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Performance Picks: Beds Not Chairs + Silent and/or Messy Laughs

August 17, 2016 By Cassidy Dawn Graves

WEDNESDAY

(flyer via Judson Arts Wednesdays)

Blind Crest
August 17, 7 pm at Judson Memorial Church: FREE

Judson Arts Wednesdays, a series of free music, dance, and theatrical-readings twice a month, wraps up the season with this final play reading.

Blind Crest was inspired by the true story of Ronnell Wilson and Nancy Gonzalez, this work by Monet Hurst-Mendoza is take on a “boy-meets-girl” story where a black man on death row and a newly-appointed corrections officer make a connection and plan to have a baby.

Tags: alec duffy, Art + Culture, Beyond, chelsea, clinton hill, comedy, greenwich village, hoi polloi, JACK, john murray, judson church, Monet Hurst-Mendoza, performance, rachel kaly, Silvija Ozols, soap, the annoyance theater, theater, Theatre, ucb chelsea, Williamsburg

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Slimy Comedians Gather in a Secret Location For a 'Messy Backyard Show'

June 3, 2016 By Cassidy Dawn Graves

babby (photo via Andrew Benedict)

Whether in a club, basement, or bar, most comedy shows are indoors. And that’s fine. But what kind of stuff could happen at a comedy show in a backyard, free from oppressive building structures and rules? If your guess was “a lot of messy stuff,” then you should win some prize from someone other than me, because I don’t have any prizes. However, comedian Andrew Benedict and his sketch group SOAP (also featuring Erin Coughlin, Ben Hosley, and Joel Straley) may very well have created a gem with their “messy backyard show” this Saturday, which promises “all the bits too messy to do indoors.”

Tags: andrew benedict, annie donley, anthony oberdeck, bardia salimi, ben cohen, ben hosley, comedy, david del rosario, em and es, erin coughlin, joel straley, jonathan braylock, mamoudou n'diaye, messy, michael delisle, murderfist, rich templeton, soap, vdo bros, Williamsburg