Events in February and Women in Horror Month

LA PETITE MORGUE has two very exciting events coming up in February. We hope you'll join us on Saturday, February 2 at the Joria Main Stage for Bloody Gore-geous Monologues, and for the next edition of our Fresh Blood Monthly Reading Series, on Wednesday, February 6 at Happy Ending Lounge!

November's Fresh Blood Will Be December's Dried Blood

We were very sorry to have to cancel this month's Fresh Blood event because of the horrifying weather. This month's readings will be rescheduled for our next event, on Wednesday, December 5. I apologize for the inconvenience and I hope you will join us next month for Fresh Blood: Devil Spawn!

We'll be reading the following plays:

• Tate by Mark Cornell 
• Man-Child by Max Mondi
• Endless Tomorrows by Joe Brofcak 
• Hold Still by Kellie Powell

If you still want to get your La Petite Morgue fix this week, please join us for SPOOKELELE on Saturday night at Otto's Shrunken Head! Put on the Halloween costume you didn't get to wear, and head on over to Otto's for some Tiki drinks and spooky songs played on the world's scariest string instrument - the ukelele. It may be your last chance of the winter to get "lei'ed".

Also, please support La Petite Morgue playwrights this month at the following events:

Clare Drobot (writer of October's The Myth of Andrew Starner) invites you all to attend a reading of her new play Ways of Seeing on Monday, November 12 at 5:30pm at 1100 6th Avenue at 42nd Street.

Joe Brofcak (writer of zombocalypse thriller In Sickness) invites you to I Can Build You, one of Love Creek's Brief Acts, performing November 16 & 17th at 8:00pm and 18th at 7:00pm at The Producers Club, 358 West 44th Street.

Stay warm out there!

Seeking Horror Monologues by Women, for Women

Women in Horror Recognition Month (WiHM) assists underrepresented female genre artists in gaining opportunities, exposure, and education through altruistic events, printed material, articles, interviews, and online support. WiHM is a service provided by the Viscera Organization, a 501(c)3 non profit organization expanding opportunities for contemporary female genre filmmakers and artists by raising awareness about the changing roles for women in the film industry.

This February, La Petite Morgue will present an evening of Horror Monologues, written by female playwrights, to be performed by female actors. We are currently accepting submissions, which can be excerpts from existing works, or separate horror works written specifically for this event.

Send your monologues to: lapetitemorgue@gmail.com - before December 1, 2012.

We are particularly interested in monologues that are active (rather than passive story-telling narratives). And while women being terrorized can make for fascinating monologues, we are far more interested in women who stand up to their tormentors - or who are doing the terrorizing themselves. At this time, there is no firm length requirement, but we would prefer pieces that are no more than 3,000 words. 

If there are any men reading this, we are still interested in reading your work, so please submit it - we'll be happy to consider it for our monthly Fresh Blood reading series, or for future events. Feel free to read our general submission guidelines for more information.

La Petite Morgue at NYC Zombie Crawl

LA PETITE MORGUE is proud to reprise its production of In Sickness, the zombocalypse horror play by Joe Brofcak, for the annual NYC Zombie Crawl! The play was first seen at the first-ever Fresh Blood fundraiser, and starred Trystin Bailey and Serge Thony as two friends who wake up one morning after a bachelor party to discover the world outside has gone completely World War Z. 

More information from NYC Zombie Crawl:

Come get bloody with the 6th annual official NYC Zombie Crawl event on Sunday, October 14th! Full details to come - starts and ends at Webster Hall - 125 E. 11th Street.

6:30pm – Zombies invade Manhattan with several stops to be announced including our annual photo opportunity in Union Square as well as The Beauty Bar NYC and The Continental routing will be announced soon!
9pm – NY Zombie Afterparty at Webster Hall -$15 - 19 and up + with performances by:

THUNDERBOX NYC – The All-Girl Tribute to the best of METAL
NINE INCH ELVIS – A NIN tribute as performed by Elvis!
MUTANT SUPREMACY – Demonic Metal, these guys had a track on the ‘Splatterhouse’ video game soundtrack!
RIGOR MORTIS REVUE – Zombie and horror burlesque!

The night features Zombie video projections featuring a sneak preview of the new Troma movie “Return to the Class of Nuke Em High” directed by Lloyd Kaufman and the accompanying documentary “Youth of Tomorrow”!

Stay tuned to http://www.nyczombiecrawl.com/ for up to date details!

This will be an exciting opportunity for LA PETITE MORGUE to reach a new audience of horror fans. We hope you'll join us for the party!

Zombie Mix Tape

Looking for music to listen to while you practice your skull-smashing and stock your underground bunker? Or maybe you just need some songs for your very own Party of the Living Dead? Here's the mix we used for our event, ready to download:

• Who Do You Voodoo, Bitch? - Sam B. (Dead Island)
• MC Chris is Dead - MC Chris
• I Walked With a Zombie - Wednesday 13
• Re: Your Brains - Jonathan Coulton
• I Love the Dead - Alice Cooper
• Living Dead Girl - Rob Zombie
• Dead Girls - Voltaire
• Zombie Boy - The Magnetic Fields
• Pet Semetary - The Ramones
• Halloween - Sonic Youth
• Zombie Dance - Alice Cooper
• 'Til Death Do Us Party - Wednesday 13

Links will allow you to download the songs from Google Drive. Enjoy, zombie fighters!

Party of the Living Dead

The venue? Legends Bar, downstairs at 6 W. 33rd Street, near the Empire State Building. Legends offers a full menu, so you can eat, drink, and be scary!

We've arranged for an original drink special, the Zombie Attack - $6 - it's made with whiskey and it's red like blood!

We've got musical entertainment by the criminally talented band PEACHES & CRIME. (And we've got a spooky soundtrack of recorded scary songs to play during their breaks.)

We've got volunteer make-up artists to help attendees transform themselves from fleshy zombie bait into rotting undead specimens!

We've got prizes galore - including sweet Troma SWAG! You'll be able to compete for "Best Costume" or "Funniest Zombie" - or be chosen randomly for a door prize.

But there's more! From 10pm to 11pm, we will be offering The Zombie Bite Booth. Yes, just like Kissing Booths of yore, the Zombie Bite Booth will be your chance to get a piece of thrilling zombie action - for only $1.00! Get a once-in-a-lifetime experience - and a photo to go with it!

We hope to see you this Saturday night! The fun begins at 8pm. Admission: $7 for zombies, and $10 for humans. All proceeds go towards La Petite Morgue's inaugural season.

Party of the Living Dead - September 29 at Legends

Save the date, kids - La Petite Morgue has booked its Zombie Extravaganza - a bloodbath/party on Saturday, September 29 at 8pm at Legends Bar - 6 W. 33rd Street.

We're partnering with The New York Horror Movie Meetup Group to bring you an evening of drinking, dancing, brains, entertainment, contests and prizes. Entry to the party is $7 if you come dressed as a zombie, and $10 if you are dressed as squishy, fleshy zombie food. If you are interested in joining the ranks of the living dead, we will have makeup artists on hand to assist you with the transformation!

We're thinking about convincing Legends to start calling the Bloody Mary a "Bloody Barbara" instead. They're coming to get you, Barbara!

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