K-Pop Maenads

K-POP MAENADS reimagines Euripides' The Bacchae for the age of deepfakes and digital desire. PJ, a lonely young man rotting in his family's basement in New Jersey, builds a pornographic video game starring his favorite K-pop girl group: women he can pause, replay, and program to love him. A play about loneliness, fantasy, and what it costs when we mistake control for connection.

PERFORMANCES:

• Tue, Jun 30, 2026 at 08:30 PM
• Thurs, Jul 2, 2026 at 06:30 PM

RUNNING TIME: 60 min

PRICE: $18 Online, $20 At Door

At IRT: 154 Christopher St., NYC #3B (third floor)ADA AccessibleVISIT/CONTACT US»

Written by Sam Ahn

Production by Gregory Almanza, Lily Tomasic

Performed by Maxwell Brown, Avery Elledge, Olivia O'Connor, Eason Rytter, Kana Seiki, Sally Zheng

ALab is an NYC theater festival that takes place several times a year at The IRT Theater in the West Village. Our mission is to present diverse, experimental works to new audiences at accessible prices while providing free resources and fair compensation to participating theater artists.

Festival Directors: Sophie Rossman and Luke Wisniewski

Lead Producer: Blaise Ylianna Hewlett

Contact alabfestival@gmail.com with questions. Follow us on insta @alab.theater
 

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