tonight

Sticky is in just a few hours. We know it's 4:20, but get off the couch, come down from that mountain and make your way to Bowery Poetry Club at 7 pm.

new indie indian feature, featuring Lipica Shah

This great news just in from Sticky actress, Lipica Shah:

I know the suspense has been killing you. Trust me, I've been trying über hard not to let this slip (and my mom is GOOD at playing the guilt trip card)! At long last the time is nigh... drum roll please*

My first feature, Let's Be Out, The Sun Is Shining (formerly titled Oh, Sophia) will premiere as an Official Selection of the New York Indian Film Festival on Saturday, May 26, 2012!!

I'm so excited to finally share this film with you all - it was an absolute labor of love for cast and crew, and I'm really proud of the work we did. I hope you'll join me at the premiere! Here are the details:

DATE: Saturday, May 26

TIME: 3pm

LOCATION: Tribeca Cinemas (54 Varick Street) Theater 1

TICKETS: $15 general admission ($12 for students/seniors with an ID) CLICK HERE to purchase tickets and reserve your seat(s)!

GOOD TO KNOW: the NYIFF has "Audience Choice Awards," so our secret hope is to PACK this theater with lovers and supporters - AKA you!

SIDEBAR: If you can't make it to the screening, we'd still love your support! Please consider contributing the cost of a ticket to our IndieGoGo Page to help us raise funds for the music rights to the wonderful songs in the film.

Please buy your tickets directly from the NYIFF website, but do let me know if you'll be coming so we can celebrate together :) For those who are still in the "what the heck is this film about?!" camp:
Directed by Bornila Chatterjee, Let's Be Out, The Sun Is Shining is about a shy Indian-American receptionist named DIYA (Lipica Shah) with romantic notions of love who falls in love with a charismatic Brooklyn bartender PADDY (Scott Lyman) to whom everyone is disposable. When Paddy rejects Diya for another woman (Madeleine James), she immerses herself in his world of struggling actors and musicians (Angela Gulner, Eli Bridges, Margaret Ying Drake, Jabari Brisport) who live potentially displaced in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Though Diya's protective older brother (Samrat Chakrabarti) and uncle (Anil Chandiramani) do not understand her need to "change the pattern" of her life, the magnetism and passion of this new circle of friends teaches Diya a few important lessons about lust, love and staying true to oneself.

4:20 Sticky (heh heh, 4:20)

It's almost time for 4:20 Sticky.

We've got a super show lined up.

7 pm, $10

Bowery Poetry Club

308 Bowery, NYC

Here's how it looks.

musical guest: Duv

The Doctor "O" Show

by Tonya Pinkins, directed by Christopher Burris

starring: Jamyl Dobson, Tracey Conyer Lee, and Alice Spivack

In the NY Dating Scene

by Abby Royle, directed by Jordan Dann

starring: Matt Dickson, Frances Koepenick, Kate Liberman, and Eli Percy

Broker Me Paradise

written and performed by Eleni Kourti

Identity Theft

by Jennifer Sotham, directed by Ellie Heyman

starring: Penny Bittone, Imran Sheikh, and Karen Sours

Self Un Help

created and performed by Alicia McDaid

Eschaton Cabaret returns

A taste of what's to come: http://youtu.be/XbJril7CKo8

Berlin, 1929. Weimar is ending. Brecht is beginning. Come. Be a part of it. Sometimes a little death isn't so bad.

April 15th 8pm @ 308 Bowery ( Bowery Poetry Club)

ESCHATON CABARET

an interactive devised anarchy

with dance, original music and death (defying) acts

written and conceived by: Libby Emmons (2009 Clubbed Thumb Fellow), Michael Niederman (Crosstown Playwrights, Actors Studio), Matthew Paul Olmos (La Mama, terranova Ground Breaker 2012) Jody Christopherson (New York Theater Review), John C. Hume (JOHN HUME LIVE!) and Laura Butler Rivera (CHO H CHO, Mabou Mines).

with new music and lyrics by: Jody Christopherson, Michael De Roos, Michael Niederman, Stephanie Dodd

directed by: Deborah Wolfson, Christopher Burris and Daniel Irizarry

stage manged by: Christopher Diercksen

Choreographed by: Deborah Wolfson

starring: Jamie Askew, Claudia Acosta, Cate Bottiglione, Jody Christopherson, Stephanie Dodd, Rachael Hip-Flores, John C. Hume, Daniel Irizarry, Richard Kass, Lori McNally and Michael De Roos

what? 4/20 Sticky?

That's right. And we're getting our line-up together.

So far, we've got Duv as our musical guest.

Alicia McDaid bringing something interesting.

Eleni Kourti with another brilliant, unpredictable story.

Rachel Klein and the amazing Rachel Klein Productions dance ensemble.

Identity Theft, a play by Jennifer Sotham, directed by Ellie Heyman
starring: Penny Bittone, Karen Sours, Imran Sheikh and one other person

In the NY Dating Scene, a play by Abby Royle, directed by Jordan Dann
starring: Frances Koepenick, Matt Dickson, Kate Liberman and Eli Percy

The Doctor "O" Show, a play by Tonya Pinkins, directed by Christopher Burris

Stay tuned. There might be even more.