2 Chicks w/ Dreams at Where Eagles Dare Theater

It is there inside every one of us, the urge to get out, that feeling to break free, that need to tear off one's clothes and run down the street naked (well maybe not the last). But now, two young determined women are about to blow their respective popsicle stands and nothing and no one is going to stop them as Cyndi Freeman and Fiona Walsh demonstrate in their respective one-person shows INSIDE CHERRY PITZ and GREAT AMERICAN WHITE TEETH; a double bill of one-acts performed under the heading CHICKS WITH DREAMS, which begins an open-ended run at the Where Eagles Dare Theatre, located at 347 West 36th Street, beginning Tuesday, November 16th.

 

CHERRY PITZ has long wanted to be a famous drag queen like her father, but finds that avenue closed to her because she's a girl. Determined to make her mark in the world, regardless of the sexual prejudices that bar her way, and because she's been dumped by her teenage superhero boyfriend Johnny Angel, Cherry buys a one-way ticket on a Greyhound Bus out of her home town of Nowheresville USA and heads for the bright lights of Tinsletown to become a star. However Cherry quickly learns the road to Easy Street ain't listed with Rand McNally and the world doesn't always get turned on by your smile. Even when stardom appears to be just around the corner, Cherry must ask herself if the gold plated wonders offered by a center stage spotlight are really what she wants. INSIDE CHERRY PITZ is performed by two-time FringeNYCAward winner Cyndi Freeman

 

Don't talk to Fiona Walsh about bacon; she's had her fill of it, as she explains in GREAT AMERICAN WHITE TEETH. Hailing from Roscrea, Ireland (the home of Roscrea Bacon), Fiona, who's always been slightly different from the other children, dreams about having superpowers, being kidnapped by aliens and running away with Warren Beatty. Anything to get out of a community so tiny everybody knows what everybody else is doing, and where people hold grudges for decades. When Fiona finally finds her holy grail - America, the land of amber waves of grain, of swimming pools and movie stars, nightlife that just won't quit and some blessed anonymity, nothing in the word is going to stop her from getting to her own personal promised land - even a bit of stretching the truth here and there. But what will she do when she finds out that Studio 54 is closed?? 

 

Cyndi Freeman is a critically acclaimed actress, playwright and stand-up comedian. Her one-woman show, Greetings From Hollywood, was spotlighted on CNN, received a "Best in Fringe Festival" award at the 1997 NY International Fringe Festival and was voted "Best New Play of New England, 1998" by the Independent Reviewers of New England. Another of her one-woman shows, I Kissed Dash Riprock! won a "Best in Festival Award for Excellence" at the 2002 NY International Fringe Festival and has been acclaimed in NYC, Boston and throughout the UK (having toured throughout England with Guy Masterson Productions, and presented by Xaviera Hollander in Amsterdam). Other credits include HBO, Comedy Central, and Showtime.  Info: www.cyndifreeman.net.

 

A writer and performer, Fiona Walsh has worked in Ireland, England and the United States. Her favorite stage roles include Nellie Nora in Eclipsed at the Irish Repertory Theatre, Moya in The Shaughraun (also at Irish Rep), Sister Impartial in Celtic Tiger (me arse!) at the IrishArtsCenter and The Yellow Peril in Da, at the Guthrie Theatre, directed by Doug Hughes. She has written two short films: Going Without and ErectOStop - which was chosen Most Outrageous Comedy at the Giggleshorts Festival in Toronto and has played at film festivals in the U.S. and Ireland. This past year, Fiona made her stand-up comedy debut and has performed at The Duplex, Laugh Lounge, New York Comedy Improv, Carolines and The Comic Strip, among other clubs. She was also a contestant in the Ladies of Laughter Competition in August. She's performed her show GREAT AMERICAN WHITE TEETH at the Midtown International Theatre Festival, The Annual Women's Arts Festival in Asbury Park, NJ and at The Pit in New York City. For more info about Fiona, go to www.fionawalsh.com. 

 

INSIDE CHERRY PITZ and GREAT AMERICAN WHITE TEETH will be performed on a double bill for a limited run on Tuesday nights, beginning November 16th at the Where Eagles Dare Theatre. Show times are 7:30pm for INSIDE CHERRY PITZ and 9pm for GREAT AMERICAN WHITE TEETH. Tickets: $20.00 for each show, $15.00 for students and seniors or $25.00 for both shows. Reservations: 212-868-4444 or www.smarttix.com.

 

INSIDE CHERRY PITZ and GREAT AMERICAN WHITE TEETH are testaments to the spirits of two young CHICKS WITH DREAMS, who are determined to find their place in the world, with a wildly funny ride along the way.