2002 Tom X. Chao Public Appearances
In chronological order--oldest first.
All appearances take place by invitation unless otherwise specified.
TIMSLOFT 26: WINTERLUDE
Six Nights of Theater, Film, Dance, Music,
Beer & Other Cold Weather Activities
6 shows, 2 weekends,
Thu, Fri, Sat nights
1/17, 18, 19, and 1/24, 25, 26
Thursdays: doors open at 8pm, performance at 8:30
Fridays and Saturday: doors open at 10pm, performance
at 10:30
Interart Annex
500 West 52nd Street, 2nd Floor
W. 52nd Street @ 10th Avenue
C/E or 1/9 to 50th Street
Tom presented "A Puppet Show For Children" (The Story of the
Abstract Geometrical Shapes...) with actress Hannah Mason
(of Tom Chao's Sketch Comedy Troupe).
Plus this sketch included the brand new "Advice for Infantilized
Adults!"
Also appearing: Mort Milder, Victor Verhaeghe and Faith Pilger.
And a play by Ted LoRusso, directed by Chris
Henry.
NEW! See pictures
here!
TXC appears* in the Modern Humorist
LIVE shows at the
Knitting Factory.
"A full-scale laugh riot of sketches, video and stand-up
for mature adults (or dirty-minded children)."
Thursday, Jan 31, 7:30 & 9:00 PM
(doors open at 7pm — Shows start promptly.)
74 Leonard St, (btwn Church &
Broadway) , New York City
Main Performance Space
Tom provided a voice-over for Dr.
Profanity in the "Villianous Interruption"
sketch. See this page
for details.
Modern Humorist at the New York Metropolis Music
Festival
Galapagos Art Space,
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Saturday, Februrary 16, 2002, 4 pm
Part of an afternoon featuring The Mink Lungs band and comedy
hosted by Larry Getlen.
Tom performed his song "Cannot Be Denied" with pre-recorded
mp3 accompaniment.
Other performers included Wilson Hall and Krister
Johnson, Nick Stevens, Patrick Borelli, Seth Herzog, and Dyna-Moe.
The return of the "Jaded Individual"!
Tom presented a staged reading of his transgressive,
pro-Catholic one-act play. It featured himself portraying reclusive
fusion bass player Lingam Hawkings and actress Rachel Astarte
Piccione as Sister Mary Agnes Cecilia Theresa, the mother
superior.
The Shark Show
"Variety with a Bite."
Wednesday, April 3rd
LIVE! @ The Slipper Room
167 Orchard Street
Curtain - 9PM
Surf Reality's House of Urban Savages Presents:
The Vim Variety Show
Hosted by Faith Pilger
Avoid sobriety! Enjoy variety!
Friday: April 5, 10pm
@ SURF REALITY
172 Allen Street, 2nd Floor, NYC
Visit http://www.surfreality.org
and http://www.pilger.com/faith
The Shark Show One-Year Anniversary
Tom made a cameo appearance in the opening
sketch, a series of "highlights" of the first year of the comedy-variety
show. In it, hosts Nick Stevens and Gabe McKinley considered Tom as
the third host of The Shark Show. However, in a trial run, Tom proved
to be too deadpan, hostile, and filled with obscure references to employ.
Tom improvised three lines of dialogue, the last being an impression
of T. S. Eliot
reading his own poetry: "Here is a [sic] man with three staves."
(From "The Burial of the Dead" section of
The Waste Land.)
Wednesday, April 17. 2002
The Slipper Room, Lower East Side
The Shark Show
Premiere of "A Walk In San Francisco"
A brand new sketch featuring actress Dani Kehoe (of Tom Chao's Sketch Comedy Troupe) -- a brief
meditation on Fog City.
Wednesday, May 8, 2002
The Slipper Room, Lower East Side
The Industry Room
Tom sang "Cannot Be Denied" with a slight amount of technical difficulty.
The other performers (all standup comedians) included the lovely Allison
Castillo, Becky Donohue, and the Industry Room hosts, Josh Weinstein, Seth
"Zog" Herzog, John Viener, and Ophira Eisenberg.
The Village Lantern
(downstairs room), Bleecker St., The Village
Thursday, June 6, 2002
DVine COMEDY @ DV Lounge
A variety show hosted by Rachel Astarte Piccione and Michael Landers
Tom performed the old crowd-pleaser "Non-Violent Conflict Resolution."
The show included comedy and films.
Thursday, October 24, 10:30 pm.
45 Bleecker Theater, 45 Bleecker
Street
First Tuesdays at The Cornelia St. Café
Tom X. Chao & Noelle Romano
TXC and Noelle presented original SONGS composed and performed by Tom on
piano and Noelle on acoustic guitar! An utterly anomalous occurrence!
Songs: "I Wish I Was Pretty," (TXC solo), "Combative," and "Queen of Your
Heart"
The Cornelia
St. Café
29 Cornelia Street, near Bleecker St., downstairs
Tuesday, Nov. 5, 6:00 pm
Also appearing: Patricia Decker
Part of the "Never Alone" series, curated by Minna Packer.
The Horse Trade Theater Group presents
Tom X. Chao's "The Relationship Expert"
A Musical Comedy in one act
Featuring: Ali Skye BENNET, Peter BLOMQUIST, Tom X. CHAO, & Abigail KATZ
(and Mike Urdaneta as The Guy Who Reads The Stage Directions)
Musical Director: Jason Atkinson
Tuesday, Dec. 3 & Monday, Dec 9, 7:00 pm
Dec. 3--Staged Reading
Dec. 9--Staged Reading and Music Workshop
The St. Marks Theater
94 St. Marks Place (between 1st Ave & Ave A)
Audience feedback sessions were held after both readings.
Complimentary beverages were provided to the audience members.
Patrick Borelli's Great $5 Comedy Show
9 PM every Thursday Night
Thursday, December 12
at The Gershwin Hotel
7 E 27th St., (between 5th & Madison Ave.)
Tom performed "Non-Violent Conflict Resolution" in this stand-up
comedy room and received very little response.
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