J.A.S.O.N. - Tripping without drugs

     While the Blues Magoos of 2014 are having a "Psychedelic resurrection" and with mythology  proving to be successful on the big screen, writer Peter Riesenberg's J.A.S.O.N. - Myth, Murder and Mayhem in a punk rock world, has invaded the eerie confines of downstairs at the Cantab.   It's a dark play in a dark room with multiple themes that appear designed to keep your brain hopping.

     If you want to experience Peter Fonda's hallucinations from his 1967 cult epic, The Trip, without indulging in illicit magic mushrooms, J.A.S.O.N. could be the answer to your dilemma.  A majority of the actors start flipping out midway through the play on "Lotus" -which could be anything from ultra-spiked pot to those powerful, ultra mood-changing ingredients in Lysergic acid diethylamide      While The Trip was written by actor Jack Nicholson with direction from Roger Corman, the stage play takes Riesenberg's idea and has director Hatem Adell giving it shape.

      As dysfunctional a band as Spinal Tap, with sounds that mirror the abilities of the famed Portsmouth Sinfonia though the band, called Jason and the Argonauts, I'm told, is a bit more coherent both onstage and in the recording studio.  You can hear the group's "one hit wonder," (in the play, not in real life) here:

HYLAS
https://soundcloud.com/jas-on-7/hylas 

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    The press release notes that". Myth, mayhem and murder spill out onto the stage as a punk rock band leaves destruction in its wake during a five-month tour"

 and the ensemble, with no appearance of Jason himself ever, does everything in its power to implode amid the over-indulgence of women, wine and song, as well as bitterness between an exiled group member and the remaining souls that comprise the "hit" artist, with the eye of the storm being a malicious conniver with daddy issues busy stalking Jason and claiming to be pregnant with his twins. 
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     It is commendable that Club Bohemia has brought another play to the public inside a rock and roll nightclub  - Bouncers back in April of 2013 was the first - and it is our hope that the club brings more of this unique entertainment in the future.

Encore.

Charlene Goodman is a sometimes radio producer for a famous Boston area d.j.of the female persuasion. She also interviews people and writes random reviews. You'd better be good when playing onstage because you never know when her pen and pad are in the back of the club writing about your stage performance

ARTS BOSTON

http://www.artsboston.org/event/detail/441674418

J.A.S.O.N.

Myth, Murder & Mayhem in a Punk Rock World

A comic re-imagining of The Argonautica & Euripides' Medea retold as Punk Rock band on their one-and-only tour.

Written by Pete Riesenberg

Directed by Hatem Adell

Featuring: Liz Adams, Daniel Boudreau, Kim H. Carrell*, Rick Chason, Tim Hoover, Robert Benton Orzalli, Emma Walker.

Showdates:

Saturdays
October 4, 11, 18, 25 at 3:00 PM

Sundays
October 5, 12, 19, 26 at 7:00 PM

At Club Bohemia downstairs at the Cantab Lounge
Tickets are $20
This is a 21+ show

*Appears through special arrangement with Actors Equity Association

Jason and the Argonauts band with Director Hatem Adell (forward right in blue jeans and glasses) 

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