The Queens Players & The Secret Theatre present...
Theatre of Horror
4 Plays from The Grand Guignol
TheSecretTheatre
The L.I.C. Art Center
44-02 23Rd ST
Long Island City
NY 11101-5000
Info/Reservations: 718 392 0304
[Enter via green gates to the left of main entrance]
www.thequeensplayers.com
Tickets $15
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Evening performances @ 8pm Oct 17,18,19,20 & 21 then 24,25,26, 27,28, & Halloween 31st 2007
Matinee performances @ 2pm on Saturday Oct 20th & 27th
SPECIAL SHOW ON HALLOWEEN FOLLOWED BY OUR FREE ANNUAL HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY ALL PARTY GUESTS WILL GET A CHANCE TO USE THE GUILLOTINE!
ACT I
CHOP CHOP [or THE GUILLOTINE] directed by Amanda Friou
THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS directed by Marissa Mickelberg
ACT II
TICS [or DOING THE DEED] directed by Rich Ferraioli
TOUCH OF DEATH written and directed by Richard Mazda
DIRECTED BY RICH FERRAIOLI, AMANDA FRIOU, RICHARD MAZDA AND MARISSA MICKELBERG
Come see our working Guillotine!!
This the fourth in our series of Grand Guignol productions. We proudly present three gems translated from the original French and one original play in the classic genre of The Grand Guignol. Theatre of Horror closes on Halloween night with The Queens Players 3rd Annual Halloween Costume party.
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original tradition of Guignol called for a ‘hot and cold’ shower
of equal parts comedy, eroticism and bloody climaxes. We embrace
this with four different plays. In ‘Chop Chop [or The Guillotine]’
the museum curator admires his new exhibit, the gruesome instrument
that has dispatched many a fine head. When an adulterous wife
suggests to her lover that they spice things up and make love on
Madame Guillotine the cuckolded husband seizes his chance. ‘The
Lighthouse Keepers’ explores with tragic results how a father and
son team that tend to the lighthouse will cope with the realization
that the son has contracted Rabies and is going mad. In ‘Tics’ we
see the lighter side of Guignol, a bickering husband and wife await
their dinner guests. All the guests have a guilty secret, which they
involuntarily reveal. Finally, ‘Touch of Death’ deals with
madness and grief. Balthazar Pepin believes that his dead wife’s
touch has diseased his flesh and that he must amputate the afflicted
limb. Dr Chance and Dr Strang follow this strange patient to his
home and a thrilling gory climax
Directions: Take the 7 to 45th Rd/Courthouse or the E, V or G to 23rd St/Ely,
The Secret Theatre is two blocks from The Citibank building, 3 blocks from PS1 and 2 blocks from Silvercup Studios
Please contact Richard on 718 392 0304 or email info@thequeensplayers.com for further Information or industry comps.