“TWO VIVACIOUS PERFORMANCES” – Theatre Is Easy
“A taste of the women’s movement in miniature…The message is as vital as the blowtorch used to caramelize the sugar on creme brûlée.” – Curtain Up
“Very funny take on the quest for perfection” – Hi! Drama
Premiering October 2018 at The New York International Fringe Festival
Every woman seeking perfection needs a little guidance and now she’s got it all in one place.
“Serving Brûlée” is a 50-minute comedy centered around “Serving Brûlée with Lila Das,” a daytime cooking show debuting to critical acclaim.
In the show’s premiere episode, host Lila Das takes an unwitting guest, graduate student Michelle Stiles, along the many routes modern women take to batter & blister themselves into delectable, camera-ready perfection. As Lila demonstrates, it isn’t enough to just serve crème brûlée – we must also Be the Brûlée. Flawlessness is in! However, a tiny misstep reveals that this highly coveted recipe comes with a dark secret.
With a little bit of style, a little bit of wickedness, and a whole lot of sass, “Serving Brûlée” is an ode to the roads women travel to bring forth their best selves…and how sometimes, we end up rescuing each other along the way.
Writer, Actress, Producer
Soné Anandpara graduated from NYU’s Stern School of Business and is the voice behind the imagined satirical news column, These United Scrapes. She is a student of the Barrow Group Theater Company, and has studied improv & sketch at Magnet Theater and the Upright Citizens Brigade. She previously wrote for “The Box,” an intersectional feminist comedy show.
Actress
Ivy Hong studies and performs improv at the Magnet Theater and the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. Along with performing in Pantomonium Productions’ original musicals every winter, she has performed in stage productions for Living Dead in Denmark and Final Curtain: The Last of Ed Wood. She has also appeared in video content for College Humor.
Director
Chelsea B. Lockie is originally from Elko Nevada, “The Home of Cowboy Poetry”. Her niche is in developing new works in theater and film, ranging from dark comedy to political thrillers and emotionally-driven character dramas. Recent credits include “Radical” by Sergio Castillo, presented at the NAACP conference in North Carolina; “Coming Out”, a new web pilot produced by Hapa Media; and “Woe is She”, an 8-part web series produced by Kave LLC.
Stage Manager
Claudia Toth’s stage management credits include Rescue Rue at the Muse; Tentacles in various productions, most recently the 2018 Pittsburgh Fringe Festival; Radiance; The Rest of Your Life; and Life on Earth at Axial Theater, Born of a Fairytale at Vacant Lot Theater, and Swell in the Brick Theatre’s 2014 Comic Book Theater Festival. Claudia is also the Artistic Associate and Resident Stage Manager with Dramatic Adventure Theatre.
Producer
Associate Producer
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