Bouncing Ball News
Thanksgiving Welcomes Tryptophan, Black Friday, and Cautionary Tales at Round House
If you intend to be in DC for the Thanksgiving weekend, please mark your calendars now to come see the return of Cautionary Tales for Adults and the Many Adventures of Trixie Tickles (Winner of the 2007 Audience Choice Pick of the Fringe for Best Musical and awarded 5 Fringes by DC Theatre Scene).
We're at Round House Silver Spring.
Nov. 28, 8pm
Nov. 29, 3pm and 8pm
Nov. 30, 3pm
For Tickets: 240-644-1100 or tickets.com
Cautionary Tales for Adults and the Many Adventures of Trixie Tickles
by Shawn Northrip
directed by Shirley Serotsky
music directed by Andy Welchel
choreographed by Melissa-Leigh Douglass
designed by David Ghatan and Erin Nugent
production managed by Katherine C. Mielke
featuring original cast members Casie Platt, Alessandra Migliaccio, and Stephanie Hammel; Bouncing Ball Regular Joe Pindelski; and introducing our newest family member, Chase Helton."If someone were to re-animate Hunter S. Thompson and task him with creating an amalgam of Dora the Explorer and The Wiggles this is probably what you'd get."
Don Whiteside, DC Metro Blogging, on Cautionary Tales for Adults and the Many Adventures of Trixie Tickles at the 2007 Capital Fringe Festival"I heard people mentioning Avenue Q comparisons as I walked out. Now, I saw Avenue Q on Broadway and this show is quite different, the sarcasm more biting and I actually think it is funnier."
Ronnie Ruff, DC Theatre Scene, on Cautionary Tales for Adults and the Many Adventures of Trixie Tickles at the 2007 Capital Fringe Festival
Coming to Power House? Download Your eProgram
There are no paper programs to Power House, but you can download an eProgram. We can't call it an iProgram because Steve Jobs threatened to sue us.
- Power House eProgram (.pdf)
Bouncing Ball Tops the Title Length of Cautionary Tales for Adults and the Many Adventures of Trixie Tickles with Power House: the Super-Ozone-Friendly-Happy-Disco-Energy Techno-Dance-Along Show
Back at Fringe, back at Source, back to shows with titles that need their own zip code. It's like 2007, except the gas is twice as expensive.
See you at Source.
Charlie Fink presents
a Bouncing Ball Theatrical ProductionPower House: the Super-Ozone-Friendly-Happy-Disco-Energy Techno-Dance-Along Show
by Shawn Northrip
directed by Shirley Serotsky
choreographed by Sarah Anne AustinJuly 17th at 6pm and 10pm, July 19th at 12noon, July 20th at 7:30pm, July 23rd at 9:30pm, and July 25th at 10pm.
Source Theatre, 1835 14th St. NW, Washington, DC 20009 (map)
Power House: the Super-Ozone-Friendly-Happy-Disco-Energy Techno-Dance-Along Show is a science-fiction musical fable rave which casts the audience as dancers in a futuristic power plant where dance energy is converted into clean Discotech power. When someone stops dancing, the entire Power House is threatened, and the managers must act quickly to keep the lights on. Part theatre and part rave, Power House delivers an hour of techno beats, light show, glow sticks, and ring pops, all the while warning of the dangers of even the best of intentions.
The company features cast members Joe Pindelski, Mike Silver, Gwen Grastorf, Kevin O'Reilly, Kathryn Rheault, Dave Fink, Anne Marie Dalton, Betsy Rosen, Jeremy Skidmore, and designers David Ghatan, Erin Nugent, Elisheba Ittoop, and Brett Cramer.
All tickets for the CapFringe Festival are $15 and can be purchased online at www.capfringe.org, by telephone at 866-811-4111, or at the Fringe Box Office, 607 New York Ave., NW, WDC 20001
"Spinning Graggers Theatrical Productions?": Celebrate Purim with Bouncing Ball
Follow up St. Patrick's Day, Catholicism's most debauched--err, festive--holiday with the most merry Jewish holiday.
A Purim Party featuring The Playdoh Golem
Saturday, March 22nd, 9pm
Washington DCJCC
1529 16th Street NW (map)
Washington, DC 20036
Join us for a new take on the Purim Spiel!Celebrate Purim with drinks, music and laughs as Theater J presents a staged reading of The Playdough Golem the newest play from the twisted mind of Shawn Northrip (Titus X, Lunch and last year’s Cap Fringe “Pick of Fringe,” Cautionary Tales for Adults and The Many Adventures of Trixie Tickles).
Leah Goldstein, Rebecca Goldman and Abby Goldberg plot to win their Hebrew school crushes by destroying their non-Jewish competition. When their plot to make a female Golem succeeds they must stop her before she destroys the entire neighborhood. This fun rock musical will take you back to your high school days when your crushes were deep, your friends were shallow and Hebrew school was just an excuse to flirt. Featuring The Shuligans, the world's worst post-punk Bar Mitzvah band.
Doors open at 9:00 pm. Show starts at 9:30 pm. $10 Ticket includes one free drink.
You can purchase tickets at the DJCC website.
December Brings Many Happy Returns: Zidney Arrives at MetroStage and Titus Revisits Black Cat
The greenest gift this holiday season? Forget rechargeable batteries and Metro yourself and a friend to a Bouncing Ball Theatrical Production:
Titus X
Featuring original DC cast members Jason Stiles, Marybeth Fritzky, and
Joe Pindelski; and Bouncing Ball Regulars Cesar Guadamuz, Casie Platt
and Andrew Honeycutt.
Tuesday, December 18th, 9pm
Black Cat
1811 14th St. NW
Washington, DC 20009
Buy tickets now at Ticketmaster or at the door.
The Wonderful World of Zidney
directed by Shirley Serotsky
music directed by Andy Welchel
stage managed by Katie Clemmonsfeaturing:
Bobby Smith, Ike Mizner
Toni Rae Brotons, Christine Mizner
Michael John Casey, Don Doughvitz
Joe Pindelski, Jacob Fishberger
John Dow, Ray Zidney
Michael Grew, Mikey Mouseand as the fabulous Zidney Princesses:
Casie Platt
Kelly Tighe
Alessandra Migliaccio
Jennie Lutz
Jillian LocklearMonday, December 10th, 8pm
MetroStage
1201 North Royal St.
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Bouncing Ball Gets Audience "Pick Of the Fringe"
They like us. And I guess you do too. Thanks for voting Cautionary Tales for Adults and the Many Adventures of Trixie Tickles the "Pick of the Fringe" for Musical at this year's Capitol Fringe Festival.
Titus X Anthologized
Titus X by Shawn Nothrip appears in Playing With Canons: Explosive New Works from Great Literature by America's Indie Playwrights. You can buy the book on Amazon.com and read Michael Criscuolo interview Shawn about the musical at The New York Theatre Experience.
Review Roundup
Lunch, The Musical at Capital
Fringe Festival, July 2006
- "It’s Carrie meets grilled cheese, and it’s tasty.
You can really dig your teeth into this production." DC Theatre Reviews
Cautionary Tales for Adults and the Many Adventures of
Trixie Tickles at Kennedy Center Page-to-Stage Festival, September 2006
- "The cast is uniformly good and Platt is a little
ball of demonic energy in these two shows; Pindelski demonstrates a terrific
set of pipes; and they are backed by a tight little band." DC Theatre Reviews
Lunch, the Musical at New
York Music Theatre Festival, September 2006
- "When was the last time you smiled through an entire
production? When was the last time you saw live theater and your mind didn’t
wander? This musical is quirky, fun, delicious and a gem." Edge New York
- "Though characters and setups are decidedly stock,
they are fleshed out with acute detail thanks to an enviably coordinated
effort by author Shawn Northrip, director Shirley Serotsky, and a cast
of 10 deeply talented and committed young performers." Backstage
- "[T]his is a comedy, a big, fun comedy, and the touching
moments that come are appropriately timed, not heavy-handed, and fit perfectly
into the comedic flow." NYTheatre.com