CLASSICALLY SKEWED Comes To Shetler Studios 7/9-7/13 & 7/16-7/19

Classically Skewed: An Evening of Three One-Act Comedies is at Shetler Studios July 9-13 and July 16-19.

Theatre 54 @ Shetler Studios (between Broadway and 8th Avenue, 12th Floor) 244 W. 54th St., Midtown West 212-352-3101
Subway: A, C, B, D, 1 to 59th St-Columbus Circle; C, E to 50th St
http://www.theatermania.com or http://www.sweetnessandlight.net

Tickets: $20.00

Chekhov's The Bear, and original works Shakespeare Lives! by Brett Hursey and Mayor Eddie P. Rex by Melissa Villain are performed together as Classically Skewed in a hilarious evening is based on a love for the classics - followed closely by a desire to give the classics a wet willy, purple nurple, or possibly a swirly - illiterately speaking of course. We only play because we love!

The three pieces take on variations of classic texts and themes. The Bear plays with the divide between anger and passion - and how quickly it can be hopped. Shakespeare Lives! tosses an unsuspecting actress into a bizarre audition with a director who wants to "drag Shakespeare out of his moldy old grave" and give him a "cutting edge." There might even be a sock puppet involved. And Mayor Eddie P. Rex presents a loose, modern, comedic interpretation of Sophocles' Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex with a Southern mayor as a guest on a day-time talk show. The Sophie Cleese show, specifically.

8pm Thursdays through Sundays, July 9-12 and July 16-19