Hot Shows Return For Summer At Newly Cooled Stage Left Studio

July 26, 2012 - PRLog -- Added air conditioning at midtown’s Stage Left Studio has increased the comfort level for audience members while the currently running shows have been hot with ticket sales.  Four long-running solo plays are on the boards for the summer at Stage Left Studio, located at 214 W. 30th Street through August.  Another production of the long-running Forbidden Kiss Live! (its sixth year) will feature a powerful company producing sketch comedy, improvisation, monologues, and song.

GRAPEFRUIT – Now in its Ninth Month!
Mondays, July 30, August 6, 13, 20 & 27 at 7:30 pm

Celebrating a nine-month run is Sally Lambert’s Grapefruit, directed by Theresa Gambacorta and performed by Cheryl King.  King embodies all the characters, including Sally, who takes us with her into flashbacks from her pre-cancer life, as a singer, lover of two brothers, and free spirit. Sally’s struggles with the medical industrial complex and the specialists who treat her reveal her heroism in this uplifting comedy about tragedy.

STABILIZED NOT CONTROLLED – Twice Extended!
Sundays, July 29, August 5, 12, 19, 26 at 5:00 pm

Extended for a second time, now through August, Stabilized Not Controlled continues to entertain audiences of all types with its edgy comedy and all-too-familiar New York story:  the landlord/tenant battle that seems to rage at every doorstep on the isle of Manhattan.  From a septuagenarian sex addict in recovery and her murderous landlord, to a crowded subway car, playwright and performer Frank Blocker shows us the characters of the City who don’t back down from a fight.  

SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS – New Works, Comedy, Improv and Song!
Saturday, August 4 at 7:30 pm

Monthly feature of new works and coming attractions, Selected Short Subjects, will return August 4, highlighting several musical selections.  The one-night only performance features Erica Herd with selections from her work, including the song “Alzheimer’s Blues.”  Gaby Gold and Jenn Wehrung will perform new songs and sketches, and will provide some improvisational fun.  Gloria Rosen will feature a monologue from upcoming show and Greg Allen returns to sing two songs.

FORBIDDEN KISS LIVE! – Now in its Sixth Year!
August 10 at 8:00 pm

Forbidden Kiss Live!, the sexy and saucy variety show reminiscent of Saturday Night Live has built a powerful company of performers and writers as it’s enjoyed a long run of monthly shows that often sell out.  Company members include Bella da Balls and her burlesque-o-rama of characters, chanteuse and spoken word artist DeeAnne Gorman, musical comedienne Gaby Gold, mime and movement mistress Parker Leventer, writer/actress Valerie Hager, and singer Greg Allen, performing comedy sketches, songs, monologues, spoken word and improvisation.  This month, have your deepest darkest questions ready for "The Sexperts."  Producer and company member Cheryl King premieres new vaudeville sketches in the continuing series "Naughty Nurse Elza," featuring Elza herself along with actor/storyteller TC Corwin. Special guest performer will be burlesque performer Matt Knife, performing his hilariously provocative “Propaganda.”

FRANK WOMEN - Special Guest Star Performances!
August 17 & 18 at 7:30 pm

Producer Cheryl King and E-Merging Writers will present two special evenings of more than a dozen actresses taking on playwright Frank Blocker’s characters in Frank Women.  The limited engagement will feature out-of-town guests Chericia Curtis of Texas, Lisa Hamilton (currently on tour in solo show Bald), and former “Bud Girl” Tam Paquette, each premiering new work.  Joining them will be company members from Stage Left’s Forbidden Kiss Live!: Gaby Gold, King, Jenn Wehrung, Elza Zagreda and show regular Valerie Hager.  Seasoned character actresses Amy Heath Bell, Sandra Keay, Theresa Gambacorta, Stefani Miller and Nomi Tichman will be anchoring the show as they delve through the female personas in Blocker’s work.  Producer wunderkind Jeremy Neal will be the male interloper of the night, stepping in to complete the cast.  Works will include selections from Blocker’s established plays as well as several new monologues and performance pieces.  

Stage Left Studio has recently offered its own competitive discount called the 99 Club, which is 9 tickets for $99 dollars that can be used over a 9-month period.  The tickets can be used in any combination with any number of audience members, but the ticket holder must be present at each event attended.  Stage Left Studio is located one block south of Penn Station, 214 W. 30th Street, 6th floor.

Websites for shows and theatre:
Stage Left Studio - http://www.stageleftstudio.net
Stabilized Not Controlled - http://www.stabilizednotcontrolled.com
Grapefruit - http://www.stageleftstudio.net/tour-ticket.php?id=3
Forbidden Kiss Live! - http://www.stageleftstudio.net/cms-view-page.php?page=forbidden-kiss-live