Recurring Programming at FRIGID New York
A central element of our programming are our monthly and recurring shows. These projects and producers have become pillars of our community for both audiences and artists. They are also pieces that we believe each bring something special to the FRIGID family through their range of styles, participants, and audiences, as well as just being shows we genuinely enjoy.
The Open Mic Downstairs
Every Tuesday @ 9:30pm
Our weekly open mic has been running on Tuesday nights since the invention of Tuesday nights so we’ve been at it for a while. Join a supportive community of artists sharing and developing their work.
Adam Wade: LIVE IN NEW YORK!
3rd Wednesdays @ 7pm
20-time Moth Story Slam winner Adam Wade will share three to four different each month. No two shows will be the same with a different special guest storyteller will begin each show.
As You Mic It
Last Tuesdays @ 6:30pm
Join us for a one-of-a-kind slam where you can compete to be crowned Best of the Bards! Come to slam with a Shakespeare monologue or sonnet or join us for some merriment, libations, and maybe even become a judge!
Awkward Teenage Years
1st Wednesdays of odd numbered months @ 7:30pm
True stories about the most gloriously awkward times in our lives – our teenage years! The best storytellers in NYC relive their joys and traumas for your entertainment – let’s laugh and reminisce together!
Comediumship
3rd Sundays @ 7pm
Psychic medium and stand up comedian Nelly Reznik performs an experimental combination of stand up comedy and audience readings.
Readings may consist of connecting with loved ones who have passed or receiving life guidance for audience members, all in a lighthearted way.
Daniel Simonsen: Free to Fail
Several Wednesdays a month @ 9:30pm
A night of experimental comedy with New York’s Funniest Stand-Up 2022 winner. Come watch the Norwegian build material as he works both scripted and unscripted. As seen on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Late Night with Seth Meyers .
East Village New York Film Festival
Last Sundays @ 10pm
Join filmmakers and movie buffs to watch the best short films of the New York Movie Awards live in the intimate setting of Under Saint Marks Theater. Grab a drink, snack, and settle in for a series of engaging short films each month.
FRIGID Nightcap
Last Fridays @ 10:30pm
Come get weird after dark! The East Village’s riotously unpredictable late-night spectacle is a wondrously offbeat collision of comedy, music, burlesque, arts, and more. It’s the most unique destination for anyone who just isn’t ready to call it a night quite yet…
It’s Getting Tired Mildred
2nd Saturdays @ 8pm
Part camp and part loving homage to soap operas, this episodic show has its audience coming back month after month to see what happens next. Each episode is performed only once so don’t change that channel!
Living Radio
1st Mondays @ 7pm
A remix of current events imagines what a slightly altered world could look like. Five brand-new radio plays, written with inspiration from the news, featuring a rotating cast and creative team, explore alternate presents. It’s the news—only better.
On Cats and Dogs and Other Family Revelations
2nd Wednesdays @ 7pm
With dark humor and heart, storyteller Ella Veres wraps big ideas in focused stories on her pets, offering glimpses of life in her place of birth, Transylvania, Romania.
Paper Kraine
Last Wednesdays @ 7:30pm
The PK team curates a sampler platter of humor-focused new works from early-career artists around a theme related to a nonprofit. Try something new, delicious and strange. Come for the art. Stay for the community.
Peter BD’s “Relationships“
A changing show about connection, kinship, fellowship, transition, correspondence, altercation, relation, exchange, consociation, bond, communication……
Sins & Stardust
A Monday @ 7pm every other month or so
Start your week off right with this entrancing burlesque show presented with an eye to industry folks. There’s a new theme for every show and a veritable kaleidoscope of performers and styles–and sequins!
A Spanglish Affair
2nd or 3rd Mondays @ 7pm
An open mic for artists of all disciplines working in Spanish, English, and, of course, Spanglish! Join us for an evening of fresh talent with a new cast every edition!
Side-Coached Improv Show
Third Tuesdays @ 7pm
Side-Coached is an improv show in which performers improvise live based on an audience prompt, all along being side-coached by our experienced improv teacher Betsy Helmer.