Smart, sexy, and extremely funny, Mike Albo lampoons consumerism, pop culture, and human interaction with a self-reflexive flair. His latest one-man show, My Price Point, is a hilarious collection of monologues and dances that satirize everything from contemporary gay identity to a scenario of a near-future time when U.S. imperialism has transformed Europe into a "Bush Gardens" that sanitizes and commodifies other cultures for American consumption.

The piece was co-written with Virginia Heffernan and directed by David Schweizer. Albo has been developing material over the last several years, most prominently in the series of performances that he's done with Nora Burns and David Ilku, titled[...]