Indie Theater Thursday – September 4
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.
Do you have an upcoming show to share? Use the Show/Production Sharing Form to share the details of your show/production with IndieSpace so that we can share with the community.
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One in Twenty-Five
Location: Theater for the New City
Dates: September 4, 6, 7, 8, and 10
One in Twenty-Five,” written, produced, and performed Thomas M. Copeland, dramatizes with intellectual flair the 1986 testimony of an in-over-their-head NASA Acting Administrator navigating a political inquiry curated to protect the government’s interests in the weeks following the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.
ASCO (disgust) by Yunior Garcia
Location: ATELIER at TheatreLab
Dates: September 1-4
Set in contemporary Cuba, “ASCO (Disgust)” is a powerful memory play that explores the emotional and psychological aftermath of personal and collective trauma. At its heart is Nara, a woman grappling with grief, guilt, and societal expectations after the tragic loss of her children.
To Feed the Roses
Location: Dream Up Festival, Theater for the New City
Dates: September 4, 5, 7, 9, and 13
A romantic comedy about an older couple whose past secrets get in the way of their falling in love again.
This is an Equity Showcase -- Free for Equity members.
The Infinite Wrench
Location: The Second City
Dates: September 6 & 7, 13 & 14, 20 & 21, 27 & 28
Use code HOT20 for $5 off General Admission
The Infinite Wrench is the NY Neo-Futurists' ever-changing attempt to perform 30 original plays in about an hour. Over 1,000 weeks and 7,500 plays and counting!
The NY Neo-Futurists continue to craft new & vibrant work in The Infinite Wrench at The Second City. Dive into a bold and unpredictable fusion of theater, storytelling, and sport with the New York Neo-Futurists every Friday and Saturday. For each show, the Neos take on the challenge of performing 30 original plays in roughly an hour. Through their unconventional storytelling, they deliver quick, powerful slices of life—crafted from the ensemble's own experiences—at times funny, profound, elegant, gross, topical, irrelevant, or even downright absurd. Every show is different, and with new plays every week, they have created over 7,500 new plays!
(No) Refunds
Location: Theaterlab
Dates: September 5, 11, 19, and 26
Use ticketcode IndieSpace25
Originally developed as a First Look Series production at Theaterlab (May ’25) – before winning over hearts across the pond at Edinburgh Fringe (@ Just the Tonic | Aug ’25) – this fall she’s baaaaaaack baby and more delightful than ever. Catch Tiffany Gold’s charm this September as THEATERLAB PRESENTS the best interactive game show in Manhattan.
(No) Refunds is an interactive gameshow-play hosted by the dazzling, delightful, and only occasionally maniacal Tiffany Gold, an old-school American gameshow host and model presenter all-in-one – who quite literally depends on your entertainment.
One premium ticket holder, dubbed the “Star Player” for the evening, will compete in three games designed to amuse the audience and showcase their talents. Although at least a partial refund is guaranteed for our Star Player, will they accept it when they understand the implications of their choice?
(No) Refunds is a play about the real-world costs of being a working artist in our contemporary world, disguised as the most fun you’ve ever had at the theatre.
Performed by: Katy Murphy and Grant Kennedy Lewis
Produced by: Olivia Winn | For The Fun LLC
Stage Managed by: Francesca Pecchi
The Matriarchs
Location: Theaterlab
Dates: September 10-28
It’s Shabbas. And six squabbling teenage girls at a weekly Talmud lesson negotiate snacks, sex, their souls and everything in between.
Loosely based on the underwritten women of the Torah, THE MATRIARCHS by Liba Vaynberg charts the journey of six friends as they grow up and out of the orthodoxy, grappling with fertility and faith. Developed with the Civilians and winner of the Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, this is a play about girls, gods, mothers, and other creators: for anyone and everyone who doesn’t know what to believe in.
This Theaterlab Presents production is produced by Anna & Kitty, Inc., with generous support from the Bronx Cultural Visions Fund, ART/NY Creative Opportunity Fund, and the Venturous Theater Fund of the Tides Foundation.
Protect the Protectors
Location: Brooklyn Art Haus
Dates: September 11 – 14
Use the code FRIENDS for $5 off!
At the offices of Boykin Dean, an all AFAB team grapples with the importance of “honoring their country” through the work they do while coming to the harsh realization of the reality of what that work is.
Blood Orange
Location: Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre at the A.R.T/New York Theaters
Dates: September 18 - October 26
The play tells the story of Faye, a teenage girl who — feeling abandoned by God and her mother in the wake of her father’s violent death — turns to a nightmarish roadkill creature for salvation. Faye then draws her awkward friend, Eden, into a strange religion filled with prayer, blood, and budding love.
(un)conditional
Location: Soho Playhouse
Dates: September 12 - 27
Fantasies are harmless, right? But what happens when your spouse wants to take a dark fantasy from the realm of imagination firmly into your bedroom? For two couples, the boundaries of compromise, communication, and unconditional love are tested to their breaking point, and seven-year-old Mia is getting caught in the crossfire.
Dinner Party
Location: 3AM Theatre
Dates: September 18-21
Dinner Party is a multidisciplinary cross between a dance and a play. Text and movement intertwine to convey intimate storylines that touch on everyday and challenging topics. Growing out of Michelle Thompson’s interest in the choreographic structure of the duet, the work builds as a series of conversations between couples, highlighting the ways in which the conflicts and closeness of these intimate relationships reveal themselves in more public settings.
Thompson, in collaboration with Scott Illingworth of Society Theatre Company, has partnered with playwrights, actors, and dancers to bring you multiple storylines that will collide at the same dinner party. Original music by Michael Wall intertwines through these storylines to guide and enhance the journey of the characters. The individual characters on stage are unaware of the struggles and baggage that each relationship holds but ultimately the storylines start to collide and cause the party to implode. Come see the stories unfold at 3AM Theatre in Queens September 18th-21st.
Iranian Girlfriend
Location: MITU580
Dates: September 18 - October 4 on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays
A darkly comic performance installation about displacement, divorce, and dark times, IRANIAN GIRLFRIEND combines solo performance, video installation, and runway fashion to unpack the untold history and precious objects of a woman on the run, challenging America’s narrow sense of self while offering fresh perspectives on womanhood and belonging.
It’s the middle of June and you’re at an airport bar. She’s perched in a corner drinking gin and reading about revolution in dark times. She’s got a line from a poem tattooed on her arm and you ask her who wrote it. She makes you strawberry jam and tells you about Sylvia Plath and other women who lived through wars, contemplated divorce, and bought a lot of fancy dresses. It’s almost winter now and you bring her home to meet your parents. They think her name is interesting.
IRANIAN GIRLFRIEND is presented In Collaboration with New Georges, an artist service program in which New Georges actively partners with artists/producers to help steward independent productions of new works we love. In Collaboration with… is supported by Venturous Theater Fund of the Tides Foundation.
This work is developed, in part, with support from Theater Mitu’s Artists-At-Home Program. With thanks for support from Brooklyn Arts Council, The Puffin Foundation, NYSCA’s Support for Artists grant, and The Anna Sosenko Assist Trust.
Bedtime Stories: A Dreamy Experience
Location: The Hidden Jewel Box Theater
Date: September 18, 19, 25 & 27
After a sold out August run, The Love Show NYC brings Bedtime Stories: A Dreamy Experience back to The Hidden Jewel Box Theater on September 18, 19, 25 & 27, 2025.
Performed in a hidden location revealed only to ticket holders, this immersive performance invites you into a living storybook. Dancers emerge from the trees, fairy tales and folklore is brought to life in an intimate evening of whimsy, beauty and enchantment.
Bedtime Stories is a love letter to the nights when the air feels heavy with wonder and heat, and every shadow holds a sexy secret. Come step into our dream.
This special event takes place at The Hidden Jewel Box, a secret speakeasy nestled in Manhattan’s Theater District.
Tucked away in a secret corner of the Theater District, The Hidden Jewel Box is a space like none other, a bohemian haven mixing decorative elements drawing from Rococo paintings, Victorian boudoirs, 1970s discotheques and Grimm fairy tales. Get your tickets now and become part of the secret, only at The Hidden Jewel Box Theater. The precise location of the theater's entrance is strictly on a need-to-know basis and will be revealed only to those who have purchased tickets to a show.
Tickets are limited. Each ticket comes with 2 refreshments.
Spirit of a Baton Twirler
Location: Emerging Artists Theater Company's SPARK FESTIVAL at the Chain Theater
Date: September 22
"Spirit of a Baton Twirler," a one-woman show born from the loss of my mother to stage 4 lung cancer in 2014. Her final words have echoed in my mind ever since, prompting deep reflection on our life together, my childhood, and the complexities of our relationship.
This project is deeply personal, but it’s also universal. It speaks to anyone who has navigated the challenges of growing up in the 1960s-70s, dealt with divorce, moved between schools, faced step-family dynamics, or experienced the pain of losing a loved one. The show explores the journey from the safety of childhood through the confusion of adolescence and into the uncertainty of adulthood, touching on joys, regrets, forgiveness, and the things left unsaid. My hope is to spark laughter, reflection, and meaningful conversations—encouraging people to reach out to their loved ones while they still can.
Fourth Avenue (Brooklyn)
Location: Spoke The Hub
Date: September 26
A searing, tender new play that delves fearless into the dark heart of real estate development in its power to reshape both the city and the souls of its inhabitants. As the buildings go up, the people change.
We are excited and grateful for the opportunity to share this play we created about the changing landscape of Brooklyn real estate and that way that affects the lives of its inhabitants, in the Brooklyn itself. It's a real honor to do so. And all ticket sales, are going to support The Tank, an organization we believe in deeply for not only for its mission, but also for the manner in which that mission is truly enacted.
Shadowboxing in Blue
Location: HAVEN Boxing
Date: October 4, 11, 18, and 25
Shadowboxing in Blue is an innovative, multidimensional project weaving dance, music, and boxing. This collaboration between dancers, boxers, and musicians explores an individual facing inner adversaries at different life stages.
With the goal of fostering diversity, both in casting and artistic expression, the project seeks to deliver a powerful message that challenges norms and redefines the intersection of art, sports, and self-healing. Don't forget to wear clothes you feel comfortable moving in for the workshop!
Gesture Theater + Krista Jansen
Location: Arts on Site
Date: October 5
Krista Jansen plays with a dance that floats and curls around a seesaw. As Nina Simone musically sets up a structure and then absolutely tears it down to play all over it, and buttoned shirts multiply, Annie Wang has described “Seeing a person wholly realized through movement, revealed in the whirlwind.” Gesture Theater presents a dance-theater-clown piece complete with masks, linguistics, and big suits. In a testament to queer futurity, we “admit that … ‘transsexual is not identity but desire is to admit just how much of transition takes place in the waiting room of wanting things.” (Andrea Long Chu).
Photos by Robin Michals and Eric Bandiero.