Jordan and Avery are a pair of broke-ass not-quite-30-somethings who make comedy songs on Youtube and are being evicted from the apartment they share. After a video they make about it goes viral, the friends attempt to navigate their newfound success and process the years they’d spent and all they’d lost trying to find a way out of hardship.
Tix to this show are Name Your Price starting at $5, meaning you decide what you pay! We pass on 100% of the single ticket revenue directly to the show’s lead artists. You can learn more about What’s Ars Is Yours: Name Your Price Tix by visiting our How We Do It page.
The Jordan and Avery Show in Concert will stream live from Ars Nova on June 24 @ 7pm on Ars Nova Supra. Following the live stream, you’ll be able to watch the show on-demand for up to a year. Get a cancel-anytime $15/mo subscription to stream live or on-demand.
JAY ADANA wrote her first song for an ANTFest production of THE WOODSMAN and just didn’t stop. Her works include THE LOOPHOLE, THE WOODSMAN, and THE JORDAN & AVERY SHOW and have been seen at New World Stages, The Public Theater, Eugene O’Neill NMTC, Berkeley Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, Ars Nova, 59E59, and Joe’s Pub. 2020 Richard Rodgers Award, 2021 Vivace Award, 2018 Jonathan Larson Award, 2019 Dramatist Guild Foundation Fellow. Currently under commission at Theater Latté Da (for The Jordan & Avery Show!) and The Oregon Shakespeare Festival. www.jayadana.com | @jayadanaflow. More show info: jordanandaveryshow@gmail.com.
JESS MCLEOD is a director & social justice advocate specializing in risky new work about America. NYCLU Artist-In-Residence (Creatives Rebuild NY); BOLD Resident Director (Woolly Mammoth). Jess has directed & developed new plays, musicals & opera at theatres across the country and served as Resident Director of Hamilton Chicago, Co-Chair (with Michael Korie) of DGF’s MT Fellows Program, and Refocus Project Lead Curator at Roundabout. Recent/upcoming work includes The Thanksgiving Play (Steppenwolf); The Chinese Lady (Alliance); and The Family Album, a new musical commission at La Jolla Playhouse. MFA: Northwestern. 1st Gen Korean-Filipina-Scottish American. www.jess-mcleod.com | @mcjessmc
DIANA LAWRENCE is thrilled to be making her ANT Fest debut! As a pianist and MD, Diana has worked with The Public Theater, Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, The Second City, and most recently, Suffs on Broadway. Diana wrote original music for Steppenwolf Theatre’s premiere of Tracy Letts’ Mary Page Marlowe, and her songs for the new musical, Mill Girls, can now be heard on an EP featuring Nikki Renée Daniels, Alysha Deslorieux and Val Vigoda. Dedicated to empowering young and underrepresented voices, Diana is also is the Programs Manager for the youth songwriting nonprofit, Hear Your Song. dianalawrence.com
SKYLER FORTGANG is a drummer/percussionist, producer, keyboard programmer and music director based in New York City. He has played on a variety of Broadway, Off-Broadway, touring, and regional theater productions, as well as recorded for many artists across a wide array of genres. He appears on multiple albums with artists like Cristina, The Other Lovers, Skylar Pocket, Kathleen Elle, Andre Molina and more. He holds a B.M. degree in Percussion Performance from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University (2019), studying under Joseph Tompkins, Javier Diaz, Kyle Zerna and Mike Truesdell.
ALLY BONINO – Ally is just so stupidly excited to be back with The Jordan and Avery Show after falling in love with it and with the illustrious Jay Adana at the Eugene O’Neill Center. You can currently catch her in Suffs at the Music Box, where she made her Broadway debut this past April originating the role of Lucy Burns. Other credits include 25th Annual…..Spelling Bee, Dogfight, Myths and Hymns, and Merrily We Roll Along. Let’s have some fun :)) @allybo123
DAMON DAUNNO is an award-winning actor, musician, songwriter and recording artist. For his portrayal of Curly in Daniel Fish’s Tony winning revival of OKLAHOMA!, Damon received nominations for Tony, Grammy, Drama Desk and OCC awards. He can be heard on the Grammy nominated cast album and the Off-Broadway soundtrack for Anais Mitchell’s HADESTOWN, as Damon originated the role of Orpheus at NYTW. As a recording artist, Damon is signed to Sunken Living Room and has just released his debut single “Time Machine” which can be heard on all streaming platforms. @damondaunno
ALEXANDER GEMIGNANI Selected Broadway acting credits: My Fair Lady, Carousel (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Grammy Nominations), Les Misérables (Drama League nomination), Sweeney Todd (Drama Desk nomination), Assassins (Theatre World Award). Selected Off Broadway: Road Show at the Public (Drama League nomination). Regional: Hamilton (original Chicago cast). Multiple television appearances, most notably on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Janusz. Music Supervisor/Arranger/Conductor for Here We Are. Music Supervisor/Orchestrator for Fiasco’s Merrily We Roll Along at the Roundabout. Music Supervisor/Conductor for the 2019/2020 revival of West Side Story. Artistic Director of the National Music Theater Conference at The O’Neill. His greatest joys are his incredible wife, Erin Ortman, and their beautiful daughter.
ASHLEY D. KELLEY – Broadway: Shucked. (WINNER 2023 THEATER WORLD AWARD!) National tour: The Play That Goes Wrong. Off-Broadway: Eve’s Song (The Public Theater, dir. Jo Bonney), Bella: An American Tall Tale (Playwrights Horizons, dir. Robert O’Hara; Lucille Lortel Award nomination). Regional: An Act of God (Bucks County Playhouse); Dorothy in The Wiz (Oregon Shakespeare Festival). Film: Home Team (Netflix). TV: “Insatiable”recurring (Netflix), “Ghosts” (CBS), “Hungry” (series regular, pilot), “Luke Cage” (Netflix), “Bull” (CBS), “Chicago P.D.” (NBC). @AshleyDKelley
MANU NARAYAN – Original Broadway Cast: Theo in COMPANY (2022 Tony Best Revival of a Musical), Robbie in GETTIN’ THE BAND BACK TOGETHER, Karpathy in MY FAIR LADY (LCT), Akaash in BOMBAY DREAMS (Drama League nomination). Tour: Miss Saigon. Off-Broadway: A Delicate Balance (Transport group/ NAATCO), Merrily We Roll Along (Roundabout/ Fiasco), Yeast Nation (NYFF), Falsettoland (NAATCO), subUrbia (Second Stage), Fucking A (The Public), The Lisbon Traviata & The Who’s Tommy (Kennedy Center). Film: Anything’s Possible, 99 homes, The Love Guru, Last Airbender, Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song. TV Credits: And Just Like That, Prodigal Son, Emergence, Bull, Blacklist, Grey’s Anatomy, L&O:SVU. Carnegie Mellon University, BFA. Instagram: @TheManuNarayan
JON-MICHAEL REESE is currently starring in The Fires at Soho Rep. Favorite Credits: Broadway: A Strange Loop. Off-Broadway: White Girl in Danger (Second Stage). Regional: Jimmy and Lorraine (Pillsbury); This Bitter Earth (Penumbra); Theo (Two River); Marry Me a Little (New Ohio); Nikola Tesla Drops The Beat (ATF); Man of la Mancha, To Let Go and Fall (Theatre Latté Da); Lear (Exit Pursued By Bear); My Heart is the Drum (Village Theatre, Gregory Award: Outstanding Actor). @theJMRavatar
SUSHMA SAHA – Broadway: 1776 (Roundabout). Off-Broadway: Interstate (Theatre Row). Off-Off Broadway: 7 Minutes (Waterwell), Girlfriend (The Drama League). Regional: The Wolves (ATL), Little Shop of Horrors (Little Shop of Bools). Sushma Saha (pronoun inclusive) is a queer Indian-American multi-hypenate artist (actor, singer, dancer, voiceover artist, model, & songwriter) with a BFA in musical theatre from Ithaca College. She won ‘Outstanding Performance in a Leading Role’ at New York Musical Festival for playing Henry in “Interstate” by Melissa Li & Kit Yan. They are currently working on their first EP “This Isn’t About You” to be released on all music-streaming platforms. IG: @sushmasahahaha
NORA SCHELL – Nora Schell graduated from The University of Michigan with a BFA in Musical Theatre and a minor in Gender, Race and Nation. They received Drama Desk, Drama League and Clive Barnes Award nominations for their Off-Broadway debut in SPAMILTON. Nora made their Broadway debut in JAGGED LITTLE PILL. They are currently Off-Broadway playing Bustopher Jones in CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL. Nora continues to cultivate a career focused on the intersection of performing and social justice. Love to Gregg Baker Management and their family.
CINDY TSAI – I’m Cindy, a Taiwanese/Chinese-American performer, producer, and arts advocate from San Gabriel Valley. BFA Musical Theatre, Minor in Critical Race and Ethnicities. Communications Associate at Producer Hub. Artist & Influencer Engagement Associate at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Select performing work: FISH MEAT at Connelly Theater (coming up), THE CHINESE LADY at Southern Plains Productions, YOU SHOULD BE SO LUCKY at WP Theater, JEANNETTE workshop at Signature Theatre in NYC. Select producing work: SAFE presented by BAM and NYCLU, PERFORMING FILIPINA by Lianah Sta. Ana, The Deciders by Jess McLeod. CEASEFIRE NOW, FREE PALESTINE. IG: @cindyctsai | cindy-tsai.com
JASON VEASEY created the role of “Thought 5” in the Broadway production of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning musical A STRANGE LOOP. Veasey is recognized for his multi-season arc as “Jonathan” on the hit Hulu series ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING, which garnered him a 2024 SAG Award nomination. TV: LITTLE VOICE (Apple), CHICAGO FIRE (NBC), HIGH MAINTENANCE (HBO Max), FLATBUSH MISDEMEANORS (Showtime), BETTY (HBO), DASH & LILLY (Netflix), and the Hulu pilot OLGA DIES DREAMING. Film: I’M NOT HIM, HOME FREE, and the upcoming FRIENDSHIP (alongside Paul Rudd and Tim Robinson). Following him on socials: @Veaseyville
This show will take place at Ars Nova, located at 511 W 54th Street, New York, NY 10019.
Seating is general admission and first-come first-served. So, the earlier you arrive at the theater, the more choice you’ll have about where you sit! (Bonus: cheapest drinks in Midtown are at Bars Nova!)
The only way to guarantee you reserved seats is to become a Super Nova. Super Novas never hear “sold out,” get reserved seats in prime locations, and make fair wages and accessible tickets possible. Learn more about becoming a Super Nova here!
Tix to this show are Name Your Price starting at $5, meaning you decide what you pay! Best of all, when you name your price, 100% of the single ticket revenue is passed on directly to the show’s lead artists! You can learn more about What’s Ars Is Yours: Name Your Price Tix by visiting our How We Do It page.
If a performance is sold out, you can join a standby line for day-of-show tix made available by minute cancellations and no-shows. Standby will begin 1 hour prior to curtain and will form outsideFolks from the standby line will be admitted into the show on a rolling basis as availability is confirmed. Standby tix are name-your-price starting at $5 + fees.
Additionally, Supra is never sold out! If you can’t make the show in-person, you can always stream online for only $15/mo, which gets you unlimited streaming access to performances from the last year. You can cancel your membership anytime by emailing contact@arsnovanyc.com.
Once you’ve selected your performance date and time at check-out, you’ll see a number of ticket price options ranging from $5 to $100. Select the price point you want to pay and the number of tickets you’d like to purchase and they’ll be added to your cart. After that, continue through the check-out process and you’ll be all set!
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Yes! Ars Nova Supra is our digital platform where you can live stream all of our one-night shows and watch premieres from the past year on-demand. For the low price of $15/mo, you can access an entire seasons worth of comedy, music and theater from our groundbreaking artists, and additionally you can cancel your subscription anytime!
All sales are final – there are no refunds or exchanges.
If you’re unable to use your tickets, you may donate them in exchange for a letter of tax credit by emailing tix@arsnovanyc.com.
We ask that you stay home if you aren’t feeling well or are awaiting the results of a COVID test. Please let us know prior to your ticketed performance, and we will work with you to find a solution if you’re unable to attend.
We welcome and encourage mask-wearing to protect yourself and others. However, as mask mandates have lifted and city, state and federal guidelines have changed, we will not be requiring them at performances.
We no longer require proof of vaccination, but we strongly encourage all audience members to get vaccinated and boosted in accordance with public health guidelines.
Our staff will clean and sanitize the theater and common areas and we’ll continue to provide hand sanitizer for your personal use.
Signage is posted in all spaces encouraging washing or sanitizing hands frequently.
Ars Nova is uncensored. We provide content advisories — to the best of our ability — to inform audiences when shows contain racial violence, racist language, sexual violence or nudity. We provide information about this type of content in advance, based on our core values, so that each audience member can make an informed decision about if and how they’d like to engage with that content. We welcome artists to share additional information about their shows based on their own core values.
Ars Nova is wheelchair accessible. If you wish or need to remain in your wheelchair throughout the show, our staff will remove the theater chair. This can be done by letting us know your needs/plans in advance; just email Declan Zhang. It can also be done without prior notice when you arrive! If you wish to transfer to the theater seat from your wheelchair, we are happy to store your wheelchair or motorized mobility aid in the lobby during the performance. The House Manager will return your mobility device to you at the end of the performance as this show has no intermission.
About 25% of the seating is on the ground floor of the theater and does not require using stairs to access. There are five six-inch steps to get into the building.
All remaining seats require no less than one and no more than three steps to access.
Licensed service animals (any dogs that are trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities) are welcome at Ars Nova. They must rest in your seating area throughout the performance and are unable to occupy the aisle. Please bring proof of certification or a license for your service animal and be prepared to present it to the House Manager upon request. You can send advance notice to Declan Zhang, which is appreciated, but not required.
Our bathrooms are stalled, all gender restrooms – everyone is welcome to use any bathroom of their choice. We have two single-person restrooms in the lobby; with the wheelchair accessible option located right outside the theater on the first floor (doors 7 feet 10 inches x 3 feet 10.5 inches).
We have space that can be made to offer privacy for feeding should you need at any time. See the House Manager onsite and they will arrange a comfortable space, with storage and refrigeration for your materials.
The audience seating locations could be in, around and throughout the playing area. Performers will be within 3’ of you.
The seating is a combination of chairs.
Black Chairs with back: 19” wide x 32.25” high x 21.75” deep with a 500lb capacity
Black Counter height: 16.5” wide x 38” high x 18” deep with a 500lb capacity
The doors for entry into the building are 7 feet 10.5 inches x 3 feet 7 inches (external) and 7 feet 10 inches x feet 10.5 inches (internal).
Box Office height is 3 feet 6 inches and the Bar height is 3 feet 8.5 inches.
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