Theater

Poster by Intiman Theatre. Photo by Bill Westmorland.

Holy Democrats! Cindy of Arc is doing a pre-midterm benefit mini tour! Three shows, three different organizations!

Triad Theater

158 West 72nd Street, NYC

Monday, October 19 @ 7:30 pm, benefiting The Writers Lab, which elevates the voices of women screenwriters over 40. Special guest, TBA.

TICKET LINK TO COME

Friday, October 30 @ 7 pm, benefiting Abortion Access Front, with special guest, founder, comedy legend, and former co-creator/head writer of The Daily Show, Lizz Winstead.

TICKET LINK TO COME

Brooklyn Art Haus

Thursday, October 22 @ 7 pm, benefiting The Brave House, which provides legal and holistic support for young immigrant women in NYC. Special guest, TBA.

TICKETS

Cindy of Arc was first produced as a (pandemic) concert film appearing at the Cinequest Film Festival, then workshoped at Dixon Place Theater in March 2022 and at the Five Angels Theater in October 2022.

Regional productions: Nov. 2023: Seattle’s Tony Award-winning Intiman Theatre’s 50th anniversary season. May 2024: Baltimore Theatre Project. Sept. 2024: Philadelphia Fringe Festival. May 2026: Bridge Street Theatre, Catskill, NY.

Local productions: Oct 2023: The Bitter End. Oct, Dec, April, 2024-25: The Laurie Beechman Theatre @ West Bank Cafe, Sept 2025: Evolution Festival, NYC

Cindy of Arc has raised over $11,000 for women’s reproductive rights.

REVIEWS

Cindy of Arc (Cynthia Kaplan) unequivocally ROCKS her audience with her music, identity and searing wit…Outrageously hilarious. -delcoculturevultures.com

Brilliant and blistering... -NWTheatre.org

...A laugh-out-loud event... That stage is her bully pulpit and she knows it, making use of every square inch to demonstrate her deep talents. -Maryland Theatre Guide

Hilarious...The show gave me early 90’s riot grrl political anarcho-punk folk meets Violent Femmes-style pop-rock. -Baltimore Fishbowl

Kaplan straps on a guitar and starts dismantling thousands of years of history with jokes, power chords, and one blisteringly funny song after another.-Provincetown Magazine

Raucously successful...A one-woman rock-n-roll tour through human history, mythology, literature, and more. -WBJC Radio, Maryland

Cynthia Kaplan is the funniest, funkiest white girl I've seen. -Nancy Giles, CBS News Sunday Morning

Witty, angry, sparkling…Transcendence happens. Bully Pulpit

“Epically funny and hyper-intelligent” - Folk Music Radio

“Cindy of Arc is amazing. You’re going to have a ball. ” - Judy Gold