2017 FRIGID Festival Launches Today - Check Out the Lineup!
By: BWW News Desk Feb. 15, 2017
FRIGID New York @ Horse Trade will present the 2017 FRIGID Festival at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery) and UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place between 1st Avenue and Avenue A) today, February 15, through March 5.
Tickets ($8-$20) are available for advance purchase at www.horseTRADE.info beginning January 15th. All shows run 60 minutes or less.
Founded in 2007, FRIGID is an open and uncensored theatre festival that gives artists an opportunity to let their ingenuity thrive in a venue that values freedom of expression and artistic determination. In true support of theatre on the fringe of the mainstream, 100% of box office proceeds will go directly to the artists. FRIGID is here to chill out the New York independent theatre scene's ideas of what a theatre festival can be!
18 days. 48 Girls
Presented by St. Olaf Productions from Naugatuck, CT
Written & Performed by Courtney Antonioli, Directed by Chris Chan Roberson
48 teenagers. 18 days. 1 all-girls sleepaway camp. 0 cellphones. A whole lotta "togetherness". One camp director's true stories about the time she didn't strangle children, but so wanted to at times. We didn't get our periods all at once, but there sure was crying. And pixie sticks.
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place) $10
Sat 2/18 @ 12:30pm, Thu 2/23 @ 5:30pm, Sat 2/25 @ 8:50pm, Fri 3/3 @ 5:30pm & Sat 3/4 @ 5:30pm
A Crisis Called New York
Presented by Step1 Theatre Project from New York, NY
Written by Alisha Espinosa
The rent? Astronomical. The apartments? Miniscule. The commute? Don't even get me started. You're in New York. Concrete jungle where dreams are made of. But, damn, what is it about this city that makes you want to scream, or drink, or run, or make questionable sexual choices? In this city, why are you always on the verge of a crisis?
The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street) $15
Wed 2/15 @ 5:30pm, Sun 2/19 @ 3:30pm, Wed 2/22 @ 7:10pm, Mon 2/27 @ 8:50pm & Fri 3/3 @ 6:50pm
A Fifth Dimension: An Unauthorized Twilight Zone Parody
Presented by Sour Grapes Productions from Brooklyn, NY
Written & Directed by Genny Yosco
You are traveling to another dimension - a dimension of Sight, Sound, and time. A dimension where iconic Twilight Zone episodes are staged right before your very eyes, and where dolls come to life and gremlins are on the wing. You've just entered A Fifth Dimension.
The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street) $15
Wed 2/15 @ 7:10pm, Mon 2/20 @ 8:50pm, Tue 2/21 @ 8:50pm, Sun 2/26 @ 6:50pm & Sat 3/4 @ 6:40pm
Ain't That Rich
Presented by Double Backbone from San Francisco, CA
Written & Performed by Kate Robards, Directed by Chris Murray
Kate grew up 'broke' in an East Texas town where in her imagination she keeps up with the small-town rich people. When she grows up, she marries into the One Percent. Now she has a unique look at what money can and cannot buy, including the salvation for a loved one.
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place) $8
Wed 2/15 @ 10:30pm, Sat 2/18 @ 8:50pm, Mon 2/20 @10:30pm, Sat 2/25 @ 12:30pm & Sat 4/4 @ 3:50pm
An Evening Conference on Feminism and Equality at Large at the Fantabulosa Esoteric Cabaret Dada
Presented by Untitled Theatre Collective from New York, NY
Written & Directed by Lucca Damilano
At the Cabaret Voltaire - the Swiss nightclub home of the Dadaists - five important artists of the movement take the stage after being overlooked for so long: its female innovators. Deconstructing the form and content of Dadaism, they explore what it is to be a female in society.
The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street) $20
Thu 2/16 @ 8:50pm, Wed 2/22 @ 8:50pm, Tue 2/28 @ 5:30pm, Wed 3/1 @ 10:30pm & Fri 3/3 @ 8:30pm
Awkward But Graceful
Written & Performed by Nataša Warasch from New York, NY
Directed by Joe Paradise
Inspired by the sitcom "The Golden Girls" Nataša packs her bags and naively embarks on a journey from the Austrian countryside to America. Her dreams of making it in show business are challenged as she's exploited in Los Angeles and becomes homeless in Washington Heights before making a decision that alters her life.
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place) $15
Thu 2/16 @ 8:50pm, Sun 2/19 @ 5:10pm, Fri 2/24 @ 8:50pm, Fri 3/3 @ 10:30pm & Sun 4/5 @ 12:10pm
BLACK!
Written & Performed by Michael Washington Brown from Phoenix, AZ
In this piece you will meet four individuals who will each describe their personal experience with the word BLACK! We will learn about their stories, how their lives are affected by this word, whether positively or otherwise, and most important, their individual perspectives.
We hope to better understand whether there are any similarities or has society 'bought into' the stereotypes that exist and if so... why?
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place) $18
Wed 2/22 @ 8:50pm, Fri 2/24 @ 7:10pm, Sun 2/26 @ 1:50pm, Wed 3/1 @ 8:50pm, Thu 3/2 @ 5:30pm & Sun 3/5 @ 5:10pm
Break Your Heart
Presented by One T Productions from Minneapolis, MN
Written & Performed by Scot Moore, Directed by Ben Layne
Luggage packed, hopes high, and wheels up on the journey of a lifetime... that goes off track right from the start. A transcontinental heartbreak causes a hapless guy to learn international travel on the fly while taking a journey through the years, music, and animation of a lifetime of heartbreaks.
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place) $15
Wed 2/15 @ 5:30pm, Sat 2/18 @ 3:50pm, Sun 2/19 @ 12:10pm, Tue 2/21 @ 5:30pm, Thu 2/23 @ 7:10pm & Sat 2/25 @ 10:30pm
Buyer's Remorse
Presented by The New Collectives from Brooklyn, NY
Written & Performed by Mara Gannon, Directed by David Monteagudo
On a road trip to find the future, the past insists on being a backseat driver. In Buyer's Remorse, one woman opens up about her insecurities, past loves, and fear of the road that lies ahead. But when self-discoveries cause roadblocks, which way do you turn?
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place) $20
Thu 2/16 @ 10:30pm, Sat 2/18 @ 10:30pm, Sun 2/26 @ 12:10pm, Wed 3/1 @ 5:30pm & Fri 3/3 @ 8:50pm
Dangerous When Wet: Booze, Sex, and My Mother
Written & Performed by Jamie Brickhouse from New York, NY
Directed by David Drake
Sodomite Jamie Brickhouse (two-time Moth SLAM champion) faces his three most important relationships, booze, sex, and his Texas tornado of a mother Mama Jean, in this darkly comic tour de force. Based on his critically acclaimed memoir, which Interview magazine calls "as funny as an evening with Carrie Fisher," it sparkles under the direction of Obie Award-winning David Drake.
The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street) $15
Thu 2/23 @ 5:30pm, Sun 2/26 @ 3:30pm, Mon 2/27 @ 5:30pm, Tue 2/28 @ 10:30pm & Sat 3/4 @ 8:20pm
Denial is a Wonderful Thing
Presented by EXIT Theatre from San Francisco, CA
Written by Christina Augello & John Caldon, Directed by Ryan Marchand
One woman, three continents, six decades, and a lusty affair: from Mumbai to the Outback, New York to the Haight, and naïve schoolgirl to free spirit, Christina reveals all in this one-woman "talk story".
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place) $15
Thu 2/16 @ 7:10pm, Sat 2/18 @ 2:10pm, Tue 2/21 @ 7:10pm, Sun 2/26 @ 5:10pm, Wed 3/1 @ 7:10pm & Sat 3/4 @ 8:50pm
Go! Go! Gilgamesh!
Written by Phoebe Kreutz, Directed by Jacob Brandt from New York, NY
The world's first written epic gets a joke-folk makeover in this spirited romp through ancient Mesopotamia. It's about love, friendship and the adventure that defined humanity, as we know it. The cast plays all the instruments. The set is made out of cardboard. The memories are forever.
The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street) $18
Wed 2/15 @ 8:50pm, Sat 2/18 @ 5pm, Tue 2/21 @ 10:30pm, Sat 2/25 @ 5pm & Tue 2/28 @ 8:50pm
How to Sell Your Gang Rape Baby* *For Parts
Presented by puss n puss from New York, NY
Written by Libby Emmons, Directed by Michele Travis
Libby and Ali are going to save America from itself, one gang rape baby at a time. These wellness professionals have spent their careers trying to be their best selves, and now it's time to use that inner light to burn bright the torch of freedom.
The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street) $20
Sat 2/18 @ 6:40pm, Mon 2/20 @ 7:10pm, Sat 2/25 @ 8:20pm, Mon 2/27 @ 10:30pm & Sat 3/4 @ 3:20pm
Illusion of Choice: A Magical Experience with Kardenni
Presented by Kardenni Entertainment from Orlando, FL
Written by Dennis Friebe & Antwan Towner, Directed By David Meneses
Sophisticated fun, mind-expanding miracles, intelligent comedy magic. A show that demonstrates and encourages people to think and laugh at the same time. This is a real contrast in entertainment and a paradigm shifter.
The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street) $15
Thu 2/16 @ 5:30pm, Thu 2/23 @ 8:50pm, Sat 2/25 @ 1:40pm, Sun 2/26 @ 12:10pm, Tue 2/28 @ 7:10pm & Fri 3/3 @ 5:10pm
Joe's Charnitski's Funeral
Written & Performed by Joe Charnitski from Ossing, NY
A true story of two eulogies, eight years apart, and all the living and loving and laughing and crying and dreaming and growing that happened in between. A celebration of fathers and sons, of vagabond shoes, little town blues and swallowing your pride when do you do go home again.
The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street) $10
Sat 2/18 @ 6:40pm, Sun 2/19 @ 6:50pm, Tue 2/21 @ 7:10pm, Fri 2/24 @ 5:10pm & Thu 3/2 @ 10:30pm
Mark Toland, Mind Reader
Presented by MT Productions from Chicago, IL
Written & Performed by Mark Toland
Mark Toland is the "Top Booked Mind Reader in the US & Canada". He knows what you're thinking and proves it in this fast paced performance. Can he read your mind?
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place) $10
Fri 2/17 @ 10:30pm, Fri 2/24 @ 10:30pm, Sun 2/26 @ 3:30pm, Mon 2/27 @ 7:10pm, Thu 3/2 @ 8:50pm & Sat 3/4 @ 7:10pm
Presented by Bento and the Boxes Productions from New York, NY
Written by Manning Jordan
Mr. Long chronicles the end of senior year at a Texas all-girl high school. Within the context of an advisory, the play explores female friendships, privilege, single-sex education and teacher-student relationships.
The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street) $15
Sat 2/18 @ 3:20pm, Mon 2/20 @ 5:30pm, Wed 2/22 @ 10:30pm, Sat 2/25 @ 6:40pm & Thu 3/2 @ 7:10pm
Nicky's Solo Improvised Musical
Presented by The Nicky Network from Toronto, ON
Performed by Nicky Nasrallah with Musical Director Ashley Botting
With nothing but a piano and a very talented musical director on stage, Nicky uses his undeniable charm and vocal prowess to create a brand new, never before written musical based on audience suggestions. Nicky's spontaneous and hilarious melodies, lyrics and characters that will leave you wondering how he did it!
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place) $10
Fri 2/24 @ 5:30pm, Sat 2/25 @ 3:50pm, Mon 2/27 @ 5:30pm, Wed 3/1 @ 10:30pm, Fri 3/3 @ 7:10pm & Sat 3/4 @ 12:30pm
Not Show Business
Written & Performed by Kelly Dwyer from New York, NY
Kelly's gone off her meds and dropped her alter egos for this reflective, revealing storytelling show. Connected by improvised soundscapes, she regales with tales she's really only told at parties to friends. Kelly invites you into the party and speaks comedically and candidly about mental illness, bullies, abortion and how 9/11 saved her life. This time it's personal and not show business...
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place) $15
Fri 2/17 @ 7:10pm, Wed 2/22 @ 5:30pm, Mon 2/27 @ 8:50pm, Tue 2/28 @ 7:10pm & Sat 3/4 @ 2:10pm
Rotten Apple: Escape to LA?
Presented by Rotten Apple from New York, NY
Written & Directed by Amanda Nicastro and Matthew K. Sears
Amanda and Matthew love New York City! But NYC loves no one! Subway people cough into your ear, snowdrifts are trash, and for every rat you see there are 20 hidden. Across the country, sunny Los Angeles beckons. Can our heroes resist the siren song? Will they escape to LA?
The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street) $15
Wed 2/15 @ 10:30pm, Sun 2/19 @ 5:10pm, Thu 2/23 @ 10:30pm, Mon 2/27 @ 7:10pm & Thu 3/2 @ 5:30pm
SAHM's Club
Presented by Playful Substance from Brooklyn, NY
Written & Performed by Bree O'Connor, Directed by Jill DeArmon
SAHM's Club is a dispatch from deep in the Brooklyn Mommy Game where Free Rangers and Helicopters expose the methods behind their madness and the madness behind their methods.
The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street) $18
Fri 2/17 @ 8:30pm, Sat 2/18 @ 1:40pm, Mon 2/20 @ 10:30pm, Wed 3/1 @ 8:50pm & Sun 3/5 @ 3:30pm
Scientist Turned Comedian
Written & Performed by Tim X Lee from Carlsbad, CA
Lee, who got his PhD before realizing where his true talents lay, blends science talk (complete with PowerPoint presentations) with comedy. The hilarious result is like what would happen if you crossed your high-school chem teacher with George Carlin.
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place) $18
Wed 2/15 @ 8:50pm, Sat 2/18 @ 7:10pm, Sun 2/19 @ 3:30pm, Mon 2/20 @ 5:30pm, Thu 2/23 @ 10:30pm & Sat 3/25 @ 2:10pm
Sienna's Mantram, or (a change of pace at China Lake)
Written by Zach Stephens, Directed by Kelly Webb from New York, NY
Guests check into a meditational B&B for an escape; from their jobs, from their deteriorating relationships...from ominous lights following them through the desert? Between a dead guest, a big-budget Hollywood remake, and the mysterious history of its location, the B&B will start to show its teeth. Can the guests keep their chakra's centered, or will they be swallowed whole?
The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street) $18
Sat 2/18 @ 8:20pm, Thu 2/23 @ 7:10pm, Sat 2/25 @ 3:20pm, Wed 3/1 @ 5:30pm & Sun 3/5 @ 12:10pm
The Chronicle Single's Handbook
Written & Performed by RAndy Ross from Somerville, MA
Directed by Manny Hans
A chronically single guy takes a trip around the world hoping to change his luck with love. Handbook offers an unapologetic look at how men feel about sex, love, marriage, and massage parlors. Adult situations, adult language, and more adult situations including a visit to a body spa named "The Curious Finger."
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place) $20
Wed 2/15 @ 7:10pm, Sat 2/18 @ 5:30pm, Sun 2/19 @ 1:50pm, Mon 2/20 @ 8:50pm, Wed 2/22 @ 7:10pm & Sun 2/26 @ 6:50pm
The Idaho Jackson Action Playset
Presented by Nefarious Laboratory from New York, NY
Written & Performed by Brad Lawrence, Directed by Cyndi Freeman
The Cold War, The AIDS Crisis, random acts of violence, Satanism, nausea, sunstroke, caged animals, and The Wonderful World of Disney. These are the makings of childhood. Renowned storyteller Brad Lawrence makes comedy out of the shared national tragedy that was the Reagan era in The Idaho Jackson Action Playset.
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place) $12
Thu 2/16 @ 5:30pm, Sun 2/19 @ 6:50pm, Thu 2/23 @ 8:50pm, Thu 3/2 @ 10:30pm & Sun 3/5 @ 1:50pm
The Love Song of Tonya Harding
Written & Performed by Clara Elser from Queens, NY
It's been twenty years since the Nancy Kerrigan attack, and Tonya Harding needs cash. At a bar to emcee a 2014 Olympic viewing party Tonya traces her journey from trailer park to international punch line. Told with a darkly comic voice, this solo show explores one of sport's most notorious figures and her quest for redemption.
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place) $18
Fri 2/17 @ 8:50pm, Mon 2/20 @ 7:10pm, Sat 2/25 @ 5:30pm, Tue 2/28 @ 5:30pm & Sat 3/4 @ 10:30pm
The Refugee Plays
Presented by SNOWY OWL from New York, NY
Written by Carlos Castro, Penny Jackson, Charles Gershman, Sean Cunningham & Callie Kimball, Directed by Dan Dinero
What does it mean to be a refugee in a world on fire? In this group of short plays, contemporary playwrights Carlos Castro, Penny Jackson, Charles Gershman, Sean E. Cunningham, and Callie Kimball tell powerful stories of refugees today. Conceived during the 2016 presidential campaign, these stories resonate even more loudly now.
The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street) $18
Thu 2/16 @ 10:30pm, Tue 2/21 @ 5:30pm, Fri 2/24 @ 6:50pm, Thu 3/2 @ 8:50pm & Sun 3/5 @ 5:10pm
The Wedding Guest
Presented by ShoePak Productions from London, UK
Written & Performed by Raphael Perahia, Directed by Shea WojtusThe Wedding Guest is a solo character-comedy chronicling the ups and downs of Juan
Dominguez a thick-moustached general, and J'VaAnN a lovesick poet as they pine for the love of one woman; Leela.
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place) $15
Fri 2/17 @ 5:30pm, Wed 2/22 @ 10:30pm, Sat 2/25 @ 7:10pm, Mon 2/27 @ 10:30pm, Thu 3/2 @ 7:10pm & Sun 3/5 @ 3:30pm
Upstream Swimming
Written & Performed by Lindsey Steinert from New York, NY
In the late 80's (before having same-sex parents was considered "cool"), Dad and Pop decided they wanted to have a family. A few years and many unique attempts later - enter Lindsey: your typical 20-something year old girl, who just happens to have two gay dads.
The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street) $15
Thu 2/16 @ 7:10pm, Wed 2/22 @ 5:30pm, Fri 2/24 @ 8:30pm, Sun 2/26 @ 1:50pm & Sat 3/4 @ 5pm
Woolgatherers
Presented by Asylos from Brooklyn, NY
Devised & Written by Asylos, Directed by G.J. Dowding & Graham Shelton
Woolgatherers is inspired by Patti Smith's artistry and performed as a multi-media re-imagined concert. Traveling through various realms of time, the woolgatherers seek to understand the root of their existence and resolve the oppression of their cyclical reality. This fantasy performance piece unveils complex layers of identity, gender, displacement and loss, and belongs to a trilogy devised by Asylos.
The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street) $18
Fri 2/17 @ 6:50pm, Sun 2/19 @ 1:50pm, Sun 2/26 @ 5:10pm, Wed 3/1 @ 7:10pm & Sat 3/4 @ 1:40pm
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