Peter Peter – A Schticky Situation

nest_clock_farsight_analog Saturday, October 17, 9:00 pm - Saturday, October 17, 10:30 pm

location_on The Avalon Lounge — 29 Church Street, Catskill, NY 12414

groups Big Gay Hudson Valley

Peter Peter Presents: “A SCHTICKY SITUATION” Comedy you can’t squeeze into a box! Our astonishingly talented ALL-STAR CAST features both new and returning delectable oddballs yanked from the stages of burlesque nightclubs, international circus, and other planets, conveniently brought right to you for a night you’ll never forget (even with therapy)! Fasten your seatbelt, it’s gonna be a weird and wonderfully fun and funny ride!! Hosted by Sir Richard Castle, and staring Pinkie Special, Evil Hate Monkey, Amy G. & your impresario Peter Peter! ___________________________________ Bradford Scobie (Sir Richard Castle) is a comedic character actor and writer who somehow fell ass-backwards into the wacky and wonderful world of burlesque. (As a host. Not a stripper.) His burlesque/comedy show, “Sir Richard Castle’s Naughty Little Show” currently runs at the legendary Slipper Room Palace of Variety in NYC. Every year he hosts The New York Burlesque Festival’s prestigious “Golden Pastie Awards”. He is swollen with pride to be hosting “Shticky Situation” at the magnificent Catskills Comedy Festival for three years and hopefully counting… ________________________________ Pinkie Special is a NYC based hula hoop artist. She has been dazzling audience for over 20 years with unique energy and skill. You can catch her performing in nightlife, the circus and kids parties, and on stages from Coney Island to Europe. ___________________________________ Monkey is an award-winning primate who has been flipping and stripping for audiences since 2002. Pioneering his own niche in the international circus/cabaret scene. He has attended circus school, headlined festivals all over the world, staged 3 full-length theater shows including "All or Nothing" at Ars Nova , produced national tours, and won several awards including the Burlesque Hall of Fame King of Boylesque 2010, Most Comedic 2010, Best Duo 2006 and Most Innovative 2008. Additionally, Monkey is proud to say he was the first contestant “X’d” off America’s Got Talent Season 14! Monkey's original mix of circus skills, absurd humor and over-the-top personality has earned him a cultish following developed over the course of two decades. He’s sure to turn heads and make you question your next banana eating experience! ___________________________________ Amy G is an Olivier Award winning actor who has toured as a comedian and singer for over 20 years in 46 countries. Film: Tyler Perry’s A Fall From Grace. Julius Onah’sSamo Lives TV: Saint X(HULU), Bull (ABC),Extrapolations(AppleTV), etc. She wrote, produced and starred in Big Time (Best Comedy, TV Pilot and Actress - Cannes World Film Festival, Paris Film Festival, Big Apple Film Festival, etc.) Stage: Opium (Cosmopolitan Las Vegas), Absinthe (Spiegelworld NY), La Clique(Paris Bobino), La Soiree(West End and Off-Broadway- Union Square Theatre), Club Swizzle(Sydney Opera House), and many seasons across Europe hosting Palazzo. She wrote, comedy directed and starred in Anti-Gravity’s Crash Test Dummies (New Victory Theatre), and was the first ever solo female clown to lead The Big Apple Circus (Lincoln Center BigTop). Her digital comedy content has 10M+ views. @amygforce (IG/TikTok), The Amy G Show on Facebook, or visit amy-g.com. ___________________________________ Peter Peter (aka Peter Daniel Straus) is a versatile actor-comedian whose work spans network TV, feature film, theater, nightclubs, and circus the world over. He began his career as a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Clown and has since appeared as a featured comedic performer at the Metropolitan Opera, a starring guest artist at The National Stage of Norway, and multiple times on The Late Show with David Letterman and The Tonight Show. On screen, he originated "Pierre the Mime," infiltrating Impractical Jokers, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, played the mechanical automaton on ABC's Deception, the Abe Lincoln Statue in the Golden Globe-winning A Different Man, and roles in Ballbuster (with Jerry O'Connell) and the cult favorite Hurricane Bianca: From Russia — plus a turn as a tiny vampire in a recent KitKat commercial. As his nightlife personae Peter Peter, he's been a fixture of the New York scene, performing at The Box, The Slipper Room, House of Yes, Soho House, and The McKittrick Hotel. In healthcare, Peter spent decades as "Dr. Peety," a medical clown with Big Apple Circus' Clown Care Unit and Healthy Humor, bringing humor to patients, families, and staff at major NY-area hospitals including Columbia-Presbyterian, Mt. Sinai, NYU, and Yale. He's also been the university Clown instructor at CAP21 Theater Conservatory. He's co-owner of Really Really Inc., where he creates weird and wonderful content and brands. A Sarah Lawrence College grad trained at Ringling Bros. Clown College and the British American Drama Academy, he's a proud member of Actors' Equity and SAG-AFTRA — and is delighted to both produce and perform in A Schticky Situation at the Catskills Comedy Festival.