Naked Girls Reading NYC to Present SHAKESPEARE, 4/18

Horse Trade Theater Group, in association with Naked Girls Reading NYC, presents SHAKESPEARE on April 18th.

The collected works of William Shakespeare have stood the test of centuries; now, they meet the Naked Girls. Join New York's "Best Story Hour" (The Village Voice Best of NY) as Naked Girls Reading NYC presents SHAKESPEARE: in-the-buff readings of Shakespearean soliloquies, scenes and sonnets; modern interpretations of these classic works; historical musings on the identity of literature's most mysterious genius, and more.

Host Nasty Canasta is joined by Sapphire Jones, Iris Explosion and special guest Ludella Hahn as the Naked Girls "bare the Bard", at Naked Girls Reading SHAKESPEARE. Iambic pentameter never looked this good.

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. Past themes have included Banned Books, Science Fiction and Tween Lit, as well as their annual holiday presentation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Guests to the salon are invited to sip a drink and listen with their eyes wide open as full-frontal literature meets fine art in the intimate theatrical setting of Under St. Marks.

Naked Girls Reading NYC is on the third Wednesday of every month at UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place between 1st Ave and Ave A) at 9pm. Tickets ($20; 2 for $35) may be purchased online at www.NakedGirlsReadingNYC.com or by calling Smarttix at 212-868-4444. Seating is limited to 45; advance tickets are strongly recommended.

NAKED GIRLS READING began in Chicago in March 2009 as the creation of international showgirl Michelle L’Amour and Franky Vivid. The idea had rolled around in their heads for a few years in different formats, but with the opening of Studio L’Amour in 2008 it materialized as the perfect intimate live event. Naked Girls Reading now has branches across the country and around the world; the New York chapter, produced by Nasty Canasta, was opened in October 2009 to great acclaim and was named "New York's Best Story Hour" by the Village Voice in 2010.

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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