Horse Trade Theatre Announces Comedy and Cabaret Lineup, Nov 2013

Horse Trade Theatre Group has announced its November 2013 events. Details below!

COMEDY

Sketch Block
Wednesday, November 13 @ 9pm $8
Sketch Comedy meets Block Party. This monthly show features a guest host comedian, three guest sketch troupes and drinking. Come meet, mingle, and perform!

Thank You, Robot
Friday, November 15 @ 10:30pm $5
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.

The Skinny
Hosted by Peter DeGiglio
Wednesday, November 27 @ 9pm $10
The Skinny is a political comedy talk show with a twist: The host, Peter DeGiglio, is just an average schnook struggling to wrap his head around the events that shape our world. Joining him is a discussion panel of real life experts and a plethora of wacky variety acts.

STORYTELLING

The Adam Wade Show: Gotham Storytelling Festival Edition
Featuring Moth StorySLAM Champion, Adam Wade
Wednesday, November 6 @ 7pm $15
Moth storytelling favorite, Adam Wade, has put together many of his winning heartfelt and humorous stories for a special show. He'll also sing a few songs, and play video shorts. No two shows will be the same. A different featured guest will start the evening off.

Naked Girls Reading
Wednesday, November 20 @ 9pm $20
A monthly nude literary salon featuring in-the-buff readings by local burlesque luminaries, professional librarians, authors and other Naked Girls.

Adventures with Melanie Hamlett
Monday, November 25 @ 7pm $7
If Melanie Hamlett is known for one thing, it's adventure (much to the dismay of her parents). Adventures with Melanie Hamlett brings NYC's top comedians to the theater stage for some epic tales around an intimate make-believe campfire. And just in case you don't believe some of it, Melanie will have pictures. We'll provide the entertainment and trailmix. Just don't forget your Nalogene water bottles and seven bucks.

Peter & Edgar & Rachel Kate
Monday, November 11 @ 9pm $5
Storyteller Peter Aguero (The Moth, The BTK Band), poet Edgar Oliver (Helen and Edgar, Oddities), and Charleston, SC singer/songwriter Rachel Kate (The Shaniqua Brown, Unchained Tour) join forces to create a collage of words and music to celebrate the release of Rachel Kate's new album "With Love & Hate."

VARIETY & OPEN MIC

The Open Mic Downstairs
Hosted by Dan Ricker, Mike Milazzo, & Kaitlyn O'Connor
Every Tuesday @ 9pm $3
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 be a performance art piece, comedy, music, storytelling, dance, something entirely off the top of your head, or you just would like to have a drink and watch the show, you'll find a home in the welcoming community every Tuesday night at UNDER St. Marks

Cabaret Showdown
Hosted by Mark McDaniels
Sunday, November 10 @ 7pm $12 (includes a free drink)
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.

Ten-Foot Rat Cabaret
Thursday, November 14 @ 10:30pm $18
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.

Your Musical Trivia Jukebox Show
Sunday, November 24 @ 9pm $5
Singer and comic Kyle Supley and Paulie "Fingerz" Leschen (Scissor Sisters, Bedbugs the Musical) bring you "Your Musical Trivia Jukebox Show!" which lets you the audience answer themed trivia questions, and choose the songs we perform.

All shows are at UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place between 1st Avenue and Avenue A) unless otherwise noted. Tickets may be purchased in advance at www.horseTRADE.info or by calling 212-868-4444.

HT PRESENTS is a self-sustaining theater development group; with a focus on new work that has produced a massive quantity of stimulating downtown theater. The HT Resident Artist Program offers a home to a select group of Independent theater artists, pooling together a great deal of talent and energy.

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