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Chain Theatre 2025 Winter One-Act Festival Now Accepting Submissions


by A.A. Cristi - November 08, 2024

Submit your play to the 2025 Chain Theatre Winter One-Act Festival in NYC, running February 3 to March 2. The festival celebrates new, original work from voices across the theater world, accepting plays ranging from 10 to 60 minutes in length....

HOW TO BREXIT GRACEFULLY To Premiere At The Chain Theatre


by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 05, 2024

Thirdwing will present the world premiere of HOW TO BREXIT GRACEFULLY by Cameron Darwin Bossert, set in 1990, exploring personal and professional turmoil on a ferry between England and Ireland. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets. ...

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. ...

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!...

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

Be A Good Little Widow
Be A Good Little Widow
10/10 - 10/13/2024


A multimedia interpretation of a young woman's journey navigating an unexpected loss, and the ways in which we cope with grief and longing.
Limited Tickets Remain

Bella Kouds, Ryan O'Toole and Denycia Thompson to star in Edward Allan Baker's Face Divided


Playwright Edward Allan Baker dedicates this play to children born to seventeen-year-old mothers.

Stop Kiss
Stop Kiss
9/10 - 9/15/2024


Diana Son's play "Stop Kiss" is a poignant and thought-provoking exploration of love, identity, and the consequences of a single moment.

Tomorrow We Love
Tomorrow We Love
6/13 - 6/23/2024


A new gender-bending comedic homage to the classic romantic films of the mid-twentieth century written by Jeffrey Vause ( Aloha Oy! ) and Steve Hauck ...

Then and Now by Jessica Carmona (The Chain Theatre: One Act Festival 2024)


In the Bronx, an immigrant Irish woman of the past visits a current Mexicanimmigrant family currently living in a historic mansion.

TRUE WEST
TRUE WEST
12/14 - 12/16/2023


This holiday season, The Pelican Players NYC are happy to present Sam Shepard’s  TRUE WEST.  The production, directed by Barrett Crowder, boasts a stellar cast ...

Aztec Pirates and the Insignificance of Life on Mars


Johnny Montenegro is an ICE agent accused of being a traitor to his race. After an ugly incident in the field gets him suspended from ...

The Beholden
The Beholden
10/26 - 10/29/2023


From Trapezoid Theatre Co., the team that brought you the surreal journey, EGG FRAME, comes a new, magical dramedy steeped in witchy history and folklore. ...
New Play

The Motherf**ker with the Hat by Stephen Adly Guirgis


  Hats Off Productions presents…The Motherf**ker with the Hat by Stephen Adly Guirgis August 18 - September 2, 2023. Location: The Chain Theatre 312 W ...

Puss in Boots: After Dark
Puss in Boots: After Dark
5/18 - 5/28/2023


Puss in Boots: After Dark is a fully-devised musical with commedia dell'arte characters and commedia plot elements. The story is filled with quests, magic, hidden ...

The Night Alive
The Night Alive
10/13 - 10/22/2022


Conor McPhersons The Night Alive is coming to New York City! McPhersons hero, Tommy, is a middle-aged loner who has lost all hope; a Jack ...

Macbitches
Macbitches
8/19 - 9/10/2022


"What's done, cannot be undone." When a freshman acting major is unexpectedly cast as Lady Macbeth, a few upperclassmen invite her over to celebrate. As ...

Bonefruit
Bonefruit
7/9 - 7/21/2022


In a chapel in the middle of the desert, two girls meet for the first time in years. Together, they must grapple with the grim ...

The House Where Nobody Lives


The House Where Nobody Lives is a heartfelt story of a man who returns to his childhood home in Buffalo, New York, to find it ...


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

Videos


A Christmas Carol in Off-Off-Broadway A Christmas Carol
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Piano Panties: A Cheeky Cabaret Show in Off-Off-Broadway Piano Panties: A Cheeky Cabaret Show
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
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Projects: Marlon Mullen DECEMBER 14, 2024 – APRIL 20, 2025 in Off-Off-Broadway THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Projects: Marlon Mullen DECEMBER 14, 2024 – APRIL 20, 2025
The Museum of Modern Art (12/14 - 4/20)
Iolanthe in Off-Off-Broadway Iolanthe
Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College (4/5 - 4/6)
Webtoons Animation: Bringing Digital Comics to Life in Off-Off-Broadway Webtoons Animation: Bringing Digital Comics to Life
Flop House Comedy Club (7/24 - 5/1)
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Life Dances On: Robert Frank in Dialogue SEPTEMBER 15th – JANUARY 11th in Off-Off-Broadway THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Life Dances On: Robert Frank in Dialogue SEPTEMBER 15th – JANUARY 11th
MoMA (9/15 - 1/11)
Backtrack Vocals A Cappella: Slay Bells & Sing Alongs in Off-Off-Broadway Backtrack Vocals A Cappella: Slay Bells & Sing Alongs
The Green Room 42 (12/21 - 12/21)
Sallie Bieterman Plays Herself in Off-Off-Broadway Sallie Bieterman Plays Herself
Don't Tell Mama (1/16 - 1/17)
'Twas the Night Before Kwanzaa in Off-Off-Broadway 'Twas the Night Before Kwanzaa
Black Spectrum Theatre Company (12/27 - 12/29)
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