IF YOU CAN STAND THE HEAT: The History Of Women In Food
Hungry? So are we. With a recent grant from the Puffin Foundation we developed this new comedy in 2009. If You Can Stand The Heat: The History of Women and Food addresses women’s anxiety around food and the body; features a handful of lady culinary heroes who contributed to the menus of our daily lives; and investigates what responsibilities we have as surplus-food American citizens to the under-nourished nations in our global community. The result is a hilarious, flour-dusted, theatrically surprising stage conversation meant to dissolve fears of food and encourage freedom of the fork. Spoiler alert: We wouldn’t be surprised if somebody got a pie in the face.
75 minutes. 3 performers. 2 technical crew.
FEMINISTS ARE FUNNY
Got the giggles? Whenever we do we head back into the jungle to rework our signature show, Feminists Are Funny. We make sure to include up-to-the-minute commentary on hot political topics, breaking news in women’s issues and bunches of bananas in this riotous 70 minute romp through our famous posters, street theatre actions, and excerpts from the current comedies in our repertoire. Skits, songs and parodies in Feminists Are Funny address reproductive rights, war, sex trafficking, hunger, herstory/history/hirstory and violence against women.
70 minutes. 2 to 3 performers. 2 technical crew.
SILENCE IS VIOLENCE
Antsy? Then take a look at Silence is Violence. This play includes a 30-minute section on statistics and strategies for combating violence against women. We dramatize a series of date rape situations and educate the audience with information on how they can set boundaries and avoid potentially dangerous situations. Skits dramatizing bystander intervention end this upbeat and empowering show. Local and statewide stats regarding violence against women are incorporated into each performance making each one site-specific. Silence Is Violence is also part up-to-the minute commentary on hot political topics and part overview of Guerrilla Girls On Tour’s most famous posters, performance art and protests.
70 minutes. 3 performers. 2 technical crew.
