Taffety Punk

Taffety Punk We are the theatre company that is a band. We do not read Facebook Messages. Too many bots. Thank you! We make plays. We make dances. We make music.

Sometimes all three at once.

Reminder that a goddess walks among us. What an absolute joy to hear the amazing Amy Domingues play the songs of Hume, Y...
05/26/2026

Reminder that a goddess walks among us. What an absolute joy to hear the amazing Amy Domingues play the songs of Hume, Young, and Marais with the also amazing Jessica Powell Eng, both on the Viola da Gamba at the Church of the Epiphany on G Street NW.

Very excited to see our very own Erin Mitchell Nelson featured in Antonia Tricarico's new photo book "Be My Rebel"! Anto...
05/20/2026

Very excited to see our very own Erin Mitchell Nelson featured in Antonia Tricarico's new photo book "Be My Rebel"! Antonia is an amazing photographer and this book documents protest art in its many many variations and manifestations. Thank you, .tricarico ! And congratulations a this beautiful and meaningful book.


Punks and friends at the anti-prom. Absolutely lovely to see everyone. Apologies if your picture is not here. We love yo...
05/19/2026

Punks and friends at the anti-prom. Absolutely lovely to see everyone. Apologies if your picture is not here. We love you all. Congrats to all Helen Hayes Award winners and nominees. Stellar things happening here in DC. , please bring back post-award-ceremony dancing.

Always excited to see 🤘❤️🤘
05/17/2026

Always excited to see 🤘❤️🤘

Okay, Marcus was working — moonlighting up at Center Stage. But then some more T-Punks arrived and here we are (decided...
05/10/2026


Okay, Marcus was working — moonlighting up at Center Stage. But then some more T-Punks arrived and here we are (decidedly not working) at Ash Bar in the Ulysses Hotel.

🎉 We are ecstatic for company member Kelsey Mesa — who has been named Executive Artistic Director of Trustus Theatre in ...
04/30/2026

🎉 We are ecstatic for company member Kelsey Mesa — who has been named Executive Artistic Director of Trustus Theatre in Columbia, South Carolina.

Kelsey's first show with Taffety Punk was with the Riot Grrrls' "Measure for Measure" for which she was Assistant Director to company member Lise Bruneau. Not long thereafter Kelsey became a director herself and helmed our productions of "She Rose Horses Like The Stock Exchange" by Amelia Roper, "Charm" by Kathleen Cahill, "dREAMtRIPPIN" by Thomas Michael Campbell, and the Riot Grrrls' "The Trojan Women" and "Othello", and more.

She is also an award winning playwright. Her play, La Salpêtrière, was produced by Taffety Punk Theatre Company and directed by company member Danielle A. Drakes in October 2023. It won a Helen Hayes award for Outstanding Production of a Play. The show was nominated for no less than five Helen Hayes Awards and company member Kimberly Gilbert won an award for her portrayal of Antoine in the show.

We will miss Kelsey severely, but she will be back soon! We are producing her newest play "Freddie: A Girl" which will run late August through most of September this year. Stay tuned for more news.

Congratulations, Kelsey! 🤘🔥🤘


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Went to a show and delighted to run into our dear old friend !! A perfect human. Rock on, Will!
04/29/2026

Went to a show and delighted to run into our dear old friend !! A perfect human. Rock on, Will!

Signal boost: We are so psyched to see Taffety Punk co-founder .marino play Prospero this spring in The Tempest at the w...
04/16/2026

Signal boost: We are so psyched to see Taffety Punk co-founder .marino play Prospero this spring in The Tempest at the wonderful Chesapeake Shakespeare Company. He looks good on a poster, too! Get tix from at www.chesapeakeshakespeare.com

Working title of Generator #26 is "Freddie: a Girl". This new play by our very own Kelsey Mesa is about the Oversteegen...
03/04/2026

Working title of Generator #26 is "Freddie: a Girl". This new play by our very own Kelsey Mesa is about the Oversteegen sisters of the Dutch Resistance.
Working our way toward a public reading on Saturday, March 7, 8pm. Join us!

We are thrilled to announce that company member Kelsey Mesa is writing a new play! Working title is "Freddie: a Girl" an...
03/04/2026

We are thrilled to announce that company member Kelsey Mesa is writing a new play! Working title is "Freddie: a Girl" and it is about the Oversteegen sisters of the Dutch Resistance.
Working our way toward a public reading on Saturday, March 7, 8pm. Join us!
Kelsey is a playwright and director, and she is very active in the development of new talent across the country. Her play, "La Salpêtrière", was produced by Taffety Punk Theatre Company and directed by fellow Compay member Danielle A. Drakes in October 2023. It won a Helen Hayes award for Outstanding Production of a Play. Kelsey’s directing credits include Crimes of the Heart at Catholic University, Fefu and Her Friends at the University of Maryland, College Park; The Pavilion, The Magi, and Wish List at the Hub Theatre; and Othello, Antigonick, She Rode Horses Like the Stock Exchange, Riot Grrrls The Trojan Women, Charm, and dREAMtRIPPIN’ at Taffety Punk Theatre Company and many many more. 

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