featuring Lila Bloom

with poetry by Ethan Kogan

short film by AnA Collaborations

September 10, 2025 at 7PM

Welcome back to the kick•back salon at Nancy Manocherian’s the cell theatre! A world-class, innovative third space, serving up a slice of home-cooked creativity to the NYC arts community scene.

Maleek Rae (they/them) is a multidisciplinary artist and chain breaker from Detroit’s Eastside, with notable theatre credits including Ghetto Alchemy: A Lunchroom Survival Guide (The Tank), Mushroom Kingdom (Ars Nova), and Detroit 67′ (DPT), along with film work on Law & Order: SVU & Organized Crime (NBC), HBO’s Random Acts of Flyness, and The Best Man: The Final Chapters (Peacock). As a playwright, they have written Ceremonies for Alligator Bait or Guttah and Love Birds: or how to fix a broken heart in a day. A recipient of the NYSAF 2025 Founders Award and Princess Grace Foundation's Honoraria award, Maleek has been an artist-in-residence or fellow at institutions such as JACK, The Cell, Target Margin Theatre, The Laundromat Project, and Brooklyn Art Exchange. Their music is available on all streaming platforms.

NOW EXTENDED THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1!

lead artist Dan Daly

text by Lee LeBreton

August 15-September 1, 2025
Fridays- Sundays + Labor Day Monday (First slot 10:00AM || Last slot 6:45PM)

Arborlogues: A Botanical Recital Performed for One Tree is a one-person play where you are the performer and a single tree is your audience. Performed in the backyard of the cell, the 15-minute play takes place within a specially built red curtain theater. After receiving the bound script from the stage manager, you are left alone with your audience. The script leads you through a series of stories, prompts, and actions related to this tree, this location, and yourself.