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GRANT'S TRUE TALES presents THE LIAR SHOW
AUGUST 4 - 14, 20:00
Riddle's Court 322 Lawnmarket • Tickets
Call it an unreality show. Since the summer of 2006, The Liar Show has taken the art of deception to theaters, cabarets and cultural centers around the U.S. and Canada and was called “A Winner” (The Scotsman) and received 4 Stars during a month-long run at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
At each show, four performers tell short personal stories, but listen carefully, because one of these people is making it all up. Interrogate the cast and expose the fraud to win an unbelievable T-shirt. But as The Washington Post wrote of our show: “Prizes mean nothing compared with the sweet victory of being recognized as the savviest people in the room.”
Liar has featured New Yorker Magazine contributor Andy Borowitz, Mike Daisey, called "The master storyteller" by the NY Times, and former Bill Clinton speechwriter, Mark Katz in addition to Comedy Central personalities, film directors, lapsed Mormons with a bone to pick with the Almighty, and even an NYPD gang squad detective. See below for a partial list of performers who will appear at this year's festival.
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ANDY CHRISTIE
Andy Christie is the creator and host of The Liar Show. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, in the Thomas Beller Anthology, Lost and Found: Stories from New York and on WFUV's CityScape.
His humor book, I Wasn’t Kidding: How To Commit Suicide So They'll Never Forget It, was published by Random House in the United States and the United Kingdom. Consequently his work can be found on the remainder shelves of two continents.
He is a Moth Urban Storytelling Grand Slam Champion and can be heard on their Peabody Award Winning Radio broadcast, The Moth Radio Hour.
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MARTIN DOCKERY
Martin is a writer and performer whose innovative full length monologues have won praise at just about every international festival there is, including "Best of Fest" (Orlando Fringe); “Breakthrough Performer of the Year” (NYC SoloNOVA Festival; "Best Solo Performance" (San Fransisco Fringe); "Pick of the Fringe" (Vancouver Fringe); "Best of Fest" (Ottawa Fringe); "Critics Circle Award" (Adelaide Fringe).
His play Oh, That Wily Snake! “flashes with humor and insight” (The New York Times) and is included in the McGraw-Hill anthology textbook on literature. www.MartinDockery.com
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OPHIRA EISENBERG
Ophira is hosrt of National Public Radio's quiz show, Ask Me Another. She is A MAC Award Finalist for Best Female Comic and has appeared on Comedy Central's Premium Blend and Fresh Faces of Comedy.
She performs regularly at renowned comedy clubs all over the world and tours with The Moth. She can be heard on their Peabody-Award winning The Moth Radio Hour.
She was selected by BackStage as one of "10 Standout Stand Ups Worth Watching" and hailed as a “Highly Recommended Favorite” by Time Out New York magazine.
Her writing is featured in the Crown/Random House anthology, I Killed: True Stories of the Road from America’s Top Comics alongside that of Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Dennis Miller and Joan Rivers. www.OphiraEisenberg.com
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FAYE LANE
Faye is a writer and performer whose work moved New York Magazine to gush, "She had them gobbling from the palm of her hand. They were howling, crying, falling in love with her."
Faye Lane's Beauty Shop Stories, a chronicle of her childhood in a Texas beauty salon, was the recipient of the 2010 Overall Excellence Award from the New York International Fringe Festival, 2011 Bistro Award for Best Musical Comedy and the 2011 MAC Award for Outstanding Special Production.
The show is currently in it's second year of residence at the legendary SoHo Playhouse in New York City. Faye's most recent performances include a sold-out show in Washington, DC and a week-long residency at Teatro Jaco in Costa Rica. www.FayeLane.com
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PETER AGUERO
Peter Aguero has appeared on MTV, TBS, Comedy Central, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. He was a member of the Chicago City Limits National Touring Company for 7 years.
He is a Moth GrandSlam Champion, host of Moth StorySlams, and an instructor for the MothShop Community Program. He is also the lead singer of The BTK Band, New York City's hardest-drinking improvised storytelling rock band. Peter loves his mom.
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CYNDI FREEMAN
Ms Freeman is a recipient of a grand prize play writing fellowship award include HBO, Comedy Central and Showtime. She resides in NYC.
Her one woman show, Inside Cherry Pitz, has been presented in NYC at The Midtown International Theater Festival (2004 & 2005) and at The Cherry Lane Theater as part of the Downtown Urban Theater Festival (2005).
Her one-woman show, I Kissed Dash Riprock!, was presented as part of the Edinburgh Fringe (2000) at the Assembly Rooms. Winner of a "Best in Festival Award for Excellence" at the NY International Fringe Festival (2002), Riprock also enjoyed success in NYC, Boston, toured England with Guy Masterson Productions and was presented by Xaviera Hollander in Amsterdam.
Her one-woman show, Greetings From Hollywood, was spotlighted on CNN, received a "Best in Fringe Festival" award at the NY International Fringe Festival (1997), was voted "Best New Play of New England (1998)" by the Independent Reviewers of New England. Greetings was also presented at the Edinburgh Fringe (1998) at the Gilded Balloon.
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TRACY ROWLAND
Tracy is an Emmy Award winning TV writer, editor and producer and a Moth Urban Storytelling Slam Champion. As a promotion and marketing editor, she is responsible for that Dateline promo involving 50-year-olds who want to hook up with your teenage daughter. Tracy has a one-eyed cat, a passport and a knack for physical injury. The stories write themselves. www.TracyRowland.net
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BRAD LAWRENCE
Brad Lawrence premiered his solo show, Monsters In The Wood, at the New York International Fringe Festival where he was awarded an extension at the festival’s close. He is a two-time Moth GrandSlam Champion, and has been a guest performer for The Moth’s outreach program to schools and institutional communities.
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