Tanya O'Debra's RADIO STAR Set for UNDER St. Marks, 7/24

Watch (but mainly listen) as Tanya O'Debra lends her voice to ten characters while staging live sound effects in this naughty 1940's radio detective spoof. When a wealthy client hires Private Dick Nick McKittrick to find her husband's killer, she learns that he will literally stick his nose where it doesn't belong. Just like the golden age of radio. Only much, much dirtier.

Radio Star won Best of the San Francisco Fringe Festival. It was nominated for Best English Language Production and Just For Laugh's Best Comedy at the Montreal Fringe Festival. Published by Original works, it was also nominated for Outstanding Full Length Script and Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role at the New York Innovative Theater Awards. Radio Star has been presented at the New Orleans Fringe Festival; Cincinnati Fringe Festival; Joe's Pub, NYC; The Kraine Theater, NYC; Red House Arts Center, Syracuse, NY; San Francisco Fringe Festival; Montreal Fringe Festival; Orlando Fringe Festival; Ars Nova, NYC; The Red Room, NYC; Edinburgh Festival Fringe; and Glasslands Gallery, Brooklyn.

Radio Star will play at UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place between 1st Avenue and Avenue A) on Sunday, July 24 at 7pm. Tickets ($20 in advance; $25 at the door) are available for advance purchase at www.horseTRADE.info or at the box office before the show.

TANYA O'DEBRA (Writer/Performer) Published by Original Works, her play Radio Star has been produced all over the world, receiving numerous awards and accolades. Her play, Shut UP, Emily Dickinson was presented at the Orlando and Cincy Fringe Festivals, as well as Dixon Place's Main Stage Works-in-Progress Series. Her portrayal of Emily Dickinson won Best Leading Actress in a Play from BroadwayWorld Cincinnati. Winner of the Miss Fag Hag Pageant, other theater credits include Patrice O'Debra in Straight Up Vampire (Joe's Pub), The Evil Queen in Snow White (The New Acting Company) and Amanda McCloud in The Ultimate Stimulus (Cincy Fringe, FringeNYC, Dixon Place). www.tanyaodebra.com

Peter Cook (Director) SAILOR MAN (NY Int'l Fringe Festival: Outstanding Play), The Nosemaker's Apprentice (The Brick), Straight Up Vampire (Ars Nova), Crabquistador: Scavenger of God (Ars Nova), ROCKBERRY: The Last One Man Show (The Brick), WASP COVE (Comix), No Direction Homo (P.S. 122), Everything is Nice (Laurie Beechman); Misgivings (West End Theater); Go, Dog. Go!, Charles Ludlam's Bluebeard, and Alice in Wonderland (Hangar Theater). Peter is co-artistic director of Terrible Baby Theater Company, and a Drama League directing fellow.

ANDREW MAURIELLO (Composer) A composer with over 15 years of experience including his studies at Berklee College of Music, Mr. Mauriello 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. His music for Radio Star garnered a NYIT Award nomination for Outstanding Original Music. His latest project, ART THIEVES, is a Boston-based punk band.

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.