NYC: RADIO STAR Returns to The Red Room 4/26

NYC: RADIO STAR returns to The Red Room (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Ave and Bowery) Tuesday, April 26th @ 8pm. Tickets ($12) are available by calling Smarttix at 212-868-4444 or online at www.horseTRADE.info The production, presented by Horse Trade Theater Group and Tanya O'Debra, kicks off a two-month tour to the Orlando Fringe Festival and the Montreal Fringe Festival.

Watch (but mainly listen) as Tanya O'Debra lends her voice to ten different characters while simultaneously staging silly sound effects in this filthy, filthy, dirty1940‘s radio detective spoof. Running time is one hour.

Tanya O'Debra is an art-doer. Her play Radio Star was nominated for three New York Innovative Theatre Awards: Outstanding Full Length Script, Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role and Outstanding Original Music. Radio Star ran at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, The Red Room, Ars Nova, and is published by Original Works. Miss O'Debra is the reigning Miss Fag Hag 2010. Formerly of comedic sister act, The O'Debra Twins, Miss O'Debra was the co-host of the popular open mic SHOW AND TELL at The Bowery Poetry Club for five years. Miss O'Debra was the co-writer, co-director, and a cast member of Fuck You or Dead Pee-holes; an American Tale in 13 Acts, which won the top award at Fringe NYC. She plays Patrice O'Debra in Straight Up Vampire, a perennial favorite at Joe's Pub, and she will be appearing as the Evil Queen in The New Acting Company's production of Snow White. For more information, go to www.tanyaodebra.com  

Andrew Mauriello, a composer with over 15 years of experience including his studies at Berklee College of Music, has been incorporating his songwriting into a variety of settings with a vast spectrum of musical styles. He has performed at Boston's Symphony Hall, crowded basements in Philadelphia, sold out shows at the late CBGB's in New York City, and seemingly everywhere in between. "Absolutely fascinating." - Askew Reviews. The accuracy of the 1940's themed music paired with Mr. Mauriello's flair for stylized comedy plays an integral role in "Radio Star". This is the first collaboration between Mr. Mauriello and Miss O'Debra, but it certainly won't be the last.

Horse Trade Theater Group is a self-sustaining theater development group; with a focus on new work, it has produced a massive quantity of stimulating downtown theater. Horse Trade's Resident Artist Program offers a home to a select group of Independent Theater artists, pooling together a great deal of talent and energy. It is also the home of FRIGID New York - the first and only festival of its kind in New York City.