Stage Left Studio Inc. presents
The Left Out Festival
Thursday, April 16, 2009 through Monday, April 27, 2009
a celebration of gay performance art
Length: 0 hrs 00 mins
Intermission: None
Seating: General Admission
You choose your seats when you get to the theater.
The 2009 Left Out Festival features a Gayla event at Evolve Bar, monologues on the opening night, spoken word and music on the closing night, and six solo shows, with two performances each. You'll see outrageous comedy, poignant drama, wise-cracking ukulele strummers, blues singers, scary monsters, queer mamasapiens, drag kings, and more. The festival features performers from all over the US and from the UK.
The 2009 festival includes 14 performances and a Gayla party at Evolve Bar on April 15.
- APRIL 16 AT 8 PM AND APRIL 24 AT 8 PM
- MONOLOGUES BY THESE WRITERS
- RICHARD BALLON - Doubletake, performed by Josef Wille
and Thumbprint, performed by Russell Jordan
- FRANK BLOCKER - "The Very Right Reverend Doctor Raymond Smythe" performed by Frank Blocker & "The Kroger Near My House" performed by Charnele Crick
- ROBIN GOLDFIN - The Naturalist, performed by Robin Goldfin
- RHEA MACCALLUM - Flushed Suicides, performed by Rhea MacCallum
- ROBERT MICHAEL MORRIS - Jack, a selection from Men of Distinction, performed by Miller Lide
- MICHELLE RAMONI - Sunday Afternoon, performed by Michelle Ramoni
- TONI SILVER - A selection from Shame Lips, performed by The Lovely and Talented Toni Silver
- LISA STEPHENSON - Tracy, a selection from Bedside Manners, performed by Lisa Stephenson
SOLO SHOWS
- FRIDAY, APR 17 AT 8 PM & SUNDAY, APR 26 AT 3 PM
- DREAMS OF MARTHA STEWART, written by Pamela Parker, and directed by Frank Blocker, performed by Gina Bonati - On a pilgrimage (bus) to Turkey HIll, a woman accidentally finds herself in the unforgettable characters she meets—and it’s A Good Thing.
- SATURDAY, APR 18 AT 3 PM & SUNDAY, APR 26 AT 8 PM
- IN HEAT, written by Lisa Haas, directed by Jocelyn Sawyer, performed by Sally Sockwell
Alarmed that lesbianism is being overshadowed by a new GenderQueer culture, life-long Sapphic sister Doris Anderson as has pioneered SILK, a cultural hospice for the last of the lesbians.
- SATURDAY, APR 18 AT 8 PM AND SAT, APR 25 AT 3 PM
- ROUGHHOUSE, written and performed by Topher Cusumano, directed by Matt Whalen
“Roughhouse” is a spoken word performance piece that indicts the gay male’s relationship with aggression, masculinity, and concepts of power. “Roughhouse” will test the boundaries social construction by exposing the paradoxes of manhood and queerness. Written and performed by Topher Cusumano with direction by Matt Whalen, “Roughhouse” will leave you bruised, bloody, and begging for more!
- SUNDAY, APR 19 AT 8 PM & THURSDAY, APR 23 AT 8 PM
- AN EVENING WITH BEN LERMAN AND HIS UKULELE, starring Ben Lerman
Ben Lerman is an NYC singer-songwriter and comedian making his TV debut in March on HereTV. Ben has toured nationally, is a regular guest on the Frank DeCaro Show on Sirius Radio, and hosts a monthly live version of the Match Game at the Bowery Poetry Club. He founded the band the Isotoners in 2003, and the band played the gay comedy rock circuit until 2005 when they discovered that there was no gay comedy rock band circuit. Ben has been playing solo in rock and comedy clubs, theaters, resorts and festivals since 2006. You can find out more at www.benlerman.net.
- MONDAY, APR 20 AT 8 PM AND SAT, APR 25 AT 8 PM
- OTHERNATURAL, written and performed by Laramie Dean, directed by Thomas Michael Campbell
A poignant journey of self discovery and sexuality. With monsters.
- MONDAY, APR 27 AT 8 PM, SPOKEN WORD AND MUSIC
- SAMANTHA BARROW
- JEN/ED
- ERIN MARKEY
- ATHENA & COMPANY
- PANDORA SCOOTER
- MAHINA MOVEMENT
Tickets are $20. Seating is limited, and advance purchase is recommended.
The net proceeds of this year's festival will again be donated to Bailey House and GMHC, with a portion reserved for the Campaign to Defeat Proposition 8.
The 2009 Left Out Festival is sponsored by The Village Voice, Backstage, nytheatre.com, HX, Blade, outimpact.com and Costello Wines.
All Festival performances will be followed by a wine reception.
Stage Left Studio is located at 438 W 37th Street 5A, NYC, just east of 37 Arts. (Stage Left Studio is tucked away on the FIFTH FLOOR of this beautiful old industrial building. Please note that we DO NOT HAVE A MARQUEE. But you'll recognize us by the white glass globe light fixtures.
Simply buzz the button for Stage Left, listed in the building directory, and come up the elevator to the fifth floor and walk down the hall.)
Conveniently located between 9th and 10th Avenues, near the Port Authority and Penn Stations A, C or E line. |