BAD KID in the AFO Salon in NYC 11/7

I'm thrilled to be invited to perform a portion of BAD KID in the All For One Festival Salon at Cherry Lane Theatre on Thursday November 7th at 7pm. The festival advisory board consists of personal heroes like Whoopi Goldberg, John Leguizamo and Lily Tomlin. So needless to say, I am over-the-moon honored.

BAD KID at AFO Festival Salon

Thursday Nov. 7th at 7pm

Cherry Lane Theatre, NYC

Tickets and information HERE

"The All For One Theater Festival presents outstanding solo shows that inform and inspire, together with workshops and panels to enhance the development and appreciation of solo performance. The festival serves as a curated gateway to a network of performing and teaching opportunities that All For One has begun, and will continue, to build. - See more at: http://www.afofest.org/about/#sthash.yKrRUHc5.dpuf

BAD KID at Artisphere in Virginia 11/22-23

BAD KID is coming to Arlington, Virginia this Fall. The show will have a weekend run at Artisphere over the weekend of November 22nd. Myself and the show's director and co-writer, Josh Matthews, will also be offering an afternoon workshop for writers and performers interested in creating solo pieces of their own.

BAD KID at Artisphere

Friday Nov. 22 / Saturday Nov. 23

Tickets and Information HERE

From the Artisphere press release:

Bad Kid is the hilariously heartwarming tale of a goth boy who dreamed of being anywhere but the middle of Texas in 1991. The setting is specific but the story is universal as David Crabb reflects on rebellion, sexuality, friendship and what it means to grow up different and alone—just like everyone else.

Related Program:
STORYTELLING AND DYNAMIC CHARACTER
Master Workshop with David Crabb & Josh MatthewsSAT NOV 23 / 1PM / $20 / Black Box Theatre
Buy TicketsIn this active and intimate workshop in conjunction with David Crabb's Bad Kid, we will look at the fundamentals of storytelling through character. We will look at how we can create satisfying stories by inhabiting character and creating space through our voice and body.

Wear clothes you can move in and come ready to share moments from your life that are fun, tragic, beautiful or ridiculous.

Facilitated by David Crabb and Josh Matthews

"Bad Kid" in the San Antonio Current

 
The San Antonio Current has run an article in their new issue about my storytelling and solo show, "Bad Kid." It's a sassy piece entitled "David Crabb dishes queer Saytown goth to the rest of the world." Get a load of that gay-with-a-capital-G bidness!

Many thanks to journalist Gregg Barrios, who let me blather on for about half an hour about how deeply I love The Smiths when all he probably wanted to know was what my show was about. Talking to him about the good old days in SA was great- getting high at The Rocky Horror Picture Show at Northwest Theatre, making out on the dirty sofas suspended from the ceiling at Changez, breaking into the grounds of the McNay Museum on acid. What an unsullied youth! And what a nice article.


So hang on San Antonio. I might be a few steps closer to performing my solo show "Bad Kid" in the actual place it happened. It would certainly be a rush to talk about drag queens fist-fighting at the Alamo in a theatre NEAR the Alamo! 

"Shhhh... you can almost hear them voguing."

READ THE ARTICLE HERE

Bad Kid is a New York Times Critics Pick!

New York Times has selected "Bad Kid" as one of their Critics Picks and ran the review in today's issue! Check out the article online with the picture above of me making the exact same face I made when I found out!

New York Times "Bad Kid" review

Hooray for Bad Kid!!!

The reviews are rolling in...

"Bad Kid" is getting some great reviews for it's 2012 run at Axis Theatre.

Flavorpill calls the show "highly entertaining."

"Behind the many laughs, a poignancy creeps in through Crabb's affectionate portrayals of the fellow outcasts who became his essential support system."
-Flavorpill

Curtain Up loved the show too and says you'll "jump in for the joyride."

"Crabb’s words simply pop in a magical way when he performs them. If reading his script is the equivalent of driving in a Camaro, then watching him perform it is like speeding down the Autobahn in a Lamborghini."
-Curtain Up

More to come y'all. Hang on to your Ankhs for a wild ride!!!

Black by popular demand!!!

Break out your cloves and pull out your Siouxsie and The Banshees records! My one-person show "Bad Kid" is back by popular demand on February 17th at Axis Theatre. We're painting our nails black as we speak. RELEASE THE RAVENS!

Show info HERE.