March Events Announced at The Kraine Theater & UNDER St. Marks

FRIGID New York @ Horse Trade is a theater development group with a focus on new work that produces a massive quantity of stimulating downtown theater every season. FRIGID's Resident Artist Program offers a home to a select group of Independent theater artists, pooling together a great deal of talent and energy.

FRIGID New York grew out of the annual FRIGID Festival, the first and only festival of its kind in New York City to offer artists 100% of their box office proceeds, and Horse Trade Theater Group, a self-sustaining theater development and management group.

See the full schedule of March events listed below!

The Adam Wade Show

Featuring Moth StorySLAM Champion, Adam Wade

Tuesday, March 7 @ 7pm $10

The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)

Adam Wade (Comedy Central's Inside Amy Schumer, NPR regular), a staggering 20-time Moth Story Slam winner, has put together many of his winning heartfelt and humorous stories for this special monthly show. No two shows are the same. A different featured guest will start the evening off.

Category: Comedy; Storytelling

The Open Mic Downstairs

Hosted by Dan Ricker & Mike Milazzo

Every Tuesday @ 9pm $4 at the door

UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)

At The Open Mic Downstairs the focus is the stage! Sign-ups get seven minutes to try anything in one of the most supportive rooms in New York. Whether it's a performance art piece, comedy, music, storytelling, dance, or something entirely off the top of your head, you'll find a home in the attentive welcoming community at UNDER St. Marks.

Category: Open Mic; Variety

Muffins in the Window

Wednesday, March 8 @ 7pm $10

The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)

An opportunity for friends in the creative arts to get together and support each other in a non-threatening, SLIGHTLY TIPSY environment. Actors, singers, comedians, dancers, monologists, filmmakers, instrumentalists, & variety show entertainers come together, try new material & workshop upcoming projects. Category: Variety

Live in the Village

Wednesday, March 8 @ 7pm $10

UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)

Live in the Village will light up UNDER St. Marks with the passion of New York City's best performers! This monthly variety show is the perfect happy hour for co-workers who don't want to talk to each other. Instead, they can sit back and enjoy hilarious comedy, great music, and other great art that's hidden throughout this city. Category: Comedy; Variety

Sketch Block

Wednesday, March 8 @ 9pm $10

UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)

Sketch Block is a comedy showcase that gives sketch troupes an opportunity to perform without the pressure of bringing in an audience. Also, Sketch Block does not force their audience to pay for drinks. We believe that it's your choice to drink or not. It's about the comedy. Sketch Comedy meets Block Party. This monthly show features a guest host comedian, three guest sketch troupes and drinking. Come meet, mingle, and perform!

Category: Comedy; Sketch Comedy

Obscura

Thursday, March 9 @ 7pm $30

The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)

The beauty of Obscura is that it isn't obscured at all. Whereas other magicians go to elaborate lengths to misdirect the audience's attention, illusionist Christian Cagigal performs right under the unblinking eye of a video camera -- his wonder working projected on a giant screen above him in real time. The heightened level of scrutiny brings a special intensity to this hybrid of dark fables and astonishing magic. The Devil is in the details ... under these conditions, where else could he be? Category: Magic; Illusion

Pretty Bad

Thursday, March 9 @ 10pm $15

The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)

Pretty Bad is a show that pairs professional models with professional comedians to make imperfect improv under perfectly funny circumstances.

Category: Comedy; Improv

The Space Pirate Puppy Musical!

Saturday, March 11 @ 12pm $15

The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)

Earth has gone to the dogs, the humans have disappeared, and the Space Pirates are about to invade. Join the Dogstar Fleet on an intergalactic musical mission to seek the knowledge of the Oracle and save the planet Earth! Will the Puppies turn tail and run? Will the Ninja Kittens, ooh string. Can the Earth be saved from certain construction? Blast off with our heroes to find out!

Category: Kids; Family Friendly; Science Fiction

CHALK

Saturday, March 11 @ 2:30pm $15; $5 for kids under 12

The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)

CHALK is a playful and poignant one-man show guaranteed to delight audiences of all ages. Chalk invites audiences into a hand-drawn world where imagination is made real and anything can happen. Charlie Chaplin meets Harold and the Purple Crayon in this feel-good romantic romp sure to "Draw You In." Category: Solo Show; Kids; Family Friendly

Cabaret Showdown: Winners Showcase

Sunday, March 12 @ 5:30pm $10

The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)

Join last month's winner of the Cabaret Showdown as they star in their own show!

Category: Cabaret; Music

The Cabaret Showdown

Hosted by Mark McDaniels

Sunday, March 12 @ 7pm $12 (includes a free drink)

The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)

Do you have what it takes to be a cabaret champion? Contestants compete for the chance to star in their own show or cabaret. Come out and join the fun! Whether you are a contestant or in the audience you are guaranteed to have a blast.Category: Cabaret; Music; Game Show

NO! I'M the Worst!

Hosted by Todd Alan Crain

Monday, March 13 @ 7pm $20

The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)

In three dirty rounds, 3 horrible storytellers compete to tell the most ribald, raunchy, taboo tales. It's a storytelling competition with a trashy twist. Category: Storytelling

Thank You, Robot

Friday, March 17 @ 10:30pm $5

UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)

A showcase for independent and established improv teams. For each show, two teams join Thank You, Robot to perform sets of unscripted comedy, never seen before and never to be seen again. Category: Comedy; Improv

The Mystery at Ginger Creek

Saturday, March 18 @ 1pm $20 adults; $15 students & seniors; $12 kids

The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)

Welcome to Ginger Creek, where curious characters and perplexing events are the norm. Join Hank O' Hara and Sally Silver Gunz, as they run from the law, stumble over clues and suffer from amnesia. Their lives depend on you, as they attempt to solve a murder and prove their innocence. Category: Kids; Family Friendly; Interactive

The Monthly Question

Monday, March 20 @ 7:30pm FREE

The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)

The Monthly Question is a free monthly cold reading series of new & bold writing around Lama's monthly question. Category: Play Reading; Free

The Torchlight Series

Presented by Cave Theatre Company

Wednesday, March 22 @ 7pm $10

UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)

It is within caves that the first art appeared - tales of humanity carved or painted on the rock walls. Our ancestors walked deep into the earth away from all light and created stories with paint, with fire, with song. We now venture into the dark as our ancestors did and strive to do the same.

Category: Play Development

Comic Sutra Saturday

Saturday, March 25 @ 10:30pm $10

UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)

Join us on an endless journey, where desire meets dick jokes, all under the guise of Eastern mysticism. Allow us to re-open those chakras deep inside you and be embraced by our tantalizing, tantric tales and tunes. Comedy. Music. The Unknown. Only at COMIC SUTRA SATURDAYS!

Category: Comedy

The Fire This Time Festival Open Mic

Hosted by Najah Imani Muhammad

Tuesday, March 28 @ 7pm $5

The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)

The Obie Award winning The Fire This Time Festival presents a monthly open mic! Artists can bring in whatever they would like to present from music and poetry to monologues and scenes. Sign up begins at 6:30pm. Mic is on fire at 7pm! Category: Open Mic; African American

New York Madness

Sunday, March 30 @ 8pm $10

The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)

Madness: is a raw and unpredictable show of short plays by an ensemble of playwrights presented fully staged with scripts in hand. Each night has a Theme, which is given out a week before the event. The collective works in an evening kaleidoscope that cultural moment. It is a snapshot of where we are politically, culturally, and artistically. A Madness is a forum for all writers to explore the boundaries of modern theater.

Category: Short Plays; Staged Reading

The Varietal Hour

Friday, March 31 @ 10:30pm $10

UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)

The Varietal Hour showcases a diverse collection of talent from around the city. Host and two-time Tony Award rehearsal attendee Lucas Womack splits a bottle of wine with guests as they perform anything from stand up to soft shoe, from storytelling to juggling, and very little in between. Or maybe all of it. Join us as we celebrate variety and varietals!

Category: Variety; Wine

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