OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 2016

UPCOMING Performances of The Pink Hulk: One Woman's Journey to Find the Superhero Within--Written and Performed by Valerie
More info: http://pinkhulkplay.com

The People's Improv Theater (PIT): OCTOBER Performance dates at the PIT LOFT

THE PIT LOFT at 154 W 29th Street (between 6th & 7th Avenues) in OCTOBER!
Tuesday, 10/18/16 - 10:00 pm
Wednesday, 10/19/16 - 9:00 pm
Sunday, 10/23/16 - 2:00 pm
Monday, 10/24/16 - 9:30 pm
Wednesday, 10/26/16 - 7:00 pm
Here is the Link for TICKETS: $5.00
https://thepit-nyc.com/…/2016-10-18-the-pink-hulk-one-woman…

Baltimore Charm City Fringe in NOVEMBER!
Venue: St Marks Lutheran
Venue Address: 1900 St Paul St, Baltimore, MD 21218
Wednesday, 11/9/16 - 7:00 pm
Friday, 11/11/16 - 7:45 pm
Saturday, 11/12/16 - 7:00 pm
Sunday, 11/13/16 (My BIRTHDAY!) - 2:00 pm
Here is the Link for TICKETS: $10.00
https://charmcityfringe.ticketleap.com/the-pink-hulk/

Valerie will be a in a staged reading of The Dark Market by Nancy McClernan on Sunday, October 9.

SEPTEMBER 2016

Valerie performed in a staged reading of Abraham's Daughters in the role of Maxine, by Emma Goldman-Sherman and directed Lorca Peress, as part of the Lady Liberty Festival on September 11, in honor of 9/11.

AUGUST 2016

More bookings are happening for my solo show, The Pink Hulk: One Woman's Journey to Find the Superhero Within. Help The Pink  Hulk smash its way to the masses and inspire those facing any adversity in life. Big plans are in the works! 

You can make your 100% tax-deductible donation quickly and easily online via this link below. Thank you!! 

https://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=14050

I performed with my improv troupe, Cherub Improv, at the American Cancer Society's Hope Lodge on August 1.

I hosted the International Women's Artists Salon: An Evening of Revolution that featured artists celebrating literature, theater, the visual arts and film on August 20. It was an incredible evening of powerhouse performances.

JULY 2016

I performed The Pink Hulk: One Woman's Journey to Find the Superhero Within at the Providence Fringe Festival!!!

And I performed with my improv troupe, Cherub Improv, at the American Cancer Society's Hope Lodge on July 11.

JUNE 2016

JUNE marked the world premiere of my solo show The Pink Hulk: One Woman's Journey to Find the Superhero Within, which I wrote and star in!! The Pink Hulk had a successful run at Planet Connections Theatre Festivity Festival in Manhattan and won 3 awards! My one-woman play went from page (its first reading was in January!) to stage in 5 months' time!! 

Photo courtesy of Richard Boober

MAY 2016

Announcing my new play…that I wrote and star in:
The Pink Hulk: One Woman's Journey to Find the Superhero Within!! 

I am so super excited. It has been accepted into 4 play festivals just this year alone! 

Here is my website that lists upcoming performances!


http://pinkhulkplay.com
 


And I need your help to make The Pink Hulk come alive. Your donation to The Pink Hulk can make a difference—whether $10 or $100 or $300, every single dollar counts. This is how independent art thrives in our country, and these important stories cannot be told without public support.
 

(Contributions for the purpose of The Pink Hulk are 100%tax-deductible.
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You can make donations quickly and easily online via this link:


https://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=14050

I hope you can join me on an exciting adventure to bring about real change. Thank you for your support.

MARCH 2016

Valerie will be premiering and performing her new one-woman show, The Pink Hulk, as a staged reading in the EAT new works series on March 13. Full production will be in the Planet Connections Festivity Festival in June--dates to be announced soon!

Valerie will be performing in The Frolics in the Village at 7 pm on March 16--singing and doing a scene from The Pink Hulk.

Valerie will be performing in the one-act The Sprites of Spring by Jack Dyville with F.A.C.T. Theatre company on March 20 at 5 pm.

FEBRUARY 2016

Hello! I will be performing improv with Cherub improv troupe at the Manhattan Hope Lodge on Monday, February 1. This wonderful facility of the American Cancer Society hosts cancer patients and their caregivers, giving them a free place to stay while undergoing cancer treatment.

And more news. My new one-woman show was accepted into a second play festival, Planet Connections, with 5 performance dates at the Paradise Factory in the East Village--dates TBD.

JANUARY 2016

Hello! Great news. My new one-woman show that I wrote and will be starring in has been accepted in Emerging Artists Theatre Company's New Works Play Festival on Sunday, March 13, at 5 pm at TADA theater!!!

Upcoming performances in January 2016:

I will be performing as Madame Spivy in an excerpt of a fabulous work titled Juliana by playwright Vanda. I play a nightclub owner and singer. Tuesday at the Duplex. Address: 61 Christopher Street--performance at 7 pm.

January 22, I will be performing improv at the Triple Crown at 6 pm at 330 West 28th Street in "The Snowstorm Variety Show."

SEPTEMBER 2014

Valerie will be performing improv in the 10K scramble both at 5 p.m. (hosting) and 6 p.m. at the PIT on September 7.

Valerie's Stealing Memories with co-star Juli Lang debuted at the premiere screening at NYC's The Treehouse Theater on September 7 at 9:30 p.m.

Valerie will be performing in her improv group, FACEPLANT, at 9:30 p.m. at the PIT on September 8.

Valerie will be performing in her improv group, FACEPLANT, at 5 p.m. (hosting the 10K jam) at the PIT on September 14.

JULY and AUGUST 2014--busy summer!!!

Valerie will be performing in her improv group, FACEPLANT, at 6 p.m. at the PIT on July 13.

Valerie will be performing on July 20:
--Improving and hosting 10,000 hours jam with FACEPLANT at 5 p.m.
--Performing with BEAVER WHISKERS at 7 p.m.
--Performing again with FACEPLANT at 8 p.m.

Valerie will be performing in her improv group, FACEPLANT, at 6 p.m. at the PIT on July 27.

Valerie will be performing with her ADVANCED MUSICAL THEATER IMPROV graduation class at 6 p.m. at the PIT on August 2.

Valerie will be performing in her improv group, CHERUB, at 7 p.m. at the Hope Lodge on August 4.

Newly added: Valerie will be performing in her improv group, CHERUB, at 11 a.m. at the outdoor Summer Streets event in Manhattan on August 9.

Valerie was asked to be the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Rep at Assembly Member Daniel O'Donnell's annual health fair (brother to Rosie!) the afternoon of August 16.

Valerie will be performing in her improv group, FACEPLANT, at 6 p.m. at the PIT on August 17.

Valerie will be performing in her improv group, FACEPLANT, at 6 p.m. at the PIT on August 24.

JUNE 2014

Valerie performed in the role of Elise in Liz Albrecht's Dr. Zargobius on June 8 for the SLC Playwrights Workshop.

Valerie is performing in the role of Madame Chara in The Middle by Ross Hewitt in the Village Playwright Festival on June 25.

Valerie was selected to be a copy editor for a special tribute book honoring and celebrating the life of Maya Angelou. Out on June 30--it was an incredible honor!!--published by ESSENCE books division.

Valerie just finished a wonderful Improv for Camera class with improv gurus Nate Starkey and Kevin Napier, and shot her film scene on June 28. Stay tuned on when it will be out.

Valerie just got on a new 10,000 hours improv team at the PIT called FACEPLANT!! Awesome group...performance dates to be announced!!!

APRIL/MAY 2014

The TD NYC 5-boro, 40-mile bike marathon on May 4 was a complete success. I ended up biking 52 miles total--from cycling to the start line, then biking the 40 miles and then cycling back home. And a special thank you to the one and only Terry--you are a wonderful man. Thank you for your support--couldn't have done it without you!!! AND I RAISED A RECORD AMOUNT THIS YEAR for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Thank you, everyone!!

May 5, will be performing with my improv group Cherub Improv at the Hope Lodge.

May 11, I will be presenting an original piece I wrote at the Sarah Lawrence Playwrighting group called "Re-releasing the Confetti."

NEW: May 18, I will be performing in the reading of the prize-winning Of Misanthropy at the 13th Street Rep Theater.

May 19, attending the Obie Awards at Webster Hall!!

NEW: Check out the latest reviews of my two roles in Sordid Lives.
http://www.valeriedavid.com/reviews.asp

June performances coming up--stay tuned!!

Also, developing a new comedy act. Very thrilled for this endeavor.

Happy Spring!

March 2014--got cast in the amazing play Sordid Lives!!!

I got cast in the play, Sordid Lives, understudying 2 terrific roles [The Town Floozy (La Vonda) and The Town Drunk (Juanita)] with guaranteed performances--first role goes up March 1 (La Vonda)--second role goes up March 8 (Juanita); playing at The Duplex in the West Village. It is a blast--one of the most incredible groups of people I've ever worked with!!

Valerie will be performing improv with the Cheub improv group at the Hope Lodge, for cancer patients and their caregivers on Monday, 3/3.

Just finished a Film/TV class with Judy Henderson, the casting director of the acclaimed series Homeland!

February 2014--Very Special Month

February is a special month!

February 17 is "No, You Tell It - Lock & Key"--my foray back into writing--this is a wonderful event. Four of us have written a nonfiction story about an event in our lives with the theme Lock & Key. Mine is titled "Re-releasing the Confetti"--what I wrote about centers around an event that changed the course of my life forever and is a very personal narrative. Then the four of us swap each other's stories and perform the narratives for the audience, so someone will act out my story and I will act out his or hers. I am so excited for this! Show is 2/17, at Jimmy's No. 43 at 7 p.m., 43 East 7th Street.

February 18, Valerie will be performing in her short-form improv group Red Tie Mafia at the Triple Crown at 7:30 p.m.

January 2014

Valerie from January 10-12 was a guest artist at the Virginia State Thespian Conference teaching improv to high school students all across the state.

Valerie will be performing with her short-form improv group, Red Tie Mafia, on Tuesday, January 21, at 7:30 p.m. at the Triple Crown.

December 2013

Valerie will be performing with her improv group, Red Tie Mafia, on Wednesday, 12/4, at the Broadway Comedy Club--7:30 p.m.

Valerie will be performing in her PIT graduation show, Level 5, this Saturday, 12/7, at 6 p.m.

Valerie will be performing with the Cherub Improv group on Monday, 12/26, at 7:15 p.m. at the Hope Lodge for cancer patients and their families.

OCTOBER 2013

Valerie performed with her short-form improv group Red Tie Mafia on October 15.

Valerie just auditioned and got a spot on the improv group Cherub Improv--stay tuned for upcoming performance dates.

Also stay tuned for announcements regarding Valerie's upcoming Level 5 Improv graduation shows at the PIT.

JULY/AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2013

Valerie was seen on "The Big Quiz Thing," a TV trivia game show, with host Noah Tarnow, which premiered on July 28, 2013.

Valerie will be performing long-form improv at the Pit for her Level 4 Improv Graduation show on August 25, 2013!!

Valerie performed with her short-form improv group, Red Tie Mafia, on September 17 at the Triple Crown.

Very exciting: My review of Slut the play that I wrote for Time Out New York Magazine (for the New York Fringe Festival) is now featured on the play's website. It was an amazing production with the very difficult, sensitive subject matter of cyber-bullying and slut-shaming. It is currently part of the NYC Fringe Festival Encore Series through September. Here is the link (2nd one from the top, under Gloria Steinem!!, and then click again to the right to read FULL REVIEW in red highlight):

http://sluttheplay.com/in-praise-of-slut/ 

APRIL/MAY/JUNE 2013

On April 19, Valerie performed with her improv group Red Tie Mafia.

On May 6, Valerie was part of Miss Representation documentary screening at the famous Player's Club in NYC: a celebration of women in theatre fund-raiser--selected as one of the models photographed for the Photo Gallery, depicting women's different roles/stereotypes in society--she was the Indian Woman.

Valerie performed with her improv group Red Tie Mafia on Tuesday, May 21 at the Triple Crown.

Valerie will be rehearsing the role of Alice in "Mother Knows Best" by Ross Hewitt in June.

Valerie performed with her improv group Red Tie Mafia on Tuesday, June 18 at the Triple Crown.

Valerie will be performing in her graduation Musical improv show on June 24 at the Pit.