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CHAIN THEATRE

312 West 36th St, 4th Fl, New York, NY, 10018
New York, NY 10018

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Telos
Telos
5/6 - 5/12/2024


Telos is a one-act play that examines why we do what we do; exploring a sense, or rather lack, of purpose amongst the vast majority ...


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Photos: In Rehearsal With Retro Productions BETTYE AND THE JOCKETTES SPINNING RECORDS AT THE HOLIDAY INN


by A.A. Cristi - May 03, 2024

Christie Perfetti Williams new play Bettye and the Jockettes Spinning Records at the Holiday Inn opens tonight at The Gene Frankel Theatre in NoHo.. The World Premiere runs until May 18. Go inside the process with new photos from the rehearsal room.  ...

TOMORROW WE LOVE Will Play The Chain Theatre This June


by Stephi Wild - April 24, 2024

Proud Image Theatre Company has announced the Factory Series at The Chain Theatre (312 W 36th Street, 4th Floor) presentation of a new Off-Broadway bound comedy, TOMORROW WE LOVE, which will play twelve performances between June 13th and June 23rd....

PASSING & FAILING IN PARADISE by Tori Barron to be Presented at Playful Substance


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 03, 2024

Playful Substance will continue its 23-24 production season with Passing & Failing in Paradise by Tori Barron. Learn how to purchase tickets....

STUPID BORING STRAIGHT PEOPLE To Premiere At The Players Theatre


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 25, 2024

STUPID BORING STRAIGHT PEOPLE, written by Seth Barnes and directed by Elena Cramer, will premiere at The Players Theatre. Learn how to purchase tickets. ...

BETTYE AND THE JOCKETTES SPINNING RECORDS AT THE HOLIDAY INN is Coming to the Gene Frankel Theatre


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 21, 2024

The world premiere of Christie Perfetti Williams' new play, BETTYE AND THE JOCKETTES SPINNING RECORDS AT THE HOLIDAY INN is coming to the Gene Frankel Theatre....

A Staged Reading Of Rebecca Gilman's BLUE SURGE is Coming to Chain Theatre


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 18, 2024

A staged Reading of Rebecca Gilman's 'Blue Surge' is coming to Chain Theatre. Learn how to purchase tickets!...

The Dyon Collective to Present an Immersive, Victorian Salon Staged Reading of DORIAN GRAY


by Blair Ingenthron - March 10, 2024

The Dyon Collective will present DORIAN GRAY, a Wilde adaptation written and directed by Maeve Aurora Chapman, starring Elisa Tarquinio as Dorian Gray....

NoMad Theater to Make NYC Debut With Chinese Political Satire THE PRESIDENT'S INVITATION


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 08, 2024

NoMad Theater will make its New York City debut by presenting The President's Invitation by Fangyi Wen, directed by Xiqian 'Sissi' Chen....

WITCHLAND To Begin Performances This April At Chain Theatre


by A.A. Cristi - February 21, 2024

WITCHLAND opens April 5th at Chain Theatre, for a limited run through April 14th....

DEATH KEEPS HIS COURT Comes to the Chain Theatre This Month


by Stephi Wild - February 20, 2024

The cast and crew have been announced for DEATH KEEPS HIS COURT at Chain Theatre.  Performances will run from February 17th to February 28th at The Chain Theatre in the Garmet Disctrict....

Past Shows

Gidion's Knot
Gidion's Knot
5/2 - 5/5/2024


Over the course of a parent/teacher conference, a grieving mother and an emotionally overwhelmed primary school teacher have a fraught conversation about the tragic suicide ...

Constellations
Constellations
4/18 - 4/28/2024


Their world embraces the concept of “what if” in the vast possibilities of a future within an expansive universe.

Witchland
Witchland
4/5 - 4/14/2024


Experience the thrills and chills of WITCHLAND, a new scary, thrilling and funny play for adults.
New Play

Blue Surge
Blue Surge
3/28 - 3/30/2024


A staged Reading of Rebecca Gilman's "Blue Surge" Comes to Chain Theatre, at 312 West 36th Street.   Jeremy McClelland and Gray Thurstone proudly present  ...

Girls' Night
Girls' Night
2/18 - 3/2/2024


Girls' Night is a 10-minute play participating in Chain Theatre's one-act festival.   Use code GIRLS when checking out!   Despite her best friend’s grief ...

Death Keeps His Court
Death Keeps His Court
2/17 - 2/28/2024


Set in 1890s Old West, fear and paranoia set in when 11 stangers stuck in a saloon must decide who will leave with the Reaper.

The Dead Arm
The Dead Arm
2/18 - 2/28/2024


Lily, a girl afraid of silence, learns that "being alive" isn't inherently the same as being "not dead."

Tourist Trap
Tourist Trap
2/10 - 2/22/2024


TOURIST TRAP, written by Elijah Guo and directed by Dylin Taylor, premieres at the Chain Theatre One-Act Festival on Feb. 10 at 8:00pm, Feb. 18 ...

La monja alférez (The Lieutenant Nun)


A story of a 17th Century woMAN who fights against all odds to validate his gender identity.

Hamlet Speak
Hamlet Speak
7/26 - 7/29/2023


"Hamlet Speak" is a new adaptation and shorter cut (world premiere) of Shakespeare's well-known tragedy that includes predominately the original text, punctuated with contemporary monologues ...

The Scope of William Jennings Bryan


William Jennings Bryan was the greatest orator of the 20th Century.  Over 100 years ago, the three-time presidential nominee of the Democratic Party predicted the ...

The Match Girl
The Match Girl
6/30 - 7/2/2023


How does a girl escape from the everlasting gravity that chains her to the ground? Meimei, a 16 year old girl in China, has become ...

The Match Girl
The Match Girl
6/30 - 7/2/2023


How does a girl escape from the everlasting gravity that chains her to the ground? Meimei, a 16 year old girl in China, has become ...

La caída de Rafael Trujillo
La caída de Rafael Trujillo
4/14 - 4/30/2023


The story of a man whose desire for absolute power poisoned his humanity and terrorized a nation. TEATRO CÍRCULO , one of the leading bilingual ...

Dear Mom, I'm Gay! The Musical!


Music and Book by David Allen Dilsizian. Based on a true story about a young man coming out to his religous mother.  Synopsis- Dan Sarkisian ...

THIS G*D DAMN HOUSE
THIS G*D DAMN HOUSE
3/15 - 4/8/2023


Jet lagged, without warning, Danny is summoned from NYC by his brother Jacob to Florida. Their mother has 24 hrs to vacate their childhood home. ...

Seis
Seis
2/16 - 2/26/2023


As part of CALLBACKseries2023, from February 16 to 26 Teatro Círculo presents 'Seis' by Uruguayan playwright Federico Roca, a moving tribute to six transgender women ...

ADUNNI
ADUNNI
2/18 - 2/25/2023


Adunni” Announces Full Cast for Winter One Act Festival ADUNNI, written and directed by Taiwo Aloba, will play at CHAIN THEATER (312 W 36th St., 4th floor, ...

Así se baila en el norte
Así se baila en el norte
2/18 - 2/25/2023


As part of DANCEseries2023, from February 18 to 25, Teatro Círculo will bring for the first time the dance troupe Mexica Danza Folklórica. Directed by ...

What Passes For Comedy
What Passes For Comedy
10/28 - 11/19/2022


  The critically-acclaimed Chain Theatre (NYT critic’s pick macbitches) is pleased to announce the world premiere production of G.D. Kimble’s WHAT PASSES FOR COMEDY, directed ...

1983
1983
7/10 - 7/22/2022


1983AS PART OF THECHAIN THEATRE PLAY FESTIVAL 2022www.chaintheatre.orgJoin us this summer for the Chain Theatre Play Festival. "1983" will be part of the selected voices ...

Third Wing
Third Wing
6/23 - 6/26/2022


In Third Wing forgotten employees complete obsolete tasks and search for meaning. Their spouses and children occupy the same incongruous space, a basic workplace that ...

Garbageman
Garbageman
3/17 - 4/10/2022


Dan Bandana and Buddy Maple have known each other since high school. Last in their class but strong in spirit, they always find their way ...

Kalispell by Kim E. Ruyle
Kalispell by Kim E. Ruyle
9/24 - 9/26/2021


For Immediate Release:Manhattan Repertory Theatre returns with the New York City premiere of Kim E. Ruyles award-winning play, KALISPELL!Manhattan Repertory Theatre presents the New York ...

Still, Birth. - a play about pregnancy loss


STILL, BIRTH. a play about pregnancy lossBy Robyne Parrish and Coley CompanyCo-Produced by The Chain TheatreAS PART OF THECITY ARTISTS CORPS GRANT FROM NEW YORK ...

Georgie D.
Georgie D.
7/24 - 8/15/2021


Playwright Jessica Durdock Moreno is the 2021 recipient of the John Golden Award for Excellence in playwriting from the Faculty of NYU Tisch. Presented as ...

The Frogs
The Frogs
7/27 - 8/12/2021


Dionysus, god of wine, merriment, and theatre, has left his home at Mount Olympus and joined the greatest farce of them all: the American politic. ...

Queen Z
3/20 - 3/21/2021


While theatres across New York City remain closed, the Chain Theatre is continuing its commitment to developing new plays by diverse artists and underrepresented voices ...

Chasing the River
2/7 - 2/29/2020


Chain Theatre Mainstage: Chasing the River...

Bootstraps
Bootstraps
10/22 - 10/28/2019


A wickedly fun new comedy that skewers our reality-TV politics and the stories we tell about ourselves, Bootstraps by Kathryn Funkhouser premieres at the Chain ...

The Nina Variations
The Nina Variations
12/6 - 12/9/2018


In this homage to "The Seagull", Steven Dietz locks Nina, a young actress played by Francesca Ravera, and Treplev, a young writer played by André ...

North of Providence
North of Providence
11/2 - 11/3/2018


A new production of Edward Allan Baker's “North of Providence” will be brought to life at the Chain Theatre, November 2nd and 3rd. Carol (played ...

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The Parkside Players (5/18 - 6/2)

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Equity Library Theater of New York (6/29 - 6/29)
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The Museum of Modern Art (5/1 - 5/31)
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Barrio Independent Productions (5/1 - 5/24)
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