With lyrics that are as lacerating as they are poetic and eye-opening, and punk-tinged indie pop music reminiscent of legendary bands, BBB concoct their own alter ego in the form of a concept punk band by the name of The Rising Fallen. With their guitar steel and drum-tense electro-dense lyrics, The Fall and Rise of the Rising Fallen catalogs these mythological legendary failures and tells tall tales of fateful, prodigious gigs on Scandinavian oil rigs where they unwittingly begat their own brand of rousing idolatry.

Development Presentations/Residencies/Workshops

Henry Street Settlement
New York City, March 2007, December 2008
(Residency)

Collapsable Hole
Brooklyn, NY, April 2007
(Build/rehearsal residency with preview showing)

Galapagos Arts Space
Brooklyn, NY, April 2007
(Excerpt performance as part of CATCH Series)

World Premiere

Performance Space 122,
Produced in association with PS122
New York City, April- May 2007

Subsequent Performances

Performance Space 122 COIL Festival,
January 2008

CREATED & DESIGNED COLLABORATIVELY
BY THE ENTIRE ENSEMBLE

Text – Jason Craig
Lyrics – Peter Blomquist
Original Music -Peter Blomquist and the Company
Direction/Dramaturg – Mallory Catlet
Lighting Design – Miranda Hardy
Set Design – Banana Bag & Bodice
Sound Design – Jamie McElhinney
Design Consultant –  Peter Ksander
Jessica Jelliffe – Production Manager
Becca Riley – light board op
Morgan von Prelle Pecelli – company manager????

PERFORMERS

Mary Archias, Peter Blomquist, Jason Craig, Rod Hipskind, Jessica Jelliffe, Casey Opstad, Heather Peroni