Your presence is requested at a grisly spectacle of knights and nuns, milkmaids and merchants, kings and drunken in-laws, wherein a unicorn is sacrificed, demons dance and we toast to a ruined world.
Medieval meets modern in The Beastiary, a twisted comedic puppet pageant of consumption, corruption and the end of humankind.
All tickets are Name Your Price & General Admission.
Marc Bovino is co-Artistic Director of The Mad Ones who are in residence at Signature Theatre. His recent work with The Mad Ones as creator/performer includes Mrs. Murray’s Menagerie (Ars Nova, Lortel nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor and Outstanding Play) and Miles for Mary (Playwrights Horizons, The Bushwick Starr, Lortel nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor, Drama Desk Nomination for Outstanding Production of a Play). Regional: Dracula and A Christmas Carol (Actors Theatre of Louisville). TV: Only Murders in the Building, The Bite.
Cornelius Loy is a musical instrumentalist and performance artist from New York. He began pursuing Theremin in his late 20s while working at a Halloween store daily and performing in burlesque shows nightly. In his early career he played Theremin for musicians Joey Arias, Kembra Pfahler, John Legend and designer Thierry Mugler. Exploring the performance circuit he has appeared in various films, co hosted a radio show about the occult called Deepnight with Dale and worked in the Coney Island Sideshow. He has played in a Theremin ensemble led by composer Dorit Chrysler, worked with the New York Theremin Society and played in a 15 piece Theremin orchestra on Roosevelt Island. In his recent years Cornelius has been featured in fashion week playing Theremin for designer Batsheva and opened for musical artists Ashnikko and Marky Ramone as a solo Theremin act.
The Beastiary marks Rebeca’s sixth show with On the Rocks. She has performed regionally at The Repertory Theater of St. Louis, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park & Florida Studio Theatre, and toured nationally with Theatreworks USA. In New York she has worked with Classic Stage Company, The Hess Collective (La MaMa), New York Shakespeare Exchange and Shakespeare in the Square. Rebeca has developed new work with the Ensemble Studio Theatre, Clubbed Thumb, New Georges, Hook and Eye, and LatinX Playwrights Circle. TV/Streaming: Diabolical and The Perfect Murder (Investigation Discovery), and The Chanticleer (YouTube). NYU Tisch: BFA in Drama, Johns Hopkins: MA in something else entirely. RebecaMiller.com. For M&D.
gil perez abraham is a venezuelan american actor. film: The Batman (Warner Brothers), Killing Castro (w/ Al Pacino), and Hailey Benton Gates debut feature, Atropia. television: The Young Pope (HBO), Pose (FX), The Walking Dead (AMC). gil will be seen this winter starring in the upcoming Amblin/NETFLIX theatrical release Carry On, with Jason Bateman. off broadway debut.
Phillip Taratula, he/him Theater highlights: The Skin of Our Teeth (Broadway/LCT); What the Constitution Means to Me (National Tour); Becomes a Woman (Mint Theater Co.); Taylor Mac’s The Lily’s Revenge (HERE Arts Center); Empire Travel Agency (Woodshed Collective); The Deepest Play Ever (New Ohio/Collaboration Town). Regional theater: Barrington Stage, Syracuse Stage, Portland Stage, Humana Festival, Gulfshore Playhouse, NYS&F, Huntington, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Tuacahn, La Mirada, more. Opera: Die Fledermaus (Metropolitan Opera, Frosch u/s). TV/film: And Just Like That (Max); Dr. Death (NBC/Peacock) High Maintenance (HBO); For Life (ABC); FBI (CBS); The Outs (Vimeo Originals); Almost Love. BFA, Boston University School of Theatre. @ptaratula | @officialpamgoldberg
Ellen Winter (any pronouns will do) is a composer, theatermaker, and teaching artist whose songwriting fuses theatrical storytelling with dreamy synths and a singular voice. Her hit song Mantras off her debut record Every Feeling I’ve Ever Felt, rocked the #1 slot on In-Store Radio Charts for the better part of 2022 and last year, her cover of Paper Roses was featured in the emmy-nominated Hulu show, Tiny Beautiful Things, starring Kathryn Hahn. Their newest album YIKES is now out everywhere (playlisted on Spotify’s GLOW)! In 2017, they co-composed/wrote/directed 36 Questions, the world’s first broadway-calibur musical podcast starring Jonathan Groff (Merrily We Roll Along) and Jessie Shelton (Hadestown). Her work’s been featured in the New York Times, The Guardian, Marie Claire, Interview Magazine, MTV news, and Playbill. Ellen is a recipient of the 2021 Bryan Gallace/Posthumous Prodigy Productions Musicians Fellowship and she’s had residencies with Joe’s Pub, Berkeley Rep, Mercury Store, Ars Nova, SPACE on Ryder Farm, Rhinebeck Writers Retreat and BarnArts. She currently lives in Brooklyn with her collection of iridescent objects and her dog, Ruby. ellenwinter.com | @itsellenwinter
Jeena Yi is an actor, writer, and avid crafter. She is thrilled to make her Ars Nova debut and to be part of The Beastiary! Previous acting credits: Network (Broadway), Daphne (LCT3), Good Enemy (Audible Theater), Judgment Day (Park Ave Armory), Somebody’s Daughter (2nd Stage), Vietgone (OSF) TV/Film: Nyad (Netflix), The Resident (FOX), Succession (MAX), Only Murders in the Building (Hulu). Jeena’s first play recently had a workshop with Ma Yi Theater Co. and she’s excited to embrace this new avenue of storytelling. Learn more at www.JeenaYi.com | @JeenaYi
On The Rocks Theatre Co. is the longtime collaboration of Christopher Ford and Dakota Rose. Together and with an array of artists, they create highly visual work that explores genre, style and storytelling. Past works are McBeth, Wolfert, The White Stag Quadrilogy, FRED, The Hole Story, and their annual holiday pageant, Edelweiss. OTR is the current company-in-residence at Ars Nova where they developed their commissioned piece, The Beastiary. They are also the recipients of the 2024-25 Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence grant.
Christopher Ford is writer, designer and a co-founder of On The Rocks Theatre Co. With OTR he has written and designed Edelweiss, FRED, The White Stag Quadrilogy, Wolfert & McBeth. He is currently a resident artist at Ars Nova and is a 2024 Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence.
Dakota Rose is a director, writer, designer and co-founder of On The Rocks Theatre Co. With On The Rocks she has written, directed and co-scenic designed Edelweiss, FRED, The White Stag Quadrilogy, Wolfert and McBeth. She is currently a resident artist at Ars Nova and is a 2024 Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence.
Dorit Chrysler is a Berlin/NY based composer and sound artist. She is the recipient of the Austrian State Stipend in Composition 2023 and the founder of the NY Theremin Society. Since her first encounter with the Theremin, she has mastered the instrument and has applied its technology in varied art disciplines, including composition. Her work has been performed worldwide.
Among others, Dorit has been commissioned by MoMA (Calder Plays Theremin), Steirische Herbst, Knightsbridge Foundation and Klangfestival. Her compositions have been performed at the Lincoln Center, with the San Francisco Symphony and at Vienna Konzerthaus, just to name a few. As a partaking artist at the Shanghai Biennale in 2023 she performed original works in collaboration with Alva Noto.
Her music is part of works in collections at the Guggenheim, the Brooklyn and Louisiana Museum. Chrysler has also written for Film and Theater, including the feature movie Happyland, excerpts of HBO’s Going Clear, a remake of M and 3 Episodes of Life, which received the Nestroy Price. Dorit has curated and produced a ten piece orchestra performance for the LA DisneyHall and is the founder of Dame Electric, a festival featuring female pioneers in electronic music. Her recordings appear on over 20 releases such as the Fridman Gallery, InMyRoomRecords (DE),The Prurience Factory (US), Monika Enterprise (DE), PlagDichNicht (AU), PlasticTrayRecords (US), and Mute.
Ellen Winter (any pronouns will do) is a composer, theatermaker, and teaching artist whose songwriting fuses theatrical storytelling with dreamy synths and a singular voice. Her hit song Mantras off her debut record Every Feeling I’ve Ever Felt, rocked the #1 slot on In-Store Radio Charts for the better part of 2022 and last year, her cover of Paper Roses was featured in the Emmy-nominated Hulu show, Tiny Beautiful Things, starring Kathryn Hahn. Their newest album YIKES is now out everywhere (playlisted on Spotify’s GLOW)! In 2017, they co-composed/wrote/directed 36 Questions, the world’s first Broadway-calibur musical podcast starring Jonathan Groff (Merrily We Roll Along) and Jessie Shelton (Hadestown). Her work’s been featured in the New York Times, The Guardian, Marie Claire, Interview Magazine, MTV news, and Playbill. Ellen is a recipient of the 2021 Bryan Gallace/Posthumous Prodigy Productions Musicians Fellowship and she’s had residencies with Joe’s Pub, Berkeley Rep, Mercury Store, Ars Nova, SPACE on Ryder Farm, Rhinebeck Writers Retreat and BarnArts. She currently lives in Brooklyn with her collection of iridescent objects and her dog, Ruby. ellenwinter.com | @itsellenwinter
Kate McGee is a trans* theater designer. Her New York design Work Includes: My Lingerie Play (Rattlestick Playwright’s Theater), The Hang (Here Arts). Infinite Love Party (Bushwick Starr), while you were partying, Notes on Killing … , Snatch Adams (Soho Rep), A Hunger Artist (The Tank), 50/50 old school animation (Under the Radar, The Public, Volks Theater, Munich), Early Plays (New York City Players/Wooster Group, Henry Hewes Award Nomination,), Masculinity Max (The Public Theater), Sound House (New Georges), Kidnap Road (La Mama), International: Emily’s D+ Evolution, off-brand gOdds (Esperanza Spalding) protec//attac (Deutsches Schauspielhuas). Regional Work: Life of Galileo (Playmaker’s Rep), Rose you are what you eat (Philly Fringe, Woolly Mammoth), An Iliad (Long Wharf), A Tale of Two Cities (Trinity Rep), These Seven Sicknesses, An Acorn, and Neva (Brown, Trinity). She was a 2022-2023 Soho Rep Project One artist in residence where she developed her VR piece Girl Mode which has since been seen at ASU’s MIX center and Fabric Arts Workshop in collaboration with the Bearded Ladies Cabaret.
Enrico de Trizio is an Italian-made, NYC-based award-winning composer, sound designer, music producer, and electronic music designer. His genre-bending work has been featured worldwide, from the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Cuba to Franco Dragone’s Splendor in Wuxi, China, and on Broadway in Tony-winning shows such as Dear Evan Hansen, Alicia Keys’ Hell’s Kitchen and The Outsiders. Apple.com describes him as “part of a new wave of electronic music designers that have changed the way Broadway sounds.”
lucas a degirolamo is a Brooklyn-based set designer and set decorator most interested in scenery as a medium for the imagination of queerer futures. He works across theater, film, live performance, and experimental work. Recent theater: Life and Trust (Art Director, Emursive Productions), Packages o the Things… (NBT), Being up in Here… (The Brick), Wait Until Dark (CCT). Recent film set decoration: The Mill (Hulu), Bad Things (Shudder/AMC+). lucas is the founder/lead designer of FRANK STUDIO, an independent design studio and prop house in South Slope. www.lucasadeg.com / www.frankbrooklyn.com. @lucasdegirolamo
Camille Labarre is a Drama Desk Award-winning Puppet Designer and Creative Director of LAB LAB, a puppet and prop shop in NYC. Broadway: Water for Elephants, Into the Woods. Regional: Alliance Theater. Touring: Shrek the Musical. Selected TV: Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock. Selected Ads: Amazon, Honda, Dunkin’, Hershey’s. Selected Live Events: Thom Browne SS 2022 – New York Fashion Week. @camille.labarre @lablab.nyc
Julia Squier received their BFA in Costume Production and Design and a minor in Drama Therapy from Marymount Manhattan College. Off-broadway credits include design for This Is Not A Time Of Peace (New Light), War Words (NewYorkRep), assistant design for (pray) (Ars Nova) and coordinator for Hamlet, The Harder They Come, A Raisin in the Sun, Fat Ham (The Public Theater); Other design credits include The Little Mermaid Jr., The Marvelous Wonderettes, Our Town, Muppet Cabaret (Pendragon Theatre), Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Lysistrata, Mr. Burns, Urinetown (Marymount Manhattan College), My Father’s Play (Alchemical Studios), Let’s Dance! (Transcendence Theater Co). juliasquier.com
Bio to come
Shane Hennessy – (they/them) is a Lighting Designer & Assistant Designer for live performance based in Brooklyn, NY. This is their first show with Ars Nova and they are very grateful for the experience! Their design work has previously been seen at Voice Theatre, The Tank, The New Ohio, Columbia University, NYU, and various site-specific venues across the city. ALD Credits include One Sky (Royal Caribbean – des. Rui Rita), The Karamazovs (The New Ohio – des. Oona Curley), and Various Fashion & Music Festival projects with Studio RRD. B.F.A. Ithaca College, M.F.A. NYU Tisch
Maria Caputo is a Queens-based musician. She works as a music copyist for Broadway shows, serves in various roles on music teams for new works, writes music, and performs as a pianist and vocalist across genres. She also tunes pianos around the Tri-State Area.
Venues include Off-Broadway at the Players Theatre (piano), Joe’s Pub (AMD/vocals/piano/conductor), Feinstein’s/54 Below (piano), Norwegian Cruise Lines (piano/vocals), CAP21/Molloy University (MD/instructor). Member of AFM Local 802, Maestra, BMI Musical Theatre Writing Advanced Workshop. Learn more at www.mariacaputo.com
Dorit Chrysler is a Berlin/NY based composer and sound artist. She is the recipient of the Austrian State Stipend in Composition 2023 and the founder of the NY Theremin Society. Since her first encounter with the Theremin, she has mastered the instrument and has applied its technology in varied art disciplines, including composition. Her work has been performed worldwide.
Among others, Dorit has been commissioned by MoMA (Calder Plays Theremin), Steirische Herbst, Knightsbridge Foundation and Klangfestival. Her compositions have been performed at the Lincoln Center, with the San Francisco Symphony and at Vienna Konzerthaus, just to name a few. As a partaking artist at the Shanghai Biennale in 2023 she performed original works in collaboration with Alva Noto.
Her music is part of works in collections at the Guggenheim, the Brooklyn and Louisiana Museum. Chrysler has also written for Film and Theater, including the feature movie Happyland, excerpts of HBO’s Going Clear, a remake of M and 3 Episodes of Life, which received the Nestroy Price. Dorit has curated and produced a ten piece orchestra performance for the LA DisneyHall and is the founder of Dame Electric, a festival featuring female pioneers in electronic music. Her recordings appear on over 20 releases such as the Fridman Gallery, InMyRoomRecords (DE),The Prurience Factory (US), Monika Enterprise (DE), PlagDichNicht (AU), PlasticTrayRecords (US), and Mute.
Ellen Winter (any pronouns will do) is a composer, theatermaker, and teaching artist whose songwriting fuses theatrical storytelling with dreamy synths and a singular voice. Her hit song Mantras off her debut record Every Feeling I’ve Ever Felt, rocked the #1 slot on In-Store Radio Charts for the better part of 2022 and last year, her cover of Paper Roses was featured in the Emmy-nominated Hulu show, Tiny Beautiful Things, starring Kathryn Hahn. Their newest album YIKES is now out everywhere (playlisted on Spotify’s GLOW)! In 2017, they co-composed/wrote/directed 36 Questions, the world’s first Broadway-calibur musical podcast starring Jonathan Groff (Merrily We Roll Along) and Jessie Shelton (Hadestown). Her work’s been featured in the New York Times, The Guardian, Marie Claire, Interview Magazine, MTV news, and Playbill. Ellen is a recipient of the 2021 Bryan Gallace/Posthumous Prodigy Productions Musicians Fellowship and she’s had residencies with Joe’s Pub, Berkeley Rep, Mercury Store, Ars Nova, SPACE on Ryder Farm, Rhinebeck Writers Retreat and BarnArts. She currently lives in Brooklyn with her collection of iridescent objects and her dog, Ruby. ellenwinter.com | @itsellenwinter
Cornelius Loy is a musical instrumentalist and performance artist from New York. He began pursuing Theremin in his late 20s while working at a Halloween store daily and performing in burlesque shows nightly. In his early career he played Theremin for musicians Joey Arias, Kembra Pfahler, John Legend and designer Thierry Mugler. Exploring the performance circuit he has appeared in various films, co hosted a radio show about the occult called Deepnight with Dale and worked in the Coney Island Sideshow. He has played in a Theremin ensemble led by composer Dorit Chrysler, worked with the New York Theremin Society and played in a 15 piece Theremin orchestra on Roosevelt Island. In his recent years Cornelius has been featured in fashion week playing Theremin for designer Batsheva and opened for musical artists Ashnikko and Marky Ramone as a solo Theremin act.
Henry Russell Bergstein is an Emmy-nominated and Artios Award-winning bicoastal casting director. He proudly shares an Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award with long time casting partner, Allison Estrin. He has taught acting, audition technique, and improv in NY, Los Angeles, Florida, and Chicago, and screenwriting at Northwestern University.
The Telsey Company | Destiny Lilly, CSA With offices in both New York and Los Angeles, The Telsey Office casts for theater, film, television, and commercials. The Telsey Office is dedicated to creating safe, equitable, and anti-racist spaces through collaboration, artistry, heart, accountability, and advocacy.
bio to come
We will offer a mask-required performance on Tuesday, October 8 @ 7:30PM for those individuals who are more comfortable attending a performance at which everyone is masked. Bars Nova will be closed for that performance and all patrons and front of house staff in attendance will be required to remain masked throughout the performance.
You can access captioning during The Beastiary from October 22 – November 9 . Download GalaPro from your app store and create an account. Find The Beastiary from the list of productions. Choose closed captioning as the service service for the show. Follow the steps on your screen (turn phone to airplane mode, connect to the GalaPro Wifi network, turn off all phone notifications). Your phone will be the device for closed captioning.
If a performance is sold out, you can join a standby line for day-of-show tix made available by last minute cancellations and no-shows. Standby will begin 1 hour prior to curtain and will form outside. Folks 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 $35 + fees.
The Beastiary is wheelchair accessible. There is a ramp from the sidewalk to the lobby. 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 dzhang@arsnovanyc.com. 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 (pray) has no intermission.
About 75% 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.
Licensed service animals (any dogs that are trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities) are welcome at The Beastiary. 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 dzhang@arsnovanyc.com, which is appreciated, but not required.
Assistive Listening Devices are available free of charge on a first-come, first-serve basis from the box office. An ID or credit card is required to borrow a listening device; it will be returned to you when you return the device after the performance. The Assistive Listening Device includes an over-ear headset and the receiver. Both are cleaned before and after performances. Any member of the Ars Nova team can help you check one out – just let us know when you arrive and we’ll hook you up!
You can access captioning during The Beastiary from October 22 – November 9 . Download GalaPro from your app store and create an account. Find The Beastiary from the list of productions. Choose closed captioning as the service service for the show. Follow the steps on your screen (turn phone to airplane mode, connect to the GalaPro Wifi network, turn off all phone notifications). Your phone will be the device for closed captioning.
Our bathrooms are stalled, all gender restrooms – everyone is welcome to use any bathroom of their choice. We have two restrooms; one up one flight of stairs (to the left of Bars Nova) which contains two stalls and two sinks, and one down one flight of stairs (to the left of the security desk) which contains three stalls and three sinks. This bathroom is also accessible via elevator. Unfortunately, though, these restrooms are not wheelchair accessible due to the dimension of the hallway. There is an accessible restroom of the 4th Floor of the building, available only to guests with access needs. Please let any member of the Ars Nova team know if you need access to this restroom, and we’ll get you there!
We have a space adjacent to the lobby 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 in the orchestra and balcony of the theater. The performers remain onstage and do not move through the audience during the show.
All chairs in the orchestra and most chairs in the balcony have the following dimensions: 19” wide x 32.25” high x 21.75” deep, with a 500lb capacity.
The back row of the balcony seating is bench style seating with a back that is 16” deep and 19” wide with a 500 lb 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 2 feet 10.5 inches (internal).
The bar counter height is 3 feet and 6 inches tall.
Performances of The Beastiary will take place at Ars Nova @ Greenwich House, located on 27 Barrow Street, New York, NY, 10014.
Performances of The Beastiary will take place October 7–November 9, 2024 at 7:30pm. Click the CALENDAR tab to view our full performance schedule.
The audience seating locations are great anywhere you sit.
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 Greenwich Village 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 The Beastiary are Name Your Price, meaning tix are available in $5 increments up to $100 and you pick the price that’s right for you!
For this show, Name Your Price tix start at $15 for the first week of performances, $25 for the second week of performances, and $35 for performances thereafter, which means you can save big by coming to an early performance!
Once you’ve selected your performance date and time at check-out, you’ll see a number of ticket price options. 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!
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 90 minutes with no intermission.
There is no late seating or re-entry, so arrive early, nab the best seats, and leave yourself a little extra time to arrive and use the restroom before the show begins.
If a performance is sold out, you can join a standby line for day-of-show tix made available by last minute cancellations and no-shows. Standby will begin 1 hour prior to curtain and will form outside. Folks 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 $35 + fees.
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 most performances.
We will offer a mask-required performance on Tuesday, October 8 @ 7:30PM for those individuals who are more comfortable attending a performance at which everyone is masked. Bars Nova will be closed for that performance and all patrons and front of house staff in attendance will be required to remain masked throughout the performance.
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.
We’ve upgraded the ventilation and air filtration in all of our spaces to meet or exceed the highest standards set by public health officials and our theatrical unions.
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.
The Beastiary 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 Manager, Declan Zhang. Access needs and accommodations can include, but are not limited to:
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’s work to discover, develop and launch singular theater, music and comedy artists is made possible by the support of its many partners, including: The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York City Council Member Erik Bottcher, New York State Council on the Arts, Howard Gilman Foundation, MacMillan Family Foundation, The Miranda Family Fund, The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, The Tow Foundation, and Venturous Theater Fund, a fund of Tides Foundation.
Tix to The Beastiary are Name Your Price, meaning you decide what you pay! The minimum price for Name Your Price tix starts at $15 plus fees the first week of performances and goes up in $10 increments each week of performances capping at $35, so you can save by booking tix to earlier performances in the run.
Ars Nova is guided by our values that everyone deserves fair compensation and great art. We launched our Fair Pay Initiative in 2016. Our artists and employees are paid above the low industry standard, and you, our audience can name your price for your ticket. The result of our values-based approach is accessible performances made by fairly paid people.
Applying this commitment and care to everything we do means each year we rely on contributions to cover over 70% of our annual costs.
