Box Office
Town Stages is a non-profit cultural space in Tribeca offering a range of ticketed programming to the general public.
An independent woman-owned and operated cultural arts institution and venue, Town Stages is a state-of-the-art live performance space supporting the lifecycle of New York's hallmark entertainment industries. With a stunning 10,000 square foot storefront facility and an audience capacity of 299, Town Stages creates world-class cultural experiences and opportunities for all. Town Stages provides much-needed space and production resources for performing artists and performing arts organizations.
Proceeds go to subsidizing our on-site Fellowship Program through Sokoloff Arts.
**Town Stages Is Temporarily Closed Due To Covid-19**
2017
December 12th
Tuesday, December 12th
2(01)7: A Song Cycle
Music/Lyrics: Will Thomason
Tickets: $15
Venmo: songcycle2017
or click: 2017songcycle.splashthat.com
Come celebrate the end of another year through song!
"2(01)7" is a collection of 13 songs that tell semi-autobiographical stories of this past year. From a cappella trios and ukulele-filled duets to mid-show love ballads, 2(01)7 promises catchy tunes full of clever wordplay, and a night of reflection on the past and thoughts on the future.
Singers:
Katy Geraghty (Groundhog Day)
Patrick Hartigan (South Pacific, Reg.)
Beth Stafford Laird (Newsies, Nat'l)
Olivia Myrick (A Literal OB/GYN)
Christian Noojin (B'Way Stands... Freedom)
Ryan Ortega (Miss Saigon, Reg.)
DJ Plunkett (Sweeney Todd, Reg.)
Will Thomason, piano
Ali Dietz, drums
2(01)7 was written and developed in part at FORGE Fuel, a monthly retreat for writers of all kinds at the Howard Taubman Playhouse in Danbury, CT, brought to you by FORGE, LLC. For more information, visit forgenyc.org/programs
This event is sponsored in part by Sokoloff Arts (501C3). For more information, go to sokoloffarts.org
December 9th - 10th
Saturday, December 9, 2017
12 pm - 4:00 pm // Creative Movement Workshops
Tine and Sidney (12 pm) // Ephrat and Cricket (2 pm)
Sounds by Jedeye Jaxx
Suggested donation $15 (per workshop)
Spots are limited, so you must RSVP in order to secure your spot in the workshop!
4:10 pm // Screening of Amy Secada's documentary "Come as You Are" (20 mins), a short film exploring the cultural and social impact of the legendary Loft era @ Town Stages, 221 West Broadway
Sunday, December 10, 2017
12 pm - 4:00 pm // Creative Movement Workshops @ Town Stages, 221 West Broadway
Amy Secada and Fella (12 pm) // Chriz and Scott of Afro Mosaic Soul (2 pm)
Sounds by Jedeye Jaxx
Suggested donation $15
Spots are limited, so you must RSVP in order to secure your spot in the workshop!
4:10 pm // Screening of Aurora Brekke's documentary "Moving Closer to House" (25 mins), a short film about house dance developed out of fieldwork that took place in New York City in 2015 @ Town Stages, 221 West Broadway.
This event is sponsored in part by Sokoloff Arts (501C3). For more information, go to sokoloffarts.org
2018
Nov 7th
'Seeds of America' Annual Benefit
November 7th
7:00pm-10:00pm
Entertainment will be provided by DJ mOma, DJ AQ and an East African dance performance by the young students of Asase Yaa School of the Arts. We’ll celebrate our annual event with cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, entertainment, and special presentations of our work and its impact in Ethiopia. We expect to host up to 300 guests, with all proceeds from this event supporting Seeds of Africa’s education and community development programs in Adama, Ethiopia. This event is themed “Cocktail and Cloth” in celebration of the richness and diversity of African cultures and textiles.
Since 2008, Seeds of Africa has been working to ensure that all students in Adama, Ethiopia have access to a free, quality education and receive the support they need both in school and at home to be successful students and citizens. Seeding Education promotes a STEM-based (science, technology, arts & mathematics) curriculum that encourages self-expression, logical and relational development and positive communication, in addition to providing nutritious meals, access to healthcare and school supplies. We are proud to serve 210 students in pre-K through 5th grade. Sowing Community empowers the mothers and grandmothers of our students with language and financial literacy guidance, seed loans and technical support to help them start and grow their own businesses.
TIX: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/seeds-of-africa-annual-benefit-tickets-46737528205
Nov 1st - 2nd
Heather Christian's Animal Wisdom: Live In Concert at Town Stages
November 1st & 2nd
7:00pm-10:00pm
Heather Christian and the ANIMAL WISDOM family present in a Live Recording of a Blackout Requiem Mass on Thursday and Friday, All Saints and All Souls Day, November 1 & 2, 2018 at 7pm and 9pm at Town Stages, 221 West Broadway, NYC.
One year after the thrice-extended sold-out ten-week run at The Bushwick Starr, the ANIMAL WISDOM family is getting back together to make a much anticipated soundtrack recording. Part fund-raiser, part mini-mass, part barn-raising revival, the ANIMAL WISDOM Live Taping will take place at Town Stages with a larger ensemble, newly fleshed-out arrangements, and the full complement of the original ANIMAL WISDOM choir, plus more than 40 additional special guest voices including local NYC personalities and musicians.
Space for ANIMAL WISDOM was sponsored in part by Sokoloff Arts.
DETAILS
November 1st (All Souls Day)
7pm: $35 Requiem concert ticket*
9pm: $35 Requiem Concert Ticket* // $50 Requiem concert ticket* + access to DJ’ed Revival and Dance After party
November 2nd (All Saints Day)
7pm: $35 Requiem concert ticket*
9pm: $35 Requiem Concert Ticket* // $100 Requiem Concert Ticket* + VIP Cask Room Juke Box set access (purchase this ticket and send us your favorite song, we will play it for you in an intimate set in Town Stages cask room after the show) + free ANIMAL WISDOM Signature Cocktail
*All ticket holders will receive a pre-release copy of the Animal Wisdom Soundtrack once it is recorded, included in ticket price. Soundtrack value is $25.
ANIMAL WISDOM a new Musical by Heather Christian & the Arbornauts
book & lyrics – Heather Christian; guitar & vocals – Sasha Brown; keys & vocals – Heather Christian; bass & vocals – Fred Epstein; percussion & vocals – Eric Farber; violin & vocals – Maya Sharpe
TIX: https://stagebuddy.com/event/live-recording-of-animal-wisdom-at-town-stages
Sept 24th
The Self Driven Child
How much control should you give your child over his or her own life? And at what age should you start?
Join us to hear William Stixrud, PhD and Ned Johnson, authors of the new and groundbreaking book, "The Self-Driven Child,” explain the science behind radically rethinking your role as a parent in order to foster your child’s capacity for resilience, success and optimal development.
Hosted by Portfolio School
6-8pm
$35 advance | $50 at the door
**Food and drinks will be served
Sept 21st
The Eleventh Hour!
A new sci-fi musical comedy about the end of the world in -- where else -- a basement in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Chronicling the fabled New Brunswick basement music scene during the apocalypse, this new show, which had its premiere as part of New York Winterfest back in January, includes a New Brunswick basement rocker, the rising star astrophysicist he used to date, a committed performer from Medieval Times, a giant snake, cannibals, a group of mole people, and Neil DeGrasse Tyson. The end of the world is about 12 hours away.
THE ELEVENTH HOUR swept the 2018 Winterfest with seven awards: Best Production, Best Score (David Seamon), Most Creative Play, Best Director and Choreographer (Annie Rutherford Lutz), Best Lighting Design (Joey Braccino), Best Singer (Tam Justin Garcia)
The Eleventh Hour had a stellar run at Town Stages back in May and June and it is BACK! Catch this rock musical during its new September - November run at Town Stages, starting Sept 21st. All performances at 8pm with a guest band starting at 7:30!
TIX: https://www.eleventhhourmusical.com/performance-tickets/the-eleventh-hour. This production is sponsored in part by Sokoloff Arts (501C3). For more information, go to sokoloffarts.org
Sept 20th
Highballs & High Fives with Edrington & Q Drinks!
We are opening up the bar on a Thursday to make you tasty highballs with Highland Park, The Macallan, Brugal Rum, Partida Tequila, and Snow Leopard Vodka!
I made some schrubs! We have all of the Q sodas! And every single highball is garnished with a high five. Just for you. Because we love you.
See you at the bar!
Sept 18th
Movie Night! Moulin Rouge!
Because we CAN-CAN-CAN!
Movie Night is back with our favorite love story-slash-one of the best tragic musicals of all time, along with some beautiful "Red Light Negronis" courtesy of Bols Genever; did we mention they'll be served to you in light bulbs?? #yas
Bar opens at 5, movie starts at 7 - we'll roll out the comfy chairs, and as usual, feel free to bring blankets and friends!
Sept 12th
The Mother Line Story Project
A storytelling collective and incubator for female expression. The project brings together generation of performers to tell the stories of their maternal ancestors through the creation of new, self-devised work. Participants write and perform two minute monologues in the first person voice of their mother, or her mother, or her mother's mother etc... Thus exploring their mother line. The stories are then shared through our youtube channel, podcast, and live performances. By amplifying women's voices, past and present, we aim to foster artists' connections to their own creativity as well as build an environment which continuously supports and renews that creativity.
We've got big news. Mother Line is planning to take on the world in 2019. So, we decided to through a party to celebrate our community, honor where we came from, and get ready for what's next.
Please join us at beautiful Town Stages as we amplify women's voices, look to the future, and eat cake! Festive Attire Please.
There will be fancy celebrities, the announcement of the 2019 Mother Line season, the naming of our Matron of Honor, and a world premier Mother Line performance.
Sept 11th
Meet MTF's New Producing Artistic Director - Mei Ann Teo
Free
Tue, September 11, 2018
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT
After much anticipation, it is with great joy that I introduce you to our new Producing Artistic Director, Mei Ann Teo!
Many of you had the chance to meet Mei Ann at our Town Hall last spring. For those who didn't, you should know that she is a visionary interdisciplinary theatre maker and community organizer who brings with her to the job a wealth of experience in new works development, education, and fundraising. We are in great hands, and I have full confidence that the Factory will achieve new levels of artistic excellence and organizational sustainability with her expertise and leadership.
Mei Ann has been meeting with me regularly throughout the summer, as well as meeting with our Board of Directors, our team, and community leaders to get a comprehensive view of the Factory before officially stepping into her role in September. Very soon we will be sending out a massive press release that details our shift in artistic leadership and some of the exciting ideas Mei Ann has for reinvigorating our Assembly Line, ideas that will ensure our cornerstone programs become more accessible to all disciplines of artists we serve.
If you want to meet Mei Ann and hear about her programatic ideas in person, we'd like to invite you to a Meet and Greet and reception at Town Stages on Tuesday, September 11 from 5-7pm. Our returning team and artists will be there to share about MTF’s fall activities. Please RSVP!
We wanted to be sure you, the People of Musical Theatre Factory, heard this news first, but please do us the favor of keeping this information secret until we make our big press announcement. When the news goes public, we'll ask for your help in blasting to all your social media channels!
You have all been so supportive throughout this transition. It has been an honor to serve you as Founding Artistic Director, and for those who may be concerned about my ongoing involvement in MTF, rest assured I will remain active on the Board of Directors and will continue to consult and collaborate with Mei Ann regularly while she gets her bearings.
Now please, join me in welcoming MTF's new Producing Artistic Director, Mei Ann Teo!
-Shakina
FREE REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/meet-mtfs-new-producing-artistic-director-mei-ann-teo-tickets-49474395248
Sept 5th
The Music of Les Six
Classical Music has gotten a bad rap. Shushing, rustling candy wrappers, stuck in a row of uncomfortable chairs trying not to fall asleep while waiting for intermission to cough or use the bathroom. Forget all of it. That's now how this music was meant to be performed, so we're not gonna do it. Get up, get a drink whenever you want. Cough, slurp, chat as much as you please.
Most importantly, enjoy yourself and some amazing music with us at Town Stages!
Sept 5th 7pm
Find out more here: https://musicoflessix.splashthat.com/
Sept 4th
Whisky, Women, and a Movie!
A beautiful single malt isn’t a one-dimensional tipple- which means there’s no single, perfect way to drink it!
Join Highland Park Brand Ambassador Tonia Guffey and Bar Director Joanna Carpenter for an evening of discovering Highland Park’s wonderful whiskies and the surprising ways you can imbibe with them.
**This is a ticketed event! Click here to purchase (ticket includes whisky tasting + cocktails):
https://highlandparkwhiskywomen.splashthat.com/
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Join us after for a free screening of Mad Max: Fury Road, sponsored by Highland Park!
August 22nd
Maria Torres Masterclass
Join Maria Torres as she offers a special Hustle Dance Masterclass. Rediscover one of the most popular social dances born from New York’s own Latin community—THE HUSTLE—in this dynamic two hour workshop focused on the partnering technique of “Lead and Follow” with an emphasis on the musicality, speed and syncopation of the dance. Stick around and enjoy a Hustle Dance Party with live DJ and themed Cocktails.!
Maria’s Hustle choreography can be seen on Broadway in Donna Summer The Musical and in the touring production of Broadway’s On Your Feet, among others.
TIX: https://hustledancemasterclass.splashthat.com/
August 21st
Movie Night: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Our summer series of movie nights continues!
You know the drill: bring your blankets, bring your friends, the AC will be blasting, and the daiquiris will be flowing.
Sponsored by Santa Teresa 1796 (our bar team’s favorite new rum!), it’s going to be another fabulous Tuesday!
In addition, there will be wine and beer specials all night, and pretty please no outside food!
Tuesday, August 21st.
Bar opens at 5pm. Movie at 7pm!!!
Can’t wait to see you!
July 25th
Hustle Dance Masterclass with Maria Torres
Join Maria Torres as she offers a special Hustle Dance Masterclass. Rediscover one of the most popular social dances born from New York’s own Latin community—THE HUSTLE—in this dynamic two hour workshop focused on the partnering technique of “Lead and Follow” with an emphasis on the musicality, speed and syncopation of the dance. Stick around and enjoy a Hustle Dance Party with live DJ and themed Cocktails!
Maria’s Hustle choreography can be seen on Broadway in Donna Summer The Musical and in the touring production of Broadway’s On Your Feet, among others.
July 25th 6pm - 11pm
Find out more here: https://hustledancemasterclass.splashthat.com/
July 23rd
[the art project] Presented by Katie's Art Project
A one night only pop-up gallery event featuring art, live music and dance performances by some of your favorite stars!
Monday, July 23rd
VIP Reception begins promptly at 6pm
General Admission to follow at 7pm
Founder Stephanie Klemons
Choreographer Marinda Davis
Curator David Korins
Featured Performer Casey Jamerson
Broadway Botanist Jaime Verazin
Find out more here: https://www.katiesartproject.org/
July 25th
Movie Night at Town Stages: The Wizard of Oz
Just like Bryant Park - but with air conditioning, bathroom, and no stampede!
Admission is free! Just bring your blankets, bring your friends - we would love to have you sprawl in the main hall with us for our screening of everyone's favorite, "The Wizard of Oz"!
Bar opens at 5:00, the movie starts at 7:00!
Wine by the Bottle: $30
Champagne by the Bottle: $45
Beer: $6
July 12th
Talk Back of: The School of Doing: Lessons from Gerald Freedman by Isaac Klein, moderated by Ashley Gates Jansen.
This two hour forum will allow Isaac, Ashley, and guests time to dig in and discuss some of the book's ideas in depth. Please bring your thoughts and questions!
Admission is FREE. Discussion will be from 1pm - 3pm. A cocktail hour will follow from 3-4pm.
This event is relaxed, so if you need to arrive late or leave early, that's okay!
Copies of "The School of Doing" will be available for sale and signing.
Space for this event was sponsored in part by Sokoloff Arts.
To learn more, go to sokoloffarts.org
June 22nd - July 1st
The Macallan Presents Behind The City by Third Rail Projects &
The Macallan Speakeasy
The Macallan Single Malt Scotch Whisky is pleased to announce the return of The Macallan Speakeasy, a pop-up destination where guests have exclusive access to premieres of new works by inspiring artists creating some of today‘s most extraordinary cultural experiences.
Located at Town Stages, The Macallan Speakeasy is delighted to present Behind The City to the public on select days June 22nd - July 1st. This performance is the newest work by Third Rail Projects – the critically-acclaimed immersive theater-makers behind Then She Fell and Ghost Light.
Designed for just two people at a time, Behind The City is Third Rail Projects' most intimate work to date. New York City serves as a stage, setting, and metaphor where couples discover unexpected, dreamlike environments and narratives hidden behind closed doors. Behind The City is a rumination on love, getting lost, and the memories that we imprint upon the city and that it imprints upon us.
Check out The New York Times Review:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/theater/behind-the-city-review-third-rail-projects.html
June 26th - June 28th
THIRD RAIL PROJECTS SUMMER INTENSIVE
Tuesday - Thursday, June 26 - 28
10:00am - 5:00pm
This three-day intensive offers a comprehensive exploration of Third Rail Projects’ approach to crafting and performing in immersive performance formats, with the added element of working closely alongside six of the company’s core teaching artists including Co-Artistic Directors Jennine Willett and Tom Pearson, Associate Artistic Director Marissa Nielsen-Pincus, and longstanding company members Tara O’Con, Rebekah Morin, and Edward Rice. Each teacher will share a unique aspect of Third Rail’s toolbox covering topics such as:
- Developing presence and clarity around audience engagement
- Spontaneity and responsiveness to the changing landscape of an active audience
- Generative game play for crafting immersive scenes
- Understanding ritual, narrative, and audience initiation through the study of a scene from one of our immersive productions
This intensive blends concentrated work time with ample time for questions and discourse. Experience in performance and a willingness to move is a requisite for this course.
Sign up here: https://ci.ovationtix.com/35034/performance/10279252
June 26th
TOWN STAGES GRAND OPENING!!!
You're invited to the Grand Opening at Town Stages!
We are a beautiful event venue, cultural arts space and cocktail bar! Join us for a celebration hosted by Town's dynamic bar director, Joanna Carpenter. Her delicious and finely crafted cocktails are the perfect pairing with our gorgeous Tribeca location.
No RSVP required!
Tuesday, June 26th
6pm-11pm
June 10th
TONY AWARDS WATCHING PARTY
Town Stages & Musical Theatre Factory
invite you to:
The 72nd Annual Tony Awards
Viewing Party!
Whether you are cheering for Fish or Fetch, Angels or Avada Kedavra, Schumer or Shalhoub, join us to watch the biggest night on the Great White Way on the big screen.
Revel in the biggest night on Broadway from the newest cultural arts and events space on West Broadway.
Sunday, June 10th
6pm - Midnight
Cash Bar featuring Speciality Cocktails by Joanna Carpenter
Awards begin at 8pm
Festive Dress
May - June
The Eleventh Hour!
A new sci-fi musical comedy about the end of the world in -- where else -- a basement in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Chronicling the fabled New Brunswick basement music scene during the apocalypse, this new show, which had its premiere as part of New York Winterfest back in January, includes a New Brunswick basement rocker, the rising star astrophysicist he used to date, a committed performer from Medieval Times, a giant snake, cannibals, a group of mole people, and Neil DeGrasse Tyson. The end of the world is about 12 hours away.
THE ELEVENTH HOUR swept the 2018 Winterfest with seven awards: Best Production, Best Score (David Seamon), Most Creative Play, Best Director and Choreographer (Annie Rutherford Lutz), Best Lighting Design (Joey Braccino), Best Singer (Tam Justin Garcia)
TIX: https://www.eleventhhourmusical.com/performance-tickets/the-eleventh-hour. This production is sponsored in part by Sokoloff Arts (501C3). For more information, go to sokoloffarts.org
June 5th - 9th
A CELEBRATION OF WOMEN IN THEATER
Project W Theatre Festival is a multi-day reading festival in New York City presenting new plays written, directed, managed and produced exclusively by women. It’s a celebration of women in theatre from both the creative and business fields.
Soldier Poet Elevator Girl Milk and Gal
June 5, 2018 June 6th, 2018 June 7th, 2018
Roan at the Gates The Muse in Autumn You, Me, and Ennui
June 8th, 2018 June 9th, 2018 June 9th, 2018
June 11th
Time's Up: The Series, by Ferrara Productions
Time's Up: The Series, an evening of photography to benefit The Time's Up Legal Defense Fund, will be showing on Monday June 11th from 4:00-7:00pm at Town Stages in Tribeca! The exhibit will feature portraits of incredible women from all over the country photographed by some of the most uniquely talented female photographers in the business.
May 12th
America's Sweethearts CD Release Party at Town!
Join us for an evening of live music, drinks, dancing, special guests, and the long-awaited release of our CD! This fundraising event will also include a raffle and a silent auction. You could win a private in-home Sweethearts concert, 2 VIP Legend Suite Yankees Tickets, a spa package...and much more!
April 23rd
Annual Volunteer Certification Ceremony April 23rtd, 2018
Crime Victims Treatment Center
RSVP: http://www.cvtcnyc.org/rsvp
This ceremony is sponsored in part by Sokoloff Arts (501C3). For more information, go to sokoloffarts.org
April 22nd
Performances April 22nd and 27th, 2018
Gotham Rock Choir
The Choir is comprised of 50-60 members and attracts a variety of vocalists from all walks of life–everything from from show business professionals to avid shower singers. Despite our disparate backgrounds, all of our members have one thing in common: a real passion for singing.
GRC’s repertoire is drawn from the history of Pop music, from 1960 to today, and focuses primarily on Rock, Pop, Soul and related genres. Some of the music we’ve performed includes songs originally by artists such as Elton John, Green Day, Billy Joel, Bon Jovi, Jackie Wilson, Kings of Leon, Stevie Wonder, Queen, The Beatles, Journey, Madonna and many others.
Tickets: http://gothamrockchoir.com/
This production is sponsored in part by Sokoloff Arts (501C3). For more information, go to sokoloffarts.org
April 21st
Pen World Voices April 21st, 2018
NEXT GENERATION NOW
PEN World Voices is America’s premier international literary festival, attracting the best known writers from across the globe.
Tickets: https://worldvoices.pen.org/schedule/
Contact: festival@pen.org
This event is sponsored in part by Sokoloff Arts (501C3). For more information, go to sokoloffarts.org
April 18th
Panel Discussion and Pop-Up Event April 19th, 2018
Bulletin Broads
We wanted to create a place that felt tailor-made for girls like us. A place where we could fall in love with everything and actually afford it. A place where the retail staff was our age and cared about the same stuff we did. A place that used every inch of space to support and celebrate female voices. This store is fully stocked with our fave female-run brands, and a generous % of your purchase today goes directly to Planned Parenthood of New York City. Welcome to Bulletin. A store built by women, just for you.
Contact: https://bulletin.co/pages/about
This production is sponsored in part by Sokoloff Arts (501C3). For more information, go to sokoloffarts.org
April 12th
Gala 2018
Positive Exposure: Celebrating ALL Differences
Tickets: $275
Unprotected legal status of immigrants. Football players turned activists. Environmental destruction and the rise of the alt right in political power. But this isn’t Trump’s 2018, but a small organic farm in rural Wisconsin in 2011. The middle class has long been disappearing. Democracy has long been corroding. This farm, a bastion of idealism surrounded by cynicism, is a home for people who have nowhere else to go. So what happens when it’s gone?
Tickets: positiveexposure.org
This event is sponsored in part by Sokoloff Arts (501C3). For more information, go to sokoloffarts.org
March 2nd - 16th
Performances March 2nd - 16th, 2018
Esperance Theatre Company Presents: Breitwisch Farm
Written by, Jeremy Kamps
Directed by, Ryan Quinn
Tickets: $30
Unprotected legal status of immigrants. Football players turned activists. Environmental destruction and the rise of the alt right in political power. But this isn’t Trump’s 2018, but a small organic farm in rural Wisconsin in 2011. The middle class has long been disappearing. Democracy has long been corroding. This farm, a bastion of idealism surrounded by cynicism, is a home for people who have nowhere else to go. So what happens when it’s gone?
Tickets: https://www.artful.ly/store/events/14249
Contact: esperancetheatercompany@gmail.com
This production is sponsored in part by Sokoloff Arts (501C3). For more information, go to sokoloffarts.org
January 4th, 2018
Thursday, January 4th 2018
Untitled: A Film Screening
Producer/ Director: Joanna Carpenter
Tickets: $20
Joanna Carpenter is hosting a one-time screening and talkback for her untitled short film that recreates various real-life incidents of harassment and assault.
The film presents raw, verbatim scenes based on true stories, captured by a single camera. Deeply personal and painfully visceral, this directorial debut explores the devastating impact of harassment and assault on women of all backgrounds, and will attempt to shine a bright spotlight on the pain and experiences of women.
Contact: Joanna Carpenter
E: joanna.m.carpenter@gmail.com
P: 269.762.3304
This event is sponsored in part by Sokoloff Arts (501C3). For more information, go to sokoloffarts.org
2019
DEC 15th
Will Thomason In Concert, "These Four Years" Part III
December 15th
7:00pm-10:00pm
"These Four Years, Part 3" returns to Town Stages for the third installment with 13 new songs, which follows our characters from December 2018 to December 2019. After very successful presentations in 2017 and 2018, this year's concert looks to be just as exciting. This four-part, four-year, 52-song theatrical performance follows an ensemble of 6 twenty-something New York residents, one year at a time, from 2017-2020. Each song represents a separate month in each calendar year. Directed by Alex Beck, 2019's collection of songs tackles themes of love, friendship, anxiety, growing up, and the humor found in modern-day city-living.
The bar opens at 6pm, and attendees are encouraged to grab a cocktail and enjoy the festive space before the concert starts at 7pm. This will be the last event of the year at Town Stages - make sure to bring all of your ugly Christmas sweaters and holiday season cheer!!!
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/these-four-years-part-3-2019-tickets-82536652349?fbclid=IwAR1Jk9fSVJMGHBj7MiH92SRbIw0obNnEtBBqm0Gt14SXolrQLpsVrZj4_Q0#
DEC 4th
TVOT OF TOMORROW
December 4th
8:30am-7:30pm
ITVT is pleased to announce the schedule of sessions for TVOT NYC 2019, our tenth annual East Coast TV of Tomorrow Show event (Wednesday, December 4th, at our NEW LOCATION: Town Stages, 221 W. Broadway, New York, NY 10013).
TVOT NYC 2019 will pack all the excitement of our flagship TV of Tomorrow Show into an intensive, highly focused, dialog-driven, one-day event. It also represents your last best chance to network and do business with your industry peers before the holiday break!
Tickets to the event (priced at $1,075) are still available for purchase here. We advise purchasing your tickets as soon as possible (tickets will be priced at $1,275 at the door).
Please note that:
- The official Twitter hashtag of the show is #TVOTNYC, and the official Twitter account is @TVOTshow.
- We will be announcing more details about a number of TVOT NYC 2019 panels, keynotes and firesides in upcoming issues of the ITVT newsletter.
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://thetvoftomorrowshow.com/tvot-schedule
NOV 21
S.H.E Globl Live!
November 22nd - 23
8:30am-7:30pm
@Town Stages in New York City
A two-day curated experience of leadership transformation,
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://m.facebook.com/events/2373574699405852
NOV 15th
Here Me Out: A Night Of Bright Ideas
November 15th
6pm-11pm
Pitch your bright ideas! During the networking portion, we will have a "Pitch Spotlight" where those who are looking for specific expertise, own a startup company, or may be working on an initiative that you would like to share with attendees, feel free to fill out this google form. If you would like to represent your firm or anything, feel free as well.
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/its-your-town-monthly-networking-mixer-registration-78516235173?aff=ebdsoporgprofile#
NOV 14th
TAG Treatment Action Group
November 14th
6pm-11pm
Lift your voice with us! Treatment Action Group (TAG) is an independent, activist and community-based research and policy think tank fighting for better treatment, prevention, a vaccine, and a cure for HIV, tuberculosis, and hepatitis C virus.
TAG works to ensure that all people with HIV, TB, or HCV receive lifesaving treatment, care, and information.
We are science-based treatment activists working to expand and accelerate vital research and effective community engagement with research and policy institutions.
TAG catalyzes open collective action by all affected communities, scientists, and policy makers to end HIV, TB, and HCV.
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://www.treatmentactiongroup.org/about-us/mission/
NOV 6th
Moving Forward: Karine Jean-Pierre w/ Vladimir Duthiers
November 6th
6pm-11pm
Join the Haitian Roundtable and the NYU McSilver Institute to celebrate the launch of a powerful new memoir by renowned political strategist Karine Jean-Pierre. Moving Forward is an inspiring memoir and call to action which chronicles her experiences—from growing up in New York’s Haitian community to working in the Obama White House and charting a path for others to help change the face of politics. Vladimir Duthiers, Peabody Award-Winning Journalist and Correspondent for CBS News and CBS This Morning will lead this fireside chat with the author.Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/discussion-reception-with-karine-jeanpierre-registration-71831117807?fbclid=IwAR3flu6dbkY6-exPPSrZtKTIJ4oxIfkOWS64V80l_QCzAv8CJO3g6iz3Gfo#
OCT 16th
Here Me Out: A Night Of Bright Ideas
October 16th
6pm-11pm
Pitch your bright ideas! During the networking portion, we will have a "Pitch Spotlight" where those who are looking for specific expertise, own a startup company, or may be working on an initiative that you would like to share with attendees, feel free to fill out this google form. If you would like to represent your firm or anything, feel free as well.
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/its-your-town-monthly-networking-mixer-tickets-73011658837?aff=ebdsoporgprofile#
OCT 10th
HALF THE SKY: Tidtaya Sinutoke & Isabella Dawis
October 10th
1pm
Half the Sky tells the story of an Asian American woman climbing Mount Everest — a contemporary American musical on a global scale, infused with the sounds of traditional Thai and Himalayan folk music.
Written by Tidtaya Sinutoke (music) and Isabella Dawis (book/lyrics), winners of the 2020 Weston-Ghostlight New Musical Award. A 5th Avenue Theatre inaugural First Draft: Raise Your Voice Commission. Directed by Desdemona Chiang.
Developed in part at the 5th Avenue Theatre, Musical Theatre Factory, Theater Mu’s New Eyes Festival, Theater Latté Da’s NEXT Festival, Town Stages, the Weston Playhouse Theatre (with director Nana Dakin), Ghostlight Records, the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, and the Rhinebeck Writers Retreat.
Featured in the Kurt Weill Foundation’s Lotte Lenya Competition Songbook.
TIX: https://www.halftheskymusical.com/
OCT 7th
Musical Theatre Factory: 4 x 15. Round 31
October 7th
7:30pm
Musical Theatre Factory is a non-profit artist service organization dedicated to developing new work that dismantles oppressive ideologies towards collective liberation through powerful and joyful story and song in a collaborative atmosphere free from the pressures of critical or financial success.
About this Event
Queer Baby Jesus
Created by Jacob Jarrett (MTF MAKER) & Nina Roy
Directed by Alexis Powell
New York City School System
Created by Milo Cramer
The Pain in My Gay-Mormon, Half-Korean Ass
Written/Composed by Danny Larsen
Directed by Brandon Ivie
NOPLACE
Music/Lyrics by Joel Esher
Book/Lyrics by Gregory Van Acker
Book by Montserrat Olmos Lozano
Directed by Adrian Alexander Alea
TIX: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/4x15-round-31-tickets-66613200877
OCT 7th
The Lobbyists In Concert
October 7th
7pm
TIX: https://www.facebook.com/events/520807225342064
SEPT 20th
Philos: Make An Impact
September 20th
7pm
Join us in conversation and celebration at Town Stages. Nexus was created for passionate leaders, activists, and scholars looking to gather and engage on real issues in the Near East.
TIX: https://www.philosnexus.org/
SEPT 18th
Randi Zuckerberg, Broadway Producer at Town Stages - EONY
September 20th
7pm
Join us for a fireside chat with Broadway Producer at Town Stages. Randi Zuckerberg is an entrepreneur, investor, bestselling author, and tech media personality. She is the founder and CEO of Zuckerberg Media, developing technology, content, and live events all with the mission of putting intelligent, tech-savvy, entrepreneurial women and girls at the center of pop culture and media. A Harvard graduate, Randi hosts a weekly talk business talk radio show, Dot Complicated on SiriusXM. She has two TV shows currently on air: DOT on NBC Universal Kids (winner of Kidscreen's Best New Preschool Series) about a spunky little girl who uses tech to enhance her everyday adventures, and American Dreams on HSN, highlighting entrepreneurs around the country. She is the best-selling author of Dot Complicated, Dot., and Missy President, and recently released her fourth book, Pick Three (May 2018) which challenges the fallacy of a well-balanced life. Randi travels the world, speaking about technology, entrepreneurship, her time as an early employee at Facebook, leading major marketing initiatives in the company's formative years, and shockingly...how to unplug! When she's not Facebooking or actual written-word booking, she can be found at the theater - as a TONY awards voter, investor in the award-winning show Dear Evan Hansen, and board member for the American Theatre Wing and Lincoln Center - or doing her best to unplug at home with her husband and two young sons.
TIX: https://www.eodcnetwork.org/events/event-description?CalendarEventKey=706f7eb8-b7f1-4380-9c5c-2e0edcaf77d9&CommunityKey=4afcdc9c-03d1-469a-b944-f2c94849b8df&Home=%2Fevents%2Fcalendar
SEPT 11th
Here Me Out: A Night Of Bright Ideas
September 11th
6pm-11pm
Pitch your bright ideas! During the networking portion, we will have a "Pitch Spotlight" where those who are looking for specific expertise, own a startup company, or may be working on an initiative that you would like to share with attendees, feel free to fill out this google form. If you would like to represent your firm or anything, feel free as well.
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-x-business-a-night-of-networking-registration-70064913041?aff=ebdsoporgprofile#
SEPT 11th
"The New Leading Black Lady" Tia DeShazor In Concert
September 11th
6pm-11pm
Tia DeShazor with composers John Sloan III, Derrick Byarts and Andy Robinson, under the director of Jasmin Richardson, will present new songs from new musical comedies starring black women. Tia Deshazor (Lyricist/Librettist/Performer) made her debut as a writer with her 10-minute musical “The Rocket Thrower”, which was featured in Prospect Theater’s Musical Theatre Lab. She is actively creating change on the stage and developing new projects in the Advanced BMI Lehman-Engel Workshop. She writes lyrics for the song “I’ve Got This” from Girlhood, the Musical, and for the song “Only One” that was featured in Astoria Performing Arts Center’s of BOLD, an organization that supports Black Women in the Performing Arts, and on the board of the AEA committee for Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity.
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://backstagepasswithliachang.wordpress.com/2019/09/11/jasmin-richardson-to-helm-tia-deshazors-new-black-leading-lady-concert-of-songs-at-town-stages-on-september-11/
SEPT 8th
"The New Leading Black Lady" Tia DeShazor In Concert
September 8th
6pm-11pm
[the art project] – a one-day-only gallery event – will welcome cast members of the Broadway limited engagment - FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME - ANDREW BANCROFT, ANEESA FOLDS, ASHLEY PÉREZ FLANAGAN and KAILA MULLADY are set to perform a special presentation at the pop-up art installation taking place in Tribeca at Town Stages (221 West Broadway) on September 8, 2019. Presented by the non-profit organization founded by STEPHANIE KLEMONS (Associate Choreographer of the Broadway musical HAMILTON) - KATIE’S ART PROJECT - will hold two gallery showings at 3pm and 7pm. Between showings, Katie’s Art Project will host a VIP Reception, starting at 6pm, where VIP ticket holders will have the opportunity to meet and mingle with the FLS group and other special guests. Tickets on sale now.
As previously announced, [the art project] will feature KAP’s latest single - “Stronger Now” - written and performed by Ari Afsar, along with the works of NY Times Best Selling Photographer, Jordan Matter, dance troupe - Think Tank NYC and interior design artist Jaime Verizan of Broadway Botanist, among others.
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://www.dance-enthusiast.com/dance-listings/events/search-/view/Cast-Of-FREESTYLE-LOVE-SUPREME-Headlines-Charity-POP-UP-ART-GALLERY-EVENT-2019-09-08
SEPT 6th
Broadway Advocacy Coalition - Waterwell Theatre Company
September 6th
6pm-11pm
The civic-minded theatre company Waterwell has announced a national series called The Flores Exhibits: Conversations Around the Country, aimed at creating meaningful conversations about immigration. The Flores Exhibits is a collection of videos featuring artists, lawyers, advocates, and immigrants reading the testimonies of children held in detention facilities at the U.S. border. This fall, Waterwell is partnering with organizations across the country to present a series of virtual events to spark conversations about U.S. immigration policy. All videos are currently available online.
The videos in The Flores Exhibits feature Elizabeth Rodriguez, Sakina Jaffrey, Kathleen Chalfant, David Schwimmer, Malina Weisman, Arian Moayed, Bitta Mostofi, Jeffrey S. Chase, David Henry Hwang, and Luis Mancheno reading exactly what is presented in a child’s sworn testimony.
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://www.americantheatre.org/2020/09/25/waterwell-launces-national-series-of-the-flores-exhibits/
AUG 28th
Bebe Rexha Live - Sinful Colors Launch
August 28th
6pm-11pm
Bebe Rexha performs live at Town Stages, announcing her new line and "Women In Harmony" project
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://townstages.com
AUG 14th
Girl Be Heard Open Mic
August 14th
6pm-11pm
Join GBH for an open mic & big community announcement at Town Stages. Girl Be Heard builds leaders, change-makers & activists. We do this through developing, amplifying and celebrating the voices of girls and young women through socially conscious theater-making, storytelling and performance.
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://girlbeheard.org/
AUG 2nd
Third Rail Projects
August 2nd
10:30am-5:30pm
Led by Marissa Nielsen-Pincus, Third Rail Projects Associate Artistic Director, this three day intensive offers a comprehensive exploration of Third Rail's approach and methodology for working in non-traditional theater formats, where the audience and the performers are not separated by the fourth wall.
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://thirdrailprojects.com/
AUG 2nd
Girl Be Heard Open Mic
August 2nd
6pm-11pm
Join GBH for an open mic night at Town Stages. Girl Be Heard builds leaders, change-makers & activists. We do this through developing, amplifying and celebrating the voices of girls and young women through socially conscious theater-making, storytelling and performance.
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://girlbeheard.org/
JULY 24th
The Culture Forum
July 24th
6pm-11pm
Established artists from different cultural backgrounds come together to talk about barriers, breakthroughs, and perseverance in the American Entertainment industry.
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://www.cultureforum.info/
JULY 16th
BANKS Live In Concert at Town Stages, Tribeca
July 16th
6pm-11pm
Capital Records invites you to BANKS in Concert: Experience III Contaminated - at Town Stages
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://www.cultureforum.info/
JUNE 19th
Queerty World Pride 50
June 19th
6pm-11pm
Queerty kicks things off on Wednesday with a dazzling evening at Town Stages in SoHo to celebrate this year’s Pride50 honorees and to recognize 50 years of remarkable advancements in LGBTQ culture since Stonewall. 50 trailblazing individuals who actively ensure society remains moving towards equality, acceptance and dignity for all queer people. The event partners with SAGE, a vital organization providing assisted living for LGBTQ seniors. Special thanks to Pride50 sponsors Target, Amtrak, Visit Seattle, Svedka, and Nulo.
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://www.partyslate.com/event-pros/apotheosis-events/events/25444
JUNE 16th
Here Me Out: A Night Of Bright Ideas
June 16th
6pm-11pm
Pitch your bright ideas! During the networking portion, we will have a "Pitch Spotlight" where those who are looking for specific expertise, own a startup company, or may be working on an initiative that you would like to share with attendees, feel free to fill out this google form. If you would like to represent your firm or anything, feel free as well.
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
MAY 30th
NYC Office of Nightlife Presents: The State of LGBTQIA+ Nightlife Scene & Community
May 30th
6pm-11pm
In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, New York City is hosting WorldPride NYC, a global celebration and recognition of the movement for equality and social justice. In June 2019, New York expects as many as four to six million additional visitors from around the world for this milestone. This Olympic-scale event is an opportunity to reflect on the impact that LGBTQIA+ New Yorkers have had on global nightlife culture and recognize the local contributions and challenges that still exist today.
Michael Musto, is a long running gay writer, TV commentator and author. He currently writes the "Musto Unfiltered" column of entertainment, nightlife and politics for NewNowNext.com. He also wrote the notorious "La Dolce Musto" column for the Village Voice for 29 years.
Panelists Include:
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://www.facebook.com/events/455399301875647
MAY 30th
Victor Jeffreys II Hosting: Drag Race Season Finale
May 30th
6pm-11pm
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://www.victorjeffreys.com/
MAY 11th
PEN World Voices: Drag Queen Story Hour
May 11th
PEN America presents the 2019 PEN World Voices Festival: Open Secrets (May 6-12), focusing on the dissolving boundary between the public and the private in the literary, cultural, social, and political realms. A flowering of the genres of literary memoir and personal testimony has been accompanied by increased digital avenues for story-telling, revelation, and exposé before both designated and public audiences.
Join Miz Jade and Brontez Purnell, author of The Nightlife of Jacuzzi Gasket, for Drag Queen Story Hour at PEN World Voices Festival.
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Announcing-PEN-World-Voices-Festival-2019-Open-Secrets-20190214
MAY 11th
PEN World Voices: You Kid: A Comics & Graphic Novel Workshop with Jerry Craft
May 11th
PEN America presents the 2019 PEN World Voices Festival: Open Secrets (May 6-12), focusing on the dissolving boundary between the public and the private in the literary, cultural, social, and political realms. A flowering of the genres of literary memoir and personal testimony has been accompanied by increased digital avenues for story-telling, revelation, and exposé before both designated and public audiences.
Ages: Seven to fourteen
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Announcing-PEN-World-Voices-Festival-2019-Open-Secrets-20190214
MAY 11th
PEN World Voices: Finding Your Voice - Comics Carousel
May 11th
PEN America presents the 2019 PEN World Voices Festival: Open Secrets (May 6-12), focusing on the dissolving boundary between the public and the private in the literary, cultural, social, and political realms. A flowering of the genres of literary memoir and personal testimony has been accompanied by increased digital avenues for story-telling, revelation, and exposé before both designated and public audiences.
Ages: Eight to fourteen
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Announcing-PEN-World-Voices-Festival-2019-Open-Secrets-20190214
MAY 11th
PEN World Voices: Lexington Candy - We Wrote The Book
May 11th
PEN America presents the 2019 PEN World Voices Festival: Open Secrets (May 6-12), focusing on the dissolving boundary between the public and the private in the literary, cultural, social, and political realms. A flowering of the genres of literary memoir and personal testimony has been accompanied by increased digital avenues for story-telling, revelation, and exposé before both designated and public audiences.
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Announcing-PEN-World-Voices-Festival-2019-Open-Secrets-20190214
APRIL 26th - 28th
Tribeca Film Festival Stella Lounge
April 26th - 28th
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://www.mensjournal.com/entertainment/how-stella-artois-celebrated-creativity-culturally-important-films-and-filmmaking-at-the-2019-tribeca-film-festival/
MARCH 27th
Pilots: Season 1
March 27th
Pilots is an episodic play writing competition in which six writers go head to head to win the favor of the audience. Each week the writers will present a 10 minute episode based on a theme. Those who fare well, based on audience votes, will get another episode, those who don’t will have to start over with a brand new pilot episode. At the end of the Season the two writers with the most consecutive episodes of a single plot line will face off in a final showdown to determine who wins their golden wings and the season’s prize.
Pilots is produced and created by Mark Murray and Two Hands Productions
Space for Pilots was sponsored in part by Sokoloff Arts.
Pilots is a recipient of a 2019 Sokoloff Arts Fellowship
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://pilotsseason001.splashthat.com/?fbclid=IwAR3SkIbZ451EwXKrh_hWEhX-ZsUy11sAiWSJxpMpsRj0Hc7wD4977VAyoMI
MARCH 20th
Pilots: Season 1
March 20th
Pilots is an episodic play writing competition in which six writers go head to head to win the favor of the audience. Each week the writers will present a 10 minute episode based on a theme. Those who fare well, based on audience votes, will get another episode, those who don’t will have to start over with a brand new pilot episode. At the end of the Season the two writers with the most consecutive episodes of a single plot line will face off in a final showdown to determine who wins their golden wings and the season’s prize.
Pilots is produced and created by Mark Murray and Two Hands Productions
Space for Pilots was sponsored in part by Sokoloff Arts.
Pilots is a recipient of a 2019 Sokoloff Arts Fellowship
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://pilotsseason001.splashthat.com/?fbclid=IwAR3SkIbZ451EwXKrh_hWEhX-ZsUy11sAiWSJxpMpsRj0Hc7wD4977VAyoMI
MARCH 20th
WE2019 Empowerment SiSTAR Summit
March 17th
#womenempowerment is the movement! And it most definitely continues. Excited to announce that our upcoming WE2019 events are scheduled for Sunday, March 17 from 9am - 4pm at Town Stages NYC! This year we are hosting the first ever Women Empowerment sisSTAR Summit followed by our 7th Annual Women Empowerment Event.
2 Events / 1 Empowering Day:
- The Women Empowerment sisSTAR Summit is made possible by my Sokoloff Arts Fellowship at Town - a project that was postponed in 2018 as I prepared to become a mom of 2 boys! This Summit will be an extended platform of the Annual Women Empowerment Event that will feature keynote presentations, workshops, performances and more, as we discuss and tackle some of the most pressing issues affecting women today to further empower our personal and professional lives
- This year for the 7th Annual Women Empowerment Event we decided to try something different as the 7 Year Itch will be our 7 Year Switch! Excited to share our WE2019 Panel and Event soon! You don't want to miss what we have in store for this year's annual event.
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://mailchi.mp/28ad72a63b8b/we2019-announcement?fbclid=IwAR3gSTRQd1hojPfEmfPJJcVeqzNmQHNHQXWFfi_7AD4LRbyrlZp5qY_Gvas
MARCH 13th
Musical Theatre Factory Presents: High 5!
March 13th
Join Musical Theatre Factory (MTF) for a collective High Five celebration of the first five years of the magic that is the MTF with a gala hosted by Larry Owens at Town Stages, 221 West Broadway, NYC on May 13, 2019 at 7:30pm.
MTF has come a long way in the five years. From flying the coop and wandering the mean streets of New York, to finding their current home as a resident company of Playwrights Horizons, MTF has continued to serve musical theatre artists by creating spaces to collaborate outside the pressures of critical and commercial success. Their work dismantles oppressive ideologies towards collective liberation - through powerful and joyful story in song. To celebrate this growth the gala will be night filled with dance and song honoring Michael R. Jackson(A Strange Loop) and introducing the inaugural MTF Makers Cohort with work & performances by Troy Anthony (The River is Me), Jacob Jarrett (Wonder Boy), Melissa Li & Kit Yan (Interstate), Jillian Walker (SkinFolk: An American Show), AriDy Nox (Flawless Feminism) and Brandon Webster (Medicine for Melancholy), andJonathan Larson Award winners Tidtaya Sinutoke and Straight White Men alum Ty Defoe (Clouds Are Pillows for the Moon).
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/high-5-celebrating-5-years-of-being-down-to-fac-tickets-54951521480?fbclid=IwAR3mhEhnpMFdmIspO8kHz9naHSCeX0O_QTW63XwS9Tsc2XXydWxMEedaQdE#
MARCH 13th
Pilots: Season 1
March 13th
Pilots is an episodic play writing competition in which six writers go head to head to win the favor of the audience. Each week the writers will present a 10 minute episode based on a theme. Those who fare well, based on audience votes, will get another episode, those who don’t will have to start over with a brand new pilot episode. At the end of the Season the two writers with the most consecutive episodes of a single plot line will face off in a final showdown to determine who wins their golden wings and the season’s prize.
Pilots is produced and created by Mark Murray and Two Hands Productions
Space for Pilots was sponsored in part by Sokoloff Arts.
Pilots is a recipient of a 2019 Sokoloff Arts Fellowship
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://pilotsseason001.splashthat.com/?fbclid=IwAR3SkIbZ451EwXKrh_hWEhX-ZsUy11sAiWSJxpMpsRj0Hc7wD4977VAyoMI
MARCH 6th
Pilots: Season 1
March 6th
Pilots is an episodic play writing competition in which six writers go head to head to win the favor of the audience. Each week the writers will present a 10 minute episode based on a theme. Those who fare well, based on audience votes, will get another episode, those who don’t will have to start over with a brand new pilot episode. At the end of the Season the two writers with the most consecutive episodes of a single plot line will face off in a final showdown to determine who wins their golden wings and the season’s prize.
Pilots is produced and created by Mark Murray and Two Hands Productions
Space for Pilots was sponsored in part by Sokoloff Arts.
Pilots is a recipient of a 2019 Sokoloff Arts Fellowship
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://pilotsseason001.splashthat.com/?fbclid=IwAR3SkIbZ451EwXKrh_hWEhX-ZsUy11sAiWSJxpMpsRj0Hc7wD4977VAyoMI
MARCH 4th
MilaJam Live at Town Stages: Single Release (Midas Records)
March 4th
Join Mila Jam on MARCH 4th for her TWILIGHT ZONE release party & Birthday Jam.
TIX:https://www.facebook.com/Thejamfam/photos/a.775765502450606/2671231539570650/?type=3
MARCH 4th
America's Sweethearts Special Performance: 90 Min Wedding - Haute Rock Productions
Jan 28th
History through harmony! We love spreading joy, nostalgia, and human connection through harmonies and music across the decades of the twentieth century.
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://www.americas-sweethearts.com/shows
JAN 25th
7 Minutes In Heaven - Audrey Stanfield & Jessi Roth Comedy Show
Jan 25th
7 comedians get 7 minutes in a brand-new, monthly stand-up show at Town Stages.
Jordan Myrick (Stonestreet Comedy Hour, UCB)
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: http://www.audreystanfield.com/
JAN 24th
SXSW Festival Announcements & Roundtable at Town Stages
Jan 24th
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://www.sxsw.com/music/2018/2019-music-festival-artist-announcement-round-one/
JAN 22th
Patreon: On Tour NYC - Artist Session
Jan 22th
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
JAN 22th
Caps Lock Theatre Presents: Pussyfest VI + You Cannot Destroy Me (A Joan Of Ark Musical)
Jan 22th
Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at Brown Paper Tickets.
PUSSYFEST VI features monologues about the body, custom-written for New York’s finest women, femme, and gender-defying actors. An exaltation of the body, this is Caps Lock’s sixth annual Pussyfest.
This year’s Pussyfest is a fundraiser for Third Wave Fund. Third Wave Fund is the only activist fund led by and for women of color, intersex, queer, and trans folks under 35 years old in the US. They ensure young women, queer, and trans youth of color have the tools and resources they need to lead powerful movements, and that they have a seat at the table within philanthropy. Third Wave supports gender justice groups from the ground up with rapid response grants, long-term funding for emerging groups, and capacity building.
About Caps Lock Theatre
Funny. Ugly. Human.
These are the kinds of plays we do. We like plays where people are at both their worst and their best; where people screw each other–or themselves–over, and have to find a way to deal with it; where people’s hearts hurt, or open, or blossom.
We also believe in fun. Our plays will probably make you laugh. Probably more than once.
And we believe in creating art by whatever means necessary. If we are fortunate enough to piece together enough resources for lavish sets and fabulous special effects, awesome. If (more likely) we have to make work on a shoestring budget, on-the-fly, in an unconventional location, then we’ll do that and still knock your socks off.
Oh yeah, and we’re New York-based.
For more information, visit https://capslocktheatre.com/.
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://mailchi.mp/a10b947e502c/discount-tix-to-you-cannot-destroy-pfest?e=5a9b529251&fbclid=IwAR2yuBf_tN28yAKSo8c9s6hIlXgPj41U9OI9ESBFsIY-PrTf4zGRuBx0Ec0
JAN 21st
BILLY AND THE GOLDEN PENCIL: A SUPERHERO MUSICAL in Concert
Jan 21st
TOWN STAGES presents an industry reading of Billy and the Golden Pencil: A Superhero Musical at Town Stages, 221 West Broadway, NYC January 21, 2019 at 7pm
Town Stages presents an industry reading of Billy and the Golden Pencil: A Superhero Musical at Town Stages, 221 West Broadway, NYC on Monday, January 21, 2019 (MLK Day) at 7pm.
Billy is 12 years old, an avid drawer and aspiring comic book artist who comes home one day from school and suddenly, a box containing a Golden Pencil falls from the sky and anything he draws with it comes to life. Billy's universe becomes quickly wrapped up in a superhero world of possibility, newfound powers, bullies, and responsibility, but he has to learn the difference between drawing inside and outside of the lines.
CAST Andrew Cristi* (Miss You Like Hell at The Public, A Christmas Story: The Musical on Broadway); Jennifer Haining (Ladies in Waiting at Fringe International, The Bad Years w/ Kerrigan & Loudermilk); Joanna Carpenter (Into the Woods at Prospect Theater, Sunfish at the DIMF Festival); Kennedy Kanagawa* (The Good Swimmer at BAM, Dinner with Georgette at NYTW); Lauren Karaman* (Project Runway, Commercial Actress, Body Positivity Activist); Olivia Abiassi (2018 Acting Resident at The Flea, Lost and Guided at The Goodman); Troy Hussman* (Radio City Christmas Spectacular / National Tour); Danny Wilfred* (A Christmas Story / National Tour)
*Indicates AEA Member
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Town-Stages-Presents-An-Industry-Reading-Of-BILLY-AND-THE-GOLDEN-PENCIL-A-SUPERHERO-MUSICAL-20190116
JAN 20th
Art Beyond The Glass: NYC
Jan 21st
Art Beyond the Glass, the multi-city fundraising event series showcasing the cocktails and artistic pursuits of top local bartenders, is coming to New York for the first time on Sunday, January 20, 2019. A one-of-a-kind live music, poetry & fine art showcase.
Founded in November 2011 in Los Angeles by Courvoisier National Brand ambassador Zahra Bates and Daniel Djang (founder of Thirsty in LA, editor at Discover Los Angeles), Art Beyond the Glass (ABTG) was called "the Party of the Year" by Los Angeles Magazine, and has grown into a premier event celebrating art, cocktail culture, and the talented bartenders at the heart of both. Oklahoma City, Chicago, and most recently Oakland have also hosted ABTG events, with Las Vegas, Miami and Louisville named as future host cities. At ABTG, everything from the cocktails to the art and music is created and performed by bartenders.
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/ART-BEYOND-THE-GLASS-Comes-To-New-York-For-The-First-Time-At-Town-Stages-120-20181207
JAN 17th
Girl Be Heard Presents: Afro Angel & Friends - HER GARDEN Live in Concert
Jan 21st
Join GBH at Town Stages with artist Shenny Angeles.
**NOTE: This will be a Live Concert Recording. Audiences will be asked to sign a release**.
Girl Be Heard builds leaders, change-makers & activists. We do this through developing, amplifying and celebrating the voices of girls and young women through socially conscious theater-making, storytelling and performance.
Town Stages is a cultural arts space, event venue, and cocktail bar with a mission to advance equity in New York City. We are a women-led institution building accessible spaces for public assembly, creativity, and conversation with the goal of transforming the face of leadership through our stages and screens - one story, one song, and one endeavor at a time. For more information, visit www.townstages.com
TIX: https://girlbeheard.org/