New Tricks

Theater Askew presents New Tricks, a benefit for the world premiere of i google myself.

Theatre Askew, the company that brought you the GLAAD Media Award-nominated off-off Broadway hit, Bald Diva!, and last year’s cult sensation I, Claudius Live, now turns its queer eye to the world of cyber porn and sexual obsession in i google myself. In this June 2007 world premiere, Jason Schafer (writer of the film Trick and an original staff writer for Queer As Folk) has crafted a taut thriller where three men with the same name engage in a high-risk game of identity and desire, and online fantasies clash with harsh reality.

To celebrate (and to raise some much-needed funds for their season) Theatre Askew will present New Tricks. Featuring a cast of actors reading erotic fiction by Polly Frost and Ray Sawhill from their nationally acclaimed “Sex Scenes” series (described by Time Out NY as "aural sex"), and saucy musical performances by Joanna Parson and Pale Male, New Tricks promises to be a fun, playful romp through love (and lust), 21st century style. Add to that fabulous raffle treats (2 tickets to Grey Gardens, 3 days of home-delivered gourmet meals from NuKitchen Food, Renew Salon facial, a free acupuncture session) and dancing to the music of DJ June Joseph, and it’s going to be an evening not to be missed.

Appearing in the “Sex Scenes” reading are: Antony Hagopian, Karen Grenke, Sarah Kozinn, Jennifer Malloy, Elenna Stauffer, Jake Thomas, and Kevin Craig West.