'Man 1, Bank 0' at the Lambs Little Theatre'

The Lambs Theatre offers what it calls a 'Summer Smorgasbord' of theatre, comedy and music, at its venue just off Times Square, from the 22 Jun - 31 Jul 2005.

"After a long dark winter, I wanted the Lamb's to be filled with levity and laughter for the summer," says Carolyn Rossi Copeland, the artistic director of The Lamb's Theatre. "This an opportunity for people to come in and experience some unusual, live, 'out-of-the-box' theatre performances that they ually get to see in this part of town."

The Summer's Smorgasbord menu consists of:

Man 1, Bank 0, written and performed by Patrick Combs. One day in May, Patrick suddenly found himself smack in the middle of a very unusual 'life experiment.' He deposited a $95,000 junk mail check into his ATM and to his absolute astonishment. . . it cashed. This award-winning comedy was a 2004 selection for the HBO Comedy Arts Festival and the winner of Best of San Francisco Fringe Festival.

The Trachtenberg Family Slideshow players. Think the Von Trapp Family singers with East Village edge. Jason, Tina and their 11 year old daughter Rachel take vintage slide collections that have been found at estate sales, garage sales, thrift stores, etc., and turn the lives of anonymous strangers into pop-rock musical exposes. A favorite of NYC's downtown scene, The Trachtenburg's have appeared on NBC's 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien,' and toured with 'They Might Be Giants'. The Village Voice has called Trachtenburgs "true indie vaudeville!".

My Fake ID's, Sound Bytes of a Teenage Life. Written and performed by Margaret Gallo Copeland, directed by Robert Ross Parker, with additional material by Mark St. Germain. Drowning in the personalities of five nannies, three sisters, two goats, a Southern gentleman farmer father, an outspoken Italian mother, and assorted reptiles and boyfriends, writer-comedian Margaret Gallo Copeland comes up for air and hears a sound she's never heard before . . . her own voice.

CIAO (THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED!)

� Three-time Emmy award winner Wayne Brady ('The Wayne Brady Show,' 'Whose Line is it Anyway?,' Broadway's Chicago) stars in this benefit reading of an original play by award winning playwright Mark St. Germain (Camping with Henry and Tom; Forgiving Typhoid Mary; Ears on a Beatle). Corporate Superstar Arthur Allman has everything he could possibly want in his life - until his Doctor tells him it might be over tomorrow. With the clock ticking, CIAO takes Arthur and his Audience on a race through his past and present to save his future. A journey filled with love, laughter and lime trees, CIAO is a look at all of our lives from the first hello to the last goodbye.