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ART ACADEMY OF CINCINNATI
Thursday, May 28 at 8:30 PM
Friday, May 29 at 8:45 PM
Sunday, May 31 at 7:00 PM
Tuesday, June 2 at 8:45 PM
Friday, June 5 at 7:00 PM
Running time: 70 min.
Brother Bailey's Pageant of Moral Superiority and Creation Science Island Jamboree
Ornamental Messiah Productions
From Jackson, TN.
PREVIOUS FRINGES
Eastbound Jungle (2008, playwright)
SHOW DESCRIPTION
Binky and Simone have a kameah-meah super problem! If they don't get an "A" in the science fair they're going to end up in summer school locked away from all the other Beach Buddy Tagalongs. What's standing in their way? SCIENCE. Luckily Brother Bailey is here to get rid of those pesky "science standards," but will popular moral opinion be enough to defeat the evils that lurk within mountains of proven scientific evidence? And will the mystical eastern art of karate be enough to stop those fuddy-duddy sharks from scaring away all the fun? This play takes a look at science, religion, and how our society perceives them in society, in the style of a wacky and carefree 1960's beach-blanket movie.
ARTIST/COMPANY BIOGRAPHY
The Artistic goals of Ornamental Messiah Productions and myself are to create works that challenge thinking, examine culture, puncture triviality and generally have a fine time. Other plays include, All the Hot Chicks are in Hell, 2007 YES Festival winning The Chester County Automaton(s), Eastbound Jungle, and Sycophants Refuge. Brother Bailey's Pageant of Moral Superiority and Creation Science Island Jamboree is the result of a 2006 workshop at Northern Kentucky University and was greatly inspired by the opening of the Creation Museum in Northern Kentucky. We're very excited to have our world premiere at the Fringe Festival.
'AND THE FRINGIEST PART IS ...'
It's a fast, funny, and shocking satire examining the importance of science, rational thinking, and the battle to keep religion from entering the public educational system all the while serving as a direct response to the insanity that is Kentucky's Creation Museum located only thirteen miles away.