Kestryl Cael Lowrey

348 has been selected to participate in the Fall 2010 Works in Progress series at Dixon Place! The show has been growing by leaps and bounds, and I’m thrilled to have this opportunity to really get it on its feet!

If you’ve been watching the show through its development process, you already know what its all about. But in case you haven’t, here’s a short blurb:

Transgender teenage rebel Cael cannot catch a break. Her Hot Topic proclivities land him in a lock-down institution that borrows discipline from Guantanamo and staff from the Church of Latter Day Saints. As Cael realizes why her mother locked him up, she wrestles with retribution, isolation, atonement and the meaning of madness in America.

The show will be on Thursday, November 18th at 9:30 pm. Tickets will be $15 ($12 students/seniors).

You will only have ONE CHANCE to see 348 at Dixon Place this fall, so you should buy your tickets now!

Several years ago, XY(T) had its NYC premiere as part of the FRIGID Festival, by Horse Trade Theatre. Now, the good folks at Horse Trade have invited the show back for another performance, in a mini-festival with some of the other FRIGID favorites!

XY(T) has delighted audiences at festivals and colleges across the USA since 2007. This is your last chance (for several years, at least!) to catch XY(T) in NYC!

Do you have the balls to become a man? Delve into questions, contradictions, and characters exploring: TESTOSTERONE. Transgender butch Kestryl Cael strips layers of gender-self-sex-sanity pursuing his own masculinity. Are you ready to take it all off?

Combining ethnography, autobiography, a syringe, and a massive pink strap-on, XY(T) charts one queer’s quest for a gender that makes sense. Filled with testosterone and transgression, masculinity and mayhem, XY(T) playfully punctures everything you thought you knew about gender.

Date: Saturday, July 3rd, 2010, 6:30pm

Location: Under St. Marks, 94 St. Marks Place (b/w 1st ave and Ave. A)

Tickets: $15 ($12 students/seniors) - available at the door or online: http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showcode=XYT0&pcode=FRIG3

I am excited to announce that I have been invited to perform ‘348′ as part of WOW Cafe Theatre’s 30th Anniversary ‘Pearl’ Festival!

This is the SECOND workshop for this new piece! If you missed it at Collect Pond in February, you have another chance! If you saw the first workshop, you should come again– I’ve been revising like a crazy person ; )

Description and details below:

This isn’t ‘Tranny, Interrupted’.

When Kestryl Cael was 15 years old, his parents told him they were taking him on vacation. The plane landed in Provo, Utah, and Cael landed in a lock-down ‘therapeutic boarding school.’

‘348′ is a searing examination of the troubled teen industry, forced institutionalization, and madness in America. Cael’s misadventures in the psychiatric industry combine with statistics, stories and stigma for revelations on power, pain, and isolation.

You’d be crazy not to come.

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Date: Thursday, May 13th
Time: 8pm
Location: WOW Cafe Theatre, 59-61 East 4th Street, 4th Floor
Tickets: $10, available at the door or online at fabnyc.org

See you there!

The first-ever workshop performance of 348 is rapidly approaching! Click here for the Facebook event page, or just see below for details!

When Kestryl Cael was 15 years old, his parents told him they were taking him on vacation. The plane landed in Provo, Utah, and Cael landed in a lock-down ‘therapeutic boarding school.’

‘348′ is a searing examination of the troubled teen industry, forced institutionalization, and madness in America. Cael’s misadventures in the psychiatric industry combine with statistics, stories and stigma for revelations on power, pain, and isolation.

You’d be crazy not to come.

Date: Saturday, February 20, 2010
Time: 8:00pm (arrive early to get a seat!)
Location: Collect Pond
Street: 45 Berry Street, corner of N 11th St, Brooklyn, NY

$0-$5 sliding, no one turned away!

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This piece has been in the making for nearly 10 years, but this is the first time that it has seen a real audience. I hope that you’ll be part of it!

 SO. You missed XY(T) at FRIGID last February and at FringeNYC last August. Do not despair, you have 12 more chances to catch the show!!!

XY(T) will be running January 8-31, Thurs-Sat at 8pm at WOW Cafe Theatre in the East Village. The show is on a shared bill with “Waiting for the Show,” a ridiculous comedy by Theresa Diamond. Two shows for the price of one, recession special! You can’t get a better deal than that!

To remind you all, here is a brief blurb about XY(T):

Do you have the balls to become a man? Delve into questions, contradictions, and characters exploring: TESTOSTERONE. Transgender butch Kestryl Cael strips layers of gender-self-sex-sanity pursuing his own masculinity. Are you ready to take it all off?

Combining ethnography, autobiography, a syringe, and a massive pink strap-on, XY(T) charts one queer’s quest for a gender that makes sense. Filled with testosterone and transgression, masculinity and mayhem, XY(T) playfully punctures everything you thought you knew about gender.

Can’t wait to see it? Get your tickets in ADVANCE!
$18, $9 for students/seniors at tix.waitingfortheshow.com
Or by phone: 212-868-4444

Tickets at the door are $20, $10 for students/seniors.
You can reserve seats by emailing waitingfortheshow@live.com or calling 212-777-4280.

So. To recap: XY(T) at WOW Cafe Theatre.
Address: 59 East 4th Street, between Bowery and 2nd Ave.
4th floor
Dates: Jan 8-31, on Thurs, Fri, and Sat each week at 8 pm.
Tix: $18/$9 in advance, or $20/$10 at the door.

See you there!

The newest issue of Bitch (the ‘Loud’ issue) has a brief article about XY(T)! Unfortunately, it doesn’t appear to be up online yet, but I’ll try to scan it in the next few days. Until then… go to your local bookstore and pick up a copy to check it out for yourself!

XY(T) opens tomorrow at the Player’s Loft (115 MacDougal, NYC), and it’s already getting attention in the press! Check out previews and interviews in the following publications:

Time Out New York: http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/lgbt/46641/just-a-stage

Gay City News: http://gaycitynews.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19898211&BRD=2729&PAG=461&dept_id=569330&rfi=6

This is great coverage, and the show hasn’t even opened yet!

 A few days ago, I was invited by Martin Denton of nytheatre.com to participate in a podcast previewing several FringeNYC shows!  Follow the links before for a small taste of XY(T) (plus a bit of background details about the production!), as well as tantalizing bits from 8 other FringeNYC shows!

Download the podcast here!

View the episode guide here!
You’ll have to come to the festival for the rest!  I’ll see you in August!

On July 14, 2008, PoMo Freakshow (Kestryl Cael and Sassafras Lowrey) premiered Traitors without (T)reason to a packed house at Dixon Place, one of New York’s favorite experimental/laboratory theatres.

For more images, click here!

We are currently exploring options for future performances of Traitors without (T)reason! If you have any thoughts, feel free to send me an email at kestryl@pomofreakshow.com.

The New York International Fringe Festival is rapidly approaching (August 8-24, 2008), and now we have the performance dates and venue information for XY(T)!

XY(T) will be at FringeNYC VENUE #13: The Players Loft

ADDRESS: 115 MacDougal Street, 3rd Floor
(West side of MacDougal, just south of West 3rd Street)
SUBWAY: A, B, C, D, E, F, V to West 4th Street

You will have a whopping SEVEN (7) opportunities to see XY(T):