Beaches 2 is a sketch comedy group, and they have a monthly comedy show! This month, they are going to talk about the education pillar of out teen and pre-teen years, after-school specials. Featuring the incomparable Erin Markey! The comedy show, presented by Horse Trade Theater Group and Beaches 2, will play at Under St Marks Theater (94 St. Marks Place between 1st and A) Thursday, May 12th @ 10:30pm. Tickets ($5) are available at the door. They serve beer!
Every second Thursday of the month, Beaches 2 will bring you a brand new hour-long sketch comedy show! Each month they choose a theme and write thousands of jokes on that topic. Past topics include farts, the holidays, John Travolta, pageants, and getting dumped. Beaches 2: sketch comedy for best friends.
Erin Markey is a Brooklyn-based writer/performer. Recent projects include In The Pony Palace/ Football (Half Straddle) the NYC premiere of Tennessee Williams' Green Eyes (Hudson Hotel), Jeffery and Cole Casserole (LOGO Network), and her solo musical, Puppy Love: A Stripper's Tail (PS 122, soloNOVA). She is a company member of Half Straddle and her work in FAMILY was heralded as "the scariest performance of the year" in 2009 by Time Out NY. As a playwright, she was invited to the Lincoln Center Director's Lab and is currently developing her newest work, The Dardy Family Home Movies by Stephen Sondheim by Erin Markey, to premiere at the San Francisco International Film Festival's Kinotek Series in the Fall of 2011. As a cabaret and performance artist, she regularly presents work at Our Hit Parade with Kenny Mellman, Bridget Everett and Neal Medlyn at Joe's Pub (The Public). www.erinmarkey.com
MEET BEACHES 2:
Tanya O'Debra is an art-doer. Her play Radio Star was nominated for three New York Innovative Theatre Awards: Outstanding Full Length Script, Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role and Outstanding Original Music. Radio Star ran at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, The Red Room, Ars Nova, and is published by Original Works. Miss O'Debra is the reigning Miss Fag Hag 2010. Formerly of comedic twin sister act, The O'Debra Twins, Miss O'Debra was the co-host of the popular open mic SHOW AND TELL at The Bowery Poetry Club for five years. Miss O'Debra was the co-writer, co-director, and a cast member of Fuck You or Dead Pee-holes; an American Tale in 13 Acts, which won the top award at Fringe NYC. She plays Patrice O'Debra in Straight Up Vampire, a perennial favorite at Joe's Pub. Creep on her at www.tanyaodebra.com "There can be no doubting O'Debra's talent: she's got a vocal arsenal that puts Saturday Night Live's Kristin Wiig to shame." - NY Press
Mary Crosbie is from Canada. She loves cats more than some people. She has done many commercials, one time with Martin Scorsese, another time with Danica Patrick. She has been doing comedy for many years. She does a cable access show in Manhattan called "the Moe and Mary Show" every Friday at 6. Mary loves life!
Bob and Tobly McSmith are two disease-carrying monkeys that should probably be quarantined. They have been nominated for a cornucopia of honors including: Class Favorite (Tobly, 5th Grade), Class Masturbator (Bob, 1st-12th Grade), and most recently: Most Likely to Be Arrested on a Playground. Bob and Tobly have one cat that has been dead for two years, wrote and directed two "successful" off-Broadway "plays" based on TV's Saved by the Bell, and are webmasters of the rarely updated and highly offensive: prettyponyparty.com.
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