Museum of Sex and One Year Lease to Host HALLOWEEN BACCHANALIA 2015

Following a 10-year hiatus, Museum of Sex (MoSEX) and One Year Lease Theater Company once again present Halloween Bacchanalia 2015.

One Halloween bash you don't want to miss, Halloween Bacchanalia will be held Saturday, October 31st, from 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., when guests will enjoy a delightfully decadent evening complete with admission to the museum exhibitions, a live musical performance by Kotorino, a burlesque show by the sensational Cherry Pitz, complimentary signature cocktails & additional cash bar, sinful bites to eat and desserts, ornate face painting by the one-and-only Melissa Roth, scandalous treats and outrageous giveaways, special raffle and more.

Various ticket packages are available for purchase in advance. Tickets can be purchased online at www.mosexstore.com/tickets, by calling (212) 689-6337 ext. 128, or in-person at the Museum of Sex, 233 5th Avenue (@ 27th Street), New York, NY. Tickets also will be sold at the door night of event.

Ticket packages are as follows:

MINGLE WITH THE GODS $40 includes admission to the museum's current exhibition Hardcore: A Century And a Half of Obscene Imagery and complimentary signature cocktails from 9:00 to 10:30 p.m.

SOAR WITH APHRODITE $65 includes admission to museum, complimentary signature cocktails, MoSEX Signature Elixir, scandalous party favors and access to Spotlight on the Permanent Collection gallery featuring "Jump for Joy", the bounce house installation created by Bompas & Parr.

INDULGE WITH DIONYSUS $125 includes all Soar with Aphrodite ticket benefits PLUS exclusive admission to Spotlight on the Permanent Collection, a reserved area with your very own servers catering to your every whim, complimentary VIP-only Martini Bar, VIP-only burlesque performance, special sinful party favors and decadent treats.

Halloween Bacchanalia guests are encouraged to arrive in costume. Togas are highly recommended. Dress like a "Roman god" and drink free wine. All proceeds will benefit the upcoming season and education initiatives of One Year Lease Theater.

Founded in 2001, One Year Lease (OYL) is an ensemble theater company whose mission is to premiere bold new international works in New York City. OYL advocates physically powerful, ensemble-based theater while creating worlds that are raw, poetic, and visceral. Since 2012, OYL has premiered four productions in NYC: Bryony Lavery's Stockholm, Mark Ravenhill's pool (no water), Gary Henderson's Skin Tight, and Pamela Carter's What We Know.

In 2007, OYL initiated its educational outreach program, mentoring young artists through workshops and an annual summer apprentice program in Northern Greece. Since the inception of the program, over 78 students from 21 colleges and universities across the United States and Canada have participated. The company has been featured in numerous publications including The New York Times, Time Out New York, The Village Voice, New York magazine, The Boston Globe, Backstage, Chance Magazine, and on NY1.

OYL is led by Artistic Director Ianthe Demos and Associate Artistic Director Nick Flint. For more information about One Year Lease, visit www.oneyearlease.org.

The mission of the Museum of Sex (MoSEX) is to preserve and present the history, evolution and cultural significance of human sexuality. Since opening in 2002, the museum has collaborated with world-renown cultural institutions, artists, and academics to create more than 20 exhibitions and three interactive programs that explore the best in current scholarship in the arts, sciences and humanities. From fine art to historical ephemera, its permanent collection is comprised of more than 15,000 sexually significant artifacts.

A destination U.S. and international visitors have come to know and love, MoSEX features four floors of gallery space, a unique gift shop with one-of-a-kind signature products and Play, its café/den/bar & lounge. Located at 233 Fifth Avenue (at 27th Street) in New York City, the museum is open 7 days a week: Sunday to Thursday from 10:00am to 8:00pm; Fridays and Saturdays from 10:00am to 9:00pm. Tickets may be purchased at the ticket counter or online at the website.

For more information, visit www.museumofsex.com, "like" us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/mosex and follow us on Twitter @museumofsex.

Creaky Brooklyn-based band Kotorino plays darkly elegant, trippy, gypsy-flavored "parlor rock" with carnivalesque touches. Compared to the Fishtank Ensemble, Radio Fantastique, Pin?ataland, Starhead, Sufjan Stevens and Beirut, they perform European Waltzes, Latin Tangos and rural Americana on guitar, fiddle, tuba, bass clarinet, tenor sax, horn, piano, drums, and acoustic bass. Vocal harmonies are haunting and lyrics flirt with adventure, unease and triumph. According to WNYC, "Kotorino has one of the most unique and unusual sounds of any band, ever. Even in a music scene saturated with "chamber-pop" bands and odd instrumentation, Kotorino stands out with its use of all variety of winds, strings, and other musical gadgetry. The music itself is omnivorous in its source material, quite pretty, and downright haunting." For more information about Kotorino, visit www.kotorino.com.

Cyndi Freeman, also known as Cherry Pitz, is an actress, playwright, story teller and burlesque performer. She is the creator of Hotsy Totsy Burlesque and has a ten year history of producing shows in New York, LA, Boston, Edinburgh, and London. These include: I Kissed Dash Riprock! (winner, Best in Festival Award for Excellence at the 2002 New York International Fringe Festival), Greetings From Hollywood (Best in Festival Award for Excellence, New York International Fringe Festival; IRNE Best New Play of New England, 1998). Ms. Freeman is a recipient of a Grand Prize Playwriting Fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council (with collaborator Ellen Groves). She has appeared on HBO, Comedy Central, and Showtime. She resides in New York City and is currently focused on producing and performing in Nefarious Laboratory Variety Show and Hotsy Totsy Burlesque. For more information about Cyndi Freeman, visit www.heroicsinhotpants.com.