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		<title>Acute&#8230;Girl: 10 Things To Know About The Show Before You Go (2016 FRIGID NEW YORK FESTIVAL)</title>
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		<dc:creator>Karen Tortora-Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://thehappiestmedium.com/2016/02/acute-girl-10-things-to-know-about-the-show-before-you-go-2016-frigid-new-york-festival/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" src="http://thehappiestmedium.com/wordpressc/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Acute-Girl-FRIGID-Publicity-Photo-2-fb-edit-v3-1024x682.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="Acute Girl FRIGID Publicity Photo 2 fb edit v3" title="" /></a>Ten Questions. Ten Answers. And one Big Surprise in the audience &#8230; Acute&#8230;Girl produced by CMC Theatrical How much bullsh*t can a girl put up with just to have nice things to wear? Come and listen to her stories told in a heartbreakingly hilarious way: between amateur modeling gigs and mail-in beauty pageant, what could possibly [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><img style='float: left; margin-right: 10px; border: none;' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=c2406485cee0f095fa737d77f5159ef2&amp;default=http://use.perl.org/images/pix.gif' alt='No Gravatar' width=60 height=60/><p style="text-align: left;">Ten Questions. Ten Answers. And one Big Surprise in the audience &#8230;</p>
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<h2><a href="http://www.horsetrade.info/event/ffc115f164a76b357e2e555d0709e8ff" target="_blank"><em><strong>Acute&#8230;Girl</strong></em></a></h2>
<h2><em><strong>produced by CMC Theatrical</strong></em></h2>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="color: #ff99cc;"><strong>How much bullsh*t can a girl put up with just to have nice things to wear? Come and listen to her stories told in a heartbreakingly hilarious way: between amateur modeling gigs and mail-in beauty pageant, what could possibly go wrong?</strong></span></p>
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<p>Show  Info:</p>
<ul>
<li>Wed Feb 17, 2016 | 7:10PM</li>
<li>Sun Feb 21, 2016 | 1:50PM</li>
<li>Thu Feb 25, 2016 | 5:30PM</li>
<li>Tue Mar 01, 2016 | 7:10PM</li>
<li>Thu Mar 03, 2016 | 8:50PM</li>
</ul>
<p>Kraine Theater New York, NY $15/$18</p>
<h2 style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #ff99cc;"><em> Answers by Julia Sun<br />
(Writer &amp; Performer )</em><em></em></span></h2>
<p><strong><span style="color: #cc99ff;"> <span style="color: #ff99cc;">1. Forget the PR version. When you&#8217;re talking to your friends, how do you explain this show to them?</span> </span></strong><br />
<strong>Julia: </strong>It&#8217;s about the insecurity and vainness that every single one of us has. We all want to appear better than we are, so how much bullsh*t can one put up with to present a better version of him/herself? Oh, and it&#8217;s meant to be a comedy : )</p>
<p><span id="more-21070"></span> <strong><span style="color: #cc99ff;"><span style="color: #ff99cc;">2. Here&#8217;s a scenario: After the show some audience members go have a drink.  What&#8217;s the part of the show you hope they&#8217;re discussing?</span> </span></strong><br />
<strong>Julia: </strong>I hope they&#8217;ll discuss their own stories relating to my character&#8217;s &#8211; the stories are inside everyone already. I guess it also doesn&#8217;t hurt if they remember my name and look for me online (I&#8217;m at <a href="http://www.juliasun.tv/" target="_blank">www.juliasun.tv</a>)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #cc99ff;"><span style="color: #ff99cc;">3. What drives your show &#8211; character, theme or plot?</span> </span></strong><br />
<strong>Julia: </strong>The character drives the show &#8211; not because it&#8217;s an one-woman show, but because the persona is always crucial.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff99cc;"><strong>4. In rehearsals, read-thrus, or prior incarnations, what&#8217;s the one thing someone said about the show so far that made you (or the team) the most proud? </strong></span><br />
<strong>Julia: </strong>Someone sent me this text after a show and I was beyond proud: &#8220;you&#8217;re sooo hilarious when you sing and dance, I could&#8217;t stop laughing, I almost fell off my chair!!! =D &#8221;</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff99cc;"><strong>5. If money and resources (and even reality) were no object what is the most lavish, luxurious, pointless prop, costume, effect &#8211; anything &#8211; that you would spend money on for this show? </strong></span><br />
<strong>Julia: </strong>Ha, a Vegas Cirque du Soleil type stage full of bling! That&#8217;ll epically contrast how the character feels.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff99cc;"><strong>6. What&#8217;s the one thing you&#8217;re looking forward to regarding the FRIGID Festival itself? </strong></span><br />
<strong>Julia: </strong>Do free food and parties count?</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff99cc;"><strong>7. Is there a scene, a moment, a gesture &#8230; anything at all in the show that you anticipate may get a completely different reaction depending on the audience that night? </strong></span><br />
<strong>Julia: </strong>Everyone will laugh at the comedy, but the drama part, that depends on the people. That being said, drama can be funny, too.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff99cc;"><strong>8. What&#8217;s your favorite line from the show? </strong></span><br />
<strong>Julia: </strong>&#8220;I looked at him as if I saw the most delicious cheesecake in the world, and then I asked&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff99cc;"><strong>9. What&#8217;s the last thing you usually do before the beginning of a show?</strong></span><br />
<strong>Julia: </strong>Oh, you know, being happy, being scared, being unsure how I got here in the first place and then glad I did.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff99cc;"><strong>10. You scan the audience and you see a face that stops you dead in your tracks &#8211; who is it? And why are you shocked?</strong></span><br />
<strong>Julia: </strong>My high school crush (name withheld on purpose). I don&#8217;t think he ever liked me back and I&#8217;d be shocked if he came, awww~</p>
<p>Well, Julia, you never know.  Maybe he actually DID have a crush on you too &#8230; and he was waiting for the perfect moment to approach A Cute Girl like you!  Let&#8217;s see if he buys a ticket!</p>
<p>Thanks so much for answering our questions, Julia!</p>
<p>The rest of you &#8211; don’t forget to check out <strong><em><a href="http://www.horsetrade.info/event/ffc115f164a76b357e2e555d0709e8ff" target="_blank">Acute&#8230;Girl</a>. </em></strong></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Horse Trade Theater Group</b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> will present the </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>10th Annual FRIGID New York Festival </b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">at </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The Kraine Theater</b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (85 East 4</span><sup><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">th</span></sup><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Street between 2</span><sup><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">nd</span></sup><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Avenue and Bowery) and </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>UNDER St. Marks </b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">(94 St. Marks Place between 1</span><sup><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">st</span></sup><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Avenue and Avenue A) </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>February 16-March 6</b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">. All shows run 60 minutes, or less. Tickets are available for purchase in advance at <a href="http://www.horsetrade.info/" target="_blank">http://www.horsetrade.<wbr />info/</a></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">  </span></p>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2016 19:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Tortora-Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://thehappiestmedium.com/2016/01/the-murder-at-ginger-creek-an-interactive-mystery-10-things-to-know-about-the-show-before-you-go-2016-frigid-new-york-festivals/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" src="http://thehappiestmedium.com/wordpressc/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Murder-At-Ginger-Creek-Graphic-1024x1024.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="Murder At Ginger Creek Graphic" title="" /></a>Ten Questions. Ten Answers. And one Big Surprise in the audience &#8230; &#160; The Murder At Ginger Creek: An Interactive Mystery produced by Panto-WHAT?! Theater Company 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 [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><img style='float: left; margin-right: 10px; border: none;' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=c2406485cee0f095fa737d77f5159ef2&amp;default=http://use.perl.org/images/pix.gif' alt='No Gravatar' width=60 height=60/><p style="text-align: left;">Ten Questions. Ten Answers. And one Big Surprise in the audience &#8230;</p>
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<h2><em><a href="http://www.horsetrade.info/event/924682b5f26fcf5ab1a3b3addf2fe6e3" target="_blank">The Murder At Ginger Creek: An Interactive Mystery</a><strong> </strong></em></h2>
<p><strong><em>produced by Panto-WHAT?! Theater Company</em></strong></p>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="color: #ff99cc;"><strong><br />
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.</strong></span></p>
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<p>Show  Info:</p>
<ul>
<li>Thu Feb 18, 2016 | 5:30PM</li>
<li>Mon Feb 22, 2016 | 5:30PM</li>
<li>Fri Feb 26, 2016 | 5:10PM</li>
<li>Thu Mar 3, 2016 | 5:30PM</li>
<li>Sun Mar 6, 2016 | 3:30PM</li>
</ul>
<p>Kraine Theater New York, NY $12/$15</p>
<h2 style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #ff99cc;"><em> Answers by Michael Curtin and Ruthie Scarpino<br />
(Co-Writers and Performers)</em><em></em></span></h2>
<p><strong><span style="color: #cc99ff;"> <span style="color: #ff99cc;">1. Forget the PR version. When you&#8217;re talking to your friends, how do you explain this show to them?</span> </span></strong><br />
<strong>Michael:</strong> When we are talking to our friends we tell them that it is a murder mystery for young people that we devised to be engaging. We created characters first and found a way to put the story together second.<br />
<strong>Ruthie:</strong> It is a murder mystery for young people that we devised to be engaging and necessitate young people&#8217;s participation. At it&#8217;s core it is a laugh out loud comedy with characters that are over the top and a story line that everyone of all ages will enjoy.</p>
<p><span id="more-21087"></span> <strong><span style="color: #cc99ff;"><span style="color: #ff99cc;">2. Here&#8217;s a scenario: After the show some audience members go have a drink.  What&#8217;s the part of the show you hope they&#8217;re discussing?</span> </span></strong><br />
<strong>Michael:</strong> I hope they are talking about the big reveal, who they thought it was and when it changed through the show.<br />
<strong>Ruthie:</strong> I hope they&#8217;re talking about the importance of the audience and the interactive components.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #cc99ff;"><span style="color: #ff99cc;">3. What drives your show &#8211; character, theme or plot?</span> </span></strong><br />
<strong>Ruthie:</strong> Comedy drives the show. Subtle nuance: we&#8217;re leaving these tiny breadcrumbs for our audience to pick up on. Some are bigger than others, and our audience will probably pick up on breadcrumbs that we didn&#8217;t intend to leave.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff99cc;"><strong>4. In rehearsals, read-thrus, or prior incarnations, what&#8217;s the one thing someone said about the show so far that made you (or the team) the most proud? </strong></span><br />
<strong>Michael:</strong> We had two responses that really stood out to us for different reasons. A fellow performer shared that <em><strong>The Murder At Ginger Creek</strong></em> was her &#8220;favorite thing to watch&#8221; in the 2015 creative season, while a young viewer told us that <em><strong>The Murder At Ginger Creek</strong> </em>was &#8220;the only reason I came to came to school.&#8221; Both are really meaningful for completely different reasons.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff99cc;"><strong>5. If money and resources (and even reality) were no object what is the most lavish, luxurious, pointless prop, costume, effect &#8211; anything &#8211; that you would spend money on for this show? </strong></span><br />
<strong>Michael:</strong> We already have extraneously lavish props. Our show features two live horses, a blowing tumbleweed, a leaking sewage pipe, authentic 18th century money, and a family of waterbugs. All of them are totally lavish, brilliantly used, and perfectly imaginary.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff99cc;"><strong>6. What&#8217;s the one thing you&#8217;re looking forward to regarding the FRIGID Festival itself? </strong></span><br />
<strong>Ruthie:</strong> Whenever artists talk about FRIGID Festival they always talk about the genuine creative community that pops up every winter to celebrate new, original and exciting work. We are excited to get to be apart of that this year.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff99cc;"><strong>7. Is there a scene, a moment, a gesture &#8230; anything at all in the show that you anticipate may get a completely different reaction depending on the audience that night? </strong></span><br />
<strong>Ruthie:</strong> I think one of the most wonderful things about our show is that every night is different based on audience participation. Our characters can not solve the mystery and clear their names without the help of the audience, so each show has the potential of being drastically different then the one before.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff99cc;"><strong>8. What&#8217;s your favorite line from the show?<br />
</strong></span><strong>Michael:</strong> &#8220;I just wanna have the pleasure of walking into the kitchen for my afternoon glass of milk, opening the refrigerator door and not being greeted by the carcasses of dead cock-a-roaches.&#8221;</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff99cc;"><strong>9. What&#8217;s the last thing you usually do before the beginning of a show?</strong></span><br />
<strong>Ruthie:</strong> Someone a long time ago told me that if your sing to yourself it helps with pre show nerves&#8230; now it&#8217;s habit. I always sing to myself.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff99cc;"><strong>10. You scan the audience and you see a face that stops you dead in your tracks &#8211; who is it? And why are you shocked?</strong></span><br />
<strong>Michael &amp; Ruthie:</strong> &#8212;</p>
<p>Wow! It takes a lot to shock these two! Looks like NO ONE would stop them dead in their tracks. You know what that means, don&#8217;t you? No matter who you are, you&#8217;re welcomed to come down and see this great show!</p>
<p>So don’t forget to check out <strong><em><a href="http://www.horsetrade.info/event/924682b5f26fcf5ab1a3b3addf2fe6e3" target="_blank">The Murder At Ginger Creek: An Interactive Mystery</a>.</em></strong></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Horse Trade Theater Group</b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> will present the </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>10th Annual FRIGID New York Festival </b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">at </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The Kraine Theater</b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (85 East 4</span><sup><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">th</span></sup><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Street between 2</span><sup><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">nd</span></sup><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Avenue and Bowery) and </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>UNDER St. Marks </b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">(94 St. Marks Place between 1</span><sup><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">st</span></sup><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Avenue and Avenue A) </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>February 16-March 6</b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">. All shows run 60 minutes, or less. Tickets are available for purchase in advance at <a href="http://www.horsetrade.info/" target="_blank">http://www.horsetrade.<wbr />info/</a></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">  </span></p>
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		<title>CSI: Mayberry &#8211; An Unauthorized Parody: 10 Things To Know About The Show Before You Go (2016 FRIGID NEW YORK FESTIVAL)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2016 22:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Tortora-Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://thehappiestmedium.com/2016/01/csi-mayberry-an-unauthorized-parody-10-things-to-know-about-the-show-before-you-go-2016-frigid-new-york-festival/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" src="http://thehappiestmedium.com/wordpressc/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/CSI-Mayberry-Show-Graphic.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="CSI Mayberry Show Graphic" title="" /></a>Ten Questions. Ten Answers. And one Big Surprise in the audience &#8230; CSI: Mayberry &#8211; An Unauthorized Parody produced by Sour Grapes Productions A grisly string of murders has come to the town of Mayberry, and it&#8217;s up to Andy and Barney to figure out who&#8217;s to blame from a list of familiar faces. Show  Info: [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><img style='float: left; margin-right: 10px; border: none;' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=c2406485cee0f095fa737d77f5159ef2&amp;default=http://use.perl.org/images/pix.gif' alt='No Gravatar' width=60 height=60/><p style="text-align: left;">Ten Questions. Ten Answers. And one Big Surprise in the audience &#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21107" alt="CSI Mayberry Show Graphic" src="http://thehappiestmedium.com/wordpressc/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/CSI-Mayberry-Show-Graphic.jpg" width="600" height="600" /></p>
<p><em><strong><a href="http://www.horsetrade.info/event/f08b983ead4057b2051d014ca0da39b5">CSI: Mayberry &#8211; An Unauthorized Parody<br />
</a>produced by Sour Grapes Productions</strong></em></p>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="color: #ff99cc;"><strong>A grisly string of murders has come to the town of Mayberry, and it&#8217;s up to Andy and Barney to figure out who&#8217;s to blame from a list of familiar faces.</strong></span></p>
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<p>Show  Info:</p>
<ul>
<li>Tue Feb 16, 2016 10:30PM</li>
<li>Sat Feb 20, 2016 3:20PM</li>
<li>Tue Feb 23, 2016 10:30PM</li>
<li>Sun Feb 28, 2016 5:10PM</li>
<li>Thu Mar 03, 2016 7:10PM</li>
</ul>
<p>Kraine Theater New York, NY $18</p>
<h2 style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #ff99cc;"><em> Answers by Genny Yosco<br />
(playwright, director, co-producer, actor)</em><em></em></span></h2>
<p><strong><span style="color: #cc99ff;"> <span style="color: #ff99cc;">1. Forget the PR version. When you&#8217;re talking to your friends, how do you explain this show to them?</span> </span></strong><br />
<strong>GENNY:</strong> &#8220;Hey, remember that weird thing that my mom and I came up with after putting together a children&#8217;s show in a week last August? The thing where EVERYONE DIES in <em>The Andy Griffith Show</em>? Well, that&#8217;s happening for real now, it got into a festival.&#8221;</p>
<p><span id="more-21095"></span> <strong><span style="color: #cc99ff;"><span style="color: #ff99cc;">2. Here&#8217;s a scenario: After the show some audience members go have a drink.  What&#8217;s the part of the show you hope they&#8217;re discussing?</span> </span></strong><br />
<strong>GENNY:</strong> I hope that the fans of<em> The Andy Griffith Show</em> are discussing some of the in-jokes from the TV show (Floyd the Gay Deceiver! Ellie Walker&#8217;s mysterious disappearance! The Fun Girls!), and that those who aren&#8217;t particularly familiar with the original TV show are discussing some of the weird things I threw in (Barney went full bad-cop on that guy! What lunatic wrote this??)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #cc99ff;"><span style="color: #ff99cc;">3. What drives your show &#8211; character, theme or plot?</span> </span></strong><br />
<strong>GENNY:</strong> Is &#8220;my desperate need for attention&#8221; an acceptable answer? Haha, but really, I&#8217;d say the decision to throw these characters &#8211; who aren&#8217;t exactly known for their prowess in law enforcement &#8211; into a real, dangerous, grisly situation is what drives most of the plot.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff99cc;"><strong>4. In rehearsals, read-thrus, or prior incarnations, what&#8217;s the one thing someone said about the show so far that made you (or the team) the most proud? </strong></span><br />
<strong>GENNY:</strong> One thing I&#8217;d like to say first and foremost is that I&#8217;m a bit of a masochist when it comes to my work: we haven&#8217;t done this show before (first performance is at a festival &#8211; pressure!!), and we&#8217;ll only be doing one week of rehearsals (MORE PRESSURE), but I&#8217;m more than confident that my cast can pull it off. But to actually answer your question, one thing that made me proud so far was the cast&#8217;s reactions to the script. After tossing and turning with it so much, the script I sent out to them was actually written in two days, and they all seem to think that it&#8217;s pretty good, so we&#8217;ll see if audiences agree!</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff99cc;"><strong>5. If money and resources (and even reality) were no object what is the most lavish, luxurious, pointless prop, costume, effect &#8211; anything &#8211; that you would spend money on for this show? </strong></span><br />
<strong>GENNY:</strong> Blood. SO much blood. Stage blood, though, not like real blood, I&#8217;m not THAT creepy. But yeah, I&#8217;d pretty much have everyone coated head-to-toe in blood when they die. I know it doesn&#8217;t sound like much, but can you think of the dry-cleaning expenses?? And a few of my actors play more than one character, so the cleanup process would involve a more than a few people hired backstage to help out with that.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff99cc;"><strong>6. What&#8217;s the one thing you&#8217;re looking forward to regarding the FRIGID Festival itself? </strong></span><br />
<strong>GENNY:</strong> Okay, so there&#8217;s this one other show at the festival that I&#8217;ve been freaking out over &#8211; <em><strong>Li&#8217;l Women, A Rap Musical</strong></em>. It seems like something I&#8217;d do, haha! I really want to see all of the other shows!! I&#8217;m also excited for the theater that they put us in &#8211; it&#8217;s the biggest theater we&#8217;ve ever worked in! Plus getting into a festival is SUCH a cool thing, I still really can&#8217;t believe it. I know you asked for one thing, and that&#8217;s two, sorry. I ramble.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff99cc;"><strong>7. Is there a scene, a moment, a gesture &#8230; anything at all in the show that you anticipate may get a completely different reaction depending on the audience that night? </strong></span><br />
<strong>GENNY:</strong> There are two moments in this show that could either go REALLY well, or tank miserably depending on the audience! I don&#8217;t want to give too much away, but I feel like some people could either really appreciate what I&#8217;ve done, or get horribly offended.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff99cc;"><strong>8. What&#8217;s your favorite line from the show? </strong></span><br />
<strong>GENNY:</strong> &#8220;And her owning some kind of&#8230;or food-based whore house? Andy, whoever thought up a story like that would CLEARLY be out of their mind.&#8221;</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff99cc;"><strong>9. What&#8217;s the last thing you usually do before the beginning of a show?</strong></span><br />
<strong>GENNY:</strong> Panic over the audience. During our Halloween show, I was panicking over how the audience was only half filled, and during our New Year&#8217;s Eve show, I was panicking over the fact that so many people bought tickets that we had to add seats to the audience to accommodate them all. It&#8217;s always something, haha.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff99cc;"><strong>10. You scan the audience and you see a face that stops you dead in your tracks &#8211; who is it? And why are you shocked?</strong></span><br />
<strong>GENNY:</strong> Andy Griffith. Why is he here? Who invited him? Is he going to try to sue us??</p>
<p>Well, I&#8217;ve got great news for you, Genny &#8211; he&#8217;s not going to sue you because he died in 2012.  No wonder you&#8217;re so shocked to see him! But if you DID see him out there I&#8217;d say it&#8217;s because he thought, after reading this 1o Things To Know feature, that it sounded like a terrific show that he just couldn&#8217;t miss! Thanks so much for answering our questions, Genny!</p>
<p>The rest of you &#8211; don’t forget to check out <em><strong><a href="http://www.horsetrade.info/event/f08b983ead4057b2051d014ca0da39b5">CSI: Mayberry &#8211; An Unauthorized Parody</a></strong></em></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Horse Trade Theater Group</b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> will present the </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>10th Annual FRIGID New York Festival </b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">at </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The Kraine Theater</b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (85 East 4</span><sup><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">th</span></sup><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Street between 2</span><sup><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">nd</span></sup><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Avenue and Bowery) and </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>UNDER St. Marks </b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">(94 St. Marks Place between 1</span><sup><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">st</span></sup><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Avenue and Avenue A) </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>February 16-March 6</b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">. All shows run 60 minutes, or less. Tickets are available for purchase in advance at <a href="http://www.horsetrade.info/" target="_blank">http://www.horsetrade.<wbr />info/</a></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">  </span></p>
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		<title>Daughters Of Lot &#8211; A Lot Going On (2012 FRIGID NEW YORK FESTIVAL)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 03:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Tortora-Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://thehappiestmedium.com/2012/02/daughters-of-lot-a-lot-going-on-2012-frigid-new-york-festival/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" src="http://thehappiestmedium.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/1281154_orig-1024x682.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="" title="Daughters of Lot" /></a>&#160; &#8220;This is not your father&#8217;s burlesque show,&#8221; intones host Atlanta Georgia (Marlena Kalm) to the assemblage who stare at the three preening women who are outfitted in sky-high heels, racy bodices and flirty skirts of the schoolgirl-gone-bad-kilt and tutu variety.  With glittery winks and flicking hips these three women ooze dangerous sex appeal and [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><img style='float: left; margin-right: 10px; border: none;' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=c2406485cee0f095fa737d77f5159ef2&amp;default=http://use.perl.org/images/pix.gif' alt='No Gravatar' width=60 height=60/><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thehappiestmedium.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/1281154_orig.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-16436" title="Daughters of Lot" alt="" src="http://thehappiestmedium.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/1281154_orig-1024x682.jpg" width="614" height="409" /></a></p>
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<p><em><strong>&#8220;This is not your father&#8217;s burlesque show,&#8221; </strong></em> intones host Atlanta Georgia (Marlena Kalm) to the assemblage who stare at the three preening women who are outfitted in sky-high heels, racy bodices and flirty skirts of the schoolgirl-gone-bad-kilt and tutu variety.  With glittery winks and flicking hips these three women ooze dangerous sex appeal and edgy one-liners (<em><strong>I&#8217;m like a happy meal &#8230; I come with toys</strong></em>).  They are daring and flirty and dirty and in control &#8211; demanding that the squeamish leave the building so that they can get on with the show. <em><strong> &#8220;We know how you like it &#8230;&#8221;</strong></em> they taunt, <em><strong>&#8220;And we know why you keep it a secret from Wifey.&#8221;</strong></em></p>
<p>Welcome to <em><strong><a href="http://www.frigidnewyork.info/Show.aspx?id=33" target="_blank">Daughters of Lot</a></strong></em> (written by Alexis Roblan and directed by Rachel Kerry) where the Bible Belt meets the Garter Belt, where Feminism has as many meanings as Eskimos have words for snow and where women run the gamut from young and innocent to young and jaded.  If you&#8217;re looking for a man here you&#8217;ll find him only when he&#8217;s being channelled by one of the women, when he&#8217;s being serviced (unseen) by one of his daughters backstage, or when you look to your left at the guy sitting next to you.</p>
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<div id="attachment_16443" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 475px"><a href="http://thehappiestmedium.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Daughters-of-Lot-2.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-16443   " title="Daughters of Lot (Naomi, Rebecca, Marelena)" alt="" src="http://thehappiestmedium.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Daughters-of-Lot-2.jpg" width="465" height="310" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Daughters of Lot (L-R: Naomi Bland, Rebecca Gray Davis, Marelena Kalm | Photo credit: Nicholas Grant)</p></div>
<p>As Atlanta plays ringmaster to One (Stav Meishar) and Two (Caitlin Mehner) the three women proudly bring forth a daring exhibit: the <strong>real</strong> daughters of Lot who arrive like relics, wrapped in artifacts, inside big dresses but they are nonetheless excited to be there once they get over the rift in the fabric of time.</p>
<p><span style="text-align: justify;">There&#8217;s a lot going on here so let me boil it down to the most important take-aways.  Three narratives are presented and intertwined but they all deal with one theme and all weigh the same issues to see how the scales balance: is Woman a victim or is she the victor? (It should be noted that &#8220;Atlanta&#8221; means &#8220;balance&#8221;.)</span></p>
<p>Story one is the very constructs of the play: burlesque and all its forms &#8211; from the theatrical to the modest and reserved.  Regardless of attire a woman teases and beguiles &#8212; offers up her most private moves and rituals for an audience.  By doing so has she conquered them?  Or is she theirs to use up and toss aside?  Second story:  The actual story of Lot&#8217;s daughters.  There has always <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_(biblical_person)#Lot_and_his_daughters" target="_blank">been some debate as to who did what to whom</a> after they fled Sodom &amp; Gomorrah.  Mother, turned to salt, could no longer service their father.  Did the daughters take it upon themselves to &#8220;know&#8221; their father &#8230; to save the human race?  Or did the father simply continue a practice he&#8217;d started long before they fled?  Then there&#8217;s the third story of<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atalanta" target="_blank"> Atalanta </a>(or Atlanta &#8211; there are 2 versions which are told to the daughters of Lot).  The story is basically one of a young maiden who is not interested in marriage and plays at being a boy to get away from her suitors.  A race is held &#8211; the winner will get her hand.  She enters the race herself hoping to claim herself at the end, only to get distracted by some apples (maaaaagic apples).  Long story short, in the end she marries the guy who won the race.  Happy ending?  That&#8217;s a matter of perspective.  In fact &#8211; it&#8217;s all a matter of perspective.  Which is the one big theme: victim or victor?</p>
<div id="attachment_16447" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://thehappiestmedium.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Daughters-of-Lot-7.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-16447  " title="Two (Caitlin Mehner) holds down Atlanta (Marelena Kalm) as One (Stav Meishar) jeers | Photo credit: Nicholas Grant " alt="Two (Caitlin Mehner) holds down Atlanta (Marelena Kalm) as One (Stav Meishar) jeers | Photo credit: Nicholas Grant" src="http://thehappiestmedium.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Daughters-of-Lot-7-300x200.jpg" width="300" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Two (Caitlin Mehner) holds down Atlanta (Marelena Kalm) as One (Stav Meishar) jeers | Photo credit: Nicholas Grant</p></div>
<p>Throughout the hour Daughter 1 (Naomi Bland) and Daughter 2 (Rebecca Gray Davis) play the straight man, as it were, and allow Atlanta and crew to zip them (and us) through a cliff notes version of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IelRBgB9JA" target="_blank">what it feels like for a girl</a>, always driving home the point of balance.   Bland and Davis do a wonderful job at convincingly portraying newly-hatched women who are window shopping in the Mall of  Female Stereotypes where each conceivable brand of woman is, in turn, either celebrated or bashed.  However, no matter what lessons Atlanta and her One and Two can provide for the Daughters the story of Lot must play out as it should.  While the idea of who the aggressor is  - at least from this tale&#8217;s context &#8211; seems fixed,  the question of their perspective having been polluted becomes a weightier question thanks to the new stories that have been interwoven with theirs.</p>
<p>This play was originally longer and cut to fit FRIGID&#8217;s 1 hour time-frame, which I knew going in.  I&#8217;m not sure that <em><strong>Daughters of Lot</strong></em> works best as a one hour show; possibly making it even a bit shorter might have worked, though when taking out important moments it&#8217;s difficult to know which will resonate with the audience and which won&#8217;t &#8211; and ultimately you want to leave the audience with a thoughtful piece of theatre, not a hacked-up poetry reading, so it&#8217;s impossible for me to say what- other than the original format -would best serve this play.  I would very much enjoy seeing the full, uncut version in order to experience the original pacing and impact.</p>
<p>When these women announce at the top of the show that this is not your father&#8217;s burlesque show &#8211; and not for the squeamish &#8211; they&#8217;re correct.  I doubt there was a man in the audience who expected to be challenged so directly by women wearing so little.  I could tell it made some of them uncomfortable.  Frankly, this story should have made people uncomfortable starting a long time ago.  Go back and read the original if you need a refresher and then go see <em><strong>Daughters of Lot </strong></em>for a new perspective.</p>
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<address><strong><a href=" http://www.frigidnewyork.info/Show.aspx?id=33" target="_blank">Daughters of Lot</a></strong></address>
<address>Company: Brain Melt Consortium</address>
<address>Directed by: Rachel Kerry</address>
<address>Molly Ballerstein</address>
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<address>Feb 25, 5:30PM</address>
<address>Feb 28, 9:00PM</address>
<address>Mar 02, 5:30PM</address>
<address>Mar 04, 4:00PM</address>
<address>$15.00</address>
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<address>The Kraine Theater</address>
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<h3>The 2012 FRIGID NEW YORK FESTIVAL will run February 22-March 4 at The Kraine Theater &amp; The Red Room (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Ave and Bowery) and UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place between 1st Ave and Ave A). <span style="color: #cc99ff;">Tickets to all shows may be purchased online at <a href="www.FRIGIDnewyork.info" target="_blank">www.FRIGIDnewyork.info</a> or by calling Smarttix at 212-868-4444.</span></h3>
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		<title>Burlesque Blitz &#8211; The Strip Down Before The Count Down</title>
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		<dc:creator>Karen Tortora-Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://thehappiestmedium.com/2010/12/burlesque-blitz-the-strip-down-before-the-count-down/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" src="http://thehappiestmedium.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/BurBlitz2010-web.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt=" " title="Blitz" /></a>Wondering what to do with the last week of the year?  Maybe 2010 hasn&#8217;t been steamy enough for you and you need a little more sexiness before counting down to 2011?  If that sounds like your kinda heat &#8211; especially in this snowy weather, then get yourself to the  2010 BURLESQUE BLITZ!  For Four Nights Only (December [...]]]></description>
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<p>Wondering what to do with the last week of the year?  Maybe 2010 hasn&#8217;t been steamy enough for you and you need a little more sexiness before counting down to 2011?  If that sounds like your kinda heat &#8211; especially in this snowy weather, then get yourself to the  2010 BURLESQUE BLITZ!  For Four Nights Only (December 27th through the 30th) at the Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Ave and Bowery) you can catch the hottest Burlesque in New York City.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll be getting my fill of all things glamorous, glittery and gorgeous while being seduced by sweet sirens, beautiful boys and delicious drag queens.  Come to some or come to all &#8211; but don&#8217;t miss what promises to be the hottest week of December!</p>
<p><span id="more-12431"></span>The 2010 Burlesque Blitz will run December 27-30 at 10:30pm in The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Ave and Bowery). Tickets to all shows ($15) may be <a href="http://www.horseTRADE.info" target="_blank">purchased online</a> at  or by calling 212-868-4444.</p>
<h2>Monday, December 27 @ 10:30pm: Bastard Keith presents <em>A Tale of Two Bastards: A Jewlesque Fable</em></h2>
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<p><em><strong>&#8221; A Tale of Two Bastards</strong> is a holiday treat from the mind of MC, bon vivant and man of action, Bastard Keith. An homage to his favorite classic musicals, this tale of crime, mistaken identity and old-time burley gathers the talents of Darlinda Just Darlinda, Minnie Tonka, Madame Rosebud, Gal Friday, ace magician Matthew Holtzclaw, and Keith himself.&#8221;</em></p>
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<h2>Tuesday, December 28 @ 10:30pm: Misty Meaner, Stormy Leather &amp; Go-Go Harder present<em> Meaner Harder Leather… Burlesque With A Twist</em></h2>
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<p><em>&#8220;In the spring of 2010, Misty Meaner and Stormy Leather&#8217;s love affair gave birth to a beautiful, baby-butt smooth boy, Go-Go Harder. Since then, this trio of sexual ambiguity has literally been taking NYC by the family jewels. Uniting Drag, Burlesque and Boylesque, </em><strong><em>MEANER HARDER LEATHER</em></strong><em> brings you one of the most exciting shows in Manhattan! With your GLAMMY NOMINATED hosts, a variety of classic and scandalous performances, and a roster of talented guest stars, it&#8217;s sure to leave your seat wet and your heart curious&#8230; Hosted by Misty Meaner, Go-Go Harder &amp; Stormy Leather. Guest starring The Bendable Christopher Bousquet; The Shimmering Chanteuse of Burlesque, Melody Sweets; The Chocolate Queen With a Touch of Cream, Mocha Lite; The Bad Boy with a Heart of Gold, Richert Rocket, with Lacey Knickers as your stage kitten</em>.&#8221;</p>
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<h2><strong>Wednesday, December 29 @ 10:30pm: The Sweet &amp; Nasty Burlesque Mystery Hour presents <em>The Case of “The Fallen Starlet”</em></strong></h2>
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<p><em>&#8220;On Wednesday night, tune your radio dial to the <strong>Sweet and Nasty Burlesque Mystery Hour</strong> for heart-pounding suspense and jaw-dropping burlesque, presented live onstage. This month The Naked Detective Nasty Canasta and her helpful housegirl Sapphire Jones solve the case of &#8220;The Falling Starlet,&#8221; with the vocal and visual talents of Gal Friday, Tigger!, Victoria Privates, Miss Ruby Valentine and the sound-effects wizardry of Michael Johnson.&#8221;</em></p>
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<h2>Thursday, December 30: GiGi La Femme &amp; Doc Wasabassco present <em>Revealed Burlesque’s Holiday Bonus</em></h2>
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<p><em>&#8220;<strong>REVEALED</strong> is a burlesque show unlike any other. It&#8217;s a seduction, a tease, an epiphany, a dare, a conspiracy of pleasure. Hosted by devilishly charming master of ceremonies Bastard Keith, each show stars pin-up queen GiGi La Femme and a rotating ensemble of the most beloved burlesque performers in New York. Fresh editions of <strong>Revealed</strong> feature new performer debuts, surprise guests from around the world and innovative performances representing the state of the art in risqué entertainment. Come out and experience an evening of salacious striptease and skin, where the climax of each number leaves everything…Revealed. This special edition showcase will feature delectable performances by: The Girl Dreams Are Made Of GiGi La Femme; The Seductive Siren, Harvest Moon; The Borg Queen of Burlesque Kobayashi Maru; The Shining Jewel Of Burlesque, Sapphire Jones; and in her Revealed debut, Cheekie Lane! Hosted by the charming and inebriated Bastard Keith and his Sensational Stage Kitten Sidekick, The Girl Who Fell To Earth, Madame Rosebud! </em><br />
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