Type What Now (2015)
Created, Written, Produced and Performed by Jessie Bear
Directed by Stefan Hartmann
Music by Stephen Bennett
Graphics by Sebastian Moya
Featuring Anne Flowers
What are ten things you hate about your body? What's one you like? An unlikely diagnosis takes Jessie on a journey exploring body image and chronic illness that questions what society tells us is healthy, and what healthy really means. Based on her wildly popular blog, Type What Now is at once powerful, comic, and deeply moving.
World Premiere, The New York International Fringe Festival
August 17-30, 2015
The White Box at 440 Studios, New York, NY
**Named FringeFAVE and given bonus performance**
(one of 14 shows out of almost 200 to be named a FringeFAVE)
**Named Theatre Is Easy Best Bet for FringeNYC**
"Bear is magnificent. Her narrative is delivered with humor and fueled by a need to communicate the wisdom about body image that she has gained through her illness. Her need to tell the story creates great urgency and prevents the performance from being a self-indulgent pity party. Bear is telling her story for our benefit, not hers. My attention and interest did not budge for ninety straight minutes... do America a favor by giving Jessie Bear a platform." --Ken Kaiser for Theatre is Easy, 8/21/15
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Created, Written, Produced and Performed by Jessie Bear
Directed by Stefan Hartmann
Music by Stephen Bennett
Graphics by Sebastian Moya
Featuring Anne Flowers
What are ten things you hate about your body? What's one you like? An unlikely diagnosis takes Jessie on a journey exploring body image and chronic illness that questions what society tells us is healthy, and what healthy really means. Based on her wildly popular blog, Type What Now is at once powerful, comic, and deeply moving.
World Premiere, The New York International Fringe Festival
August 17-30, 2015
The White Box at 440 Studios, New York, NY
**Named FringeFAVE and given bonus performance**
(one of 14 shows out of almost 200 to be named a FringeFAVE)
**Named Theatre Is Easy Best Bet for FringeNYC**
"Bear is magnificent. Her narrative is delivered with humor and fueled by a need to communicate the wisdom about body image that she has gained through her illness. Her need to tell the story creates great urgency and prevents the performance from being a self-indulgent pity party. Bear is telling her story for our benefit, not hers. My attention and interest did not budge for ninety straight minutes... do America a favor by giving Jessie Bear a platform." --Ken Kaiser for Theatre is Easy, 8/21/15
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