January 22 & 23, 29 & 30: SexyNurd "RockStar Trapped in a Nurd's Body" @ Curious Comedy Theater
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SexyNurd
"RockStar Trapped in a Nurd's Body"
Written by auGi + Pema Teeter
Fridays & Saturdays, — January 22 & 23, 29 & 30 @ 7:30 pm
Curious Comedy Theater
5225 NE Martin Luther King Blvd, Portland, OR 97211
$15 ($10 students, groups, seniors)
For tickets:Â www.fertilegroundpdx.org
www.sexynurd.com
SexyNurd is an irreverent, heartfelt autobiography of a teenage boy's attempt to escape from the middle of nowhere by becoming a rock star. The only problem…he's a nerd. Thirty years later, auGi is still Robert Plant trapped in Woody Allen's body—fusing comedy and storytelling with riotous personal photos and hands-on rock ‘n' roll to see if he can shed the nerd image once and for all.
See 2 for 1: SexyNurd + Tandem. Jean Louis' Stacey Hallal & Bob Ladewig explore the challenges of relationships and communication through character-based sketch, stand up, and video – ultimately proving that two wrongs can make a right… though they often take three lefts to get there. A 9 pm show start following SexyNurd.
The fun continues every night of the shows at 10:30 pm, with an open mic, dance floor, a no-host bar and a variety of interesting people, musical and performing guests.
auGi — Co-writer and Performer
During a seven-year stint in L.A., auGi created, produced and performed in over 200 productions at both The Second City theater and the world famous Improv, and appeared on NBC's Last Comic Standing. Since returning to Portland, auGi co-produced and starred in Talking Dogs at the Fertile Ground Festival 2009, appeared on the hit OPB radio show Live Wire, shared frightening lyrics from his teenage "Beast" songbook at Mortified, and has been a regular guest at Back Fence PDX events.
Pema Teeter — Co-writer
Pema Teeter's plays have been produced in New York, Portland, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Albuquerque. The staged reading of her comedy, Talking Dogs, played to a sold out crowd at Fertile Ground Festival 2009. A ghostwriter and story coach for creatives and executives, Pema studied at NYC's Actors Studio Drama School, worked in HBO's comedy division, and mentored with playwright and Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Motorcycle Diaries, Jose Rivera.
