Naked in Alaska – Location, Tickets, Reviews
UPDATE, February 12, 2014
Naked in Alaska announced an extension of its run through March 1, 2014
Original post, January 22, 2014
Naked in Alaska is a one-person show created and performed by Valerie Hager about her 10-year career as an exotic dancer, which followed a serious drug addiction and eating disorder. It appeared at last year’s NYC Fringe where Hager won an excellence award in the solo performance category.
Naked in Alaska is returning to New York for a limited engagement at The Celebration of Whimsy, a.k.a The COW, on the Lower East Side. Performances are scheduled for every Friday and Saturday at 9:30pm and Monday the 17th at 8pm from February 7th through 22nd.
Reviews from 2013 NYC Fringe
Maxamoo
Naked in Alaska is a touching solo show in which Hager relives the complex years she spent as a stripper (dance routines with stripper poll included).
Hager’s portrayal of characters from her past is hilarious and masterful. Although the first-person narration can be cliché ridden, the show is so fearless, candid, and personal that it is impossible not to be moved. It isn’t a whiny, woe-is-me, personal history but rather an empowered look at a life lived at the extremes.
NYTheatre
Thank you, Valerie Hager for your guiding light, courage, and integrity. Naked in Alaska is uplifting and one of a kind, dedicated to the phoenix in us all.
Time Out
Although the show drags from too much stripping and a listless, disheartening ending, Hager makes us sympathize with her strange, uncomfortable and lonely experiences.
LOCATION
The Celebration of Whimsy a.k.a The COW
21 Clinton St, New York City
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RUNNING TIME
1 hour and 20 minutes
TICKETS
General Admission $25 (click here to purchase from OvationTix, the official online ticket seller for Naked in Alaska)
VIP $40, includes a glass of wine, preferred seating, and a bag of treats (click here to purchase from OvationTix, the official online ticket seller for Naked in Alaska)
DATES
February 7 – March 1, 2014
CAST & CREW
(partial list)
Written by Valerie Hager
Directed by Scott Wesley Slavin
OFFICIAL WEBSITE & SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter: @NakedInAlaska1