THE SKINNY, TOLD, and More in June Lineup at Horse Trade Theater
By: BWW News Desk May. 08, 2012
Comedy, storytelling, burlesque, variety and music are all among the Horse Trade Theater Group's lineup in New York City. Below is the lineup of shows presented. For more information, visit: www.horsetrade.info.
COMEDY
The Skinny
Wednesday, June 13 @ 8pm $10
The Red Room (85 East 4th Street)
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.
On A Mission
Wednesday, June 13 @ 7pm $5
During the year, On A Mission will carry out various missions and report back at the show. Each show features sketch comedy, and guests from the world of comedy and beyond.
Sketch Block
Wednesday, June 13 @ 9pm $5
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, June 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.
STORYTELLING
The Adam Wade Show
Monday, June 11 @ 7pm $5
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.
The BTK Band
Monday, June 11 @ 9pm $5
Raconteurs regale the audience with true stories from their lives while The BTK Band, NYC’s hardest-drinking improvised storytelling rock band, improvises music and lyrics to turn their stories into songs. As if Tom Waits and The Moth delivered a baby from the gaping maw of Chaos.
TOLD
An evening of themed storytelling
Monday, June 18 @ 7pm $10
TOLD is a monthly storytelling show hosted by Seth Lind. Each month New York's best performers take the stage to tell true stories related to a central theme. A special guest provides interludes to glue the evening together into a collective experience.
BURLESQUE
Bastardpiece Theatre
Sunday, June 10 @ 7pm $20
The Red Room (85 East 4th Street)
Burlesque MC Bastard Keith and striptease beauty Madame Rosebud have scoured the earth to find the dumbest, goriest, nakedest exploitation movies you've never seen. Bastardpiece Theater is the result: an out of control evening featuring wild go-go, drinking games, giveaways and hilarious live commentary.
Wasabassco Hellfire Club
Thursday, June 21 @ 10:30pm $40
The Red Room (85 East 4th Street)
Wasabassco Burlesque presents their most adult show ever! Step through the gates of this exclusive club for a monthly erotic salon, curated to cater to your most sophisticated and lustful desires.
Naked Girls Reading
Wednesday, June 20 @ 9pm $20
A monthly nude literary salon featuring in-the-buff readings by local burlesque luminaries, professional librarians, authors and other Naked Girls.
VARIETY & MUSIC
Penny’s Open Mic
Every Tuesday @ 9pm $3
Spoken word artists, musicians, comedians, and other creative folks are invited to put their two cents in at this weekly gathering hosted by Penny Pollak.
Creating Illusion
Created & Performed by Jeff Grow
Wednesday, June 20 @ 8pm $18
The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)
Conman, magician. Jeff Grow explores the diverse facets of the art of deception and confidence – whether for entertainment or manipulation, beauty or deception. Creating Illusion is the recipient of two New York Innovative Theatre Awards, (Outstanding Solo Performer & Outstanding Performance Art Production). Elegant Sleight of hand and insight into human behavior collide to dismantle everyday experience and explore the art of creating illusion.
Cabaret Showdown
Hosted by Mark McDaniels
Sunday, June 17 @ 7pm $10
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.
Vintage Vantage Variety Hour
With Kyle Supley and The Pendulum Swings Big Band
Sunday, June 24 @ 8pm $8
The only live-feed musical variety show with a retro twist showcasing NYC's finest performers, musicians and comedians. Tune in monthly to hear incredible songs from one of NY's best big bands fronted by the incredible Jason Trachtenberg!
PLAY DEVELOPMENT, ONE ACTS, & SERIALS
Shotz
Monday, June 4 @ 7pm & 8:30pm $10 (includes a free beer)
Six playwrights and directors get a week and a half to write and rehearse a short play based around three conditions, a theme, and a pre-selected cast, and then its go time. Different playwrights and directors featured every month.
Take Two
Presented by Direct Arts
Tuesday, June 12 @ 7pm $10
The Red Room (85 East 4th Street)
A monthly double bill that pairs theater and film, past and present, across cultures. Each month will feature a short film screening and a staged reading of a full-length play that examines a similar sociopolitical topic. The event concludes with a rousing discussion led by a special guest writer, journalist or scholar.
HORSE TRADE THEATER GROUP is a self-sustaining theater development group; with a focus on new work that 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. In 2011 Horse Trade received the New York Innovative Theatre Ellen Stewart Stewardship Award for demonstrating a significant contribution to the Off-Off-Broadway community through service, support and leadership.
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