Horse Trade Theater Group to Present Dysfunctional Theatre's A CLAMOUR OF CABARET, 8/7-16

Horse Trade Theater Group will present Dysfunctional Theatre Company's evening of short plays, A Clamour of Cabaret: A Volume of Vaudeville Varieties featuring stories written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Mim Granahan, Josh Hartung, Emily Edwards, and Patrick Storck directed by Eric Chase, Emily Edwards, Amy Overman, Justin Plowman, and Mim Granahan. The show runs August 7-16 at UNDER St. Marks.

The show will feature Gyda Arber, Nicole Lee Aiossa, Rob Brown* Lindsey Carter, Melissa Delancey, Emily Edwards, Jenny Gill, Tim Glynn, Josh Hartung, Brian Charles Johnson*, Amy Overman, and Justin Plowman with Musical Direction by Nicole Lee Aiossa, Sound and Lighting Design by Justin Plowman, and Choreography by Nicole Lee Aiossa and Emily Edwards. *Appears courtesy of the Actors' Equity Association

F. Scott Fitzgerald and Edna St. Vincent Millay host an evening of song, dance and comedy featuring The Courtship (Themes & Variations) by Emily Edwards & Patrick Storck, On a Play Twice Seen by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Buddy, Can You Spare a Rhyme? by Mim Granahan, Henry / Anne by Josh Hartung and Aria da Capo by Edna St. Vincent Millay with musical performances by Nicole Lee Aiossa, Melissa Delancey, Josh Hartung and the Dysfunctional Vaudeville Band plus a tap dance by Gyda Arber.

A Clamour of Cabaret: A Volume of Vaudeville Varities will play a two-week engagement at UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place between 1st Avenue and Avenue A) August 7-16, Thursday through Saturday at 8pm. Tickets ($18/$15 students & seniors) are available online at www.horseTRADE.info or by calling Smarttix at 212-868-4444.

DYSFUNCTIONAL THEATRE COMPANY is a collective dedicated to producing ensemble works that challenge the status quo without taking themselves too seriously. Its mission is to show audiences the joys of live theater, to give exposure to new playwrights and rediscover forgotten scripts of previous centuries and to provide a supportive environment for artists to grow and expand their work. Recent productions include I Shall Forget You Presently (winner - 2014 FRIGID Audience Choice Award), Final Defenders, We See Red, Unlicensed, Brew of the Dead II: Oktoberflesh, A Cavalcade of Curiosities, A Voluminous Evening of Brevity, The 8: Reindeer Monologues, Arsenic & Old Lace, The Dysfunctional Guide to Home Perfection Marital Bliss & Passionate Hot Romance(winner - FRIGID 2009 Audience Choice & Sold Out Show Awards), Brew of the Dead and Chosen (winner - 2008 FRIGID Sold Out Show Award). www.dysfunctionaltheatre.org

HORSE TRADE THEATER GROUP is a self-sustaining theater development group; with a focus on new work that has produced a massive quantity of stimulating downtown theater. Horse Trade's Resident Artist Program offers a home to a select group of Independent theater artists, pooling together a great deal of talent and energy. It is also the home of FRIGID New York - the first and only festival of its kind in New York City.