Horse Trade Theater Group October Events Begin

The Horse Trade Theater Group  events for the month of October begin.

COMEDY

The Skinny
Wednesday, October 5 @ 8pm $10
The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)
The Skinny is a political comedy talk show with a twist: The host, Peter DeGiglio, is just an average schnook struggling to wrap his head around the events that shape our world. Joining him is a discussion panel of real life experts and a plethora of wacky variety acts.

God Tastes Like Chicken
Thursday, October 6 @ 10:30pm FREE
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
The brainchild of erotic balloon artist John Murdock, the cast of God Tastes Like Chicken serves up society's sacred cows medium rare, with improv, sketch comedy, stand-up, chickens, and heresy.

Sketch Block
Wednesday, October 12 @ 9pm $5
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
Sketch Comedy meets Block Party. This monthly show features a guest host comedian, three guest sketch troupes and drinking. Come meet, mingle, and perform!

Thank You, Robot's Summer Friday's
Friday, October 21 @ 10:30pm $5
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
Summer Friday's is a showcase for independent and established improv teams. For each show, two teams join Thank You, Robot to perform sets of unscripted comedy, never seen before and never to be seen again.

Blogologues
Monday, October 24 @ 7pm & 9pm $15
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
In a world where anyone can become an overnight YouTube sensation and tech CEOS are high-rolling celebrities, Blogologues gives voIce To what's overheard in New York, what happens when parents text, and your missed connections.

Beaches 2
Wednesday, October 26 @ 10:30pm $5
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
Beaches 2 is a sketch comedy group featuring Tanya O'Debra that aims to take a type of joke and see if they can make you laugh nonstop about it for 30 minutes.

STORYTELLING

The Adam Wade Show
Monday, October 10 @ 7pm $5
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
Moth storytelling favorite, Adam Wade, has put together many of his winning heartfelt and humorous stories for a special show. He'll also sing a few songs, and play video shorts. No two shows will be the same. A different featured guest will start the evening off.

BTK Band
Monday, October 10 @ 9pm $5
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
Raconteurs regale the audience with true stories from their lives while The BTK Band, NYC's hardest-drinking improvised storytelling rock band, improvises music and lyrics to turn their stories into songs. As if Tom Waits and The Moth delivered a baby from the gaping maw of Chaos.

TOLD
An evening of themed storytelling
Monday, October 17 @ 7pm Pay-What-You-Will
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
TOLD is a monthly storytelling show hosted by Seth Lind. Each month New York's best performers take the stage to tell true stories related to a central theme. A special guest provides interludes to glue the evening together into a collective experience.

BURLESQUE & CABARET

Naked Girls Reading
Wednesday, October 19 @ 9pm $20
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
A monthly nude literary salon featuring in-the-buff readings by local burlesque luminaries, professional librarians, authors and other Naked Girls.

Wasabassco Hellfire Club
Thursday, October 20 @ 10pm $40
The Red Room (85 East 4th Street)
Wasabassco Burlesque presents their most adult show ever! Step through the gates of this exclusive club for a monthly erotic salon, curated to cater to your most sophisticated and lustful desires.

Legends of the Feather
Thursday, October 20 @ 10:30pm $10
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
John Murdock, The Gentleman Scumbag, will present a different Lucky Chengs drag performer each month. The performances will involve the numbers that have made the Girls of Lucky Chengs famous, but will also feature a story telling element unseen at Lucky Chengs typical Drag Cabarets. The show will open with a few stories from John Murdock, who will then turn the stage over to the Legends of Lucky Chengs.

VARIETY & MUSIC

Penny's Open Mic
Every Tuesday @ 9pm $3
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
Spoken word artists, musicians, comedians, and other creative folks are invited to put their two cents in at this weekly gathering hosted by Penny Pollak.

The Ice Cream Social
Featuring SUPERCUTE!
Sunday, October 16 @ 4pm $10
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
The band SUPERCUTE! presents The Ice Cream Social, a fun all ages vaudeville variety show featuring inspiring teen artists showing off their musical talent, comedy, and performance art!

Vintage Vantage Variety Hour
With Kyle Supley and The Pendulum Swings Big Band
Sunday, October 23 @ 9pm $8
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
The only live-feed musical variety show with a retro twist showcasing NYC's finest performers, musicians and comedians. Tune in monthly to hear incredible songs from one of NY's best big bands fronted by the incredible Jason Trachtenberg!

PLAY DEVELOPMENT, ONE ACTS & ONGOING SERIALS

Shotz
Monday, October 3 @ 7pm & 8:30pm $10 (includes a free beer)
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
Six playwrights and directors get a week and a half to write and rehearse a short play based around three conditions, a theme, and a pre-selected cast, and then its go time. Different playwrights and directors featured every month.

Unlicensed
Sunday, October 16 @ 8pm & 9:30pm $15
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
Unlicensed is an ongoing monthly serial that tells the story of a group of artists struggling to produce a play in an America where all theater is strictly government regulated and indie theater companies are outlaws.

The Drafts
Monday, October 24 @ 7pm FREE
The Red Room (85 East 4th Street)
The Drafts are a non-equity ensemble of actors who are relatively new to the New York theater scene. The Drafts do the hard work of new play development and each month they read new plays from two different emerging playwrights. These original excerpts will leave you wanting more.

The Directors Project
Monday, October 24 @ 8:30pm FREE
UNDER St. Marks (85 East 4th Street)
This year The Drafts welcome the five new directors of the Director's Project into the mix. The Director's Project is a gymnasium for young directors to develop their skills working on classical material. This fall watch five directors take on Troilus and Cressida five entirely different ways.

KL's Teaparty
Wednesday, October 26 @ 7pm Pay-What-You-Will
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
KL's Tea Party is an hour-long show where a group of actors & KL will perform material that student playwrights from across the United States and Canada have submitted. Every month will also feature a new or established playwright.

Advance ticket sales for all shows are available online at www.horseTRADE.info or by calling Smarttix at 212-868-4444. Tickets will also be available for purchase at the door, one half hour before show time.

HORSE TRADE THEATER GROUP is a self-sustaining theater development group; with a focus on new work, it 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.