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SERIALS

Bi-Monthly, Episodic Theater for the Brave of Heart,
now in its 14th year!

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NYC’s rowdy, episodic, late-nite play competition

Nobody shows their jeans off better than SERIALS. Nobody shows their jeans off better than SERIALS.

NOBODY. 

See you in February ❤️
Counting down the days until we’re back on this st Counting down the days until we’re back on this stage 🥰

FIVE BRAND NEW EPISODES are coming at you faster than you dropping your resolutions for this year (don’t worry we won’t tell anyone).

Tickets are live! See you soon!

PC: @igxmadison
SERIALS is a safe place for @teddysphotos stans ❤️ SERIALS is a safe place for @teddysphotos stans ❤️

Tickets are LIVE for our next performance weekend and we can’t wait to see all you Ed heads at @thetanknyc !!
FEBRUARY JUST GOT A LITTLE HOTTER 🔥 SERIALS is BA FEBRUARY JUST GOT A LITTLE HOTTER 🔥

SERIALS is BACK next month with another 5 BRAND NEW EPISODES for you to sink your teeth into. Our returners are bringing cryptids, naughty nuns, and a children’s show that feel a little…different back to the stage. 

The question is, what will our pilot playwrights bring to knock these returning episodes out? 👀

See you February 5th-7th @thetanknyc !
Happy first real day of the New Year! We’re still Happy first real day of the New Year! We’re still stuck thinking about our last weekend with all that delicious free beer generously provided by @kcbcbeer 😍. See you at their Brooklyn taproom!

Where else might we see you soon? I think you know 👀. Keep eyes on this account for announcing the next weekend of performances!
WE'RE BACK IN 2026 WITH A BANG! Want to know when WE'RE BACK IN 2026 WITH A BANG!

Want to know when the next SERIALS is? Give us your email through the link in our bio and we'll make sure you ALWAYS know when our next weekend will be.

Happy New Year and cheers to a SERIALS 2026!
Won’t you make our wish come true? Baby all we wa Won’t you make our wish come true?

Baby all we want for Christmas is you (to sign up for the SERIALS Patreon)!

Tickets! Livestream archive! Stickers! There’s so much to receive year-round when you support the SERIALS Patreon, not to mention you make sure this program can still afford to bring in all the amazing artists you see. 

Support SERIALS, sign up for the Patreon today!
And just like that… SERIALS is WRAPPED for 2025! And just like that…

SERIALS is WRAPPED for 2025!

Thanks to everyone that came out this weekend. We had an another crazy competitive week of shows (only a ONE VOTE difference between 1st and 2nd), but congrats to @georgiawright13 for their finale of Age of Sagittarius and to the winners moving forward with new episodes in 2026! 

Speaking of 2026…

Keep you eyes peeled for upcoming dates, or subscribe to our newsletter to hear about the next SERIALS cycle before anyone else does!

Happy holidays, and we will see you in the new year!
BE STILL MY PULP-PUNK HEART Tonight’s SERIALS aud BE STILL MY PULP-PUNK HEART

Tonight’s SERIALS audience will be treated to some music by @daltondeschain from the new musical Cemetery Sunset! Don’t miss out, tickets are still available, see you there!
TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT 🎄 Don’t be a Scrooge, ska TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT 🎄

Don’t be a Scrooge, skate over to @thetanknyc tonight and be merry with all your favorite indie theater artists! Tickets are live and we’ve got a cold one with your name on it. See you soon!
LOOK AT ALL THESE LITTLE PRESENTS UNDER THE TREE 🎁 LOOK AT ALL THESE LITTLE PRESENTS UNDER THE TREE 🎁

We can’t wait to see you all tomorrow! Free beer! Indie Theater Night! Musical guest on Friday! Winners announcement Saturday! Plus…one more surprise 👀

See you soon!
SANTA IS COMING TO TOWN AND HIS NAME IS KCBC This SANTA IS COMING TO TOWN AND HIS NAME IS KCBC

This weekend only, the wonderful team at @kcbcbeer is helping us provide some holiday cheer with some FREE BEER for our patrons (while supplies last)!

Get your tickets, show up early, and grab a beer on the house. Let’s close the year out right, all together with a cold one ❤️
It’s going to be a chilly week in NYC, but these p It’s going to be a chilly week in NYC, but these pilot playwrights will be keeping @thetanknyc HOT all weekend long! 🔥

Learn more about Madison and Jack’s pilot episodes before they duke it out for a slot in next year’s first cycle. You won’t want to miss this, we will see you THIS WEEKEND!
Giving Tuesday right around the corner? More like Giving Tuesday right around the corner? More like GIVE/GET Tuesday with SERIALS! 🎅

When you support SERIALS by GIVING to our Patreon you can GET:

- 🎟️ Livestream/in-person tickets to every weekend of shows
- 📺 Access to previous SERIALS performances via our livestream archive
- 👀 SERIALS Merch

And more!

Support some local theater this season and sign up for the SERIALS Patreon! We will see you this weekend!
HO HO HOLY SH*T Cannibals, nannies, and FLORIDIAN HO HO HOLY SH*T

Cannibals, nannies, and FLORIDIANS are taking over the stage next weekend!

Read up on these episode recaps to see where these stories have been and where they might be going, and we’ll see you next weekend!
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Five plays go in but only three come out... It's democracy in action!

How it works
 

Five teams perform five original, ten-minute episodic plays with only six hours of rehearsal time. Then YOU, the audience, vote for your three favorites. The plays with the most votes come back with a brand new episode of the same storyline the following week of SERIALS. Teams with the least votes come back with a pilot episode of a brand new storyline.

Every SERIALS weekend is a mix of audience favorite storylines and something totally new.

  • Super-Cycle 18 is coming!

    It’s Fall and have we got a show for you! Three glorious weeks of SERIALS, back in the 98-seat theater at The Tank (312 W 36th Street in Manhattan) are happening across October, November and December. This Super-Cycle is packed to the brim with 37 actors, 15 new episodes, 10 directors, 9 writers, and a

    Check out our latest!

   
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The Serials Teams are made up of the most exciting and talented artists working in the New York Theater scene today! These are the hottest writers, directors and performers you maybe haven't heard of yet.

Our Artists
 

Indie Theater is all about community and we are so proud of our exciting collaborators... Check them out and come see them in action at our next weekend of shows!

Indie Theater in NYC is a community

The NYC indie theater community produces hundreds of brand new plays annually across dozens and dozens of companies. We believe in that work—bold, risky, non-commercial and full of imagination and soul.

SERIALS is an important part of that project, serving as a hub for this community of artists. So much of indie theater starts right here, so please consider investing in our art making, our community, and the future of indie theater.

Support a New Way to make New Plays!

And get lots of benefits along the way...

Check out our Patreon

Artistic Partners come in all shapes and sizes and at Serials we count our audience as some of our most important collaborators!

Get in Touch
 

Maybe you are looking for a new place to flex your talents. Maybe you want to have a good time being re-inspired by live creativity and storytelling. Or maybe you're just in the market for a guaranteed laugh and a beer with friends. Reach out to us and we'll set you up!

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