POLITICAL SUBVERSITIES Begins Open Ended Run At The People's Improv Theater 10/23

After a sold-out concert at Joe's Pub, this hilarious cabaret initially conceived by 5-time Tony Award nomineeand 3-time Obie Award winner Liz Swados returns to The People's Improv Theater for an open ended run.

Political Subversities is a darkly funny cabaret that finds the humorous, the stupid and the downright absurd in today's social and political landscape in the form of side-splitting sketches, fast and funny monologues and Broadway-worthy songs. Featuring an ensemble of New York's most exciting emerging writer/performers, Political Subversities seamlessly presents more than40 sketches and songs in under an hour. Neither Left or Right, Political Subversities sinks its comedic teeth into everyone from Palin to Palestine, bedbugs to Bloomberg, Obama to Oprah - no one is spared.With fresh material every week, the show is always riding the edge of the political and culturalmoment.Imagine a Venn diagram of The Daily Show, Glee, Avenue Q, Saturday Night Live and South Park.POLITICAL SUBVERSITIES is there in the middle.

POLITICAL SUBVERSITIES is created and performed by a cast of young, vibrant writers and performers including Kim Blanck (Sutton Foster's From Rodgers to Heart), Todd Dakotah Briscoe, Jabari Brisport (Tartuffe), Andrew R. Butler,Ismael Cruz Cordova, nicHi douglas, Matthew Robert Gehring, Emma Tattenbaum-Fine, Shaina K. Taub (Seussical, The Daughters) and Dominique Toney (A Woman Killed with Kindness). Directed by Andrew Neisler (Our Farm), Assistant Directed by Annie Tippe with Music Direction by Matt Vinson Swados states, "This crew of Political Subversities is a combination of goofy, edgy, nasty, and bighearted. It's political theater you won't see anywhere else. It is intelligent and has a sensibility that has been developed for almost four years. Enjoy and be offended." "Political Subversities is great fun and will reassure even the most experienced comedy fan that fresh,capable talent continues to surface in New York" -Cristina Merrill, Jester Journal

"Political Subversities is making politics cool again. Just like on The Colbert Report and The Daily Show, humor is the weapon for education, but these performers take more risks than Colbert or Stewart ever could on television. Easily one of the best shows in New York right now."- Chelsea Davison,Ology.comPIT Artistic Director Jeff Lepine states, "We are thrilled to have Political Subversities back at The PIT. This dark, hilarious, politically charged show will be sure to please the masses... I mean... this is a blue state, right?"

Political Subversities will be dark on the following Saturdays: November 27 th , December 25 th , January1s