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Jollyship the Whiz-Bang was conceived in 2002 by playwright
Nick Jones and composer Raja
Azar. The origin of the group really began with a song,
"Pyrate Love," performed while the two were working
for the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus. The warm response
to this ballad of rape and murder became the central premise
for an expanding musical and theatrical universe. After years
of episodic productions, their work has culminated in a self-titled
show, "Jollyship the Whiz-Bang," directed by Sam
Gold, which played an extended run to sold out crowds at Ars
Nova in the summer of 2008, and which garnered
massive praise in The New York Times, the New
Yorker, Variety and Time Out, to
name but a few. It was resurrected for the 2010 Under the
Radar Festival at the Public Theater.
Jollyship released their latest album, "It's
Not the Moon's Fault," in January 2010. Also available
is an EP from 2006, “Curse
of the Ancient Legend” which followed their first
album “Songs
to Drown By." The last muster of crewmembers had
Keith Fredrickson on lead guitar, Dan
Kutcher on bass, Nick Jones on lead
vocals, rhythm guitar, and puppets, Mr. Skeevy on
keyboards, accordion, and puppets, Jesse Wallace on
drums, Julie Lake and Steven Boyer
on backing vocals and lead puppets, and Kris Anton
doing video design and giving technical support.
Visit Jollyship on Myspace. . .
myspace.com
jollyshipthewhizbang
And Facebook!
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