"Best Downtown Theater Company" - NY Press, 2001 | Best Music/Lyrics - FringeNYC 2002 | Excellence in Playwrighting - FringeNYC 2003
Caffe Cino Award - NY Innovative Theater Awards, 2005 | Outstanding Solo Show - FringeNYC 2009

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Smoke the New Cigarette

Inverse Theater and The New York International Fringe Festival FringeNYC / A Production of The Present Company

give you…

Smoke the New Cigarette

a freeform chamber punk explosion

@ the Bowery Poetry Club

Tickets & Info: http://thenewcigarette.org

Showtimes: August Fri 12 @ 6:45; Sat 13 @ 7; Fri 19 @ 2; Sun 21 @ 12; Thu 25 @ 8:15

The New Cigarette is…

Kirk Wood Bromley (guitar, cello, trombone, voice, lyrics, text), Sandstar (piano, drums, flute, baby cello, voice), Beth Griffith (dance, voice), Peter Schmitz (dance, voice)*

Crashing musicians:

August 12: Edward Schneider (sax), Pete Selbo (guitar), Constance Cooper (piano)

August 13: Edward Schneider (sax), Pete Selbo (guitar), Constance Cooper (piano)

August 19: The Broadcloth Trio: broadclothtrio.com – Adam Matlock (various), Anne Rhodes (voice), Nathan Bontrager (cello)

August 21: Alex Cohen (guitar), Anne Rhodes (voice), Constance Cooper (piano)

August 25: Adam Matlock (various), Nathan Bontrager (cello)

Audio & sound mastering by John Gideon
Stage managed by Bettina Warshaw

* – These actors appear courtesy of Actors Equity Association. Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence.

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