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Saturday Aug. 23, 2025

Bedtime Stories

8 – 9:30 pm

Bedtime Stories: A Dreamy Experience

Dance
Music

The Hidden Jewel Box TheaterThe Theater District

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9 – 10 pm

Green Herrings in a Yellow Room: A Counter Production of The Yellow Wallpaper

Theater for the New CityEast Village

Sunday Aug. 24

Clashing Steel

All day

Clashing Steel: The Art of Stage Combat at Culture Lab LIC

Art
Free

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, New York

RA as Anthony Acevedo

2 am – 3:30 pm

Undesirable Secrets–Solo Drama Performance

Theater

Theatre for the New CityNew York City

Cast of of Destination Undefined with director Yibin Wang-photo by Doug Holt Photography-web12

1:30 – 3:30 pm

Destination Undefined

Theater

Theatre 154West Village

BASIL COLLAGE

3 – 4 pm

A POT OF BASIL, OR THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND

The RATBrooklyn

3 – 5:30 pm

Legally Blonde

Theater

The Mary Louis AcademyJamaica Estates

5 – 6:30 pm

Kind Stranger…a memory play

Theater for the New CityEast Village

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7 pm

The Royal Pyrate

Waterfront MuseumBrooklyn

FINALIZED POSTERS

7:30 – 9:30 pm

Schreiber Shorts 2025: It Happened to Me

Theater

Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre @ A.R.T./New York TheatresManhattan

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9 – 10 pm

Green Herrings in a Yellow Room: A Counter Production of The Yellow Wallpaper

Theater for the New CityEast Village

Monday Aug. 25

6:30 – 8 pm

Kind Stranger…a memory play

Theater for the New CityEast Village

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9 – 10 pm

Green Herrings in a Yellow Room: A Counter Production of The Yellow Wallpaper

Theater for the New CityEast Village

Tuesday Aug. 26

Demolition Breaks Out

7 pm

JR Youngblut BREAKS OUT: A Sketch Comedy Show

Art
Comedy

Eris in East WilliamsburgEast Williamsburg

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9 – 10 pm

Green Herrings in a Yellow Room: A Counter Production of The Yellow Wallpaper

Theater for the New CityEast Village

S vs C – BEST

9 – 10:40 pm

Sartre and Simone

Theater

Theater for the New CityEast Village

Wednesday Aug. 27

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5:30 – 9 pm

ZOMBIE TENNIS LEAGUE

Art
Dance

Ideal Glass StudiosWest Village

Cast of of Destination Undefined with director Yibin Wang-photo by Doug Holt Photography-web12

7:30 – 9:30 pm

Destination Undefined

Theater

Theatre 154West Village

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9 – 10 pm

Green Herrings in a Yellow Room: A Counter Production of The Yellow Wallpaper

Theater for the New CityEast Village

Thursday Aug. 28

Clashing Steel

All day

Clashing Steel: The Art of Stage Combat at Culture Lab LIC

Art
Free

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, New York

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7 – 9 pm

Salon De Artistas: A Night of Unpredictable Art with Real-Time Audience Feedback

Art
Comedy

The Triad TheaterUpper West Side

WC SUMMER PLAYFEST SUBMIT

7 – 9 pm

WRITE CLUB SUMMER PLAYFEST

Theater

The Vino TheaterBrooklyn

Cast of of Destination Undefined with director Yibin Wang-photo by Doug Holt Photography-web12

7:30 – 9:30 pm

Destination Undefined

Theater

Theatre 154West Village

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9 – 10 pm

Green Herrings in a Yellow Room: A Counter Production of The Yellow Wallpaper

Theater for the New CityEast Village

9 – 10:30 pm

New Material Night: A Standup Comedy Show!

QED AstoriaAstoria

Friday Aug. 29

Clashing Steel

All day

Clashing Steel: The Art of Stage Combat at Culture Lab LIC

Art
Free

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, New York

6:30 – 8 pm

Kind Stranger…a memory play

Theater for the New CityEast Village

WC SUMMER PLAYFEST SUBMIT

7 – 9 pm

WRITE CLUB SUMMER PLAYFEST

Theater

The Vino TheaterBrooklyn

7:30 – 10 pm

Untitled (Art Star): Season 3: Round 03: INSTALLATION

Cmon everybodyBedstuy

Cast of of Destination Undefined with director Yibin Wang-photo by Doug Holt Photography-web12

7:30 – 9:30 pm

Destination Undefined

Theater

Theatre 154West Village

8:30 – 10 pm

UG! Comedy Show

One and OneEast Village

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