UNDER St. Marks & The Kraine Theater Slate January Lineup of Comedy, Variety & Cabaret Acts

FRIGID New York @ Horse Trade has announced its January events at UNDER St. Marks and The Kraine Theater. Scroll down for details!

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The Adam Wade Show

Featuring Moth StorySLAM Champion, Adam Wade

Tuesday, January 2 @ 7pm $10

The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)

Adam Wade (Comedy Central's Inside Amy Schumer, NPR regular), a staggering 20-time Moth Story Slam winner, has put together many of his winning heartfelt and humorous stories for this special monthly show. No two shows are the same. A different featured guest will start the evening off.

The Open Mic Downstairs

Hosted by Dan Ricker & Mike Milazzo

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.

FEAST: A Performance Series

Wednesday, January 3 @ 7pm $15

UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)

Feast: A Performance Series invites you to the table for a fresh and delicious three-course performance series. Co-curators Conrad Kluck and Alex Randrup offer an evening of performances from the worlds of theater, music, dance and poetry, including a new work-in-progress staged reading by our monthly-featured playwright. We're cooking up new works every month!

Smut Slam

Wednesday, January 3 @ 9pm $10

UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)

Hosted by good time gal Trish Parry, Smut Slam is a storytelling competition based in real life, real lust, real sex. With sexy prizes from sponsors Njoy and Babeland, Smut Slammers sign up to tell a 5 minute dirty story, judged by a different panel of celebrity judges like sex party curators, erotica writers, storytelling hosts, and more! Voyeurs can still participate also with the Fuckbucket, divulging secrets anonymously or digging deep with questions for Trish, with a chance to win the coveted Njoy toy at the end of the evening.

Kelly Cash

Friday, January 5 @ 10:30pm $8

UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)

Kelly Cash wanders a waste of desert sands; a shadow of time and memory, waiting to lose its passionate intensity. On chosen evenings, when the sun drowns the innocence of the plains in its blood-dimmed tide and the darkness draws cold and taut across the tired throats of hungry coyotes and worn ranchers, Kelly Cash rides in from the west, a vexing nightmare, with but a lone purpose: to perform the improv comedy for you and you alone. Kelly Cash is Upright Citizens Brigade improvisers Ken Beck, Corey Brown, Sean Casey, Maelle Doliveux, Rocco Marrongelli, Jeff Miller, and Johnna Scrabis.

It's Getting Tired Mildred

Saturday, January 6 @ 10:30pm $20

UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)

Welcome to Mildred Springs!. Where the bold and the beautiful citizens live the days of their lives. They are young and restless and have all got one life to live. Watch as their world turns... as their guiding light leads them on their constant search for tomorrow... as they hang on to the edge of night and you will be transported to another world. The world of It's Getting Tired Mildred.

The Beer Show

Sunday, January 7 @ 6:30pm $12

UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)

Drink-a-long through time in the Quantum Pint Machine! Currently in its third season at UNDER St. Marks, Wish Experience brings you their sci-fi sketch comedy based on the life and times of the humble beer.

Stand Up and Take Your Clothes Off!

Sunday, January 7 @ 8pm $10 in advance; $15 at the door

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.

Sketch Block

Wednesday, January 10 @ 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!

CHALK

Saturday, January 13 @ 2:30pm $15; $5 for kids under 12

The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)

CHALK is a playful and poignant one-man show guaranteed to delight audiences of all ages. Chalk invites audiences into a hand-drawn world where imagination is made real and anything can happen. Charlie Chaplin meets Harold and the Purple Crayon in this feel-good romantic romp sure to "Draw You In."

Ten-Foot Rat Cabaret

Saturday, January 13 @ 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.

Cabaret Showdown: Winners Showcase

Sunday, January 14 @ 5:30pm $10

The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)

Join last month's winner of the Cabaret Showdown as they star in their own show!

The Cabaret Showdown

Hosted by Mark McDaniels

Sunday, January 14 @ 7pm $12 (includes a free drink)

The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)

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.

Vintage Basement with Max & Nicky

Monday, January 15 @ 9pm $7

UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)

From New York-based twin brothers Max and Nicky Weinbach comes a monthly neo-retro night of stand-up comedy and music. Max & Nicky will have you falling in love with their humorous banter and charming musical styling's through the dynamic mélange of their dovelike old-fashiondness and quirky, absurd idiosyncrasies. With a heavy focus on stand-up comedy, this vintage style variety show will feature the additional talents of four hilarious stand-up comics.

The Varietal Hour

Wednesday, January 17 @ 7pm $10

UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)

The Varietal Hour showcases a diverse collection of talent from around the city. Host and two-time Tony Award rehearsal attendee Lucas Womack splits a bottle of wine with guests as they perform anything from stand up to soft shoe, from storytelling to juggling, and very little in between. Or maybe all of it. Join us as we celebrate variety and varietals!

Thank You, Robot

Friday, January 19 @ 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.

Lo-Fi Comedy

Saturday, January 20 @ 10:30pm $5

UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place)
LO-FI NYC is a live taping of the comedy show you always dreamed of. Recorded only on iPhones and a 10-year-old Sony handicam, this fast-paced trash heap of a show features the best sketch, stand up, hammer giveaways and musicians from the big apple and beyond. It's like The Muppet Show, but there aren't any puppets and everyone is drunk.

New York Madness

Sunday, January 28 @ 8pm $10

The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street)

NY Madness is a raw and unpredictable show of short plays by an ensemble of playwrights presented fully staged with scripts in hand. Each night has a Theme, which is given out a week before the event. It is a snapshot of where we are politically, culturally, and artistically. A Madness is a forum for all writers to explore the boundaries of modern theater.

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FRIGID New York @ Horse Trade is a theater development group with a focus on new work that produces a massive quantity of stimulating downtown theater every season. FRIGID's Resident Artist Program offers a home to a select group of Independent theater artists, pooling together a great deal of talent and energy. FRIGID New York grew out of the annual FRIGID Festival, the first and only festival of its kind in New York City to offer artists 100% of their box office proceeds, and Horse Trade Theater Group, a self-sustaining theater development and management group. Go to www.FRIGIDnewyork.info for more information.