Bryan Safi built the show around a very specific modern condition — reading a three-word text forty times looking for evidence you have been quietly written off — and then turns that into 70 minutes of stand-up, storytelling and song. It came through the Edinburgh Fringe before landing at HERE, so the material is road-tested rather than workshopped. This is the last performance of the New York engagement, and solo shows this tight rarely come back unchanged.
What to expect
HERE Arts Center is a small downtown black box where the performer is close enough to make eye contact with most of the room. Expect roughly 70 minutes with no intermission, direct address throughout, and a mix of laugh-out-loud stand-up rhythm and sudden sincerity. The lobby bar and gallery are open around performances.
Good to know
- HERE is at 145 Sixth Avenue near Dominick Street; take the C or E to Spring Street or the 1 to Houston Street
- The show runs about 70 minutes with no intermission
- It is a small black box, so late seating is disruptive and often restricted
- Adult language and frank material about anxiety and queerness throughout
- HERE's lobby bar and gallery are worth arriving early for
- Contact the venue in advance about accessible seating in the downstairs theaters
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Common questions
Is this stand-up or a play?
Both. Safi blends stand-up structure with storytelling, music and theatrical confession into a single 70-minute solo piece.
Where is HERE Arts Center?
145 Sixth Avenue in Hudson Square, just below Spring Street, with two intimate theaters and a lobby gallery and bar.
Has the show played elsewhere?
Yes. Bryan Safi performed it at the Edinburgh Fringe before this New York engagement at HERE.
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