The Bastard Chronicles 
by Banana, Bag, and Bodice
San Francisco
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AAAAH!(a sketchy romp)
Alligators from the Sewer
Awake and Dreaming
Bardo "A" Go Go
The Bastard Chronicles
Bethelda In My Office
Black Light Kabuki or Listen Now ...
Brown and Black and White All Over
But Stevie Nicks Understands-
PartIV
A Call From Peter Mahoney
Coyote and the Great Albino Bat
Cry of Aradia: Ritual Theatre for the Modern Woman
Deconstructing Julie
Destination Unknown
Dirty on the Inside
The Divine Box
Duke Ellington and Me
The Fatty and Pinhead Show
Faust/Faustus
Flying Home
Hanging On Your Every Word
Highway to Helen
Home Plate
Horse Tales
Juicy Tidbits
Killing My Lobster's Comedy Show
Knock On Wood
Membership Is Never Free
Moog Bandits Gave Me the Clap
Mumble In Numbskull
My Head Was A Sledge Hammer
Naked Foam and Other Objects in Predicaments
No Fences, a midwestern tale
Nudity Is Contagious
Popcorn Anti-Theater on the Mexican Bus!
The Purple Sage
Right This Way Into the Fire
Right-On Insane Asylum
Romance: A One Man Show
Sarcastic Fables
Shakespeare's Mums
Start Trekkin'
Step Up
Straight Ahead
Talking With Angels
The Tango at the Hotel Santiago
Think of a Pencil
Tired Cliches
The Tragic Mellow Dramatic Death of Doris Dinghy
The Ugly Duchess
The Unseen Hand
Woyzeck
 
 play = The Bastard Chronicles
2name = David Brewster
3email = david.brewster@kp.org
4rating = 4 Stars
5review = Wonderful tone, mocking theatre conventions. All performers stood out, (and then stood back so we wouldn't be confused). couple absurd scenes took too long, but big laughs throughout. Highlights: the Banana, Bag, and Bodice dance, and the Beckett parody, with the most ridiculous "Oh the futility of it all!!" profession I've ever seen. The narrator was perfect: engaging/creepy, with a carny sensibility and great teeth: very creepy. Big laughs!

1play = The Bastard Chronicles
2name = Jay Martin
3email = scenography@hotmail.com
4rating = 4 Stars
5review = An absurd, truly Absurd piece ends this collection of pieces. Factory workers butter bread, argue slowly, and weep to hear singing. Other highlights are a bitter clown with a frightened kid, a bitter old man with his memories, and a waltz of ugly hermaphrodites. Excellent writing.

1play = Bastard Chronicles
2name = Bill Bl
3email =
4rating = 4 Stars
5review = This was an impressive display of mastery of the theatrical staging, very powerful visual impact. Writing is not coherent across piece

1play = Bastard Chronicles
2name = R. Mertz
3email =
4rating = 5 Stars
5review = If you like Peter Greenway you'll love this. The set alone is a work of art. The actors enha

1play = The Bastard Chronicles
2name = Jo
3email = jo@exingres.org
4rating = 3 Stars
5review = To repeat another reviewer: a disjointed
comedy... some funny bits. The man(?) in
the chair in the air was excellent... and
the funny bits are... funny! Off-the-wall,
fun, go see it! (Why not?)

1play = The Bastard Chronicles
2name = sahara
3email = sahara@sirius.com
4rating = 3 Stars
5review = This was kinda strange and without a particular single story to tell, but it did tell stories and some of them were kinda good. Plus, there's a girl in bondage hanging from the ceiling and you kinda can't beat that for $7.99. Stuff happens that is messy and might upset you, but if you don't feel anything at all, it isn't art. So this was. There are songs and dances. It made me laugh a few times.
Of the five shows I've seen in two days, I must say I remembered this one the most.

1play = Bastard Chronicles
2name = MG
3email =
4rating = 1 Star
5review = A dis-jointed comedy... some funny bits, a nice monologue delivered by Jessica, but all in all, it just doesn't work. It had the feel to it that each of the performers worked seperatly on their own material, and it suffers from lack of unity, and lack of true comedic or dramatic structure.

1play = the bastard chronicles
2name = jan spedwick
3email = jesse_lyon@yahoo.com
4rating = 5 Stars
5review = i know these guys and have seen there rehersals and it looks real good so i recommend it that you go see it.


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