Paul Iacono's PSYCHEDELIC PLAYHOUSE To Premiere at The Green Room 42

Star of Mercury Fur, G.B.F., and MTV's The Hard Times Of RJ Berger, Paul Iacono stars along with the underground personalities of Downtown New York in the world premiere of his musical-cabaret epic, PSYCHEDELIC PLAYHOUSE at The Green Room 42 , Thursday, May 4th & Friday, May 5th 8:00pm.

PSYCHEDELIC PLAYHOUSE is directed by Aaron Mark (Empanada Loca, Patti Issues), and features musical direction by Jacob Yates , musical supervision & arrangements by Peter Saxe , set design by Jason Lee Courson , artwork by Paul Tuller , and boasts a cast of Downtown New York personalities including Sophia Lamar , Molly Pope , L acretta Nicole , Jarvis Derrell , Chris Weaver , Doug Plaut , Michael Cavadias , Brik Olson , Thomas Arbuckle , Gerry Visco , Alexander Might , Emily D'Onofrio , Mason Amelotte , Colin Buckingham and N ikalena Iacono.

In PSYCHEDELIC PLAYHOUSE , the galaxy is in the midst of a civil war. The Evil Orange Grand Douche has outlawed art, sentencing millions to artistic genocide. The seven last surviving " degenerate artists " perform, and live together at Paul Iacono's Psychedelic Playhouse , the last performance art-speakeasy in the galaxy. A mystical mansion inhabited by Frida Kahlo , Josephine Baker , Toulouse Lautrec , Jean-Michel Basquiat , Quentin Crisp & " Little Edie " Bouvier Beale , a.k.a. The Playhouse Gang . Join Paul as he ventures on an epic, musical space odyssey to find Dr. Nina Simone , rescue The Princess, and save The Playhouse from the Evil Orange Grand Douche's reign of perversion & terror.

Paul Iacono's
PSYCHEDELIC PLAYHOUSE Episode I - The Degenerates Strike Back Written & Created by Paul Iacono Directed by Aaron Mark
Musical Direction by Jacob Yates
Musical Arrangements & Supervision by Peter Saxe Set Design by Jason Lee Courson Artwork by Paul Tuller

With
Sophia Lamar , Molly Pope , Lacretta Nicole ,
Jarvis Derrell , Doug Plaut, Chris Weaver , Michael Cavadias
Brik Olson , Colin Buckingham , Thomas Arbuckle , G erry Visco Alexander Might , Emily D'Onofrio , Mason Amelotte , and Nikalena Iacono

The Green Room 42 , Inside Yotel
(570 10th Ave, inside Yotel, 4th Floor) Thursday, May 4th & Friday, May 5th at 8:00pm. Tickets : web.ovationtix.com/trs/cal/34878/1493611200000

Aaron Mark is a New York-based director and playwright. As writer-director: Empanada Loca with Daphne Rubin-Vega (LAByrinth Theater Company, 3 Drama Desk nominations, OCC nomination), Another Medea with Tom Hewitt (All For One at the Cherry Lane and the Wild Project), and the upcoming Squeamish with Alison Fraser. His plays Empanada Loca and Deer (which recently premiered at Stage West) are published by Dramatists Play Service. Directing credits include The Mystery of Irma Vep and Deathtrap (Berkshire Theatre Festival), Ben Rimalower's long-running, award-winning Patti Issues and Bad With Money (Duplex and tours), Hedwig... (BC/EFA at New World Stages), Ghostlight Nine (AFO at the Cherry Lane), and Paul Iacono's Where's the f-ing Kid (54 Below) and Psychedelic Hedonism (Joe's Pub). He is the writer-director of three independent feature films and is a New York Theatre Workshop Usual Suspect, but he does not have aaronmark.com because it belongs to a German gay porn star with the same name, so his website is aaronmark.nyc.

A graduate of Manhattan's Professional Performing Arts High School, Paul Iacono is best known for his portrayal of the title character on MTV's The Hard Times of RJ Berger. Paul was first featured on The Rosie O'Donnell Show, age eight, after she discovered his unique talents for impersonating Frank Sinatra and Ethel Merman. Favorite stage credits include: Mercury Fur (The New Group), Bridget Everett's Rock Bottom (The Public Theater), Noe?l Coward's Sail Away with Elaine Stritch (Carnegie Hall), and John Guare's Landscape of the Body at Signature Theater with Lili Taylor and Sherie Rene Scott. Paul Iacono's Film work includes MGM's remake of FAME, Drew Barrymore's Animal, Darren Stein's G.B.F. and upcoming Extracurricular Activities, with Timothy Simons (HBO's VEEP) and "Dating My Mother" with Kathy Najimy. Iacono's plays Prince/Elizabeth, premiered at The Teatro LATEA Theater, and The Last Great Dame, (loosely inspired by his relationship with Elaine Stritch), at HOWL! Happening Gallery. His previous cabarets, Where's The f-ing Kid? premiered at 54 Below and Psychedelic Hedonism at Joe's Pub (NY Mag - Theater Critic's Pick). Instagram @psychedelichedonism

Jacob Yates is a classically trained cellist and pianist originally from Lexington, Kentucky. Jacob attended the Conservatory of Music (CCM) in Cincinnati for Cello Performance under the teaching of Yehuda Hanani and Ilya Finkelshteyn. While in college he began to work with the Musical Theater program extensively. Since moving to New York Jacob has music directed many shows at 54 Below (1776, Band Geeks, The Pajama Game, Anneliese Van Der Pol, etc.)

Jason Lee Courson is a New York based scenic and production designer for theatre, film, industrial events and fashion. Jason's off-Broadway productions include the currently running, hit sensation NEWSical and A Stoop On Orchard Street among others. Regionally he has designed a multitude of musicals (West Side Story, Gypsy, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and La Cage Aux Folles to name a few). Jason's production design work (including projection) has also been featured in several seasons of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week (including the last 6 Red Dress Collections for The Heart Truth). Jason Courson's most recent film design credits include The Big Gay Musical, You Can't Have It All, and Go Go Crazy. Jason holds an MFA in Scenic Design from the Conservatory of Theater Arts and Film at Purchase College, SUNY.

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