The home of Tom X. Chao: performance artist, playwright, & stage director
"Tom Chao . . . author of at least one unforgettable story"--Richard Yates (Revolutionary Road, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness )
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Information Centre The home of Tom X. Chao: performance artist, playwright, & stage director "Tom Chao . . . author of at least one unforgettable story"--Richard Yates (Revolutionary Road, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness ) |
called
Tom X. Chao "a
dryly funny downtown comedian."
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Written and Directed
by Tom X. Chao Featuring Gyda Arber, Josephine Cashman*, Tom X. Chao, & Rosalie Purvis Dramaturgy by Rosalie Purvis, Seth Madej, & John Harlacher Equity Approved Showcase Dates & Times: Thu 3/8, 10:30 pm; Sat 3/10, 10:00 pm; Sun 3/11, 4:00 pm; Tue 3/13, 7:30 pm; Sat 3/17, 7:00 pm Venue: The Red Room, 85 East 4th Street between 2nd Ave. & The Bowery, third floor (no wheelchair access) Tickets: $10 at www.FRIGIDnewyork.info or SmartTix 212-868-4444 Warnings: Mature content, language NEW! See and download our high resolution poster/flyer by clicking the image at left. |
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FRIGID
New York festival Tom will present a
brand-new show, entitled The Peculiar Utterance
of the Day: Live on Stage! It will take place at the
Red Room theater, March 7-18 (Not the 17-18 as previously
indicated). Included in the cast will be
downtown theater veterans Gyda Arber,
Josephine
Cashman*, and Rosalie Purvis. A presentation of the Horse Trade Theater Group.
Stay tuned for further details. Equity Approved Showcase. Also in the festival, Jayson McDonald (Fully Insured) and Anne Wyman will be coming to present Tom X. Chao's Can't Get Started in the festival as well. They will be directed by Dave Dawson of Black Sheep Theatre, who directed last summer's hit production of CGS all over Canada! They will be in the Red Room theater along with The Peculiar Utterance of the Day: Live on Stage! *This actor appears courtesy of Actors' Equity Association. |
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The 2006
Edmonton Fringe is
over. All Can't
Get
Started information has moved to this archive
page. Reviews: Edmonton Journal (the second, favorable review): * * * * 4 stars out of 5. Edmonton Sun: 5 Suns out of 5 rating, also selected as "Pick of the Fringe." Blogs mentioning CGS 2006: Tim Mooney (Criteria) and Richard Maritzer of Sound & Fury (Cleopatrick). Hear the trip audioblog at http://www.gcast.com/u/TXC/main. |
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Original
Music NEW! Tom's 4-song EP, "The Only Record," is finally finished! Liz Berg on WFMU played "Closing Theme" on Monday, January 15, 2007! Click here to see the playlist and hear the song! Tracks: 1. The People We Know (5:19) 2. Now (Atmospheric Conditions) (5:00) 3. Debster-mania (3:29) 4. Closing Theme (3:37) Total time: 17.29 Featuring Dave Snyder (drums), Andrew VanDusen (electric guitar, electric bass), David "Sharkman" Shelton (violin and bg vox). Engineered and mixed by Noah Simon. Recorded at Jarvis Studio. Mixed at Studio 505 and the Space Bar. Mastered by Dave McNair at Unity Mastering, NYC. For information about how to order a copy, please e-mail tom@tomxchao.com. |
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PODCAST! The podcast is on hiatus,
but archived episodes are still available! Hear Tom's daily audio program ("podcast"), "The Peculiar Utterance of the Day." Also available as a RSS stream. Or visit the iTunes Music Store. Search for "Peculiar Utterance" or "Tom X. Chao" in the iTunes Music Store and the podcast should show up. New episodes will appear Monday-Friday. It's just like going to see one of Tom's shows, except it's free, you don't have to travel anywhere, and each episode is under a minute in length! (NO iPod is required to listen!) |
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The Brick
Radio
Players
Pieces by Tom
include: (click the links
below to listen to the mp3 files)Tom helped found a group of downtown theater artists writing and performing original radio plays and sketches. The show was called The Brick Radio Crash Box. • October 16, 2005: Pilot episode! "My Manifesto"; Tom also provided the voice of Elmo in "Mental Rental," written by Trav S. D. • November 20, 2005: "My Manifesto," and a new piece, "Inarticulate Punk Romance" • December 18, 2005: Holiday special! "Faintly Acknowledging the Holidays"; Tom also portrayed the lead character, a strange version of himself, in "A Lady Vols Christmas Carol, Part I, Part II, Part III, & Part IV, written by Jon Bulette. • January 15, 2006: All running gags! "The Havocwreaker Sketch, Part I, Part II, & Part III" • February 19, 2006: Long-form piece! "It's on the Tip of My Tongue," a story dealing with a strange salt lick sent to the Brick Radio Players, and its effects on them. Tom contributed two pieces: "Try to Blend In," and "Narcs." This final episode was recorded but has not yet be placed online. |
| Music Video The video of "Cannot Be Denied," directed and edited by Mike Urdaneta, will be completed soon. |
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Hear The 2006 Audio Greeting of Tom Chao at Tom's page on OurMedia.org. |
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Now available! Tuesday's "Dream of Fame" monologue from Cats Can See The Devil will be reprinted in Volume II of Young Women's Monologs from Contemporary Plays, which will focus on "women's issues." It will be published by Meriwether Publishing Ltd., edited by Gerald Lee Ratliff. (Image at left is of Volume I.) |
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Read Tom's "Guilty Pleasure"
essay, "MIDI
Files on the Web" on MSNBC.com. |
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Three monologues
from Cats
Can See The Devil are included in Best Men's (and Women's)
Stage Monologues 2004, published by Smith & Kraus. They
are: "The Talking Cat" (for men), and Tuesday's "Dream of Fame," and N.
Semble's speech (for women). The books are available now on Amazon.com.
Price: $11.95. (Best Women's
Stage Monologues 2004 is pictured at left.) |
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Plays and Playwrights 2004,
featuring Cats Can See The Devil, has
been published. Please visit NYTheatre.com
for information about this book. A review of the book
was published on Theatermania.com.
Buy the book at Amazon.com!
The price is $16. If you buy the book from Amazon through
the NYTheatre.com
page, you will be helping to support the site monetarily. An
online interview
with Tom (and other playwrights) consisting of five questions and
answers is available at NYTheatre.com. |
OTHER INFORMATION
Publications History
(pre-1994) • Frequently
Asked Questions v1.0 • Links
Tribute
to King Crimson • Author T.
Coraghessan Boyle and TXC
Holiday Greetings 2000 • Los
Angeles Thanksgiving 2000 • Los Angeles Reunion
Dinner December 2002
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