THE MYSTERY AT GINGER CREEK Set for The Kraine Theater This Summer

Welcome to Ginger Creek, where curious characters and perplexing events are the norm. Join Hank O' Hara and Sally Silver Gunz, as they run from the law, stumble over clues and suffer from amnesia. Their lives depend on you, as they attempt to solve a murder and prove their innocence.

The Mystery at Ginger Creek: An Interactive Mystery will play at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery) Saturday, June 11 and July 16 at 1pm. Tickets ($20 adults; $15 kids) are available for advance purchase at www.horseTRADE.info or at the box office before the show. The Mystery at Ginger Creek is a family friendly show, for ages 7 and up.

Michael Gargan Curtin (Co-Creator/Performer) is an educator, actor, writer, and language activist. He is currently an Actor-Teacher for the Creative Arts Team, where he uses theatre in Brooklyn high school classrooms to spark dialogue about current issues, and strengthen literacy and critical thinking skills. In 2011, Michael co-founded the Queer Youth Theatre, an LGBTQIA after school program at a youth center in Manhattan. In 2014, he co-founded the Panto-WHAT!? Theatre Company with Ruthie Scarpino. Michael has used theatre to strengthen communities, begin conversations, and facilitate cultural exchange in Rwanda, and the UK. He is deeply invested in the movement to strengthen Irish-speaking communities in Ireland. Michael holds his MA in Applied Theatre from the CUNY School of Professional Studies.

Ruthie Scarpino (Co-Creator/Performer) is a performance and circus artist hailing from the wilds of Maine. She has performed and taught internationally using Boalian Theater, Physical Comedy and Circus for social change across the UK, Europe and South East Asia, where she was honored with a Fulbright Scholarship in 2009. Her intense devotion to performance started at Antioch College, which she credits for her belief in the exploration of theater/movements ability to enrich beyond their disciplines. Ruthie also collaborates with Hybrid Movement Creative Lab.

FRIGID NEW YORK 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.