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Cast Announced for Staged Reading of Riley (RJ) Payne's THE PIGEON


by Gillian Blum - October 26, 2025

Written and directed by Riley (RJ) Payne, a staged reading of The Pigeon will take place on November 16, 2024, at 9:30 p.m. as part of The Tank's Moonlight Series....

MOONSTONE ORCHARD Comes to The Tank


by Stephi Wild - October 16, 2025

From playwright and director Reese Villella comes Moonstone Orchard, a surrealist descent into ritual, desire, and the seductive pull of power. Learn more here!...

In-Version Ensemble Reveals Titles for 2025 Summer Season 'Memory & Entanglement'


by A.A. Cristi - August 04, 2025

in-version ensemble's 2025 season Memory & Entanglement features three original theatrical works centering female and non-binary voices. Presented in NYC and LA, the season explores diasporic memory, queer identity, and maternal legacy through immersive, multi-sensory storytelling....

Laura Clare Browne's ATTICWIFE to Have Staged Reading at The Tank


by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 28, 2025

The Tank will present a staged reading of atticwife, a new dark comedy written and performed by Laura Clare Browne (macbitches). Learn more and see how to purchase tickets here! ...

NYC Premiere Of IT'S BEEN TEN YEARS SINCE EVERYONE DIED To be Presented At The Tank


by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 29, 2025

it's been ten years since everyone died, a new thriller by Cesario Tirado-Ortiz will be having it's NYC premiere at The Tank after a successful world premiere at Open Space Arts in Chicago. Learn more! ...

Photos: Hannah Z. Morley's SISTERHOOD at The Tank’s Pridefest Play Festival


by Stephi Wild - May 01, 2025

Hannah Z. Morley brought new play ‘Sisterhood’ to The Tank’s Pridefest Play Festival. Check out photos from the performance and learn more about the show here!...

The Tank Presents EMILY D - STAR-CROSSED EMPLOYEE By Melissa Maney


by A.A. Cristi - January 28, 2025

The Tank is presenting Melissa Maney's new play, Emily D - Star-Crossed Employee, as a part of their 'The Tank Presents' series. This marks Maney's second collaboration with The Tank after Emily D was selected for The Tank's 2023 'LimeFest'....

THE MANY GAY ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS LAURENSTEIN To Receive NYC Debut At The Tank


by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 14, 2024

Discover the comedic misadventures of Dr. Nicholas A. Laurenstein, an archeology professor, in the new queer farce at the Tank Theater, NYC. Directed by Alexandra Munroe. Learn how to purchase tickets. ...

THE BETROTHED Comes to The Tank This November 


by Stephi Wild - October 22, 2024

Literally Broke and The Tank will present The Betrothed, a new play by Scarlett Grace McCarthy. Directed by Sarah Connolly, The Betrothed will run from November 14th through November 18th at The Tank....

Between Us Theatre Co. Presents E.G.G. At The Tank NYC


by A.A. Cristi - October 07, 2024

Explore the depths of human nature with E.G.G. at The Tank Theater in NYC. This play by Emile Lacheny returns Off-Broadway, challenging audiences with its provocative themes. Performances in November....

Past Shows

Her Shadow
Her Shadow
1/8 - 1/11/2026


“ Her Shadow ” - A new play by Marc D. Lyons  - A modern day love story. “In the wake of an unexpected tragedy, ...

Maxwell Anderson 137th Birthday Benefit


The play “Sea-Wife” is a singular piece written in 1924 that has neither been published nor professionally staged. A thing of “strange and peculiar beauty”

In the Same World


"In the Same World" is a 20-min Short-Play, part of the Celebration of Immigration Block at the International Human Rights Art Festival at The Tank ...

Dream Team
Dream Team
11/18


In 2005, Dream Team was a teen girl pop-punk sensation, until Hannah, the star of the band, mysteriously died. In 2025, the now middle-aged members ...

Doing a Bradbury


On the brink of his last Olympic chance, plucky Aussie speed skater Steven Bradbury accidentally summons the Devil. Haunted by a checkered skating history and ...

Before it hurts.


Before it hurts is a dance theater piece structured like a concept album. With form, we intend to stretch and explore the boundaries of dance ...

Stain
Stain
11/1


STAIN is intimate, urgent, and quietly explosive, a play about what so many women of all different ages go through in silence everywhere.

piss.jpg (Working Title)


“The Next Great American Drama,” piss.jpg (Working Title) might be described as The Gen Z Waiting for Godot. It might not. There will be no ...

Gi60 NYC 2025 One-Minute Theatre Festival


Gi60 NYC One-Minute Theatre Festival! Gi60 NYC carries on its tradition from the international festival bringing one-minute theatre to the masses. One hour of tiny ...

Right before I go.
Right before I go.
9/7 - 9/22/2025


An all-star cast incorporates real suicide notes from war veterans, LGBTQ+ members and kids that were bullied, but ultimately ending on a message of hope.

Big Wave
Big Wave
9/9 - 9/14/2025


What would you do if you realised you were living a memory? In this story, an antique dealer helps her hoarder friend avoid losing her ...

Free Parking: A Comedy About A Game Night (One Night Only Staged Reading)


THE TANK, presents a one night only staged reading of FREE PARKING , a laugh-out-loud comedy about a game night that goes totally wrong. The play ...

Jersey Shore Fantasia, or a play about the making of a play about MTV's Jersey Shore, and also a fallout guide to sexual assault in academic institutions and a record of the messiest senior thesis szn in SUCK University history


In 2017, a pretentious senior thesis play about masculinity and queerness in the show Jersey Shore spirals into chaos. Closeted playwright Amaya makes the play ...

The Third Track
The Third Track
7/23 - 7/31/2025


THE THIRD TRACK is a bold, satirical ensemble play that reimagines the job interview as a high-stakes psychological experiment—set entirely on a subway train. Seven ...

Wailsong
Wailsong
7/23


The premeire of Wailsong , a new play by Julia Smith and directed by Molly Greenwold, will be performed at The Tank in the 98-seat theater ...

Lizzy Sunshine
Lizzy Sunshine
7/19 - 7/20/2025


With her co-star unaccounted for, Lizzy Sunshine must carry a double act... alone. A positively chaotic comedy hour by addiction's (fun!) little sister. It's like ...

HomeBody: A Queer Modern Folktale


Take a dive to the bottom of the ocean with Silvia, the Octopus living inside of her chest, and Blue, her charming new lover.

it's been ten years since everyone died


ten years ago, four girls survived mass killings. today, three people are reunited at a therapeutical retreat for women to cope with their collective trauma. ...

Final Bell
Final Bell
5/17 - 5/24/2025


In a world where survival of the fittest reigns supreme and high-achieving high school students kill to secure their class rank, no student is safe. ...

The Devil's Due
The Devil's Due
4/7 - 4/19/2025


The damned soul of Doctor Faustus appears to a young scientist - together they will either save the world, or destroy it.

Seeking Fair and Lovely : Rishtas and Rasas


’Seeking Fair and Lovely : Rishtas and Rasas’ is a one-act play that takes place in a matchmaking office in Portland. Told through a style ...

Counterbalance
Counterbalance
2/8 - 3/18/2025


Counterbalance: A family’s journey through wealth, power, forgiveness and love. One of America’s most influential and respected families is forced to address their internal problems ...

Agency for the Lost by Serena Norr


Where do the "lost" go and can you ever be found?

Failsafe
Failsafe
12/8 - 12/14/2024


Ivy and Jones should be dead. But 4 - going on 5 - tries in, they're still breathing. I guess sometimes the universe has other ...

while I was homegrowing
while I was homegrowing
11/14 - 11/17/2024


"while I was homegrowing" is a joy-saturated movement quintet that plays with memory, grief, community care, and a big clothesline. This contemporary dance-theater work excavates ...

Loving Me
Loving Me
10/25 - 10/27/2024


NEW YORK, New York—LOVING ME, a one woman show by playwright, performer, and producer Rose Kanj is coming to New York City. The production will ...

The Last Grain of Rice
The Last Grain of Rice
9/27 - 10/6/2024


Bill’s Rice, a restaurant that serves only white rice, runs out of rice. Things are only complicated further when a vengeful reanimated ferret, Lil’ Pip, ...

The Power of Boston Pills - bostonpills.com


In her one woman show debut. Olivia Nguyen reflects on her journey with autism and how she has faced many challenges along the way and ...

Muse
Muse
4/16 - 4/30/2023


Muse is an alluring tale of a passionate love affair between Sheila, a struggling artist, and Mathias, an aging dancer. When Sheila invites Mathias to ...

First Sight: A Queer Indonesian Love Story


1997 Jakarta, Indonesia. Sari is an aspiring singer hoping to achieve her dreams of stardom through her karaoke performances at her best friend Fina's parties. ...

Generation (Laz)Y
Generation (Laz)Y
4/9 - 4/12/2019


Lara Fox and Ashley Lauren Rogers in association with The Tank present the world premiere of Generation (Laz)Y April 9-12, 2019 at 8pm. Generation (Laz)Y ...

Text, Magic, Performance: A Text Magic Performance in 3 Acts


"Text, Magic, Performance": A Text Magic Performance in 3 Acts combines the aesthetics of powerpoint comedy, “magical” spectacle, and traditional theatrical performance. The show both ...

Doppelbanger
Doppelbanger
5/3 - 5/5/2018


Part cabaret, part gallery-style Tarot reading, Doppelbanger is an original solo performance embodying gay obsession, identity, trauma, and joy. In it, Jonczak conjures look-alike ex-lovers ...

Show Up
Show Up
10/18


Following the critically acclaimed, sold out run at the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Peter Michael Marino's semi-improvised, semi-scripted, solo comedy "Show Up" plays one night ...

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