PRIDEFEST 2026 to Showcase New Queer Works at The Tank NYC

The Tank NYC have announced the lineup for PrideFest 2026, their annual festival showcasing new work by queer artists, curated by Max Mooney and playing at The Tank (312 W 36th St., New York, NY 10018), June 19-30.

The Tank's PrideFest is a festival of new and imaginative performances from queer artists that center the LGBTQ+ community. The shows of PrideFest 2026 address queer joy, laughter, struggle, resistance and beauty through a range of mediums including theater, comedy, puppetry, storytelling, and music. These performances will reflect where we've come from, where we are, and where we can go.

"This year we are celebrating Pride by supporting the varied and imaginative work of this incredible group of artists," said curator Max Mooney. "From drag shows to new musicals to radio plays, PrideFest 2026 will showcase the many modes of queer artistic expression."

Tickets are available for advance purchase at https://thetanknyc.org/pridefest-2026.

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T-Boy on Grindr

Written & Performed by João d'Orey, Directed by Malaya Stern Takada

In T-BOY ON GRINDR, João d'Orey traces transmasculine desire through the fragmented landscape of digital intimacy. Moving between humor and vulnerability, the performance unpacks the politics of visibility, the commodification of bodies, and the search for connection in queer online spaces. Fri June 19 at 9:30pm & Sun June 21 at 7pm

The Late Night Radio Fest

Created by Drew Pisarra

A weekend of radio theater: Friday night is the suspenseful "The Strange Case of Nick M." Saturday night is the philosophically farcical "Price in Purgatory." Pre-recorded. Strictly audio. Eye-masks provided. Fri June 19 at 9:30pm & Sat June 20 at 9:30pm

TASMANIA!

Written by Jon Kunitsky

An impossible tale of ambition gone wrong. Part comedy, part romance, part portrait-of-an-artist-as-a-menace, TASMANIA! explores what happens when we don't know when to stop or who to turn to next. Sat June 20 at 3pm

Lovers of the Good

Written by Leo James Osborn

Sat June 20 at 3pm

Tempest & The Black Madonna

Lead Vocalist, Lyricist & Frontperson Brent Thomas Whiteside

Tempest & The Black Madonna is a myth masquerading as a band: a volatile theatre ritual where live music, poetry, testimony, and storytelling build a temporary archive of Black queer memory and collective survival. Led and conjured by Brent Thomas Whiteside.

Sat June 20 at 7pm

ANARCOAFEMINADO

Created by CHICO RARO

ANARCOAFEMINADO** is a fierce collision of queer chaos, rebellion, nightlife, and performance art - raw emotion, unapologetic energy, provocative visuals, and liberation without rules. Enter the beautiful collapse. Sat June 20 at 9:30pm

We, The Feminists! or WTF!

Written by LySaundra Janeé

A Black queer feminist's journey in fighting for gender justice gets complicated when her sugar daddy becomes her nonprofit's biggest donor. WTF!? Sun June 21 at 3pm

Girlfriends: A Not So Straight Play

Written by Sara Malinowski

Why get breakup bangs when you can cross the country with a stranger?

Sun June 21 at 9:30pm & Wed June 24 at 7pm

The Internet's Boyfriend

Written by Rose Gonzales

Vanity Fair staff writer Marley Park puts their journalistic integrity on the line as they interview (and fall for) Hollywood heartthrob Kiran Ramesh every day for a calendar year.

Mon June 22 at 7pm

Or Current Resident

Written by Penelope Gould, Directed by Annabel Heacock

OR CURRENT RESIDENT is a new play about the tenants and spirits of a crumbling building in Bushwick. Do you see that face in the cracked paint on the wall? Mon June 22 at 7pm

I Used to Love Her

Written & Composed by Janelle (jei) Lawrence, Directed by Jean Carlo Yunén Aróstegui

Jahne loves her girlfriend, no, partner, eX. I love eX But am I in love with them? Or did I Used to Love Her. Mon June 22 at 9:30pm & Tue June 23 at 7pm

Open

Written by Declan Collins, Directed by Ferdinand Moscat

Tue June 23 at 7pm

Put On My Clothes

Written by Gregor Patti & Gemma Gallucci

Tue June 23 at 9:30pm

EGGS

Written by Clay Baker-Lerner

On the eve of a catastrophic flood, two Bostonians reunite along the Charles River esplanade to smoke, change, and turn into eggs. Tue June 23 at 9:30pm & Wed June 24 at 9:30pm

Poison Body

Created by Véro Matheny

Wed June 24 at 7pm

BI VISIBILITY DAY

Created by Isaiah Frank, Gus Mahoney, Coco McNeil & Liva Pierce

Inspired by heart-warming all-star classics including VALENTINE'S DAY, MOTHER'S DAY, and NEW YEAR'S EVE, the even more heart-warming, even more star-studded BI VISIBILITY DAY celebrates friends, lovers, and strangers brought together in celebration of the queerest day of the year. Wed June 24 at 9:30pm

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Written by Sleth

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul has tasked Sleth, a horse fancier and maniac, with creating a lecture immortalizing Horses for a far-off future where Horses no longer exist.

Thu June 25 at 7pm & Tue June 30 at 7pm

Failure Confetti

Written & Performed by Maeve Press

Is reliving her disastrous method acting class, reading her Special-ed childhood reports, and chasing Broadway diva dreams despite being unable to sing or dance a good show idea? Yes. #FailureConfetti

Thu June 25 at 7pm & Fri June 26 at 9:30pm

It's a Travesty! One Night With Jazzie Mercado!

Created by travis tate

Wigs! Singing! Heartbreak! Spells! Hanging & Chatting! Jazzie Mercado comes to bear it all. It's A Travesty! One Night With Jazzie Mercado is a cabaret whirlwind of healing, tears and frivolity!

Thu June 25 at 9:30pm

Masha +3

Written & Performed by Edward Mawere @TheJokesOnEddie

Masha + 3 reimagines Chekhov's Three Sisters through the eyes of Masha, a Black gay man navigating identity, duty, and love during the 2020 pandemic.

Fri June 26 at 7pm

MANAQUEEN

Created by & Starring: Sasha Urban (Annie Vaxxer) and Avery Kaplan (Sourdoe)

Directed by David Kahawaii IV, Featuring Lulu Fairclough-Stewart

Two drag queens' plans to rob Mary's Department Store are foiled by a pair of evil mannequins who threaten to tear them apart forever. Fri June 26 at 9:30pm

Voice Parts

Written by Gavin Petersen

Sat June 27 at 3pm

Vernissage

Written by Manning Jordan

A play about an exclusive museum members' party where the guests are more interested in each other than the art. Sat June 27 at 3pm & Mon June 29 at 9:30pm

No One's Really a Vampire

Written by Matt Rose & Emily Greenberg

While living rent-free at his slightly older boyfriend's place, a 20-something twink becomes obsessed with dating a "vampire" he meets online instead of looking for a new apartment or job. Sat June 27 at 7pm & Sun June 28 at 3pm

Amelia Earhart Was A Lesbian

Written by Nicole Streger, Directed by Talia Hartman-Sigall

AMELIA EARHART WAS A LESBIAN, the snappy two hander from Nicole Streger, follows ex writing partners racing against the clock to save a sapphic screenplay... forcing them to deal with their own homoerotic mess. Sat June 27 at 7pm

There Once Was A...

Written by Eleanor Babwin

When Anne, a celebrated limerist, can no longer rhyme, she must journey to write one final limerick, only to find she must reunite with an old flame to do so. Sat June 27 at 9:30pm

Age of Sagittarius

Written by Georgia Wright

Sat June 27 at 9:30pm & Sun June 28 at 7pm

Hey Mom, I Got Engaged

Created by Allison Su

Maya's mother doesn't know she's engaged to Tricia. Maya doesn't want to tell her, so she rescinds Tricia's engagement proposal. On a park bench at sunset, they confront Maya's decision. Sun June 28 at 3pm

Doll Brawl

Written by Natalia Shane & Jane Domenghini

When a t-girl gets fired from her job for using her phone too much, the only thing left to do is to start making fetish content with her best doll friend.

Sun June 28 at 9:30pm & Mon June 29 at 7pm

Put Me In The Mood: A Luscious Lova Experience

Created by Lay Luscious

Sun June 28 at 9:30pm

The Clarence Show

Written by Joshua W. Josey

WARNING: You're not just reading this. You're being read. Think you found this show by accident? There are no accidents. See you at The Clarence Show. He's expecting you.

Mon June 29 at 9:30pm

3 Bucks! 2 Bags! 1 Drag Queen!

Performed by Sultry Drag Vocalist Lena Horné (@lenahornay)

With the grit of NYC in her purview and the voice of an angel, Lena Horné weaves a tale of finding joy in the midst of struggle. Tue June 30 at 9:30pm

Max Mooney (Curator) is a Queer writer, director, producer, curator and dramaturg based in Brooklyn. Her directing and writing work has been seen and workshopped at Clubbed Thumb, Ensemble Studio Theatre, wild project, The Tank, Dixon Place, Concrete Temple Theatre, Rooted Theater Company, Fresh Fruit Festival, The Brick, Paradise Factory, and many Brooklyn rooftops and friends' living rooms. She was a 2023 semifinalist for the Terrence McNally New Works Incubator, a 2025 semifinalist for The O'Neill's National Playwrights Conference and a 2025 semifinalist for Clubbed Thumb's Biennial Commission. She is a current member of EST/Youngblood. Max serves as the Assistant Producer at En Garde Arts, Associate Producer at Concrete Temple Theater, and is an affiliate artist of Trove Theatre/Live Arts Collective. Max's work was recently workshopped as part of Clubbed Thumb's New Play Directing Fellowship and Winterworks.

Founded in 2003, The Tank is an Obie Award-winning, multi-disciplinary non-profit arts presenter and producer, which provides a home to emerging artists working across all disciplines, including theater, comedy, dance, film, music, puppetry, and storytelling. Led by Artistic Directors Meghan Finn and Johnny G. Lloyd, with Managing Producer Molly FitzMaurice, The Tank champions emerging artists engaged in the pursuit of new ideas and forms of expression. In doing so the company removes the economic barriers from the creation of new work for artists launching their careers and experimenting within their art form. From the company's home with two theaters on 36th Street, The Tank serves over 2,500 artists every year, presents over 1,000 performances, and welcomes 36,000 audience members annually. The company fully produces a curated season of 8-12 theatrical World or New York premieres each season.

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