Adrienne Truscott's 'ASKING FOR IT' Set for Longest NYC Run This Fall

PS122, The Chocolate Factory and The Creek & The Cave present Adrienne Truscott's ASKING FOR IT: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her P*ssy and Little Else! Truscott's "brilliantly bold and thoroughly engaging provocation"(The Times UK) that mixes humor, dance, video and p*ssy-puppetry while undoing the rules and rhetoric surrounding rape and comedy will have its longest yet New York City run.

In this one woman show, Truscott straddles the world of stand-up and performance art dressed only from the waist up and ankles down. Taking her show out of its usual performance space and into the traditionally male dominated world of the comedy club, Truscott attempts a feminist take down, this time from the inside. With commentary from George Carlin, Louis C. K. and Robert De Niro, she takes on ducks, mini-skirts, rape whistles, Daniel Tosh, and Rick Ross. Heavy at its core but light on its feet, Truscott makes jokes about rape all night long...even if you ask her to stop.

Performances of ASKING FOR IT: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her P*ssy and Little Else! will take place Sept 23-25, 29-Oct 3 at 8pm and Sept 25 at 7pm. The Creek & The Cave is located at 10-93 Jackson Ave, Long Island City in Queens. Tickets are $18 and can be purchased by visiting PS122.org/asking-for-it or calling 866-811-4111.

Adrienne Truscott is a choreographer, circus acrobat, dancer, writer and as of late, comedian. She has been making genre-straddling work in New York City and abroad for over 15 years and has performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Festival, Edinburgh Fringe, Soho Theater (London), Montreal's Just For Laughs festival and most recently with sold out run at Joe's Pub. She is one half of the infamous Wau Wau Sisters and has worked with cult cabaret legends Kiki and Herb, Meow Meow, and John Cameron Mitchell (Shortbus).

For the premiere of ASKING FOR IT: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her P*ssy and Little Else. Truscott was awarded the Fosters' Edinburgh Comedy Award 2013 Panel Prize and The Malcolm Hardee Award. The UK Guardian Newspaper praised Truscott for her, "firecracker wit, sophistication and luminous humanity."The show has continued to tour the world over 18-months after its premiere, Truscott remarks, "To my delight and horror, it remains relevant."

PS122's 2015-16 Season Launch Party
Curated by Erin Markey
Monday Oct 5, 7-10pm
The Bowery Hotel
335 Bowery in Manhattan

Tickets: $30 in advance, $35 at the door.
All tickets include open bar + hors d'oeuvres.
Tickets: web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/950177
Info: PS122.org/season-launch

To celebrate the last season out of our beloved and constantly under construction building in the East Village, PS122 is giving acclaimed performance artist Erin Markey full reign to curate an evening of fashionable chaos at the much-too-fancy Bowery Hotel.

Described by Time Out New York as "fantastically weird, fiercely committed, occasionally terrifying", Erin Markey combines her extraordinary voice with an aggressive sense of comedy. Guest performers, youtube tutorials and fishtail braids are a few of the things you can expect at this year's season launch. Join PS122 staff, board and artists in toasting the year to come!

PS122 will give Season Launch attendees an exclusive opportunity to "Name a Chair" before the general public in the soon to be completed theaters. Each chair can be dedicated to a supporter, artist or in memoriam with an engraved plaque for $1,220 which directly supports the Give Performance Space campaign.

Erin Markey is a writer, comedian and performance artist who makes music, shows and videos. She has shown work at the Under the Radar Festival, New Museum, PS122, Lincoln Center Director's Lab, UCBeast, Bard Spiegeltent, Tasmania's Festival of Voices, San Francisco Film Society and frequently at Joe's Pub at the Public Theater. Her new musical, A Ride On The Irish Cream, will premiere at Abrons Arts Center in January 2016. She is the recipient of a 2014 Franklin Furnace Grant and a 2012 NYFA Cutting Edge Artist Award. She won an Eliot Norton Award for Outstanding Performance in 2013 and has been recognized by Time Out New York as a Top Ten Cabaret Artist 2013-2015. As an actress and performer, she is a company member of Obie Award winning Half Straddle. She will be co-composing music with Chris Giarmo and starring in the upcoming Tina Satter/Half Straddle production Ghost Rings at New York Live Arts in April 2016. She has appeared in several web series including Paula Pell's and James Anderson's Hudson Valley Ballers, Monica (The Mini Series), Rods and Cones, Your Main Thing, and The 3 Bits. She was also featured in the LOGO television show Jeffery and Cole Casserole. Film credits include Valencia (The Movies) and Junkie Doctors.

About The Creek & The Cave - The Creek and The Cave is a bar, restaurant, lounge and comedy theatre one stop from Manhattan in the heart of Long Island City. Our food is California Style Mexican, our Margaritas are strong and our vibe is funny. creeklic.com

About The Chocolate Factory - Since its founding in 2005, The Chocolate Factory Theater [Link to Website] has supported the development and presentation of new work by a community of local, national and international artists working in dance, theater, performance, and multimedia. The Chocolate Factory's programs have drawn many thousands of new visitors to its 5,000 square foot industrial facility in Long Island City, Queens. The organization is currently planning for the purchase and renovation of a permanent facility in the neighborhood.

The Chocolate Factory is artist-founded and artist-led. Its founding Directors, Sheila Lewandowski and Brian Rogers, continue to create and present their own work at The Chocolate Factory while providing support to a close-knit community of forward-thinking visiting artists working at all stages of their careers.

The Chocolate Factory received an Obie grant in 2009. Its works have received Bessie and Obie Awards and have toured nationally and internationally. www.chocolatefactorytheater.org

About Performance Space 122 - Performance Space 122 (PS122) provides incomparable experiences for audiences by presenting and commissioning artists whose work challenges boundaries of live performance. PS122 is dedicated to supporting the creative risks taken by artists from diverse genres, cultures and perspectives. We are an innovative local, national and international leader in contemporary performance.

Beginning in 2011, PS122 embarked on one of the most unusual and potentially radical shifts in its history, including a re-structuring of artist support, a business model overhaul, and the renovation of our building. As PS122's East Village home undergoes a much-needed interior renovation supported primarily by the City of New York, DCA and DDC, PS122's core activity continues to be providing audiences with contemporary live performance.

For over 3 decades, Performance Space 122 has been a hub for contemporary performance and an active member of the cultural community. Under the curatorial vision of Vallejo Gantner (Artistic Director 2005 - present) PS122 has developed a set of programs designed to re-establish the value of live performance, provide singular experiences for audiences that inspire critical thinking, and sustain the creative process for artists throughout their career. Largely in partnership with peer organizations, PS122 currently presents artists in all disciplines in spaces all over the city during an annual fall & spring season and COIL festival in January.

In addition to the commissioning and presenting of artists from NYC across the US, and around the globe, PS122 has increased our activity off the stage to provide audiences with a variety of access points and context for the work on stage. These activities include both talkbacks with the artists as well as in depth conversations that bring together luminaries from non-arts disciplines to discuss a variety of topics including everything from religion, to migration, to queer real estate and cultural diplomacy. PS122 encourages the asking of questions and debate of contemporary society's issues in both artistic practice and audience experience. ps122.org