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Chain Winter One-Act Festival
Feb 6 – Mar 1, 2026

The Chain Winter One-Act Festival showcases a diverse range of original works from playwrights across the tri-state area, running from February 6 to March 1,...



Review: NOT NOBODY at 59E59 Theaters-Thought Provoking


by Marina Kennedy - February 13, 2026

Brian Dykstra's Not Nobody at 59E59 Theaters explores justice and moral dilemmas as a former ethics professor becomes a person of interest after aiding a wounded officer....

Past Shows

No Roses
No Roses
Feb 10 – Feb 17, 2026

ARIANNA WELLMONEY JOINS CAST OF ANNIKKA FAYE MOCCIOLA’S NO ROSES AT THE CHAIN THEATRE WINTER ONE-ACT FESTIVALNEW YORK, NY — Italian-born actor, playwright, and producer...

Mini Me
Mini Me
Dec 4 – Dec 7, 2025

Mother and Daughter look alike. Everybody says so. They talk alike. Act alike. Make the same facial expressions. They even fight alike, which is exactly...

Nine Shadows in Bloom: A Devised Piece
Nine Shadows in Bloom: A Devised Piece
Dec 5 – Dec 7, 2025

Door opens to an empty rehearsal room in Memory Courtyard. They appear, singing in symphony. What kind of past…or future, summons them?

A Leaf in the Wind
A Leaf in the Wind
Sep 12 – Sep 13, 2025

Emerging Artists Theatre will present A Leaf in the Wind, written by Jeffery Chen and directed by Wasif Sami. The workshop productions take place on...

A Test of Taste
A Test of Taste
Jul 18 – Aug 2, 2025

A Test of Taste, a play by Kendra Jones, is set to return to New York City this month.Co-directed by Jones and Emily M. White,...

Justice for Geetha
Justice for Geetha
Jul 11 – Jul 19, 2025

Justice for Geetha is a timely and powerful play in a time of anti-DEI by Sunita Deshpande, premiering as part of the 2025 Chain Summer Festival...

SPACE
SPACE
Jun 19 – Jun 22, 2025

"SPACE” - A mixtape by Kelechi Udenkwo. All songs written and produced by Kelechi UdenkwoArrangements and choreography by Emma Rose BrooksVocals by Aaliyah Alexis and Leon AlexanderExecutively Produced...

Point Loma
Point Loma
May 31 – Jun 15, 2025

A must-see theatrical experience for fans of supernatural and horror genres, based on true events and histories.

New Play
SWIPE THIS! My Life in Transit
SWIPE THIS! My Life in Transit
Apr 5 – Apr 16, 2025

Stand Up Comedian and MTA Token Booth Clerk debuts her solo show as part of the NYC Fringe Fest.

Five Evenings
Five Evenings
Mar 20 – Mar 30, 2025

Five Evenings is a moving melodrama that weaves together the stories of two generations, exploring love, loss, and resilience in the face of unimaginable hardships....

Ekphrasis
Ekphrasis
Mar 16

Emerging Artists Theatre’s Spark Theatre Festival NYC (formerly the New Works Series) began in 2006 and focuses on new works, new talents, and new voices.

it's Supposed to be Fun
it's Supposed to be Fun
Mar 16

Can presentational artists separate pedestrian life and entertainment? We dissect and disrupt the performative nature of existence through risk and rejection of correctness.

Tin Church
Tin Church
Oct 23 – Nov 23, 2024

Can the Wheel of Generational Trauma Ever Truly Stop Spinning?

New Play
Constellations
Constellations
Nov 14 – Nov 17, 2024

Come watch the award-winning play, "Constellations" by Nick Payne, this November! In Constellations, Marianne, a physicist, and Roland, a beekeeper, meet at a simple barbecue, but their...

Model Majority Masterpiece Theatre - A Literary Comedy
Model Majority Masterpiece Theatre - A Literary Comedy
Sep 20

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

Subway Windows
Subway Windows
Sep 15

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....

Time Capsule Project
Time Capsule Project
Jul 1 – Jul 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 the...

Telos
Telos
May 6 – May 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
May 2 – May 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
Apr 18 – Apr 28, 2024

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

Witchland
Witchland
Apr 5 – Apr 14, 2024

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

New Play
Girls' Night
Girls' Night
Feb 18 – Mar 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 over her broken engagement,...

The Dead Arm
The Dead Arm
Feb 18 – Feb 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
Feb 10 – Feb 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)
La monja alférez (The Lieutenant Nun)
Nov 3 – Nov 19, 2023

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

Hamlet Speak
Hamlet Speak
Jul 26 – Jul 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
The Scope of William Jennings Bryan
Jul 20

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
Jun 30 – Jul 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
Jun 30 – Jul 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
Apr 14 – Apr 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 Latino theatre...

Dear Mom, I'm Gay! The Musical!
Dear Mom, I'm Gay! The Musical!
Jul 14 – Apr 23, 2023

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 moves...

THIS G*D DAMN HOUSE
THIS G*D DAMN HOUSE
Mar 15 – Apr 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
Feb 16 – Feb 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
Feb 18 – Feb 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...

Third Wing
Third Wing
Jun 23 – Jun 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
Mar 17 – Apr 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
Sep 24 – Sep 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...

Georgie D.
Georgie D.
Jul 24 – Aug 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...

Bootstraps
Bootstraps
Oct 22 – Oct 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
Dec 6 – Dec 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
Nov 2 – Nov 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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