7th Annual International Human Rights Art Festival
Schedule
Sun, 14 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
The Tank | Manhattan, NY
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đźŽâś¨ Get ready to be moved, inspired, and transformed! ✊🌍We’re thrilled to invite you to the 7th Annual IHRAF Festival 2025 presented by International Human Rights Art Movement, a powerful week of performance, art and human-rights storytelling at The Tank.
Sunday, December 14, 7:00 pm: Short Performance Festival
I Am Ophelia by Shyla Idris: I Am Ophelia (Psychiatry, Shakespeare and an Actor's Journey), a solo play by Shyla Idris. Inspired by Shakespeare, this show combines classical and contemporary language to tell an autobiographical multi-character story of mental health and a life in the arts.
Trigger Warnings: Profanity, Mental Illness, Suicide, Immigration, Gun Violence, Sexual abuse, AI (artificial intelligence), Holocaust, Politics, Healthcare, Race and Culture Wars.
Live Birth in the Cactus Farm: Featuring Nicholas Cage by Trans Agenda Presents: Live Birth in the Cactus Farm: Featuring Nicholas Cage follows a spiraling trans girl as she tries to find solace from her troubles by talking to a cactus that wants to consume her flesh so it can re-transform into renowned actor Nicholas Cage.
These Words by Liv Butowsky and Laura Coe: How can we address issues of civil and human rights without the words to describe what we’re experiencing? In March 2025 the New York Times published “These Words Are Disappearing in the New Trump Administration,” a compiled list of 198 words the authors found the new administration had consistently deleted across government websites. In six months we’ve witnessed the dissolution of major laws protecting civil and human rights connected with many of the words that were erased. Our duet for dance and spoken word invites viewers to reflect on the relationship between language (loss) and power through current U.S. politics. Our piece is not primarily a protest, but rather a celebration of these words/people, their continuing diversity and self-expression, and the power of movement as a resource to continue speaking.
Saturday's Child by Brynn Hambley: Three workers toil at pointless busywork under the threat of death-- until tragedy strikes, and they must decide if complacency is worth the cost of someone's life.
Content warnings for: discussions of death, discussions of burn out, depictions/discussions of wrist injury.
Love Life by Gabriella Arianna: Love Life is a comedy about Florence, a recently deceased New York socialite looking forward to reuniting with the love of her life. There’s only one problem: five men claim to be Florence’s soulmate, all of whom have been patiently waiting on the other side for her to join them for eternity. There’s Billy, Florence’s high school sweetheart who was drafted and killed in WWII; Donatello, Florence’s secret Italian lover; Maximilian, Florence’s first husband who died unexpectedly of a heart-attack; Bobby, Florence’s second husband killed by the mob; and Clifton, Florence's patient. As Florence and her lovers reminisce on the lusts of their past lives, the question becomes why God/the universe has allowed this fluke in the system—if there is to be only one true love?
Trigger Warnings: Depictions of death or terminal illness, physical violence or abuse, LGBTQ+ discrimination.
Singing Through Space by Redshirts Musical Improv: Based on a suggestion from the audience, we create a musical comedy version of an imagined Star Trek episode. The entire performance, including the songs, is made up on the spot--never before seen and never to be seen again!
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Where is it happening?
The Tank, 312 West 36th Street First Floor,New York, New York, Manhattan, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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