Upcoming Indie Theater – June 12
Each week, we share upcoming indie theater shows and productions in New York City. These are submitted by members of the IndieSpace community.
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LAST NIGHT EVER with Mary MacK
Venue: The Vino Theater
Date: June 12
A live sketch comedy special hosted by stand-up comedian Mary MacKeen! Years in the future, the nefarious GovCorp has decided it's time to shut down television forever. But first they'll have to convince Americans they don't like TV-- By creating the worst late night show that's ever been produced. Can our lovable host turn things around and make this show a winner? Probably not.
An Iliad
Venue: Gallery 198
Dates: Now through June 14
Intimate and bracingly timely, An Iliad by Lisa Peterson and Denis O'Hare reimagines Homer’s epic through the eyes of The Poet, a timeless storyteller compelled to recount the tale of the Trojan War again and again until humanity can finally overcome its appetite for violence and destruction. In a performance of both substance and stamina, Heather Lee Echeverria takes on The Poet and Adult Film company member Stephee Bonifacio plays the Muse. Together, they trace the devastation of war and the corrosive force of rage, all while reminding us of our own humanity and how easily we can lose sight of it.
The Naked Woman
Venue: Theatre 154
Dates: Now through June 14
The Naked Woman is a gripping, darkly comic drama about love, morality, and blind devotion. It unfolds over a winter holiday in an Upstate New York country house, where a family of Soviet immigrants gathers to celebrate Misha (Ilia Volok), a man who has built a life on achievement, intelligence, and survival, until a single moment shatters the illusion… As the incident seeps into the house, the lively family gathering turns into a Chekhovian moral reckoning.
The IndieSpace community can get 25% off tickets using the promo code INDIESPACE.
"Uncle Vanya" - Free Performances in Battery Park
Venue: Castle Clinton National Monument
Dates: June 11-14 and 18-21
Lower Manhattan’s Shakespeare Downtown celebrates its 10th season of free performances with Geoffrey Horne’s translation of “Uncle Vanya” - Anton Chekhov’s timeless tragicomedy of longing, frustration, and fading dreams; performed within the open-air stone walls of Castle Clinton National Monument June 11–21, 2026. Free tickets are available at the door beginning at 5:45 p.m. on the day of each performance.
Fear & Wonder
Venue: Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre / A.R.T. New York Theatres
Dates: From now through June 27
Forced to share a room at a conservative Christian summer camp, picture-perfect Ryan and cynical rebel Jabez expect nothing but a week of forced prayers. Instead, their late-night debates spark a magnetic, dangerous attraction that threatens everything they know. When the real world crashes in, will the fear of losing it all tear them apart, or will they risk everything to make something wonderful?
He Hates Me!
Venue: The Tank
Dates: June 15-17
He Hates Me! is a comedy about overwhelming guilt. You know when you feel like you did something wrong? And you can’t stop thinking about it? So you become obsessed with making it right? But you never really can? And that makes you only want to try harder to fix it? But in the process of rectifying you kind of… make everything much, much worse? This play dives headfirst into that cycle: a chaotic tornado of a fractured friend group, the weight of the past, and the uncomfortable truth that not everyone is going to like you.
Sugar Sugar! Performance Series
Venue: Domino Park
Dates: June 17, 18, 24, and 25
Returning to Domino Park for its second edition, Sugar Sugar! will transform Domino Square’s waterfront amphitheater into a festive open-air stage for free, experimental performances. The series runs June 3 to 25, 2026, presenting performances on Wednesday and Thursday evenings each week. Over the four-week run, some of the city’s most exciting artists working across dance, puppetry, clowning, theater, performance art, and music will premiere ambitious, site-responsive works—many artists presenting large-scale performance outdoors for the first time. This year’s program features new work by New York artists Amando Houser and Pussypaws Puppetry; Julia Antinozzi and Isa Spector; HOLE PICS; and Malcolm-x Betts and Kat Sotelo. Three of the four performance weeks were conceived as pairings, with each curator shaping different weeks, inviting unexpected connections or illuminating shared artistic sensibilities, alongside one week devoted to the queer art collective HOLE PICS.
I AM GOING TO DIE (And All They Gave Me Were These Lousy Cupcakes)
Venue: The Rat NYC
Date: June 21
Lousy Cupcake (as we colloquially call it) is highly improvisational and experimental as it explores death from two perspectives -- that of a person who knows they are going to die and that of a person who’s lost a dear friend and must now process their grief. The play consists of a structured script with built in opportunities for improv and audience interaction. Every night as the figure greets the audience, the actor builds a new and unique character based on audience suggestions. This character is born, lives, and eventually dies all while regaling the audience with hysterical and heart-wrenching stories. Lousy Cupcake seeks to open up conversations about the societally taboo topic of death and grief -- especially for those actively processing their own mortality and/or the death of a loved one.
The Wayfaring Strangers
Venue: The PIT Loft
Dates: June 21
Join The Wayfaring Strangers at The PIT on Fathers Day, June 21 at 7pm for an improvised bluegrass musical, featuring brand spankin’ new lyrics to old-timey standards, played on traditional instruments like banjo, guitar, fiddle, stand up bass, washboard, harmonica and jug.
Better than a tie or some aftershave in a novelty bottle!
The Internet's Boyfriend
Venue: The Tank
Dates: June 22
Actor Kiran Ramesh has just regained Twitter’s attention with his new romance movie Snow Song. When he gets an email from Marley Park, a journalist best known for their candid marathon interviews with Hollywood giants, he’s met with a proposal: a one-hour interview every day, for a full calendar year. Sparks fly between interviewer and interviewee, and the two must tread the line between personal and professional as their 365 days together come to pass.
¡Pueblo Harlem! Celebrating Latino Culture
Venue: The Riverside Church
Date: June 26
Belongó invites you to the 12th annual ¡Pueblo Harlem! - Celebrating Latino Culture, a day-long music festival in Harlem that brings together community, culture, and live performance at the iconic Riverside Church in West Harlem. A whole-day affair for families and the Harlem community, Pueblo Harlem welcomes audiences of all ages to experience a vibrant celebration of music, movement, and cultural exchange.
Crimes of the Heart
Venue: 154 Christopher Street
Dates: June 15-26
Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley, directed by Eve Bianco | Presented by Red Door Productions
It's been a bad week for the Magrath sisters. The eldest is turning thirty alone. The middle one has come home from Hollywood with broken dreams. The youngest has just shot her husband. Set over a few extraordinary days in a kitchen in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, Crimes of the Heart is Beth Henley's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about sisters, secrets, survival, and the particular madness of family love. Devastating and hilarious in equal measure, often in the same breath. Red Door Productions brings this Southern tragicomedy to New York City for a limited two-week run at 154 Theater on Christopher Street.
“Planet of the Grapes” - An Epic, Tabletop, Sci-Fi Adventure
Venue: Under St. Marks
Dates: July 16-19
Award-winning lockdown hit “Planet of the Grapes” transports audiences to a futuristic world where talking grapes reign supreme and humans are rendered speechless. Directed by Michole Biancosino, this fast-paced comedic homage blends the charm of Victorian toy theater with the sci-fi spectacle of the 1968 classic “Planet of the Apes,” creating an interactive, immersive, all-ages adventure packed into a juicy 60 minutes. Produced by Project Y Theatre, SparkDog Productions Inc., and PM2 Entertainment.