'Naught But Pirates' Presented at FRIGID NY March 7-18

FRIGID New York will present the world premiere of Sean Owens' Naught But Pirates, a solo swish-and-swashbuckling adventure, with musical score by Don Seaver. Kenny Shults directs the one-man show which runs at The Red Room, 85 E. 4^th St. in the East Village March 7, 9, 11, 15, 17, and 18.

The first annual FRIGID New York theater festival, co-produced by New York's Horse Trade Theatre and San Francisco's EXIT Theatre, will presents 30 shows in 3 East Village venues March 7-18.  

With Naught But Pirates, Owens sets sail into an evening of dining, debauching, and dandyism. His solo spectacular boasts a trio of unsavory characters, including an overreaching rock star and the legendary pirate himself, Black Dick. The show introduces a new Seaver & Owens song, "Not for a Lack of a Lass."

Sean Owens and Don Seaver have been collaborating since 1997, beginning with Seaver's musical score for The Big Drag at San Francisco's Theatre Rhinoceros. Seaver did the music for Owens' Girlesque (2004). Most recently, Seaver has written the scores, as well as the music to Sean's lyrics, in Owens's ensemble comedies Odd By Nature I (2006) and Odd By Nature II (2007), both produced at EXIT Theatre in San Francisco. They collaborated on music and songs for the 2006 DIVAfest Cabaret's On the Sixes and will be back again for 2007's Cabaret.

FRIGID New York is co-produced by New York 's Horse Trade Theater and San Francisco's EXIT Theatre. In this, its first year, FRIGID New York will present 30 different shows in 3 East Village venues. (FRIGID = Fun Risky Intimate Gritty Indie Downtown.) FRIGID New York is the first ever CAFF-sanctioned (Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals) festival in New York City . For full details on shows, tickets, venues, etc., visit www.frigidfest.com. Please note: FRIGID New York theatres are not wheelchair accessible.