KGB Bar

An evening with four local New York City actors reading excerpts of their own material:

Deborah Shannon – In addition to her work in numerous national television commercials and stage productions, Deborah has enjoyed a long career in radio doing voice-overs for commercials and as the lead role in the long-running telenovela Cafe.  She has landed principle roles in six feature films and has starred in several television shows such as Dexter (Showtime), Mysteries (The BBC), Discover America (The Travel Channel), and Portraits of Faith (NBC) for which she earned an Emmy nomination. She will complete her masters in creative writing at Florida International University this spring. Her short stories that have appeared in many online magazines, and she has written three screenplays and a three-act play for the stage. This is her first novel, one in a series. Ms. Shannon currently lives in Manhattan.

Erica Fae – Fae’s most recent work as performer and co-writer (with Jill A. Samuels) Take What Is Yours inaugurated the New OHIO theatre this past October with a workshop production. Come see it this May! As writer/performer, Fae’s solo play A Girl Joan was commissioned by DTW, and performed at NYTW, The Culture Project, and HERE, where she was also awarded a HARP residency to develop new work. Her short films have screened at festivals worldwide, for which she received “Best Short” and “Best Actress” awards. As actor, she has worked with Martha Clarke (Vienna Lusthaus at NYTW, Midsummer at A.R.T., Hans Christian Andersen at A.C.T.), Rachel Dickstein/Ripe Time (Fire Throws at 3LD, playing Antigone), and Ping Chong, among others; and can be seen in films Synecdoche New York, The Savages, Little Children, Please Give, and others. She also teaches physical acting at Yale and The New School (MFA programs), and at NYU’s ETW, where she also studied. www.ericafae.com

T. Graham Brown - Stage credits include: Edward in Edward II, Melchior in Spring Awakening, Shep in Early One Evening at the Rainbow Bar and Grille, Danny in Sexual Perversity In Chicago, Shakespeare in 4Play, Sex in a Series, Sam in Finding Gräfenberg, Ben in Seascape with Shark and Dancer; twelve roles in Macbeth and Alex in the second American production of A Clockwork Orange.  Film credits include: The Dark Knight Rises, Sweet and Lowdown, New York - The Documentary and Entourage. He has performed stand-up at the Improv, The New York Comedy Club, The Funny Bone, The Laff Stop and Froggy Bottoms. Grahamis currently the Executive Producer of trip2media and the Artistic Director of trip.

Annette Guarrasi - Annette began her acting career performing improv and sketch comedy in NYC, predominantly with Gotham City Improv. After her sarcasm muscles began to ache, she challenged herself with Shakespeare and was fortunate to study for a summer at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Eventually, she found that her love for writing comic character monologues led her to a Solo Performance Workshop with Kirsten Ames, where she created “Never Show the Ugly,” her first solo show.  Tonight’s reading is an excerpt from her memoir, “It Ain’t Pretty.” Like Annette, it is a work-in-progress. www.annetteguarrasi.com

Hosted by Lee Anderson