Indie Theater Thursday – June 19
It’s Indie Theater Thursday!
We share upcoming indie theater shows/productions happening in New York City. These are submitted by members of the IndieSpace community.
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My Marlene
Location: Pangea
Dates: June 18 and 19 at 9:30pm
My Marlene is a fierce, gender-fluid tribute to a true icon who defied fascism in heels and tuxedo tails. With confessional storytelling, Weimar cabaret flair, and songs full of bite and beauty, it’s a celebration of resistance that feels more urgent than ever.
MORE Opera Juneteenth Jubilee 2025
Location: Bronx Music Hall, 438 East 163rd Street, Bronx, NY
Date: June 19 at 2pm
MORE Opera Juneteenth Jubilee 2025 is a free, family-friendly concert celebrating the 125th anniversary of the first performance of the anthem "Lift Every Voice and Sing" and paying tribute to its composers, the Johnson Brothers with arrangements of their art songs, spirituals, and folk music, and an historical narrative in Spanish and English exploring their lives and the music and cultural traditions of Juneteenth.
The program features MORE Opera soloists and an inter-generational chorus conducted by Cheryl Warfield at Bronx Music Hall, 438 East 163rd Street at 2pm on June 19, 2025.
Henry VI
Location: The Chain Theatre
Date: June 17 – 22 with performances Tuesday – Saturday at 6:30pm, and matinees on Wednesday and Sunday at 1pm
‘These Are the Rules’ is a two-play theatrical experience exploring the quiet ruptures and explosive reckonings inside the homes & relationships we think we know best. Debuting for the first time on stage, ‘This World Is Mine’ & ‘Game Night’ examine how unspoken rules—familial, societal, and self-imposed—shape our lives in ways we may not always see. Intimate, sharp, and deeply human, this evening of theatre invites you to listen closely to what’s being said—and, perhaps more importantly, what isn’t.
AT the Barricades
Location: MITU580
Dates: June 12 - June 29
Use the code INDIE for 20% off your ticket purchase
“At the Barricades” is a source-based history play about the international troops fighting in the Spanish Civil War, co-written by the What Will the Neighbors Say? Co-Artistic Directors James Clements and Sam Hood Adrain. The drama follows six different characters from the United States, Spain and Scotland, brought together, despite their varied backgrounds, by a shared desire to fight against Franco’s fascist coup. We join them on the outskirts of Madrid in January 1937 and witness, over the course of a year, how their political loyalties, personal relationships and understanding of themselves are strengthened, challenged and irrevocably changed by the tragedy and the carnage around them. Developed through a partnership with the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA), this prescient new play asks the question: how far would you go to protect the freedoms of others?
The project was developed at the Brooklyn Art Haus with the support of the Brooklyn Arts Council, and through a year-long residency at NYU’s Espacio de Culturas at KJCC with Director Federica Borlenghi and Script Supervisor Skye Pallo Ross.
The show will run approximately 100 minutes with no intermission.
Riven
Location: Sure We Can
Date: June 19 at 7pm, June 20 at 7pm, June 21 at 7pm, June 22 at 2pm & 7pm
June 26 at 7pm, June 27 at 7pm
Riven is A site-specific docu-fiction play about waste pickers.
Taking place at Sure We Can, a recycling center in Brooklyn, Riven follows Alessandra and Melina: two black women from the global south working at a waste picking cooperative - a place where recycled materials are sorted and people are rescued from neglect.
All's Well That Ends Well
Central Park, Carl Schurz Park, Battery Park
Date: Now through July 6th
All reservations are completely FREE!
Written around 1604, All’s Well That Ends Well is one of Shakespeare’s boldest romantic comedies. When Helena—a brilliant, determined young woman—heals a king, she earns the right to choose her husband. But love isn’t so simple, and she must use wit, courage, and a daring plan to win the life she desires. Full of humor, heart, and twists, this rarely performed gem is a story of love on Helena’s terms.
Lara’s Journey
Location: The Center at West Park
Dates: June 20 at 8pm
A benefit reading on world refugee day. Lara’s journey follows the story of a young woman who flees her home on the 2022 invasion of Ukraine by Russia.
Baggage From BaghDAD: Becoming My Father’s Daughter
Location: Episcopal Actors' Guild
Date: Saturday, June 21 at 8pm
Baggage From BaghDAD is the journey of a family’s struggle to immigrate to a new land and transcend their harrowing past, so that love and the importance of family may triumph. It’s not just a Jewish tale, but a relatable narrative about having to emigrate to another country, being forced to evacuate during wartime, suffering bullying, and the ramifications of having to adapt to a foreign culture that’s not so welcoming. This play finds humor and hope, even in the darkest of times—it has a universal message of hope and resilience.
Because the play is rooted in the historical civil unrest for the Jews of Iraq, Baggage From BaghDAD mirrors the struggle of today’s Ukrainian refugees, the Israel-Gaza conflict/war, and the rise of prejudice and religious discrimination worldwide.
Some of the themes center around immigration, refugees, social injustice, generational trauma, prejudice, discrimination, bullying, and the love and loss of family.
Show runs approx. 70 minutes with a 25-minute audience talkback to follow. Mature content.
Richard II
Location: Central Park
Dates: June 21/22, 28/29, July 12/13, 19/20 at 2pm
A free outdoor production of Shakespeare's rarely produced classic. Performances are on the lawn at 69th and Central Park West.
He is the king, anointed and absolute. But Richard II is also a man consumed by a weakness that could tear England apart. As tensions rise and factions form, those closest to him face an impossible choice: stand by their flawed king or risk a century of bloodshed. Where does personal loyalty end and national duty begin?
The End of All Flesh
Location: The Magnet Theater
Date: June 23 at 6:30pm
The End of All Flesh is a rollicking, post-apocalyptic, cautionary bluegrass tale by Greg Kotis (Tony Award-winning co-author of Urinetown.) Join Ma, Pa, Boy, and Girl atop a distant mountain, where they sing about environmental collapse, changing gender norms, Hobbes, Rousseau, ancient Greece, questionable survivalist practices, and a glimpse of what’s to come.
Fish in the Tank
Location: The Tank
Dates: June 25 at 7pm
How do we navigate intimate relationships that are both defined and confined by institutional walls? How do we seek closure when unfolding past trauma feels like tearing up an old wound? Should we protect our loved ones at all costs, even if it means hurting others?
Fish in the Tank is a one-act play exploring these haunting questions through an intimate and turbulent coming-of-age journey of two queer characters, Echo and Rae, set on the rooftop of an all-girls boarding school. The play begins when they see each other for the first time in six years, after an unspoken incident completely altered the course of their lives.
In an institution ruled by fear, surveillance, and control, the two girls embark on a quest for intimacy, truth, and freedom. But how can they truly escape – through love, death, or something beyond?
UNTITLED GIRL NARRATIVE
Location: Sirovich Center for Balanced Living
Dates: June 26 and June 27 at 7:30pm, June 28 and June 29 at 3pm
All tickets are FREE! Donations are welcome!
UNTITLED GIRL NARRATIVE is a Queer Love story dance musical that spotlights three young people coming of age, embracing their autonomy and power as 2SLGBTQIA+ youth in today's America.
I AM A DANCER 2020
Location: New York Live Arts
Dates: June 26 at 7pm, June 27 at 7pm, and June 28 at 2pm & 7pm
Felice Lesser’s “live documentary” I AM A DANCER 2020, a real-time journey into the effects of the pandemic on the dance world, will be given its World Premiere at 7:00pm on Thursday, June 26th at New York Live Arts. I Am a Dancer 2020, which will have four performances through June 28, marks the 50th Anniversary of Felice Lesser Dance Theater. The work combines live dance, projected video, and filmed interviews to depict how dance workers navigated the COVID-19 pandemic.
The live cast for I AM A DANCER 2020 includes Mackenzie Allen, Justice Jackson, Amina Konaté, Kristin Licata (who starred in the original 2006 cast of I AM A DANCER), and Héloïse Ponsonnet. Among those seen on video are Melanie Adam (a principal dancer from the original 1975-76 company), Stephanie (Lyon) Albanese (FLDT’s principal dancer from 1989-2000), and Andrea Kron.
Above Ground
Location: Newtown Stage at the Hellenic Cultural Center
Dates: Friday, June 27 at 8pm; Saturday, June 28 at 8pm; Sunday, June 29 at 2pm
“Above Ground” is a world-premiere solo performance written and performed by published playwright Ginna Hoben and Directed by Stephanie Weeks.
In "Above Ground," Ginna examines death, anxiety, and the infinite mark left by the things she's said on paper, out loud, or in a 'cloud.' "Above Ground” -- which has evolved from decades-old journal material, blog essays, audio blogs, and live readings -- reflects on what it means to seize the day and the lasting power of words. Themes of death, loss, and anxiety are balanced with Hoben’s signature comedic delivery and light-hearted audience interaction.
Chemicals in the Water
Location: The Tank
Dates: Friday, June 27 9:30PM & Saturday, June 28 3PM
"Chemicals in the Water is a romantic dark comedy musical where two vagabonds fall in love in the midst of an environmental disaster. This story follows Benzene, a sweet Forest Fire Magazines editor, and Vinyl, a hot-headed songwriter. After their train derails in a river, Benzene and Vinyl must survive Mother Nature’s fury, only to fall in love and form a toxic relationship.
Science communicator David Quang Pham and director Aliyah Curry return with this chemical musical that offers a toxic social commentary on the consequences of environmental protection deregulations with songs teaching covalent bonds. Caitlin Mayernik and Fang Tseng respectively return as producer and choreographer for this production in the Tank PrideFest."
