I got video of the comic improvised sermon I did last night at the Brooklyn Arts Exchange as the Reverend Raymond Nader.

The suggestion I got was a composite of “bikini wax” and the sound “sss” I heard in the audience when I solicted a suggestion. It turned out to be one of my best sermons to date.

Watch it here.

Tonight I performed a comic improvised sermon as The Reverend Raymond Nader as part of a fundraiser for my friend Victoria Libertore’s new one-woman show titled Girl Meat.

The suggestion I got was “SssBikini Wax.” I expect to have video from the sermon online tomorrow.

My friend Victoria Libertore invited me to perform my comic improvised sermon act as The Reverend Raymond Nader for the fundraiser for her new one-woman show Girl Meat debuting this spring. Here are the details and I hope you can make it out–the sermons are completely improvised based off of audience suggestion and they are a rip-roarin’ good time!

Girl Meat Fun(d)raiser!

Join Victoria Libertore and friends in this celebration of her ten years devoted to making performance in NYC. It’s a party and performance with Cynthia Hopkins, Maddy Mann & Lexie Miller, Comedian Robin Cloud, The Reverend Raymond Nader as well as burlesque beauties making their debut: Kstar, Jazabel, Maya Lusion, Poisoned Ivy and Reverend Harness! DJ Cray Cuban aka/Alberto Denis will take us from the performances into partying and dancing. Light food and beverages for you! All funds go towards her new show Girl Meat.

Silent auction and raffle items include: headshot/portrait session, audition/feedback with a theatre, TV and film agent, theatre and dance tickets, one-on-one yoga session, one-on-one drumming session, reiki session, Body Talk session, trapeze lesson, high-end hair cut, framed photography, intuitive reading. If you can’t make it and want to donate, go here: BAX/Victoria Libertore

ABOUT GIRL MEAT
According to legend, Countess Elizabeth Bathory is the most prolific female serial killer in history. Drinking and bathing in the blood of her victims, she tortured and killed hundreds of women. Intrigued by this true story, solo performer Victoria Libertore channels Bathory’s essence with intensity, a dose of camp and a hint of insanity. All the while exploring why as a society we find naked, twisted-up, bloodied bodies of women so damn fascinating. Direction by Rosalie Purvis. Dramaturgy by Jen-Scott Mobley. Set design by Jono Lukas. Costume design by Jeff Sturdivant.

WHEN IS THE FUNDRAISER?
Friday, February 26th, 7pm. Performance at 8:00.
Party until 11:00.

WHERE?
The Brooklyn Arts Exchange
421 Fifth Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11215

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ADMISSION?
Suggested admission: $15
But all are welcome.

SEEING THE SHOW?
If so, make a comment below!

I just put on my Videos page the videos from two different improvised sermons I did as The Reverend Raymond Nader this weekend in the curated variety show titled “Stone Skipping” at the Brooklyn Arts Exchange. The sermons were inspired by the audience suggestions of “Healthcare” and “Pedophilia.”

The Videos:
• Friday night’s improvised sermon: “Healthcare”
• Saturday night’s improvised sermon: “Pedophilia”

Last night and tonight, I performed comic improvised sermons as The Reverend Raymond Nader for the curated variety show titled “Stone Skipping” at the Brooklyn Arts Exchange.

I will have videos online tomorrow afternoon.

Here’s a link to a Brooklyn Arts Exchange newsletter with an exciting interview with my friend Victoria Libertore (I designed her website for her), who is also co-hosting “Stone Skipping” at BAX February 5-6, 2010. In that show, I’ll be doing improvised sermons as The Reverend Raymond Nader. In the newsletter link, you’ll find a photograph of me as The Reverend.

I just got online the awesome photo shoot of The Reverend Raymond Nader that I did last October with photographer Michelle Williams Carroll. Below is a sampling of shots from the shoot (may take a few seconds for the photos to load). Learn more by visiting my Gallery page.

And just below that, I performed an improvised sermon titled “Alcohol” at The Barrow Group last night for “The Blue Plate Special.” Special thanks to Bethel Caram for filming the sermon!

“The Reverend Raymond Nader”

Photos by Michelle Williams Carroll

 

“Alcohol”

A comic improvised sermon

If you don’t see a video, you probably need to install Flash.

[Click here to launch this video in the movie theater]

Running Time: 13:03

For more details on the sermon, or to comment, visit the webpage for this sermon:

http://www.benhauck.com/videos/alcohol

Tonight I did an improvised sermon as The Reverend Raymond Nader at “The Blue Plate Special,” a variety show sponsored by The Barrow Group and hosted by Bethel Caram and Neil Potter.

I should have video up shortly from the performance.