Dr. Frockrocket's Vivifying (Re-Animatronic) Menagerie and Medicine Show
~One Night Only~

Referred to as a "queer punk circus of the apocalypse" by one of its performers,
and "a sweet rockin' stage show of aching heart and song" by its creator,

Dr. Frockrocket's Vivifying (Re-Animatronic) Menagerie and Medicine show is a cabaret-style rock musical featuring some of today's best artists in indie music, zines, spoken word and performance art.

Dr. Frockrocket, played by Jody Bleyle (Team Dresch, Infinite X's) is the show's narrator and "self-declared healer" who presents "a circus of humans to the audience as curiosities." Doctor Frockrocket invented an elixir that turns ordinary animals into mythological creatures. The show is part musical, part performance art, and part good old rock and roll. The power house performers include: Tara Jepsen (San Francisco filmmaker/performance artist), Nomy Lamm (co-author of the Transfused/one of Out Magazine's Out 100/ Ms. Magazine woman of the year), Beth Stinson (bass in Two Ton Boa/actor), Spider (AIDS activist, dominatrix military leader from the Transfused), and Bridget Irish (writer/filmmaker/performance artist). Beth Lisick (author, Manic D Press) will be joining the cast for the California shows.

Each member of the "cast of curiosities" has written original compositions that touch on the theme of the "power and words and gesture to heal and transform." Dr. Frockrocket threads each of these vignettes together as he faces "the true mystery of his wayward menagerie, their portentous angles and unbridled acts and above all himself."

Promising something for everyone with an eclectic array of artists, Dr. Frockrocket's Vivifying (Re-Animatronic) Menagerie and Medicine Show also features some great music. The house band is Rachel Carns (The Need) on organ, Besty Kwo (Ibobuki) on guitar, Nora Danielson (The Intima) on violin and Betty Ruption (Boy Pussy USA) on drums.