Molly "Equality" Dykeman is a loveable, but barely lucid security guard at PS 339 who dabbles in a bit of poetry, a bit of Percocet and a lot of drink. She may be a foul mouthed, straight talking, lady kissing, mother lover, but she still needs to find a way to pull herself together, overcome bed bugs, love and sissy kids to perform in her first poetry show. Will she succeed? Only Molly can tell...
Andrea Alton stars as Molly "Equality" Dykeman in her hit solo show, The F*cking World According To Molly, which premiered at the 2011 New York International Fringe Festival and made it's European Premiere at the 2012 Dublin International Gay Theater Festival. Molly has appeared all over New York with notable appearances at The Gotham Comedy Club, Comix, UCB, The PIT, Stonewall Inn and Dixon Place. She has also performed at comedy festivals in San Francisco, Chicago, DC and Toronto. She often performs at The Laurie Beechman Theater in her original variety shows; A Molly Jolly Christmas, I Can't Even Think Straight and Happy Mollydays.
Written and performed by Andrea Alton, directed by Molly Marinik, choreographed by John Paolillo, produced by Irwin Kroot & Andrea Alton, production manager Liz Richards, costume design Anthony Catanzaro and ssound design David Crabb.
Tickets are $20.00 and are available at http://mollydykeman.brownpapertickets.com. All performances take place at IRT Theater 154 Christopher Street, 3rd Floor. (Subway: 1 Christopher Street, A/B/C/D/E/F/M to West 4th).
Show Dates:
Saturday, May 25th @ 7:00 pm
Tuesday, May 28th @ 9:00 pm
Saturday, June 1st @ 3:00 pm
More info at www.mollyequalitydykeman.com or www.terranovacollective.org.
Andrea Alton (Actor/Writer) is a New York based actor, comic, and an award winning playwright who performs sketch comedy, stand-up and improv all over New York. Andrea has performed at the Chicago, Toronto, Washington DC, Boston, San Francisco Comedy Festival and done numerous shows in Provincetown, MA. Her solo show The F*cking World According To Molly premiered at the 2011 New York Fringe Festival and received rave reviews as did her holiday shows A Molly Jolly Christmas & Happy Mollydays which ran at The Laurie Beechman Theatre. Favorite theatre credits include; Big Girl, Little World(FringeNYC), The Strangest Kind Of Romance (Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival), The Chiselers (Emerging Artists Theatre), Pioneer Loving (The Universal Theatre Festival/Provincetown), Reckless (Kaleidoscope Theatre), Carl & Shelly, Best Friends Forever (co-writer/actor, 2008 FringeNYC - commercial run in 2010) and The F*cking World According To Molly(FringeNYC). www.andreaalton.com www.mollyequalitydykeman.com
MOLLY MARINIK (Director) Molly Marinik is a freelance dramaturg and director in New York City, as well as the Literary Manager for Planet Connections Theatre Festivity. Member of Emerging Artists Theatre. When Molly isn't making theatre, chances are good she is writing about it. She is a master's student in Theatre History and Criticism at Brooklyn College and she is the founder and editor of the theatre review website Theatre Is Easy (theasy.com). Bachelor's degree from Ohio University.
JOHN PAOLILO (Choreographer) Better known as Johnnie P, has been featured on television on such shows as LIVE, with Regis and Kelly Featuring Joan Rivers (where he serves as the in-house production choreographer), and other shows such as The View, The Fox Morning Show, WB 11 and a number of NBC promos. He was also the spokesperson/choreographer for Shiff's MOVE FREE DANCERS. Johnnie P's work has also been featured on New York stages in BCEFA Broadway Bares and Eater Bonnet. He was also the choreographer for the Musical comedy hit SCAPEL and PINK ELEPHANTS featuring ABC' s Dirty- Sexy- Money star Candice Cane. John has just completed choreographing the VILLAGE PEOPLE'S world tour. Choreographer turned writer, Johnnie P. is currently working on a musical for production in New York. The production is entitled "lbs, The Musical with Weight Behind It." This song and dance show tells a comedic story of the lives of full-sized women. And their journey through a size two world. Lbs. is slated for off Broadway in 2011. www.johnniep.com
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