Local favorite turned International SuperStar PANDORA BOXX stars in new play at Geva with METHOD MACHINE
METHOD MACHINE, Rochester’s premiere performance and art company, remounts the popular new play by Michael Steck (aka Pandora Boxx). Co-starring Kasha Davis, THE LIPSTICK MASSACRE is directed by David Henderson and features Marcy J. Savastano, Michael Francis O’Connor and Jamal Abdunnasir (“a comic bonanza,” CITY Newspaper). Performances begin May 27th and run through June 12th in the Nextstage at Geva Theatre Center as part of SpringFest 2010. Tickets are $20 and can be obtained through the Geva Theatre Center box office.
THE LIPSTICK MASSACRE is a new murder mystery play from the twisted mind of Rochester’s Michael Steck. Pandora Boxx stars as Daphne Von Hausenpfeffer, the current ‘it’ girl of local TV commercials, who quickly becomes the center of a murder investigation when her competitors begin to get picked off one by one. The bumbling detective is on the case but he’ll need the help of his erstwhile protégé and the town’s leading talent agent, Cooki McDoogle. They work the town of Flushing Hollow and its wacky residents to try and stop the rising body count. Take a sprinkle of greed, a dash of boozy cougars, a pinch of sexual exploits and a nun, shake it all up and you have all the ingredients you’ll need to crack the case of THE LIPSTICK MASSACRE!
METHOD MACHINE’S production of THE LIPSTICK MASSACRE comes hot off the wheels of Pandora’s stint on RuPauls’s Drag Race. Widely touted as the ‘funny queen,’ Pandora wowed the judges with her witty banter and creative solutions for the show’s campy challenges. Her Carol Channing was an instant viral video and RuPaul called her the Susan Lucci of the competition. “Pandora is the funniest person I know,” says Artistic Director David Henderson. “And so is Michael. We are ecstatic to be working with Geva to bring what Entertainment Weekly calls, ‘a master of comedy’ to this venue.” THE LIPSTICK MASSACRE premiered in November at MuCCC to sold out audiences and rave reviews.
METHOD MACHINE is an artistic playground committed to producing and presenting daring, relevant and illuminating experiments in performance and art. Founded in 2007, METHOD MACHINE has presented such hits as Closer, Edge and The Lipstick Massacre as well as provocative art exhibits like “A Tibetan Pilgrimage” and “Bushwacked!” THE LIPSTICK MASSACRE exemplifies METHOD MACHINE’S desire to develop and foster new plays and playwrights.
