The Cycles
September 15–20, 2026
The Collapsable Hole, NYC
Three pregnant strangers wait in a healthcare waiting room, seemingly for all of eternity….
The play is built for a cast of three pregnant performers, each in a different phase of pregnancy.
Featuring: Santana Dempsey, Marianna McClellan*, Elizabeth Stahlmann*, Anne Wechsler*
Writer Rachel Kauder Nalebuff
Director Caitlin Ryan O'Connell
Set Design lucas a degirolamo
Costume Design Ásta Bennie Hostetter
Lighting Design Mary Ellen Stebbins
Sound Design Michael Costagliola
Assoc. Scenic Design Sean Lillis
Assoc. Lighting Design Hailey Garza
Assoc. Sound Design Margaret Montagna
Wardrobe Support Shatisha Bryant
PSM Sarah Samonte
ASM Lu Glassberg
Artist Producers Lisa Clair, Rachel Kauder Nalebuff, Kate Kremer, Caitlin Ryan O’Connell
Creative Producer Blaze Ferrer
Graphic Design Luiza Dale
Press Representation Privy Collective
Presented as a part of kUnST fEsT in partnership with Immediate Medium, with support from the Laurence Levine Foundation, a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grantm and through additional support from Clubbed Thumb, made possible by the Venturous Theater Fund, and a community crowd-funding campaign. Support for childcare from PAAL.
*Equity Member appearing with permission of Actors’ Equity Association without benefit of an Equity contract in this Off-Off Broadway production. The Cycles was an Equity Approved Showcase production
Photography by Maria Baranova. Video stills by Moti Margolin.
Video footage of 9/20/26 performance (with Anne Wechsler)
Video footage of 9/13/26 dress rehearsal (with Elizabeth Stahlmann)
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The development of The Cycles was supported through a residencies at the Mercury Store, BK (2025) and the FOFA Gallery, Montreal, QC (2026) as part of The Letdown Reflex, an exhibition on art and parenthood curated by Amber Berson and Juliana Driever.
Highlighted by New York Magazine as a play to see in 2026!
The Cycles whispered to me in a deep, warm, real voice and is still lingering with me—Kate Tarker via Being Dramatic
Interview with Kate Kremer and Lisa Clair for the Theater is Hard substack.
