DONKEY PUNCH explores sex and friendship at SoHo Playhouse (photo by Hunter Canning)
DONKEY PUNCH
SoHo Playhouse
15 Vandam St. between Varick St. & Sixth Ave.
Wednesday – Sunday through August 31, $45
212-691-1555
www.sohoplayhouse.com
www.ivytheatre.com
In June, Micheline Auger’s provocative The Feminism of a Soft Merlot, or (How the Donkey Got Punched) had a brief but successful run at the Tada Theater. The Ivy Theatre production about sex and friendship has now made a big move to SoHo Playhouse and shortened its name to the much more simple and direct Donkey Punch, a reference to a controversial sexual position. In the dark comedy, directed by Ivy cofounder Audrey Alford, the adventurous Kareena (Cleo Gray) is considering settling down with Teddy (Michael Drew) while setting up her prudish best friend, Sam (Lauren Dortch Crozier), with Kyle (Stephen Stout), a pornographer she found online. As their lives and relationships intersect, everyone is faced with a decision: Punch or be punched?
TICKET GIVEAWAY: Donkey Punch runs Wednesday through Sunday through August 31 at SoHo Playhouse, and twi-ny has three pairs of tickets to give away for free for performances through August 28. Just send your name, daytime phone number, and favorite play with an animal name in the title to contest@twi-ny.com by Wednesday, August 20, at 3:00 to be eligible. All entrants must be twenty-one years of age or older; three winners will be selected at random.