No Shame Theatre at Performance Space 122 (150 First Avenue, New York, NY) will have its first show Friday, September 13th at 11pm. Barring a meteor strike or some other unforeseen event, it will continue every Friday night at eleven in perpetuity. It will be awesome.Pieces will be taken starting at 10:30pm the night of the show. Standard No Shame rules apply, with a couple of notable adjustments. Admission will be $5 (welcome to New York) and performers as well as audience members will pay at the door; we need to make rent. (See earlier parenthetical.) The time limit will be more strictly enforced -- pieces between five and five- and-a-half minutes will receive a polite reminder about the rule after the show, and pieces over 5:30 will be cut off by extremely loud death metal, courtesy of the bitchin' PS 122 sound system. Also, performers are respectfully asked not to do stand-up, but this request will not be enforced. But please, oh sweet Jesus, please, don't do stand-up.
So that's it. Anybody who has any questions, please e-mail me at danpbrooks@hotmail.com, or at dan@ps122.org.
It was the best No Shame Theatre at PS 122 ever!
Announcements/Order: Dan, Kyle, Balls
1) Kyle Lange - The Secret Lies of Thomas "Abridged" Pynchon 'n Friends[SOURCE: order posted on web message board by Dan and Balls
(K Lange, NB Campbell)2) Joshua Peskay - Mop and Bucket
[Evil father ridicules his son's impotence. Comedy sketch.]
(J Peskay, Jessica Peskay)3) K.A. Lange - The Troubadour
[Lazy man neglects dirty mop; it seeks revenge. Comedy sketch]
(K Lange)4) Neil "Balls" Campbell - The Ex-Husband Joke
[solo song on acoustic guitar. Musical performance.]
(NB Campbell, K Lange)5) Josh James - Doctor
[NB's sketch is interrupted by his mom calling and his attempt to ask out an audience member. Comedy sketch.]
(Lou Carbonneau, Chuck Bunting)6) Kelli Rae Powell - This Really Happened. I'm Not Even Kidding
[Doctor berates patient for his unhealthy habits. Comedy sketch/monologue.]
(KR Powell)7) Dan Brooks - The Moon and Jackie Montressor, Pt. I
[solo song on acoustic guitar. Musical performance.]
(D Brooks, K Lange, NB Campbell, John Peruzzi, Elizabeth Rosa Arnold)8) Joshua Putnam Peskay - Notes
[Local boy goes to moon, returns. Seriocomic monologues.]
(Matthew Peskay)9) Kyle Lange - Arrg!
[Awful theater director gives his actors notes. Comedic monologue.]
(K Lange, D Brooks)10) Dan Brooks - The Moon and Jackie Montressor Pt. II
[A cruise ship pirate longs for his days as an actual pirate. Comedic monologue.]
(D Brooks, K Lange, NB Campbell, J Peruzzi, ER Arnold)11) Josh James - Jerry in Jail
[conclusion of Montressor tale.]
(C Bunting, L Carbonneau)12) Allison DeFrees - The Ungrateful Grateful
[Obnoxious man recounts how his big mouth has landed him in trouble. Comedic sketch/monologue.]
(A DeFrees, Some Guy Who Looks Like Ben Stiller)13) Neil "Balls" Campbell - Tastes of Genius
[Stiller tells of yoga class in relation to his negativity, DeFrees reads list of things that make her happy. Comedic sketch/monologue/list.]
(NB Campbell)
[NB reveals some of the recurring characters he will be playing this fall. Comedic monologue.]
1) Neil "Balls" Campbell - Dignity in Silence[SOURCE: order posted on web message board by Neil Campbell]
(NB Campbell, John Peruzzi)2) Kyle Lange - longterm memory loss
[NB and J live vicariously through the art of mime; comedy sketch]
(K Lange)3) Chiara DeLuca - Cruel Mistakes
[solo song on acoustic guitar; musical performance]
(C DeLuca)4) Dan Brooks - The Worst Thing A Young Man Can Do
[Female mime makes a hasty escape after one-night stand; mime performance]
(D Brooks, J Peruzzi, NB Campbell)5) Kyle "8-Ball" Lange - The American Dream in One Calorie
[Three men discuss the various cultural signifiers inherent in growing a beard; comedic monologues]
(K Lange)6) Sarah Maxfield - Phobia
[Homeless man has been licensed out to the Coca-Cola corporation by Rudy Giuliani; comedic monologue]
(S Maxfield)7) Neil "Balls" Campbell - Dear Arlen Lawson
[Dancer's left leg has stop dancing due to fear of failure; comedic monologue/dance performance]
(NB Campbell)8) Dan Brooks - Love Poet
[Depression-era teenage girl attempts to compose fan letter to matinee idol; comedic monologue]
(D Brooks)
[Poet expounds on his love for girl; comedic poem/monologue]
Announcements/Order: K Lange, D Brooks, NB Campbell
1) Neil "Balls" Campbell - Elvis Gets a HaircutSo, the "All Pieces Must Be Original" rule was violated by a loony old man, and we're not sure of his actual name (he claimed credit for his pieces as "Tori LeBows," but introduced himself as "Robin," and I still kind of doubt either of those names are actually his), but otherwise our biggest show yet. If not our best.
(NB Campbell, D Brooks)2) Sarah K. Greer - End of the Season Sale
[Elvis considers possible barbers; comedy sketch]
(S Greer)3) Kyle Lange - Self-Explanatory
[Greer's attempt to obtain plain flip-flops is foiled by nation's patriotic fervor; comedic monologue]
(K Lange)4) Josh James - The Forgiven
[Solo song, acoustic guitar; comedic musical performance]
(Robb Barnard, Constance Boardman)5) Rachael Tiemann - Froggy Pants
[Gay man and straight woman discuss implications of oral sex; comedic scene]
(R Tiemann)6) Tori LeBows - The Face on the Barroom Floor
[Girl has a frog in her pocket; comedic monologue]
(T LeBows AKA "Robin")7) Dan Brooks - Travis Roberts' Trans Am
[Elderly man in drag recites Hugh Antoine D'Arcy's poem, claiming it as his own, in direct violation of No Shame rules; narrative poem/plagiarism]
(D Brooks)8) Kyle Lange - Wanna See Some Art?
[Tennessee girl pines for Travis Roberts and his car; comedic monologue]
(K Lange, D Brooks, NB Campbell)9) Sarah Greer - Oink Oink
[Fresh-faced security guard offers nighttime tour of art museum; comedic monologue]
(S Greer, D Brooks)10) Hannah Fons - No Shame Indeed
[Sarah's attempts to remain an old-fashioned girl are disrupted by the raging "sex-pig" inside her; comedy sketch]
(H Fons, D Brooks, S Greer, Sandra DeLuca, ?)11) Tori LeBows - The Shooting of Dan MaGrew
[After Hannah poops out a feather, her friends and sisters weigh in with their responses via email; epistolary comedic sketch]
(T"R" LeBows)12) Becky Yamamoto - Historical Reenactment
[Crazy old trannie returns, this time to perform not Robert W. Service's "Dan MaGrew", but rather Service's "The Cremation of Sam McGee," in a rare act of last minute substitute plagiarism; see # 6]
(B Yamamoto)13) Dan Brooks - Excrucia
[Woman reenacts burlesque act for elementary school class; comedic monologue]
(D Brooks, K Lange, H Fons, NB Campbell)14) Neil "Balls" Campbell - They Played the Monster Mash
[A commercial extolling the virtues of new wonder drug; comedic parody]
(NB Campbell)
[1960s teen dance show host offers his own tale of a party populated by monsters; comedic monologue]
1) Dan Brooks - Ray Ordonez es un Fucking Faggot, Dude[SOURCE: order posted on web message board by Neil Campbell]
(D Brooks)2) Hannah Fons - The Guy in the Phat Pharm Jeans
[Mets fan attempts to replace the actual Ray Ordonez with the Ray Ordonez who works at Pizza Hut.]
(H Fons)3) Kyle Lange - Song of the Sailor
[Fons ruinates about homeless guy in front of her apartment building.]
(K Lange)4) Sarah Maxfield - Open Sesame
[Solo song, acoustic guitar.]
(S Maxfield)5) John Peruzzi - Drunken Dancing
[dramatic monologue (sorry, I don't remember much more)]
(J Peruzzi)6) Kyle Lange - Neil Loves Movie Star News Online Almost As Much As On Dan Brooks' Mom
[John, quite drunk, dances around to Jamiroquai's "Virtual Insanity" and drinks some more.]
(K Lange, H Fons)7) Neil "Balls" Campbell - The Last Beer
[Neil is seeking material for his tell-all book on celebrity sex. Camryn Manheim is looking to have sex with anyone at all.]
(NB Campbell)
[While waiting for his girlfriend to call, Neil helps his buddy dig up the bones of his long-dead dog.]
Announcements/Order: John Peruzzi, Balls
1) John Peruzzi - Dancey McJaggerThis was the entire show, with a total attendance of ten people! And two of them arrived late and missed the first piece! I am still in the theatre as I write this. We gave away free beer tonight and followed the performances with a special screening of Pulp Fiction (which is still in progress), courtesy of the huge white screen, video projector, and DVD player that are part of the current show in the space. Also, it was free. The absolute best No Shame ever. It was only ten minutes long! So short. So lovely. ---Balls
(J Peruzzi)2) Neil "Balls" Campbell - Because I am a Woman!
[John does a choreographed dance to the Rolling Stones' "Paint It, Black" -- dance performance]
(NB Campbell)
[NB dances around and tells tales of his struggles as a woman -- feminist tract]
Announcements/Order: Brooks, Lange, Balls
1) Sarah Greer - Who Wrote This Piece of Shit By Sarah Greer. Oh.[SOURCE: order posted on web message board by Neil Campbell]
(S Greer, D Brooks)2) Kyle Lange - Girl of Magnitude A song
[Magician and assistant trade places, and the assistant takes the opportunity to gain revenge.]
(K Lange)3) Amanda Nazario - The Endless and Inexorable March of Time
[Solo song, acoustic guitar.]
(A Nazario, D Brooks)4) Neil "Balls" Campbell - The Bigfoot Crack Romance
[Boy and girl mundanely comment on television, play word games, make out.]
(NB Campbell)5) Dan Brooks - A Story About Girls
[Neil and Bigfoot smoke crack, engage in ill-fated affair.]
(D Brooks)
[It's actually a story about Limehouse Chappie, The Great Dictator, and some war.]
1) Dan Brooks - I am Ojay! Kill My Pants![SOURCE: order posted on web message board by Dan Brooks]
[Brooks, Peruzzi, Campbell, Lange accost audience, demand dates.]2) Sarah Engelke - Poems
[Engelke reads four poems related to life in city, accidental urination.]3) Joshua Putnam Peskay - The Interview
[Peskay and Peskay conduct/participate in job interview, make connection/out.]4) Joseph Moscato - So My Life Sucks Beautifully
[Moscato paces, ruminates on horrible/beautiful aspects of own life.]5) Becky Yamamoto - Saving the Rain Forest
[Yamamoto asks boy to homecoming dance, is rejected, insists that psychologist-suggested reliving of incident is valueless.]6) John Peruzzi - San Trope
[Peruzzi dances despite gimpy leg.]7) Kyle Lange - The Matchmaker
[Man at AlAnon meeting discusses class issues, dogs fucking.]8) Neil Campbell - Children Everywhere Kill Yourselves
[Campbell intends to do poop sketch, talks about dead little sister instead, then accosts God to freestyle techno-rap.]
