cast of OLIVIA O, THE MUSICAL at the Spark Theatre Festival NYC. Olivia O tells the story of Olivia Ortiz, a 14 year undocumented migrant who is separated from her mother at the US-Mexican border....

George Bernard Shaw's OVERRULED to be Presented The American Theatre Of Actors


by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 24, 2024

George Bernard Shaw's OVERRULED, directed by John DeBenedetto, explores the concept of open marriage in a modernized setting. The production will run at the American Theatre of Actors in New York City. Learn how to purchase tickets. ...

The Usual Rejects to Present Staged Parody Fan Event BROTHER, YOU ARE GOING DOWN: HEAT!!


by Blair Ingenthron - September 21, 2024

The Usual Rejects announced their latest staged parody fan event, Brother, You Are Going Down: HEAT, following sold-out performances of TITANIC, TMNT, and STAR WARS....

Photos: Opening Night of Pamela Weiler Grayson's New Play OBSERVANT at the Chain Theatre


by Stephi Wild - September 16, 2024

Pamela Weiler Grayson’s new play Observant opened on Thursday, September 12 with a sold-out house at Spark Theatre Festival NYC. The New York Premiere is currently running until September 28 at the Chain Theatre in midtown Manhattan. Shellen Lubin directs. Check out photos from opening night here!...

RAWSHOCK Comes to Manhattan Repertory Theatre


by Stephi Wild - September 13, 2024

Manhattan Repertory Theatre has announced a limited engagement run of Rawshock, a new drama set in a psychiatric hospital as conflict erupts between vulnerable patients and the needs of the corporation that recently acquired the facility. ...

Photos: Emerging Artists Theatre's Spark Theatre Festival NYC Week One Shows in Rehearsal


by Stephi Wild - September 09, 2024

Award-winning Emerging Artists Theatre’s (EAT) bi-annual Spark Theatre Festival NYC starts today, September 9. Check out rehearsal photos here!...

Multicultural Team Brings New Musical IRREPLACEABLE To New York For Festival Reading


by Stephi Wild - September 05, 2024

On September 9, 2024, a developmental reading of an excerpt of the new musical Irreplaceable will take place at the Chain Theater in New York, as part of the Emerging Artists Theatre's Spark Theatre Festival NYC....

Cast & Creative Team Announced for OLIVIA O At Spark Theatre Festival NYC


by A.A. Cristi - September 04, 2024

Award-winning director Jennica Carmona will helm the New York City debut of OLIVIA O, THE MUSICAL at the Emerging Artist Spark Theatre Festival on Sept 29 at the Chain Theatre, focusing on US-Mexican border stories....

Past Shows

Model Majority Masterpiece Theatre - A Literary Comedy


Celebrate books and freedom with a night of literary inspired sketch comedy by Model Majority. Get your tickets before they get banned.

The Schmidt Sisters: A Revolutionary Situation


Emerging Artists Theatre Presents The Schmidt Sisters: A Revolutionary Situation A workshop performance on September 18th 7pm   Part of the 2024 Spark Theatre Festival ...

Subway Windows


Subway Windows,” part of an evening of dance/theatre at the SPARK Festival, takes its inspiration from “The Subway Series” paintings by contemporary visual artist Ilene Isseks. ...

IN JUSTICE
IN JUSTICE
9/14


Staged reading of a new musical inspired by recent events, IN JUSTICE follows an ambitious prosecutor as she lands her career case but encounters corruption.

Time Capsule Project
Time Capsule Project
7/1 - 7/7/2024


Welcome to our first annual Time Capsule Project! Our Mission is to empower our participating artists to become the next generation of creative leaders in ...

Telos
Telos
5/6 - 5/12/2024


Telos is a one-act play that examines why we do what we do; exploring a sense, or rather lack, of purpose amongst the vast majority ...

Gidion's Knot
Gidion's Knot
5/2 - 5/5/2024


Over the course of a parent/teacher conference, a grieving mother and an emotionally overwhelmed primary school teacher have a fraught conversation about the tragic suicide ...

Constellations
Constellations
4/18 - 4/28/2024


Their world embraces the concept of “what if” in the vast possibilities of a future within an expansive universe.

Witchland
Witchland
4/5 - 4/14/2024


Experience the thrills and chills of WITCHLAND, a new scary, thrilling and funny play for adults.
New Play

Blue Surge
Blue Surge
3/28 - 3/30/2024


A staged Reading of Rebecca Gilman's "Blue Surge" Comes to Chain Theatre, at 312 West 36th Street.   Jeremy McClelland and Gray Thurstone proudly present  ...

Girls' Night
Girls' Night
2/18 - 3/2/2024


Girls' Night is a 10-minute play participating in Chain Theatre's one-act festival.   Use code GIRLS when checking out!   Despite her best friend’s grief ...

Death Keeps His Court
Death Keeps His Court
2/17 - 2/28/2024


Set in 1890s Old West, fear and paranoia set in when 11 stangers stuck in a saloon must decide who will leave with the Reaper.

The Dead Arm
The Dead Arm
2/18 - 2/28/2024


Lily, a girl afraid of silence, learns that "being alive" isn't inherently the same as being "not dead."

Tourist Trap
Tourist Trap
2/10 - 2/22/2024


TOURIST TRAP, written by Elijah Guo and directed by Dylin Taylor, premieres at the Chain Theatre One-Act Festival on Feb. 10 at 8:00pm, Feb. 18 ...

La monja alférez (The Lieutenant Nun)


A story of a 17th Century woMAN who fights against all odds to validate his gender identity.

Hamlet Speak
Hamlet Speak
7/26 - 7/29/2023


"Hamlet Speak" is a new adaptation and shorter cut (world premiere) of Shakespeare's well-known tragedy that includes predominately the original text, punctuated with contemporary monologues ...

The Scope of William Jennings Bryan


William Jennings Bryan was the greatest orator of the 20th Century.  Over 100 years ago, the three-time presidential nominee of the Democratic Party predicted the ...

The Match Girl
The Match Girl
6/30 - 7/2/2023


How does a girl escape from the everlasting gravity that chains her to the ground? Meimei, a 16 year old girl in China, has become ...

The Match Girl
The Match Girl
6/30 - 7/2/2023


How does a girl escape from the everlasting gravity that chains her to the ground? Meimei, a 16 year old girl in China, has become ...

La caída de Rafael Trujillo
La caída de Rafael Trujillo
4/14 - 4/30/2023


The story of a man whose desire for absolute power poisoned his humanity and terrorized a nation. TEATRO CÍRCULO , one of the leading bilingual ...

Dear Mom, I'm Gay! The Musical!


Music and Book by David Allen Dilsizian. Based on a true story about a young man coming out to his religous mother.  Synopsis- Dan Sarkisian ...

THIS G*D DAMN HOUSE
THIS G*D DAMN HOUSE
3/15 - 4/8/2023


Jet lagged, without warning, Danny is summoned from NYC by his brother Jacob to Florida. Their mother has 24 hrs to vacate their childhood home. ...

Seis
Seis
2/16 - 2/26/2023


As part of CALLBACKseries2023, from February 16 to 26 Teatro Círculo presents 'Seis' by Uruguayan playwright Federico Roca, a moving tribute to six transgender women ...

Así se baila en el norte
Así se baila en el norte
2/18 - 2/25/2023


As part of DANCEseries2023, from February 18 to 25, Teatro Círculo will bring for the first time the dance troupe Mexica Danza Folklórica. Directed by ...

What Passes For Comedy
What Passes For Comedy
10/28 - 11/19/2022


  The critically-acclaimed Chain Theatre (NYT critic’s pick macbitches) is pleased to announce the world premiere production of G.D. Kimble’s WHAT PASSES FOR COMEDY, directed ...

1983
1983
7/10 - 7/22/2022


1983AS PART OF THECHAIN THEATRE PLAY FESTIVAL 2022www.chaintheatre.orgJoin us this summer for the Chain Theatre Play Festival. "1983" will be part of the selected voices ...

Third Wing
Third Wing
6/23 - 6/26/2022


In Third Wing forgotten employees complete obsolete tasks and search for meaning. Their spouses and children occupy the same incongruous space, a basic workplace that ...

Garbageman
Garbageman
3/17 - 4/10/2022


Dan Bandana and Buddy Maple have known each other since high school. Last in their class but strong in spirit, they always find their way ...

Kalispell by Kim E. Ruyle
Kalispell by Kim E. Ruyle
9/24 - 9/26/2021


For Immediate Release:Manhattan Repertory Theatre returns with the New York City premiere of Kim E. Ruyles award-winning play, KALISPELL!Manhattan Repertory Theatre presents the New York ...

Still, Birth. - a play about pregnancy loss


STILL, BIRTH. a play about pregnancy lossBy Robyne Parrish and Coley CompanyCo-Produced by The Chain TheatreAS PART OF THECITY ARTISTS CORPS GRANT FROM NEW YORK ...

Georgie D.
Georgie D.
7/24 - 8/15/2021


Playwright Jessica Durdock Moreno is the 2021 recipient of the John Golden Award for Excellence in playwriting from the Faculty of NYU Tisch. Presented as ...

The Frogs
The Frogs
7/27 - 8/12/2021


Dionysus, god of wine, merriment, and theatre, has left his home at Mount Olympus and joined the greatest farce of them all: the American politic. ...

Queen Z
3/20 - 3/21/2021


While theatres across New York City remain closed, the Chain Theatre is continuing its commitment to developing new plays by diverse artists and underrepresented voices ...

Chasing the River
2/7 - 2/29/2020


Chain Theatre Mainstage: Chasing the River...

Bootstraps
Bootstraps
10/22 - 10/28/2019


A wickedly fun new comedy that skewers our reality-TV politics and the stories we tell about ourselves, Bootstraps by Kathryn Funkhouser premieres at the Chain ...

The Nina Variations
The Nina Variations
12/6 - 12/9/2018


In this homage to "The Seagull", Steven Dietz locks Nina, a young actress played by Francesca Ravera, and Treplev, a young writer played by André ...

North of Providence
North of Providence
11/2 - 11/3/2018


A new production of Edward Allan Baker's “North of Providence” will be brought to life at the Chain Theatre, November 2nd and 3rd. Carol (played ...

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