Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage 2020 Directed by Rod Hipskind
Three academics romp their way through mead-soaked Scandinavia. Semi-opera noise ensues. Hwæt!
Flawed heroes, sympathetic monsters and haughty professors collide as this hefty poem is rescued from the grasp of 1,000 years of highbrow analysis and transformed into a defiantly raucous musical. Presented by San Francisco's infamous Shotgun Players and New York's infectious Banana Bag & Bodice, this SongPlay is an irreverent dissertation on art versus criticism in blood-soaked Scandinavia.
Cast
Jason Craig
Beowulf
Cameron Galloway
Academic 3/Dragon
Anna Ishida
Warrior 1
Jessica Jelliffe
Academic 1/Grendel's Mother
Christopher Kuckenbaker
Academic 2/Grendel
Dave Malloy
King Hrothgar
Shaye Troha
Warrior 2
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Director
Writer
Editor
Sound
Costume Design
Music
Lighting