Horse Trade Theater Group Presents The 2012 FRIGID New York Festival

Horse Trade Theater Group (Erez Ziv, Managing Director, Heidi Grumelot, Artistic Director) will present the 6th Annual FRIGID New York Festival, 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. Boasting over 150 performances and 30 shows over 12 days in 3 theaters, FRIGID New York will kick off the annual North American Fringe Circuit with a bang!

The FRIGID New York Festival was founded by Horse Trade and EXIT Theatre in 2007. Since founding The San Francisco Fringe Festival - the 2nd oldest fringe in the United States - nearly 17 years ago, EXIT has learned a thing or two about festival running. They introduced Horse Trade to the Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals (CAFF) in mid-2006. Besides feedback from dozens of thrilled CAFF participants and artists, Horse Trade was drawn to its main principle: “…to provide all artists, emerging and established, with the opportunity to produce their play no matter the content, form or style and to make the event as affordable and accessible as possible for the members of the community,” Horse Trade is proud to sign on to the tradition and chill out the New York independent theatre scene’s ideas of what a theatre festival can be.

Riding the fringe of winter, the hit celebration of independent theater will run February 21-March 4, 2012 at The Kraine Theater & The Red Room (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Ave and Bowery) and UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place between 1st Ave and Ave A). Tickets to all shows will go on sale January 2012 and may be purchased online at www.FRIGIDnewyork.info or by calling Smarttix at 212-868-4444.

Aerial Allusions
Presented by By Azana Productions - Walnut Grove, CA
A journey looking into the perspective of humanity through feminine/masculine viewpoints using traditional/non-traditional movement; combining Dance, Clown and Theatre to express the emotions of two individuals. Think, Cry, Laugh, Intrigued and Entertained by the observations these introspective minds!

Afternoon Tea with Jane Austen
Presented by Orange Wine Productions – Montreal, Canada
Written by Tali Brady
Directed by Bruce Lambie
Meet English novelist Jane Austen (the woman behind such beloved books as Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice) in this solo show about the creator of some of the most popular stories and characters in the English language.

Big Girls Don’t Cry
Presented by Crowning Monkey Productions – Toronto, Canada
Written & Performed by Rachelle Elie
Fringe veteran and winner of the 2008 Ottawa Fringe Festival Outstanding Comedy Award, Rachelle Elie returns with a dazzling new show about Haitian fathers, Kenyan night clubs, and aging Barbies. This show is one part Lady Gaga, two parts Sam Kinison, with a splash of Vagina Monologues, all poured into a figurative champagne glass.

Big Plastic Heroes
Presented by Plastic Thunder – Richmond, VA
What happens when you try to be your idol? Award-winning PBS special storyteller, Slash Coleman, and SexyNurd writer and performer, auGi, share the answer in their comical and painfully true double feature.

Blind to Happiness
Presented by Better To Burn Out Productions - Salmiya, Kuwaitt
Written & Performed by Tim C. Murphy
A quirky and socially awkward dishwasher is struggling to get by with help from his co-workers Mike, a Psychology PhD student, and Bliss, a hapless lovelorn poet. Couks is also helped by his cat, some beer, S Club 7, and (perhaps) life’s most important question – is happiness a choice?

Borderlines
Presented by 3 Sticks – New York, NY
The creators of Le Gourmand or Gluttony! present a journey deep into the bowels of a political movement guided by a chorus of buffoons. Let's fondle the political cleavages that divide us all, before diving in face first. Motorboat!

Breath, Love, Repeat: A near-life experience
Presented by Mustique Projects – New York, NY
Written & Performed by Suzen Murakoshi
Directed by Ching Valdes Aran
A samurai super daughter struggles with her mother at the crossroads between east and west to affirm life between this world and the next.

Coosje
Presented by No. 11 Productions – New York, NY
Coosje is the story of two artists, husband and wife, finding their playful aesthetic together and attempting to escape death. Meanwhile, the singing Pear embarks on a heroic quest to achieve immortality. Their journeys intertwine in this fantastical love story.

Daughters of Lot
Presented by Brain Melt Consortium – New York, NY
Written by Alexis Roblan
Directed by Rachel Kerry
The evening's entertainment is a sexy and silly retelling of an ancient story, until the performers do a trick that requires more than flexibility. Arousing and agitating in Biblical proportions, this is not your daddy’s burlesque club.

Death, it happens: A girl’s guide to death
Presented by Bricken and Birch Productions – New York, NY
Written by Bricken Sparacino, Rebecca Chiappone, Maureen Van Trease & Courtenay Harrington-Bailey
Directed by Lori Kee
4 different women lost 4 different fathers. Hear their true, diverse, moving and sometimes funny stories. Learn what happened, what they did to cope (or not cope) with death and what to wear to a funeral.

Drowning Ophelia: A New Rock Musical
Presented by RIFF Collective – Chicago, IL
After her “tragic” drowning, Ophelia finds herself in purgatory with nothing to do but wait for the inevitable- Hamlet to arrive. In Drowning Ophelia, we see one girl with a microphone and the story of Hamlet told through an exciting theatrical concert of sex, drowning, and rock ‘n’ roll.

Fear Factor: Canine Edition
Written & Performed by John Grady – New York, NY
The peculiar and misguided true adventures of a man and his very trusting, very forgiving, therapy dog. An award-winning tale of true love and overcoming obstacles, while staring fear in the face.

I Married A Nun!
Written & Performed by D’yan Forest – New York, NY
A one-woman show that dramatically depicts D’yan’s search for love and meaning in life, finding the answers—at age 77—in the smoldering cabarets and demimonde of Paris. With humor, art and her ukulele, she reveals the truth that’s valid for all of us.

I’m Only Explaining This Once
Written & Performed by Moe Rosen – New York, NY
Hi I'm Moe. I changed my name last year. This show is about why. It's hard to explain, so I like to do it in large groups to save time.

Judge, Yuri, & Executioner
Presented by Temerity Theatre Company – New York, NY
Written by Ed Malin
Directed by DeLisa White
Performed by Mac Rogers
Zack is an 85-year-old masochist who prefers older women. His girlfriend just left him, where can he find a kinky senior citizen now?

Little Lady
Montreal, Canada
Created by Sandra Lafond
Directed by John Turner
A physical theatre solo show that peers into the fantastical life of Little Lady.

LOL: The End.
Presented by Keep it Movin’ Productions – New York, NY
Written by Una Aya Osato
Directed by Moises Belizario
Come to a place where tragedy meets comedy meets stupid. A funny and physical look at natural and human-made disasters through the eyes of three clowns.

Love in the Time of Chlamydia
Presented by Hard Sparks – New York, NY
Written & Performed by Nicole Pandolfo
Directed by Jonathan Warman
Nicole Pandolfo’s paean to the perils of sex and booze takes her from suburban Jersey basements to Manhattan barrooms, and from morning-after despair to chemically-induced ecstasy on a funny, poignant, empowering journey of self-discovery.

Man Saved by Condiments!
Presented by Theatre Alro – Minneapolis, MN
Written by Mary Jo Pehl
Directed by Bill Stiteler
Based on the true story of a man whose car went off a bridge, broke his hip, and survived for five days by eating the packets of condiments he found under his seat.

Missed Connections: An Exploration into the Online Postings of Desperate Romantics
Presented by Royanth Productions – New York, NY
Created by Ricky Dunlop
Drawing from the sometimes touching, oftentimes torrid (and almost always grammatically incorrect) postings on craigslist's most notorious section, Missed Connections is a collection of the best and brightest.

Musical Pawns
Presented by Lost Music Productions – Toronto, Canada
Musical Pawns mixes fact and fantasy, humor and pathos in attempting to explain why David Nowakowsky's musical masterpieces have disappeared for almost 100 years.

Poe-Dunk: A Matchbox Entertainment
Presented by Playlab NYC
Directed by John Pieza
Beyond the tales of terror! On a tabletop lies the quaint and curious work of Edgar Allan Poe. Newpaperman, playwright, critic, and humorist. An itty-bitty puppet repertoire of obscure curios, marginalia, and even a couple popular classics from America’s most versatile writer.

Rabbit Island
Presented by Elephant Run District – New York, NY
Written by Chris Harcum
Directed by Aimee Todoroff
Alex zigzags irregular relationships with an erratic therapist, his on-again off-again girlfriend, an untamed burlesque dancer and The Cleanse. But what more will it take for this verbose Canadian mime to become a Real New Yorker?

Scratch & Pitz: Burlesque Variety Hour
Presented by Heroics in Hotpants – New York, NY
Cherry Pitz (Cyndi Freeman) and Scratch (Brad Lawrence) present a burlesque melodrama & variety show. Cherry wants to do a duet act like Sonny & Cher, Burns & Allen, or Captain & Tennille! In exchange Scratch wants Cherry’s soul.

Stripper Lesbians
Presented by Rising Sun Performance Company – New York, NY
Written by Kate Foster
Directed by Jeff Woodbridge
Evan, a woman's studies major, is writing a killer senior thesis-- by becoming a stripper at her favorite strip club. In between her current girlfriend, a stripper-lesbian, and her ex boyfriend, an unemployed Tisch graduate, Evan dances the line between love and betrayal. A comedy about what it really means to be 'in love with a stripper' and what it means to become one.

Teaching Shakespeare
Presented by Doctor Keir Company – Montreal, Canada
Written & Performed by Keir Cutler
Teaching Shakespeare is a parody of a college Shakespeare class, and a portrait of a frustrated actor turned frustrated professor struggling to keep his teaching position, despite terrible student evaluations.

The Rope in Your Hands
Written & Performed by Siobhan O’Loughlin – New York, NY
A solo show based on the true stories of thirteen different survivors of Hurricane Katrina.

The Stranger to Kindness
Presented by D&A Productions – New York, NY
Written by David Stallings
Directed by Heather Cohn
Years of routine bind Lena and Nance, two lonely senior women from the Upper West Side. When Nance no longer answers her door, Lena takes it on herself to call the police and her friend’s family. What arrives is a strange dose of animosity and generousness from unlikely places.

The Terrible Manpain of Umberto MacDougal
Written & Performed by Emleigh Wolf – Brooklyn, NY
Umberto MacDougal allows you to look through the window of his tragic manpain. With a beard full of tears and a melancholy guitarist playing a sorrowful tune, Umberto reveals the pain that men feel.

Til Love Do Us Part
Presented by High Frequency Theatre – New York, NY
Written by Andrew Hall
Directed by Cameron J. Marcotte
A graveyard, two funerals, two strangers, grief, escape, and a mysterious young girl. Oddities of darkness and light come alive through intense emotion and intimacy. 'Til Love Do Us Part follows a seventy-year relationship through life, love, and eventually death.

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