Upcoming Indie Theater – November 9
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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Romeo & Juliet
Location: Court Square Theater
Dates: November 9
Our fresh take on Romeo and Juliet confronts our current world by illuminating young voices in rebellion against authorities. With 10-foot orchard ladders, haunting parents in masks, and a stage covered in smashed fruit, we covered in smashed fruit, we ask the question: what is human nature? Lucien's groundbreaking reimagining doesn't shy away from the hilarity of the text while also finding itself steeped in the blood of crumbling power structures.
Like the story of Romeo and Juliet, Lucien Theatre fights for change through the lens of love. We see division in our capitalistic world, we see diverse voices silenced, we see competition instilled amongst us and the lesson that we are not valuable until we earn our dues. Come see us, like you, trapped in the never ending conditions of this play.
Escalation Time
Location: Studio 17
Date: Now through November 23
Escalation Time is a new play about Zev (Scott Shepherd) and Kate (Francesca Root-Dodson), two married professors at Columbia University who always assumed they shared the same ethical framework. But after the events of October 7th, the couple unexpectedly finds themselves on opposite sides of the conflict. As each becomes involved in their respective campus protest movements, their disagreement threatens to engulf them—with devastating consequences.
Ice Factory, A Dramatic Stage Reading
Location: Ofrendafest/Queens Council on the Art Facility
Date: November 9
Learn more and get tickets: https://secure.givelively.org/event/satellite-collective-inc/a-dramatic-reading-of-ice-factory-written-by-soraya-sussman/a-stage-reading-of-ice-factory
Ice Factory is an intimate and raw portrait of people living during the height of the AIDS epidemic in New York City in the late 1990s. This nonfiction-drama explores the brutal realities of a community navigating loss, love, and refuge.
ICE FACTORY/FACTORIA DE HIELO has been awarded the 2025 Queens Community Arts Grant, funded by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) to support our developmental dramatic reading.
Radio Violence
Location: YA Mystery podcast (online)
Dates: Now through December 5
A missing pop star with a penchant for hidden messages. A 12 y/o superfan (+ Dad) follow the tracks. A 6-part YA mystery beginning Halloween, with 25 min episodes releasing weekly wherever you podcast and an accompanying EP with clues. Recorded live to bring the energy of live theatre to the audio drama world.
Before it hurts
Location: The Tank
Date: November 12
Seven slices of life. A dance. A fight. A tattoo session. Before it hurts dissects the intimacy formed around the messiness of grieving.
What's the right way to hold onto someone? What's the right way to let go?
Before It hurts is a physical theater performance, a relational duet consisting of seven scenes, each dissecting an intricate, intimate relationship formed around the death of another. Devised around a scripted text and structured like a concept album, it presents a visceral navigation of the push and pull in various forms of intimacy and the messiness of grieving.
Hamlet
Location: Stone Circle Theatre
Date: November 20-23
Use code "twenty" for $20 tickets
Set in Denmark, the play depicts Prince Hamlet and his attempts to exact revenge against his uncle, Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet’s father in order to seize his throne and marry Hamlet’s mother. Hamlet is considered among the most powerful and influential tragedies in the history of theater — a story worthy of endless creative revisiting and adaptation. It is widely considered one of the greatest plays of all time.
The Infinite Wrench
Location: The Second City and The Wild Project
Dates: Most Fridays and Saturdays in November
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!
"Show Up, Kids!"
Location: The Rat
Date: November 1, 15, 22, and 29
This acclaimed, long-running, interactive musical show for kids 3-10 years old puts a wildly comedic twist on the traditional kids’ show. When the main attraction doesn’t show up, the host enlists the help of the kids (and their grownups) to control everything from plot to props, characters to costumes, and settings to sound in a one-of-a-kind, 45-minute laughfest.
We Drift In And Out
Location: Latea Theater with The New York Theater Festival
Date: November 18, 21, and 22
Ella and Sebastian are caught in an infinite loop of meet-cutes. In a parallel, somewhat less glamorous timeline, Jess is a recently-dumped pizza place employee whose parents didn’t tell her they were visiting. As Jess reconnects with her family, these stories intertwine, weaving truths about grief, memory, and sisterhood.
Just Little Women
Location: The Vino Theater, Brooklyn, NYV
Date: November 20-23
Just LITTLE WOMEN reimagines Louisa May Alcott’s iconic story as a concert-play-musical hybrid, with the March sisters fronting a family rock band. Jo’s the bassist and main songwriter—too much, too intense, but all about the passion. Meg’s the lead singer and guitarist—center-stage and craving peace of mind in the crowd. Amy’s the second lead and electric guitarist—brilliant, underestimated, and plotting the life she deserves. And Beth—sweet Beth—anchors them on the piano, holding her chaotic sisters together with music, love, and quiet strength.
Swinewomb
Location: Red Pavilion
Date: December 4
Swinewomb is a new psychosexual descent into faith, desire, and control. With its fusion of Southern Gothic atmosphere and psychosexual horror, Swinewomb pushes the boundaries of theatrical storytelling.
In the small, God-fearing town of Caleb’s Rest, siblings Shiloh and Ellis grieve their parents: Shiloh through a spiraling affair with her teenage sweetheart, and Ellis through violent outbursts and secret visits to a banished herbalist rumored to practice witchcraft. Meanwhile, something old and demonic begins to fester inside Shiloh… and it wants out.