Hamish Marissen-Clark
S.I.M.P.S. | A New Musical
Jan 24-Feb 2 2025
IN RESIDENCE: January 18 – February 3, 2025
Kevin Everyman is stuck. He knows that boys need to talk about their feelings, but he also knows that his voice is probably not what the world needs to hear. With this in mind, he joins the Self-Improvement & Male Preservation Society, or “S.I.M.P.S.” – a cult of young men promising to teach Kevin how to protect the world from the dangers of his masculinity. But when the society uses harrowing violence to uphold its supposed progressivism, Kevin must reckon more honestly with his role in today’s gender landscape. A pulp-horror satire with a violent jazz-pop score, S.I.M.P.S. uses sensibilities like those of Fight Club, South Park, Michael R. Jackson, and Midsommar as it embarks on a daring, hysterical, complex interrogation of the manosphere.
PERFORMANCES:
Friday, Jan 24, 2024 at 7p
Saturday, Jan 25, 2024 at 2p
Saturday, Jan 25, 2024 at 7p
Sunday, Jan 26, 2024 at 3p
Monday, Jan 27, 2024 at 7p
—-No Show on Tuesday 1/28—
—-No Show on Wednesday 1/29—
Thursday, Jan 30, 2024 at 7p
Friday, Jan 31, 2024 at 7p
Saturday, Feb 1, 2024 at 2p
Saturday, Feb 1, 2024 at 7p
Sunday, Feb 2, 2024 at 3p
RUNNING TIME: 100 min no intermission
PRICE:
Early Bird Special- $25
Right on Time- $30
Last Chance!- $35
At IRT: 154 Christopher st. NYC #3B (third floor)
ADA Accessible
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This world premiere new musical will feature the following artists:
CREATIVE TEAM
Book and Lyrics: Hamish Marrisen-Clark
Music: Alec Steinhorn
Director: Nicholas Polonio
Music Director: Patrick B. Phillips
Producer: Shannon Molly Flynn
Executive Producer: The Beef Supply LLC
Stage Manager: Ema Zivkovic
Production Manager: Matthew Thompson
Scenic Designer: Cat Raynor
Lighting Designer: Paige Seber
Sound Designer: Germán Martínez
Visual Creative Direction & Graphic Design: Julian “The Brain Wave” Alicea
Social Media Manager: Dylan MacDowell
Key Art Photographer: Josh Aronson
THE CAST
Aaron Arnell Harrington*
Cory Jeacoma*
John El-Jor*
Karl Josef Co*
Logan Farine*
Walter Higginbotham
Kamari Saxon
*Appearing through an agreement between this theatre, The Beef Supply, and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
IRT Theater is a grassroots laboratory for independent theater and performance in New York City, providing space and support to a new generation of artists. Tucked away in the old Archive Building in Greenwich Village, IRT’s mission is to build a community of emerging and established artists by creating a home for the development and presentation of new work.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York State Legislature; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council; A.R.T./New York’s NYC Small Theatres Fund made possible with support from the Howard Gilman Foundation & support for ASL interpretation provided in part through funding from Access A.R.T./New York.
ACCESS: IRT is a fully wheelchair-accessible facility. Please reach out to Kori Rushton if you have any accessibility questions or concerns, krushton@irttheater.org