Even Cowboys Get the Blues
ankita sharma
With the help of a therapist, Even Cowboys Get the Blues turns the cowboy into a hot-mess mascot of American contradictions, stumbling towards his final gasping breath. If you think South Park is problematic…try working with a cast of morally righteous All-American puppets on a play filled with scathing jokes and Tik Tok dances, hell-bent on Manifesting their own Destinies as they guide A Cowboy to certain death.
Conceived, Directed, and Choreographed by: ankita sharma
Created in Collaboration with: Danny Archibald and Isa Hussain
Live Performance: Isa Hussain, Soren Kodak, ankita sharma, and Audrey Thao Berger
Voice Acting: Danny Archibald, Isa Hussain, and ankita sharma
Scenic Design & Fabrication: Soren Kodak with ankita sharma
with additional thanks to The Barn at Lee, Tom VonGnechten, Blaize Adler Ivanbrook, and Logan Zemetres for their conceptual, written, and sonic contributions to the story
Photo by Shoshana Levy, Design by Andrius Alvarez-Backus, Featuring ankita sharma
Find them: ankitacreates.space @nki.creates @aceofspuds @Audrey.thao.berger
Saddle up! Lil D, the best Telehealth Therapist in town, is taking A Cowboy and his trusty steed, Elmer, on a joyride to death in this real-life adult cartoon that ruthlessly jabs at all things Americana with great love and disdain.
In this dance-theater play, featuring a star ensemble of puppets, everyone is wrong, and nothing is quite right…
City slickers are wrong; country bumpkins are wrong; cops are wrong; women are wrong; men are wrong; trans people are wrong; MAGA is wrong; horses are wrong; Trump is wrong; Zohran is wrong; settlers are wrong; therapy is wrong; you are wrong; you are offensive; your mom's offensive; your husband has great titties; and the Cowboy Myth is dead.
Gather round the fire, and join us to find out how many wrongs can make the US right in this Great American Play for the New Ages. Yeehaw!
CW: This show contains fog, strobes, consistent crass language, hot takes, political slander, errant nipples, & clothed and closeted cartoon sex
Even Cowboys Get the Blues would like to give a big thank you to The Barn at Lee and Foundation for Contemporary Arts for their support throughout the creative process.
Runtime: 75 min