Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage (2020)
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.
Director: Rod Hipskind
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Jason Craig as Beowulf |
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Cameron Galloway as Academic 3/Dragon |
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Anna Ishida as Warrior 1 |
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Jessica Jelliffe as Academic 1/Grendel's Mother |
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Christopher Kuckenbaker as Academic 2/Grendel |
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Dave Malloy as King Hrothgar |
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Shaye Troha as Warrior 2 |
| Sound | Dave Malloy | Music |
| Directing | Rod Hipskind | Director |
| Writing | Jason Craig | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kaibrina Buck | Costume Designer |
| Lighting | Miranda Hardy | Lighting Design |
| Editing | Christopher Kuckenbaker | Editor |
| Crew | Anna Ishida | Choreographer |
| Sound | Brendan West | Sound Designer |
| Crew | Shaye Troha | Choreographer |