Centralia w/Special Guests MEAT April 16, 2005

New York Improv veterans Centralia (think Monty Python meats Blue Man group) and all-female sketch group MEAT come together for one incredible night of guaranteed doubled-over laughs. Forget broadway. This is real NY theater.

Tickets available at www.smarttix.com

For more info visit:
www.centraliaonstage.com
www.funnymeat.com

Centralia Press:

?This foursome?s unusual take on comedy has done more than just catch on like that underground inferno in Pennsylvania. Centralia is burning strong.? --- TIME OUT NY

?The danger and joy of the creative process are continuously in evidence: what could be more exhilarating to watch than that? Delicious and invigorating lunacy ? they?re smart, they?re witty they?re genuinely funny, and they?re perpetually on the edge.? --- NY THEATER.COM

?The Upright Citizens Brigade isn?t the only bunch of New Yorkers making it happen. Another ensemble with local roots is advancing the art in its own way.? --- CHICAGO SUN TIMES

?Centralia is now the best troupe in New York City. That?s just simple logic. Though each performer has their strengths, not one of them displayed a weakness.? --- IMPROVREVIEW.COM

?Every Centralia show is flecked with sparks of magic, momentary glimpses of the fire of creation. This is a kind of theater that paints itself on the back of your mind, relaying on your observation and imagination. Go prepared to think as well as laugh. And then go again, as often as you like, because each show is a new revelation.? ---OFFOFFOFF.COM

MEAT Press:

- "Some sketch comedy performers are fine actresses; some are terrific mimics; some can write directly to the gag as well as underneath it. Meat is all over all of it."
--- THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 2005

"The four clever women of Meat...come up with esoteric concepts...and squeeze them hard."
--- THE SUN TIMES 2005

"...the wit, flair and sass that would make 'SNL' envious."
--- THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 2004

"...fresh, juicy and brilliantly acted."
--- The Oregonian, 2004

"Tasty & nutritious comedy"
--- THE VILLAGE VOICE

"...dark and saucy women (not ladies)...delivering one-liners like mouse-traps deliver snaps."
--- The Sharp Girl's Guide to New York City

"A synergistic brew of wit!"
--- Stage Press Weekly

". . .vignettes done in an artful, fresh way. The actors didn't have any agenda other than to make people laugh. . .hilarious in its absurdity. By the time they performed the closing sketch. . .it was hard to believe the show was over."
--- BACKSTAGE