The 2nd annual Frigid New York Theatre Festival


The 2nd annual Frigid New York Theatre Festival begins on 27 Feb 2008 and runs through to 9 Mar 2008, presenting 30 shows at three different venues.

The festival is presented by Horse TRADE in Association with EXIT Theatre. In true support of theatre on the fringe of the mainstream, the artists take home 100% of their box office, and the festival producers do not receive royalties from future performances. The festival�s producers are proud to support self-producing artists� growth and future success.

Frigid New York (2008): 3 Theaters, 12 Days, 30 independent theater companies and over 150 performances.

Following is a complete program schedule, arranged by theatre, of all productions performing at Frigid New York





Kraine Theater
First floor
85 East 4th Street
(between 2nd & 3rd Ave)
New York, NY 10003


American Badass:
Is democracy becoming extinct? One of downtown NYC's favorite solo performers returns with this multiple-character examination of the state of the world as we head into another round of election hijinks. Harcum's emotionally driven, virtuosic, and irreverent signature style is deployed in this battle to figure out who the hell we are in the current ape-shit whirlwind of madness.
Written by: Chris Harcum
Directed by: Bricken Sparacino
Cast: Chris Harcum
Length: 1hr
Thu 28 Feb 7:30pm   Sat 1 Mar 1pm
Wed 5 Mar 6pm   Thu 6 Mar 7:30pm
Sun 9 Mar 8:30pm   



American Cake:
Just how much do you love your country? This political satire is red, blue, and green friendly. Free cake at every show! A high-octane and high-glucose ride though the world of non-partisan political satire.
Written by: Jonathan Pereira
Directed by: Kristen Williams
Produced by: Prickly Pear
Cast: Jonathan Pereira
Length: 50mins
Thu 28 Feb 6pm   Mon 3 Mar 6pm
Tue 4 Mar 10:30pmSat 8 Mar 8:30pm
Sun 9 Mar 7pm   



Antonin...Mon Artaud:
Is democracy becoming extinct? One of downtown NYC's favorite solo performers returns with this multiple-character examination of the state of the world as we head into another round of election hijinks. Harcum's emotionally driven, virtuosic, and irreverent signature style is deployed in this battle to figure out who the hell we are in the current ape-shit whirlwind of madness.
Written by: Roi 'Bubi' Escudero
Produced by: ETdC Projects� Lab
Cast: Roi 'Bubi' Escudero
Length: 1hr
Wed 27 Feb 7:30pm   Sat 1 Mar 4pm
Sun 2 Mar 8:30pm   Wed 5 Mar 9pm
Sun 9 Mar 4pm   



Clinical Depression (the funny kind):
Twelve years of therapy, meds, and a surprising amount of hilarity. It's a fearlessly honest and funny glimpse into one man's experience with depression. You'll laugh, you�ll cry, and learn more about this guy than you ever wanted to.
Written by: Drew Winniger
Directed by: Bilgin Turker
Presented by: Jonathan Tessero
Cast: Drew Winniger
Length: 1hr 30mins
Fri 29 Feb 6pm   Sat 1 Mar 7pm
Tue 4 Mar 7:30pm   Thu 6 Mar 9pm
Sat 8 Mar 2:30pm   



Diversity Harbour:
A funny and ruthless ghost story, explores finding your place and losing your innocence at the same time through monologues by four characters in Chicago--all the while unfolding the mystery of the unseen woman who brings them together.
Written by: Marisa Wegrzyn
Directed by: Annie Coburn
Produced by: Don't Eat the Pictures
Cast: Dana Berger (Grace), Dorien Makhloghi (Dennis), Avery Pearson (James) and Amanda Sayle (Stephanie).
Length: 1hr
Wed 27 Feb 9pm   Sat 1 Mar 2:30pm
Sun 2 Mar 4pm   Wed 5 Mar 10:30pm
Sat 8 Mar 7pm   



Great Hymn of Thanksgiving/Conversation Storm:
Around a dinner table, three actor / musicians sing, pray, beat forks, deliver the news, and snap between scenes in mid-sentence in this brutal but timely deconstruction of War-on-Terror-speak by avant-garde composer Rick Burkhardt. Torture, ticking time bombs, faux-Middle-Eastern folk tales, broken clocks, unreliable waiter.
Written by: Rick Burkhardt
Produced by: Nonsense Productions
Cast: Rick Burkhardt, Andy Gricevich and Ryan Higgins
Length: 1hr
Thu 28 Feb 9pm   Sun 2 Mar 7pm
Mon 3 Mar 10:30pm   Tue 4 Mar 9pm
Sat 8 Mar 4pm   Sun 9 Mar 5:30pm



Speedo and the Straight Man:
Deals with a man�s struggle with self discovery� discovery that demands the central character as well as the audience to face the often brutal and ugly truth of reality. The play candidly explores many universal themes such as family life, acceptance, friendship, love, physical and verbal abuse, rape, homosexuality, promiscuity, and a person�s struggle with self worth.
Written by: Gerard Karabin
Directed by: Peter A. DuBo�
Produced by: MeLu Communications Group
Cast: Lucio Fernandez
Length: 55mins
Fri 29 Feb 7:30pm   Sun 2 Mar 5:30pm
Mon 3 Mar 9pm   Thu 6 Mar 10:30pm
Sat 8 Mar 5:30pm   



Sporknotes:
45 minutes of intellectual mockery and literary blasphemy, set in motion by audience suggestions of both Classic & Obscure Literature, the troupe of improvisers and actors bring the stories to life with little to no knowledge of the story line, guided only by online student study guides!
Conceived by: Jason Tyne
Directed by: Jason Tyne
Produced by: Rising Sun Performance Company
Cast: Andrea Snell, Julie Bain, Nicolette Callaway, Josh Hyman, Brian Schell, Courtney J. Boddie, Chris Enright, Kerri Ford and Ben Rameaka
Length: 45mins
Thu 28 Feb 10:30pm   Fri 29 Feb 9pm
Sun 2 Mar 2:30pm   Thu 6 Mar 6pm
Fri 7 Mar 6pm   



Stuck!:
Has there ever been anyone who can honestly say the've never felt stuck? A show about a woman locked in a bathroom, in the bowels of a Starbucks somewhere. Or is she?.
Written by: Jennie Franks
Directed by: Sasha Cucciniello
Produced by: Jennie Franks Production
Cast: Jennie Franks
Length: 40mins
Wed 27 Feb 10:30pm   Sat 1 Mar 5:30pm
Mon 3 Mar 7:30pm   Wed 5 Mar 7:30pm
Fri 7 Mar 9pm   Sun 9 Mar 1pm



Telegrams:
A new forum for cinema distribution�Canada�s finest young film artists are travelling with their own projection gear and a dangerous repertoire of new work from award winning Canadian directors. Like a band of rogue troubadours singing to let their hearts out, Telegrams filmmakers will present the best new Canadian cinema in a unique and exciting way."
Curated by: Alexander Carson
Cast: The crew (No cast as this is a showing of short films) - Alexander Carson, Nicholas Marti, Kyle Thomas, Zachary Cox and Benjamin Carson
Length:??
Wed 27 Feb 6pm   Sat 1 Mar 8:30pm
Tue 4 Mar 6pm   Fri 7 Mar 7:30pm
Sat 8 Mar 1pm   Sun 9 Mar 2:30pm




The Red Room
85 East 4th Street
(Between 2nd and 3rd Ave)
New York, NY 10003


Diary of a Mad Fashionista:
The Mad Fashionista, the plus size Internet diva feared throughout the world of style. Helped by her browbeaten assistant this larger-than-life Goddess of Chic dishes on the famous men and women she�s bedded, celebrity secrets, and dear, eccentric Mama in this farcical couture comedy, based on the popular comic blog.
Written by: Elisa DeCarlo
Presented by: S&D Production
Cast: Elisa DeCarlo (Fashionista) and Shannon Sutherland
Length: 50mins
Wed 27 Feb 9pm   Sun 2 Mar 8:30pm
Tue 4 Mar 9pm   Fri 7 Mar 10:30pm
Sat 8 Mar 10pm   



Fool For A Client:
Caught in a lie because the people he lies to are caught in a lie and facing 225 years in Federal prison, the world's greatest vacuum cleaner salesman, represents himself at trial where he learns everyone's selling a vacuum cleaner.
Written by: Mark Whitney
Cast: Mark Whitney
Length: 1hr
Thu 28 Feb 6pm   Sat 1 Mar 7pm
Mon 3 Mar 10:30pm   Thu 6 Mar 7:30pm
Fri 7 Mar 7:30pm   Sun 9 Mar 8:30pm



Hap Scotch:
A tour of lives in transition. Before one settles on a lifestyle, career, religion, or partner, if one ever does, hosts of adventures, personalities and (pre)occupations influence the unmanageable tug of war between vocation and diversion. Comical characters recount life's best and worst bouts amid fate, will, and whim.
Presented by: Sapling Players
Length: 50mins
Wed 27 Feb 7:30pm   Fri 29 Feb 7:30pm
Sat 1 Mar 2:30pm   Mon 3 Mar 7:30pm
Wed 5 Mar 7:30pm   



Her Majesty:
A contemporary jester takes us back to the past to better help us learn about the present. Social and political satire abound as we see that the world still needs it's fools show us how to stand up to the giants,demons,and kings, that surround us. The Dark Ages never had so much light!
Written by: Sean Owens
Presented by: EXIT Theatre production
Cast: Christina Augello and Sean Owens.
Length: 50mins
Thu 28 Feb 7:30pm   Sat 1 Mar 5:30pm
Sun 2 Mar 5:30pm   Wed 5 Mar 9pm
Thu 6 Mar 10:30pm   Sat 8 Mar 5:30pm



Korean Badass:
For Fortune and Glory� The American Dream and Steve McQueen.
Written by: Stevie Lee Saxon
Presented by: Korean Kneivel
Cast: Stevie Lee Saxon
Length: 1hr
Fri 29 Feb 6pm   Sat 1 Mar 8:30pm
Sun 2 Mar 2:30pm   Wed 5 Mar 6pm
Sat 8 Mar 4pm   Sun 9 Mar 5:30pm



Leaving Normal:
"Have you ever tried to fit your life into a suitcase?...Your actual life � memories, regrets, feelings, loves, hatreds, heartache?" Join Eileen on this journey as she searches for acceptance, solitude and the cure to a genetically inherited broken heart.
Written by: Melissa McNamara
Cast: Melissa McNamara
Length: 55mins
Thu 28 Feb 9pm   Sun 2 Mar 7pm
Tue 4 Mar 10:30pm   Thu 6 Mar 9pm
Wed 1 Aug 8pm   Sun 9 Mar 4pm



Parts is Parts:
Vision, blood, and the lovely type of hope that only blossoms out of political, spiritual, and personal despair, parts is parts: spirals soaring original music with implements of death, baked goods, and intense doses of ridiculous sincerity to beg the dangerous and sometimes terrifying question: how does it all fit together?
Length: 55mins
Tue 4 Mar 6pm   Wed 5 Mar 10:30pm
Thu 6 Mar 6pm   Fri 7 Mar 6pm
Sat 8 Mar 7pm   Sun 9 Mar 7pm



Preparation Hex:
'Who would put a hex on me?' is the question Bob Brader tries to answer in his new dark comedic monologue. It�s about hemorrhoids, fear, obsession and finding the love of your life.
Written by: Bob Brader
Directed by: Suzanne Bachner
Produced by: John Montgomery Theatre Company
Cast: Bob Brader
Length: 1hr
Thu 28 Feb 10:30pm   Sat 1 Mar 11:30pm
Tue 4 Mar 7:30pm   Sat 8 Mar 8:30pm
Sun 9 Mar 2:30pm   



Rebel Without a Niche:
The most awkward dead-end jobs anyone's ever worked, injected with a high-octane cocktail of drollness! We�ve all been there. We�ve met waves of creepy/doldrums/smiles-too-much types of people. Kurt roasts them all in an hour, along with a killer bit with a jelly donut.
Written by: Kurt Fitzpatrick
Directed by: Gabe Hakvaag
Presented by: Too Much Free Time
Cast: Kurt Fitzpatrick.
Length: 1hr
Wed 27 Feb 10:30pm   Fri 29 Feb 10:30pm
Sat 1 Mar 10pm   Sun 4 Mar 4pm
Sat 8 Mar 1pm   



Working It Out:
What now? She�s obsessive. He�s gay. The faucet�s still leaking. And baby makes three. Oh. And they�re nine. See what happens when these youngsters play a twisted game of house in Working it Out.
Written by: Amanda Sage Comerford
Directed by: Helena Gleissner
Produced by: An International BTC
Cast: Michael Hirstreet(John) and Kate Russell (Susie)
Length: 35mins
Wed 27 Feb 6pm   Fri 29 Feb 9pm
Sat 1 Mar 4pm   Mon 3 Mar 9pm
Sat 8 Mar 2:30pm   



Under St. Marks
94 St. Marks Place
(1st Ave & Ave A)
New York, NY 10003


Boom:
The tale of sentimental bomb-maker's tangled relations with the calculating denizens of his desperate hometown.
Written by: Andrew Connor
Produced by: IL Productions
Length: 55mins
Wed 27 Feb 7:30pm   Sat 1 Mar 7pm
Sun 2 Mar 4pm   Fri 7 Mar 6pm
Sat 8 Mar 10pm   Sun 9 Mar 7pm



Chosen:
What if Hillary talked to angels? Well, then she�d be Bernie. Growing up in middle America, Bernie always knew she was meant for something. Then one day, an angel told her what it was. As she struggles to fulfill her God given destiny, Bernie goes on a journey which may sound very familiar. College radical. First Lady. Senator. And then? She�s going to be the leader of the world, free or otherwise. Why? Because it�s what God wants.
Written by: Rick Vorndran
Directed by: Rick Vorndran
Presented by: A Dysfunctional Theatre Company Production
Cast: Rob Brown, Danaher Dempsey, Allison Sell, Amy Beth Sherman, Theresa Unfried and Alexander R. Warner.
Length: 1hr
Thu 28 Feb 7:30pm   Sun 2 Mar 2:30pm
Wed 5 Mar 9pm   Thu 6 Mar 7:30pm
Sun 9 Mar 8:30pm   



Excess Secret Circus: Guess What �It�s� About?:
Olga and Bjorn host this entirely unpredictable (yet lovingly delightful) production that features audience tampering, two wildly comic ExcessoMimes (Gluttony and Lust), an outlandish game of Operation (you're the doctor!), video and audio montage, tap dancing, outrageous fun and mild-nudity.
Conceived by: Theatre Reverb
Choreography by: Miranda Zukowski
Presented by: Theatre Reverb
Cast: Kristin Arnesen, Radoslaw Konopka, Christopher Thomas Gilkey, Rachael W. Gilkey
Length: 1hr
Thu 28 Feb 10:30pm   Sat 1 Mar 8:30pm
Sun 2 Mar 5:30pm   Tue 4 Mar 10:30pm
Thu 6 Mar 6pm   Sat 8 Mar 5:30pm



Giant Invisible Robot:
Giant Invisible Robot is the story of a painfully shy young man and his compulsively destructive robot. The life of Elvis Presley told through the eyes of 17 women.
Written by: Jayson McDonald
Produced by: Stars and Hearts
Cast: Jayson McDonald
Length: 50mins
Wed 27 Feb 9pm   Sat 1 Mar 10pm
Mon 3 Mar 7:30pm   Wed 5 Mar 6pm
Thu 6 Mar 9pm   Sat 8 Mar 4pm



Modern Medieval:
A contemporary jester takes us back to the past to better help us learn about the present. Social and political satire abound as we see that the world still needs it's fools show us how to stand up to the giants,demons,and kings, that surround us. The Dark Ages never had so much light!
Written by: David Tyson
Presented by: A David Tyson's Weaver of Tales Theatre production
Cast: David Tyson
Length: 1hr
Wed 27 Feb 10:30pm   Fri 29 Feb 9pm
Mon 3 Mar 9pm   Sat 8 Mar 2:30pm
Sun 9 Mar 1pm   



Subway Series:
Subway Series is an experimental improvised play that explores the levels of connection between expression and individuality, exposing the strengths and weaknesses of communication and the imagination.
Written by: NewFormat Improvsation
Produced by: NewFormat Improv Production
Cast: Jason Surratt, Jeff Stevens, Dan Levy, Chris McCue, Megan Bernard, Greg Moss, Cole Stitelman, Aaron Stoker-Ring.
Length: 50mins
Thu 28 Feb 6pm   Sun 2 Mar 7pm
Tue 4 Mar 9pm   Wed 5 Mar 10:30pm
Fri 7 Mar 9pm   



Thanks for the Scabies, Jerkface!:
Meet Dan: His parents talk to stuffed animals. He lost an armwrestling match against a drag queen. And everyone in Wal-Mart knows he has scabies.
Written by: Dan Bernitt
Produced by: Dan Bernitt Production
Cast: Dan Bernitt.
Length: 1hr
Fri 29 Feb 10:30pm   Sat 1 Mar 2:30pm
Tue 4 Mar 6pm   Thu 6 Mar 10:30pm
Fri 7 Mar 7:30pm   Sun 9 Mar 4pm



Two in the Bush!:
A female Rabbinical student teams up with exotic dancers, taking their show on the road to senior's homes.
Written by: Tracey Erin Smith
Directed by Anita La Selva
Produced by: Burning Bush Productions
Cast: Tracey Erin Smith.
Length: 1hr
Fri 29 Feb 6pm   Sat 1 Mar 4pm
Sun 2 Mar 1pm   Wed 5 Mar 7:30pm
Sat 8 Mar 8:30pm   Sun 9 Mar 5:30pm



Whence Came Ye Scarlett O'Hara O'Hanrahan?:
When Scarlett ran away from her Irish home in search of her roots, she never thought she'd discover America: Badonkadonks! Popsuperstar-divas!! Political Correctness!!! Will this African-American-Irish-African-American lassie thrive or will NYC eat her alive?
Written by: Melle Powers
Directed by: Anita La Selva
Produced by: 53 Hysterics
Cast: Melle Powers
Length: 1hr
Wed 27 Feb 6pm   Fri 29 Feb 7:30pm
Sun 2 Mar 8:30pm   Mon 3 Mar 6pm
Fri 7 Mar 10:30pm   



XY(T):
Do you have the balls to become a man? XY(T) brings to life a series of questions, contradictions, and characters around the theme of testosterone. Veering between playful, poignant, hilarious, and disconcerting, transgender butch Kestryl Lowrey strips away layers of gender and self in pursuit of sex and sanity within embodied masculinity.
Written by: Kestryl Lowrey
Cast: Kestryl Lowrey
Length: 40mins
Thu 28 Feb 9pm   Sat 1 Mar 5:30pm
Tue 4 Mar 7:30pm   Sat 8 Mar 7pm
Sun 9 Mar 2:30pm   



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