In a coastal city in Florida that will be underwater in 50 years, Arden joins a carcinization support group for people seeking to evolve into crabs for financial compensation. Dive into an exploration of what human parts of us capitalism demands we give up in order to be the most useful version of ourselves.
Tix to this show are Name Your Price starting at $15, 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.
crabby will stream live from Ars Nova on June 13 @ 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.
A bicoastal bisexual with a love for humor and horror alike, Madi Fabber (she/her) writes plays that are “conceptually unhinged but emotionally compelling.” She’s interested in exploring gender, queerness, what it means to be human, and things that go bump in the night.
An honors graduate of Harvard College’s English and Theater, Dance, & Media departments, Madi’s work has been featured in The Tank’s LimeFest, the RE/VENUE x The Paradise Theater’s Pop-Up Festival, the Harvard Playwrights Festival, the Gone In 60 Seconds Festival, and Literature Today. She is currently a member of Playground-NY and the Dramatists Guild. madifabber.com | @madifabber
Em Hausmann (they/them) is a Brooklyn-based Director/Theatre-Maker, originally from sub-rural south Texas, whose work primarily focuses on new works development and queer + trans stories. Select Directing: BEETHOVEN: LIVE IN CONCERT (Fort Salem Theater), AND THE LIGHTS OF THE BOREALIS WERE SHINING (The Tank), SNOW BIRD (Brooklyn Art Haus), FATHER FIGURE (Philipstown Depot Theatre), HOMELESS JOE (Theater for the New City). Em is a member of the 2025 Moxie Arts Incubator Directing Cohort, Resident Director for the Neurodivergent New Play Series and Fresh Binder Productions, and an Associate Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC). emhausmann.com @emhouseman
Gabriel Ethridge (she/they) is a bicoastal baddie originally from Dallas, TX, and uses that southwest magic to brew up kindness and community through inclusive art that is uplifting, honest, and fun. They are also a songwriter, producer, barista (like, for fun not just work), and proudly trans/non-binary/a plant mom. Catch them @gabrielcethridge and gabrielethridge.com.
Lulu Fairclough-Stewart (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based actor and writer. She’s in post-production for her short film “Lost Dog” and collaborating on new works for theater with Zoe Lesser and Gregory Moss. Her one-woman show “Congrats to Me” premiered at the 2022 Hollywood Fringe Festival and had a sold-out run at The Tank, where she also appeared in “The Man of My Dreams Lives in West Hollywood” and Kallan Dana’s “The Great Hunger.” She’s trained in Commedia dell’Arte, devised theater, sketch comedy, and has a BS in theater from Skidmore College. https://lulufaircloughstewart.com @luluboots_
Regina Famatigan (she/her) is an actress from El Paso, TX who has a very special place in her heart for new weird theatre- and is so pumped to get naughty and nautical with this crabby group 😉 Select theater credits: The Taylor Swift/Unabomber Play (The Tank), The Importance of Being Earnest (Court Square Theatre), Twelfth Night (Barefoot Shakespeare Company), The Cappuccinos (The Brick Theatre). Film: The Ghost Light, Skye Hoshi: Anime Girl, Face the Music, Greyson Grey, Ghost Punchers. More info: Regina-Famatigan.com or IG: @regina_famatigan
WhimZee Lee Hanna (she/her) is a Light and Projection designer based in NYC by way of Florida. As a light designer, she aims to turn the atmospheric qualities of light into their own breathing character in support of and conversation with the rest of any performance. As a projection designer, she’s interested in melding the mediated and the live to expand the limits of what a performance space is and can be. Recent projection design credits include Prisoncore! (The Brick, Media design by Lauren Serafica), Letters to Home (Hudson Guild Theater), and SUNSHOWER (The Tank). Website: zeehannald.com
Ruth Jaensubhakij (she/her) is a full-time law student moonlighting as a first-time (in-person) stage manager. Originally from Singapore, she now spends her school years in Cambridge, MA, and her summers soaking up as much of the NYC arts scene as possible. She’s incredibly excited to be co-stage managing Crabby, and to get another chance to work with her incredible friends Madi and Ben, who she’s been doing theater with since 2018! Previously, Ruth was the Education & Community Engagement Apprentice at New York City Center. When she’s not watching shows, you can find her reading in public parks and singing to herself.
Anahita Monfared is a Persian-Canadian actor, writer, and dancer based in NYC/Lenapehoking. They work with text, movement, and performance art to explore the body politic, gender/sexuality, violence, disability, displacement, and disobedience. Upcoming: 1001 Nights (La MaMa Experimental Theater Club), Select T.V./Film: “Firefly Lane” (Netflix) , “National Parks” (ABC) and For Her, a feature film centering the ongoing Woman Life Freedom revolution in Iran. They are the Director of Development at Dyke Theater Co. and the Associate Artistic Director of MENA Artists Initiative. A graduate of NYU Tisch (BFA Drama ’24). To connect: anahitamonfared.com, @anabringsthehita
Alex Morrison (he/him) is an American actor and writer based in New York City. He was raised right outside of Detroit, MI and received a BFA in performance from Wayne State University in 2021. Past Credits include War of The Romantics, This Is Beauty, The Cappuccinos, Still Waiting For Lefty (OC), The Importance of Being Earnest, Hand to God, Sweat, and Bird (OC). Congratulations to this beautiful cast, crew, and everyone involved with ARS Fest. You’re truly all magnificent. Enjoy the show! Instagram: @alexndr_
Austen Parent (they/them) is a New York-based stage manager, director, and dramaturg and a recent graduate of The New School’s BFA program in Dramatic Arts. Stage Management credits include Skyfall: Casino, Schemelia Blume is a Fat Bitch! and I Am The Wolf; ASM credits include Lysistrata, Alicia, and Twelfth Night. You can follow their artistic journey on Instagram @parentproblem.
Ben Topa (he/him) is a New York and DC-based actor and singer. NYC: To the Valley (The Tank), Singing Lessons (Columbia). Regional: Lend Me a Soprano (Olney Theatre Center), Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy (Rorschach Theatre), and LATE: A New Musical (Moonbox Productions). Ben is a graduate of Harvard University, where he studied Social Studies and Theatre, Dance & Media, performed with the Hasty Pudding Theatricals, and toured the world singing with the Harvard Krokodiloes.
Jack Underwood (he/him) is a recent graduate of the New School’s Dramatic Arts BFA Program. He just finished stage managing a production of These Shining Lives and is excited to be working on his first production post-graduation.
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 $15, 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 $15 + 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 $15 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!
Yes. The processing fees are charged by our ticketing and credit card processors, and increase along with the base price of your ticket.
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 tix@arsnovanyc.com, 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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