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Horse TRADE Theater Group to Present 'Sporknotes'

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Horse TRADE Theater Group will present A Rising Sun Performance Company Production titled Sporknotes

In this theatrical experience, a team of highly unskilled non-academics perform improvised abridged versions of the great works of literature as chosen by the audience based on nothing more than an unabridged plot summary.

Conceived & Directed by Jason Tyne the show will feature Rising Sun Ensemble & Guest Artists: Chris Enright, Brian Schell, Courtney Boddie, Josh Patten, Kerri Ford ,Colin McNally ,Sara Blake, Michael Chiavaroli, Brian Carin, Ben Rameaka, Julie Bain Zittrauer, Crystal Francishini, Josh Hyman

Monthly Performances will be Sundays @ 7PM on the following dates:
September 21st
October 26th
November 23rd

The show will take place @ UNDER St Marks (94 St Marks Place @1st Avenue)

To purchase tickets call SmartTix: 212-868-4444 or online: http://www.risingsunnyc.com

After sold out performances at FRIDID New York, RSP will present "Sporknotes" for ongoing monthly performances. Sporknotes is a 45 Minute set of Intellectual mockery and Literary blasphemy, set in motion by audience suggestions of both Classic & Obscure Literature, the troupe of improvisers and actors bring the stories to life with little to no knowledge of the story line, guided only by online student study guides.

"Join us as the world's foremost experts on literature culled from the area's finest bars, subway stations and unemployment lines gather to adapt & improvise the greatest works of literature live on stage for optimal audience confusion." state press notes.

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