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Abducted
Action!
Asian for Dummies
Ball and Daisy Chain
Can You See Me?
Certain Things...
Chinese Clown Cabaret
Cincinatti
Come Fly With Me Nude
Comedy on the Square
divagation
Faker
Flame and the Stone
Flower Murderer
Framework
Future Folkloric
Hollywoodland
Home/Darkness
Hooray for Speech...
It's Stupid to Steal...
Late Night With God
Long-Form Improv &...
m.i. blue's TWILITE...
Magic @ the Fringe
Moliere Than Thou
nEO-sURREALISTS Present
Other American Stories
Oui Be Negroes
PAIN
Quarter Into It
Rabbit Causes Dog
Rap Canterbury Tales
Reframing the Hourglass
Short and Sweet...
some life
Subhuman-True Tales...
This Love Train...
Thrilling Adventures...
Tonight: The Harsh …
Under the Counter...
Viva Karaoke!...
Viva Vivi
Wrestling an Alligator
Young War
Zeppelin Beach Improv

For its fifth year, BB&B return to the SF Fringe to present their newest golden steaming nugglet. A poetic documentary of a show that explores the duel stroke appeal of the escort and woo, and the humiliating battle between 'having' a sex and 'doing' the sex thing. The result is the violent, retrospective misgiving of a spent and dried-up rubber. Come see, come smell, come stain. Yep. From the makers of Best of Fringe shows "Sandwich" and "Gulag Ha Ha". "Fearless physical intensity. Restores your faith in the fringe festival as a showcase for art with integrity."-Time Out NY

VENUE: EXIT THEATRE 156 EDDY STREET
FRIDAY 10 8:30 PM
SATURDAY 11 2:30 PM
SUNDAY 12 8:30 PM
MONDAY 13 10:00 PM
THURSDAY 16 7:00 PM
SUNDAY 19 5:30 PM
TICKETS $8

The Young War

Created and workshopped by the ensemble
Peter Blomquist, Jason Craig, Rod Hipskind, Jessica Jelliffe, Heather Peroni

"These performers exemplify true collaborative ensemble." nytheatre.com

Please contact us at bananabagandbodice@yahoo.com
Banana, Bag and Bodice Company History

The Bastard Chronicles (1999) San Francisco Fringe Festival: Best of Fringe Award
Number 2 (2000) San Francisco: Fringe Festival Best of Fringe Award
Gulag Ha Ha (2002) San Francisco Fringe Festival: Best of Fringe Award
Gulag Ha Ha (2003) New York Fringe
Sandwich (2003) San Francisco Fringe Festival: Best Musical Award
Gulag Ha Ha (2003) Dublin Fringe
The Young War (2004) Gawk 2 (NYC)
Sandwich (2004) EXIT Theatre Production (SF)

bio-info-ographies

Peter Blomquist has written eight plays, including a one-man show about Vincent Van Gogh, which he has produced in New York, Los Angeles and Minneapolis. His short film "whalebone" was a finalist in a New York City film competition.

Jason Craig has been writing, acting and producing for Banana, Bag and Bodice since its inception in 1999. He maintains a bi-coastal existence, making both New York and San Francisco his artistic homes, but hopes to spend more time in Ireland his native country, entertaining his family. His shows have appeared in three different fringe festivals. Some acting credits; Sincerity Forever, Mac Wellman (Misery/Loves), Midnight Brainwash Revival, Kirk Wood Bromely (foolsFURY), As You Like It, Shakespeare (Restless NYC), Valparaiso, Don DeLillo (foolsFURY).
He is a company member of foolsFURY, a San Francisco based ensemble company. His newest writing and Banana, Bag and Bodice's newest show, The Young War, will appear this September at the San Francisco and Dublin Fringes.

Jessica Jelliffe is an ensemble member of Banana, Bag and Bodice, and has appeared in each of its productions since its formation for the 1999 SF Fringe Festival. Other collaborations with San Francisco companies: Carker 2/Praskovia/Hambag in Gogol a clown-opera, adapted by Jason Craig, Sean Owens and David Malloy; As a member of foolsFURY Theater Company in SF: Attempts On Her Life, The Dreamstealers, Midnight Brainwash Revival, Jacques and His Master and, Valparaiso. With companies in New York: gALE gATES et al's final production, History of the World Pt IV, and Rosalind in Restless NYC's As You Like It, Restless in Arden directed by Mallory Catlett. She has trained with ACT and the SITI Company and at San Francisco's Noh Space studying Butoh, Noh and Kyogen performance styles under Jubileth Moore and Shinichi Momo Koga.

Rod Hipskind This is Rod's first collaboration with Banana Bag and Bodice after years of openly coveting their work. He resides, acts and works in San Francisco where he is the artistic director and founder of Wits End Theatre Company. Presiding over and acting in their productions of Woyyzeck, The Wild Goose, Ophelia's Epitaph, Self Torture and Strenous Exercise and Eric Overmeyer's, On The Verge. Additionally, he is an ensemble member of Fool's Fury Theatre, appearing in their acclaimed Attempts On Her Life and most recently, as Micheal Majeski in Don DeLillo's, Valparaiso. From 1993 through 1996 he ran with The Sacramento Shakespeare Festival playing Horatio in Hamlet, Valentine in Two Gentleman of Verona, Pandarus in Troilus and Cressida and Costard in Love's Labour's Lost. Directing credits include: Dancing at Lughnasa, The Bible, and The Case of The Crushed Petunia's at San Francisco State University, and The Party with Fools fury Theater. Rod has trained with Siti Company and Bill Peters/Ghostlight in Viewpoints philosophy and in Suzuki styles with Siti Company and Yukihiro Goto.

Heather Peroni is a recent addition to the ensemble of Banana Bag and Bodice and has appeared in their original productions of Sandwich (SF Fringe 2003) and The Young War (Gawk Festival II, NYC). She has also performed in New York in the original plays 25 Women by Nate Weiss and Walleyed Productions and also 10 Stories: A Humble Offering to the Manhattan Skyline. She participated in the Chicago Sketch Comedy Festivals (both 2003 and 2004) with cross-country sketch group Old Man McGinty, and has appeared on the Upright Citizens Brigade stage with the improvisation group, Best Looking. In addition to several Old Man McGinty shows at EXIT Theatre in San Francisco, she has been seen there in the Misery/Loves Company production of Get Me Rodd Keith! by Josh Pollock and Better Days by Gillian Chadsey. She has explored her interest in physical theatre at the International Workshop Festival in London, at the San Francisco School for Circus Arts and with Gennadi Bogdanov, master teacher of Meyerhold's Biomechanics in both SF and Seattle.