trip. Presents the Midwest Premiere of finding grafenberg at the Hairpin Arts Center, February 10 - March 14, 2015

The New York Office Comedy Explores Sex and Authority in the Workplace.

Opening Night/Press Night is Thursday, Feb. 12 at 8 p.m.

Special Valentine’s Package includes Two Tickets, Champagne, Chocolate and a surprise NSFW gift for $50

CHICAGO – trip., the company that brought Chicago the 2013 sensation, 4Play:Sex in a Series, is proud to present the Midwest premiere of finding gräfenberg, written and directed by Artistic Director Graham Brown, playing at The Hairpin Arts Center, 2810 N. Milwaukee Ave., second floor, February 10 – March 14. Previews take place Tuesday, Feb. 10 and Wednesday, Feb. 11 at 8 p.m. Opening/Press night is Thursday, Feb. 12 at 8 p.m. The regular performance schedule is Wednesday – Saturday at 8 p.m. All tickets are $20 and may be purchased by visiting http://grafenberg.bpt.me. For more information, please visit www.tripnyc.org.

Valentine’s Day Special: For the opening weekend, February 12 – 14, trip. offers a Valentine’s Day package that includes two tickets, champagne, chocolate and a surprise NSFW gift for $50.

finding gräfenberg explores the sexual, professional and political tensions in and out of the work place with clarity and unapologetic honesty. Moving from the office, to the bar and, inevitably, into the bedroom, finding gräfenberg places the audience into the action of the play resulting in a blurring of the line between spectator and performer without truly ever entering the world of the “interactive.” With this intimate acting style and environment, trip. seeks to draw the audience into the action, rather than push them away with spectacle or pretension.

Originally produced in 2001 in New York City as a workshop production at the Blue Heron Arts Center, finding gräfenberg was a recipient of a grant from The New York State Council on the Arts. In March of 2004 trip., presented a two-month run of the play at The Second Story Theatre in the Shoo neighborhood of New York City. trip.’s inaugural Chicago February 2014 production 4PLAY Sex in a Series was written and performed as a companion piece to finding gräfenberg and utilizes the same techniques.

A Note on Gräfenberg

The term “G Spot” was first introduced to the public at large in the book, The G Spot and Other Recent Discoveries About Human Sexuality. It referred to a 1950 article in the International Journal of Sexology in which Dr. Ernest Gräfenberg wrote about erotic sensitivity along the anterior vaginal wall. While many people have read or heard about Gräfenberg, few have read his actual words. In reality, Gräfenberg only uses the word “spot” twice and he uses it to make the opposite point to the way it has been popularly used. He states “there is no spot in the female body, from which sexual desire could not be aroused…Innumerable erotogenic spots are distributed all over the body, from where sexual satisfaction can be elicited; these are so many that we can almost say that there is no part of the female body which does not give sexual response, the partner has only to find the erotogenic zones.”

The cast for finding gräfenberg includes: Becca Savoy, Cyra K. Polizzi, Graham Brown, Joel Behne, Jason M. Hammond, Rosa SanMarchi, Dan Wilson and Stephen McClure.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR AND PLAYWRIGHT

trip. Artistic Director Graham Brown (director, playwright) moved to Chicago from New York Fall 2012 and has appeared with Erasing The Distance as Charlie in Tell Me What You Remember, Shattered Globe as William in Her Naked Skin, the Professor in The Lesson at Second Stage and The Director in trip.’s 4PLAY Sex in a Series at the Den Theatre. Select New York stage credits include Shep in Early One Evening at the Rainbow Bar and Grille, Danny in Sexual Perversity in Chicago, Edward in Edward II, Melchior in Spring Awakening, and twelve roles in Macbeth. Outside of trip. he has appeared with The Actor’s Art Theatre in Los Angeles, Amnesty International, The Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey, The Dallas Theatre Center, The Dallas Repertory Theatre, The Castle Shakespeare Repertory, and the Canterbury Summer Theatre. Film acting credits include: The Dark Knight Rises, Sweet and Lowdown, New York - The Documentary and Entourage. Stage directing credits include: 4PLAY Sex in a Series, hope..., finding gräfenberg, tripping, Red Wine, Sex, Gods & Violent Happiness, Fine, Early One Evening at the Rainbow Bar and Grille, and Sexual Perversity In Chicago. Film directing credits include: Sixteen, Monologues, Clarity, Visual Reality, Help I’m Stuck in the Closet with Barry Manilow, Macy’s at Christmas and The Alice Project. He has performed stand-up at the Improv, The New York Comedy Club, The Funny Bone, The Laff Stop and Froggy Bottoms. Besides being the artistic director for trip., Brown is a founding member of the comedy troupe Ad-Libs in Dallas and is currently the Executive Producer of @trip2media

ABOUT trip.

trip., originally based in New York City and founded in 1995, is a not-for-profit production company dedicated to reaching out to a new audience by producing original work that is vital, challenging and relevant. The company strives to consistently provide audiences with a unique, truthful and engaging experience through a commitment to the actor - particularly the actor as a part of the ensemble. Equally dedicated to developing and nourishing a sense of community, trip. seeks to bridge the gap between artist and audience.

ABOUT THE HAIRPIN ARTS CENTER / LOGAN SQUARE CHAMBER OF ARTS

The Logan Square Chamber of Arts’ mission is to enhance a vibrant and diverse arts landscape for artists by providing space, finding resources and creating opportunities for collaboration, for the sake of great art. The Hairpin Arts Center is located at 2810 N. Milwaukee Avenue in a historic flat iron building at the conversion of Logan Square and Avondale.

trip. is proud to present the Midwest premiere of finding gräfenberg, written and directed by Artistic Director Graham Brown, playing at The Hairpin Arts Center, 2810 N. Milwaukee Ave., second floor, February 10 – March 14. Previews take place Tuesday, Feb. 10 and Wednesday, Feb. 11 at 8 p.m. Opening/Press night is Thursday, Feb. 12 at 8 p.m. The regular performance schedule is Wednesday – Saturday at 8 p.m. All tickets are $20 and may be purchased by visiting http://grafenberg.bpt.me. For more information, please visit www.tripnyc.org.

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