Horse Trade Theater Group Presents RED BASTARD AND CACTUS: THE SEDUCTION

Horse Trade Theater Group presents RED BASTARD AND CACTUS: THE SEDUCTION DOUBLE BILL! June 10-12 @ UNDER St. MarkS

RED BASTARD
Written by: Eric Davis with Sue Morrison
Red Bastard is a Dangerous Seductive Comedy Monster! After 5-star reviews and sold out shows across North America and Europe, America's premiere bouffon unleashes a pompous theatrical master class in this critically-acclaimed Bouffon show. His mission: to charm, disarm, shock and seduce. His target: you.

Red Bastard is not clown. He is not here to please you. He has come to make you surrender- to play the audience like a devil does a fiddle. Experience this exquisite monstrosity as he delicately leads you through a no-holds-barred theatrical master class- demanding to know nothing less than the existential query, "Who the hell do you think you are?" Lines will be crossed and laughs will be had in this interactive feast of biting wit, improvisation, and physical prowess. Audiences should be prepared for anything to happen in this interactive show, in which Red Bastard engages the audience in raw conversation, uncovering ridiculous and disturbing truths.

CACTUS: The Seduction
a solo show
by Jonno Katz
Directed by Mark Chavez
CACTUS is a unique physically devised solo show that is both irresistible love story and carnival of boundless imaginings, a hilarious search for love in the most unlikely of places. Phil slips between reality (walking through a desert with 2 weird characters) and fantasy (talking directly to the audience spinning yarns and leaving them in hysterics). It is a multi- layered, theatrical, stand-up, explosion of imagination.

2004, 2007 Winner Vancouver "Georgia Straight Pick of the Fringe"
2004 Winner Toronto "Pick of the Fringe"
2007 "Best Director" award Melbourne Short and Sweet Festival
2009 "Best Actor" award Angry Film Festival
2009 Jonno won "Outstanding Solo Performance" Ottawa Fringe
2009 The Accident won "Best of Fest" Winnipeg Fringe
2009 Jonno won "Best Male Performer" Victoria Fringe

The double bill, presented by Horse Trade Theater Group will play a limited engagement at UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place between 1st Ave and Ave A) June 10-12, Red Bastard at 7pm and Cactus: The Seduction at 8:30pm. Tickets ($18 each, $25 for both shows) are available by calling Smarttix at 212-868-4444 or online at www.horseTRADE.info

HORSE TRADE THEATER GROUP is a self-sustaining theater development group; with a focus on new work, it has produced a massive quantity of stimulating downtown theater. Horse Trade's Resident Artist Program offers a home to a select group of Independent Theater artists, pooling together a great deal of talent and energy. It is also the home of FRIGID New York - the first and only festival of its kind in New York City.

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