Event

America's Next Top

America's Next Top is a collection of bold, hysterical observations and true stories based on Julie Novak's life growing up without a defined position on the gender spectrum. The show combines a keen look at the politics of queerness, gender variance, and everything in between. America's Next Top is groundbreaking and not only showcases Novak's strong comedic talents, but also incorporates her skills as a singer, impersonator and all around dynamic performer. She has been performing in around the New York Tri-State area for the last 15 years. She studied comedy and improv at Second City in Chicago and has performed stand-up in Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington DC. She recently participated, along with such comedians as Lewis Black and Kathy Griffin, in the Serious Laughs Comedy Festival in Kingston, NY and headlined Queerstock, a Woodstock, NY gay and lesbian cabaret.

"Julie's an amazing, dynamic performer and community leader."
- Chris Wells, founder of Secret City.

"Novak has a divine ability to make every person feel at ease and alive. Her rare sense of humor collapses false barriers, opens the hardest hearts, and even makes my grandma feel intoxicated."
- Jacinta Bunnell, author of the feminist coloring book, Girls Are Not Chicks

"Novak's progressive sense of social justice informs her work. Often it is fearless!"
- Jay Blotcher, veteran journalist, activist, and former media committee chairman of ACT UP