Masters of Gamecocking: Ry Dowler

I once asked Ry Dowler why he named his rooster “The Gratification.”

He punched me in the face.

And as I was trying to keep the blood off my shirt, he said: “Cause it’s the only thing that still gives me satisfaction in this world.”

And then he punched me in the face again.

The Gratification is an intimate kind of beast. It circles its prey. It steps in, then out, and then in again. His rivals and detractors try and say that Ry loans out The Gratification for weird farm yard pornography. But anyone who knows The Gratification knows this animal knows it would never put up with that.

A week or so ago, Ry claimed he tore his carotid artery. We all know that’s bullshit. It was The Gratification, refusing to be tamed.

Come see The Gratification this Friday or Saturday.

It’s likely though, that you’re gonna end up in the hospital.

Unfiltered 2012: THE GRATIFICATIONS by Ryan Dowler Opens January 11th!

Youngblood is staying hot. Unfiltered 2012 rolls on.

The Gratifications by Ryan Dowler
directed by Andrew Grosso
with Michael Cullen and Chet Siegel

Lailia considers her sex life liberated,
but her father Ken sees things differently.
When he refuses to cosign on a loan
she desperately needs,
Lailia sets out to prove that
she’s the one in control of her life,
even if it costs her the relationship she values most.

Come see it: 1/11, 1/12, 1/20, 1/21 @ 7pm & 1/14 @ 2pm
Tickets $20. Buy them here.
Use code GRAT for 2-for-1 tickets.

All shows at Ensemble Studio Theatre, 549 West 52nd Street, 2nd Floor (between 10th & 11th Aves).

Now playing:

• Big Tex by Angela Hanks, directed by José Zayas. Two performances left: 1/13 and 1/14 at 7pm.
  

Coming up:

• In Memory of Julie Simmons by Erica Saleh, directed by Tamara Fisch (Opening 1/18)
  
• Year of the Rooster by Eric Dufault, directed by John Giampietro (Opening 1/25)

You can! see 2 Unfiltered plays for $30!
You can! see all 4 Unfiltered plays for $40!
Also there are $10 Student tickets and Senior tickets available, just show ID at the door.
Don't even miss it.

Ryan Dowler Presents The ESTeen Youngerblog: Wisdom on Life, Love, and the Theatre from My Junior High Diary

Part Four: On Religion

With The Gratifications opening this Wednesday as part of the EST/Youngblood Unfiltered Series, I'm not exactly sure to whom I should be praying. I wasn't always so unsure:

I found my Junior High diary.

This is what's in it:

1-17-96

I think the word GOD is too common and too overrated, so from now on I will refer to GOD as KURT. It makes communication more equal/personal. No, I'm not saying that Kurt Cobain is GOD. That is SO far from what I'm saying. So from now on when I address KURT in my journal, I'm referring to GOD.

KURT, please help me to have more faith. Please help me with the girl thing, do I like Anne, do I like Amber, I think maybe both. I think I'll send off signals to both AND Megan and see what I come up with. Thanks for listening!