Banana Bag & Bodice


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.
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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. Their rock musical Beowulf - A Thousand Years of Baggage, commissioned by the Shotgun Players, won the 2008 Will Glickman Award 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
  • * A compendium of odditiesNumber 2
  • * A drama about death and remembranceGULAG HA HA
  • * A study on prison deformationSandwich
  • * A musical about killing animalsThe Young War
  • * A panel discussion on the death of lovePanel.Animal
  • * A double feature of The Young War and SandwichThe Sewers
  • * An aborted living room drama playThe Fall & Rise of The Rising Fallen
  • * A "making the band" pageant playBeowulf - A Thousand Years Of Baggage
  • * A Banana Bag & Bodice SongPlaySpace//Space
  • * A claustrophobic container taleThe Perfect Play
  • * The ultimate nativity musicalLongYarn
  • * A tell tale told by an old doozySpace//Space
  • * A claustrophobic container filmInterno Inferno
  • * A poetic posit on the afterlife

Accolades

  • 2008 – Will Glickman Award
  • 2011 – Edinburgh Festival Herald Angel