Clay McLeod Chapman’s The Pumpkin Pie Show returns with a fresh slice of brand new campfire tale telling. In true Halloween spirit(s), this year’s show tackles a whole bevy of everyday horrors, including a case of post-partum depression that quickly descends into Edgar Allan Poe-style madness, possessed hair extensions, haunted vinyl, masturbating in the middle of a Broadway matinee of Phantom of the Opera, and much, much more literary depravity.
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ANA ASENSIO
(Performer)
ANA ASENSIO is an actress and director who currently divides her time between her native Madrid and New York City. “Penelope Cruz should watch her back,” says NYTheater.com about Ana, following her performance in Medea ´s Get Some Issues, presented last year at 2012’s United Solo Festival and named the Best International Show. The play’s international tour continues at Monomafia Festival in Estonia this year. Asensio’s film-acting credits include: The Afterlight, co-directed by Craig Macneill and Alexei Kaleina; The Archive, by Oscar winning director Ethan Spiglan; Zenith, by Vladan Nikolic; and, the HBO short film Betty La Flaca, by Hugo Perez. Asensio’s most significant theatrical role to date has been in the one-woman play, La Diva, by award winning playwright Jeronimo Lopez Mozo that Ana translated to English, adapted and directed. La Diva has been performed by Ana in Europe, Africa and North America and it will be part of the prestigious La Havana International Theater Festival this year. Currently, Ana is developing her first feature film as writer/director that will be shot in New York City. She is also working on the adaptation of the Spanish novel Mica's Skin into a one-woman show. It will premiere this year at United Solo Festival. More information on ana-asensio.com
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Clay McLeod Chapman
(Performer)
CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN is the creator of the rigorous storytelling session The Pumpkin Pie Show. He is the author of rest area, a collection of short stories, the novel miss corpus, and the new middlegrade series The Tribe: Homeroom Headhunters. He also writes for his geek gods Marvel Comics and Fangoria Magazine. He teaches writing at The Actors Studio MFA Program at Pace University. claymcleodchapman.com
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Hanna Cheek
(Performer)
HANNA CHEEK has been a member of The Pumpkin Pie Show since 2001, as well as the Drama Desk nominated theatre company Waterwell, Described by Time Out NY as a “downtown superstar” Cheek was named one of TONY’s "Future Legends of NYC Theatre" in 2013. With Waterwell, she’s devised and performed in: The Persians…a comedy about war with five songs (Perry St. Theatre), Marco Millions (Theatre Row), The/King/Operetta (Barrow St.), #9 (59e59), and GOODBAR (Public Theatre’s Under the Radar festival. With The Pumpkin Pie Show: Junta High (PS122), Hostage Song (The Kraine), Commencement (NY, US, & Canada), among many others. Other NYC: Mac Rogers’ Sovereign (Gideon Productions at The Secret Theatre), Happy Birthday (with TACT at the Beckett Theatre), Artifacts of Consequence (Wild Project). Regional: Other Desert Cities (Hailey, Idaho). TV: The West Wing, Titus, MTVs Undressed, Ugly Americans.
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SHAYFER JAMES
(Sound Designer)
SHAYFER JAMES weaves surprisingly genuine musical landscapes that evoke the gauzy, sweaty sexuality of gulf-coast barrooms but also the fantastical, narcotic mysticism of a Lewis Carroll-inspired three-ring circus. Mr. James' noir-infused, piano driven music swaggers with danceable anthems, harrowing ballads, and jazz lilted satire. He and his trio have toured the U.S., and his songs been featured by WNYC.org, Filter Magazine online, and as 'New and Noteworthy' on iTunes. www.shayferjames.com
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Press
Sara Lehman
October 16, 2013
This show is a must see and will put you in that Halloween mood, with tailored songs that fit the stories and keep the fun, creepy, vibe going.
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Sara Lehman
October 16, 2013
This show is a must see and will put you in that Halloween mood, with tailored songs that fit the stories and keep the fun, creepy, vibe going.
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Al Pesant
October 11, 2013
The Pumpkin Pie Show: Boogedy Boo serves up a big, fat, delicious slice of good old-fashioned Grand Guignol with a dash of Southern Gothic thrown in. All in all, its a terrific night of theatre, and just the thing for the Holloween season!
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admin
October 09, 2013
This year the pieces are about such craziness as a case of postpartum depression that descends into madness and an episode of masturbation in the middle of a matinee performance of Phantom of the Opera.
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Press release
Press Release for The Pumpkin Pie Show: Boogedy Boo
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