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Off With Their Heads Productions will present Chip on her Shoulder performed by Victoria Nieves and written and directed by Jen McAuliffe. The production will be presented as part of the 2026 New York City Fringe Festival with FRIGID New York at Chain Theatre (312 W 36th St. 4th floor, New York, NY 10018) with performances on Sun April 5 at 5:35pm, Mon April 6 at 6:15pm, Thu April 9 at 6:15pm, Fri April 10 at 6:15pm & Fri April 17 at 6:15pm.<\/p>\n
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The performance will run approximately 60 minutes. Performances will also be available to livestream.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fresh off a successful Melbourne Fringe Festival Australian run with rave reviews, Chip On Her Shoulder premieres in a new US reworking, making its New York and US debut this April at the Chain Theatre as part of the New York City Fringe Festival.<\/p>\n
Written and directed by Jen McAuliffe, Chip On Her Shoulder is a fearless, funny, and painfully relatable one-woman play following Angela, a nurse who has uprooted her life and moved to New York City while chasing a Broadway dream. While everyone else is journaling their feelings and attending reformer pilates, Angela is just trying not to completely lose it\u2026 one salty snack at a time.<\/p>\n
This US reiteration will star Victoria Nieves, a force in the Capital Region theatre scene, who brings her bold, emotionally grounded performance to Angela\u2019s story of audition rooms, trauma shifts, dating disappointments and snack-fuelled self-reckonings. Angela isn\u2019t bitter\u2026 she\u2019s just a little bit salty.<\/p>\n
Developed under the mentorship of Steve Leff (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Two and a Half Men), whom McAuliffe met while working in TV, the play struck a powerful chord with Australian audiences and critics alike. <\/p>\n
Whether you\u2019re more Ruffles than Kettle or Pringles than Doritos, Chip On Her Shoulder takes audiences on a sharp and intimate journey through ambition, heartbreak, and the rituals we use to cope. It\u2019s a play for anyone who has cried in a work bathroom, eaten their feelings one chip at a time, or carried the emotional weight of a family-size bag on their shoulders.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wanted to write something for women who\u2019ve held everything together while falling apart,\u201d said McAuliffe. \u201cWho cry in the car after a twelve-hour shift, fantasise about reinvention, and still believe in love. I wanted to make something funny and truthful and a little bit cathartic.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to tackling this one-woman show and telling this story through my perspective as a Latina,\u201d said Victoria Nieves. \u201cIt has all the feels,\u00a0 it\u2019s raw, funny, exhausting, and deeply human. I can\u2019t wait to bring Angela\u2019s story to life on stage.\u201d<\/p>\n
If you\u2019ve ever eaten your trauma like it\u2019s a bag of chips you can\u2019t stop digging into , if you\u2019ve cried into crinkle cuts and found carbs far more comforting than people – welcome home. Come for the laughs. Stay because you\u2019re not sure whether to cry\u2026 or just open another bag.<\/p>\n
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