2022 · Dance – stage work
Are You There God? It's me, Jules
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Julie (Jules) Crothers
Julie Crothers' first self-produced, evening-length solo show, combining dance, theater, storytelling, song and many costume changes. Loosely structured like a church service, it draws on her upbringing in a conservative Christian church in Tennessee, with characters such as the preacher, God and the church lady who embody her queer and disabled identities.
- Premiere
- 2022-04-15
- Venue
- NOHspace
- Where
- San Francisco, CA
- Performances
- April 15–16, 2022 at 7pm at NOHspace (2840 Mariposa St); two sold-out shows. Further developed with Ben live in the studio during Julie's MANCC residency (Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography, Florida State University, Tallahassee), April 12–23, 2023; Ben attended April 17–21. It then became 'Holy Crap' (W179), ODC Theater, June 2023.
- Credits
- Created and performed by Julie Crothers. Original music: Ben Juodvalkis (tracks include 'God's Dream', 'Testimony', 'God Preview', 'Jesus Groove', 'Ballad'). Guitar on 'Jesus Groove': Jeanne (surname not given). Lighting design: Maxx Kurzunski. Artwork: Abigail Hosein. Supported by a Dancers' Group CA$H Dance grant.
Elsewhere
- Are You There God? It's me, Jules — Dancers' Group, 2022-04-15
- Are You There God? It's me, Jules - 4/15/22 — Vimeo, 2022-04-15
- Julie Crothers' Are You There God? It's me, Jules — Theatre of Yugen, 2022-04-15
More with the same people
- Holy Crap 2023