Upcoming Indie Theater – April 24
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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Last Request
Venue: LATEA Theater, at The Clemente
Dates: Now through 26
Set in a pre-war apartment building in the 1950s the Bronx, LAST REQUEST by Pedro Petri, is a dark comedy that tests morality, dignity, fidelity and the scourge of greed. A young, an old and blind couple are the characters of this play in which building residents discover a lifeless gentleman in the middle of the lobby as a series of tragic-comic situations develop, testing their humanity.
Richard lll: A Twisted Fairytale
Venue: American Theater of Actors- John Cullum Theater
Dates: Now through April 26
Once upon a time…when the Villains ruled the kingdom…and tried to destroy each other… Enter the kingdom of Disneare…where King William Disneare has been violently overthrown by a collection of infamous fairytale villains, meanwhile the malevolent hunchback Richard III plots the downfall of his wicked family in a relentless quest to capture the throne. Epiphany Shakespeare invites you to witness a spellbinding tale where Shakespeare’s greatest villain plots, betrays and battles against your favorite characters from Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Peter Pan, Beauty & the Beast, and many more!
The Farm
Venue: Paradise Factory
Dates: Now through April 26
Tyler returns home after two years in a cult; his sister Sasha must face how his arrival alters her reality. After appearing in the Lighthouse Series at SoHo Playhouse, followed by a sold out run at the Providence Fringe Festival (WINNER: Best Comedy and Best Playwriting), The Farm comes to the Paradise Factory from April 23-26. The Farm is a play about language and belief, and an investigation of how we love those we don't understand. Sasha and Tyler are played by real life siblings Davis and Beth Alianiello.
This is Our Youth
Venue: HB Playwrights Theatre
Dates: Now through April 26
In 1982 on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, the wealthy, articulate, pot-smoking teenagers who were small children in the ’60s have emerged as young adults in a country that has just resoundingly rejected everything they were brought up to believe in. The very last wave of New York City’s ’60s-style liberalism has come of age—and there’s nowhere left to go.
Twelfth Night
Venue: El Barrio's ArtSpace PS109
Dates: Now through May 3
Completing Tier5’s ShakesQueer Comedy trilogy (after A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 2024, Much Ado About Nothing in 2025), we’re taking Shakespeare's romantic comedy about gender bending mistaken identities and turning it up to 11. Come fall in love at El Barrio: join us for a night of laughter, romance, and rock ‘n’ roll.
Miracle on South Division Street
Venue: The Sheen Center, Penguin Rep Theatre
Date: Now through May 10
You're invited to meet the Nowaks of Buffalo, NY. They're special -- celebrities in their run-down neighborhood for the miracle that occurred in Grandpa's barbershop in 1942. But their faith — and whole identity — is shaken to the very core when a deathbed confession causes the family legend to unravel. Full of twists, heart and humor, this comedy is as warming as a bowl of Matzoh Ball soup and reminds us that no matter our backgrounds, we're all part of the same story.
Beauty Freak
Venue: the cell theatre
Date: Now through May 17
Beauty Freak centers on Leni Riefenstahl during the creation and promotion of her magnum opus “Olympia,” a film about the 1936 Berlin Olympics commissioned by the Third Reich. Act I is set during the preparations for the Olympics, and Act II during her U.S. publicity tour in 1938, during which the events of Kristallnacht unfolded. As the regime that supports her artistic vision escalates their campaign of terror and commits increasingly flagrant atrocities, Riefenstahl and her colleagues are forced to reckon with their own complicity and responsibilities as artists.
In The Next Room (or: The Vibrator Play)
Venue: The Vino Theater
Date: April 25-28
Final Girls Theater Company, a brand new women-led company in NYC, presents their debut production: Sarah Ruhl’s In the Next Room (or: The Vibrator Play), featuring an all-female cast. As the sun sets on the 19th century, it rises on a new era of electricity and…medically induced orgasms? Dr. Givings, a man of science, offers his female patients a cure to their hysteria with his cutting edge, electrical vibrators. What happens, however, when the women around him realize these vibrators have more than just medicinal abilities, and even more concerningly, how to operate them without the help of a doctor?
The Wayfaring Strangers
Venue: The PIT Loft
Dates: April 26, May 17, June 21
Join The Wayfaring Strangers for an improvised bluegrass musical featuring brand spankin’ new lyrics to old-timey standards, played on traditional instruments like banjo, stand up bass, guitar, fiddle, washboard, egg shakers and jug. With opening acts Goat Party (April), SLOP (May) and Unheard Of (June).
I Am Nobody
Venue: The Magnet Theater
Dates: April 27 and May 4, 11
From Tony Award-winner Greg Kotis (Urinetown, The End of All Flesh) comes a tuneful 21st century parable about humankind’s subordination to myriad technological devices that somehow feels even timelier now than it did when the Covid-19 pandemic forced its extremely premature closure in March of 2020. "This modern world is tearing us apart, still we could not survive in any other place or time."
Overeager
Venue: Brooklyn Art Haus
Date: April 29
Enchanted by promises of success and sisterhood, a lonely college dropout joins a pyramid scheme, only to realize that the desperate longing for her deceased mother has shaped every relationship in her life.
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Venue: Studio 17
Dates: April 30 - May 17
A transformative reimagining of Dale Wasserman’s classic play. By stripping away traditional 1960s gender dynamics—including a female Randle P. McMurphy—this production exposes the universal struggle: the crushing weight of institutional authority against the fluidity of the human spirit. In this ward, the "Combine" seeks to mechanize identity itself, and the patients find power through diverse perspectives and a shared fight for freedom.
The Vengeance Room
Venue: Under St. Marks
Date: May 1
5 strangers stricken with amnesia find themselves trapped in a claustrophobic room with 4 weapons sitting on a table: a baseball bat, a sword, a knife and a pistol. Each person discovers this horrific sight, and now must interact with each other and their own fears, as the realization of the Vengeance Room comes into sight: 5 people, 4 weapons…only one way out.
HardLove
Venue: SoHo PlayHouse
Date: May 1 - June 6
Following its sold-out 2025 run at NYC’s legendary SoHo Playhouse, the critically acclaimed dark comedy "HardLove" extends for the third time from May 1-June 6. In “HardLove,” a volatile late-night encounter fueled by booze and magnetic attraction forces two strangers to confront their fears, desires, and the fragile lines between connection and destruction. Featuring Miray Beşli and Chandler Stephenson. Directed by Jee Duman.
Eat The Patriarchy
Venue: Bechdel Project
Dates: May 2
Eat The Patriarchy is a purposeful gathering rooted in Bechdel Project’s core belief: we can change our culture by changing the stories we tell. For one night, we invite you to step into an immersive evening of art, ritual, and collective imagination designed to engage you as both witness and participant.
HEART/LUNG
Venue: The Vino Theater
Dates: May 7-9
When a closeted pulmonologist sacrifices her greatest love for career survival in a homophobic medical establishment, the weight of that decision haunts her across decades. But when a dying poet, a resilient ex, and a defiant student all cross her path, Patricia D. Smith must finally decide: will she let her truth die with her or leave behind something worth breathing for?
The Totality of All Things
Venue: Theater 154 (154 Christopher Street)
Dates: May 7-17
In “The Totality of All Things,” an Indiana high school journalism teacher Judith (Colleen Clinton) is unwavering in her belief in truth and moral clarity - until a defaced Pride Month display thrusts her, the faculty, and her star pupil Micah (Cody Jenison) into the center of a heated controversy. As Judith pursues justice, her determination begins to blur the line between conviction and obsession.
BRICKGIRL
Venue: Brooklyn Art Haus
Dates: May 7-17
There's a rumor going around that if you hate someone enough, BRICKGIRL will kill them. She's skinless, soaked in blood, and howling in pain. She shows up, beats someone to death with a brick, then disappears. No one knows the rules. We all want her to kill the right people. Everyone wants her to kill someone. When there's nowhere else to turn, when no one can help you and nothing gets better, there's BRICKGIRL.
The Life and Times of Daisy Forbes
Venue: La Mama
Dates: May 21-24
The Life and Times of Daisy Forbes is a long-form lip-sync illustrating a show girl, our last show girl who is at a distinct crossroads in her life. A crossroads where she is forced to make the decision of whether or not to continue pushing the rock up the hill as a performer and human being in this world. Via TV interviews, trashy pop, obscure musical theater scores and film scenes, Daisy channels these voices as a means of excavating the choices she has made, the feeling of abandonment and the uncertain future ahead.
WAKE UP
Venue: Gibney: Anges Varis Performing Arts Center
Date: May 31
WAKE UP is an evening length contemporary/experimental dance work. Transcending you to an alternate world of revolt, the piece is a rebellion against the mundane through giving in to human desire. Movement allows the body to access its memory of everyday gestures with a heightened sensibility, inviting primal physical instincts to resurface. Inspired by combining every-day activities such as playing basketball, watching TV, and walking on high heels with raw human emotions such as hunger, release, and collapse, WAKE UP is a spiritual journey where everyday memories and the awakening human cravings intersect.