Thu October 27, 2022
“Breed or Bust” Written & Performed by Joyful Raven + David Starlight*
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NOTE : This show is recommended for ages 18 and over.
Masks are required by request of the performers.
To breed or not to breed: that is the question award winning solo show artist Joyful Raven wrestles with in her new solo show. Blending standup and storytelling, Raven recounts her difficult reproductive "choices" and contends with her primal baby making instincts. Should she surrender to the role of weird aunty OR start a GoFundMe to freeze her geriatric eggs? With her breeding window rapidly shrinking, she reflects on her abortions, the father of her abortions and the complexity of modern womanhood. Come for the laughs and stay for the sex education...in case you forgot how babies were made..
Through dark humor and unabashedly honest storytelling, Raven offers a unique and nuanced perspective on a woman's right to choose. An issue that is painfully relevant due to the recent Supreme Court's decision on Roe vs. Wade. The show is fresh off an award winning run at the Hollywood Fringe Festival in Los Angeles where it received a Producers Encore Award and was nominated for Best Comedy out of a sea of 200 + shows. It also received a Gold Medal from tv.revolution and was called a "Brillant, Brilliant show..." by Noho Arts in Los Angeles. Raven is a veteran solo performer; her last show "Tales of a Sexual Tomboy" won Best of the Fringe at the San Francisco International Fringe Festival in 2016, had an Off-Broadway run on 42nd St in New York City and was dubbed"...one of the funniest shows now on display on Bay Area stages" by the SF Chronicle.
Written and Performed by Joyful Raven, Directed by Jael Weisman
Joyful Raven, whose parents ran a political theater company, grew up on the radical stage where she was forced into political positions and animal leotards long before she was a consenting adult. Due to this unusual childhood, she brings to her work a unique body of experience gained from decades of collaborating with iconic members of the San Francisco Mime Troupe and Dell' Arte International. Her last solo comedy Tales of a Sexual Tomboy was dubbed "...one of the funniest shows now on display on Bay Area stages" by the SF Chronicle. Tomboy won Best of the Fringe at the 2016 San Francisco Fringe Festival, was awarded an Encore Performance at the 2017 United Solo Festival in NYC and appeared at the Los Angeles Women's Theater Festival in 2018. Her additional theatre credits include lead actor and co-author of four plays for Prize of Hope winning company Human Nature and co-founder of the ensemble-driven theatre company Rococo Risqué, winner of SF Weekly Best Theater Ensemble. Joyful has also appeared as an actor in many projects on stage and film, including Odyssey Works, an immersive theatre project; The Pursuit of Happiness, with Will Smith; and Spring Awakening, directed by Broadway and West End director Stafford Arima. She studied theater at Sarah Lawrence College in NY and holds an MFA in theater from UC Davis. She is a well respected teacher of solo performance and storytelling in the Bay Area where she holds regular classes at the Berkeley Rep School of Theater.
https://www.facebook.com/joyful.raven
https://www.instagram.com/joyfulraven
https://www.joyful-raven.com/breedorbust
David Starlight*
David Starlight* is a musical artist based in San Francisco, CA, and he currently releases new songs and music videos through his own label, Outsider's Soirée. His latest release, Raw Songbursts Volume I, is an exercise in the minimalist embellishment of raw song DNA that features the percussion of handclaps and sticks, multi-layered voices and harmonies, and a range of soundscapes that moves from whimsical and celebratory to haunting and apocalyptic. *
https://www.davidstarlight.com
https://davidstarlight.bandcamp.com/album/raw-songbursts-volume-i
https://open.spotify.com/album/5oWyxwDLGU4pDA507mD0tu
https://youtube.com/playlist
Recommended if you like:
Joyful Raven - Recommended If You Like : Gilda Radner, Phoebe Waller-Bridge , Lena Dunham , Amy Schumer , Lady Rizo
David Starlight* - Recommended If You Like: Silvana Estrada , Fantastic Negrito , Kate Bush , Lead Belly , Tracy Chapman
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Masks are required by request of the performers.
To breed or not to breed: that is the question award winning solo show artist Joyful Raven wrestles with in her new solo show. Blending standup and storytelling, Raven recounts her difficult reproductive "choices" and contends with her primal baby making instincts. Should she surrender to the role of weird aunty OR start a GoFundMe to freeze her geriatric eggs? With her breeding window rapidly shrinking, she reflects on her abortions, the father of her abortions and the complexity of modern womanhood. Come for the laughs and stay for the sex education...in case you forgot how babies were made..
Through dark humor and unabashedly honest storytelling, Raven offers a unique and nuanced perspective on a woman's right to choose. An issue that is painfully relevant due to the recent Supreme Court's decision on Roe vs. Wade. The show is fresh off an award winning run at the Hollywood Fringe Festival in Los Angeles where it received a Producers Encore Award and was nominated for Best Comedy out of a sea of 200 + shows. It also received a Gold Medal from tv.revolution and was called a "Brillant, Brilliant show..." by Noho Arts in Los Angeles. Raven is a veteran solo performer; her last show "Tales of a Sexual Tomboy" won Best of the Fringe at the San Francisco International Fringe Festival in 2016, had an Off-Broadway run on 42nd St in New York City and was dubbed"...one of the funniest shows now on display on Bay Area stages" by the SF Chronicle.
Written and Performed by Joyful Raven, Directed by Jael Weisman
Joyful Raven, whose parents ran a political theater company, grew up on the radical stage where she was forced into political positions and animal leotards long before she was a consenting adult. Due to this unusual childhood, she brings to her work a unique body of experience gained from decades of collaborating with iconic members of the San Francisco Mime Troupe and Dell' Arte International. Her last solo comedy Tales of a Sexual Tomboy was dubbed "...one of the funniest shows now on display on Bay Area stages" by the SF Chronicle. Tomboy won Best of the Fringe at the 2016 San Francisco Fringe Festival, was awarded an Encore Performance at the 2017 United Solo Festival in NYC and appeared at the Los Angeles Women's Theater Festival in 2018. Her additional theatre credits include lead actor and co-author of four plays for Prize of Hope winning company Human Nature and co-founder of the ensemble-driven theatre company Rococo Risqué, winner of SF Weekly Best Theater Ensemble. Joyful has also appeared as an actor in many projects on stage and film, including Odyssey Works, an immersive theatre project; The Pursuit of Happiness, with Will Smith; and Spring Awakening, directed by Broadway and West End director Stafford Arima. She studied theater at Sarah Lawrence College in NY and holds an MFA in theater from UC Davis. She is a well respected teacher of solo performance and storytelling in the Bay Area where she holds regular classes at the Berkeley Rep School of Theater.
https://www.facebook.com/joyful.raven
https://www.instagram.com/joyfulraven
https://www.joyful-raven.com/breedorbust
David Starlight*
David Starlight* is a musical artist based in San Francisco, CA, and he currently releases new songs and music videos through his own label, Outsider's Soirée. His latest release, Raw Songbursts Volume I, is an exercise in the minimalist embellishment of raw song DNA that features the percussion of handclaps and sticks, multi-layered voices and harmonies, and a range of soundscapes that moves from whimsical and celebratory to haunting and apocalyptic. *
https://www.davidstarlight.com
https://davidstarlight.bandcamp.com/album/raw-songbursts-volume-i
https://open.spotify.com/album/5oWyxwDLGU4pDA507mD0tu
https://youtube.com/playlist
Recommended if you like:
Joyful Raven - Recommended If You Like : Gilda Radner, Phoebe Waller-Bridge , Lena Dunham , Amy Schumer , Lady Rizo
David Starlight* - Recommended If You Like: Silvana Estrada , Fantastic Negrito , Kate Bush , Lead Belly , Tracy Chapman
NOTE : This show is recommended for ages 18 and over.
Masks are required by request of the performers.
To breed or not to breed: that is the question award winning solo show artist Joyful Raven wrestles with in her new solo show. Blending standup and storytelling, Raven recounts her difficult reproductive "choices" and contends with her primal baby making instincts. Should she surrender to the role of weird aunty OR start a GoFundMe to freeze her geriatric eggs? With her breeding window rapidly shrinking, she reflects on her abortions, the father of her abortions and the complexity of modern womanhood. Come for the laughs and stay for the sex education...in case you forgot how babies were made..
Through dark humor and unabashedly honest storytelling, Raven offers a unique and nuanced perspective on a woman's right to choose. An issue that is painfully relevant due to the recent Supreme Court's decision on Roe vs. Wade. The show is fresh off an award winning run at the Hollywood Fringe Festival in Los Angeles where it received a Producers Encore Award and was nominated for Best Comedy out of a sea of 200 + shows. It also received a Gold Medal from tv.revolution and was called a "Brillant, Brilliant show..." by Noho Arts in Los Angeles. Raven is a veteran solo performer; her last show "Tales of a Sexual Tomboy" won Best of the Fringe at the San Francisco International Fringe Festival in 2016, had an Off-Broadway run on 42nd St in New York City and was dubbed"...one of the funniest shows now on display on Bay Area stages" by the SF Chronicle.
Written and Performed by Joyful Raven, Directed by Jael Weisman
Joyful Raven, whose parents ran a political theater company, grew up on the radical stage where she was forced into political positions and animal leotards long before she was a consenting adult. Due to this unusual childhood, she brings to her work a unique body of experience gained from decades of collaborating with iconic members of the San Francisco Mime Troupe and Dell' Arte International. Her last solo comedy Tales of a Sexual Tomboy was dubbed "...one of the funniest shows now on display on Bay Area stages" by the SF Chronicle. Tomboy won Best of the Fringe at the 2016 San Francisco Fringe Festival, was awarded an Encore Performance at the 2017 United Solo Festival in NYC and appeared at the Los Angeles Women's Theater Festival in 2018. Her additional theatre credits include lead actor and co-author of four plays for Prize of Hope winning company Human Nature and co-founder of the ensemble-driven theatre company Rococo Risqué, winner of SF Weekly Best Theater Ensemble. Joyful has also appeared as an actor in many projects on stage and film, including Odyssey Works, an immersive theatre project; The Pursuit of Happiness, with Will Smith; and Spring Awakening, directed by Broadway and West End director Stafford Arima. She studied theater at Sarah Lawrence College in NY and holds an MFA in theater from UC Davis. She is a well respected teacher of solo performance and storytelling in the Bay Area where she holds regular classes at the Berkeley Rep School of Theater.
https://www.facebook.com/joyful.raven
https://www.instagram.com/joyfulraven
https://www.joyful-raven.com/breedorbust
David Starlight*
David Starlight* is a musical artist based in San Francisco, CA, and he currently releases new songs and music videos through his own label, Outsider's Soirée. His latest release, Raw Songbursts Volume I, is an exercise in the minimalist embellishment of raw song DNA that features the percussion of handclaps and sticks, multi-layered voices and harmonies, and a range of soundscapes that moves from whimsical and celebratory to haunting and apocalyptic. *
https://www.davidstarlight.com
https://davidstarlight.bandcamp.com/album/raw-songbursts-volume-i
https://open.spotify.com/album/5oWyxwDLGU4pDA507mD0tu
https://youtube.com/playlist
Recommended if you like:
Joyful Raven - Recommended If You Like : Gilda Radner, Phoebe Waller-Bridge , Lena Dunham , Amy Schumer , Lady Rizo
David Starlight* - Recommended If You Like: Silvana Estrada , Fantastic Negrito , Kate Bush , Lead Belly , Tracy Chapman
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Masks are required by request of the performers.
To breed or not to breed: that is the question award winning solo show artist Joyful Raven wrestles with in her new solo show. Blending standup and storytelling, Raven recounts her difficult reproductive "choices" and contends with her primal baby making instincts. Should she surrender to the role of weird aunty OR start a GoFundMe to freeze her geriatric eggs? With her breeding window rapidly shrinking, she reflects on her abortions, the father of her abortions and the complexity of modern womanhood. Come for the laughs and stay for the sex education...in case you forgot how babies were made..
Through dark humor and unabashedly honest storytelling, Raven offers a unique and nuanced perspective on a woman's right to choose. An issue that is painfully relevant due to the recent Supreme Court's decision on Roe vs. Wade. The show is fresh off an award winning run at the Hollywood Fringe Festival in Los Angeles where it received a Producers Encore Award and was nominated for Best Comedy out of a sea of 200 + shows. It also received a Gold Medal from tv.revolution and was called a "Brillant, Brilliant show..." by Noho Arts in Los Angeles. Raven is a veteran solo performer; her last show "Tales of a Sexual Tomboy" won Best of the Fringe at the San Francisco International Fringe Festival in 2016, had an Off-Broadway run on 42nd St in New York City and was dubbed"...one of the funniest shows now on display on Bay Area stages" by the SF Chronicle.
Written and Performed by Joyful Raven, Directed by Jael Weisman
Joyful Raven, whose parents ran a political theater company, grew up on the radical stage where she was forced into political positions and animal leotards long before she was a consenting adult. Due to this unusual childhood, she brings to her work a unique body of experience gained from decades of collaborating with iconic members of the San Francisco Mime Troupe and Dell' Arte International. Her last solo comedy Tales of a Sexual Tomboy was dubbed "...one of the funniest shows now on display on Bay Area stages" by the SF Chronicle. Tomboy won Best of the Fringe at the 2016 San Francisco Fringe Festival, was awarded an Encore Performance at the 2017 United Solo Festival in NYC and appeared at the Los Angeles Women's Theater Festival in 2018. Her additional theatre credits include lead actor and co-author of four plays for Prize of Hope winning company Human Nature and co-founder of the ensemble-driven theatre company Rococo Risqué, winner of SF Weekly Best Theater Ensemble. Joyful has also appeared as an actor in many projects on stage and film, including Odyssey Works, an immersive theatre project; The Pursuit of Happiness, with Will Smith; and Spring Awakening, directed by Broadway and West End director Stafford Arima. She studied theater at Sarah Lawrence College in NY and holds an MFA in theater from UC Davis. She is a well respected teacher of solo performance and storytelling in the Bay Area where she holds regular classes at the Berkeley Rep School of Theater.
https://www.facebook.com/joyful.raven
https://www.instagram.com/joyfulraven
https://www.joyful-raven.com/breedorbust
David Starlight*
David Starlight* is a musical artist based in San Francisco, CA, and he currently releases new songs and music videos through his own label, Outsider's Soirée. His latest release, Raw Songbursts Volume I, is an exercise in the minimalist embellishment of raw song DNA that features the percussion of handclaps and sticks, multi-layered voices and harmonies, and a range of soundscapes that moves from whimsical and celebratory to haunting and apocalyptic. *
https://www.davidstarlight.com
https://davidstarlight.bandcamp.com/album/raw-songbursts-volume-i
https://open.spotify.com/album/5oWyxwDLGU4pDA507mD0tu
https://youtube.com/playlist
Recommended if you like:
Joyful Raven - Recommended If You Like : Gilda Radner, Phoebe Waller-Bridge , Lena Dunham , Amy Schumer , Lady Rizo
David Starlight* - Recommended If You Like: Silvana Estrada , Fantastic Negrito , Kate Bush , Lead Belly , Tracy Chapman
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