Chris Harcum (American Badass, Rabbit Island, and Some Kind of Pink Breakfast) returns to the Frigid Festival with a solo performance mash-up of stand-up comedy and storytelling. "Surprisingly poignant"--The New York Times. "Really dazzling talent"--NYTheatre.
Chris Harcum
(Performer and playwright)
Chris Harcum (Scribbler and Actron): is pleased to bring his third showto the Frigid. The other two were AmericanBadass, a solo performance on the effects of the wars in the Middle East onpeople in the States, and Rabbit Island,a crazy sex farce. Six of his solo shows (and a one-act) have been published onIndie TheatreNow. Chris was named one of NYTheatre’s People of the Year in 2011. Heserves as the Executive Director for Elephant Run District, meaninghe throws out lots of wild ideas and pours ample amount of wine. He is also theManaging Director for the League of IndependentTheater, which entails glad-handing politicos and charging at metaphoricalwindmills. Chris is excited to do a full-length solo show without ascript. www.chrisharcum.com.
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Aimee Todoroff
(Director)
Aimee Todoroff (Master of Discipline): is an award winning actressand director, and has been performing across the East Coast and Mid West formore than a decade. She is proud to have been apart of several Obie Award winning productions, performing in the PeculiarWorks Project’s Off Stage-the East Village Fragments anddirecting Green for the Metropolitan Theater’s 2010-2011 Season. Aimeehas directed for Primary Stages, Writopia Labs, The Dramatic Question TheatreCompany and others, and has directed the world premieres of works by Cusi Cram,Daisy Foote and Chris Harcum, including Green, We Haven’t Told Anyone AboutThis Yet and Rabbit Island, named a Backstage Magazine’s Critic’sPick. Aimee is currently pursuing her MFA in Directing at SouthamptonArts and is proud to be the artistic director of Elephant Run District. Learn more about Elephant Run District's Stampedes and upcoming productions at http://www.elephantrundistrict.org.
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Ethan Angelica
(Performer)
Ethan Angelica (Theater Shield Emergency Response Program Worker): is the ManagingDirector of Elephant Run District, as well as an actor, singer, writer andtechnology nerd. Ethan's theatrical streak started in second grade, when DavidSnow kneed him in the crotch on the playground, and he writhed for two hours.He relived some of that anguish as Alex in Rabbit Islandat last year's Frigid. For ERD, Ethan is head beer schlepper for #StampedeLab,official grant researcher on trips to the @FdnCenter and iDevice super-user atboard meetings. He also runs the Twitter account, and sometimes he gets lonely,so you should tweet at him! (Just use #TwoLovelyBlackEyesand @ElephantRunDist.)
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Heather Olmstead
(Technical director)
Heather Olmstead (Sound and Light Goddess) is the ProductionManager of Elephant Run District. She has worked at a handful of theaters in Ohio as well as with LaMaMa E.T.C., Metropolitan Playhouse, Sink or Swim Rep, The Frigid Festival, TheFringe Festival and Theatre Askew’s Youth Performance Experience in NYC.Independent theatre nourishes her soul. www.heatherolmstead.com.
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Martin Denton
Feb 22, 2013
you will want to catch this surprising new work at FRIGID New York.
Full review
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Martin Denton
Feb 22, 2013
surprising new work
Full review
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