For the Love of Pig Iron 2007 Benefit January 12, 2007

On Friday, January 12, Pig Iron Theatre Company will throw a cabaret fundraiser that bends both genre and gender until they break. For one night only the Trocadero Theater will become a Philly Circus of the Stars, a veritable “That’s Incredible!” for the 21st century. The lineup of professional astounders, amazers, and astonishers will include:

The Acro-physicists of Green Chair Dance
The Flying Blintzes – aka Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble
The Stilts Twins and The One-Armed Waiter
The Curly Musical Stylings of Amy Pickard
Gravity-Defiance by Brian Osborne (of De La Guarda!) and Friends
Urban Strip Tease from Brooklyn’s very own Typhoon Sugarpants
Math for Girls with the Nichole Canuso Dance Company
The rockin’ indies & undies of Buried Beds
With our featured performerette
Dito van Reigersberg as Miss Martha Graham Cracker
(CITYPAPER’s READER’S CHOICE for BEST DRAG ACT 2006)
and
Your host Quinn “Burlesque” Bauriedel
Backed by The Pig Feat Orchestra, with Andrew Nelson, Ned Sonstein, and Troy Herion

All proceeds go to the non-profit Pig Iron Theatre Company, Philadelphia’s rascally & world-renowned theatre troupe.

Doors open at 7:00pm, show starts at 8:00pm. Tickets are a measly $20 in advance, $25 at the door. To purchase tickets or for additional information, please call 215-627-1883 or visit www.pigiron.org. 18 and over; children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
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Official Website: http://www.pigiron.org