Ars Nova’s beloved holiday tradition returns this December! Everyone’s favorite yuletide gay Isaac Oliver brings his holly-jolly-melancholy show back to the stage for two very special benefit performances, co-directed by Jason Eagan and Jack Serio, to lift spirits and support Ars Nova.
Monday, December 11: Featuring John Behlmann, Jen Kirkman, Grace McLean, Ben Moss, and the voice of Amanda Duarte
Tuesday, December 12: Featuring Sara Bareilles, Christian Brailsford, Ben Moss, Josh Sharp & Aaron Jackson, and the voice of Amanda Duarte
This show is a special benefit performance and all ticket revenue goes directly to support Ars Nova and its mission. There are two tiers of tickets available:
Premium: $125
– Includes VIP Seating
General Admission: $75
Additionally, there will be a limited number of rush tickets available via TodayTix the day-of each show. The rush will open at 9am each show day and will close once the tickets have been claimed.
Isaac Oliver’s Lonely Christmas will stream live from Ars Nova on December 11 and December 12 @ 7:30pm on Ars Nova Supra. Following the live stream on December 12, 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.
Isaac Oliver is an award-winning playwright, author, and performer. His debut collection of essays, INTIMACY IDIOT, was named one of NPR’s Best Books of 2015, and has been released in hardcover, paperback, e-book, and audiobook. He is an artist in residence at Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater, where he performs evenings of sit-down comedy. Additionally, he’s written for The New York Times, Out Magazine, W Magazine, Time Out New York, “High Maintenance” (Writers Guild Award nominee for Best Episodic Comedy Script), “GLOW,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” and the upcoming “Étoile.”
This show will take place at Ars Nova, located at 511 W 54th Street, New York, NY 10019.
The best way to secure a great seat is by purchasing VIP/Premium or Preferred tix! The VIP and Preferred tix also come with great perks, which are listed above.
This show is a special benefit performance and all ticket revenue goes directly to support Ars Nova and its mission. There are two tiers of tickets available:
Premium: $125
– Includes VIP Seating
General Admission: $75
Additionally, there will be a limited number of rush tickets available via TodayTix the day-of each show. The rush will open at 9am each show day and will close once the tickets have been claimed.
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.
If a performance is sold out, you have a few options! 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 for this show are $35.
You can also try booking rush tix via TodayTix. The rush will open at 9am the morning of the performance. Rush tix are $25 and first-come, first-serve.
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.
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.
