F.U.C.T. 2004-2008
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I played drums in the Fordham Underground Comedy Troupe (FUCT) house band for about 4 years, It was something I got recruited for in college by my friends, and we kept it going after everyone graduated.
I created my own drummer character named Red Guy (see pic) and would paint my face and stuff for the shows. It was pretty raunchy with a lot of nudity, poop jokes and wild antics I can't even mention here. In fact, it got so extreme I had to back out of a show due to the weirdness. I didn't do any more FUCT performances after that, but they continued on for a few more years. |
Description from the old FUCT website:
"FUCT began in May of 2002 when a group of students illegally performed an evening of underground comedy. This show was put up at midnight in the black-box theater with a curtain, a microphone and a keg. Back then, the only point collectively agreed upon was the title: F.U.C.T. (Fordham Underground Comedy Troupe). By the following fall, rumors of this secret show had quickly spread and when FUCT returned (now introducing a live band into the mix), the audience more than doubled in size, with students cramming in to sit or stand wherever they could to catch a glimpse of the stage."
In December of 2004, a portion of the group partnered up with most of the original members in an attempt to take FUCT to the world. FUCT in Public premiered for one night only at the Rattlestick Theatre, thrusting the troupe of players onto the New York City comedy scene. Since that first public performance, the troupe conceived and produced many other shows across America.
Today, FUCT continues with the same energy as its original, illegal black-box performances, striving to create a late night show that feels like a party. A show that will make you laugh, or groan, or scream. A show that follows the same formula of mixing comedy with games, stunts, music and audience participation. A show that will always ask: Are you ready to get FUCT?
"I think you committed sodomy on stage." -- A lawyer, after seeing FUCT... In Public
"The best theatre I've seen this year. You guys are doing what everybody wishes they could." -- director Aaron Rhyne
"Okay, thanks!" -- Heather Graham, after being handed a FUCT flyer ...she never showed up
Visit www.FuctNYC.com for more information"
Alas, FUCT is no more...
In December of 2004, a portion of the group partnered up with most of the original members in an attempt to take FUCT to the world. FUCT in Public premiered for one night only at the Rattlestick Theatre, thrusting the troupe of players onto the New York City comedy scene. Since that first public performance, the troupe conceived and produced many other shows across America.
Today, FUCT continues with the same energy as its original, illegal black-box performances, striving to create a late night show that feels like a party. A show that will make you laugh, or groan, or scream. A show that follows the same formula of mixing comedy with games, stunts, music and audience participation. A show that will always ask: Are you ready to get FUCT?
"I think you committed sodomy on stage." -- A lawyer, after seeing FUCT... In Public
"The best theatre I've seen this year. You guys are doing what everybody wishes they could." -- director Aaron Rhyne
"Okay, thanks!" -- Heather Graham, after being handed a FUCT flyer ...she never showed up
Visit www.FuctNYC.com for more information"
Alas, FUCT is no more...
List of Public PerFormances with FUCT:
FUCT…in Public (The Rattlestick Theatre, Winter 2004)
Cast: Jon Crane, Graham Skipper, Paul Mazza, Joe Galan, Ian Lassiter, Brian Murray, Graham Burk, Jessica DiGiovanni, Ian McWethy, Jeffrey Glaser, Josh LaCasse, RJ Foster, Carrie McCrossen, Janio Marrero, Marco Formosa (?)
Band: Van Hughes (guitar/vocals), John Erdman (bass), Brendan Hunt aka Red Guy/Dead Guy (drums)
Notable Scenes/Songs:
A gorilla sedating a maniac in a thong by inserting a whiskey-soaked tampon in his anus
Fire Juggling!
Billy the Tap-Dancing Half-Aborted Fetus!
FUCT Up (The Producer's Club, May 2005)
Cast: Sarah Bell, Jon Crane, Jessica DiGiovanni, Marco Formosa, Joe Galan, Brian Gillespie, Ian Lassiter, Janio Marrero, Paul Mazza, Brian Murray, Heidi Neidermeyer, Graham Skipper & Jacob Wallach
Band: Van Hughes & Brendan Hunt; Crew: Kate Swan
Notable Scenes/Songs:
“The Extreme Michael Schiavo Extreme Diet Challenge”
A rap-off between Mickey Mouse, Kermit the Frog, and the reigning champion, Speedy Gonzalez
A 3-round Kangaroo Boxing Match between Paul and Jacob, involving kicking each other, shots of Jack Daniels, and lathering the contestants in Icy Hot for the final exciting round!
FUCT on the Strip (The Producer's Club, November 2005)
Cast: Sarah Bell, Jon Crane, Marco Formosa, Joe Galan, Brian Gillespie, Ian Lassiter, Janio Marrero, Paul Mazza, Ian McWethy & Graham Skipper
Band: Van Hughes & Brendan Hunt; Crew: Faetra Petillo & Kate Swan
Notable Songs/Scenes:
Christopher Reeve and Stephen Hawking help recently-injured Roy Horn to get over his fear of being mauled by another tiger and perform once again
A FUCT Spelling Bee, where each contestant has 20 seconds to correctly spell a word given to them, the punishment for an incorrect answer being that they get “stung” in the arm, ass, foot, or webbing of the hand by a ½ inch IV Needle.
DAVID, along with magic boy, performs his amazing feats of magic and ILLUSION!
Several poor men in a restroom line do the “Pee-Pee Dance,” a fully choreographed dance set to The Nutcracker
A special guest appearance by Robert Goulet! (Seriously, Robert Goulet actually showed up)
The Passion of the FUCT (The Studio at Cherry Lane Theatre, February 2006)
Cast: Jon Crane, Joe Galan, Tommy Galan, Brian Gillespie, Ian Lassiter, Janio Marrero, Paul Mazza & Graham Skipper
Band: Matt Accardo & Brendan Hunt; Crew: Faetra Petillo & Kate Swan;
Notable Scenes/Songs:
Benoit the Hamster wins the esteemed Best Bestiality Video award, accepting not with a speech, but an inspiring re-worked version of “Bui Doi” from Miss Saigon
The boys compete in FUCT Operation, wherein an incorrect response to a medical question results in getting tazed (really, tazed) in various parts of the anatomy
Paul finds a way to keep his hot dogs warm – wrap one in a condom, stick it up your ass, then shit it out onstage before eating…but not without mustard
Graham takes a pregnancy test live onstage…finding he is, in fact, with child
FUCT Impregnates Your Sister (The Studio at Cherry Lane Theatre, September 2006)
Cast: Sarah Bell, Jon Crane, Joe Galan, Tommy Galan, Brian Gillespie, Ian Lassiter, Janio Marrero & Graham Skipper
Band: Matt Accardo, Van Hughes & Brendan Hunt; Crew: Faetra Petillo & Kate Swan
Notable Scenes/Songs:
A game of Thirsty, Thirsty Hippos, where two audience members competed against two FUCT members in a beer chugging contest.
The boys perform a scene from Anton Chekhov’s masterpiece Three Sisters, only they do it completely naked. …It’s a 5-minute scene.
Hot Pepper Off – a contest to see which team can eat all the hot peppers (including Habaneros, the world’s hottest pepper) in the shortest amount of time.
A Sexual Assault…need we say more?
Deaf, Dumb & FUCT (The Studio at Cherry Lane Theatre, February 2007)
Cast: Sarah Bell, Jon Crane, Joe Galan, Tommy Galan, Ian Lassiter, Janio Marrero, Graham Skipper; Kiva Ford, Chris Reitz
Band: Matt Accardo, Van Hughes & Brendan Hunt; Crew: Faetra Petillo & Kate Swan
Notable Scenes/Songs:
The Racist Reverend exorcises the gay out of an audience member
Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and Nicole Richie discuss Virginia Woolf while exposing their manginas
Chris the cage fighter kicks clowns' asses while tristfully singing "Send in the Clowns"
Genital Tug O' War
FUCT: The Tip Doesn't Count (The Studio at Cherry Lane Theatre, June 2007)
Cast: Sarah Bell, Jon Crane, Joe Galan, Tommy Galan, Brian Gillespie, Ian Lassiter, Janio Marrero & Graham Skipper
Band: Matt Accardo, Van Hughes & Brendan Hunt; Crew: Kate Swan & Chelsea Westphal
Notable Scenes/Songs:
The Bitch Whisperer: Rollerblading Janio teaches Tommy how to control Sarah, his bitch. It's all in showing who's in charge of the relationship...and chocolate.
El Cock Fight: Janio vs. Graham, as they discover that using their flippers to kick the other's genitals is the best way to knock that tennis ball off the other guy's cock.
DAVID and magic boy reveal to the world their amazing magic trick, 'Penguin's Deadly Secret'!
We perform, in its entirety, Cho Seung-Hui's masterful one-act play 'Richard McBeef'.
White Fury vs. The Flying Wasp: Two elderly British ladies have tea, as well as a thick helping of live meal worms and two shots of live goldfish. Mmm...
BEST of FUCT (The Cherry Lane Mainstage, December 2007)
Cast: Sarah Bell, Jon Crane, Joe Galan, Tommy Galan, Brian Gillespie, Ian Lassiter, Janio Marrero & Graham Skipper
Band: Matt Accardo, Van Hughes & Brendan Hunt; Crew: Jeff Glaser, Kate Swan & Chelsea Westphal
Notable Scenes/Songs:
Sarah explains to the audience what childhood trauma has led her to become a "Cocksucker."
Jon invites an actual, unsuspecting audience member to share a heartbreaking story and slap him across the face. Too bad he picked the cancer victim.
Graham sings a heart-warming ballad to his Baby Girl.
A musical stunt finale featuring a variety of pain-inducing instruments from our Wheel of Torture
Cast: Jon Crane, Graham Skipper, Paul Mazza, Joe Galan, Ian Lassiter, Brian Murray, Graham Burk, Jessica DiGiovanni, Ian McWethy, Jeffrey Glaser, Josh LaCasse, RJ Foster, Carrie McCrossen, Janio Marrero, Marco Formosa (?)
Band: Van Hughes (guitar/vocals), John Erdman (bass), Brendan Hunt aka Red Guy/Dead Guy (drums)
Notable Scenes/Songs:
A gorilla sedating a maniac in a thong by inserting a whiskey-soaked tampon in his anus
Fire Juggling!
Billy the Tap-Dancing Half-Aborted Fetus!
FUCT Up (The Producer's Club, May 2005)
Cast: Sarah Bell, Jon Crane, Jessica DiGiovanni, Marco Formosa, Joe Galan, Brian Gillespie, Ian Lassiter, Janio Marrero, Paul Mazza, Brian Murray, Heidi Neidermeyer, Graham Skipper & Jacob Wallach
Band: Van Hughes & Brendan Hunt; Crew: Kate Swan
Notable Scenes/Songs:
“The Extreme Michael Schiavo Extreme Diet Challenge”
A rap-off between Mickey Mouse, Kermit the Frog, and the reigning champion, Speedy Gonzalez
A 3-round Kangaroo Boxing Match between Paul and Jacob, involving kicking each other, shots of Jack Daniels, and lathering the contestants in Icy Hot for the final exciting round!
FUCT on the Strip (The Producer's Club, November 2005)
Cast: Sarah Bell, Jon Crane, Marco Formosa, Joe Galan, Brian Gillespie, Ian Lassiter, Janio Marrero, Paul Mazza, Ian McWethy & Graham Skipper
Band: Van Hughes & Brendan Hunt; Crew: Faetra Petillo & Kate Swan
Notable Songs/Scenes:
Christopher Reeve and Stephen Hawking help recently-injured Roy Horn to get over his fear of being mauled by another tiger and perform once again
A FUCT Spelling Bee, where each contestant has 20 seconds to correctly spell a word given to them, the punishment for an incorrect answer being that they get “stung” in the arm, ass, foot, or webbing of the hand by a ½ inch IV Needle.
DAVID, along with magic boy, performs his amazing feats of magic and ILLUSION!
Several poor men in a restroom line do the “Pee-Pee Dance,” a fully choreographed dance set to The Nutcracker
A special guest appearance by Robert Goulet! (Seriously, Robert Goulet actually showed up)
The Passion of the FUCT (The Studio at Cherry Lane Theatre, February 2006)
Cast: Jon Crane, Joe Galan, Tommy Galan, Brian Gillespie, Ian Lassiter, Janio Marrero, Paul Mazza & Graham Skipper
Band: Matt Accardo & Brendan Hunt; Crew: Faetra Petillo & Kate Swan;
Notable Scenes/Songs:
Benoit the Hamster wins the esteemed Best Bestiality Video award, accepting not with a speech, but an inspiring re-worked version of “Bui Doi” from Miss Saigon
The boys compete in FUCT Operation, wherein an incorrect response to a medical question results in getting tazed (really, tazed) in various parts of the anatomy
Paul finds a way to keep his hot dogs warm – wrap one in a condom, stick it up your ass, then shit it out onstage before eating…but not without mustard
Graham takes a pregnancy test live onstage…finding he is, in fact, with child
FUCT Impregnates Your Sister (The Studio at Cherry Lane Theatre, September 2006)
Cast: Sarah Bell, Jon Crane, Joe Galan, Tommy Galan, Brian Gillespie, Ian Lassiter, Janio Marrero & Graham Skipper
Band: Matt Accardo, Van Hughes & Brendan Hunt; Crew: Faetra Petillo & Kate Swan
Notable Scenes/Songs:
A game of Thirsty, Thirsty Hippos, where two audience members competed against two FUCT members in a beer chugging contest.
The boys perform a scene from Anton Chekhov’s masterpiece Three Sisters, only they do it completely naked. …It’s a 5-minute scene.
Hot Pepper Off – a contest to see which team can eat all the hot peppers (including Habaneros, the world’s hottest pepper) in the shortest amount of time.
A Sexual Assault…need we say more?
Deaf, Dumb & FUCT (The Studio at Cherry Lane Theatre, February 2007)
Cast: Sarah Bell, Jon Crane, Joe Galan, Tommy Galan, Ian Lassiter, Janio Marrero, Graham Skipper; Kiva Ford, Chris Reitz
Band: Matt Accardo, Van Hughes & Brendan Hunt; Crew: Faetra Petillo & Kate Swan
Notable Scenes/Songs:
The Racist Reverend exorcises the gay out of an audience member
Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and Nicole Richie discuss Virginia Woolf while exposing their manginas
Chris the cage fighter kicks clowns' asses while tristfully singing "Send in the Clowns"
Genital Tug O' War
FUCT: The Tip Doesn't Count (The Studio at Cherry Lane Theatre, June 2007)
Cast: Sarah Bell, Jon Crane, Joe Galan, Tommy Galan, Brian Gillespie, Ian Lassiter, Janio Marrero & Graham Skipper
Band: Matt Accardo, Van Hughes & Brendan Hunt; Crew: Kate Swan & Chelsea Westphal
Notable Scenes/Songs:
The Bitch Whisperer: Rollerblading Janio teaches Tommy how to control Sarah, his bitch. It's all in showing who's in charge of the relationship...and chocolate.
El Cock Fight: Janio vs. Graham, as they discover that using their flippers to kick the other's genitals is the best way to knock that tennis ball off the other guy's cock.
DAVID and magic boy reveal to the world their amazing magic trick, 'Penguin's Deadly Secret'!
We perform, in its entirety, Cho Seung-Hui's masterful one-act play 'Richard McBeef'.
White Fury vs. The Flying Wasp: Two elderly British ladies have tea, as well as a thick helping of live meal worms and two shots of live goldfish. Mmm...
BEST of FUCT (The Cherry Lane Mainstage, December 2007)
Cast: Sarah Bell, Jon Crane, Joe Galan, Tommy Galan, Brian Gillespie, Ian Lassiter, Janio Marrero & Graham Skipper
Band: Matt Accardo, Van Hughes & Brendan Hunt; Crew: Jeff Glaser, Kate Swan & Chelsea Westphal
Notable Scenes/Songs:
Sarah explains to the audience what childhood trauma has led her to become a "Cocksucker."
Jon invites an actual, unsuspecting audience member to share a heartbreaking story and slap him across the face. Too bad he picked the cancer victim.
Graham sings a heart-warming ballad to his Baby Girl.
A musical stunt finale featuring a variety of pain-inducing instruments from our Wheel of Torture
