Naked Girls Reading presents PAINTED GIRLS READING at Under St. Marks

On Wednesday, October 19th, New York's "Best Story Hour" (The Village Voice Best of NY 2010) celebrates its second anniversary in style at their new home with Horse Trade Theater Group, as Naked Girls Reading NYC begins a year-long residency at UNDER St. Marks with a very special event, Painted Girls Reading!

Nasty Canasta is joined by burlesque superstars Gal Friday and Creamy Stevens, plus The Naked Librarian, Barbara Gordon, as they celebrate the hit nude literary salon's birthday by sharing their favorite literature in their birthday suits ... but for a night this special, they're going to dress up a bit: makeup artist, burlesque performer and neuroscientist Dr. Flux will create unique body art on the Naked Girls, inspired by their own reading selections.

Naked Girls Reading NYC is the perfect intimate live event: a monthly nude literary salon featuring in-the-buff readings by local burlesque luminaries, professional librarians, authors and other Naked Girls. Past themes have included Banned Books, Science Fiction and Tween Lit, as well as their annual holiday presentation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Guests to the salon are invited to sip a drink and listen with their eyes wide open as full-frontal literature meets fine art in this intimate theatrical setting.

"What did you get up to last Friday night? If you answered anything other than 'went to Naked Girls Reading,' you lose." NBC New York

"Great literature stripped bare" Entertainment Weekly

"After the first thrill of the initial disrobing, the pleasure of seeing beautiful women undressed fades besides the sense of intimacy achieved from someone bearing both their body and their soul at the same time. It was a remarkable experience." Tor.com

Naked Girls Reading NYC is on the third Wednesday of every month at UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place between 1st Ave and Ave A) at 9pm. Tickets ($20; 2 for $35) may be purchased online at www.NakedGirlsReadingNYC.com or by calling Smarttix at 212-868-4444. Seating is limited to 45; advance tickets are strongly recommended.

NAKED GIRLS READING began in Chicago in March 2009 as the creation of international showgirl Michelle L'Amour and Franky Vivid. The idea had rolled around in their heads for a few years in different formats, but with the opening of Studio L'Amour in 2008 it materialized as the perfect intimate live event. Naked Girls Reading now has branches across the country and around the world; the New York chapter, produced by Nasty Canasta, was opened in October 2009 to great acclaim ("Great literature stripped bare" -Entertainment Weekly; "It was a remarkable experience." -Tor.com) and was named "New York's Best Story Hour" by the Village Voice in 2010.

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.

HORSE TRADE THEATER GROUP and NAKED GIRLS READING NYC present
PAINTED GIRLS READING
Wednesday, October 19th at 9:00pm
at UNDER St. Marks - 94 St. Marks Place (between 1st Ave & Ave A), NYC
Tickets: $20 or two for $35 | Advance purchase available at www.NakedGirlsReadingNYC.com or call 212-868-4444
hosted by NASTY CANASTA, with GAL FRIDAY, CREAMY STEVENS, and THE NAKED LIBRARIAN, featuring original body art by DR. FLUX

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