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For the first time ever, Rage Theatrics will participate in the iowa Fringe Festival! You won't want to miss the side-splitting hilarity of Your Swash is Unbuckled: Three Pirate Plays by Jeff Goode.
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DATES, TIMES & LOCATION: Overflowing with tongue-in-cheek humor and swash-buckling fight choreography, “YOUR SWASH IS UNBUCKLED” will be performed in a circus tent at 1315 Grand Ave., Des Moines (about a block away from the library) at the following times: Thursday July 19 at 9:30 PM Friday July 20 at 8:00 PM Saturday July 21 at 9:30 PM Sunday July 22 at 3:30 PM SHOW AND CAST DETAILS: “YOUR SWASH IS UNBUCKLED: THREE PIRATE PLAYS BY JEFF GOODE” is composed of three short plays by No Shame co-founder and LA playwright Jeff Goode. This is the first time these plays have been performed all together. The plays are: “Jolly Jack Junior: The Buccaneer’s Bairn” “The Lewd Loves of a Lusty Laundress” “Bridget of Bristol: The
Bawdy Brigandess” In “Jolly Jack Junior: The
Buccaneer’s Bairn”, a young man declares war on all pirates
as he seeks revenge for his buccaneer mother who abandoned him
as a wee lad. When he finally confronts her, he learns that in
some things, mother really does know best. The lad and his
mother are played by Nate Mims and Nancy Mayfield, both
long-time members of Rage Theatrics and the touring troupe,
Shattock Schoole of Defence. “Jolly Jack Junior” is
directed by Rage Theatrics Managing Director Scott Lewis.
“Lewd Loves of a Lusty
Laundress” follows the daydreaming of a lonely lass whose
Cinderella-like life progresses from wishful thinking to its own
fairy tale ending. Becca Miller, a newcomer to Rage Theatrics,
plays the laundress; her suitors are portrayed by Rage Theatrics
regulars Aaron Haworth, Nathan Kula, and Jason Tipsword.
Tipsword is also Rage Theatrics’ resident fight director, and
the primary choreographer for “YOUR SWASH IS UNBUCKLED.” The performance culminates with
“Bridget of Bristol: The Bawdy Brigandess.” When the
bragging Bridget challenges any man to cross swords with her,
she is confronted by a damsel no longer in distress and
harboring a grudge. Directed by Rage Theatrics Education
Director Nancy Mayfield, “The Bawdy Brigandess” is
performed by Rage Theatrics member Kate Thompson and Rage
newcomer Megan Sands. TICKETS: Tickets for the 2007 iowa Fringe Festival are still only $10 each and good for any show in the Fringe. You can buy them the day of performances at FRINGE WEST (Pappajohn Center, 1200 Grand Ave, Main Floor, Lobby) and FRINGE EAST (State Historical Building, 601 E Locust St, Main Floor, Lobby). Also available will be our popular passes (for those deep discounts!): - 3-show pass - just $25 (save $5) - 5-show pass - just $35 (save $15) - All-Festival pass - just $100 (16 showtimes - one low price!) For more info, contact info@iowafringe.com.
PLAYWRIGHT JEFF GOODE: Playwright Jeff Goode is perhaps best known locally as one of the original founders of No Shame Theatre. Goode is a director, actor and the author of over 50 plays, musicals and children's shows, including “The Eight: Reindeer Monologues”, the cult serial “Larry and the Werewolf”, and “Anger Box.” His published scripts include “The Eight”, “The Misadventures of Dick Piston, Hotel Detective” and “The UBU Plays”, a children's trilogy based on the Jarry classic. Currently living in Los Angeles, Jeff has written television pilots for Fox, UPN, USA Networks, Canal Plus, and two for MTV, including the pilot for Undressed. For the Disney Channel, he created and executive-produced the animated series American Dragon: Jake Long. Goode is founding artistic
director of No Shame Los Angeles. For more information, visit
http://www.jeffgoode.com/. IOWA FRINGE FESTIVAL: The Power of iF - the iowa Fringe Festival July 19-22, 2007. www.iowafringe.com The iowa Fringe Festival is a non-profit collaborative celebration of theatre, film, & performing arts in downtown Des Moines. See a variety of new, “edgy,” offbeat or untried - as well as traditional - shows from local, regional, national, & international theatre groups, performing simultaneously in multiple venues each day. It’s theatre at a whirlwind pace, in an exciting, carnival atmosphere. For more information, contact info@iowafringe.com. iowa Fringe Festival is presented with the assistance of The Comedy Co-operative, Comedy Xperiment, Drama Workshop, StageWest, Tallgrass Theatre Company, Theatre…for a change, Iowa Arts Council, Des Moines Downtown Community Alliance, and Quality Inn and Suites.
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