The Brick presents EXCAVATE: Butoh Dance Works in Progress Curated by Scoop Slone at The Brick Theater — 579 Metropolitan Ave February 21, 2025 Doors at 7:30PM, Performance at 8PM Running Time: 75 Minutes ONLINE TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT! ADDITIONAL TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE BOX OFFICE WHEN DOORS OPEN 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…

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…

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…

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 The March 7 performance will be ASL interpreted. With Matthew Antoci, Alma Cuervo*, Enette Fremont, Chad Kaydo, Frankie Placidi, & Jon Norman Schneider* 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…

The Brick presents Middle School Play by Daniel Holzman at Brick Aux Studio – 628 Metropolitan Ave March 19-24, 2025 Running Time: 90 Minutes The year is 2012. Ms. Noble hasn’t been back from the bathroom for over 20 minutes. Locked in a classroom, 9 middle schoolers decide to turn themselves into adults before it’s too late. A madlib of real false memories, verbatim Google Buzz comments, and the feeling that we might live to see the end of all things,…

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…

The Brick & BrickFlix Present (in partnership with Left Voice and MeansTV): Solidarity and Labor: Films of the Working Class Struggle Featuring a performance of labor songs by Andy Boyd at The Brick Theater — 579 Metropolitan Ave March 31, 2025 Doors 7PM, Screenings 7:30PM Running Time: 2 hours Join us for another screening of BrickFlix! This month we've partnered with Left Voice and MeansTV, screening films centered around Labor and Solidarity. The evening will feature a performance of labor…

The Brick presents SalOn!: THREE HOLE PUNCH at Brick Aux Studio – 628 Metropolitan Ave April 3, 2025 Doors at 7PM, Show at 7:30PM FREE (hat will be passed for the artists!) If you do not see ticket options on this page, that means the show is sold out. An in person waitlist will begin at 7pm. Since this is a free event, we’ll start letting people in off the waitlist around 7:20 – please plan to arrive by then to…

The Brick presents Quick + Dirty 10 Friday, April 4, 2025 | 6-9 pm at Brick Aux – 628 Metropolitan Ave Here’s how it works: We pair three playwrights with directors they haven’t worked with before. Each team works on a new play, casts actors, and gets two hours of rehearsal the day of the presentation to put it up—on book, on its feet, no music stands. (It is, truly, quick + dirty.) Then you come + watch. Here’s the plan:…

The Brick presents SHORT PLAY FEST by The Makers' Ensemble April 3-6, 2025 at The Brick Theater — 579 Metropolitan Ave Tickets $25-50 The Makers' Ensemble Presents their fourth annual SHORT PLAY FEST. Join us for four evenings of work-in-progress showings by emerging playwrights. SCHEDULE: April 3 at 8PM - Show #1 & Show #2 April 4 at 8PM Show #3 & Show #4 April 5 at 3PM Show #1 & Show #2 April 5 at 8PM Show #3 & Show…

The Brick presents ?!: New Works 2025 – Night 1 Featuring: Yehuda L. Hyman/Mystical Feet Company | Hannah Mitchell | Jen Diaz | Thomas Tait April 8, 2025 at 8pm The spiritual successor to The Exponential Festival, ?!:New Works features a veritable slew of experiment(al)(ing) artists from a variety of disciplines presenting brand new work. Working it out. With each other. With you. *** The Rose Project (Working Title) by Yehuda L. Hyman/Mystical Feet Company A memoir, cabaret, ausdrucktanz, and disco. Four…

The Brick presents ?!: New Works 2025 – Night 2 Featuring: Jen Diaz | Isa Spector | A.A. Brenner & Rani O'Brien | hillary bonhomme April 9, 2025 at 8pm The spiritual successor to The Exponential Festival, ?!:New Works features a veritable slew of experiment(al)(ing) artists from a variety of disciplines presenting brand new work. Working it out. With each other. With you. *** LA GRINGA NO BAILA by Jen Diaz “Where are you from?” shouldn’t launch LA GRINGA into an identity…

The Brick presents ?!: New Works 2025 – Night 3 Featuring: Yehuda Hyman | Radical Evolution | A.A. Brenner & Rani O'Brien | Jing Dong & Xiao Liu April 10, 2025 at 8pm The spiritual successor to The Exponential Festival, ?!:New Works features a veritable slew of experiment(al)(ing) artists from a variety of disciplines presenting brand new work. Working it out. With each other. With you. *** The Rose Project (Working Title) by Yehuda L. Hyman/Mystical Feet Company A memoir, cabaret, ausdrucktanz, and disco.…

The Brick presents ?!: New Works 2025 – Night 4 Featuring: Isa Spector | Hillary Bonhomme | Sophie McIntosh | Radical Evolution April 11, 2025 at 8pm The spiritual successor to The Exponential Festival, ?!:New Works features a veritable slew of experiment(al)(ing) artists from a variety of disciplines presenting brand new work. Working it out. With each other. With you. ***   They All Lived There by Isa Spector A surreal romp of family affairs.   COME BACK TO EARTH is a…

The Brick presents ?!: New Works 2025 – Night 5 Featuring: Hannah Mitchell | Jing Dong & Xiao Liu | Sophie McIntosh | Meaghan Robichaud April 12, 2025 at 8pm The spiritual successor to The Exponential Festival, ?!:New Works features a veritable slew of experiment(al)(ing) artists from a variety of disciplines presenting brand new work. Working it out. With each other. With you. ***   TRAD by Hannah Mitchell Combines elements of bouffon, mockery, horror & camp to explore the modern phenomenon…

The Brick presents ?!: New Works 2025 – Night 6 Featuring: Seth Bockley/Make New Species | Rae Su & Paolina Gómez Gonzales | Dan Hasse | Jo Warren April 15, 2025 at 8pm The spiritual successor to The Exponential Festival, ?!:New Works features a veritable slew of experiment(al)(ing) artists from a variety of disciplines presenting brand new work. Working it out. With each other. With you. ***   The Ambiguities by Seth Bockley/Make New Species Notes toward a Melville megamix, "The Ambiguities"…

The Brick presents ?!: New Works 2025 – Night 7 Featuring: JoyBoy da Clown | Prostalgia HD | Lucyana Randall & Ryland Duncan | Sophie Tegenu April 16, 2025 at 8pm The spiritual successor to The Exponential Festival, ?!:New Works features a veritable slew of experiment(al)(ing) artists from a variety of disciplines presenting brand new work. Working it out. With each other. With you. ***   Farewell My Fool by JoyBoy da Clown Farewell my fool. Your time has come. Starry eyed…

The Brick presents ?!: New Works 2025 – Night 8 Featuring: Matt Romein | Seth Bockley/Make New Species | Rae Su & Paolina Gómez Gonzales | Jo Warren | Meaghan Robichaud April 17, 2025 at 8pm The spiritual successor to The Exponential Festival, ?!:New Works features a veritable slew of experiment(al)(ing) artists from a variety of disciplines presenting brand new work. Working it out. With each other. With you. ***   GOD MODE by Matt Romein It's a Special Little Boy's birthday!…