THE BOOBY PRIZE Closes At The New York Int'l Fringe Festival 7/24

THE BOOBY PRIZE is an official jury selection of THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESIVAL 2011 and has also been selected for "THE BEST OF THE HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FEST" with four additional shows added in Los Angeles, to be performed later this month.

Comedy writer and sketch-comedienne Lizzie Czerner performed her solo show in The Hollywood Fringe Festival to full houses and standing ovations. In attendance was Cynthia Szigeti, legendary improv guru - The Groundlings, The Comedy Store Players, and The Acme Comedy Theatre, who says this, of the show:

"Brave, witty, and smart - Lizzie Czerner's THE BOOBY PRIZE is one of the best things I've seen all year. She fills the stage with an infectious energy that plants a smile on your face as well as your heart. This production is a must-see!"

A seasoned performer with degrees from Sarah Lawrence College and N.Y.U. Tisch School of the Arts, and with off-Broadway credits to her name, Lizzie was a member of the successful and long-running sketch comedy group, Faulty Logic, (St. Marks Theatre/HA! Comedy Festival) and her solo shows have been performed in venues all over New York and Los Angeles. Her show entitled GETTING NAKED was an official jury selection of the New York International Fringe Festival in 2009, and her newest work, THE BOOBY PRIZE was performed at Upright Citizens Brigade, Santa Monica Theater and BANG Comedy Theatre, prior to its festival debut in The Hollywood Fringe Festival.

THE BOOBY PRIZE will be performed in Los Angeles as part of The Hollywood Fringe Festival "BEST OF THE FEST" at Artworks Theatre (6569 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90038) on Thursday, July 21 at 8:00pm, Friday, July 22 at 8:00pm, Saturday, July 23 at 8:00pm and Sunday, July 24 at 7:00pm. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at www.hollywoodfringe.org.

The show will also be performed in New York City at The Players Theatre in New York City as part of the New York International Fringe Festival on Saturday, August 13 at 7:30pm, Sunday, August 14 at 8:45pm, Tuesday, August 16 at 5:00pm, Friday, August 19 at 4:15pm, and Sunday, August 21 at 4:30pm. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at www.fringenyc.org, or $18 at the door.

To look at writer/performer, Lizzie Czerner, one might say that she is "blessed", but Lizzie never considered having large breasts much of a blessing. She was teased as an adolescent, and as an adult, she received the sort of male attention that is usually reserved for blow-up dolls. As a result, Lizzie spent most of her life trying to hide her "blessings", until one day when she realized she was not only hiding her figure...she was also hiding HERSELF. THE BOOBY PRIZE is about one woman's decision to come out of hiding and experience life.

Lizzie brings her superb writing skills and impeccable comedic timing to the stage in this one-woman tour de force, allowing us to go with her on a wild roller-coaster ride from laughter to tears as she risks opening her heart - and her blouse - to a man in hopes of finding love... only to find to him she is merely a sex object. Lizzie becomes desperate and goes to extremes in an effort to prove to herself, as much as to the man she loves, that she is more than just a ‘booby prize'. Combining hilarious characters and rapid-fire one-liners, Lizzie weaves a heart-warming story with non-stop laughter that leaves the audience breathless and wanting more.

Audiences are raving that THE BOOBY PRIZE is "Funny, smart, poignant, fearless and sexy".

LA WEEKLY calls Lizzie "Vivacious", and SPLASH MAGAZINE writes, "Lizzie's comedy and writing is hilarious. She is a delight to watch."

 

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