Lifelong pal CB Goodman - former film school collaborator and sometime roommate - has gone on to become a director and producer of local plays. The nice thing is, I don't have to be polite. I actually like her work when I've been able to catch it. It is not a new idea that I think CB, indeed, has a terrific sense of comedy, conceptualization and design. She works with a collaborative called Gracklejack Productions, and they stage shows pretty regularly.
A few months back she informed Jamie and I that she was working on The E(Xmas)ist, which she described as a mash-up of The Exorcist and Krampus, and I said "well, yes".
We caught the opening night show on Thursday 12/11 at the Crashbox in Austin. I guess the shows are now all sold out, but you never know. Tickets may be got here.
Written by Vince Kelly and directed by CB, it was what she advertised. Hilarious, great stuff. It did not hurt that I'd just revisited The Exorcist during October, so it was all very fresh. True team effort, I wouldn't single anyone out of the cast as they all delivered, and all of them had highlight moments.
After way too many Hallmark movies and Christmas cheese, it was great to revel in a show that was absolutely as described:
The ultimate campy Christmas parody, The E(XMAS)IST is everything we ever wanted in a holiday show! It’s got drag, sass, and ridiculous DIY special effects.
Anyway, I can see this becoming a sort of Christmas tradition. Not that I want to saddle CB with more work, but I'm just saying. The audience loved it, and I can see other players want to try on some of these parts.
Amazing show. If you can still get a ticket, Austin, do it.
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