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5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche at the SoHo Playhouse

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photo by Dixie Sheridan
photo by Dixie Sheridan
If you haven’t gotten your tickets yet – it’s high time that you do! The new Colony’s award-winning 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche began previews at the SoHo Playhouse on October 13th and will then officially open tomorrow night! The play played an extended run at the New York International Fringe Festive Encore Series.

Written by Evan Linder and Andrew Hobgood, with contributions from Mary Hollis Inboden, Megan Johns, Thea Lux, Beth Stelling and Maari Suorsa, the show was directed by Sara Gitenstein.

As the SoHo Playhouse, Inc. artistic director Darren Lee Cole said, “We are extremely excited to announce the addition of 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche which will make our fall season complete! New York’s theatrical elite hoped this show would never see the light of day but after the amazing response it received at the Fringe they had no luck trying to stick their finger in the dyke.”

The cast includes Caitlin Chuckta, Rachel Farmer, Megan Johns, Thea Lux and Maari Suorsa. And, according to press notes, it “takes us to 1956 where the Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein are having their annual quiche breakfast. Will they be able to keep their cool when Communists threaten their idyllic town?”

The show will run until early November on Saturday nights at 10 pm and on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays at 7:30 pm.

Chaucer Remake at the SoHo Playhouse

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If you enjoy one piece of entertainment this holiday season, make it “The Canterbury Tales Remixed” at the SoHo Playhouse, 15 Van Dam Street, South Village. This is an experience not to be missed. Baba Brinkman has managed to unlock the highly intimidating original version of “The Canterbury Tales” for his “The Canterbury Tales Remixed.”

The show includes original hip-hop songs and draws analogies between pop anthems and celebrities. A Canadian scholar of medieval literature, Mr. Brinkman sees clear parallels between the ancient text and modern day. He retells three of Chaucer’s tales (Pardoner, Merchant and Wife of Bath) and throws in some legends of Gilgamesh and Beowulf for good measure.

He wants to peak his audience’s curiosity. And he does so with a creative flair, using hip-hop to unlock Chaucer. Directed by Darren Lee Cole, the 85 minute show welcomes tourists, purists, Chaucer-lovers, hip-hop fans and everyone in between to come and enjoy something different this holiday until January 8th.

Picture by Ben Hider.