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Taffety Punk presents its
bootleg production of Shakespeare's

"Troilus & Cressida"
Directed by Lise Bruneau

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Monday - July 27, 2009
 @ 7:00 pm
at the
Folger Shakespeare Theatre
201 East Capitol Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003

  

"Troilus & Cressida" is Shakespeare’s take
on the Trojan War – a mash-up of Homer’s "Iliad" and Chaucer’s "Troilus and Criseyde."

It’s violent, sexy, angry Shakespeare, in which he creates a universe where lust, betrayal, pride and swagger mix uneasily and ultimately combust
in useless bloodshed.

Taffety Punk’s bootleg production of "Troilus & Cressida" is a chance to get your vulgar palms around one of Shakespeare’s most complex plays. Featuring company members Kimberly Gilbert, Marcus Kyd and Christopher Marino.
Free * General Admission * No tickets required
 
Yo! What’s “bootleg theatre?”

Quick. Dirty. Fun. Shakespeare. Taffety Punk’s bootleg productions are the theatrical equivalent of the wildly-popular 48-hour film festivals – but with no edits, no dubs and no do-overs. Absolutely live theatre without a net.

The premise is simple: A troupe of actors arrives at the theatre at 10 a.m. on the morning of the day of the show. The text is always one of Shakespeare’s least-performed plays. (Previous Taffety Punk bootlegs include Cymbeline and Henry VIII).

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THE FUTURE

In the works, a new dance-theatre-music composition based on the weird world of dreams.
No title yet, but exciting material to be honed and crafted by new company member
Paulina Guerrero with music from local punk faves.

Early Fall we reunite the riot grrls for another all-female
Shakespeare throw-down: "Measure for Measure."
And beyond that a brand new play, "Burn Your Books," by Richard Byrne and
finally the long-awaited production of an original work: "suicide.chat.room."

Keep your eyes and ears open for news of these exciting shows.
 
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The Faithkiller

  

Flyer for "The Faithkiller"
at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop,
April 1–18, 2009.

 

Featured in
The Washington Post
Express Night Out (4/2/2009)
Weekend Section (4/3/2009)

 
 

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Page to Stage Festival

    at the

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
 

Staged Reading of
Alighieri's Assent
by James Lawry
August 30, 2008

The Rape of Lucrece
by William Shakespeare
September 1, 2008

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William Shakespeare - King Henry VIII

"The Famous History of the Life of King Henry VIII"
at Round House Theatre, April 20, 2008.
 

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The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail

"The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail"
at Woolly Mammoth Theatre, April 14, 2008.
 

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Truth or Consequences

Flyer for "Truth or Consequences"
at The Corner Store, March 19, 2008.
 

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The John F. Kennedy Center
for the Performing Arts

Page to Stage Festival

an open rehearsal of

"suicide.chat.room"

September 3, 2007.

 

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The Devil in His Own Words

Flyer for "The Devil in His Own Words"
at Flashpoint Mead Theatre Lab, August 10–26, 2007.
 

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Two Dances

"Two Dances"
at Artomatic, May 19, 2007.
 

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Cardenio Found

"Cardenio Found"
at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre, April 12-22, 2007.
 

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The Skinhead Hamlet by Richard Curtis

Flyer for "The Skinhead Hamlet"
at the Warehouse Next Door. January 13, 2007.
 

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The John F. Kennedy Center
for the Performing Arts

"The Phoenix and Turtle" by William Shakespeare
September 3, 2006.

"pangea" by Stephen R. Culp
September 4, 2006.

  

See video of our
September 3, 2006
performance at the
Page to Stage Festival!
 

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let X by Gwydion Suilebhan

Postcard for "Let X"
at the Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint. April 27–May 7 2006.

See review
“Let X: Integral Inventiveness”
in The Washington Post
May 1, 2006
 

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Damaged Goods flyer

Flyer for "Damaged Goods"
at the Black Cat. February 27, 2006.

And Then It Faster Rock'd flyer

Flyer for "And Then It Faster Rock'd"
at the Black Cat. September 27, 2005.
   

The Devil, in His Own Words flyer

Flyer for "The Devil in His own Words"
at the Black Cat. December 2004.


Marcus Kyd and Paper Bag

Company members Marcus Kyd and Paper Bag
in "The Devil in His own Words"
at the Black Cat in Washington, DC.
December 2004.
 
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