Presented by:
The Boondogglers
Written by:
James Jordan
Directed by:
James Jordan
Neurological Condition:
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Running time:
1 hour 30 minutes
Synopsis:
C.J.D. is a story of human suffering and transcendence, full of interesting science, all told in a multi-mediated-piano-playing bit of agit-prop silliness with the best of intentions by a neurologist-playwright. In the vernacular of Hollywood: “it’s Spalding Gray meets Oliver Sacks meets The Onion meets Bill Nye meets Laurie Anderson meets Anton Chekhov meets The Daily Show meets a geeky Secular Humanist National Academy of Sciences Drug Rep Dinner….”
Performances:
Saturday, January 7 at 1:00
Saturday, January 14 at 11:00 and 7:00
Saturday, January 28 at 3:00
Actors:
James Jordan
Press:
"Jordan, the sole performer and himself a neurologist in residence at Case Western's University Hospitals of Cleveland, is a zany guy who is able to transition between silliness and sincerity with ease." nytheatre.com