Funhouse Lounge

Strapped In

**APRIL’S SHOW IS POSTPONED**

$8 cover | 21+ | 10pm-2am | show at midnight

You showed up for us at our January resurrection in a BIG way, so this thing is quarterly now, folks! If you were there, YOU DID THAT! If you weren’t, LET’S DO THIS!

Strapped In is a queer party for the rest of us.

The world is a divisive, hard place to live right now — and queer spaces aren’t immune. Strapped In is about creating a culture of welcome through queer nightlife — consider it a love letter, written by and for all who show up.

(More about what Strapped In stands for at the end of this post!)

Dancing all night, queer af drag show at midnight!

Throw on whatever makes you feel happy, sexy, and free (Your thigh highs and jockstrap….your harness and lace…your t-shirt and jeans… you decide!) and meet us at Funhouse Lounge!

Host: Sugarpill

Performances from:
– Nightmare Ada
Jaxin Ryan
– Mona Chrome

Gogos:
– Viper
– Joni
Jo
– Carly

Design: Zepheur

Photography: Austin Mckee

** Strapped In strives to be a body-positive, sex-positive, all-gender space working to minimize oppressive forces of racism, misogyny, transphobia, and the like. We need your help with that! Please keep yourself and others accountable. Consent is mandatory—ask before touching, and only yes means yes. Reach out to a member of the Funhouse Lounge staff or someone involved in the event if you need help or feel unsafe!

Venue is ADA Accessible, though it may be difficult to navigate hallways/doorways with some mobility devices. Please reach out to Funhouse Lounge first with specific questions (they know the venue best!), but don’t hesitate to contact Sugarpill!

STRAPPED IN IS…

QUEER
All of us who produce, perform in, DJ, and gogo at Strapped In are queer as fuck. Most of us are trans. We’re creating the world we want to live in.

KIND
The world is a hard place. The queer community isn’t immune to that, but it shouldn’t be that way. It’s difficult enough for people like us, so don’t treat each other like shit. We welcome each other, and together we respect the night.

SEXY
We say it often, and we mean it — kindness is sexy. Queer sexuality shouldn’t be taboo. Several folks have told us that Strapped In is one of the queerest nights in town, and the first public event they felt comfortable wearing a jockstrap to. Our bodies — all of them — are beautiful. Our love — all of it — is beautiful. We — all of us — are beautiful.

IN PROGRESS
This night exists because there’s something missing from queer nightlife. We don’t claim to know exactly what that is. We provide easy opportunities for feedback and are ready to grow with you.


Funny Money

Join us in the improvised gameshow where the audience wins!
Improv games. Game show classics. Random trivia. All performed by two teams of improvisers while your host surprises them with twists and turns.
Be a part of the show, or sit back and hang on for the ride; either way offers an opportunity to win prizes and have a great evening of fast-paced fun with friends and family!

Admission: “Risk the Roll” where you pay based on the roll of the dice at the door!

Doors 9:30ish / showtime 10:00

21+ ONLY


The Mystery of Irma Vep

From the drawing room of an English estate to the blazing sands of far-off Egypt, this definitive spoof of gothic melodramas is a quick change marathon that has everything: laughs, scares, satire, a sympathetic werewolf, a vampire, and an Egyptian princess who may be brought back from the dead!

2 actors, 8 characters, 35 costume changes.


Working Stiffs

Do you love shows like The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, and WKRP Cincinnati? Do you have a Nick at Nite tramp stamp? Or do you just love to laugh?
Then we’ve got your must-see TV right here! (But live on stage, not TV at all.)

Each night our talented Funhouse Improvisers create a brand new 70s-style sitcom episode based on your suggestions.

No reruns, all new episodes, now in living color.

Thursdays-Saturday August 24th through September 9th

Tickets are $10 in advance, $14 at the door.


Twisted

We all know the story of Aladdin, the plucky little street rat who makes good, despite the scheming of the evil Ja’far and his palace guards. But, what if that wasn’t the REAL story? What if the true hero of the story was a man who, despite all odds, sacrifices his reputation, his position, even the love of his life, all to save his beloved Kingdom? And, what if that man was none other than Ja’far himself?

Facing a dim-witted sultan, a corrupt system, a maddeningly silly Genie, a heartless thief, and an invasion from a neighboring kingdom, can one good man stand up to all this, and not get Twisted? Come find out in this rousing, raucous and randy musical comedy.

Additional shows added by popular demand!!!

Dates: Thursdays thru Saturdays, April 27th thru May 27th, 6:45pm
Sunday matinees on May 7th and 21st, 2pm

Add’l dates: Saturday matinee May 27th, 2pm
Thursday thru Saturday, June 1st thru June 3rd, 6:45pm

Tickets start at $25

Starring:  Aidan Nolan, Cassandra Pangelinan, Rhansen Mars, Kylie Rose, Landy Lamb, Jeremy Clubb, Kristin Barrett, Brandy Schnaars, Jaiden Wirth, Darrell McGee, Kenzie Chapman

Directed by Andy Barrett

Musical Direction by James Liptak

Music by AJ Holmes, Lyrics by Kaley McMahon, Book by Matt Lang, Nick Lang, and Eric Kahn Gale

All ages welcome–this show is rated PG-13ish/R for adult language, themes, sexual situations, and general wickedness.


USS Improvise: The Next Generation: The Musical

The Funhouse Lounge boldly brings you The Next Generation in comedy!
 
This fan-favorite show returns this winter for live, unscripted “episodes” of Star Trek, the Next Generation!
Get ready to see all your favorite Next Gen characters like you’ve never seen them before, along with fully improvised songs! 
 
Join us as we boldly and melodically improvise our way through the final frontier… Engage!
 
Show dates: Thursday-Saturday, January 11th-February 10th. 
 
*All ages welcome, this show is rated PG-13ish or so
*All shows at 7:00pm with doors opening at 6:30pm
 
 

An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein

Funhouse Lounge presents An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein.

Welcome to the darkly comic world of Shel Silverstein, a world where nothing is as it seems and where the most innocent conversation can turn menacing in an instant. The ten imaginative plays in this collection range widely in content, but the style is unmistakable. So treat yourself to this delightfully deviant and depraved walk through the oddball mind of Shel Silverstein.


Reservoir Dolls

Ms. Pink. Ms. Blonde. Ms. Orange. Ms. Blue. Ms. Brown. Ms. White. Jo Cabot. Nice Gal Edie.

After their big jewel heist goes terribly wrong, this colorful collection of thieves tries to figure out what happened. Is one of them a rat? Yelling, name-calling, gun-pointing, dancing, crying, torture and shooting will surely follow.

Tarantino’s cult classic, reimagined for the stage by Erika Soerensen. Featuring an all-female crew of murderous, desperate thieves. This girl power reboot is bloody good fun. All this, and you’ll learn the true meaning behind Madonna’s “Like a Virgin”.


Hughes-ical: The Musical!

Do you love the quirky teen romance/dramas of the 80s, like Sixteen Candles or The Breakfast Club? Then fire up your flux capacitor and step back to an era where a kid could sing on a parade float while cutting school, a geek could make out with the prom queen, and two nerds with a computer could create a girl out of thin air who’s way smarter than they are.
This show is, like, totally unscripted, created based on audience suggestions, and performed as a musical.
Featuring improvised music by keyboardist Matt Insley—and improvised lyrics and choreography by the cast—this show creates a brand new story and a brand new totally tubular soundtrack every night.


Tip your actors!

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