Through humor, honesty and a little bit of rock and roll, share with Bricken the battles she has fought, the mountains she has climbed, and the licks she has endured.

Bricken Sparacino is an award winning/nominated performer, director and writer. After directing 8 solo shows, she is turning the spotlight on herself. Her show focuses on the small meannesses of life. You pick yourself up and solider on. But why? Why don't we fight back? Bricken invites the audience to face the ugly and laugh at it all.

I’m Not Sure I Like the Way You Licked Me! “ a very brave, honest, funny, endearing show.” - Amy E. Witting, aWe Creative

I’m Not Sure... comes from a December workshop production at the manhattantheatresource as part of their PlayGround workshop for new plays! Bricken selected the stories for this show by performing at many storytelling shows in New York including: Adam Wade’s True Tales from College and Penny’s Open Mic.

Bricken Sparacino (writer/performer) is an award winning/nominated performer, writer and director.

She was one of nytheatre.com’s People of the Year ‘08. “A generous and tireless collaborator, Bricken Sparacino directed and helped develop solo shows at festivals such as Chris Harcum's American Badass and Joy Gabriel's Mother May I.”-Martin Denton, nytheatre.com.

Other nominated/winning shows include, Those Whistling Lads (Planet Connections and MITF), Pizza Man (MITF). She was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of her original comedy character Cherry On Top (Planet Connections). Last spring saw the debut of her original play Are We Freaks (Frigid ’09) which is being expanded for performance sometime next year. Under her direction Chris Harcum’s American Badass (Frigid ’08) was selected to be in a collection of “best of” and is now published.

As a comedy powerhouse, Bricken performed, co-wrote, produced, and directed numerous original works including Comedy Period, All About The Comedy (1 &2), Alien Sympathizer Henry Platt Is Missing, American Treacle for the Midtown Theater Festival as well as the wildly successful 10:17 Comedy Night, which ran every Saturday night for 3 years at the Gershwin Hotel.

Lori Kee (director) NYC Credits include: The Experiment by Bella Poynton (TBG), Why by Andrea Kuchlewska (TBG) , Old Places by Elisa Abatsis (Naked Stages ), Everything Will Be Alright by Tariq Hamami (BMCC) ; CJ Ehrlich’s : Things They Don’t Tell Us, Tuesdays in the Park (American Globe), Homespun Webs (WAHC); Are We Freaks w/ Bricken Sparacino (Kraine); Through the Hourglass (BMCC); Groove Mama (Gene Frankel) & Male Man* (Medicine Show). Regional: As You Like It , Taming of the Shrew, Romeo & Juliet, Coastal Disturbances, Person I Once Was, Picnic, Colored Museum , Annie*. Assistant Director: Much Ado About Nothing (with Tony Recipient Tony Tanner WCE) MFA Brooklyn College. (* award)