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May 5, 2008 Hosted By: DOTTIE MARASCHINO If you have missed her before, don't miss her again! With Moris by her side she is better than ever and ready to turn on the Heat! Performance by: MICHAEL CARBONARO and PETER STICLKES PHILIP TARATULA
April 7, 2008 Host: The Venn Diagrams Jeffrey Marsh continues to blur gender-identity lines using dignity and patience with the help of his musical partner Rick Sorkin. This is Sonny & Cher meets Kurt Weill in a late night uncensored format, blending traditional 20th century French and German cabaret, musical theater selections, pop music deconstruction, and comedy. Signore Salvatore Goombarella & Prince Kartoffelen Tater of Lichtenstein By special arrangement with his American agent, Patrick Penta, Signore Goombarella will perform a breathtaking selection of music from Europe and his native country, Italy, with the astonishing virtuosity that he is famous for. He will be accompanied by the pianist of renown, Prince Kartoffelen Tater of Lichtenstein. Michael Cross Burke & Shizu Homma Michael Cross Burke and Shizu Homma perform what can only be described as "punk rock butoh". It's fun, it's fabulous. Bronwyn Sims Actor, Acrobat and Educator, Bronwyn Sims performs as Drunken Dolly Dingle trying to climb into her hammock to get her beauty sleep. Will she make it??? Matt Connolly World Champion Irish Step Dancer, Matt Connolly combines his traditional Irish dance with a Contemporary New York perspective. Gillian Grassie A contemporary harpist/singer-songwriter whose signature brand of indie alt/pop has been described as “music that is sure to haunt you like a reassuring and melodious ghost," [Origivation]. Her distinctive vocal approach, paired with a remarkable ability for storytelling, has critics calling her first full-length effort, Serpentine, "a treat," [Philadelphia Citypaper]. February 3, 2008 Host: Amber Martin The StrikingViking Story Pirates-New York City's premiere absurdist comedy musical theater spectacular adapted from writings by kids. Theatre Group Dzieci- in Circus Luna and RiverKlomph: Lord of the Shmenge The Gay Agenda-Craft disjointed showstoppers and mangled love ballads The Ballerina and Coccina-Watch as The Ballerina effortfully soars with "help" from her newly hired assistant Coccina Ben Lewis- performs a multi-media musical satire
january 7, 2008 Host: Carmelita Tropicana Marni Rice -Chanteuse-accordioniste & theater artist Host: Carmelita Tropicana
Marni Rice
Faryn Sand
Ludlow Lions
December 4, 2007 Host: Micah Bucey (Cabaret Superstar) With N’harmonics (NYU’s Hottest A Cappella Group) Host: Micah Bucey
Micah Bucey is an actor, playwright, and musician. Sometimes, he creates anti-cabarets for himself to perform. Sometimes he creates plays for others to perform. Some of these are THE ONLY THING STRAIGHT IS MY JACKET, FITZ & WALLOUGHS GET IT IN THE END!, TECHNICOLOR TRAGEDIES, and INFINITY DIVINITY. He just finished a run of Collaborationtown's TOWNVILLE in the La Mama Cabaret. N’Harmonics
The N’Harmonics, NYU's hottest, rock-out, co-ed A Capella group, bring music to Tisch, NYU, and NYC communities. The group holds semi-semester concerts in addition to performances at other schools including Georgetown, Smith College, and Brown. They have performed in such famous venues as Joe’s Pub and CBGB’s, and have been the recipients of numerous awards including “Best Beat boxer,” “Best Arrangement,” and several “Best Soloists” from the International Championship of Collegiate A Capella. The N'Harmonics are one of the craziest, loudest, and most fun groups around the NYU campus. Visit our myspace at www.myspace.com/nharmonics for more info. “Lovin’ you!” Sandi Carroll Sandi Carroll is an actor, writer, and educator. As an actor, her film credits include Steven Wright’s One Soldier (Independent Film Channel), Brad Anderson’s The Darien Gap (IFP, Sundance) and Next Stop Wonderland (Miramax, Sundance). Sandi has also written and performed several of her own shows including The Second Hand Circus, and Faux: An Auto-Spy-Ography, based on her experiences as an undercover private investigator in Chinatown. Other favorite theater credits include The Greeks (Imua!), Unbound, (dir. Davis McCallum) and Orange. As an educator she has taught at NYU, Emerson College, The Public Theater’s Shakespeare Lab, TFANA, and TDF, and she currently runs Mud/Bone’s Theater Lab. Sandi has a BFA in acting from Boston University and has studied clown with Jane Nichols, Philippe Gaulier, Giovanni Fusetti, and Chris Bayes. PROJECT
PROJECT is a dynamic young group that is exciting audiences with their energy and innovative style. Their sound can only be described as a fusion of jazz, hip-hop, and world music - balanced out by a sincere allegiance to their classical roots. By combining the classical repertoire with original compositions, PROJECT reaches out to new audiences. Through performance and outreach/education concerts, we can provide access for the next generation of music lovers. Kristen Howard
Kristen was born in East Lansing, Michigan and attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor where she was the lead singer of a rock band called Yakum Schmakum. That's right, Yakum Schmakum. Kristen studied acting with Peter Miner at T. Schrieber Studio. She will next be seen in the web sitcom "Scorn of the Slinky" and the original play "Interning" by Nadia Owusu. She is a proud co-founder of Where's My Waitress Productions. Kristen's new-found love of the ukulele began a few months ago when a friend introduced her to this wonderful little instrument. She thinks everyone should have one. Blue Box Productions
Blue Box is dedicated to art for non fascist living, meaning that we seek at every turn to explore with audiences the foundations of our most fundamental beliefs in order that we may rule our ideas and not be ruled by them. www.blueboxproductions.ne November 5, 2007 Host: Nicky Paraiso Jeremy Lardieri is a recent graduate of The University of the Arts with a B.F.A. in Musical Theater. His credits include "Cellphones" (LaMama Etc.), several University credits including Assistant Director of "You Can't Take It With You", and Choreographer of "Betty and the Belrays" (Theater for the New City). "As long as humans are to breathe... dance." Duke Doyle Duke is down right jazzed to be a part of LaMama's "The Heat is on." He is a proud company member of the childrens theater troupe The Story Pirates. Recent New York acting credits include: THE DEEPEST PLAY EVER and TOWNVILLE (CollaborationTown) and THEREMIN (Blue Cake Theatre) Jeffrey Essmann Jeffrey was part of the burgeoning downtown performance scene in the 80's and 90's. His one-man show, "Artificial Reality" (New York Theatre Workshop) was nominated for a Drama Desk Award, and his cult hit "Triplets in Uniform" was produced at La MaMa ETC. Both shows featured original music by Michael John La Chiusa ("Marie Christine," "The Wild Party"), with whom Essmann has reunited for "The Usual Freak Show," currently running in The Club at La MaMa through November 18. Honi Harlow Honi was nothing but a country girl with big glitter dreams. Her path was chosen at the age of three when she preformed for a family gathering her “I’m the Boom Boom Girl” number wearing only her older sisters head bands (not one of them on her head) and singing at the top of her lungs. Needles to say her career was put on hold for several years, and her sister was pissed! It was a long and twisted road before she landed in New York and became the choreographer and member of Eva Brontosaurs a now debunked 80’s all girl cover band “Who’s A Rock Star? We Are!” at least that’s what we thought. (Recent rumblings the group has restarted in LA.) Along the way she developed serious skills acting, singing, dancing and choreographing. She has played such roles as Miss Julie on tour in Maribor Slovenia, Queen Margaret in Lublin Poland and Helen of Troy in Thessanloniki, Greece where she drank red wine and dance with the gypsies late in to the night and ruined a great pair of DKNY Sandals dancing in the Aegean Sea, but it was worth it. Produced, Choreographed, Directed and Written her own shows in such Manhattan venues as:Vital Theatre- Vital Late Night, The Cutting Room- Fever, The Slipper Room - BAWDVILLE, Mo Pitkins – Honi Harlow’s Burly-Q, Danny’s Skylight Room- Eva Brontosaurs. And now is choreographing the burlesque numbers for the new NBC TV show “The Black Donnelley’s” produced by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco. Matt Gould Matt adapted and directed the Islamic Republic of Mauritania’s (West Africa) National Tour of Romeo and Juliet in Pulaar, won this year’s Jonathan Larson Performing Arts foundation grant to produce his original musical Twilight in Manchego, and took fifth place in the nation in the 2007 Bishnu Ghosh Yoga Championship. During his time as astudent at Boston University and during his tenure as a citizen of Los Angeles, he has produced a number of his original musicals and received readings and workshops at a plethora of LA theatres. On stage he’s been seen in Measure for Measure, As You Like It, his one man musical Mamadou, and Little Shop of Horrors, among others. TV credits include 7th Heaven, Clubhouse, In Justice, Fat Actress, and the upcoming Hallmark movie Pandemic. He is the co-host of Fox’s The Happy Tuesday. www.mattgouldinc.com. Sara Chase Sara Chase was recent credits include the workshop of Prairie playing Laura Ingalls opposite Patrick Swayze and Melissa Gilbert, singing "Bless the Lord" in Godspell at the Paper Mill Playhouse, and in the film Uncertainty (2008.) She was most recently seen playing Jennifer Aniston in Jen and Angie at Upright Citizen's Brigade. Sara's video sketches have been featured on Comedy Central's website, Crackle.com, and JibJab. For more info visit www.SaraChase.com.
jUNE 30, 2007 Host: Dottie Maraschino Dottie is amazingly honored to be making this very special appearance at La Mama. This marks Dottie's return to the New York stage after years of performing in Southern California, and to be frank, she's glad to be back! Dottie was born and raised in Purgatory Rhode Island and at the age of sixteen, moved to New York City, to persue her dream of stardom. Jeff Grow Performing as a magician Jeff has worked at events for such notables as: Chrysler Corporation, Jive Records, Computer Associates and the National Football League. His sleight of hand has been featured in award-winning films as well as national and international commercials. Jeff's original theatre work includes: Magicians, Wise Fools and Ordinary Magic (Center Stage, N.Y.) A Story about Magic (numerous venues in N.Y.C. & Prague) Transfix (Madison Square Garden) and City of Bells (HERE Arts Center). www.jeffgrow.net Jeremy Lardieri is a recent graduate of The University of the Arts with a B.F.A. in Musical Theater. His credits include "Cellphones" (LaMama Etc.), several University credits including Assistant Director of "You Can't Take It With You", and Choreographer of "Betty and the Belrays" (Theater for the New City). "As long as humans are to breathe... dance." Dennis Kyriakos Born and raised in New York City, Dennis spent the summers of his teenage years working in amusement parks and traveling carnivals throughout New York State and Canada. There, he developed a passion for magic and gained an informal yet valuable education in the fine art of performance from some of the best "carnies" in the business. HEATHER CHRISTIAN is the daughter of a go-go dancer and a blues Musician. She originally came to New York to pursue musical theater, studying at NYU’s CAP21, but later moved on to make her own work. She earned her BFA at Tisch, but also studied at the Samuel Beckett Reparatory at Trinity College in Ireland. She is primarily a singer/songwriter whose “plunk-prissy” piano stylings are product of 19 years of classical training, and maintains that her primary roots lie somewhere between Jimmy Reed and Frederic Chopin. Heather and her trio are actively playing the NYC gig circuit and can be seen bi-monthly at Rockwood Music Hall, Café Vivaldi and the legendary Bitter End. Her debut EP Red Raven was released last summer. For the stage, she recently did a 20 minute musical piece Love Notes to Geraldine as part of LaMama’s Moving Voices. She has scored and acted as one-woman band for Real Theaterworks production Romeo and Juliet, composed and danced a Sonata for Learning in Lower Animals at Dance Theater Workshop, and was last seen in Big Dance Theater’s production of The Other Here which just finished a tour in Brasil and premiered at the Japan society, where she was seen singing all Okonowan disco music. She is an active member of Witness Relocation Company as well, and was seen last year here at LaMama in Dancing Vs. The Rat Experiment. Heather has been called a “pint sized dynamo,” “one belter of a blues singer” and the "female Bruce Springsteen" Though she doesn’t know what that means. www.heatherchristian.com Panonian Waves Panonian Wave was created by Slavko Bosnjak (Singer, lyricist) and Christofer Lovrin (guitarist, music composer)in 2006. Their first live performance as a duet was in Kim Ima and Onni Johnson’s “Travels, Tours and One-night Stands” in La MaMa e.c.t.. From their they met with Stefano Zazzera (Moody Mammoth sound engineer) who was impressed with their original sound and commissioned them to make music for Benoit-Swan Pouffer’s “Vastav” at The Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet Company. Newer members joined the duet sortly after, Alfrida Tozieva (viola), Rubens Dimanovski (clarinet) who all performed in another Kim and Onni production at La Mama e.t.c. called “Food for Thought”. Since then they have appeared in a Tribute to Tin Nuevic (A Croatian Poet) with John Kruth and can be found performing throughout New York City honing their unique blend of Balkan/Mediterranean/Gypsy music. may 19, 2007 Host: Dottie Maraschino Kiki & Herb
Won an Obie award for Kiki & Herb:Jesus Wept and was recently nominated for a Helen Hayes Award as outstanding lead actor for Kiki & Herb:Pardon Our Appearance. He has appeared in productions presented by The Big Art Group, Tiny Mythic Theatre Company, Theatre Couture and in Kate Bornstein’s Hidden:A Gender at PS 122. Kenny Mellman Kenny has been the co-creator and musical director of Kiki & Herb for the better part of a decade. His work with Justin Bond included the 2001 Obie-winning Jesus Wept (Fez Club, NYC), There’s a Stranger in the Manger (Westbeth Theater Center, NYC) which won a 2002 HX Award and Pardon Our Appearance (Soho Theatre, London). He has been nominated for a 2003 Helen Hayes award for Outstanding Supporting Performer for his work in Pardon Our Appearance (Wholly Mammoth Theatre Company, Washington DC). His other theatrical credits include the part of Georgia O’Keefe in John Kelly’s Paved Paradise (Josie’s Cabaret, San Francisco: Highways, Los Angeles; the Library, Manchester U.K.), and his solo show Countdown (Fez Club, NYC). He has performed with the Three Terrors (Stephen Merrett, LD Beghtol and Dudley Klute) at both the Knitting Factory and the Bowery Ballroom in New York City and can be heard accompanying Bob Mould (Husker Du, Sugar) on Stephen Merritt’s 6th Album, Hyacinths and Thistles.
Sara Chase
Sara Chase was seen in Papermill's Godspell and in Off-Bway's Slut. She recently played Laura Ingalls Wilder opposite Melissa Gilbert and Patrick Swayze in the workshop of Prairie directed by Francesca Zambello and writted by Beth Henley, Rachel Portman, and Donna Dinovelli. Other workshops/readings include Ever After (Dir. Doug Hughes), Kristina (B. Andersson/B. Ulvaeus), Death Takes a Holiday (M. Yeston/T. Meehan), The Unauthorized Autobiography of Sam Brown (K. Kerrigan/B. Lowdermilk), and Legally Blonde (N. Benjamin/L. O'Keefe.) Film/TV: Little Black Book, Guiding Light. Matt Gould
Matt adapted and directed the Islamic Republic of Mauritania’s (West Africa) National Tour of Romeo and Juliet in Pulaar, won this year’s Jonathan Larson Performing Arts foundation grant to produce his original musical Twilight in Manchego, and took fifth place in the nation in the 2007 Bishnu Ghosh Yoga Championship. During his time as astudent at Boston University and during his tenure as a citizen of Los Angeles, he has produced a number of his original musicals and received readings and workshops at a plethora of LA theatres. On stage he’s been seen in Measure for Measure, As You Like It, his one man musical Mamadou, and Little Shop of Horrors, among others. TV credits include 7th Heaven, Clubhouse, In Justice, Fat Actress, and the upcoming Hallmark movie Pandemic. He is the co-host of Fox’s The Happy Tuesday. www.mattgouldinc.com.
Daniel Zaitchik
Daniel Zaitchik is an an actor, singer-songwriter, and theatre composer/playwright. As an actor he has worked recently at the Cherry Lane Theatre, The Public, Playwright's Horizons, Manhattan Theatre Club and Williamstown Theatre Festival. His new musical "Picnic at Hanging Rock" is currently being developed at Ars Nova. www.myspace.com/danielzaitchik
ORIGIN Origin was created by Sara Galassini and Yukio Tsuji. For the past 3 years they have been collaborating and creating original music influenced by their diverse cultural backgrounds; Italy, Japan and now NYC where their work finally comes together rooting itself in a way of looking at life rather than a specific genre of music. The band has 4 members: Sara Galassini lyrics and lead vocals All of them are constantly working for theater productions as performers or musicians and are happy to be helping La MaMa to get some heat on!
Christopher Borg In his first 8 years as a New Yorker, Borg has kept himself busy in the Off-Off-Broadway and indie theatre scene as an actor/director/writer/comedian/dialect-coach/musician and has been seen doing stand-up Comedy at the Comic Strip and Jimmy’s No. 43. Borg is a NY NeoFuturist and writes and performs every Friday and Saturday in “Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind” across the street at the Kraine. He has received 2 OOBR Awards (A Perfect Relationship, What the F***? - TOSOS II), was nominated for a 2005 It Award for Outstanding Director (Tonylust - Emerging Artists) and a GLAAD Media Award (Bernadette & the Butcher of B'way - TOSOS II at the Duplex). New York theatre credits include Modern Living for La MaMa, Etc., Griffin Hunter for Inverse Theatre Company, The Sabbath Queen for Storahtelling, Bury The Dead for the Stage Door Acting Ensemble, Nothing for Ontological Theatre, and The Crackwalker at Soho Rep., and My Alice for Esperance Theatre Co. In addition to the NY NeoFuturists is a proud company member of Emerging Artists Theatre Co. and TOSOS II, having directed or performed in over 16 productions between the two, including Penny Pennyworth, Cooper Savage, The Gay Naked Play, Tales Told, A Perfect Relationship, among others. He played "Paul" in the romantic New York short film "What Are The Odds" (a film fest favorite!) and sings and plays the shaker with New York rock band "Utah Mafia" in the East Village. Borg is a founding member of 2 improv groups and received training at the University of Utah's Actor Training Program and the Acting Fellowship at The Shakespeare Theatre at the Lansburgh in Washington DC with Michael Kahn (Juilliard)
Fully aware of his enlightenment prior to the age of four, Mr. Patrick has been turning the Corner Stone of Humanity towards Truth ever since.
April 28, 2007 Hosts: Dottie Maraschino & Morris Goldberg
Shenanigans Comedy Collective is CollaborationTown's rebellious middle child that produces BITING sketch comedy on a regular basis. Performances will showcase the work of Geoffrey Decas, Julia Henderson, Boo Killebrew, Ryan Purcell, Jordan Seavey, Noah Starr, Phillip Taratula and TJ Witham Melissa Arleth Melissa Arleth (Raggle Taggle Puppets) made her first puppet out of an old sock, to perform at a friends beatnick party. Later she toured with the Madcap Puppet Theatre of Cincinnati, where she learned the intricacies of puppet construction. She now writes and performs her own puppet shows at local faires and festivals. Will work for foam. Ryan Doyle
The Jersey native, Brooklyn transplant singer/songwriter, Ryan Doyle, has been writing songs ever since he can remember. He is tutored on the piano and only started playing guitar as a way of rebelling against the stuffiness that sometimes goes along with being classically trained. In his songwriting, he tries to avoid the broad strokes and epiphanies that plague so many songs, opting for a simple approach—almost too simple at times—songs that unfold at their own pace. He likes to think he writes good songs, but the kind of songs that sound as if they weren't agonized over, revised. He has a soft spot for any song with humming in it. He was raised on Leonard Cohen, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell, and has learned most of what he knows, and most of what he'll probably ever want to know, from them. "When Doyle slurs, almost drunkenly, it only serves to heighten the honesty and heartfelt nature of the material."--Bryan, Shmat Honi Harlow
Honi was nothing but a country girl with big glitter dreams. Her path was chosen at the age of three when she preformed for a family gathering her “I’m the Boom Boom Girl” number wearing only her older sisters head bands (not one of them on her head) and singing at the top of her lungs. Needless to say her career was put on hold for several years, and her sister was pissed! It was a long and twisted road before she landed in New York and became the choreographer and member of Eva Brontosaurs a now debunked 80’s all girl cover band “Who’s A Rock Star? We Are!” at least that’s what we thought. (Recent rumblings the group has restarted in LA.) Along the way she developed serious skills acting, singing, dancing and choreographing. She has played such roles as Miss Julie on tour in Maribor Slovenia, Queen Margaret in Lublin Poland and Helen of Troy in Thessanloniki, Greece where she drank red wine and dance with the gypsies late in to the night and ruined a great pair of DKNY Sandals dancing in the Aegean Sea, but it was worth it. Miss Angelina and the Jersey Girls
Miss Angelina, The Sassy Lady Rapper, is servin up a fresh dish of new wave Hip Hop with that old school flava. With an emphasis on smooth lyricism, luscious harmonies, and fire rhythms, her songs evoke a dream collaboration between Salt N Peppa, En Vogue, and Missy Elliott. Her irresistible music includes the sounds of Salsa, Bollywood, March 31, 2007 Malcom Gets, Chris Yon, Zach Steel, Jeffrey Essmann, Nicky Paraiso, Sasha Painter, Ruben Ramos, Shlafka Friday, Improv Troupe, Musicians from Kyrgyzstan & many fabulous Surprises! All to bring heat and air to La MaMa's fabulous new archive!!!
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