Fresh off the release of their new EP I’m the Victim, performance artist and rock star clown I’m Going to Marry Your Dad brings a night of original music and unruly, genre-glitching comedy. Think experimental musical comedy, if Margaret Thatcher directed Sesame Street on the Yellow Submarine. Expect a musical joyride into unknown terrain, where horsegirls slay, corporate creativity is law, and you might be the “victim” in the best way. Featuring opening act DeliaDelia! The Flat-Chested Witch!
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I’M GOING TO MARRY YOUR DAD is a performance artist best known for their work in New York’s experimental DIY music scene. Monthly, they can be seen as their stern but silent persona, JUDITH in A Night Inside with Claywoman and Christeene at the Parkside Lounge. Their work has been presented at The Brick, Jack Arts, No Nation Arts Lab in Chicago as well as headlining various queer nightlife events, including Blow Pony in Portland, OR. The artist adopted five stepchildren after marrying their father and pushing him down a flight of stairs. As an advocate for child labor, they put them to work as a musical family band to create their new EP, I’M THE VICTIM.
Rebecca Friday is a writer and producer in Brooklyn, NY. She has helped create a wide range of films, museum tour media, and live performance events. She is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and the Williams Graduate Program in the History of Art. Rebecca has been organizing live events in NYC for the past eight years. Since 2021, she has been running a queer performance series called Wet Spot in her home and various venues around Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens. She is currently a booker and events producer at Parkside Lounge.
Josephine Network is an NYC rock & roll project led by multifaceted songstress Josephine. Her music is a fresh and sensational bubble-burst of power pop, glam, and folk rock, “both outrageously charming and heartfelt” (Hot Sounds). Her band has played with Shannon & the Clams, The Lemon Twigs, Tchotchke, Christeene, Sheer Mag, and more. The new album “Hooked” is out March 12 on Lolipop Records.
Amando Houser (they/them) is a trans-masculine actor and clown born and based in NYC, hailed as “having talents that are other-worldly” (Brooklyn Rail) and “a tour de force” (Topical Cream). Their alter ego DeliaDelia! The Flat-Chested Witch! has performed their breakout solo hour to sold out crowds at Soho Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe, Union Hall, The Elysian, PhilaMOCA, the Staten Island Ferry, and at Irving Plaza as a part of Dora Jar’s No Way To Relax on Fire tour. Houser also appeared in Becca Blackwell’s Obie Award–winning Snatch Adams and Tainty McCracken Present: It’s That Time of the Month at Soho Rep—named one of Vulture’s Best Theatre Productions of 2023, which cited Houser’s performance as “particularly funny.” A graduate of École Philippe Gaulier in France, Houser previously trained with Pig Iron Theatre Company and Julia Masli.
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!)
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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 Taylor Rey. 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.
