Variety Shows, Comedy, Music and More Among May Events at UNDER St. Marks & The Kraine Theater

FRIGID New York @ Horse Trade has just announced its May 2017 events. Scroll down for details!

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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

The Adam Wade Show

Featuring Moth StorySLAM Champion, Adam Wade

Tuesday, May 2 @ 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

FEAST: A Performance Series

Wednesday, May 3 @ 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, May 3 @ 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

The Sentimentalists

Thursday, May 4 & Friday, May 5 @ 7:30pm $25

The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)

World-renowned mentalist Mysterion teams with Steffi Kay creating a two-person mind reading experience that is truly breathtaking. Steffi brings back classic style mentalism. With her vintage look you will feel transported to the golden age of magic. Mysterion has appeared on stages around the globe and with hundreds of television and media appearances over the past 15 years. Together they showcase their special way of communicating, with a touch of humor and most importantly class.

Category: Magic; Mind Reading

Ferdinand

Saturday, May 6 & 13 @ 12pm $15

The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)

Inspired by the classic children's tale about the biggest and strongest bull who wouldn't fight but just wanted to smell the flowers, Ferdinand is the heartwarming story of Tom, a single dad who just wants to raise his son with love and empathy in a world determined to make him fight. A growing up story for the whole family.

Category: Kids; Family Friendly

Stand Up and Take Your Clothes Off!

Sunday, May 7 @ 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

Muffins in the Window

Wednesday, May 10 @ 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

Live in the Village

Wednesday, May 10 @ 7pm $10

UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)

Live in the Village will light up UNDER St. Marks with the passion of New York City's best performers! This monthly variety show is the perfect happy hour for co-workers who don't want to talk to each other. Instead, they can sit back and enjoy hilarious comedy, great music, and other great art that's hidden throughout this city. Category: Comedy; Variety

Sketch Block

Wednesday, May 10 @ 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

Pretty Bad

Thursday, May 11 @ 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, May 13 @ 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

Cabaret Showdown: Winners Showcase

Sunday, May 14 @ 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, May 14 @ 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, May 15 @ 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

Caribbean Night Series: Prima Donna and the Irie Vybz Ban

Thursday, May 18 @ 10:30pm $15

The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)

Primadonna was voted as best female vocalist for three consecutive years at the Annual Music Awards in SVG. She was Princess of Carnival three years in a row, and Queen of Carnival at age 16, the youngest person to do so, earning her own postage stamp. In addition she has performed alongside Caribbean luminaries such as Sparrow, Becket, Burning Flames, Super Cat, and Shaggy, just to name a few. Esteemed Irie Vibz Band with Jamaican performers Peter Hemen-keyboards, Lenford Carby-Guitar, Hoova Simpson-bass, Oyane Edwards-drums, and Grenadian Kean Simeon-percussions

Category: Music; Reggae; Hip Hop

Thank You, Robot

Friday, May 19 @ 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

The Space Pirate Puppy Musical!

Saturday, May 20 & 27 @ 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

Lo-Fi NYC

Saturday, May 20 @ 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

The Torchlight Series

Presented by Cave Theatre Company

Wednesday, May 24 @ 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

The Varietal Hour

Friday, May 26 @ 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; Wine

Comic Sutra Saturday

Saturday, May 27 @ 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, May 28 @ 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

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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.

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