National Theatre of MatMadia to Present SHE MOON: A SHOW ABOUT BUTTS at The Muse Brooklyn

The National Theatre of MatMadia is proud to present SHE MOON: A Show About Butts on September 24th at 7pm at The Muse Brooklyn (350 Moffat Street). SHE MOON, an ensemble creation, is directed by Maddy Campbell. Tickets: $20 at door/$15 presale.

SHE MOON invites all forward-thinkers to look behind - well- at the behind! This lively performance-art piece celebrates the Femme - and Feminine - Dariaire. If you are female or identify as(s) one.

SHE MOON incorporates aerial, dance, storytelling, music and magic, and rocks out with the punk band, MAUDE GUN with Carissa Matsushima. The cheeky ensemble shares their parables and stories with the audience and to the Moon ... because she always listens.

Doors open at 7:00 p.m. with a Moon Market at the newly renovated Muse outdoor space. In the hour-long crack-of-time prior to the performance, aerialists entertain and free champagne flows. The Moon Market is full of artists and artisans offering baked goods, spiritual services, tarot readings, art and much more. Moon Goddesses will be waiting to bless you with bubbly to the music by Carissa Matsushima. SheMoon supports local LGBTQ- and People-of-Color-owned businesses.

Bottomline: Using the parable of A Woman's Ass, we will to celebrate women's bodies through stories of oppression, repression, joy and sorrow.

MEET THE TEAM:

MADDY CAMPBELL (Director, Butt Nymph, Goddess of The Blood Moon) is a classically trained, experimental actor, singer, playwright based in NYC with a BFA from NYU. She trained at Stella Adler Studio of Acting and The Experimental Theater Wing. Recent credits includes The Induction of Lady M (Greenpoint Gallery) and Small Talk (Triskelion Arts). Maddy is a proud member of artist collective, Experimental Bitch Presents and works as the Executive Assistant to Producing Artistic Director, Kori Rushton at IRT Theatre. www.maddycampbell.com

MATTHEW PHILLIPS (Butt Nymph, Butt Plug Goddess) is a director/ interdisciplinary performer based in Brooklyn. Recent credits include Facets, an interactive Lecoq gallery show directed by Sophie Ameiva. His drag persona Flamazon Dee Glamazon performs regularly at the House of Yes, Bizarre Bushwick, and the Brooklyn Muse. He is currently working with the production team behind Queen of the Night for their new venture, Hearts of Fire.

Sara Minisquero (Butt Nymph, Goddess of Self Love)is a Burlesque Perfomerer known as Bona Sara. She is also an actress, stage manager, dramaturg and producer. Credits include Step 1 Theatre Project, Bizarre Bushwick (Stage Management), and White Rabbit Productions. She has a BA from Emerson College.

VICTORIA MYRTHIL (Butt Nymph, Goddess of Light)is a native Brooklyn artist. As an actor her talents vacillate between stage and screen working on various genres ranging from comedy to comedia and drama to experimental. Victoria has toured internationally with Trey Anthony Studios in the stage production of Da' Kink in My Hair and can be seen in various on screen projects. Victoria's artistry also includes choreographing, dancing, writing, and directing. Her works often speak to challenge norms or social construct. www.victoriamyrthil.com

EMMA MILLER (Butt Nymph, Goddess of Shit) is a New York based actor experienced in new and devised work. Recent credits include creator and clown in CT Feels Funny at Lady Fest at The Tank (2017), Violet Hunter in Red Monkey Theater Group's Sherlock Holmes: Adventure of the Copper Beeches at Lyndhurst Mansion, Vera Claythorne in And Then There Were None, and co-creator and actor in original sketch comedy show Singin' and Talkin' with Christopher Walken at the Trans Theatre Festival at The Brick (2016). BFA in Drama from NYU Tisch School of the Arts: Playwrights Horizons Theater School and the Experimental Theatre Wing. emma-miller.net

ARIEL IASEVOLI (The Dark Side of the Moon) is an aerialist, creative visionary, and movement specialist. The native New Yorker has performed and practiced Pole since 2007. Recently, she has added other apparatuses to her repertoire, including: Lyra, Silks, and Chain. Ariel has a penchant for performing bizarre, immersive, and conceptual pieces. Her creed is to help others see beauty in strength, and to communicate with movement what cannot be said in words. She is eternally grateful to her most influential teachers: Kyra Johannesen, Samantha Star, Elena Delgado, and Anya Sapozhnikova. Ariel performs most frequently at House of Yes, Secret Loft, and The Muse.

TORRIE ROSE (The Moon) Is an aerialist and fire spinner. Torrie fuses technique with artistry to create a well rounded performance. Specializing in lyra, her flexibility and flow meld seamlessly. Based in New York, Torrie trains primarily at the Muse Brooklyn and the Floasis, where she also teaches yoga. Her performances range from cabaret style to nightlife events to burlesque. Torrie traveled with King Cole Circus during the summer of 2016 as an Aerial Showgirl. She excels at creature portrayal, fully embodying any character she is given. In more traditional roles, Torrie demonstrates beautiful lines, as well as excellent flexibility and a captivating presence.

CARISSA MATSUSHIMA (Music Director) is a multi- passionate performing artist who just released a single with her band Carissa & The Voodoo Lilies, available on Spotify, iTunes etc. When she's not performing with the band, she is a manager at Daya Yoga Studio, dances with Leah Moriarty in her company Beat Piece, and co-hosts a jam session called The Healing. Other NYC based companies she has worked with are David Gordon's Pick Up Company, Ni'Ja Whitson's The NWA Project, The Dance Cartel, Built4Collapse, and The Nettles. She has performed music at Rockwood Music Hall, Caffe Vivaldi, Maxwell's Tavern, Roulette, and The Way Station. Matsushima identifies with the QPOC community and works to build communities that are all-inclusive and aim at healing and nurturing the body and soul. Ms. Matsushima also makes incredible hand cream. (BFA, NYU '13) matsushimamusic.com

KATE SONELL (Developer, Assistant Director) is a queer NYC based theatre artist. Kate's work ranges from ASM with PUFFS at New World Stages to Props Master at National Theatre of Matmadia's The Coward: A Madcap Fairytale at the 2016 NYC Fringe Festival to Developer and Performer in Free the Arts Festival, currently in it's inaugural year. Kate works to take classical works and view them through a multi-disciplinary to change the way we view and interact with the world around us.

MAUDE GUN (Band) two chicks in brooklyn who love ornate storytelling mash together acoustic folk and post-punk to bring you irreverent song-cycles like CLAUDIA, THE WORD. the harmonies are electrifying, the word-play is gratuitous; the characters are wry and the sound-paintings are effing mythical. the chicks, molly (aka DIESEL) and jenni (aka ANGELFACE), cut through some heavy Imposter Syndrome and Perfectionism by crafting detailed imagined worlds. the world of MAUDE GUN is a cult of women called to vivify the Feminine, through worship of the almighty Woman Protagonist. the cult comes to life at each music service, with guest artists like NYC drag queen Zenobia and Mexican multidisciplinary artist Ana Cantorán. shit gets really femme at MAUDENIGHT, an occult carnival of Real Life Woman Protagonists sharing experimental work of all disciplines and hosted by MAUDE GUN.

The National Theatre of MatMadia, co-founded by Maddy Campbell and Matt Phillips, is a collective of Brooklyn based artists focused on putting fun, absurd and monstrous ideas on stage. With a base in clowning and bouffan combined with classically trained actors, we delve head first into extreme physical acting, fire performance and drag. Our stories use 'the mystique' to explore themes about mental illness, 'f-ing with gender' and the psychedelic. Known to 'not pull any punches' our work is violent, messy and monstrous. For more information, visit www.maddycampbell.com/she-moon.html.

Image by Stevie Rayder

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