June Events at UNDER St. Marks and The Kraine Theater Announced

June events at UNDER St. Marks and The Kraine Theater have been announced, See the full schedule below:

Caribbean Night Series: Smax Music Thursday, June 1 @ 10:30pm $16 The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street) The Music Series will be doing an introduction June 1st performance of Smax with a Caribbean Night Performance to follow in August. The Smax Music sound is described as a mix of Caribbean Music that serves multiple purposes for the listener. His album and live experience soothes the soul, inspires peace of mind, keeps the body moving and calms the spirit simultaneously. Music is the tool Smax Music uses to convey the Enjoy Life message, an uplifting experience every time. A MUST SEE SHOW GET YOUR TICKETS NOW Come out and support this incredibly talented artist as part of Music and Caribbean Night Series. Category: Music: Caribbean

Happy Karaoke Fun Time: An Improvised Musical Every Thursday @ 10:30pm $18 UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place) It's Happy Karaoke Fun Time! Come to the opening (and closing) night of a brand-new, improvised one-act musical every show! NYC's finest musical improvisers make up the scenes, choreography, and original lyrics to karaoke songs you know and love, all based on the title of a musical YOU shout out! Category: Music; Improv

The Space Pirate Puppy Musical! Every Saturday @ 12pm $15 The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street) Earth has gone to the dogs, the humans have disappeared, and the Space Pirates are about to invade. Join the Dogstar Fleet on an intergalactic musical mission to seek the knowledge of the Oracle and save the planet Earth! Will the Puppies turn tail and run? Will the Ninja Kittens, ooh string. Can the Earth be saved from certain construction? Blast off with our heroes to find out! Category: Kids; Family Friendly; Science Fiction

Stand Up and Take Your Clothes Off! Sunday, June 4 @ 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. Category: Comedy; Burlesque
Long Story Long Monday, June 5 @ 8pm $10 UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place) Long Story Long is the only storytelling show created to let the audience get to know the performers a little better. Writers, comedians and public radio personalities have 30 minutes to share longform personal stories. They allow the listener along with them on their journey.

The Adam Wade Show Featuring Moth StorySLAM Champion, Adam Wade Tuesday, June 6 @ 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. Category: Comedy; Storytelling

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. Category: Open Mic; Variety

FEAST: A Performance Series Wednesday, June 7 @ 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! Category: Variety; Play Development

Ten-Foot Rat Cabaret Wednesday, June 7 @ 9:30pm $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. Category: Variety; Comedy; Vaudeville

Pretty Bad Thursday, June 8 @ 10pm $15 The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street) Pretty Bad is a show that pairs professional models with professional comedians to make imperfect improv under perfectly funny circumstances. Category: Comedy; Improv
CHALK Saturday, June 10 @ 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." Category: Solo Show; Kids; Family Friendly

A Brief History of Beer Saturday, June 10 @ 10:30pm $12 UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place) A Brief History of Beer is a one hour drinkeractive comedy where the audience travels through time with William Glenn and Trish Parry, all the way back to Ancient Sumeria, through to today, on a mission to save beer from a mysterious nefarious person! Each month has a different theme so you can always come back and fill your cup with beery knowledge and fun! Category: Comedy; Food & Drink
Cabaret Showdown: Winners Showcase Sunday, June 11 @ 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! Category: Cabaret; Music

The Cabaret Showdown Hosted by Mark McDaniels Sunday, June 11 @ 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. Category: Cabaret; Music; Game Show

NO! I'M the Worst! Hosted by Todd Alan Crain Monday, June 12 @ 7pm $20 The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street) In three dirty rounds, 3 horrible storytellers compete to tell the most ribald, raunchy, taboo tales. It's a storytelling competition with a trashy twist. Category: Storytelling

Sketch Block Wednesday, June 14 @ 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! Category: Comedy; Sketch Comedy

Caribbean Night Series Thursday, June 15 @ 10:30pm $15 The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street) Featuring E.M.M.P. Inc FEddy Jones (Puerto Rico), Binky (USA), Floydy Wonder (Jamaica), Grey Mann (Trinidad), and Cavell Simms aka DJ NUKID (Jamaica). This is gong to be one exciting show of artists sharing the stage with Reggae and Hip Hop music that no doubt will get you out of your chairs... Category: Music; Reggae; Hip Hop

Thank You, Robot Friday, June 16 @ 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. Category: Comedy; Improv
Lo-Fi NYC Saturday, June 17 @ 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. Category: Comedy

Muffins in the Window Wednesday, June 21 @ 7pm $10 The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street) An opportunity for friends in the creative arts to get together and support each other in a non-threatening, SLIGHTLY TIPSY environment. Actors, singers, comedians, dancers, monologists, filmmakers, instrumentalists, & variety show entertainers come together, try new material & workshop upcoming projects. Category: Variety

Comic Sutra Saturday Saturday, June 24 @ 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! Category: Comedy

New York Madness Sunday, June 25 @ 8pm $10 The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street) Madness: is a raw and unpredictable show of short plays by an ensemble of playwrights presented fully staged with scripts in hand. Each night has a Theme, which is given out a week before the event. The collective works in an evening kaleidoscope that cultural moment. It is a snapshot of where we are politically, culturally, and artistically. A Madness is a forum for all writers to explore the boundaries of modern theater. Category: Short Plays; Staged Reading

The Torchlight Series Presented by Cave Theatre Company Wednesday, June 28 @ 7pm $10 UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place) It is within caves that the first art appeared - tales of humanity carved or painted on the rock walls. Our ancestors walked deep into the earth away from all light and created stories with paint, with fire, with song. We now venture into the dark as our ancestors did and strive to do the same. Category: Play Development

Paper Kraine Wednesday, June 28 @ 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. Category: Play Development; Artist Showcase

The Varietal Hour Friday, June 30 @ 10:30pm $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! Category: Variety; Food & Drink

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.