Staff Picks No. 148
David & Me : Tiger and Marks
JACK
May 18th-20th 2026
This is a fascinating exploration of queer icon, David Wojnarowicz. Josh Feye did an interview with Tiger and Marks about the project for The Dionysian Dream. Check it out and if/when you are intrigued, check out the show!
Staffer: Theresa Buchheister
I WANTTT A UNICORN FRAPPE!!! : Catherine Weingarten, Alex Tobey, Rachel Lin, Meg MacCary, Sabina Friedman-Seitz, Lindsley Howard, Fernando Gonzalez, Benny Pitt, Olivia Hern, Hayley Garcia Parnell, Amelia Way, Sarah Jones
The Tank
May 28th-June 21st 2026
Satires of wedding culture! Unicorns? A title that reminds me of that weird Starbucks drink all the Gen Alpha tweens are obsessed with and torturing poor employees for! Sounds like another funny eve from the writer of FYRE FEST WAS SO FUN!!! with a crackerjack team behind it.
Staffer: Reuven Glezer
100 Yor Artef : GLYK Kolektiv
Target Margin
May 24th-26th 2026
GLYK has been doing G-d’s work (doing queer Yiddish theatre in New York) and they’re back at Target Margin presenting a triple-feature of old (a Yiddish Robin Hood and Whittaker Chamber adaptation) and new (their newest original skit about bookburning). I’ll be there Monday the 25th, will you?
Staffer: Reuven Glezer
Mouthpiece : Sam Kann, Chloë Engel, Shana Crawford, Lydia Kern, Hilary Brown-Istrefi, Jack Herscowitz, Jeremy Wiles-Young, Ava Renz
LifeWorld
May 14th-15th 2026
One of the things I love most about Staff Picks is talking about artists I know and want to tell others about. Another thing I love about Staff Picks is learning about new artists all the time. I don’t know these folx! But they are people interested in doing dance at LifeWorld, so I feel like I automatically vibe with what they are doing. You should go and tell me all about it!
Staffer: Theresa Buchheister
21st Century Princess : Jordan Baum, Jess Barbagallo, Misha Brooks, La Daniella, Zach Donovan, Andrew Hardigg, Keyana Hemphill, Maggie Hoffman, Carolyn Kettig, Eliana Mullins, Pauli Pontrelli, Rosemary Quinn, Benjamin Simpson, Jane Irma Velko, Amanda Horowitz, Evan C. Anderson, Zach Donovan, John Walraven Davis, Richard Lowenburg, Hanna Novak, Immediate Medium, The Barn at Lee
The Collapsable Hole
May 20th-31st 2026
I am suffering from acute I-can't-I-have-rehearsal-itis and will not be able to make this show that I so wish to attend, so please go in my stead and cheer on the people working for and pilgrimaging to a certain corporate joy factory. 13 cast members! Who does that anymore? Breathe in fresh air.
Staffer: Billy McEntee
Dog Funeral : Zoe Wohlfeld
Cloud City
May 22nd-23rd 2026
I got to see a snippet of DOG FUNERAL back at the “showbabies” fundraiser and it was HILARIOUS. Unexpected, great audience involvement, and Wohlfeld commits to the fucking bit. Sliding scale tickets at one of my favorite small venues, Cloud City. Please dress in appropriate funeral attire. Preferably Victorian-era.
Staffer: Reuven Glezer
For Those Who Are Listening : Jason Driver
Box Machine
May 17th-21st 2026
No idea what this will be, and isn't that the thrill? Box Machine continues to curate fascinating performances and artists, turning the home space into what it always has been, one for gathering.
Staffer: Billy McEntee
Canciones : Radical Evolution (Rebecca Martínez, Julián Mesri, Beto O’Byrne, Sara Ornelas, and Meropi Peponides), Raul Abrego, Tye Hunt Fitzgerald, María-Cristina Fusté (MC), Christopher Vergara, tbd casting co., Mayelah Barrera, Johanna Carlisle-Zepeda, Kai An Chee, Cristina Contreras, Chino Ramos, Sammy Rivas
A private home in Flatbush, Brooklyn
May 2nd-24th 2026
Site-specific theater, three generations of one family, chisme: Canciones is the kind of vital and unique theater we need that actively responds to space and community under one roof. Get a ticket!
Staffer: Billy McEntee