Punk Rock Myth HISSIFIT to Make World Premiere at Moose Lab

The Cradle Theatre Company announces the World Premiere of "Hissifit: A Punk Rock Myth With Snake Appeal" by playwright Krista Knight and composer Barry Brinegar.

Performances will run at Moose Lab Workspace - 65 Pearl Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn: June 16-18, June 23-25, June 30-July 2. All performances begin at 8PM. Admission Price: $15.

A punk-rock retelling of the Medusa myth about the all-girl all-gorgon band HISSIFIT. The year is MCMLXXVI, and a brood of she-snakes are about to take Olympus by storm with an irreverent new sound and a stage presence both repulsive and seductive. When superfan Poseidon attacks backstage, Athena tries to protect Medusa by bestowing the power to turn anyone she looks at into a mindless zombie fan. Much more Iggy's The Idiot than American Idiot, HISSIFIT invokes the sights and sounds of an era that was over almost as soon as it started. The gorgon sisters move from shock-rock obscurity, to snake-sploitation sellout status, to revered icons at a pace like punk rock pioneers of legend. Through image makeovers and fierce internal power struggles, we track the rise, fall, and squirming headless death rattle of Medusa and the band that would forever petrify the face of rock-and-roll.

Featuring: Rachel Caplan, Katherine Chin, Julia Rose Duray, Nicholas Leung, Preston Mulligan, Andrea Negrete, Vanessa Pereda-Felix, and Justin Pietropaolo.

Directed by Rebecca Etzine and produced by The Cradle Theatre Company (Rebecca Etzine, Amelia Dudley, and Madeleine Somers).

Visit thecradletheatre.org, email info@thecradletheatre.org, or call 410-375-3655 for more information.