THE ADAM WADE SHOW, HELLFIRE CLUB, TEN-FOOT RAT CABARET and More Set for FRIGID New York in May

Horse Trade Theatre Group's FRIGID New York has announced its upcoming comedy, burlesque and variety lineup for May 2015. Details below!

COMEDY:

The Adam Wade Show
Featuring Moth StorySLAM Champion, Adam Wade
Monday, May 11 @ 7pm $10
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.

Sketch Block
Wednesday, May 13 @ 9pm $10
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
Sketch Block is a comedy showcase that gives sketch troupes an opportunity to perform without the pressure of bringing in an audience. Also, Sketch Block does not force their audience to pay for drinks. We believe that it's your choice to drink or not. It's about the comedy. 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
Friday, May 15 @ 10:30pm $5
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
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.

A Brief History of Beer
Sunday, May 31 @ 6:30pm $18
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
A Brief History of Beer is a one hour drinkeractive comedy where the audience travels through time with William Glenn and Trish Parry, all the way back to Ancient Sumeria, through to today, on a mission to save beer from a mysterious nefarious person!

BURLESQUE:

Stand Up and Take Your Clothes Off
Sunday, May 3 @ 8pm $15 ($10 in advance)
The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)
Stand Up and Take Your Clothes Off! features NYC's funniest female comics and sassiest burlesque acts. Past performers have been featured in films, seen on TV, and perform at venues all over the world. This is a fast paced sexy show, exploding with talent.

The Wasabassco Hellfire Club
Wednesday, May 13 @ 9pm $40
The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)
It is with pleasure that we serve up to you our naughtiest and most revealing show: The Wasabassco Hellfire Club. It's Wasabassco's wildest, wickedest and most adult evening, curated to cater to the most sophisticated and lustful desires of a select group of curious and enlightened guests.

Naked Girls Reading
Wednesday, May 20 @ 9pm $25 (2 for $40)
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
Naked Girls Reading NYC is the perfect intimate live event: a monthly nude literary salon featuring in the buff readings by local burlesque luminaries, professional librarians, authors and other Naked Girls.

VARIETY & OPEN MIC:

The Open Mic Downstairs
Hosted by Dan Ricker, Mike Milazzo, & Kaitlyn O'Connor
Every Tuesday @ 9pm $4 at the door
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
At The Open Mic Downstairs the focus is the stage! Sign-ups get seven minutes to try anything in one of the most supportive rooms in New York. Whether it's a performance art piece, comedy, music, storytelling, dance, or something entirely off the top of your head, you'll find a home in the attentive welcoming community at UNDER St. Marks.

Cabaret Showdown: Winners Showcase
Sunday, May 10 @ 5:30pm $10
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
Join last month's winner of the Cabaret Showdown as they star in their own show!

The Cabaret Showdown
Hosted by Mark McDaniels
Sunday, May 10 @ 7pm $12 (includes a free drink)
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
Do you have what it takes to be a cabaret champion? Contestants compete for the chance to star in their own show or cabaret. Come out and join the fun! Whether you are a contestant or in the audience you are guaranteed to have a blast.

Live in the Village
Wednesday, May 13 @ 7pm $10
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
Live In The Village is a monthly variety show, hosted by Mike Lemme that displays the diverse talent New York City has to offer. Each month some of the city's most passionate performers will take the stage and then come together in a panel discussion to talk about what makes them unique.

Ten-Foot Rat Cabaret
Thursday, May 14 @ 10:30pm $10
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
Ten-Foot Rat Cabaret is Gotham's Premiere Variety Show: Comedy, Music, Burlesque, Vaudeville, and More! Hosted by Canadian import Jillian Thomas; featuring Bill Chambers and Gregory Levine - and a rotating cast of the entertainment cream of NYC, America and Canada. Created and Produced by Rob Dub and Gregory Levine.

3 Great Things: An Oprah Style Celebration and Audience Giveaway
Sunday, May 17 @ 7pm $12
UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
Join comedian and host Chris Duffy for a night of NYC's best performers sharing their work and the things they love. Each artist performs a set, and then they give away prizes that they love to audience members. It's an Oprah-style audience giveaway! Previous audience members have taken home candy bars, books, magazine subscriptions, kitchen appliances, gaff tape, and a Tovolo mixing spoon (the greatest spoon in the universe). Guaranteed to be the most positive way to spend a Sunday night in NYC.

Thus Spoke the Spectacle
Sunday, May 31 @ 8pm $15
The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)
Thus Spoke the Spectacle deconstructs and reconfigures the massive onslaught of news, advertising, politics and entertainment into an edgy and highly entertaining transmedia rock experience. Original music, spoken word vocals, video and lights combine to tell the story of "the spectacle": a worldview come to life as a veil over reality, as the lens through which most people view and interpret the world.