Battalion Theatre to Stage UNHEALTHY at The Kraine Theater, 10/7-24

FRIGID New York @ Horse Trade will present Battalion Theatre's production of Darren Caulley's new play Unhealthy, directed by Kelly Teaford. The production will runOctober 7-24 at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery) with performances October 7, 11, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23 & 24 at 7pm. Tickets($18) may be purchased in advance at www.horseTRADE.info. The show runs approximately 2 hours.

Unhealthy is about the roles we play and our terrible habit of asking people to change. Celia has always felt unnoticed, especially in the shadow of her roommate Michelle, a successful actress. When an unstable fan of Michelle's interrupts their lives, his increasing fanaticism pushes the women into a dark descent toward irreparable separation. Unhealthy is an unromantic romantic comedy about dependence, obsession and the nightmare of becoming what someone needs you to be.

Each performance will be a unique experience. The ensemble of four actors will be randomly rotating roles at every show. The actors won't know which role they'll be playing until it is announced just as the play begins. Interesting? Masochistic? Ill-Conceived? Dangerous? We'll all find out together.

The rotating cast will feature Kullan Edberg, Dan Gonon, Laura Piccoli, and Gerrit Thurston with Sound Design by Aidan Meyer, Set Design by Caitlyn Murphey, and Lighting Design by Emma Rivera.

DARREN CAULLEY (Playwright) Darren's plays include Unhealthy, Very Important Problems, Trickster, and Reginald Fallen. His works have been produced in New York at HERE Arts Center, Cabrini Repertory Theater, and The Flea. Darren is also a game designer and founder of Yollerhorn, an online artist network and notification system. www.darrencaulley.com

KELLY TEAFORD (Director) made her directing debut with Brian Kirchner's The Kitchen Play, which was nominated for Best Play and Best Director as part of the Thespis Theater Festival. Other directing credits include Tracy Held Potter's Princess Audrey (True False Theatre company; Duplex Piano Bar), Mike Duffy's Love and Mistrust (Adler First Breath New Play Reading Series), and The Faces Behind the Photos (Infinite Variety Productions; Bowery Poetry Club). She acted as Assistant Director on the recent FringeNYC production of Night of the Living, which was awarded the FringeNYC Overall Excellence Award for Overall Play, as well as being critically celebrated and voted a New York Times favorite. As an actor, she has appeared off-Broadway as Libby (u/s) in The Greatest Pirate Story Never Told at the Snapple Theater Center, as well as off-off with Infinite Variety Productions, True False Theatre, Emerging Artists Theatre, and in multiple roles at The New Ohio during their One-Minute Play Festival. She is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers' Foundation Observership class, a resident director at True False Theatre, and an associate artist at Infinite Variety Productions, a not-for-profit company dedicated to exploring the stories of women throughout history.

BATTALION THEATRE Knowing that there is often a gap between training and connections with larger, established theaters, Battalion strives to offer artists the chance to operate at their full potential right now. Battalion works to create relevant, joyful, fully realized productions that delight both audience and artist.

FRIGID New York @ Horse Trade is a theater development group with a focus on new work that produces a massive quantity of stimulating downtown theater every season. FRIGID's Resident Artist Program offers a home to a select group of Independent theater artists, pooling together a great deal of talent and energy. FRIGID New York grew out of the annual FRIGID Festival, the first and only festival of its kind in New York City to offer artists 100% of their box office proceeds, and Horse Trade Theater Group, a self-sustaining theater development and management group.