SHAGADELIC: THE ORIGINS OF SLANG WORDS FOR DOING IT

[NoHo Arts District, CA] –  “SHAGADELIC: THE ORIGINS OF SLANG WORDS FOR DOING IT,” written and performed by Michael Blaha, and produced by Fringe Management, LLC,  heads to the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2023 on June 17, 21 and 24.

 “SHAGADELIC: THE ORIGINS OF SLANG WORDS FOR DOING IT” is Professor Richard Fondler’s eagerly awaited follow-up to his critically acclaimed 2022 Edinburgh Fringe comedy “Spanking the Monkey: The Etymology of Onanistic Euphemisms” in which he delivers a lecture on euphemisms for making love around the world. Whether you’re shagging in the UK, doing somersaults in France, kicking up the dust in Spain, or boom-booming in Thailand, you will be enlightened and titillated by Professor Fondler’s survey of international slang words for getting busy.

“A genuinely fascinating and academic information-packed discourse . . . it is also a beautifully controlled piece of character acting” ★★★★ – The Scotsman.

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION TEAM

MICHAEL BLAHA (Writer/Performer) – In addition to “Spanking the Monkey: The Etymology of Onanistic Euphemisms” Mike has written and performed in a number of movies and plays.  He co-wrote the comedies “Murder, Inc.” (optioned by TriStar Pictures) and “Wingin’ It” and wrote the horror comedy script “Maliboo!”  Mike has acted in the independent films “First and Last,” “We Married Margo” and “According to Occam’s Razor” and his theatre credits include “The Canterbury Tales,” “The American Dream,” “Three”, “The Donkey Show” and “Zsa Zsa and Me.”  Mike is perhaps best known to the theatre community as a prolific producer of Hollywood and Edinburgh Fringe comedies, plays, and musicals, having produced over 100 Fringe shows since 2001.

FRINGE MANAGEMENT, LLC (Producer) has produced over 100 plays around the world, including over 90 shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (winning them the coveted Spirit of the Fringe Award), including the Fringe First winner “runt,” (Sony Radio Academy Award for BBC World Service production); “This is So Not About the Simpsons” (starring Harry Shearer of “This is Spinal Tap” and “The Simpsons”) and several productions featuring the international comedy sensation The Pajama Men (Perrier Best Newcomer Nominee, Times Dubble Act award, Melbourne and Sydney Comedy Festival Winners, Soho Theatre London Box Office record).   Its other producing credits include “Latina Christmas Special” and “Bard Overboard” (Soho Playhouse Off-Broadway), the Hollywood Fringe Festival productions of “Richard Parker” (Best International Production), “Bumpersticker” (Best Musical Nominee) and “Pick of the Fringe” (two-time Best Cabaret nominee) as well as “Bukowsical” (Best Musical) at the New York International Fringe Festival.