The Brick presents Sex and the Abbey Written By: Diana Ly Directed By: Emily Lyon August 22 through September 7, 2024 at The Brick Theater — 579 Metropolitan Ave Tickets $25-50 The Abbey is in trouble – and only Hrotsvit’s play can save them! The canonesses need to impress Emperor Otto (who is visiting tonight!) with a performance… by Hrotsvit, the first western woman who ever dared to write a play. Embroiled in lustful conflicts, the stress of daily prayers,…

BrickFlix Presents An Evening with Means TV Monday, September 9, 2024 at The Brick Theater – 579 Metropolitan Doors + Food at 7PM | Screening at 7:30PM Join us for an evening of short films offered on the platform MeansTV: the world's first worker-owned, anti-capitalist streaming service! Preceded by a performance by BrickFlix Artist Rawya El-Chab: "Balalalaclava" is a 6-8 minute multimedia performance piece that mixes clownish humor with imagery from news events. Rawya El Chab is a New York City-based…

The Brick Presents A Wake at the River Church New music from the band, Pegg September 12-14 at The Brick – 579 Metropolitan A Wake at the River Church is a multi-disciplinary concert performed by the Brooklyn-based band Pegg. On the heels of their debut album, this performance-laced auditory ceremony collides with the language of grief, personal discovery, and the people we call family. Large video projections, a six-piece band, choir, and sound spa ennui ripple over the audience in this…

The Brick presents Gestating Baby Volume 8: Patrick Vermillion & Teddy Dinner and Miranda Brown & Noa Rui-Piin Weiss  September 18-21, 2024 at 8PM Running Time: 80 Minutes at The Brick – 579 Metropolitan Gestating Baby is a semi-regular series of split bill performances that presents new and unpredictable works across the spectrum of theatrical performing arts. It began in 2013 at The Silent Barn and is now revived at The Brick in Brooklyn, NY. Featuring: Ice Cold: Crossroads of America by…

The Brick presents The Saga of the Shining Emblem: 1999 Edition Created and Performed by Matthew Schott Music and Props by Sam Kessler Marketing Materials by Ana McCasland September 25, 2024 8pm at Brick Aux – 628 Metropolitan Ave $12 You have been plunged backwards in time to an era long forgotten by man. An era of Blair Witches and Pod Racing. Of Austin Powers and Y2K. Of the frosted tips and The Matrix. The year is 1999 and the fate…

The Brick presents Quick + Dirty 9 Friday, September 27, 2024, 6-9 pm at Brick Aux – 628 Metropolitan Ave With new work by: artists to be announced! Quick + Dirty is a development series for short plays by new collaborators + a community of playwrights and directors + a place to try new work on its feet with an audience. You should come. Here’s how it works: We pair three playwrights with directors they haven’t worked with before. Each team…

The Brick presents The Cappuccinos By Kyle Brosnihan Directed by Paul Schack September 25-28, 2024 at The Brick – 579 Metropolitan Do you like coffee? The characters in this play love coffee. Do you like connections with strangers in public places like coffee shops? Those fleeting little moments when you have this point of connection, intimacy maybe, with another person. And maybe it’s fleeting, maybe it never happens again, but in those moments it's real, and it's special. Do you like…

The Brick and TAYP NYC presents Screening of Take My Breath /المابين by Nada Mezni Hafaiedh September 29 at 3-6PM at Brick Aux Studio – 628 Metropolitan Ave The New York chapter of the Tunisian-American Young Professionals network is excited to bring to you Take My Breath /المابين, a Tunisian movie written and directed by Nada Mezni Hafaiedh, at Brick Aux Studio on September 29, 2024 from 3 PM to 5 PM followed by an optional networking hour for the attendees…

The Brick presents Profane Offerings By tiger west October 1, 2024 at 8PM at The Brick – 579 Metropolitan Two works by tiger west. Spend a day in the life of a modern creature in Screen/Memory and enjoy an ode to gasoline with an ensemble of four voices in Opioid Suite. CREATIVE TEAM tiger west - artist Jason Royal, Christie Offenbacher, Mara O'Malley, John Montez, Carolyn Stallard, Julie Fotheringham - performers Find them: samanthatigerwest.com, @samanthatigerwest

The Brick presents Puppet Nocturnes Performances by Tristan Allen, Amanda Card, Preston Wollner, and Tiresias October 2, 2024 at The Brick Theater — 579 Metropolitan Ave Tickets $25-50 A spectacle of puppet works in development. Puppeteers Tristan Allen, Preston Wollner, and Amanda Card will each present excerpts of forthcoming projects. Adorn yourself for the puppet realm where crafted figures rouse under moonlight ~ flowing black or deep jewel-toned gowns, intricate lace, armor or leather, masks, staffs or scepters all welcome. Let…

The Brick presents Social Sculpture by Calx Vida Studio at Brick Aux Gallery – 628 Metropolitan Ave September 6 – October 4, 2024 Please join us for an Opening Reception on Thursday October 3, 7:30-9:30PM Calx Vida Studio’s latest installation show, Social Sculpture, is a new work comprised of ephemera from the duo’s most recent social sculptures. The artists’ practice can be framed as a response to controversial artist Joseph Beuys’ assertion that “the concept of sculpting can be extended to the invisible materials used…

The Brick presents Social Sculpture by Calx Vida Studio at Brick Aux Gallery – 628 Metropolitan Ave September 6 – October 4, 2024 Please join us for a special immersive Closing Event Friday October 4, 6:30-9:30PM Calx Vida Studio’s latest installation show, Social Sculpture, is a new work comprised of ephemera from the duo’s most recent social sculptures. The artists’ practice can be framed as a response to controversial artist Joseph Beuys’ assertion that “the concept of sculpting can be extended to the invisible materials…

The Exponential Festival presents Introducing... Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 7-9 pm at Brick Aux – 628 Metropolitan Ave From puppet talk shows to experiments in translation, from new religions to the Grieving Widows’ grand finale, The Exponential Festival’s tenth-anniversary season is gearing up to be a doozy. For a sneak peek at this year’s offerings, join everyone’s favorite meme monster, Shawn Escarciga (aka Miss Lady Salad), as they interview the artists of the 2025 Exponential Festival. FEATURING EF25 ARTISTS: Ashe Pignataro…

The Brick presents The Sea at Brick Aux Gallery – 628 Metropolitan Ave October 12 – November 2, 2024 A multimedia gallery show by Helen Oliver Adelson & Alex Wolkowicz Please join us for an Opening Reception on Saturday, October 12, 6-8PM   “This exhibition is, for me, an ode to the Sea. Its Beauty, Its Mystery, Its Power, To the Joy and the Terror that it can inspire.” –Helen Oliver Adelson Oliver’s gestural line and the deeply felt presence of the sitter…

The Brick presents SalOn!: FRUIT ON THE BOTTOM October 12, 2024 at Brick Aux Studio – 628 Metropolitan Ave Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm FREE (sliding scale donations happily accepted) *** Hatched at Silent Barn in August 2014, this long-running affair brings together artists, comedians, chefs, scientists, theologians – anyone with something to share in a DIY, low-stakes setting – in one delightfully unpredictable night. Once a season (or so) we gather at Brick Aux to fill the pockets of your mind.…

The Brick presents Old 2 Begin: A Variety Open Mic for Writers & Performers Over Age 35 Hosted by Aston Hollins with Joe Miles & Chet Siegel 2 Thursdays per month, July through October 2024 7/11, 7/25, 8/15, 8/29, 9/12, 9/26, 10/10, 10/24 Sign up at 7PM | Mic 7:30-9:30PM at Brick Aux Studio – 628 Metropolitan Ave Free! Old 2 Begin is a supportive platform for our seasoned performers to try out new material in: stand-up, music, poetry, character,…

The Brick presents Lucky Breaks By Yevgenia Belorusets Translated by Eugene Ostashevsky Adapted by Jaclyn Biskup & Sara Farrington Live Performances October 11-27, 2024 Livestream Oct 20 at 5PM at The Brick – 579 Metropolitan Adapted by Jaclyn Biskup & Sara Farrington Directed by Jaclyn Biskup Production Stage Manager Sam Kersnick Scenic Design by Nora Smith Marlow Costume Design by Kristy Hall Lighting Design by Jackie Fox Sound Design by James Worth Bennett Additional Choreography by Oksana Horban Featuring Katie Broad, Hanna…