American Stage Theatre Announces Upcoming Cabaret, After Hours Events

American Stage Theatre Company's Susan R. Hough Cabaret and "After Hours" series in the Raymond James Theatre continue with eight productions in Aug. and Sept., DAMAGE CONTROL, VIVE LA PIAF, A COUPLE OF BLAGUARDS, THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES, THE DUMB SHOW, JAYNE SINGS: MY TRIBUTE TO Lena Horne, LOVE WITH THE LIGHTS ON and JAZZ ON THIRD.

3rd Sunday Comedy Night

DAMAGE CONTROL: AN EVENING OF COMEDY SHORTS
"After Hours" Series
August 15 @ 8 p.m.
All tickets: "Pay-What-You-Can" at the door and $15 in advance.

Damage Control shorts have been featured on Dr. Demento, in regular rotation on XM/Sirius, Arsenio's Funniest Videos, Funlittle Movies and Sprint cellular. Episodes #1 and #2 of The No Show and several additional shorts will be featured during the evening. Complimentary CD's of their first three albums and DVD's of The No Show will be given away.

VIVE LA PIAF featuring Judy London

Susan R. Hough Cabaret
August 20 & 21 @ 8:30 p.m.
August 22 @ 6 p.m.
August 23 @ 7 p.m.
All tickets: "Pay-What-You-Can" at the door and $15 in advance.

American Stage Theatre Company new Cabaret series continues with Vive La Piaf, Aug. 20 thru 23. A French cabaret artist in the Bay area for more than two decades, Judy specializes in the chansons of Edith Piaf -- mixing Piaf's beloved classics with lesser-known gems. Judy's program, sung mostly in French, will take you back to WWII era Paris.

A COUPLE OF BLAGUARDS

"After Hours" Series
Aug. 24 thru 29
Tickets prices are $24. "Pay-What-You-Can" on Aug. 24.

American Stage Theatre Company continues its "After Hours" series with the return of Frank and Malachy McCourt's comedy, A COUPLE OF BLAGUARDS, running Aug. 24 thru 29. This triumphant return engagement will once again star patron favorite Howard Platt and newcomer Jarlath Conroy. Written by Frank McCourt, who is best known for his novel "Angela's Ashes," and Malachy McCourt, A COUPLE OF BLAGUARDS tells the brother's tales of boyhood in Limerick and early adulthood as immigrants in New York. While pathos lurks beneath the humorous observations of behavior under the pressure of poverty, bigotry and adversity, the chief intent of the stories of childhood privation, escape and adult misadventure is simply to laugh at life's absurdities.

THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES

"After Hours" Series
August 27 and 28, September 24 and 25 at 10:30 p.m.
September 26 at 8:30 p.m.
August 29 and 30, September 27 at 7 p.m.
All tickets: "Pay-What-You-Can" at the door and $15 in advance.

Obie Award-winner Eve Ensler's whirlwind tour of a forbidden zone, The Vagina Monologues introduces a wildly divergent gathering of female voices, including a six-year-old girl, a septuagenarian New Yorker, a vagina workshop participant, a woman who witnesses the birth of her granddaughter, a Bosnian survivor of rape, and a feminist happy to have found a man who "liked to look at it."

THE DUMB SHOW featuring Gavin Hawke and Ricky Wayne

"After Hours" Series
September 5 at 8 p.m.
All tickets: "Pay What You Can" at the door, $15 in advance

THE DUMB SHOW's final performance before it is retired! THE DUMB SHOW is a hilarious and irreverent take on the world, starting with a simple audience suggestion, after which Hawk and Wayne create a series of characters and scenes that showcase the best and worst of humanity, and will have you laughing and shaking your head in wonder at the same time.

JAYNE SINGS: MY TRIBUTE TO Lena Horne

Featuring Jayne Trinette
Susan R. Hough Cabaret
September 4, 5, 6, 11 and 12 at 7 p.m.
All tickets: "Pay What You Can" at the door, $15 in advance

A witty and playful jazz filled concert featuring songs made popular by the unforgettable stage, television and film actress, Lena Horne. Jayne Trinette is a singer, actor and songwriter from Tampa seen on Broadway and National Tours of THE LION KING and CAROLINE, OR CHANGE. Other regional credits include AIN'T MISBEHAVIN, SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE, NUNCRACKERS, PURLIE, THE WIZ, and LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS. She also starred in last fall's smash hit FENCES. www.wix.com/jaynetrinette/music

Back by popular demand - One night only!

LOVE WITH THE LIGHTS ON
Featuring Becca McCoy, Susan R. Hough Cabaret
September 13 at 7 p.m.

A St. Pete native, Becca McCoy brings her hit solo cabaret, LOVE WITH THE LIGHTS ON, back to American Stage. Funny, expressive, and sincere, Becca will present an evening of Broadway's contemporary anthems to all things love - from dating to affairs to parenthood and beyond. Featuring "Everybody's Girl", "Loving You", "Fifty Percent" and many more sung in Becca's inimitable style. With James Weaver on piano.

JAZZ ON THIRD: CLASSICAL JAZZ FOR A NEW ERA

Featuring Emilia Sargent, Susan R. Hough Cabaret
September 24 and 25 at 10 p.m., 26 and 27 at 7 p.m.

Funny, sexy, and poignant, JAZZ ON THIRD entertains with a spectrum of beloved standards from the Great American Songbook, Broadway hits and original music by James Crumbly. Songs include favorites such as "You Hit the Spot," "Deed I Do," "Peel Me a Grape," "If I Were a Bell," "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea," "Bewitched," "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To," "More Than You Know," "Get Happy," "The Frim Fram Sauce" and many others.

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