In the Strauss Black Box Theatre at the Kirkwood Performing Arts Center

Presented by Kirkwood Performing Arts Center
In Collaboration with Ten Directions
LIVE on STAGE, DEENIE NAST!

Oscar-winner, Emmy-winner, 2-time Tony winner and 5-time Kevin Klein Award Nominee and international performance superstar Deenie Nast delivers a no-holds-barred, song-filled tribute to her fans. Deenie has acquired a hot new nursing staff from Tinder and she is raring to go. Songs, film clips, dance numbers, old Hollywood gossip, physical nonsense and general 'Nast-iness' will ensue. 
 
“Hilarious”  –TimeOut, NY

“Absurdity at its best!  Hilarious and outrageous.”  –KFIA Radio, Minneapolis

“Sensually Ravenous”  –The Irish Theatre Magazine
 
Performed by Deenie Nast
Written & Directed by Audrey Crabtree
Musical Director: Charlie Brown
Tiny: Lynn Berg
Medical Staff:  Tressel Eckman, Zander Huggins, Ryan Matthew Whaley, and Mia Williams
 
Original Music and lyrics by Audrey Crabtree, Travis Ploeger, Miriam H. Daly, Brian Kelly, Todd Price
 
Deenie Nast (Performer) is a true star of the stage and screen, with a career spanning almost 10 decades, her name is a household word.  She has been a natural scene-stealer from the time she took the vaudeville stage, by force at age 3 to her storming the stage this fall.  Even at this age she is not for the faint of heart.

Audrey Crabtree (Director and writer) is an award-winning creator, performer, director, and producer of original work.  She combines her background and experience in acting, improvisation, physical theater, clown, bouffon and interactive theater to create the character Deenie Nast in the style of grotesque.  Audrey has performed in theaters, music venues and circuses in New York (such as Joe’s Pub, Rockwood Music Hall, UCB, The Brick Theater) and in faraway places such as Minneapolis,  Mexico City, La Gata Cirko in Bogota, Columbia, and in Saint Louis at X-FEST and STLOU Fringe.

Ten Directions is a theater and film production company formed in 1997 that tells stories that pose questions to our audiences, collaborating artists, and ourselves.  Focusing on engaging and entertaining our audiences, we choose the style, medium and artists to best tell these stories. We encourage spontaneity and creative use of resources throughout our process.