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FRIGID New York Festival 2011 – Five Questions For: F*#king Girls

by Karen Tortora-Lee on February 24, 2011

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Welcome back to another installment of FRIGID New York Festival 2011 Q&A!  We’ll be running these throughout February, 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 withBen Thompson, Playwright of F*#king Girls.

A hilarious and misguided romantic fantasy about a young man “sleeping” his way through his ex-girlfriends en route to find true love, with a couple of major speed bumps along the way.

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FRIGID New York Festival 2011 – Five Questions For: Inside Straight

by Karen Tortora-Lee on February 24, 2011

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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 George Ridgeway who is the Actor-Writer of Inside Straight.

Johnny Ace is a street-smart surveillance expert. He plays poker with our lives and tells us like it is. A “New Age Noir” detective, he tracks a life-and-death story about the invasion of privacy in our high-tech world.

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FRIGID New York Festival 2011 – Five Questions For: A Kind Kind Man

by Karen Tortora-Lee on February 23, 2011

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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 Zach Stasz, Director and Producer of A Kind Kind Man.

When 14-year-old Flora shows up on Willard’s doorstep selling toothpaste with a smile, Willard’s repressed masculinity surfaces – triggering desires to drop his perfect muffin baking wife and run off with the unwilling Flora to the Virgin Islands. Dentistry meets Little Red Ridding Hood in this dark and modern farce.

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FRIGID New York Festival 2011 – Five Questions For: Scarlet Woman

by Karen Tortora-Lee on February 23, 2011

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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 Candy Simmons, Actor and Producer of Scarlet Woman.

Scarlet Woman is a two-woman, film noir thriller. This brand-spanking new play is a colorful homage to all the dangerous Delilahs of noir. A fast and furious exploration of all the extreme female archetypes in this genre. One femme fatale, two actresses, twelve characters, and more dead bodies than the last scene of Hamlet.

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FRIGID New York Festival 2011 – Five Questions For: I Love You (We’re F*#ked)

by Karen Tortora-Lee on February 22, 2011

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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 Kevin J Thornton, writer and performer of I Love You, (We’re F*#ked).

Kevin J Thornton has been featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered” and is the recent New Faces Winner at The Comedy Store in Hollywood. His hilarious new show is a wild mix of concert, stand up and storytelling.

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FRIGID New York Festival 2011 – Five Questions For: John Milton’s Paradise Lost

by Karen Tortora-Lee on February 22, 2011

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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 Paul Van Dyck who plays all roles, primarily Satan, and is the puppeteer for Adam and Eve in John Milton’s Paradise Lost.

This extraordinary production is a visual and technical treat replete with stunning CGI, spellbinding puppetry and first-rate storytelling.

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FRIGID New York Festival 2011 – Five Questions For: Yippie!

by Karen Tortora-Lee on February 21, 2011

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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 Randy Anderson who is the Co-Producer, Co-Writer, Co-Director of Yippie!


YIPPIE! is an explosive look back on the events that defined the Youth International Party. 1967 meets 2011 in this time twisting exploration of freedom, fun, and fanatics.

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FRIGID New York Festival 2011 – Five Questions For: JOE: The Perfect Man

by Karen Tortora-Lee on February 21, 2011

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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 Rachelle Elie who is the Writer and Performer of Joe: The Perfect Man

After losing his job, Joe’s passion to play all the lead roles in “The Scottish Play” explodes to the surface. Soon after he stumbles upon a Macbeth Open Call Audition and sees it as his one chance to fulfill his destiny. Through ridiculous failures and absurd attempts at brilliance he stumbles through the opportunity of a lifetime.

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FRIGID New York Festival 2011 – Five Questions For: TIRED WAVE STOP! 

by Karen Tortora-Lee on February 20, 2011

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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 Steve Boleantu who is the writer, performer and creator of TIRED WAVE STOP!

The Sea Captain has one rule: life at sea. But after falling in love with a mermaid, plus taking on a new crewmember, the old man of the sea is forced to examine the costs and rewards of his stubbornness. A grown-up comedic yarn.

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FRIGID New York Festival 2011 – Five Questions For: The Oregon Trail: Quest For The West!

by Karen Tortora-Lee on February 19, 2011

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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 Ryan Emmons (Director/Book) and Julie Congress (Actor/Book) of The Oregon Trail: Quest for the West!

Inspired by the iconic game, The Oregon Trail: Quest for the West! is an interactive comedy with music. Join our five brave pioneers on a grueling journey as they fight snakebites, dysentery and meager rations. Will YOU ford the river?

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