Ritual Cabaret

Project Ritual Cabaret 2025
RESIST STANCE
Dance is a Stance with Movement

For the 8th annual Coney Island Ritual Cabaret, artists were asked to explore what RESISTANCE! means to them and how it leads to transformation — on a personal, societal or human level.

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Ritual Cabaret: "Mythical Beasts"
Friday, March 28 | 8:00pm

Your host, Ritcab T. Clownington aka Ritcab the Clown (featuring T. Bruises), presents

"Mythical Beast" by Viscera Nefarious
"Philoctetes on Spring Garden Street" by Dennis Moritz, with Nate C Jones and Wharton Tract
"The Price of Eggs, Part 1" by "The Price of Eggs, Part 1" by Sick Nick, with Iren Kamyshev (dance), and Samantha Nahra (vocals)
"Docta Ignorantia" by Mariya Dimov, Oihana Garde and Sasha Drey
"Perfection" by Liz Leighton, with Aviv Keshet and Samantha Nahra; audio engineer: Max MacKoul

In the Freak Bar: "Sacred Bone Alignment" by Leigh Ann Gann (with Elektra Ditto); and "Proof of Dance" by Mae B Raab

Ritual Cabaret: "Black Magic"
Saturday, March 29 | 8:00pm

Your host, Ritcab T. Clownington aka Ritcab the Clown (featuring T. Bruises), presents

"The Rebirth Ritual" by Luna Feliz, Jai Mohan and Samantha Nahra
"Onion Shields" by Iren Kamyshev and Ben Meller
"Wail" by Aviv Keshet
"Her Kind" by Maxine Steinman
"The Theft and Reclamation of Power in One Act" by Alaska the LostBoy and Patrick David Wall

In the Freak Bar: "Sacred Bone Alignment" by Leigh Ann Gann (with Elektra Ditto); and "Proof of Dance" by Mae B Raab

Ritual Cabaret: "The Living Newspaper”
Sunday, March 30 | 4:00pm

Your host, Ritcab T. Clownington aka Ritcab the Clown (featuring T. Bruises), presents

"Trump’s Nightmare" by Emma Pesin
"Smashing Piñatas, Smashing Borders" by Marissa Gutierrez-Vicario
"Body of Sorrow 3:) Mutation" by PNK VLVT WTCH
“Executive Disorder” by The Anonymous Playwright and Leo Lovely
“Donnie Walks the Plank” by The Anonymous Playwright, PNK VLVT WTCH, Samantha Nahra, Jai Mohan and Ben Meller
"The Price of Eggs, Part 2" by Sick Nick
"I lived for art (Vissi d’arte)" by Jai Mohan, Samantha Nahra, Emma Pesin and Sue Yocum
“Daughter Liberty” by Sue Yocum, with Luna Feliz, Liz Leighton, Jai Mohan, Daniel Gomez, and Konstantin Kahl
“A Big Picture” durational interruptus by Stephen Hastings-King

In the Freak Bar: "Sacred Bone Alignment" by Leigh Ann Gann (with Elektra Ditto); and "Proof of Dance" by Mae B Raab

Special closing night ritual: “The Temple of Ishtar”- The Ishtar Collective