Body Negative at Speyer Hall

BROADWAY BODS PRESENTS THE WORLD PREMIERE WORKSHOP OF BODY NEGATIVE BY SARAH GALANTE

A surreal, darkly comic new play about diet culture, corporate control, and reclaiming the body, from the writer of Swallow Me Whole runs July 10–12 at Speyer Hall

NEW YORK, NY — Following the successful 2025 run of Swallow Me Whole at The Tank, Broadway Bods, New York City's first fat-positive nonprofit theatre company, presents the world premiere of playwright Sarah Galante's newest work, Body Negative.

A local weight-loss support group gathers every Saturday in a high school gym. But when a visit from corporate, and a sentient talking scale, throws their routine into disarray, the group spirals into something far more sinister. Body Negative becomes a surreal takedown of diet culture. Blending absurdity with stark realism, the play asks what it means to reclaim your body in a world that keeps trying to sell it back to you.

Cast: Andrea Cárdenas, Lia Hauser, Keyana Hemphill, Adin Lenahan*, Ben Snyder, Elyse Steingold*, and Jordan Underwood*
Direction: Lauren Zeftel

Co Direction: Blayze Teicher

**Appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association under Equity Showcase Code

PERFORMANCE DETAILS

Dates: July 10–12
Times: Friday and Saturday at 7:30 PM; Sunday, July 12 at 1:00 PM
Venue: Speyer Hall, Lower East Side
Tickets: $25 + processing fees at:https://www.onthestage.tickets/show/broadway-bods/6a29960d306d051076aa3a65

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT

Sarah Galante (she/her) is a queer playwright and fat activist based in Brooklyn, whose work blends absurdism, dark humor, and emotional realism to center fat bodies onstage and interrogate systems of power, shame, and survival. Her plays include Melinda/Melissa/Melody, Swallow Me Whole (recipient of the Paula Vogel Playwriting Award and the Jean Kennedy Smith Award; O'Neill Playwrights Conference Semi-Finalist), and Body Negative (Blue Ink Award Finalist; O'Neill Playwrights Conference Semi-Finalist). She is a 2026 Writer in Residence with the New Harmony Project, a New Georges Affiliated Artist, and a former Core Apprentice at the Playwrights' Center under the mentorship of Jen Silverman. Sarah is currently pursuing her MFA in Dramatic Writing at NYU and creates theater that is fantastical, fat, and irreverent — deeply invested in who gets to be seen, heard, and taken seriously onstage.

ABOUT BROADWAY BODS

Broadway Bods, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) theater nonprofit focused on size inclusivity, body diversity, and fat positivity in the performing arts. Since 2021, the company has mounted comedy shows, cabarets, and fully staged productions in venues around New York City, including You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown at the 14th Street YMCA (April 2024), monthly musical theatre trivia nights and performances at The Rat (since 2024), and two world premiere works: Query at Theatre for a New City (March 2025) and Rascals at The Tank (July 2025).

ABOUT BREAKING AND ENTERING THEATRE COLLECTIVE

Breaking & Entering Theatre Collective creates a safe, judgment-free space for developing artists to "break & enter" into their craft. The collective provides community and resources for artists to hone their skills, explore new disciplines, and build connections rooted in accessibility and play fostering the next generation of artistic leaders and building a more equitable, sustainable theatre industry. To learn more please visit our website at www.bethtrco.org, or visit our instagram and drop us a DM @bethtrco.