Audience members sit in a circle along with seven actors in Nick Thomas's hyper-intimate drama about an addiction support group that is forced to confront new challenges when its leader fails to show up. The scrappy troupe spit&vigor, formerly of Gowanus, has been performing the show roughly once a month since 2023; now it settles in for a longer run in a tiny studio space above the West Village's Players Theater. The cast includes company co-founders Sara Fellini and Adam Belvo (who alternates performances with Thomas himself).
Broadway and Off Broadway productions get most of the attention, but to get a true sense of the range and diversity of New York theater, you need to look to the smaller productions collectively known as Off-Off Broadway. There are more than dozens of Off-Off Broadway spaces in New York, mostly with fewer than 99 seats. Experimental plays thrive in New York's best Off-Off Broadway venues; that's where you'll find many of the city's most challenging and original works. But Off-Off is more than just the weird stuff: It also includes everything from original dramas to revivals of rarely seen classics, and it's a good place to get early looks at rising talents. What's more, it tends to be affordable; while cheap Broadway tickets can be hard to find, most Off-Off Broadway shows are in the $15–$35 range. Here are some of the current shows that hold the most promise.
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