2012 Show debuts at ComedySportz Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (April 2012) – Kevin J. Thornton, musician, storyteller and stand-up comic returns to his home state with a one-night only show 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 11 at ComedySportz Indianapolis, 721 Massachusetts Avenue. “Strange Dreamz with Kevin J. Thornton” takes you on a high energy ride with music, comedy and stories about love, sex and the meaning of life from a gay man in the 21st century.
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Tickets cost $15.00 online at www.indycomedysportz.com or at the door. For information about ComedySportz call 317-951-8499.
Kevin J Thornton is a road warrior and Fringe festival veteran who appeared in 10 festivals nationwide in 2011 including the IndyFringe Festival. Thornton will miss IndyFringe 2012 as he journeys to Canada this August for his debut in Edmonton, Alberta. In 2011 Thornton won the "Audience Choice Award for Favorite Show" at the Orlando International Fringe Festival and "Best Writing & Performance" at the Cincinnati Fringe Festival.
“Strange Dreamz” is also the title of the podcast the self-proclaimed “gay male Oprah with a potty mouth” produces weekly. Most Sundays Thornton and the occasional guest discuss touring adventures, current events, music, issues affecting the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community and the meaning of life. Thornton’s podcast is the highest rated program on the LGBT related online radio station “Click Click Expose” based in Miami, Florida and an incubator for his live show.
The 90 minute live show also features short stories from Thornton’s 2012 paperback book “The Universe Sock Puppet” available on Amazon.com and retailers worldwide.
The Evansville, Ind. native is a Los Angeles Times "Best Bet," has been featured on NPR's All Things Considered and is a “New Faces Winner” at The Comedy Store in Hollywood. In 2011 Thornton was a guest lecturer at University of California, Berkeley where he spoke about his successful use of his podcast and social media in connection with his national touring act.
Thornton’s social networking, podcast and one-person shows, including his 2009 hit debut “Sex, Dreams & Self Control,” and 2010’s “I Love You (We’re Fucked)” have garnered him a loyal following in Indianapolis and across the country. Thornton’s 2012 show will include brand new stories and humor but unlike the songwriter’s previous year’s shows he will cover songs like Springsteen’s “Dancing in the Dark,” Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream" and his hilarious rendition of TLC’s “No Scrubs.”
Awards received on Thornton’s 2011 15-city tour include the Audience Choice Award for Favorite Show and the Fringe Crush Award in Orlando as well as the League of Cincinnati Theatre Award for Best Writing and Performance. Matthew J. Palm, theater critic for the Orlando Sentinel, called Thornton “an enthusiastic musician, a quick-witted comic and a really funny storyteller” and Cincinnati’s CityBeat said “he kept the audience in the palm of his hand during the sold out performance... he’s a fast-talking, high-energy powerhouse of a performer.”
Approx. Running Time: 90 minutes
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