About the Project
Lost? Confused? Feeling tingly down there? Never fear, Barbie Smith WILL fix you!*
Throughout history, as far back as we can remember, Satan has been using the vagina as a booby trap to lure foolish women into ruining the lives of innocent young men. Just look at Adam and Eve! While Adam was innocently minding his business, Satan slithered up inside Eve with the tricky little idea to feed the hungry man a bite of her “fruit”. And what has come upon mankind as a result? Pubic lice, crabs, chlamydia, syphilis, gonorrhea, genital warts, genital herpes, oral herpes, anal herpes, hepatitises A & B, HPV, and THE LIST GOES ON!
Former pageant queen-turned-abstinence educator Barbie Smith wants to save you from their shameful fate. The only problem? She’s having a little trouble saving herself. Equal parts religious sermon and nervous breakdown, BARBIE SMITH: GOD’S FAVORITE TEASE is a campy critique of purity culture, evangelical perversion, and the perils of being God’s horniest solder.
A solo show from Yamini Nambimadom. Directed by Rami Kablawi.
* with support from Jesus.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
YAMINI NAMBIMADOM is an actor, writer, and comedian based in Los Angeles. She began performing at a young age, taking the stage for the first time as a Chimney Sweep in a first grade production of Mary Poppins. While attending the University of Chicago, she studied at The Second City and performed sketch & improv with Off Off Campus. Since moving to LA, she has performed at venues such as the Hollywood Improv, The Elysian, and Upright Citizens Brigade. In recent years, she has starred in indie films that have screened on the festival circuit (MUNCHIES, CALIFORNIA SOBER, MEDIA TRAINED), written on Peacock’s THE WAREHOUSE PHASE, and appeared in several national commercials.
Yamini hopes to create work that is illuminating, irreverent, and honors the culture of queer camp that raised her.
Production Team
