2011 FRIGID New York Festival Announces All Shows

FRIGID New York is a Fringe Festival located in the heart of the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The selection process is part first- come, first- serve, and part lottery. FRIGID New York returns 100% of the box office revenue to the participating company. FRIGID New York offers 30 production slots no longer than 60 minutes in length: 10 shows each in The Kraine Theater, The Red Room, and UNDER St. Marks.

Listing:

A Kind Kind Man
When 14-year-old Flora shows up on Willard's doorstep selling toothpaste with a smile, Willard's repressed masculinity surfaces - triggering desires to drop his perfect muffin baking wife and run off with the unwilling Flora to the Virgin Islands. Dentistry meets Little Red Ridding Hood in this dark and modern farce.
UNDER St. Marks
Press Performances: Thu 2/24 @ 7:30pm, Sat 2/26 @ 2:30pm, & Wed 3/2 @ 9pm

The Bitter Poet: Looking for Love in All the Wrong Black Box Performance Spaces
New York City's comic performance artist, The Bitter Poet, performs his guitar-driven poems in this darkly humorous and satirical one-man show about searching for True Love and the contortionists you meet along the way... A high-energy, irreverent celebration of the crazy things we do for love.
UNDER St. Marks
Press Performances: Fri 2/25 @ 10:30pm, Sat 2/26 @ 8:30pm, & Thu 3/3 @ 9pm

Boat Load
Gary is a brilliant actor who needs a thousand dollars to participate in a high-profile performer showcase. Also, his cat needs a thousand dollar operation, but that's too much money to spend on a cat.
The Red Room
Press Performances: Fri 2/25 @ 6:30pm, Sat 2/26 @ 3:30pm, & Mon 2/28 @ 8pm

Fate, Fury and Musical Theatre: A Kind of Cabaret
In a panic, a young actress drives from her house in the suburbs of New York until she can't drive anymore. On the beach at the very tip of Long Island, the Three Fates of ancient mythology, androgynous and fabulous, wash onto the shore like Venus on the foam and lead the girl on a journey of self-discovery and show tunes.
The Red Room
Press Performances: Thu 2/24 @ 8pm, Fri 2/25 @ 11pm, & Sun 2/27 @ 12:30pm

f-ing Girls
A hilarious and misguided romantic fantasy about a young man "sleeping" his way through his ex-girlfriends en route to find true love, with a couple of major speed bumps along the way.
The Kraine Theater
Press Performances: Wed 2/23 @ 6pm, Sat 2/26 @ 4pm, & Wed 3/2 @ 7:30pm

FUNNY
A trunk show
The ridiculous story of Mohamed who, after numerous denials at the immigration agency -- (not legible, not the proper forms of ID, used pencil instead of pen) returns and this time, brings a trunk full of life -- songs, dreams, memories. A hilarious portrait of the absurdities foreigners deal with in America.
UNDER St. Marks
Press Performances: Thu 2/24 @ 9pm, Sat 2/26 @ 5:30pm, & Sun 2/27 @ 5:30pm

Goodnight Lovin' Trail
A subtle and touching drama that takes place at a truck stop diner in West Texas, where two desperate and lonely strangers find redemption in each other's eyes while discussing a stolen guitar. The play explores raw human emotions and consequences while these two desperate characters navigate and come to terms with the choices they've made on the road of life.
The Red Room
Press Performances: Wed 2/23 @ 11pm, Sat 2/26 @ 6:30pm, & Mon 2/28 @ 6:30pm

Hi, How Can I Help You?
The silly side of the sex industry: a one woman musical. Six women at a NYC house of domination navigate the volatile economy of the sex industry during a recession, the night of Barrack Obama's 2008 presidential election. They laugh, they cry, they roller-skate and hula-hoop.
The Kraine Theater
Press Performances: Thu 2/24 @ 10:30pm, Sun 2/27 @ 7pm, & Tue 3/1 @ 9pm

The Hyperbolist
Grandiloquent farces of tiny proportion-- or-- desperate puppets want love. Joe Mazza's phantasmagorically raucous world returns to NYC.
The Red Room
Press Performances: Thu 2/24 @ 11pm, Sat 2/26 @ 5pm, & Sun 2/27 @ 2pm

I Love You (We're F*#ked)
Kevin J Thornton has been featured on NPR's "All Things Considered" and is the recent New Faces Winner at The Comedy Store in Hollywood. His hilarious new show is a wild mix of concert, stand up and storytelling.
UNDER St. Marks
Press Performances: Thu 2/24 @ 10:30pm, Sat 2/26 @ 4pm, & Sun 2/27 @ 4pm

I'm Not Sure I Like the Way You Licked Me!
Through humor, honesty and a little bit of rock and roll, come share with Bricken the battles she has fought, the mountains she has climbed and the licks she has endured.
UNDER St. Marks
Press Performances: Wed 2/23 @ 9pm, Sun 2/27 @ 1pm, & Mon 2/28 @ 9pm

Inside Straight
Johnny Ace is a street-smart surveillance expert. He plays poker with our lives and tells us like it is. A "New Age Noir" detective, he tracks a life-and-death story about the invasion of privacy in our high-tech world.
UNDER St. Marks
Press Performances: Fri 2/25 @ 6pm, Sat 2/26 @ 10pm, & Wed 3/2 @ 6pm

JapJAP
JapJAP is trying to find out who she is, tearing down borders and tearing off clothes. Her body is her only road map as she embarks on a journey through identity, culture, and history.
The Kraine Theater
Press Performances: Fri 2/25 @ 5:30pm, Sat 2/26 @ 2:30pm, & Tue 3/1 @ 10:30pm

Joe: The Perfect Man
After losing his job, Joe's passion to play all the lead roles in "The Scottish Play" explodes to the surface. Soon after he stumbles upon a Macbeth Open Call Audition and sees it as his one chance to fulfill his destiny. Through ridiculous failures and absurd attempts at brilliance he stumbles through the opportunity of a lifetime.
The Kraine Theater
Press Performances: Fri 2/25 @ 4pm, Sun 2/27 @ 4pm, & Mon 2/28 @ 7:30pm

Mendacity
Through the integration of dynamic multi-media installations, Mendacity, a solo word-collage, takes you deep inside the mind of a splintering personality wrought with self-loathing and denial over sexual assault. Join us in a rebellious journey of fragmented transcendence and the offering of hope.
The Kraine Theater
Press Performances: Thu 2/24 @ 9pm, Sat 2/26 @ 8:30pm, & Mon 2/28 @ 9pm

The Mysterious Mystery of Mystery Street
A beautiful lady in a red dress hires two clueless private eyes to investigate a matter of intrigue, foul play, and homoerotic undertones. Dangerous mystery, mysterious danger, and one big Lonely Sausage.
The Kraine Theater
Press Performances: Thu 2/24 @ 7:30pm, Sat 2/26 @ 5:30pm, & Wed 3/2 @ 10:30pm

My Pal Izzy: The Early Life and Music of Irving Berlin
Narrated by Berlin's childhood friend Becky, My Pal Izzy is a musical comedy that explores the early life of famed composer Irving Berlin. From a song plugger to a singing waiter, young Irving would do anything to succeed.
The Kraine Theater
Press Performances: Thu 2/24 @ 6pm, Fri 2/25 @ 7pm, & Sun 2/27 @ 2:30pm

ONEymoon (A Honeymoon for One)
A solo tour-de-force comedy about a woman who decides to marry herself. Humor, heart and tap-dancing too!
UNDER St. Marks
Press Performances: Wed 2/23 @ 6pm, Sat 2/26 @ 7pm, & Sun 2/27 @ 2:30pm

The Oregon Trail: Quest for the West!
Inspired by the iconic game, The Oregon Trail: Quest for the West! is an interactive comedy with music. Join our five brave pioneers on a grueling journey as they fight snakebites, dysentery and meager rations. Will YOU ford the river?
The Kraine Theater
Press Performances: Wed 2/23 @ 7:30pm, Sat 2/26 @ 7pm, & Mon 2/28 @ 6pm

Paradise Lost by John Milton
This extraordinary production is a visual and technical treat replete with stunning CGI, spellbinding puppetry and first-rate storytelling.
UNDER St. Marks
Press Performances: Wed 2/23 @ 10:30pm, Fri 2/25 @ 7:30pm, & Mon 2/28

Pretty-n-Papi
The very last reality show to be made. Are Pretty & Papi the first 'reality' lesbian couple? The 1st immigrant couple? Poster children for love after sixty? Let this zany trio of women take you on an energetic and absurd ride to the future of reality television.
UNDER St. Marks
Press Performances: Thu 2/24 @ 6pm, Sun 2/27 @ 7pm, & Mon 2/28 @ 6pm

Saving Tania's Privates
Funny, outrageous and true! This critically acclaimed comedy hit from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival will have you laughing till you weep. A show about far-out families, quirky girlfriends and boobs...but not necessarily in that order.
UNDER St. Marks
Press Performances: Wed 2/23 @ 7:30pm, Fri 2/25 @ 9pm, & Sat 2/26 @ 1pm

Scarlet Woman
Scarlet Woman is a two-woman, film noir thriller. This brand-spanking new play is a colorful homage to all the dangerous Delilahs of noir. A fast and furious exploration of all the extreme female archetypes in this genre. One femme fatale, two actresses, twelve characters, and more dead bodies than the last scene of Hamlet.
The Kraine Theater
Press Performances: Wed 2/23 @ 10:30pm, Sat 2/26 @ 1pm, & Sun 2/27 @ 5:30pm

The Shorebound Swim With a One-Click Kick: A Tragedy of Reason
A genius removes himself from society and attempts to unlock the science behind the secrets of the human experience; a boy gets his first taste of love, lust and betrayal; and a desperate caretaker struggles to control her destiny in this gripping drama that connects the cerebral with matters of the heart.
The Red Room
Press Performances: Wed 2/23 @ 6:30pm, Sat 2/26 @ 8pm, & Mon 2/28 @ 9:30pm

There is No Good News
Bringing together bullwhip-armed children, bomb scares, and runaway fryalators, There Is No Good News is Mogolov's hilarious search for something-anything-he can teach his daughter. Somewhere between Spalding Gray doing slapstick and Mike Birbiglia analyzing McLuhan, Mogolov's style is relaxed, congenial, and witty, sneaking insights in between near-constant laughs.
The Red Room
Press Performances: Thu 2/24 @ 6:30pm, Sat 2/26 @ 2pm, & Tue 3/1 @ 9:30pm

TIRED WAVE STOP!
The Sea Captain has one rule: life at sea. But after falling in love with a mermaid, plus taking on a new crewmember, the old man of the sea is forced to examine the costs and rewards of his stubbornness. A grown-up comedic yarn.
The Red Room
Press Performances: Wed 2/23 @ 9:30pm, Fri 2/25 @ 9:30pm, & Sun 2/27 @ 5pm

We Might Be Experimenting On You
Dr's. Bernazky and Jones (PhD, BFA, WTF) are seeking participants in a theatrical research study. Lab rats will be asked to perform various convention-blasting, audience-related tasks. Hijinks and non-slip shoes are required.
The Red Room
Press Performances: Fri 2/25 @ 8pm, Sun 2/27 @ 6:30pm, & Thu 3/3 @ 6:30pm

Wonder Woman: A How To Guide for Little Jewish Girls
Two-time FringeNYC award-winning writer/performer Cyndi Freeman's latest solo show traces her journey from little suburban Jewish girl obsessed with Wonder Woman to becoming the fabulous burlesque Queen, Cherry Pitz, in NYC. Join her on a crusade to right wrongs while wearing fabulous costumes.
The Red Room
Press Performances: Wed 2/23 @ 8pm, Sat 2/26 @ 9:30pm, & Tue 3/1 @ 8pm

Year of the Slut
As a horny 18 year old virgin on a quest for romance, a naive Jewish Canadian girl moves to NYC and becomes entangled in seduction, heartbreak and adventure. Jennifer Lieberman weaves her provocative poetry across the stage while bringing nine vivid characters to life.
The Red Room
Press Performances: Thu 2/24 @ 9:30pm, Sat 2/26 @ 11pm, & Sun 2/27 @ 3:30pm

YIPPIE!
An explosive look back on the events that defined the Youth International Party. 1967 meets 2011 in this time twisting exploration of freedom, fun, and fanatics.
The Kraine Theater
Press Performances: Wed 2/23 @ 9pm, Fri 2/25 @ 8:30pm, & Sun 2/27 @ 1pm

 

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