The Junket, a new, hilariously scandalous solo show based on scandalous actual events, written and performed by Mike Albo, adds a three show extension to its run at Dixon Place, originally scheduled to close on Saturday, November 16th. The Junket will now play on November 24th, December 1st, and December 8th at 6:00 p.m. at Dixon Place (161A Chrystie Street, NYC).
What's it like to be a scapegoat? Writer/performer/comedian Mike Albo presents his newest solo show The Junket, about what happens when your freelance job turns out to be your worst enemy. In this hilarious, harrowing, thinly-veiled tale, a struggling writer (named, um, Mike Albo) gets a freelance gig to pen a column for the country's most influential newspaper. It's a dream come true, and after years of low pay, Albo thinks he may finally be able to afford NYC's new luxury loft lifestyle (he even gets a new stylish boyfriend). But after he goes on an over-the-top, ill-fated press junket, he becomes a gossip item on the city's snarkiest, meanest blog, and is thrown into an acrimonious war between old and new media. The Junket is a much needed investigation into the compromised state of modern journalism, provoking questions about how we get our news and who gives it to us.
Helmed by acclaimed theater director
David Schweizer, with video effects by Larry Shea, The Junket is a wildly funny but emotionally painful account of New York's backbiting media scene, the inner workings of the fashion industry, and what it takes to survive as a writer in our chattering, challenging, increasingly unaffordable culture.
"I was perilously close to exposing a secret underground economy of promotion: the gift bags and plus ones and galas and banquets that keep the city in motion, and keep underpaid writers at work. Basically, I became the Silkwood of Swag," said Mike Albo.
Dixon Place is located 161A Chrystie Street, New York City. The Junket will play Sundays, November 24, December 1, and December 8 at 6:00 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. To purchase tickets, call: 212-219-0736, or visit:
https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/928347.
Mike Albo is a writer and performer whose acclaimed comedic solo shows include Spray, Please Everything Burst, and My Price Point (directed by
David Schweizer). He has written for several magazines and newspapers, and is the author of the novels "Hornito" and "The Underminer: The Best Friend Who Casually Destroys Your Life" (cowritten with Virginia Heffernan), as well as the novella, "The Junket". He is also a founding member of the legendary downtown dance troupe, The Dazzle Dancers, the comedy trio, Unitard; and the comedy collective, Show Show. Twitter: @albomike.
David Schweizer (Director) has worked with Mr. Albo for some years now, most notably on their acclaimed show My Price Point at PS 122. He has directed solo and performance work with such distinctive artists as
Ann Magnuson,
John Fleck,
Sandra Tsing Loh and
Marga Gomez as well as new theater and opera work nationally and internationally for many decades now. His collaboration with
Rinde Eckert has yielded such award winning events as Horizon at New York Theater Workshop and the OBIE award winning And God Created Great Whales in New York and touring worldwide. Recent regional theater and opera work includeTobacco Road at
La Jolla Playhouse, The Rivals at Center Stage Baltimore, Peer Gynt at Kansas City Rep, Verdi's Macbetto at Boston Lyric Opera, The Man Mistook His Wife For a Hat at Long Beach Opera. Last season he directed the world premiere of
Tennessee Williams' last lost full length play In Masks Outrageous And Austere Off Broadway at the
Culture Project. Upcoming, Verdi's Joan of Arc at Chicago Opera Theater.
Larry Shea (Video Designer) has created stage effects and environments for several of Mike Albo's performances, and has exhibited his short experimental videos, interactive environments, and kinetic sculptures at national and international venues. He worked with artist Julia Scher on many of her surveillanceart installations including SecurityWorld (1996 at Galerie Hussenot, Paris); Wonderland (1998 Andrea Rosen Gallery, NY, and several European venues); and Predictive Engineering 2 (1999 at SFMOMA). He was the Technical Designer for
Mary Ellen Strom and
Ann Carlson's large scale outdoor video projection and performance extravaganza Geyserland, taking place on an observation car train trip from Bozeman to Livingston, Montana in 2003. Larry is currently Associate Professor of Video and Media Design in the
Drama Department at
Carnegie Mellon University. His work can be seen at
www.lshea.org.
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