Great news! Dead End Dummy made the print edition of the New York Daily News today (Brooklyn edition). If you are out of our geographical area. the story was posted online Friday afternoon; read it here.  The Coney Island leg of the show runs through November 2; after that, we transfer to LaMama....but you're really doing yourself a disservice if you don't see it in the atmospheric old sideshow in the run up to Halloween. If you want a Halloween experience, THIS is a Halloween experience. 

 

Can you think of a better way to observe the Halloween season than watching a play about a murderous ventriloquist, staged in an eerie sideshow? Featuring not only ventriloquism and spooky thrills, but live music, songs, a little dancing, magic and lots of laughs -- plus a little bittersweet sadness for the bygone days of vaudeville and live entertainment? Plus the Freak Bar in which to drink your joys and sorrows before and after the show? In short, I obviously can't! I hope to see you down at historic Coney Island USA at a show that's got me tickled pink thanks to the talents of playwright Dick Zigun, Scott Baker, Poor Baby Bree, Becca Bernard, Douglas MacKrell, Rhiannon Schaefer, Arianna Geneson, Kate Dale, Marie Roberts and Sarah Lahue! um, and me, Trav S.D.!

Dead End Dummy, written by Dick Zigun and directed by Trav S.D.,  explores the uniquely American art form of Vaudeville (filtered through the dark lens of expressionism)  following Max Morinsky, an aging ventriloquist, who, upon the death of vaudeville, sets out to kill Thomas Edison.

 

Performance Dates: October 10-11-12, 17-18-19, 24-25-26-27-28-29-30-31-Nov. 1-2

All Shows 8pm; except Sundays at 4pm. Tickets are $15.

 

Advance tickets for all performances, can be purchased here: http://shop.coneyisland.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?search=action&category=DEAD

 

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.