An unabashed celebration of self-love, HEAUX CHURCH combines spirited storytelling, divine music, and all things heaux-ly to heal the parts of ourselves that shame tries to erase. Each night, former pastor’s kid Brandon Kyle Goodman leads the congregation in a rousing service on the birds, the bees and the booty, inviting us to connect and to unleash our inner heaux. It’s the sex talk you never got, but always deserved. Can we get a heaux-llelujah?!
As a writer, actor, host, and sexual/ mental wellness advocate, Brandon Kyle Goodman (they/them) is best known for their work on Netflix’s smash hit and Emmy nominated animated comedy series Big Mouth and its spin-off Human Resources; Amazon’s Modern Love, Hulu’s Plus One, Netflix’s Feel the Beat, and ABC’s Abbott Elementary.
In 2024, BKG launched their podcast, Tell Me Something Messy! with the iHeart network. On the show, celebrity guests and experts divulge their messy stories all with the intention of helping people lead more liberated lives. BKG continues their hosting duties, joining E! News for RE!CAP where BKG and co-hosts serve up hot takes on Hollywood’s biggest nights.
BKG shares an inspiring and uplifting message of self-love and acceptance with their first book, You Gotta Be You released in 2022. Written in the same refreshingly honest voice as their viral Instagram posts, they explore the intersection of race, sexuality and gender, and the lessons that would guide them to their most authentic self. They continue their writing on relationships, sex, and identity for their Messy Mondays Substack.
BKG has been featured in The New York Times, Esquire, Well+Good, OUT, Bustle, Buzzfeed, and many more. A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, BKG is currently based in Los Angeles. www.brandonkylegoodman.com
As a writer, actor, host, and sexual/ mental wellness advocate, Brandon Kyle Goodman (they/them) is best known for their work on Netflix’s smash hit and Emmy nominated animated comedy series Big Mouth and its spin-off Human Resources; Amazon’s Modern Love, Hulu’s Plus One, Netflix’s Feel the Beat, and ABC’s Abbott Elementary.
In 2024, BKG launched their podcast, Tell Me Something Messy! with the iHeart network. On the show, celebrity guests and experts divulge their messy stories all with the intention of helping people lead more liberated lives. BKG continues their hosting duties, joining E! News for RE!CAP where BKG and co-hosts serve up hot takes on Hollywood’s biggest nights.
BKG shares an inspiring and uplifting message of self-love and acceptance with their first book, You Gotta Be You released in 2022. Written in the same refreshingly honest voice as their viral Instagram posts, they explore the intersection of race, sexuality and gender, and the lessons that would guide them to their most authentic self. They continue their writing on relationships, sex, and identity for their Messy Mondays Substack.
BKG has been featured in The New York Times, Esquire, Well+Good, OUT, Bustle, Buzzfeed, and many more. A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, BKG is currently based in Los Angeles. www.brandonkylegoodman.com
Ari Grooves is an Artist, DJ, and interstellar force. You’ve seen this “ATLiean” Broadway performer and choreographer in Little Shop of Horrors (Lortel Nom) and Bare (Off Broadway); Holler if Ya Hear Me, Head Over Heels, and covering Tina – she’s the viral “Tina who lost her wig, but kept slaying!” DJ credits: The Delancey, Meridian 23, The Living Room, Iron Bar, Solomon and Kuff, Harlem Nights Bar, Soho House NYC, and many Broadway parties. Ari will be the official DJ for the 75th Annual Tony Awards After Party Gala in 2022. Her album Message From A Wanderer is streaming on all platforms.
Broadway: Chicken & Biscuits (Circle In The Square). NYC: Guide for the Homesick (LDK), Reconstructing (BAM), The White Chip (MCC), Covenant (Roundabout), Patience (2ST Uptown). Regional: Senior Class (Olney), Kunene and The King & Merry Wives (STC), Black Cypress Bayou (Geffen), Bulrusher (McCarter & Berkeley Rep), The Comedy of Errors, All’s Well That Ends Well, Henry 6: One & Two, Twelfth Night, Trouble In Mind, King James (Old Globe). Member: USA 829. motendesigns.com, IG: @motendesigns
Mika Eubanks (she/her) received her MFA in Costume Design at the Yale School of Drama. Theater design credits include: Metamorphoses, featured in the Washington Post (Folger Shakespeare Theatre); Lessons in Survival: 1971 (Vineyard Theatre); Tosca (Heartbeat Opera);The XIXth (Old Globe); Flex (Lincoln Center); Twelfth Night (Classical Theater of Harlem); and The Cotillion (New Georges/TMTC), for which she received the Audelco Award for outstanding costume design.
Matt Lazarus (he/they) is a designer based in New York City. His work has been seen throughout New York City & regionally. He’s especially proud of I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire (Watermark Productions, the cell), Tracks (59e59), SCOUTS (The Players Theater). He is a founding member of Glad You’re Not Dead, a jingle production house whose only client is a now defunct Floridian burger restaurant. MattLazarusDesign.com, @LazMattarus
Christopher Darbassie (they/them) Off-Broadway (select): The Antiquities, Amusements (Playwrights Horizons), The Counter (Roundabout), Caroline, Table 17 (MCC), Six Characters (LCT3), Grangeville, A Bright New Boise, A Case For The Existence Of God (Signature NYC), The Apiary, Camp Siegfried, Patience (2ST), I’m Almost There (Audible @ Minetta Lane/Francesca Moody Productions @ Edinburgh Fringe), This Beautiful Future (Cherry Lane), the UNCLE VANYA in a loft, Heaux Church, PS (Ars Nova), Black Exhibition, Demons (Bushwick Starr), & work at Petzel Gallery, The Goodman, The Alliance, Playmakers Rep, Brooklyn Museum, Studio Museum, & more.
greg corbino (he/him) is an OBIE award winning designer. His design work has been featured at Soho Repertory Theater, Playwrights Horizon, The High Line, The Queens Museum, The Leslie Lohman Museum of Art, HEREarts, The Brooklyn Academy of Music, and the Smithsonian Institution among others. Longtime collaborators include Peter Schumann and The Bread and Puppet Theater, Reverend Billy and The Stop Shopping Choir and Becca Blackwell. In 2025 he received a Henry Hewes Design Award for puppetry design. @greg.corbino
Stephen Stivo Arnoczy is a video designer from Queens & Otsego County, NY. Select work includes: Ta-Da! (Greenwich House Theater), Real Women Have Curves (B’way, as Animator), Jaja’s African Hair Braiding (B’way, as Associate), Tick Tick Boom (The Cape Playhouse), Discoshow (The Linq Hotel, Las Vegas, as Assoc.), untitled danceshowpartything (Virgin Voyages), The Rose Tattoo (B’Way, as Assoc.), Be More Chill (B’Way, as Asst.), The Band’s Visit (International Tour, as Assoc.). http://stivo.video
shiku thuo (any pronouns said with love) is an artist from Southern California, but taking residency in New York. Their most recent works include: BUST (Alliance/Goodman Theatre), Table 17 (MCC), Sunset Baby (Signature Theater), Fabulation or the RE-Education of Undine (Billie Holiday), ‘Bov Water (Northern Stage). A vivid day dreamer, lover of kindle unlimited, and really REALLY good food. For Mama Bui, always, and for the liberation of us all. BE A MUNCHER!
Devin Gately (he/him) (a loud homosexual from Massachusetts) is a connoisseur of cocktails, donuts, & books that would put him on a list. He’s excited to return to Ars Nova (& the HEAUX CHURCH family) again. This & all things are dedicated to his friends, whom he loves very much! In closing… SUCK IT LONG! Selected works include: The Tempest (Public Works), Collective Rage (Brown/Trinity), & A Christmas Carol (Trinity Rep). I love you more, mom.
Cherrye J. Davis (she/her) is a multi-disciplinary artist from the Bronx, NY, centering education and social justice through performance. Credits include: The Cotillion (ART-NY), Sweet Chariot (TMTC) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (NYCT), How to Mourn an American, (Little Island), The Loophole (The Public Theater). Cherrye’s work as a director has taken her behind the camera; credits include short films (Covered, 2020), music videos (Weapon, 2022), and theater (Spoiled, 2022). I love you, Heaux. CherryeJDavis.com.
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This show 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 tix@arsnovanyc.com. 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 HEAUX CHURCH has no intermission.
Licensed service animals (any dogs that are trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities) are welcome. 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 tix@arsnovanyc.com, which is appreciated, but not required.
Our bathrooms are single-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 are located in the theater.
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.
Performances of HEAUX CHURCH will take place at Ars Nova, located on 511 W 54th Street, New York, NY, 10019.
October 8 – November 8, Wednesday – Saturday
Church Doors @ 6:45pm
DJ Ari Grooves @ 7pm
Service @ 7:30
Click the “calendar” tab to view our full performance schedule.
Fridays and Saturdays after the show, join us in the Ars Nova Loft for music, drinks, queer joy, and heaux-ly communion!
Special Guest: DJ Ari Grooves
Seating is general admission and first-come first-served. The earlier you arrive, the more choice you’ll have about where you sit! Or skip the scramble: premium tickets guarantee you a reserved seat in one of the best spots in the house. (Bonus: cheapest drinks in Midtown are at Bars Nova!)
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Tix to HEAUX CHURCH have three price options:
General Admission Tix: $40
Premium Reserved Tix: $65 (guaranteed reserved seat in one of the best spots in the house)
Standing Room: $25
Yes. The processing fees are charged by our ticketing and credit card processors, and increase along with the base price of your ticket.
The show runs approximately 105 minutes with no intermission.
Yes, but as tickets are general admission: arrive early, nab the best seats, and leave yourself a little extra time to arrive and use the restroom before the show begins.
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.
This show is wheelchair accessible. We hope you’ll let us know in advance by emailing tix@arsnovanyc.com to let us know if you are unable to transfer, so that we can make your visit as smooth as possible. Details on all of our accessibility offerings can be found by clicking the “access” tab on this page. We also welcome any questions or information about your access needs ahead of your visit; reach out Audience Engagement Associate Taylor Ray. Access needs and accommodations can include, but are not limited to:
