Join us as we celebrate the festival opening of Come As You Are: A Celebration of Queer Sex, NYC

In a time of economic struggle, people need a place to laugh, cry, scream, kiss, hug, dance and let go with other breathing humans. When Sunday church just isn’t enough, there’s always Cabaret Cataplexy.  A tribal social setting where you can let go and let flow, Cataplexy includes DJ Deep Fried Nutella and a performance series that strives to expand the comfort zone of audiences and performers alike.  Hosted by Ashley Brockington & Monstah Black, this year’s 3D rendition, the Quadroon Ball, jumps off the stage and into the  the audience at a new location, the upscale lounge and nightclub Haven. Artists include Ryan Green, Monica McIntyre, YOZMIT, Wendell Cooper, Velocity Chyaldd, Sweet Lorraine, and Juliette Marie Jones. These artists have demonstrated excellence in creating works that engage, are visually stunning, uncomfortably offensive — and sometimes just plain gross to the point that we love it!

PLEASE NOTE:  21 AND FINER, ID REQUIRED

Doors @ 8p, Show @ 9:30p

Co-Produced by Cabaret Cataplexy & Queer Art Impact, a Nursha Project™

ASHLEY BROCKINGTON Actor, host, producer & director:  Ashley is still trying to figure out what she wants to be when she grows up.  Definitely Aquarian & most definitely queer, Ashley co-curates The Cabaret Cataplexy with the ever fabulous & always glamorous Monstah Black. She just closed her new play Black Girl Ugly that she produced, directed & co-wrote.  You can find her hosting these and other cabarets around New York City.

MONSTAH BLACK is “a whirling cyclone of genius,” says Ishmael Houston Jones.  He brings his gender fuckery, falsetto vocals, digitized beats and elevated shoe clad persona to the stage. Black co-presents and co-hosts with his glam partner Ashley Brockington at Cabaret Cataplexy and is also the lead vocalizing freak for his band Monstah Black and The Sonic Leroy. Monstah Black and The Sonic Leroy will be releasing their first album at the end of 2010, entitled Submerged In Blue. He is currently working on a dance album/show as a duo (The Blacks) with his partner/life partner Manchildblack. He has received generous support from individual donors, Earthseed Visions, Hypelife Music, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Dance Theater Workshop, Movement Research, Topaz Arts Center, Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center, Mason/Rhynes Productions, DC Commission On the Arts and Humanities, The Field and Career Transitions For Dancers.

We acknowledge the generous support of our presentation sponsors:
The Theater Offensive, Arcus Foundation, National Performance Network, Haven, A.O. Productions, Intercultual Resource Center @ Columbia University, Babeland, Flavor Pill