Baltimore Theatre Project

Generous Company's Gumbo

Festival of New Theatrical Works

Fri January 6 - Sat January 21

Generous Company and Theatre Project are thrilled to present Generous Company's Gumbo; theatre, music, visual art, and food to warm your insides and chase away the winter blues, January 6 - 21, 2012. This festival will consist of presentations of 16 new theatrical works in various stages of development over three weekends.

This Week's Gumbo Specials

January 18

Grounded by George Brant

Grounded is a topical one-woman show about a fighter pilot who, after years of flying F-16’s, finds herself reassigned to the Air Force’s drone program, piloting a remote-controlled Reaper in Afghanistan from an air-conditioned trailer outside of Las Vegas. Confronted with the challenge of fighting a war by day and being a wife and mother by night, her struggle to compartmentalize her existence becomes more and more difficult as her two realities become increasingly permeable… 

January 19

Where the Whangdoodle Sings by K. Frithjof Peterson

The WHANGDOODLE, a foul-mouthed, hobo, bird from American Folklore, must find someone to reinvent his story before the release of an animated movie that threatens to change his entire mythological makeup into a cuddly “loser.” In a pinch, he coerces the services of BENJ, a stained glass window maker who is getting a tattoo from VULA for his comatose brother. What follows is an unexpected journey that forces BENJ and VULA to confront their personal traumas in humorous, touching and often unexpected ways as they discover the importance of the stories we tell to give our lives meaning.

January 20

Bad Panda by Megan Gogerty

They’re the last two pandas on earth. It’s mating season. One of them falls in love with a crocodile. Who is gay. And then the baby comes. In this sweet celebration of non-traditional families, Gwo Gwo the panda must balance his newfound desire for Chester the crocodile with his obligations to his prescribed panda mate, Marion. The animals eat, mate, splash around in identity politics, meditate on their impending extinction, and love one another as only families can.

All readings begin @ 8pm

Join us afterwards for cocktails and gumbo!

Tickets are FREE!  We'll be passing the hat.

Call 410-752-8558 for more information.

Click below to reserve tickets on-line.

January 21 - One Night Only!

Megan Gogerty performs her solo show

Feet First in the Water With a Baby in My Teeth