POY Alum Lizzie Czerner is bringing her "one-woman, two-booby" show to the NYC Fringe Festival this week! Congratulations Lizzie! She first developed this piece on POY's very own stage and she's got immense talent. We heartily recommend you check out her show!
From the desk of Marc Adam Smith who is working on Lizzie's show:
I am very excited to tell you about THE BOOBY PRIZE, which is a new hit solo show to be performed at The New York International Fringe Festival next month. This one-woman, two-booby play was nominated for BEST COMEDY (voted in top 3) at The Hollywood Fringe Festival 2011, and was selected for an extended run as part of "THE BEST OF THE FRINGE".
Please find our press release (attached and pasted below, for your convenience) as well as links to rave reviews from LA THEATRE REVIEW, THE EXAMINER, and HOLLYWOOD PASSPORT. More information can also be found at www.lizzieboobyprize.com.
There are several story angles that I would like to point out, as these subjects may be of interest to you:
1. THE BOOBY PRIZE has partnered with KEEP A BREAST FOUNDATION and will donate a percentage of ticket sales to this worthy organization to help promote breast cancer awareness and prevention. (The show is not about cancer but the disease has touched the family of writer/performer Lizzie Czerner, and the subject is as close to her heart as her boobs are.) ;)
2. The show has local appeal, as Lizzie lived in New York City for 20 years before moving to Los Angeles, and her show chronicles her life and adventures in Manhattan.
3. THE BOOBY PRIZE deals with body image issues, and other subjects that may be of particular interest to your female readers. (Many times after a show, women have come up to thank Lizzie for portraying the female experience in a manner which is raw, fearless and truthful.)
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This uplifting one-woman, two-booby comedy chronicles Writer/Performer Lizzie Czerner’s struggle to stop playing second banana to her two melons, and find true love.Comedy writer and sketch-comedienne Lizzie Czerner performed her solo show in The Hollywood Fringe Festival to full houses and standing ovations.
A seasoned performer with degrees from Sarah Lawrence College and N.Y.U. Tisch School of the Arts, and with off-Broadway credits to her name, Lizzie was a member of the successful and long-running sketch comedy group, Faulty Logic, (St. Marks Theatre/HA! Comedy Festival) and her solo shows have been performed in venues all over New York and Los Angeles. Her show entitled GETTING NAKED was an official jury selection of the New York International Fringe Festival in 2009, and her newest work, THE BOOBY PRIZE was performed at Upright Citizens Brigade, Santa Monica Theater and BANG Comedy Theatre, prior to its festival debut in The Hollywood Fringe Festival.
The show will be performed in New York City at The Players Theatre as part of the New York International Fringe Festival on Saturday, August 13 at 7:30pm, Sunday, August 14 at 8:45pm, Tuesday, August 16 at 5:00pm, Friday, August 19 at 4:15pm, and Sunday, August 21 at 4:30pm. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at www.fringenyc.org, or $18 at the door.
