Shameless Plugs from Indie Theater Discord Server
IndieSpace hosts the Indie Theater Discord Server, a virtual home for artists to collaborate, communicate, and educate. It’s a space to learn about indie theater opportunities and network with like-minded artists and workers.
Learn all about the Indie Theater Discord Server and how to join here: https://www.indiespace.org/updates/indie-theater-discord-server
One of the channels on the server is Shameless Plugs. It’s a place for folks to share what they’re working on. From time to time, we’ll share these on social media and our blog!
The Tank presents a public staged reading of “Goretti” on July 19 at 7pm and July 21 at 3pm.
Tickets: https://thetanknyc.org/calendar-1/2024/19/7-goretti
It is written by M.D. Schaffer and directed by Courtney Campbell.
Show Description: It’s the 10th anniversary celebration since Kyle, Molly, and Benji left the Catholic faith. However, when Sky, the new friend to the group, inquires about Kyle's paintings of Saint Maria Goretti, the secrets and trauma that lead to the group's departure are exposed in a new light, testing the strength of their relationships, and asking, “Is forgiveness possible?”
“Annie Brown’s 5th Grade Science Presentation” is one of 6 Finalists in SoHo Playhouse’s 3rd Annual Lighthouse Series—a festival that showcases emerging artists across New York City.
It will be shown at the SoHo Playhouse on July 14 at 4pm and July 15 and 16 at 7pm.
Tickets: https://ci.ovationtix.com/35583/production/1158586
Support the show: https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/95w1t4WLb9
Show Description: Annie Brown is ready to KILL her science presentation on the food chain. But when the animals become a little too aware of their roles as predator and prey, the whole show is thrown off-kilter. A dark comedy exploring class and oppression through the eyes of a 5th grader.
The Team at FORGE has two Fast Fuel events per month. These are bi-monthly pop-up micro-retreats on Zoom.
If you’re craving accountability and community or want to go to a retreat but can't get away, they got you!
FORGE offers 30-min consultations all-day! Snag a slot to have them review grant language, offer feedback on pages, or share an existential crisis. FORGE is here for all of it!
Learn more and RSVP here: https://www.forgenyc.org/fast-fuel
Their next Fast Fuel event is this Sunday, July 13. Upcoming dates are Thursday, July 25, Sunday, August 11, Thursday, August 22, Sunday, September 8, Thursday, September 26, Sunday, October 6, and Thursday, October 24. It is 100% free.
Ghost Light Theatre Company is putting on a production of “The Wolves” at the SoHo Playhouse on July 19 and July 20 at 7pm.
Tickets: https://www.sohoplayhouse.com/upcoming-events/the-wolves
Show Description: The Wolves run drills with an agility and precision they hope will lead to bigger wins on the horizon: a trip to Nationals in Miami and opportunities to play for college recruiters, though it’s nothing new to say sixteen is a hard age, The Wolves lives in the poignant intersection of growing pains and the difficult truths we begin to face in high school—and grapple with the rest of our lives.
The ChoreoJoey Project is putting on “Dances With Ancestors” at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater from July 18-21./
Tickets: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36836/production/1198766
Show Description: Step into the vibrant heart of New York City's dance scene with "Dances with Ancestors," a mesmerizing jazz ballet presented by the illustrious ChoreoJoey Project. Celebrating its 10th anniversary with a jubilant flourish, this multimedia extravaganza is set to enrapture audiences with its captivating blend of movement, music, and visual storytelling.
Hudson Classical Theater Company's production of Coriolanus runs through July 21. Performances are Thursdays through Sundays at 6:30pm at Riverside Park at W 89th St.
It is free (although donations are accepted at the end of each show).
Learn more here: https://www.hudsonclassicaltheatercompany.org/current.php
Directed & Adapted by Nicholas Martin-Smith and Joseph Hamel
Alexa Dexa shared info about “Soak”, an online bathtub opera happening over zoom from your bathtub/shower/any accessible body of water.
There are three free shows this summer:
Saturday, July 13 at 7pm
Sunday, July 21 at 3pm
Friday, August 2 at 7pm
Learn more here: https://www.alexadexa.com/soak/
Show Description: soak is an accessibility-centered, virtual, and immersive electroacoustic toy opera by a sick + mad + disabled non-binary babe soaking in a bathtub co-created with and for sick + mad + disabled folx in bathtubs/shower chairs/showers/wash basins/sponge baths/kiddie pools/sitz baths/foot baths/areas of cozy and enveloping rest and ease/in, with, or near any body of water big or very small (an ocean, lake, river, creek/rain, snow, steam, or ice/a glass of water/our own bodies), real or imagined (because who is the arbiter of what is real anyway?).
Needs More Work Productions is producing “Anti-Gone”, a choose your own ending interactive adaptation to Sophocles' classic play.
It is taking place at Moore Jackson Community Garden July 12-14 and 19-21 at 5:30pm.
RSVP to reserve your free ticket: https://forms.gle/xBmsvkfwJWqjLwQk8
Show Description: There will be songs, dancing, rituals, drama, and most importantly- a vote. Spend a hot summer night in Thebes where the political climate is on the brink of its boiling point, reserve your free ticket today! 🌴☀️
If you want to see more, join us on the Indie Theater Discord Server.
In addition to shameless plugs, we have several channels dedicated to different themes/topics. It’s a digital community that can help you find a lighting designer, a funding opportunity, a rehearsal space, a writer’s residency, a casting call, or where to borrow stage combat swords.