Preview: 2026 Fall Season Productions
Fringe First winners Xhloe and Natasha bring their latest show to New York after their August 2026 run in Edinburgh.
Preview the 2026 Fall Season from SoHo Playhouse, with main stage shows from the worlds of international theater and comedy,
Manhattan, New York— In the first fully curated Fall season from SoHo Playhouse, the New York venue will present eight main house shows from the worlds of international theater and comedy, with US artists performing alongside comedians, devisers and theatermakers from Europe.
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Lost in Del Valle | Ned Van Zandt 14 Sept – 14 Oct
One-man theatrical hurricane Ned Van Zandt tells his tale of the drug-induced chaos of the Chelsea Hotel in the 1970's – rubbing shoulders (and more) with Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungeon, the wild parties in the LA music scene with his friend Chaka Khan, and the fluorescent glare of a Texas correctional facility. This genre-bending piece of dark comedy, directed by Amir Arison (The Blacklist, The Beast in Me), cannot be missed as Van Zandt takes you through his spiraling descent: sex, fame, addiction, and ultimately…redemption. The show comes to SoHo Playhouse following its celebrated run at the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where it received the Derek Award for Best Overseas Production, and a run at SoHo Playhouse in April 2026.
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The Woman on the Edge | Elf Lyons, presented by Westbeth Entertainment and Mick Perrin Worldwide 24 Sept – 18 Oct
British stand-up comedian and writer Elf Lyons' critically-acclaimed The Woman on the Edge, her United States debut, is a completely normal, autobiographical (and in no way complex) comedy about love in which Elf blends her distinctive theatrical style with sharp comedic instincts as it leans into the absurd, the emotional and the unpredictable. The story is inspired by the collapse of Elf's own engagement: She's unable to perform The Woman on the Edge herself, and so one of her characters must perform it on her behalf
With nods to Hitchcock's Vertigo, The Apollo 13 mission, and the opera Pagliacci ,Elf creates a multi-genre work that crosses between the boundaries of comedy, theater and live art. Expect a collision of forms as opera, stand-up, clowning, character and verbatim theater sit side by side alongside audio recordings, bouncy castles and a fragmented mind that won't stay in one place.
Elf is an ambitious performance artist who has directed half a dozen shows at the Edinburgh Fringe festival. Her own previous works crossing comedy and theater include a re-enactment of a classical ballet using found items, a musical about the economy, a mime show about a bank robbery and a comedy-horror extravaganza inspired by Stephen King's novels.
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Love Me | Drew Michael 24 Oct – 22 Nov
Love Me is the off-Broadway debut from Emmy-nominated comedian Drew Michael, directed by Peabody Award winner Prashanth Venkataramanujam and produced by Deaf West Theatre, OHenry Productions, Nimitt Mankad, and Prashanth Venkataramanujam.
In this immersive and hilarious theatrical experience, Drew brings the audience inside his mind as he retraces his lifelong search for love — five chapters, five relationships. Through headphones and cinematic sound design, the story isn't just told, it's felt from the inside. Love Me arrives in New York following an acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2023.
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Bigfoot Ripped My Dog In Half I Saw It | Xhloe and Natasha 20 Nov – 3 Jan
Following a run at Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August, quadruple Fringe First winners Xhloe and Natasha bring their latest show to New York. Two teenagers perform fake Bigfoot sightings in their flood ravaged Appalachian town, but when a neighbor's dog is found torn to pieces, the joke curdles into a dangerous paranoia and the community zeroes in on conspiracy theories – in the meantime, the water keeps rising. Aside from sparking a panic that spirals out of their control, it forces them to question what might actually be terrorizing their under-resourced and already superstitious community.
Dissecting how local paranoia is manufactured and the intoxicating pull of conspiracy culture, the show delves into the dark side of American mythos and the theater of mass distraction. Blending precise choreography, clowning, and a nine-foot puppet created and operated by the duo, Xhloe and Natasha's Bigfoot Ripped My Dog In Half I Saw It explores how easily we fall victim to misdirection.
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Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story | Awkward Prods 2 – 13 Dec
Do you know the story of Diana? Probably. But do you know our story of Diana? We very much doubt it. Join Diana in heaven as she shares the untold and untrue tale of her extraordinary life. Combining drag, multimedia, audience interaction, puppetry and queer joy, this unique celebration of the people's princess has won multiple awards and sold out venues across the world. A loving celebration of Ar Di that is as hilarious as it is ridiculous. From the creators of Linus Karp Was Hit With An Umbrella.
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KEVIN!!!!! | Recent Cutbacks 5 Dec – 3 Jan
From the creators of smash hits Hold On To Your Butts and Fly, You Fools comes KEVIN!!!! Four actors and a Foley artist perform a live, shot-for-shot parody of the greatest Christmas film of all time. Recent Cutbacks returns with an astonishing blend of comedy, puppetry, live projections and Foley in this wildly inventive and hilarious homage to the 90s classic about leaving your kid alone... at home.
KEVIN!!!!! integrates green-screen projections and live-feed footage with intricate miniature sets and varying scales of puppetry – crafted from recycled materials – to manipulate cinematic perspective in real time. The production utilises the entire theater space as the McCallister house, moving through the audience to capture the action. Featuring a score of both live and recorded a cappella and choreographed physical theater, the New York-based company delivers a performance that is both a technical feat of homemade craft and a nostalgic celebration of a festive classic.
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The (Very Gay) Christmas Prince | Awkward Prods 16 Dec – 3 Jan
Panic! In Swedonia. The King is dead, and the Prince in line to the throne is unmarried - if he doesn't find someone soon, he must forfeit the crown!
Meanwhile, in New York City, baker Aaron Butcher is butchering his career as a family baker. His puppet colleague, the ever-optimistic Jenny Puppetson, secretly enters him for a mysterious royal commission in the faraway land of Swedonia: Aaron has been chosen to bake the wedding cake for the Prince himself. Extremely reluctantly, and mostly to spite his ex, Aaron accepts. Maybe a commission in a suspiciously familiar, completely fictional country will fix his problems…
Audiences are invited to Swedonia - the perfect setting for the ultimate queer parody of all those Netflix and Hallmark romcoms you love to cringe at; the chaotic queer cousin to them all.
A top pick by New York Times and Vogue, written by and starring Linus Karp and Joseph Martin, with original music by Golden Globe–nominated songwriter and producer Leland (Troye Sivan, Charli xcx, RuPaul's Drag Race) and multiple surprise cameos, The (Very Gay) Christmas Prince is a joyous subversion of heteronormative romcoms and a love letter to Karp's native Sweden.
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Fly, You Fools | Recent Cutbacks 19 Dec – 2 Jan
From the creators of smash hits Hold On To Your Butts and KEVIN!!!!!, Fly, You Fools sees three actors and a Foley artist band together – in fellowship – to perform a live, shot-for-shot parody of the most epic fantasy film of all time, compressing 178 minutes of cinematic action into just 60.
Combining live sound effects, exaggerated character impersonations and physical theater, the performers remain on stage throughout, shifting seamlessly between roles within a ring of props. Featuring choreographed mime, shadow puppetry, and a makeshift wind machine, Recent Cutbacks returns with a show that both celebrates the fandom and remains accessible to all audiences.
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