Plays
Velvet Vibes: Omar Moore
WOW Cafe Theatre 59-61 East 4th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY, United StatesThis Month's Feature... Multi-Talented OMAR MOORE! songwriter, actor, playwright, screenwriter, producer, and director. The creator, producer and host Velvet Toi will have the pleasure in having an intimate one on one conversation with a featured artist for the night in front of a live audience. The artists will come from various genres who are veterans at their craft and possess a large body of work.
New Nostalgias: a reading and discussion from Experimental Bitch Presents
WOW Cafe Theatre 59-61 East 4th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY, United StatesDevelopment Workshop of a new original play by Sophia Valera Heinecke, Directed by Tatiana Baccari. Set in Forks, Washington, during the height of the Twilight craze in 2012, New Nostalgias moves through the day with Lara, a Quilleute Indigenous American diner waitress and ex-con, Serena, a lonely fridge fixer, and a genderless Blockbuster Employee who also happens to be a vampire. An interactive play that utilizes music, projection, and sensory stimulation of memory, New Nostalgias explores the complexity of memory tied to media and asks: will humanity and nature always be at odds?
Serendipity: A Fairytale for All Ages
WOW Cafe Theatre 59-61 East 4th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY, United StatesDon't miss this puppet show! A clown, a knight, and a little girl. Join these characters as they explore a world full of magic and mystery, friendship and missed connections. Intended for all ages and includes some audience interaction.
Temujin, The Silk Road
WOW Cafe Theatre 59-61 East 4th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY, United StatesThe historical trip of the man who would come to be called Ghengis Khan, told through dance. A Luna Negra Production.
VELVET TOI’s Birthday Day Party & Variety Showcase
WOW Cafe Theatre 59-61 East 4th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY, United StatesThat time of the year is approaching again when I, Velvet Toi, celebrate another year of life and you're invited to help me Turn Up the celebration! Come out on Sunday, September 15th (my actual Birthday) for not just a Birthday Party but a full-on Variety Showcase Extravaganza from 1:00pm - 3:30pm, and from 3:30 - 10:00pm Afterparty!
Models of Perfection: Dare Tactic’s FactorEEE Workshop
WOW Cafe Theatre 59-61 East 4th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY, United StatesBrother and Sister have lived on this door step for as long as they can remember. Soon, they are forced to migrate as the environment violently disintegrates. But Sister isn’t ready to leave home behind... a FactorEEE Workshop production from the Dare Tactic.
Jaguar Woman: A Staged Reading
WOW Cafe Theatre 59-61 East 4th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY, United StatesA Brazilian Murder Mystery & Love Story. Reality Fades. Fascism Looms. Come hear the script-in-progress for the second play in a trilogy of multidisciplinary, socio-political plays. Jaguar Woman is a murder mystery and love story based in Indigenous Brazilian and West African spirituality, history, socio-politics, and overall culture in Brazil.
G. Mama Lee: Baby Parker
WOW Cafe Theatre 59-61 East 4th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY, United StatesAn evening with G. Mama Lee, gracing us with stories and vignettes of Baby Parker - that's her. Comedy, insight, touching moments and raw power can be expected! G Mama has appeared on the Apollo stage, New York Comedy Club, Broadway Comedy Club, WOW Cafe Theater, as well as many comedy clubs around the country.
Here and Tell
WOW Cafe Theatre 59-61 East 4th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY, United StatesPart of the Fourth Arts Block (FAB) Open Arts Lower East Side cultural open house event. Join WOW performers past, present and future including Micia Mosley sharing comedy, a song from Sharon Jane Smith, poetry of Bleu Zephra and Seren Divine, and a clip from Alexis Clement's upcoming film All We've Got, which profiles WOW among other spaces where LGBTQ women gather.
Join us for a low key evening of fellowship exploring what WOW is, and how YOU are welcome to engage. WOW is a living experimental antidote to capitalism and white supremacy...enjoy, learn, share, create and grow with us! Fun and fabulous stories about how creative theater WORKS!
Spooktacular Cabaret
WOW Cafe Theatre 59-61 East 4th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY, United StatesBroad Views on Broadway is celebrating the spooky season with a musical revue of frightful proportions! We're curating a ton of great artists to sing their Halloween hearts out to sinister songs and tell their spookiest stories just for you!