Frigid New York Presents 2018 QUEERLY FESTIVAL

FRIGID New York @ Horse Trade is proud to present, the annual Queerly Festival, a festival seen through lavender-colored glasses, June 20-July 2 at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery). This year, we're bringing together a panoply of performers from New York City and beyond for a gender-liminal, super-gay, non-conformist, totally butch, aggressively femme and subversive AF celebration of all things LGBTQA (LMNOP). Tickets ($20, unless otherwise noted*) are available for purchase in advance at www.horseTRADE.info.

Wednesday, June 20 @ 7pm

I Lied to Marianne Williamson

Written, Performed, & Directed by llsa Jule

I Lied to Marianne Williamson: A Totally True Story is about one butch lesbian's adventures in the Big Apple. From street activism, car crashes, and celebrity encounters, Ilsa Jule tells the story of a life lived with purpose and edge.

Wednesday, June 20 @ 9:30pm

Paper Kraine

Written & Performed by Paper Kraine Productions

Tickets are $15*
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.

Thursday, June 21 @ 7pm

Bar Dykes

Directed by Virginia Baeta

11 butch, femme, and ki-ki gals walk into a bar. It's the late 1950s, and there are

plenty of rules. Some come from the outside - like how many articles of women's clothing you

have to wear to keep the cops away. But plenty of rules come from the inside, too. You hip?

June 21, 25, 26 @ 9pm

GAY BOY

Written and Performed by JD Stewart

Directed by Ashley Wren Collins

GAY BOY lives his ex-pat life on the hunt for men in South Korea. He's an antihero, foul-mouthed, and up for it all...or is it all a front? Gay Boy is the provocative account of some sort of gay man living some sort of life as an English Teacher in South Korea. His best friend Stella has been cheating on her girlfriend, behavior Gay Boy detests, but this doesn't prevent him from sleeping with as many men as possible. To add to his list of first world problems, his mum won't stop calling and all the porn websites in Korea are blocked. At least the new guy at work wears skinny jeans to provide distraction, or not. On the surface, Gay Boy may seem like a "typical" gay boy: highly sexed, sassy, and reveling in both. But when his vulnerability surfaces after a one-night stand, truths about his past are finally revealed.

June 22 @ 7pm & 27 @7:30pm

Coming Clean

Performed by Ben Strothmann

As a boy, Ben knew he was gay when he had his first crush on a cartoon character. Through this tale of embarrassing childhood memories, hilarious misunderstandings, and bittersweet brushes with fate, Ben shares his journey of self-discovery, and how he learned to love himself exactly as he is.

June 23 & 26 @ 7pm

JOHNNY DARLIN

Performed by Michael Doshier

Armed with a keytar and an arsenal of new songs, stories, and unearthed childhood journal entries, you can expect an intimate live music meditation on the various boys in Johnny's life: from his first love, to his father, to his LGBTQ+ friends he grew up closeted alongside in the Bible Belt of suburban Arkansas. What comes of this is a larger coming-to-terms with how any and all queer people make sense of the important figures that enter and exit their lives as they grow into the soul they are meant to be.

Monday, June 25 @ 7pm

QUEEROTICA

Performed by Sam Morrison

Gay sex is hilarious! Come celebrate with NYC's hottest queer comedians slinging side splitting jokes about gay sex. This night's talent will includes:

Host: Tim Dunn (Conan, MTV)

Ali Kolbert (Tonight Show w/ Jimmy Fallon)

Sam Ruddy (Comedy Central)

Eman El Husseini (Just for Laughs)

Sam Morrison (Mogul)

Wednesday, June 27 @ 9:30pm

Top Privilege

Performed by Phillip Henry

Phillip Henry is a standup comedian, actor, singer and wannabe professional Netflix addict. His size and stature have never stopped him from using phrases like" little ole me," despite making him seem like a liar. Phillip has a sardonic perspective on issues of race, sex and sexuality - and he will give it to you as hard or as gently as he wants.

Thursday, June 28 @ 7pm

BABY MAMA

Performed by Mariah MacCarthy

Baby Mama: One Woman's Quest to Give Her Child to Gay People tracks birth mother Mariah

MacCarthy's true adoption journey, from conception to placement with the gay couple of her

dreams-while still living her life, dating, and attending the occasional orgy. From adoption

agencies to vaginal discharge, from burlesque to goodbyes, this intimate night of storytelling is

up close and personal. Bring hankies.

Friday, June 29 @ 7pm

FIRE IN MY BONES

Performed by Cookie Diorio

Gospel and original songs combine to tell the wig-whipping, high-heel stomping, soul-shaking story of Cookie Diorio: a drag queen with civil rights in her blood and many songs in her heart. Her energetic wit and down to earth charm blend a musical narrative with personal anecdotes about the fears, adversities, triumphs and joys that have shaped her experiences.

Saturday, June 30 @ 7pm

Roaring with Pride!

Performed by RJ VerChaud

Roaring Epiphany Production Company presents 'Roaring with Pride! An evening of LGBTQ themed Acts. Roaring Epiphany Production Company(REPC) is a new theater company that embodies an inclusion casting model. This means we cast adults with and without mental and physical disabilities. In this show we are proud to present spoken word, song, dance and theatrical scenes, all revolving around LGTBQ pride.

July 1 @ 4pm & 2 @ 7pm

Can't You Tell?

Performed by Kelsey Hercs

It's 1924, New York City, and Carl Van Vechten is throwing a grand soiree in honor of the visiting Marchesa Louisa Casati. This is not that party. Join William Knightly, a heartbroken painter in his Harlem studio, and the friends who gather to lighten his spirits. His old art school chum, Eliza, and her husband Silas - who may or may not have a past with the glittering Casati. Their scandalously shared lover, Dominic Deitmar (known as Dodi), stolen away from Berlin. Watch them gab and shout and make terrible decisions in the name of friendship and love!

Kevin R. Free (Festival Curator): Multi-Disciplinary Artist. Actor in over 100 professional productions. Former Education Director at Queens Theatre in the Park; Former Artistic Director of the Obie Award-Winning Fire This Time Festival. NYTheatre.com Person of the Year, 2010; SemiFinalist, Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, 2013; Doric A. Wilson Independent Playwright Award, 2014; Flux Forward Commission 2015; Project Y Writers Group 2016; FringeNYC Overall Excellence in Playwriting Award, 2016; Current, Curator of the QUEERLY Festival. Narrator of over 250 Audiobooks; voice of Kevin on "Welcome to Night Vale"; Co-Creator/Star of Award-winning web series "Gemma & The Bear!" www.kevinrfree.com; @kevinrfree

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.