Wednesday, April 30, 2014

MAY 2014 EVENTS @ HORSE TRADE THEATER GROUP

MAY EVENTS @ 
HORSE TRADE THEATER GROUP

COMEDY

Stand Up and Take Your Clothes Off 
Sunday, May 4 @ 9pm $15 ($10 in advance)
The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street) 
Stand Up and Take Your Clothes Off is a fast paced, sexy show, bursting with talent. Each month will feature NYC's funniest female comics and sassiest burlesque acts.

Sketch Block 
Wednesday, May 14 @ 9pm $8 
Sketch Comedy meets Block Party. This monthly show features a guest host comedian, three guest sketch troupes and drinking. Come meet, mingle, and perform! 

Thank You, Robot
Friday, May 16 @ 10:30pm $5
A showcase for independent and established improv teams. For each show, two teams join Thank You, Robot to perform sets of unscripted comedy, never seen before and never to be seen again. 

The Skinny
Hosted by Peter DeGiglio
Wednesday, May 28 @ 9pm $10 
The Skinny is a political comedy talk show with a twist: The host, Peter DeGiglio, is just an average schnook struggling to wrap his head around the events that shape our world. Joining him is a discussion panel of real life experts and a plethora of wacky variety acts. 

STORYTELLING

The Adam Wade Show
Featuring Moth StorySLAM Champion, Adam Wade
Monday, May 12 @ 7pm $5 
Moth storytelling favorite, Adam Wade, has put together many of his winning heartfelt and humorous stories for a special show. He’ll also sing a few songs, and play video shorts. No two shows will be the same. A different featured guest will start the evening off. 

BURLESQUE

An Evening with Handsome Brad and his Naked Friends
Presented by The Nefarious Laboratory 
Wednesday, May 7 @ 9pm $10
Nefarious Laboratory has decided to kick off its partnership with Horse Trade by lying to the paying public: Only some of Brad’s friends are naked. The others are brilliant musicians, comics, and sideshow performers. Together with the finest in New York Burlesque they present an evening of variety entertainment. Part Carson era tonight show, part Addam’s Family, and entirely uncensored.

The Wasabassco Hellfire Club
Wednesday, May 14 @ 9pm $40 
The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street) 
It’s Wasabassco’s wildest, wickedest and most adult evening, curated to cater to the most sophisticated and lustful desires of a select group of curious and enlightened guests. 

Naked Girls Reading
Wednesday, May 21 @ 9pm $25 (2 for $40) 
A monthly nude literary salon featuring in-the-buff readings by local burlesque luminaries, professional librarians, authors and other Naked Girls.

VARIETY & OPEN MIC

The Open Mic Downstairs 
Hosted by Dan Ricker, Mike Milazzo, & Kaitlyn O’Connor  
Every Tuesday @ 9pm  $3 
At The Open Mic Downstairs the focus is the stage! Sign-ups get seven minutes to try anything in one of the most supportive rooms in New York. Whether it be a performance art piece, comedy, music, storytelling, dance, something entirely off the top of your head, or you just would like to have a drink and watch the show, you'll find a home in the welcoming community every Tuesday night at UNDER St. Marks

Pulp Variety Streamcast
Presented by RadioTheatre
Friday, May 26 @ 7pm $10
AshcanDepot, a new media production company, will be releasing its new series: The Pulp Variety Streamcast, an original RadioTheatre showcase, recorded live in front of a studio audience then released as a Audio Podcast and Video series for New Media listeners and viewers to consume and share.

Ten-Foot Rat Cabaret
Thursday, May 8 @ 10:30pm $10
Ten-Foot Rat Cabaret is Gotham’s Premiere Variety Show hosted by Canadian import Jillian Thomas; featuring Bill Chambers and Gregory Levine - and a rotating cast of the entertainment cream of NYC, America and Canada. 

Your Musical Trivia Jukebox Show! 
Monday, May 12 @ 9pm $5
Singer and comic Kyle Supley and Paulie "Fingerz" Leschen (Scissor Sisters, Bedbugs the Musical) bring you "Your Musical Trivia Jukebox Show!" which lets you the audience answer themed trivia questions, and choose the songs we perform.

Cabaret Showdown
Hosted by Mark McDaniels 
Sunday, May 11 @ 7pm $12 (includes a free drink)
Do you have what it takes to be a cabaret champion? Contestants compete for the chance to star in their own show or cabaret. Come out and join the fun! Whether you are a contestant or in the audience you are guaranteed to have a blast. 

Radical Vaudeville
Thursday, May 29 @ 10:30pm $12
The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street) 
Join Surf Reality and Faceboy as we celebrate NYC’s counterculture and the downtown Art Stars. While Manhattan has been relentlessly transformed into a corporate strip mall these intrepid entertainers are the cultural vanguard that leads by example. We welcome you to come enjoy the nights of sex, comedy and eclectic music that are Radical Vaudeville.

All shows are at UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place between 1st Avenue and Avenue A) unless otherwise noted. Tickets may be purchased in advance at www.horseTRADE.info or by calling 212-868-4444. 

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