Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage
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.
Directed by Rod Hipskind · Written by Jason Craig
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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
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Dave Malloy King Hrothgar - Shaye Troha Warrior 2
Make it a double feature
3h 43m together
Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage
The Harmonists
A close match in mood and era.
