| Spitting In The Face Of The Devil written and performed by Bob Brader directed and developed by Suzanne Bachner |
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Production History
Spitting In The Face Of The Devil was the featured theatrical
event and a crowd favorite, sold out show in the Inaugural
Woodstock Memoir Festival, which was headlined by the
McCourt Brothers—Frank, Alphie and Malachy. Previously,
Spitting played to a standing room only crowd at The Fletcher
Gallery in Woodstock, NY. Bob wrote sections of his monologue
in The Authentic Writing Workshops, led by Fred Poole and
Marta Szabo.
Bob Brader’s acclaimed monologue was originally produced in
New York City by the John Montgomery Theatre Company and
Horse Trade Theatre Group in a three month extended run at
The Red Room, followed by an encore performance in the fall
and its first Woodstock show.
The show was selected as part of The 2009 New York
International Fringe Festival and then picked up for The Garage
Theatre Group Solo Fest in January 2010. Performances in the
Solo Fest were followed by successful and at times controversial
talk backs which lasted almost at long as the show itself! The
New Jersey performances were generously supported by
Prevent Child Abuse New Jersey.
Bob returned to The London Fringe Festival in June 2010 with
Spitting which was a huge hit garnering great response from
both audiences and critics. The June 25th Benefit Performance
for Women's Community House was sold-out. All proceeds went
to WHC. James Reaney of The London Free Press called
Spitting In The Face Of The Devil "THE ONE". Spitting also
got 4/4 Star rave reviews from 2 different critics from The Beat
Magazine. Called "Eighty minutes of brilliance!" and "Down to
earth masterful storytelling", The Beat Magazine named Spitting
"Best Show of the London Fringe".
Spitting In The Face Of The Devil was the featured theatrical
event and a crowd favorite, sold out show in the Inaugural
Woodstock Memoir Festival, which was headlined by the
McCourt Brothers—Frank, Alphie and Malachy. Previously,
Spitting played to a standing room only crowd at The Fletcher
Gallery in Woodstock, NY. Bob wrote sections of his monologue
in The Authentic Writing Workshops, led by Fred Poole and
Marta Szabo.
Bob Brader’s acclaimed monologue was originally produced in
New York City by the John Montgomery Theatre Company and
Horse Trade Theatre Group in a three month extended run at
The Red Room, followed by an encore performance in the fall
and its first Woodstock show.
The show was selected as part of The 2009 New York
International Fringe Festival and then picked up for The Garage
Theatre Group Solo Fest in January 2010. Performances in the
Solo Fest were followed by successful and at times controversial
talk backs which lasted almost at long as the show itself! The
New Jersey performances were generously supported by
Prevent Child Abuse New Jersey.
Bob returned to The London Fringe Festival in June 2010 with
Spitting which was a huge hit garnering great response from
both audiences and critics. The June 25th Benefit Performance
for Women's Community House was sold-out. All proceeds went
to WHC. James Reaney of The London Free Press called
Spitting In The Face Of The Devil "THE ONE". Spitting also
got 4/4 Star rave reviews from 2 different critics from The Beat
Magazine. Called "Eighty minutes of brilliance!" and "Down to
earth masterful storytelling", The Beat Magazine named Spitting
"Best Show of the London Fringe".
In this daring, uplifting and comedic monologue, Bob Brader tells the riveting totally true story of
discovering his abusive and charismatic ex-Marine father's dark secret. Hailed by New York
critics as "brilliant" and "unforgettable", The Beat Arts in London called it "Eighty minutes of
brilliance!", "Down to earth masterful storytelling" and named it "Best Show of the London Fringe".
discovering his abusive and charismatic ex-Marine father's dark secret. Hailed by New York
critics as "brilliant" and "unforgettable", The Beat Arts in London called it "Eighty minutes of
brilliance!", "Down to earth masterful storytelling" and named it "Best Show of the London Fringe".
| Love and Special Thanks from Bob Mom- you saved my life many times and gave me strength, thank you, I love you. Tammy- you believe in me and look out for me, thank you, I love you. Suzanne- for the love, the patience, and the courage, thank you, I love you. Mike- you took nothing and made gold, thank you, I love you. Love and Special Thanks from Suzanne & Bob Bob & Barbara LaVerdiere Bachner Becky Byers Bob Celli & Laura Delano Candice Owens Dunkin’ Donuts Fran Greenfield Gavin Starr Kendall Jenny Mayer Jill Messite Lev Olsen Mateo Moreno Matt Gray Paul Miller Sarah Shively Shannon K. Hall Deborah Wrack Judy Krause & Dennis Davies Tony Bolinsky and The Village VOICE |
| Producers and Partners Alison Challis and Kathy Navackas, London Fringe Elena Holy & Britt Lafield, FringeNYC Erez Ziv, Horse Trade Theater Group Fred Poole & Marta Szabo, Authentic Writing and the Woodstock Memoir Festival Michael Bias & Karen Sacks, Garage Theatre Group Pamela Coray, Women’s Community House, London, Ontario Tess McCutcheon, Prevent Child Abuse-New Jersey Erika Feldman & Keith Adams, Theatre Row Studios Artistic Team Francis O’Flynn, artistic associate Doug Shearer, original LD & TD Michael Koch, graphic designer Scott Wynn, photographer Brett Singer, original publicist Shar Adrias, Movements by Shar, video production Russ Marisak, FringeNYC TD/NYC production manager Paul Siebold, OffOffPR, FringeNYC publicist Cory Pattak, lighting designer |
| 2010 UPDATE Spitting was also presented at The Omega Institute to a standing room only crowd, Theatre Row for a NYC London Fringe Send-Off, and The Atlantic Fringe Festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia where it won "Fringe Hit" and raised funds and awareness for Little Warriors. At the close of the year, Spitting won "Best Script" at The Inaugural United Solo Theatre Festival. |
| 2011 UPDATE Spitting was presented at the Rogue Performance Festival in Fresno, CA, in partnership with Prevent Child Abuse New Jersey's sister company, Prevent Child Abuse California. In the summer, Bob and Suzanne embarked on a 3 month, 5 city North American Fringe tour, performing Spitting in Canada in The Regina, Winnipeg, Calgary and Victoria Fringes, and ending the tour at The San Francisco Fringe Festival. They partnered again with Little Warriors in Canada and PCAC in the States to raise both funds and awareness for child abuse and child sexual abuse prevention with these wonderful organizations. Spitting received rave reviews and amazing audience response throughout the tour, winning "Pick of the Fringe" at the Victoria Fringe Festival and "Best of the Fest" at The San Francisco Fringe Festival. Special Thanks Kevin MacKenzie & Melinda Van Hove Alanna & John Richmond Tina Cameron Chris Gabel Fringe Staff, Volunteers & Audience Our amazing Backers Producers and Partners Catherine Kauffman & Kelly Barton, Prevent Child Abuse California Glori Meldrum, Laurie Szymanski & Cortney Needham, Little Warriors Jodi Sadowsky, The Regina Fringe Festival Deborah Axelrod, The Winnipeg Fringe Festival Michele Gallant & Sandra Drag, The Calgary Fringe Festival Omar Sangare & Marcin Lipiński, United Solo Theatre Festival Janet Munsil & Sammie Gough, The Victoria Fringe Festival Christine Augello & Amanda Ortmayer, The SF Fringe Festival Fringe Techs Arlene Nijjar Jamie Rasmussen Michelle Talgarow Rob Fraser Steve Vande Vyvere Thomas Hall (TD) Theodore R. Sherman |