by The Happiest Medium on February 7, 2012
Five Questions. Five Answers. And One Big Decision: Rock, Paper, Or Scissors?
Tali Brady, Afternoon Tea With Jane Austen (Photo by Karin Benedict)
Afternoon Tea With Jane Austen
Orange Wine Productions
Meet English novelist Jane Austen (the woman behind such beloved books as Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice) in this solo show about the creator of some of the most popular stories and characters in the English language.
Show Times:
- Fri 2/24 @ 6:30 pm
- Sat 2/25 @ 3:30 pm
- Mon 2/27 @ 9:30 pm
- Wed 2/29 @ 6:30 pm
- Fri 3/2 @ 9:30 pm
- Sun 3/4 @ 3:30 pm
Answers by Tali Brady
(Playwright / Performer)
Karen Tortora-Lee’s Question
That’s some title. How did you come up with it – and what does it mean?
Tali: I first came up with the title “Tea With Jane Austen” because I was creating an intimate show about a woman telling us about her life and I loved the mental image of telling one’s story over a cup of tea. (On the more mercenary side, I put in “Afternoon” at the beginning of the title to make sure it shows up higher in alphabetical listings!)
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by The Happiest Medium on February 5, 2012
Five Questions. Five Answers. And One Big Decision: Rock, Paper, Or Scissors?
The Rope In Your Hands
Written and performed by Siobhan O’Loughlin
Directed by Danielle Skraastad
The Rope in Your Hands, written and performed by Siobhan O’Loughlin, is an interview-based solo show featuring the stories of thirteen different survivors of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Show Times:
- Wed 2/22 @ 9:30pm
- Sat 2/25 @ 8:00pm
- Wed 2/29 @ 8:00pm
- Sat 3/3 @ 11:00pm
- Sun 3/4 @ 6:00pm
Answers by Siobhan O’Loughlin
(Writer, Performer)
Karen Tortora-Lee’s Question
That’s some title. How did you come up with it – and what does it mean?
Siobhan: The Rope in Your Hands is based on interviews I conducted with survivors of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. The title is an actual quote from a homeless man I interviewed in the French Quarter—he said to me, “You got a man drowning in a lake, huh? And you got a rope in ya hand? You don’t debate about whether or not you throw a man a rope!” For me, this embodies the show itself: if we have the ability to help each other, we should. The rope is in your hands as well as mine. It is in our hands.
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by The Happiest Medium on February 2, 2012
Five Questions. Five Answers. And One Big Decision: Rock, Paper, Or Scissors?
Mac Rogers (photo by Lauren Arneson)
Judge, Yuri & Executioner
Company: Temerity Theatre Company
Directed by: DeLisa White
Zack is an 85-year-old masochist who prefers older women. His girlfriend just left him. Where can he find a kinky senior citizen now? Time to tell his darkly funny life story!
Show Times:
- Thu 2/23 @ 8:00pm
- Fri 2/24 @ 11:00pm
- Sun 2/26 @ 12:30pm
- Thu 3/01 @ 9:30pm
- Sat 3/03 @ 8:00pm
Answers by Ed Malin
(Playwright)
Karen Tortora-Lee’s Question
That’s some title. How did you come up with it – and what does it mean?
Ed: The title is a pun on several episodes from the main character’s life. He is 85 years old, has seen a lot, and is a very happy masochist. As such, he finds himself identifying with Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
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by The Happiest Medium on February 1, 2012
Five Questions. Five Answers. And One Big Decision: Rock, Paper, Or Scissors?
Little Lady featuring Sandrine Lafond (Photo credit Paolo A. Santos)
Little Lady
The transformation of Cirque Du Soleil performer and Celine Dion dancer to performer generated theater artist is mirrored in this dark, comic and at times grotesque fable about our modern obsession with image. The exquisite movement skills of Lafond juxtapose with the world of distortion and manipulation accentuating LITTLE LADY’s tormented and blissful metamorphosis.
Show Times:
- Thu 2/23 @ 6:30pm
- Sat 2/25 @ 2pm
- Tue 2/28 @ 9:30pm
- Thu 3/1 @ 11pm
- Sat 3/3 @ 5pm
- Sun 3/4 @ 12:30pm
Answers by Sandrine Lafond
(Creator and performer)
Karen Tortora-Lee’s Question
That’s some title. How did you come up with it – and what does it mean?
Sandrine: It was last summer, I was on Manitoulin Island in North Ontario. I was working on two different characters and I needed a name to make sure I wouldn’t mix them up. It was the first thing that came to my mind. The only reason I kept it is because people liked it right away, so they decided! The name of the character and the piece are the same as ,I wanted simplicity.
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by Karen Tortora-Lee on March 24, 2011
These women of the arts hail from different disciplines, but they all have an indomitable spirit and a luminescent spark that makes them amazing human beings who are out there every day, doing amazing work.
Today we continue our series with Heidi G. Grumelot.
Heidi Grumelot is the Artistic Director of Horse Trade Theater Group. Horse Trade is comprised of three theatres that are like second homes to me: UNDER St. Marks, The Kraine and The Red Room. I had the pleasure of getting to know her after we sat on a panel together during FRIGID NewYork 2011 discussing Self Producing Artists. Honestly, I”m surpirsed it took me this long to actually meet her considering what a fan I am of Horse Trade and how much of my time is spent there.
Heidi is also a talented director; she was responsible for the extremely enjoyable Donnie and the Monsters which was held over last year. I’m happy to see someone so cool, so together and so strong being responsible for so much of the NYC downtown theatre scene. I can’t wait to continue working with her in the years to come. Now here’s Heidi’s story …
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by Diánna Martin on March 9, 2011
There Is No Good News featuring David Mogolov (Photo by Daniel Van Ackere)
From the moment you hear David Mogolov utter the words: “When I was seven years old my parents bought me a bullwhip,” the ice is broken, the walls immediately come down, and you are brought into a world of a hilarious, yet serious, one-man show that is There Is No Good News. I found myself laughing – no, guffawing, loudly – many, many times as we were presented with a glorious diatribe on everything from maniacal boys gone wild to Katrina victims; meth addicts with a purpose to job interviewers that have odd ways of selecting their candidates. But it’s not just a comedic piece; it’s razor sharp in its wit and cynicism in a manner reminiscent of David Sedaris, Dennis Miller, Brian Unger, and Bill Mahr.
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by Karen Tortora-Lee on March 7, 2011
So, what exactly is a FRIGID Hangover? Well, if you’re me, it’s the pounding headache you woke up with this morning after celebrating at the FRIGID Closing Ceremonies last night.
But if you’re one of the lucky ones a FRIGID Hangover means that – by popular demand – yours was picked as one of the shows to have an encore presentation. We’re thrilled that these wonderful performers get another chance to show off their stuff:
- Fate, Fury and Musical Theatre: A Kind of Cabaret
- Goodnight Lovin’ Trail
- Mendacity
- Paradise Lost
- Saving Tania’s Privates
- The Oregon Trail: Quest for the West!
- We Might Be Experimenting On You
- Wonder Woman: A How-to Guide for Little Jewish Girls
CONGRATULATIONS to all the shows!
FRIGID Hangovers will run March 7-13 at The Kraine & The Red Room (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Ave and Bowery).
Tickets ($18/$15 students & seniors) may be purchased online at www.FRIGIDnewyork.info or by calling Smarttix at 212-868-4444.
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by Geoffrey Paddy Johnson on March 4, 2011
Boatload (photo by Stars And Hearts)
In Boat Load the boat of the title is a metaphor representing the creative muse of Gary Bazman, an underachieving actor who has stayed too long in his small hometown. The load is the passenger list, a lifetime of Gary’s familiars – father, mother, girlfriend, professional contacts, friends, imaginary characters, even his cat, Mr. Tangerine. Gary, the boat, and its load, are all represented by writer/performer Jayson McDonald on a stage that is bare but for a single straight-backed chair. The ensuing hour of actorly tale telling will have your head spinning as you try to keep up with the action and not lose yourself in McDonald’s riveting performances.
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by Geoffrey Paddy Johnson on March 3, 2011
Joe Mazza in The Hyperbolist (Photo by Susan Ask)
As you enter The Red Room, the small black box theater space upstairs from KGB Bar, to attend The Hyperbolist, don’t be surprised to find performer/auteur Joe Mazza already there waiting to personally greet you. His is an undeniable presence, crackling with the energy of the irrepressible performer, eager to shake hands, quip with you, and generally impress upon you the aura of his creative, irrefutable me-ness. You could feel him across a room even if he wasn’t so striking, and there’d be no need for the trappings of theatrical finesse – the black clothes, dark-framed glasses, and black eye make-up – if he wasn’t, in a moment, about to launch a complex, engrossing, and delightful attack upon your jaded audience senses.
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by Stephen Tortora-Lee on March 2, 2011
The Shorebound Swim with a One Click Kick
Have you ever had one of those dreams? Where you’re having one crazy twist after another, and you can’t wait to see what will happen next… and then you wake up confused not sure what it meant and it even might fade away soon after waking, but it leaves these potentialities of ideas buzzing in your head the rest of the day? The Shorebound Swim With a One Click Kick: A Tragedy of Reason (Written by Markus Paminger & Directed by Alison Carroll) is an awful lot like that. Very enticing, but left intentionally vague, I think, so that you can believe whichever ending you’d hope for.
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