July Events Announced For Horse Trade Theater Group

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.

"If it's fun, funky, artsy, absurd and original, chances are it's probably from the folks at Horse Trade Theater Group" The Villager

ONE NIGHT ONLY

Cabaret Showdown
A Save UNDER St. Marks Fundraiser
Sunday, July 17 @ 7pm $10
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
A cut throat Cabaret. A do or die singing extravaganza judged by experts. Singers randomly get sheet music and must sight read songs played by accompanist. As an audience member you may be picked as a competitor's lifeline, so come with your pipes prepped and ready to join the cabaret!

WEEKLY EVENTS

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.

MONTHLY EVENTS

Shotz
Monday, July 4 @ 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.

Monsters
Tuesday, July 5 @ 7pm $5
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
Every month Brad Lawrence (Moth Host, Standard Issues Podcast) looks under Middle America's bed and in its closets to find out what goes bump. Brad, with the help of the BTK Band playing Anthem Rock at really inappropriate moments, make this show a one of a kind adventure into how weird, dangerous, and funny America can get.

Ramblings of a Gentleman Scumbag
Thursday, July 7 @ 10:30pm FREE
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
Lucky Chengs Balloon man, delusional comic, and man of no God tries to justify 34 years of poor life choices and degeneracy. Profiled in Playgirl, FHM Magazine, Time-Out NY Magazine, Murdock is not your Father's balloon man.

The Adam Wade Show
Monday, July 11 @ 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, July 11 @ 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.

Sketch Block
Wednesday, July 13 @ 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 Fridays
Friday, July 15 @ 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.

TOLD
An evening of themed storytelling
Monday, July 18 @ 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.

Revealed Burlesque
SPECIAL 3RD ANNIVERSARY SHOW!
Wednesday, July 20 @ 10pm $25
The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)
Revealed is a cutting-edge burlesque show with a sinfully dirty twist. This unique and extra-sultry night features the sexiest, most notorious burlesque performers in New York City, as you've never seen them before! Come experience an evening of salacious striptease and skin, where the climax of each number leaves everything...revealed.

Legends of the Feather
Thursday, July 21 @ 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.

KL's Teaparty
Wednesday, July 27 @ 7pm Pay-What-You-Will
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
KL's Tea Party is a variety show with comic plays, monologues & characters. Of course, no party is complete with out music. Come see some of the top musical comedy acts in NYC.

Beaches 2
Wednesday, July 27 @ 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.

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