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January 2025
The Exponential Festival and The Brick present: “u are the dream”
The Exponential Festival and The Brick present u are the dream by Allyson Dwyer at The Brick Theater — 579 Metropolitan Ave January 24 – February 1, 2025 Running Time: 60 Minutes a two-hander internet triptych - a love story between the internet and homo sapiens <3 Didi and Dada are two early humans excited for the future, unaware of the progress and technology that is to come long after they stare at the moon. 30,000 years later, Fuu and Goten…
Find out more »The Exponential Festival and The Brick present | We Live to Die: The Grieving Widows Club FAREWELL B!NGO + VIEWING PARTY
The Exponential Festival and The Brick present We Live to Die: The Grieving Widows Club FAREWELL B!NGO + VIEWING PARTY by Leonie Bell + LOCAL GRANDMA at Brick Aux Studio – 628 Metropolitan Ave January 27, 2025 Running Time: 60 Minutes Welcome back for a last hurrah! We’re throwing a viewing party to bid adieu to the world of We Live to Die: The Grieving Widows Club Hosted by Leonie Bell + LOCAL GRANDMA 7 PM Bingo + prizes + highlights…
Find out more »The Exponential Festival, The Brick, and LOCAL GRANDMA present | Let it Flow: A Clowning Workshop with Hannah Mitchell
The Exponential Festival, The Brick, and LOCAL GRANDMA present Let it Flow: A Clowning Workshop with Hannah Mitchell at Brick Aux Studio - 628 Metropolitan Ave January 28-29, 2025 Hop into your body and out of your head; welcome to the world of the ha-ha-ha! Filled to the brim with beautiful chaos and hilarious failures, in this class, we will play games that get you in touch with your innate sense of play and spontaneity & bring you into the…
Find out more »Closing Reception: The Salt That You Bring to the Table
The Brick presents Closing Reception: The Salt That You Bring to the Table By Nora Chellew January 29, 6-8PM at Brick Aux Gallery – 628 Metropolitan Ave ABOUT THE SHOW The Salt That You Bring to the Table contrasts preservation and action through material interventions. The exhibition implies a kitchen-space that balances experimentation with traditional craft. Brick Aux Gallery hours are 12-6PM on weekends, varied hours on weekdays, and by appointment: lydia@bricktheater.com Read the press release here. Learn more about…
Find out more »The Exponential Festival and The Brick present | SalOn! “DOUBLE GROOVE”
The Exponential Festival and The Brick present SalOn! DOUBLE GROOVE at Brick Aux Studio – 628 Metropolitan Ave January 30, 2025 Doors at 6:30PM, Show at 7PM Come for the smorgasbord of micro-acts, stay for the end-of-festival party! Co-Curated by Jillian Jetton & Matthew Antoci SalOn! Artistic Director Jillian Jetton SalOn! Founding Artistic Director Theresa Buchheister Image by Mark Toneff Find them: @thebricktheater @jillianjetton @antociantoci, @buchheistertheresa Hatched at Silent Barn in 2014, this quarterly affair brings together artists, performers, comedians, chefs,…
Find out more »February 2025
How to Be in Front of People: Mastering the Art of Live Performance with River L. Ramirez
The Brick presentsHow to Be in Front of People: Mastering the Art of Live Performancewith River L. Ramirez4 Sessions – Feb 4, 11, 18, & 25, 20256-8pm at Brick Aux – 628 Metropolitan Ave$250 for 4 classes (recommended)$50 per sessionOpen to All LevelsIn this class we will focus on finding balance within one’s self and bringing that to the stage. How do we become comfortable showing our selves to others? First, we figure out how to be comfortable with ourselves. What…
Find out more »The Van Gogh Shogh
The Brick presents The Van Gogh Shogh Written and performed by Donna Oblongata Directed by Francesca Montanile-Lyons at The Brick Theater — 579 Metropolitan Ave February 6-9, 2025 at 8PM Running Time: 75 minutes Free show! Bring cash! One part deranged "Sip 'n Paint", one part karaoke night and one part Sotheby's. "Engaging, lovable and extremely funny...inspired lunacy" —Talkin' Broadway "A visionary with a knack for creating experiences that transcend the norm." —Geekadelphia In The Van Gogh Shogh, solo performer and…
Find out more »BrickFlix Presents: HREAM (dir. Geoffrey Hug) & Space Lady (dir. Sophia Feuer)
The Brick & BrickFlix Present: HREAM (dir. Geoffrey Hug) & Space Lady (dir. Sophia Feuer) at The Brick Theater — 579 Metropolitan Ave February 10, 2025 Doors 7PM, Screenings 7:30PM Running Time: 2 hours Join us for the first BrickFlix of 2025! We'll be exploring the lives of underground musicians Doug Hream Blunt and Susan Dietrich (aka 'The Space Lady'). About the films: HREAM (dir. Geoffrey Hug) Join Doug Hream Blunt, a 30+ year career male nurse and adult music student,…
Find out more »THE ALL-FATHER / HYPNAGOGIA
The Brick presents THE ALL-FATHER / HYPNAGOGIA by Paul Pinto and Nick Brooke at The Brick Theater — 579 Metropolitan Ave February 12, 2025, at 8PM Running Time: 75 Minutes with a short intermission Sampled and sourced from Wagner’s herculean oeuvre, THE ALL-FATHER - Side One: Rheingold (part one) is the opening eighth of Paul Pinto’s ambitious new theatre ritual, a radical reimagining of The Ring Cycle where masculinity and fatherhood is gesungen by a chorus of beefy Wotans. Sung in…
Find out more »My First Vagina
The Brick presents My First Vagina Written and Directed by Laura Jacoves at Brick Aux Studio – 628 Metropolitan Ave February 13-16, 2025 Running Time: 60 Minutes After the sudden death of Laura Jacoves, the Understudy has to go on and perform the acclaimed one woman show about Laura's vaginoplasty. Written and Directed by Laura Jacoves Starring Agnes Walsh Video by Ian Faria Guest starring Pierce Campion, Brian Fiddyment, Nick Naney, Spike Einbinder, and Ben Wasserman Find them: @laurajacoves, @girlfriendmuseum Image…
Find out more »The Fuck You Revue: Send Out the Clowns
The Brick presents The Fuck You Revue: Send Out the Clowns by Zoe Ziegfeld & Fancy Feast February 19, 2025 at 8PM at The Brick Theater — 579 Metropolitan Ave Tickets $20-50 Running time: 2 hours It’s a clown world and we’re just living in it. The notorious nightlife spectacle The Fuck You Revue presents a full clown car of burlesque, drag, and variety performance. Featuring: Bambi the Mermaid The Maine Attraction Fem Appeal Tiger Bay Sweaty Eddie Uncle Freak and…
Find out more »EXCAVATE: Butoh Dance Works in Progress
The Brick presents EXCAVATE: Butoh Dance Works in Progress Curated by Scoop Slone at The Brick Theater — 579 Metropolitan Ave February 21, 2025 at 8PM Running Time: 75 Minutes EXCAVATE is an archaeological digging into Butoh dance process giving voice to new works in progress. EXCAVATE is raw, tangible, present, with dancer and audience existing on the same plane: No theatricalities. With The Brick Theater as a developmental space, dancers dig deep into their awareness using the platform for…
Find out more »I’M REPEATING MYSELF
The Brick, RHONDA, & The Omnivores present I'M REPEATING MYSELF A new play by Chad Kaydo Directed by Carsen Joenk February 27-March 15, 2025 at The Brick Theater — 579 Metropolitan Ave Tickets $25-100 A strange summer provokes questions about family, mortality, porn algorithms, and whether or not you’re still single because you're “too picky.” I’M REPEATING MYSELF wonders how we get over a lifetime of tiny wounds to take care of the people we love...and maybe ourselves too. Playwright…
Find out more »March 2025
Quick + Dirty Mixer
The Brick presents Quick + Dirty Mixer Friday, March 1, 2025 at 3:30-5:30PM at Brick Aux – 628 Metropolitan Ave Following the 2PM performance of I’M REPEATING MYSELF, a new play by Chad Kaydo directed by Carsen Joenk, join us for a mixer for new and returning members of the Quick + Dirty community and meet other playwrights, directors, and actors. Bring friends—all are welcome! Quick + Dirty is a development series for short plays by new collaborators + a community of playwrights and directors + a place…
Find out more »Bubble Schmeisis
The Brick presents Bubble Schmeisis by Nick Cassenbaum at The Brick Theater — 579 Metropolitan Ave March 20-29, 2025 Running Time: 70 Minutes Writer and street performer Nick Cassenbaum invites you to step into the warmth of the Canning Town Schvitz–East London’s last authentic bath house, and the backdrop of his beloved and critically-acclaimed play, Bubble Schmeisis. Nick Cassenbaum is a UK-based theater-maker who has spent the past 10 years touring the world in his bathrobe, from London’s biggest theatres, to…
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