Frigid New York @ Horse Trade has announced the November lineups at UNDER St. Marks and The Kraine Theater. Scroll down for details!
FEAST: A Performance Series
Wednesday, November 1 @ 7pm $15
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
Feast: A Performance Series invites you to the table for a fresh and delicious three-course performance series. Co-curators Conrad Kluck and Alex Randrup offer an evening of performances from the worlds of theater, music, dance and poetry, including a new work-in-progress staged reading by our monthly-featured playwright. We're cooking up new works every month!
Smut Slam
Wednesday, November 1 @ 9pm $10
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
Hosted by good time gal Trish Parry, Smut Slam is a storytelling competition based in real life, real lust, real sex. With sexy prizes from sponsors Njoy and Babeland, Smut Slammers sign up to tell a 5 minute dirty story, judged by a different panel of celebrity judges like sex party curators, erotica writers, storytelling hosts, and more! Voyeurs can still participate also with the Fuckbucket, divulgding secrets anonymously or digging deep with questions for Trish, with a chance to win the coveted Njoy toy at the end of the evening.
It's Getting Tired Mildred
Saturday, November 4 @ 10:30pm $20
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
Welcome to Mildred Springs!. Where the bold and the beautiful citizens live the days of their lives. They are young and restless and have all got one life to live. Watch as their world turn... as their guiding light leads them on their constant search for tomorrow... as they hang on to the edge of night and you will be transported to another world. The world of It's Getting Tired Mildred.
The Beer Show
Sunday, November 5 @ 6:30pm $12
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
Drink-a-long through time in the Quantum Pint Machine! Currently in its third season at UNDER St. Marks, Wish Experience brings you their sci-fi sketch comedy based on the life and times of the humble beer.
Stand Up and Take Your Clothes Off!
Sunday, November 5 @ 8pm $10 in advance; $15 at the door
The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)
Stand Up and Take Your Clothes Off! features NYC's funniest female comics and sassiest burlesque acts. Past performers have been featured in films, seen on TV, and perform at venues all over the world. This is a fast paced sexy show, exploding with talent.
The Adam Wade Show
Featuring Moth StorySLAM Champion, Adam Wade
Tuesday, November 7 @ 7pm $10
The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)
Adam Wade (Comedy Central's Inside Amy Schumer, NPR regular), a staggering 20-time Moth Story Slam winner, has put together many of his winning heartfelt and humorous stories for this special monthly show. No two shows are the same. A different featured guest will start the evening off.
The Open Mic Downstairs
Hosted by Dan Ricker & Mike Milazzo
Every Tuesday @ 9pm $4 at the door
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
At The Open Mic Downstairs the focus is the stage! Sign-ups get seven minutes to try anything in one of the most supportive rooms in New York. Whether it's a performance art piece, comedy, music, storytelling, dance, or something entirely off the top of your head, you'll find a home in the attentive welcoming community at UNDER St. Marks.
Sketch Block
Wednesday, November 8 @ 9pm $10
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
Sketch Block is a comedy showcase that gives sketch troupes an opportunity to perform without the pressure of bringing in an audience. Also, Sketch Block does not force their audience to pay for drinks. We believe that it's your choice to drink or not. It's about the comedy. Sketch Comedy meets Block Party. This monthly show features a guest host comedian, three guest sketch troupes and drinking. Come meet, mingle, and perform!
Caribbean Nights Presents Mr. Easy
Thursday, November 9 @ 10:30pm $15
The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)
Mr. Easy is a man over-flowing with music and melodies that deal with the more harmonious aspects of life and living.
CHALK
Saturday, November 11 @ 2:30pm $15; $5 for kids under 12
The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)
CHALK is a playful and poignant one-man show guaranteed to delight audiences of all ages. Chalk invites audiences into a hand-drawn world where imagination is made real and anything can happen. Charlie Chaplin meets Harold and the Purple Crayon in this feel-good romantic romp sure to "Draw You In."
Ten-Foot Rat Cabaret
Saturday, November 11 @ 10:30pm $15
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
Ten-Foot Rat Cabaret is Gotham's Premiere Variety Show: Comedy, Music, Burlesque, Vaudeville, and More! Hosted by Canadian import Jillian Thomas; featuring Bill Chambers and Gregory Levine - and a rotating cast of the entertainment cream of NYC, America and Canada. Created and Produced by Rob Dub and Gregory Levine.
Cabaret Showdown: Winners Showcase
Sunday, November 12 @ 5:30pm $10
The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)
Join last month's winner of the Cabaret Showdown as they star in their own show!
The Cabaret Showdown
Hosted by Mark McDaniels
Sunday, November 12 @ 7pm $12 (includes a free drink)
The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)
Do you have what it takes to be a cabaret champion? Contestants compete for the chance to star in their own show or cabaret. Come out and join the fun! Whether you are a contestant or in the audience you are guaranteed to have a blast.
The Varietal Hour
Wednesday, November 15 @ 7pm $10
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
The Varietal Hour showcases a diverse collection of talent from around the city. Host and two-time Tony Award rehearsal attendee Lucas Womack splits a bottle of wine with guests as they perform anything from stand up to soft shoe, from storytelling to juggling, and very little in between. Or maybe all of it. Join us as we celebrate variety and varietals!
Thank You, Robot
Friday, November 17 @ 10:30pm $5
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
A showcase for independent and established improv teams. For each show, two teams join Thank You, Robot to perform sets of unscripted comedy, never seen before and never to be seen again.
Lo-Fi Comedy
Saturday, November 18 @ 10:30pm $10
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
LO-FI NYC is a live taping of the comedy show you always dreamed of. Recorded only on iPhones and a 10-year-old Sony handicam, this fast-paced trash heap of a show features the best sketch, stand up, hammer giveaways and musicians from the big apple and beyond. It's like The Muppet Show, but there aren't any puppets and everyone is drunk.
Vintage Basement with Max & Nicky
Monday, November 20 @ 9pm $7
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
From New York-based twin brothers Max and Nicky Weinbach comes a monthly neo-retro night of stand-up comedy and music. Max & Nicky will have you falling in love with their humorous banter and charming musical styling's through the dynamic mélange of their dovelike old-fashiondness and quirky, absurd idiosyncrasies. With a heavy focus on stand-up comedy, this vintage style variety show will feature the additional talents of four hilarious stand-up comics.
Paper Kraine
Wednesday, November 22 @ 7:30pm $15
The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)
Paper Kraine was created on the principle that we all know writers, directors, actors, and creators who make wonderful work. All they need is a space. The Paper Kraine is committed to creating a venue for early-career artists to show humor-focused work in the spirit of adventurous discovery. We encourage risk-taking, question asking, and the development of a supportive community of artists seeing, encouraging, and challenging each other's work with the ultimate goal of enriching the artistic community through cross-pollination and meeting new people.
Comic Sutra Saturday
Saturday, November 25 @ 10:30pm $10
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
Join us on an endless journey, where desire meets dick jokes, all under the guise of Eastern mysticism. Allow us to re-open those chakras deep inside you and be embraced by our tantalizing, tantric tales and tunes. Comedy. Music. The Unknown. Only at COMIC SUTRA SATURDAYS!
Caribbean Nights Presents: All Star Extravaganza
Thursday, November 30 @ 10:30pm $20
The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)
This All Star Extravaganza is going to be hotter than hot! Featuring Award winning artists, Honduran/Spanish Reggae/Urban artist Panchan and Vincentian American Reggae Hip Hop Artist Hymm Legendary, Wayne Commissiong on pans and more special guests TBA.
FRIGID New York @ Horse Trade is a theater development group with a focus on new work that produces a massive quantity of stimulating downtown theater every season. FRIGID's Resident Artist Program offers a home to a select group of Independent theater artists, pooling together a great deal of talent and energy. FRIGID New York grew out of the annual FRIGID Festival, the first and only festival of its kind in New York City to offer artists 100% of their box office proceeds, and Horse Trade Theater Group, a self-sustaining theater development and management group. Visit www.FRIGIDnewyork.info for more information.
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