Banana Bag & Bodice is a Hudson Valley-based ensemble theatre company that creates original plays with a strong emphasis on text, music and design. They have performed in several venues including The Collapsable Hole, Ontological-Hysteric Theater, PS 122, The Brick Theater, Abrons Arts Center, American Repertory Theater, Joe's Pub, Bushwick Starr, and festivals in San Francisco, New York City, Montreal, Dublin, Edinburgh, Brighton, Bristol and Adelaide.
History Founded in 1999 in San Francisco by co-artistic directors Jason Craig and Jessica Jelliffe, Banana Bag & Bodice have created 12 original productions. The group is now based in the Hudson Valley NY, but maintains a strong relationship to New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area.Avila, Robert "Return to Deform". San Francisco Bay Guardian, January 7, 2009 Their rock musical Beowulf - A Thousand Years of Baggage, commissioned by the Shotgun Players, won the 2008 Will Glickman AwardZinoman, Jason "Sing Thee Out, Bespectacled Monster Slayer!". New York Times, March 25, 2009 and a 2011 Edinburgh Festival Herald Angel, and continues to tour internationally.
Artists
Jason Craig – Co-founder, co-artistic director, writer, performer
Jessica Jelliffe – Co-founder, co-artistic director, performer
Peter Blomquist – Performer
Mallory Catlett – Director, dramaturg
Miranda K. Hardy – Lighting designer
Rod Hipskind – Director, performer
Dave Malloy – Composer, sound designer, performer
Heather Peroni – Performer
Zbigniew Bzymek – Video artist for Space//Space
Works
The Bastard Chronicles (1999) A compendium of oddities
Number 2 (2000) A drama about death and remembrance
GULAG HA HA (2002) A study on prison deformation
Sandwich (2003) A musical about killing animals
The Young War (2004) A panel discussion on the death of love
Panel.Animal (2005) A double feature of The Young War and Sandwich
The Sewers (2006) An aborted living room drama play
The Fall & Rise of The Rising Fallen (2007) A "making the band" pageant play
Beowulf - A Thousand Years Of Baggage (2008) A Banana Bag & Bodice SongPlay
Space//Space (2009/Play) A claustrophobic container tale
The Perfect Play (2013) The ultimate nativity musical
LongYarn (2016) A tell tale told by an old doozy
Space//Space (2023/Film) A claustrophobic container film
Interno Inferno (TBA) A poetic posit on the afterlife
Accolades
2008 – Will Glickman Award
2011 – Edinburgh Festival Herald Angel
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