Chub-up-date!

Dear People;

I know it seems like Chariots of Rubber is all I write about these days, but that is largely because it is all I think about, or do. We are starting up again at the Interstate Firehouse on August 20th, running the 21st, 22nd, and at 6PM on the 23rd- and I will be playing Cindy, the Erotic Pleaser every night after Thursday. The show has new choregraphy, new films, a new theatre, and a new ending! It's more Chubber than ever before!

During last night's dress rehearsal, I was told my dress was not whorish enough, which has never happened to me before. Come out and see us! Ticket info and showdates here!

Love, Pleather, and Chariots of Rubber.

The Return of Chariots of Rubber!

Chariots of Rubber tickets are now available for the second run-

Bigger! Better! Bloodier!
I am singing the role of Cindy, the Erotic Pleaser, a street-weary and shopworn prostitute, with a legendary past and a strange secret, but miles to go before she sleeps- so basically playing myself, for all shows except Thursday, August 20th! Visit the website, built by the wonderful Pete, for tickets and more information!

Chariots Recap

Jeffrey Wonderful and "Private" Mike Albano's lovechild, Chariots of Rubber, has completed its first run, and it was a rollercoaster of fun and excitement at Theater Theatre.

They say that the rougher the dress rehearsal, the better the first show will be- in our last dress rehearsal, this young man, the lead in the play, broke his nose on a prop car:

During the first show, an audience member joined us onstage to take her clothes off until her boyfriend and the talented Jordaina helped her offstage, him murmuring "You're not in the show. You're not in it." During the second show, another audience member came onstage during the same scene. I guess it just...moves people? The best backstage line was dancer Kimberly's immortal remark as she was about to go onstage, "Omigod, I got no panties on!"
Second run: (on tiny leather panties) "Are these too slutty for the show?" and the answer is: NOTHING is too slutty for this show.
For dress rehearsal as Cindy, I was told my dress was "not whorish enough", which is the first time that's ever happened.

All in all, we sold out three shows, entertained members of the Dandy Warhols, Karaoke from Hell, and other local luminaries, broke a prop bed, passed a headcold to each other, and generated 5000 watts of ROCK. I'm already looking forward to the reprise in August!

CHUBBER ATTACK!

I want you to know about the premiere of
Portland's first Heavy Metal Musical, Chariots of Rubber, written by
Jeffrey Wonderful and "Private" Mike Albano. It has been in
rehearsals for over a year, and finally, this strange fruit ripens!
It is Grease meets Hedwig meets West Side Story meets Rocky Horror
meets Julian Sand's Warlock, and it is fantastic.

I play Gas Station Attendant #2, a drug-addled lesbian, in a a heavy
metal musical about love, loss and demolition derby in Coos Bay, OR.
I will be singing, dancing, “acting”, and wearing a wig. There will
be smoke, cars, carnage, singing, a rock band, talking nipples, sign
language, and blood. Also, you know how colorblind casting was a big deal in modern theatre? This show has genderblind casting!
The premiere is Thursday, July 23rd at 10:15 at Theater, Theatre on
Belmont for $15.
Chariots of Rubber
will run through the weekend (Friday the 24th and Saturday the 25th)
and again Aug 13/14/15. You can cash-check-paypal them! Write me
write me write me at badinia@badinia.com! 100 people a night will witness this phenomenon,
and everyone else will just have to gnash their little teeth!

POSTSCRIPT:

I have three tickets left in hand for this show, hours from opening night! Write me for tix! Paypal me $15 at badinia@badinia.com and I will leave a ticket with YOUR NAME ON IT at the window!


Mercury reviews it here as "subtlety-free theatre." Har!

www.chariotsofrubber.com is up, courtesy of the wonderful Pete Ellison.

SECRET EXTRA POSTSCRIPT:

They say that the rougher the dress rehearsal, the better the show- well, we had a lead actor break his NOSE. Beat that! We might hypmotize 'em!

Chubber! Now in Poster Form!

What's That Smell?

At long last, after much gnashing of teeth and clashing of swords, the opening of Jeffrey Wonderful's CHARIOTS OF RUBBER has been announced: It debuts in the Arena stage at Theatre Theater on Belmont on one month from today on Thursday, July 23rd!
Your friend Virginia is dancing in it, and also has recently gotten a speaking role- watch her tear up the stage as Gas Station Attendant #2!
This is the ultimate Portland Rock & Roll Musical- the stories of fate and failure in Coos County demolition derby, featuring an original soundtrack, a live band, blood, cross-dressing cops, supernatural sisters, and in general comporting itself like Grease meets Hedwig and the Angry Inch! CHARIOTS OF RUBBER is an all original, heavy-metal musical about friendship, love and loss at the demolition derby.
Written and directed by Jeffrey Wonderful, Music By Private Mike Albano performed by Jedediah Aaker, Keith Bornzin,Dylan Skiles.

Set to an ALL ORIGINAL score, Chariots of Rubber is performed by Portland rockers- Jen Shepard as the hooker Cindy "Portland's Erotic Pleaser", Donny Don't debuts as Crash, Seantos as Bow Tuck, Jarud Meyer as Tommy, and Rob Taylor as Tommy's Mother.

The running dates are July 23rd, 24th, 25th and August 13, 14, and 15!



The posters and flyers have been printed for the show, and we have been generating tags to add to the info-

*Dancing so hot, our choreographer's pregnant!
*What if I get a b*ner?
*It's a little car! You can stand on it!

Catching up with the Jones!

Lene Lovich and Nina Hagen enjoy Halloween

You know, part of the reason I wanted to start a blog was so that I would do more stuff to talk about - to tend to say "yes" instead of "no" to invitations, and to get out and do comedy- in the short-term, it looks like I am doing too much actual stuff to actually post to my blog very much- this is like the Chinese curse, May You Live In Interesting Times.

Up and Coming: Halloween! I love Halloween. It's like Christmas to me. Our costumes are ready, our hooker stockings are hung by the medicine cabinet with care- I was excited to see that the party at the Fez (after the Famous Mysterious Actor show at Berbati's!) is hosting a costume party themed for television and pop stars, (We are Lene Lovich and Nina Hagen!) Wish me luck-

Eugene! I am excited about the all-girl laugh-fest coming up the weekend of the 14th and 15th, and looking forward to meeting more funny ladies and making up more jokes on the only topics we work around, dating, dogs, and dieting!

Chariots of Rubber! I have recently been cast in Jeffrey Wonderful's musical about Demolition Derby, love, and Cindy, the Erotic Pleaser as a Backup Dancer, so I can add that distinction to my resume! I have NO idea when or where it will premiere, but it is going to be FANTASTIC. They told me I could tap dance in it. Equal parts Hedwig, Rocky Horror, Grease, and giant, talking nipples.


Exclamation Mark!

I leave you with a Fact-of-The Day quote from John Hodgman's very funny new book, More Information Than You Require:

HALLOWE'EN: Originally called Samhain, this is the traditional Pagan-American holiday when we ask our children to consider the fragility of life by dressing them in darkly colored costumes and vision-impairing masks and encouraging them to walk around in the road.