Off-Off-Broadway Theatre Newsroom

Kingdom Theatre will host a 5th Anniversary celebration on Saturday, February 22nd, 2025 from 1-4 pm at the Wadleigh School For The Visual and Performing Arts (215 W. 114th Street Harlem NYC).

The Skeleton Rep(resents) will present the World Premiere of Georgia and the Butch: Adapted from Maria Chabot & Georgia O'Keeffe Correspondence, 1941-1949, at The Tank. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Last Call, a new play by Peter Danish and directed by Gil Mehmert, will begin performances at New World Stages, Stage 5 in March. Learn more about the show here!

Sparks & Wiry Cries, led by Co-Founders and Directors Martha Guth and Erika Switzer, together with National Sawdust hosts the ninth annual songSLAM on Friday, February 7, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. at National Sawdust.

SAPPHEST is returning January 18th at Caveat for an unforgettable night of sapphic theatre! Learn more about the programming and and see how to attend!

The acclaimed solo show A Drag Is Born, a nonverbal celebration of diversity created and performed by Edu Díaz in which a man accidentally becomes a drag queen onstage, was selected for PhysFestNYC 2025. Learn how to attend.

Theaterlab has announced a new production of Talking with Angels: Budapest, 1943, a powerful one-woman show that has earned critical acclaim and heartfelt admiration from audiences across the U.S. and internationally.

Lila Coogan, Kevin Clay, Gabriella Enriquez, Jordan Matthew Brown, and Cedric Lamar will star in a 29-Hour NYC reading of a new comedic musical, Caleb Needs A Kidney next week.

Broadway World has your an exclusive first look inside rehearsals for the World Premiere of Sheltered, a new play by Cate Wiley at the Cell Theatre. See photos!

The Congress for Jewish Culture will present a developmental reading of SHTUMER SHABES, an exciting new play by Rokhl Kafrissen. Learn more and see how to attend the reading.

BIG WAVE will have its Off-Broadway debut this month. The play, written and directed by Daniely Martins, tells the story of an antique dealer helping a friend, who is a hoarder, to clean her apartment before Code Enforcement comes for a visit.

FRIGID New York will present a special engagement of The Big Secret written and performed by storyteller Brad Lawrence in February. Learn more about the production here!

IRTE is back with THE SCARY, Improvised Stephen King. The limited 4-week run is scheduled to open at the Producers Club in Times Square January 31st. Check out early photos here!

The Tank NYC will present DOODLER: THE CASTRO MURDERS, conceived and Performed by John Fisher for two performances only this month. Learn more about the show here!

Theater for the New City's Emerging Playwrights Program will be beneficiary of the theater's 22nd annual 'Love 'n Courage' benefit Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at The Players, 16 Gramercy Park South.

Broadway Bound Theatre Festival has announced that AMT Theater is the home of BBTF 2025. Located in the heart of the Theatre District on 45th Street, this 99-seat venue boasts a newly-renovated house and state-of-the-art technology.

New York Theatre Barn will launch the 12th season of its Choreography Lab in 2025. Curated by Avital Asuleen, the Choreography Lab is the only platform for choreographers and writers to collaborate on movement for original musicals during incubation. 

Prepare yourself for an unforgettable night of terror, laughter, and the unexpected when IRTE (Improvisational Repertory Theatre Ensemble) presents THE SCARY - an improvised comedy inspired by the spine-chilling works of Stephen King. Learn more!

Get a first look at performance photos of TRUTH & MAGIC: AN IMMERSIVE CONCERT EXPERIENCE which premiered at Culture Lab LIC in December. Check out photos here!

South Street Seaport Museum will present performances of In the Zone: A Maritime Play by Eugene O'Neill. Learn more and see how to attend the performances.

South Street Seaport Museum has announced performances of In the Zone: A Maritime Play by Eugene O'Neill this January. Learn more about the upcoming show here!

Bryan-Keyth Wilson's celebrated choreopoem, FOR COLORED BOYZ on the verge of a nervous breakdown/when freedom aint enuff, is set to make its mark on the Los Angeles theatre scene with an exclusive staged reading on March 29, 2025.

New photos have been released of THE ESSENCE: A YIDDISH THEATRE DIM SUM, a fast-paced comedy which has been playing to sellout crowds for over a decade throughout the Northeast and Europe as well as at the New York International Fringe Festival.

Fresh Binder Productions has announced the first public performance of plays written by the Fall 2024 Writer's Cohort. The public presentation of 'FALLING... FALling... fall' will take place on Tuesday, January 7 at The Center at West Park.

Playing on Air is back, celebrating its current season launch with a collection of short plays featuring world premieres, plus an audio premieres, by some of the most exciting voices in theatre.