Horse Trade Theater Group Presents the 2011 Mini Fridge

In celebration of North American independence Horse Trade, under the auspices of NAFTA, NASDAQ and AFLAC, has joined forces with the autonomous nation of Canada to create a fun little festival bringing back some of our winter FRIGID favorites as well as some new work from FRIGID applicants who did not make the lottery this year. Running thru Canada Day on July 1st and closing with the annual Horse Trade 4th of July BBQ this mini festival is crammed with all the patriotism we as North Americans can muster during this special holiday season.

Mysterion the Mind Reader
Mysterion, Canada's leading psychic entertainer descends on NYC to mess up minds with his brand of psychic tomfoolery. A showcase of effects ranging from telepathy, mind over matter and slight of brain, driven by comedy and fueled by the unknown. Uh oh.... watch your thoughts!
Tue 6/28 @ 7pm & Wed 6/29 @ 9pm

Channel One
Created and Performed by Emily James & Ishah Janssen-Faith
We are the last two people left. We escaped the end of civilization in a time machine only to land in a very lonely future. We created our own version of TV to entertain ourselves, but soon were discovered by a time traveling audience from the year 2010. They left. Now we want more. We are female. We are funny. We are your future. Get in that time machine and be the next ones to see us unleash a mind-melting cloudburst of characters on Channel One.
Wed 6/29 @ 7pm, Fri 7/1 @ 5pm, & Sat 7/2 @ 9pm

Killy Verses Kanada: A Cabaret
The new right wing Canadian Government, in an effort to rebrand their country as a more conservative partner, will not allow the Canuck Cabaret to cross the border. So this year, as the more liberal partner of the Canadian/American State, we are sending our left wing commando, Killer Killy Dwyer to extricate Jillian Thomas from the clutches of the evil northern empire and bring you a Cabaret...Killy Vs. Kanada.
Wed 6/29, Fri 7/1, & Sat 7/2 @ 11pm

The Terrible Manpain of Umberto MacDougal
Created & Performed by Emleigh Wolf
Directed by Bricken Sparacino
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.
Thu 6/30 @ 7pm, Fri 7/1 @ 7pm, & Sat 7/2 @ 5pm

miniFridge Salon
Featuring new works in progress by past FRIGID Festival artists Theater Reverb (Excesecret Circus; Bonne Nuit Poo Poo), Martin Dockery (The Surprise; The Bike Trip), Leslie Goskgo (Vodka Shoes), Penny Pollack (No Traveler), John Murdock (Ramblings of a Gentleman Scumbag), and more!
Thu 6/30 @ 9pm FREE

The Star of Happiness: Helen Keller on Vaudeville?!
Written & Performed by Michelle-Leona Godin
Directed by Randi Rivera
Historical fact and schoolyard humor collide in Dr. Michelle-Leona Godin's autobiographical treatment of Helen Keller's time on vaudeville. This one-woman, two voice show uses storytelling, comedy, music and technology to grope towards an understanding of what it's like to be the blind spectacle.
Fri 7/1 @ 9pm, Sat 7/2 @ 7pm, & Sun 7/3 @ 5pm

The mini-festival will play at UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place between 1st Ave and Ave A) June 28-July 4. Tickets ($15/$12 students & seniors) are online at www.horseTRADE.info or by calling 212-868-4444.

HORSE TRADE THEATER GROUP is a self-sustaining theater development group; with a focus on new work, it has produced a massive quantity of stimulating downtown theater. Horse Trade's Resident Artist Program offers a home to a select group of Independent Theater artists, pooling together a great deal of talent and energy. It is also the home of FRIGID New York - the first and only festival of its kind in New York City.

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