The Dirty Blondes to Present THE RESISTER PROJECT

FRIGID New York @ Horse Trade in association with The Dirty Blondes and Rebecca Aparicio will present The Resister Project, a variety show of performances inspired by the recent Presidential election outcome. The production will run January 4-15 at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery) with performances on Wednesday, January 4, Thursday, January 5, Friday, January 6, Saturday, January 7, Thursday, January 12, Friday, January 13, Saturday, January 14 & Sunday, January 15 at 7pm. Tickets ($15) may be purchased in advance at www.horseTRADE.info. Proceeds will go to a soon to be selected charity.

"Nice people made the best Nazis. My mom grew up next to them. They got along, refused to make waves, looked the other way when things got ugly and focused on happier things than "politics." They were lovely people who turned their heads as their neighbors were dragged away. You know who weren't nice people? Resisters." Naomi Shulman

Responding to a divisive political campaign, The Resister Project is a variety show of performances featuring 10-new plays, stand-up comedy, music and poetry. By and for the community of indie theater artists to partake in peaceful resistance through the power of live performance, every night will also feature dialogues and talkbacks.

THE DIRTY BLONDES are a feminist theater company with a taste for provocation. Their mission is to produce theater that furthers the right conversation at the right time with the right people. Through this mission, artists are responsible for using their work to participate in a dialogue that bears on their experience and pushes the conversation further - creating stark, challenging and emotional truthful pieces of theater.

Founded in Brooklyn in 2012, The Dirty Blondes have produced 15 works of new theater featuring the talent of more than 340 artists (through mainstage productions, beta readings and Play in a Day Festivals) willing to use the stage to create visually stunning and emotionally truthful pieces of theater and to highlight the importance of political and social advocacy. Winners of Overall Excellence in Playwriting at FringeNYC (2015) for The American Play, which was also extended Off-Broadway at SoHo Playhouse. Productions by The Dirty Blondes have been declared "A phenomenal, important piece of theatre" by the Fringe Review (The Tunnel Play), and "Raw, contemporary and edgy" by StageBuddy (The American Play).

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.