When you were growing up, did you ever have characters from TV or film that you looked up to and felt that if you could be like them, you could do anything? Cyndi Freeman sure did, and she didn’t pick any run-of-the-mill hero…she picked THE woman…you know…the awesome chick in the invisible jet who could tie up any creep with her golden lasso and bounce bullets off of her groovy bracelets…all while wearing practically nothing in red, white, & blue. Wonder Woman: A How To Guide for Little Jewish Girls is part feminist hero worship and trivia; part life story of growing up more geek than hero with family dysfunction; and part tale of using the strength within to battle some of the scariest nemeses of all: life’s curve-balls.

Freeman, no stranger to one-woman shows and a regular performer on the theatre festival and burlesque circuit (the latter under the name of Cherry Pitz), opens up about everything from a gun-toting father going after an AWOL son – to the realization that our human mentors can be disappointingly human.

Insightful and heart-wrenching as well as hilarious, Freeman has a knack for making a connection with her audience and making them feel as if they’re having a private conversation with her. With each section of the show, you feel more and more intimate with Freeman; what starts out as an interesting history of one of the most iconic female figures of the 20th century slowly becomes a more introverted perspective on how Freeman’s life was shaped. Her flair for comedy and the outrageous intersperses with moments when she reveals current personal battles that can only be dealt with by sheer will, inner strength and the confidence in yourself that you learned from your TV heroes…or maybe a rejuvenating jaunt on Paradise Island of the Amazons.

If you didn’t have an opportunity to catch this wonderful show, you’re in luck! Picked as a Frigid Hangover, there is one more performance left.

Not one to miss!

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• Scratch & Pitz Burlesque and Variety Hour – Seven Act Scratch (2012 FRIGID NEW YORK FESTIVAL)
• Scratch & Pitz Burlesque And Variety Hour: 5 Things To Know About The Show Before You Go (2012 FRIGID NEW YORK FESTIVAL)
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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.

For more details about the shows, keep reading  -

MARCH 7-13 at THE KRAINE and THE RED ROOM

I could say SO MUCH about We Might Be Experimenting On You – but I’ve been sworn to secrecy. Seriously.

Click here for full review . . .

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“More than 350 years ago John Milton created the work Paradise Lost to investigate this timeless question in a timeless way. Paul Van Dyck now brings this gem to us infusing this classic with modern artistic techniques as well as with time-honored ones.”

Click here for full review . . .

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“If you only have a chance to see one show at the FRIGID this year, make Saving Tania’s Privates the one – you won’t regret it.”

Click here for full review . . .

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“Walk into Fate, Fury and Musical Theatre: A Kind of Cabaret expecting to be drunk on talent and damn – you’ll get your elixir and more. Much more. Written and performed by front-woman Liz Wasser, Fate, Fury is Fabulous, Fun and Fantastic.”

Click  here for full review . . .

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“…though experience with the game may help you enjoy the many inside jokes regarding the original game mechanics, this play succeeds in ways the game couldn’t….”

Click here for full review . . .

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Goodnight Lovin’ Trail

“A perfect gem found along a dusty trail; Goodnight Lovin’ Trail will leave you remembering the things you’ve lost along that road that stretches out behind you.”

Click here for full review . . .

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Welcome back to another installment of FRIGID New York Festival 2011 Q&A! We’ll be running these throughout February until the Festival starts, so be sure to check back to read all about the great shows that will be taking part in the festival. Also – don’t miss the winner-take-all game of Rock Paper Scissors! Today’s Q&A is with Cyndi Freeman who is the Writer / Performer of Wonder Woman: A How To Guide For Little Jewish Girls.

Two-time FringeNYC award-winning writer/performer Cyndi Freeman’s latest solo show traces her journey from little suburban Jewish girl obsessed with Wonder Woman to becoming the fabulous burlesque Queen, Cherry Pitz, in NYC. Join her on a crusade to right wrongs while wearing fabulous costumes.

Wonder Woman A How To Guide For Little Jewish Girls featuring Cyndi Freeman (Photo By Drew Geraci)

answers by Cyndi Freeman – Writer and Performer

Antonio Asks: What makes FRIGID such a warm and welcoming experience for your production?

The Staff at Horse Trade Theater Group. They are supportive, smart and incredibly capable people!

Diánna Asks: What about this play do you feel most drawn to personally, and because of that, what message do you hope the audience walks away with?

I wrote it, so the material is very personal. What drew me to the theme is my own obsession with Wonder Woman and a desire to know just why I never outgrew my love for this comic book character. There are many messages in the show. Mostly having to do with finding inner strength and how we go about developing it. I think each audience member will get something very personal out of it.

Karen Asks: That’s some title. How did you come up with it – and what does it mean?

I wanted a title that said exactly what the show was. I learned everything a young girl needs about being a woman from Wonder Woman…well almost everything.

Stephen Asks: You must have a favorite part of your show. What makes it your favorite?

The strip tease at the end because of the glittering underpants.

Lina Asks: How much of your show was inspired by true events?

The show is memoir, it is all true – well except for the parts where I talk about what happened in The New Adventures of Wonder Woman: Episode 2 “Fausta: The Nazi Wonder Woman”. I am pretty sure that part is fiction.

THM Bonus Question: If you could play a virtual game of Rock, Paper, Scissors with another FRIGID Show which show would you take on? And what would you throw?

We Might Be Experimenting On You. I‘d throw a polygraph machine – did you know that the polygraph machine was invented be William Marston – who also was the creator of Wonder Woman?

Thanks Wonder Woman: A How To Guide For Little Jewish Girls – for participating in The Happiest Medium’s FRIGID New York Festival 2011 Q&A. And for playing our game! You’re officially – well, now. I think you’re officially not going to win (cue sound machine that does the big AWWWWW sound).

Here’s the breakdown so far:

You’ve been challenged by:

Saving Tania’s Privates who threw SCISSORS.  Winner - TANIA’S PRIVATES!

FUNNY A trunk show who GAMED the system by waiting to see what you threw then threw SOMETHING BETTER.  Winner – FUNNY!

And You challenged We Might Be Experimenting On You who threw ROCK.  Winner – EXPERIMENTING!

DING DING DING!  This is how it works in the crazy world of the VIRTUAL ROCK PAPER SCISSORS TOURNAMENT!

Meanwhile, for the rest of you – don’t forget to check out Wonder Woman: A How To Guide for Little Jewish Girls!

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• FRIGID Hangovers – I’ll Have Another Round! (FRIGID New York 2011)
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