Surprise Special Guests Announced This Week At IS ANYONE ALIVE OUT THERE?

Audible Inc., the world's largest producer and provider of downloadable audiobooks and other spoken-word entertainment, will begin performances this week of Is Anyone Alive Out There?, an original comedy musical at the Minetta Lane Theatre, which will also be recorded live for release as an Audible Original. The post-apocalyptic-set farce will run for four nights from March 21-24 at the company's creative home for live performances in New York. Each of the four performances will feature a surprise special guest appearance from either Chris Gethard (The Chris Gethard Show), Gilbert Gottfried (Gilbert), or Heléne Yorke (The Other Two).

Created and performed by New York-based cabaret and comedy duo Noel Carey and Julia Mattison (Funny Or Die, 54 Below, Joe's Pub) and directed by Daniel Goldstein (Godspell), the project was originally commissioned by Audible based on a pitch competition the audio entertainment platform hosted with the New York Television Festival (NYTVF) in 2017. The project is being produced with Gotham Gray Productions.

The musical finds two radio hosts stranded in their studio following a fire-spewing, world-altering event while they search for other possible survivors via the airwaves. As the performance progresses, audiences will observe their hilarious descent into madness as they struggle to maintain their regular broadcast and comb through an increasingly eclectic selection of remaining records. Each evening of the limited run will feature a guest appearance.

Performances will begin at 8 pm Thursday, March 21 through Saturday, March 23, and at 7 pm on Sunday, March 24. Tickets are priced at $30 and available online via Ticketmaster.com, by phone at 800-982-2787, or at the Minetta Lane Theatre Box Office (18 Minetta Lane). Audible members have exclusive access to discounted tickets using the code AUDB1. For more information, visit www.audible.com/minettalane.

Is Anyone Alive Out There? will feature scenic design by Donyale Werle, lighting design by Paige Seber, and sound design by Tyler Kieffer. Carey and Mattison co-wrote and perform all original music, with orchestrations and track production provided by Charlie Rosen.

IS ANYONE ALIVE OUT THERE?
An Original Musical Comedy Created and Performed by Noel Carey & Julia Mattison

As the world devolves into a fiery pit of hell, radio hosts Noel and Julia sift through the contents of their destroyed recording studio and broadcast its records - a mix of unfortunate B-sides and forgotten non-classics - to anyone who may, in fact, still be alive.

Written by and starring New York-based cabaret and comedy duo Noel Carey and Julia Mattison (Funny Or Die, 54 Below, Joe's Pub) and directed by Daniel Goldstein (Godspell), this zany musical comedy takes viewers through the bizarre world of two people trying to put their best foot forward and ignore the end of times as they stumble through their own survival.

Hilariously dark and cautiously optimistic, join the two hosts as they and navigate a life without food, water, resources, comforts, and other people. As the absurdity grows and the situation becomes more dire, it's clear that, if the heat doesn't kill them, their passive aggressiveness will.