"If you have yet to experience RIPE Theatre, you are missing one of the most theatrically adventurous companies in the area." Molly Rhodes, SF Weekly
Current Projects
The Burroughs and Kookie Show:
Late Night in the Interzone.
Written and Performed by Christopher Kuckenbaker
Featuring the writings of William S. Burroughs
Music By Louis Libert
Directed by Sarah McKereghan
Movement by Michelle Talgarow
Winner- Best Local Solo Show of the 2010 San Francisco Fringe Festival
Techie Choice Award, 2010 SF Fringe Festival
Christopher Kuckenbaker, Goldie Award for Theatre, SF Bay Guardian"Secrets weren't William S. Burroughs' stock in trade so much as nasty truths and hallucinogenic hyperbole - which can be hard to stage. Playwright-performer Christopher Kuckenbaker succeeds by letting Burroughs be Burroughs, within the alternative reality of a talk show telecast. Which makes his "The Burroughs and Kookie Show: Late Night in the Interzone" another of the gems of this year's San Francisco Fringe Festival.
Kuckenbaker ably switches between Burroughs and the acerbic, paranoid writer's hapless talk-show guest in his Ripe-Secret Theatre co-production at Exit Studio. Smartly directed by Sarah McKereghan, with deadpan musical support by Louis Libert, "Burroughs" is a blithely mind-altering visit that soars with wry wit on excerpts from its namesake's writings."
-Robert Hurwitt, SF Chronicle
"Kuckenbaker gives a simply amazing performance and he's riveting. It becomes very intimate by the end- you're brought into Burroughs' world, not simply watching it."
-John Marcher, beastinajungle.blogspot.com
Featuring the writings of William S. Burroughs
Music By Louis Libert
Directed by Sarah McKereghan
Movement by Michelle Talgarow
Winner- Best Local Solo Show of the 2010 San Francisco Fringe Festival
Techie Choice Award, 2010 SF Fringe Festival
Christopher Kuckenbaker, Goldie Award for Theatre, SF Bay Guardian"Secrets weren't William S. Burroughs' stock in trade so much as nasty truths and hallucinogenic hyperbole - which can be hard to stage. Playwright-performer Christopher Kuckenbaker succeeds by letting Burroughs be Burroughs, within the alternative reality of a talk show telecast. Which makes his "The Burroughs and Kookie Show: Late Night in the Interzone" another of the gems of this year's San Francisco Fringe Festival.
Kuckenbaker ably switches between Burroughs and the acerbic, paranoid writer's hapless talk-show guest in his Ripe-Secret Theatre co-production at Exit Studio. Smartly directed by Sarah McKereghan, with deadpan musical support by Louis Libert, "Burroughs" is a blithely mind-altering visit that soars with wry wit on excerpts from its namesake's writings."
-Robert Hurwitt, SF Chronicle
"Kuckenbaker gives a simply amazing performance and he's riveting. It becomes very intimate by the end- you're brought into Burroughs' world, not simply watching it."
-John Marcher, beastinajungle.blogspot.com
COMING SOON...
The Cancer Play or The Corpse
...these are not your children's tales.
