Eggs and Edamame: Theatre in Two Courses

Join us for the latest Plastic Flamingo Theatre Company Production.

TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR
EGGS AND EDAMAME: THEATRE IN TWO COURSES*
Our latest evening of theatre, featuring "An Egg A Day" and "Buddha Nosh", is now on sale!

EGGS AND EDAMAME: THEATRE IN TWO COURSES.....

An Egg a Day
written by Ross Evans

In a world where chickens are invisible, eggs fall from the sky, and strangers kiss on the street, Emily and Robert are trying to comprehend their budding romance. In this absurdest boy meets girl tale, we follow the couple as they navigate through their first, and possibly only, month together. An Egg a Day examines the elusiveness of memory, the challenges of connection, and how the unexpected events in our lives shape who we become.
featuring ... Alex Kaplan & Lauren Connolly
directed by ... Ross Evans
assistant directed by... Holly Williams

Buddha Nosh
written by Erin Austin

It’s ten minutes until closing at the trendy Pan Asian restaurant, Buddha Nosh. Jean wants a table, a birthday drink, and something slightly spiritual. Her singular experience doubles, however, when she meets Tim, a fellow solo diner. Then, it triples, when she starts hearing a strange, possibly all-knowing, disembodied voice. Instead of just getting tofu, Jean’s served a huge helping of gong banging, romance, and fist fights. Where in this city can a girl seek refuge these days? Buddha Nosh is a comedy about spiritual, social, and emotional independence; and of course, the loneliness, eccentricities, and beautiful possibilities that accompany that freedom.
featuring ... Katie McClellan, Michael Gurrieri, Joshua Robinson, Jonathan Cody White, & Diane Zelenka
directed by ... Erin Austin
assistant directed by ... Darren Mallett

Show dates:
Thursday, May 6th @ 8:00 p.m.
Friday, May 7th @ 10:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 8th @ 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 9th @ 2:00 p.m.

Show location:
The Red Room
85 East 4th Street
New York, NY 10003

*An Equity approved showcase

THESE TICKETS WILL BE SELLING OUT FAST, SO BUY ONLINE TODAY BY CLICKING HERE!

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Monday Meet and Greet with Sara

Today we are interviewing Sara Andreas. Sara is currently touring the country in the national tour of Legally Blonde The Musical. You've seen her choreography and her acting chops in many a Plastic Flamingo production. She's stupid talented, funny as heck, and we miss having her in NYC!

Where are you right now, specifically?
Milwaukee WI....unfortunately

What are you wearing?
Black spandex pants and a black sweater...travel day attire

What do you wish you were wearing?
PJ's but clearly I am procrastinating on my computer and have not yet changed or showered.

When is the last time someone clapped for you?
Yesterday

When is the last time someone boo-ed you or should have?
I should be boo-ed daily

Who is your least favorite Plastic Flamingo Company Member and why?
Do I even need to say it?

Okay Sara, we know you are a reader. What are you reading right now (and don't lie)? Just started Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen and am already hooked!

If you weren't working in the theatre, what would you be doing?
Prostitute...oh wait I am an actress, same thing....then it would have to be a constitutional lawyer.

So then you're comfortable sleeping your way to the top?
As long as he's cute...and straight....and not a Jew...I am going to be a swing the rest of my life...(it's ok I am Jewish I can say things like that.)

If you could live in the world of any play what would it be?
ANY McDonagh play Duh!

Based on the day your having, who should adapt it into a show?
...Whoever wrote Up In The Air...

What is your favorite Plastic Flamingo fuzzy memory?
Our first show Apocalyptic Revelations!

Reviewed Photos

"Reviewed" By Erin Austin
Directed by Ross Evans

Ferrel and Zooey Photos

Happy Thursday! The sun is shining, there is a breeze in the air, but I refuse to go out and sit in McCarren Park until I share these fantastic pictures from the Short Play Lab festival over the weekend with you.

We are posting photos from "Reviewed" next. Keep checking in with the blog to see them later this week.

"Ferrel and Zooey" By Ross Evans
Directed By Erin Austin
Ferrel: Tim McCann
Zooey: Holly Williams

Photography By Niki Budnick

Eggs and Edamame Tickets

TICKETS ON SALE!!!

Expect Humor, Heart, and occasional Audacity


An exciting announcement for PFlam's PFans, PFriends, and PFamily!

TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR
EGGS AND EDAMAME: THEATRE IN TWO COURSES*
Our latest evening of theatre, featuring Ross Evans' An Egg A Day and Erin Austin's Buddha Nosh, is now on sale!

Buy Tickets to "Eggs and Edamame: Theatre in Two Courses" by clicking here!

Show dates:
Thursday, May 6th @ 8:00 p.m.
Friday, May 7th @ 10:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 8th @ 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 9th @ 2:00 p.m.

Show location:
The Red Room
85 East 4th Street
New York, NY 10003

*An Equity approved showcase

THESE TICKETS WILL BE SELLING OUT FAST, SO BUY ONLINE TODAY.

A FLAMINGO PARTY!
Join us at the Black Sheep Bar and Restaurant on Saturday May 1 from 8 - 11, for a red carpet event where you can learn about the company and its newest production, Eggs and Edamame: Theatre in Two Courses, while also enjoying drink specials and live music! No cover! For more information check out Our Facebook Event.

COMING UP...
You think May looks exciting? Wait 'til you hear about June! (Which rhymes with "Too Soon")

STILL BRAND SPANKING NEW BLOG
How to keep track of all this exciting theatre? Check out our new blog. http://plasticflamingotheatre.blogspot.com/ Expect interviews with company members, excerpts from our artist's work, and fun musing on many topics. Interested in contributing? Send your poems, your editorials, your rantings, etc to plasticflamingotheatre@gmail.com.




HAPPY TUESDAY FROM PLASTIC FLAMINGO!

Monday Meet and Greet with Ariana

This week we ask Ariana Shore some personal questions. She finds a way to make them ridiculously personal.

Ariana was last seen in The Short Play Lab Festival yesterday as Mira in Plastic Flamingo’s production of “Reviewed”.

Ariana, where are you?
I'm sitting on my couch, in my apartment, laptop in lap.

What are you wearing?
I'm wearing a turquoise muumuu right now. It goes past my knees. Sexy.

Yeah… So then what do you WISH you were wearing?
I wish I were wearing my green muumuu. It has a bear on it, holding
A pot, a plant, and a shovel and it says “HARRY POTTER”. Get it? I
Love it. The cotton is so soft.

When was the last time someone clapped for you?
The last time someone clapped for me was last night, in my bedroom.

ha, no. I really don't remember.

When was the last time someone booed you?
The last time someone booed me I definitely remember. I left a party early because I was tired and hungry and that combination turns me into a gremlin-- When I explained this to the party people they booed me. NO, I didn't deserve that! I would have literally turned into a gremlin in front of their eyes. Inappropriate at a midtown bar. Now at a bar in the East Village....

Who is your least favorite Plastic Flamingo member?
WHAT? My least favorite member? You gotta be kidding me. I'm a
classy lady in a muumuu. I can't gossip like this ok fine twist my
arm. Well, I guess I will say Ross because if I said anyone else
they would take it personally and I think Ross is the ONE person who could care less if I like him or not. Don't get me wrong, that's an awesome quality... I wanna be like Ross.

Careful, he’s now going to make that into a t-shirt or something. Finish this sentence:
I would have been a star if I were born _________ Black.

What are you reading these days?
I'm reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I'm sick of
the ridicule I get for not reading past the fourth book. Bullies.

What would you be doing with your life if you weren’t an actor?
If I weren’t working in the theater I would be a dermatologist. I
think picking pimples is my real talent.

Interested in sleeping your way to the top?
No, I'm not going to sleep my way to the top. Not that anyone has
offered me the opportunity.

If you could live in the world of ANY play, what would it be?
It would probably be in any Nicky Silver play. Just to interact with any of those characters would be hysterical. Except in Pterodactyls... I don't wanna live in that play. NOOOOOO.

Based on your day today, who should adapt it into a play?
Based on the day I'm having, the MOST talented person in the world. You would need all the talent in the world to make a girl sitting on the couch, in her muumuu, watching 'The View' something worth watching.

Okay, give us a warm and fuzzy Plastic Flamingo memory.
My favorite Plastic Flamingo memory would be the rehearsal for Finger Paint where Nick was under a sheet, pretending to go down on me, yet I looked down and found him by my belly button. We then spent the next 20 minutes explaining to Nick where my "lady" was and how to pleasure a woman. He was horrified. I loved every second of it.


So did we.

Don't Fret. We've booked your weekend.

What To Do This Weekend…

Close your eyes and follow along. Actually, keep them open and read along.

It’s Saturday night at 8:30. You’ve finished up your shift at work and you are ready to go out and hit the town. Apron folded up, cash tips in hand; ready to knock back a drink or two. But wait a second… who goes out before 11:00 pm these days? You have some time to kill. Why don’t you come check out some Plastic Flamingo Theatre?

We have two ten minute plays in the Short Play Lab Festival at the Where Eagles Dare Theatre on West 36th Street. You can come check out Ross Evan’s play “Ferrell and Zooey” Directed by Erin Austin featuring Holly Williams and Tim McCann. Tim does a hot dog roll and Holly wears plaid. It’s nuts.

Scenario number two. It’s Sunday afternoon at 1:30. You’ve just left church… Okay…you just rolled out of bed and you’re thinking, “I slept my day away, the least I can do is go get some culture.” Head on down to Where Eagles Dare Theatre for the second and final day of The Short Play Lab Festival. Also featured in this concoction of theatre is Erin Austin’s play “Reviewed”. It is directed by Ross Evans and stars Jonathan White, Ariana Shore, Darren Mallett, and Kelley Swindall. While we cannot offer you a piece of the Funfetti cake featured in the play, we CAN guarantee Jonathan White sporting a party hat.

To sum it up, you can see two Plastic Flamingo shows along with other emerging playwright’s work on Saturday the 17th at 9 pm and Sunday the 18th at 2 pm.

Information on the Festival is at this link. See ya this weekend, Flamingos!

http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?EID=&showCode=SHO91&GUID=cb284b39-6ce3-4900-b7c8-3e3a1f76940c

Monday Meet and Greet

Today we are grilling company member Anthony Comis. (The guy in the picture above who's petting a pumpkin.)He is a Philly born actor now living in Hell's Kitchen...when he's not in a van. Right now, Anthony is on the road, entertaining thousands with his slave master routine in Theatrework's Freedom Train. Plastic Flamingo fans will remember Anthony as the tongue tied tangoing Jacob in last summer's Finger Paint.


Where are you right now?
Sitting at my Dad's house in Philadelphia reading the paper and
drinking a cup of coffee.

Let's keep this professional. what What are you wearing?
A long sleeved "OPENING DAY DEFENDING WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS!!!!"
Phillies t-shirt. A pair of Nike sweatpants. Calvin Klein underwear. A
pair of non matching socks, one clean, one dirty.

What do you wish you were wearing?
A nice pair of dark jeans. A crisp dark green button down (it
brings out the color of my poo brown eyes...) and a nice tailored
sports coat, probably a nice earthy gray. Cole Haan shoes.

Okay that's specific. When is the last time someone clapped for you?
Yesterday. But it was hundreds of 10 year old's so I doesn't count.
They clap for the dust falling from the lights.

And when, Anthony, was the last time you were booed?
Yesterday. If you whip slaves you deserve to get boo-ed.

Just between us, who is your very least favorite Plastic Flamingo member?
Alex Kaplan. I don't know him that well, but there is just
something about him that...I don't know...creeps me out.

Finish this sentence.
I would have been a star if I were born... TALLER.

Okay. True. So what are you reading these days?
Catcher in the Rye.

Suck up. What would you be doing if you weren't working in theatre?
Playing Shubert's Sonata in B flat Major at Carnegie Hall.

So are you interested in sleeping your way to the top?
Not a chance.

Okay, we will have to pimp out other company members then. If you could live in the world of any play, what would it be?
Depressing, but True West.

Really? That's strange. Based on the day you are having, which playwright should adapt it into a show?
Sam Beckett. Nothing has happened nor is going to happen. Wait!
I'm going to the dentist at 3pm.

Okay that's depressing. Can you give us a warm and fuzzy Plastic Flamingo Memory?
The all day Saturday extravaganza that occurred after the 1pm
Finger Paint show at the Fringe. Anyone that stopped by Spring Lounge
knows what I'm talking about.

Warm and fuzzy. Literally.

April Updates

Your favorite flamingos are staying busy and we've got some awesome updates for you.

10 MINUTE PLAYS

If you're in New York City check out The Short Play Lab Festival at Where Eagles Dare Theatre on April 17 and 18. Ross Evan's play "Franny and Zooey" and Erin Austin's play "Reviewed" will be featured in the production. The plays will be directed, performed, and produced by Plastic Flamingo Theatre Company.

EGGS AND EDAMAME
We begin rehearsals this month for Eggs and Edamame: Theatre in Two Courses. Set your calendars for the weekend of May 6th. More details to follow.

THE SUBJECT WAS FLAMINGOS
Don't forget to check out Lauren Hirsch's new gig as assistant stage manager for The Subject was Roses at the Pearl Theater. For a full calender and ticketing information please check out http://www.pearltheatre.org/current/subjectroses.php

BIG SUMMER PLANS
Also, expect more fun Flamingo festival activity in June. We'll keep you posted as soon as we know more...

BRAND SPANKING NEW BLOG
How to keep track of all this exciting theatre? Check out our new blog. http://plasticflamingotheatre.blogspot.com/ Expect interviews with company members, excerpts from our artist's work, and fun musing on many topics. Interested in contributing? Send your poems, your editorials, your rantings, etc to plasticflamingotheatre@gmail.com.

Monday Meet and Greet

You’ve seen their work in Plastic Flamingo Productions. Now it’s time to meet the artists who make it all possible. Plastic Flamingo Blogspot proudly presents Monday Meet and Greet, where we get the chance to know our company members a little better through a series of hard-hitting questions.

Mr. Robby Sandler is a Producer/Lyricist/ Playwright from Miami, Florida. He now resides in New York City. Look for his work with Plastic Flamingo this May. He’s producing Eggs and Edamame: Theatre in Two Courses.

Where are you right now, specifically?
Sitting at a desk at Rubie's costume company, eating lunch from a box.

What are you wearing?
A green sweater, jeans and Steve Madden knockoff shoes.

What do you wish you were wearing?
A sarong. Pants are a terrible idea.

When is the last time someone clapped for you?
Debuting a new song at Big Night Out a couple months ago.

When is the last time someone boo-ed you or should have?
When I did a production of A New Brain and couldn't throw paper balls behind me while walking in a circle.

Who is your least favorite Plastic Flamingo Company Member and why?
Diane Zelenka because she can't plate crackers worth a damn.

I would have been a star if I were born THINNER.

What are you reading right now (and don't lie)?
Margaret Atwood's Year of the Flood.

If you weren't working in the theatre, what would you be doing?
I'd be a confectioner.

Are you comfortable sleeping your way to the top?
Yes, but nobody else is comfortable with it.

If you could live in the world of any play what would it be?
How to Succeed...

Based on the day your having, who should adapt it into a show?
BECKETT.

What is your favorite Plastic Flamingo fuzzy memory?
Being asked to become a Flamingo.

RIP JD Reading

A couple of shots from the premiere reading of RIP JD: A Celebration of Death on 3/29/10.

A little poetry/ monologue

Hey Guys,

Very excited to have this new forum to share some of the inner workings of Plastic Flamingo with all of you.

Today, I thought I'd share a little poetry/ monologue from my newest show (very much still in it's infant stages), Team Awesome.

JOSHUA
Silence that’s thick enough to drown in, but only when you’re all the way submerged. Now, you’re half way where you’re floating, right across your nose, the water lines diverged. The bubble you’ve created by blowing on the wind, think enough to pop it but you can’t hardly breath it in. You’re eyes are on land, but your soul is foreboding. The world built around you is slowly eroding. So you let yourself go, deep down under the blue, just lubricate your mind, it’s a simple thing to do. Like you’ve suddenly stopped something, like you suddenly halt time. Cause when you return it may not be there, maybe silence wins this time. Silent drowning is the answer, keeps the clouds from turning grey. The only time you’re certain what’s inside you’s there to stay. You’re eyes are on land, but your soul is foreboding, The world built around you is slowly eroding. And, yes, you hear your breathing as your body holds it breath. Knowing you’re not dying, yet close enough to death. Everything is muted, yet the voices they stay clear, and all you have to do is block out everything you hear. You’re eyes are on land, but your soul is foreboding. The world built around you is slowly eroding. But right at the bottom, the damn thing it changes, bargain to stay? Doesn’t want your exchanges. So, back to the surface you slowly begin and all that’s gone now is your nuanced filled grin. But you’re still going to fight, keep your outlook austere. Still, hoping everything you left behind did a “poof” disappear. You’re eyes are on land, but your soul is foreboding. The world built around you is slowly eroding. Damn. You see it come to focus, as you’re hoarding new found air. The world, it just kept spinning, outmaneuvered your solitaire. You’re eyes are on land, but it all becomes clear, everything you left behind is still waiting right here. Man, I hate it under water with the silence and the fear, cause when the journeys over it drops your ass right back here.


Also, had the opportunity to check out The Amoralist's Happy in the Poorhouse last night, (Plastic Flamingo's Kelley Swindall served as a PA on the production.) Definitely a show worth checking out before it closes in late April.

- P Flam out.

The Good Ear Review Posting

Check out Erin's monologue on The Good Ear Review today.


http://thegoodearreview.com/

We're Now A Blog

Hey Fellow Flamingos, Friends, and Family,

Thanks for following our brand spanking new blog. We have lots of fun and intriguing posts to come. We plan on featuring new work by Plastic Flamingo artists, a meet and greet featuring sordid details about your favorite company members, and various musings and chatter.

If you have a poem, a monologue, a favorite cookie recipe you'd like to see on the Plastic Flamingo Blog, send it our way, you bantering Bards. Email us at plasticflamingotheatre@gmail.com with your submission.

Happy April to all. Keep checking in to see what we're up to.

-The Plastic Flamingo Theatre Company