Killer Stilts Productions: EPK

Killer Stilts Theatrical Jazz PRESS KIT

A little bit of theatre
A whole lot of music
A smidgeon of conspiracy
A belly full of laughter
And 3 Crazy Dames

Susan Faucon, Pam Parker and Liz Briones are the Dames of Killer Stilts. These spectacular Divas sing, squabble and laugh out loud about Beauty, Money, Sex, Love and Conspiracy...lots of thought provoking, irreverent and musical conversation. With Ro Cube on Keys, Wardell Howell on Bass and Eric Haskins on Drums, these 6 accomplished musicians perform a diverse collection of original jazz, funk, blues and pop blended with provocative dialogue, a large dollop of humor and the meaning of life as seen through the eyes of three crazy dames.

Killer Stilts is a new project founded and written by musician and playwright, Susan Faucon. This new genre, coined by Faucon, Theatrical Jazz, is a blend of original music and scripted dialogue, not to be confused with musical theatre. What distinguishes this genre from traditional musical theatre, is that it is performed like any concert might be with the added element of scripted dialogue interlaced between songs to share a storyline. Killer Stilts does not offer a storyline necessarily, it offers a line of ideas, a conversation between 3 women sharing about beauty, love, sex and what goes on in the minds of contemporary women.

Killer Stilts has some of the greatest musicianship Washington DC has to offer. Its players have performed individually and together at some of the best known venues in the Metropolitan area including and not limited to Strathmore Hall, Blues Alley, Signature Theatre, Germano's Cabaret, Bohemian Caverns, Twins Jazz, Rams Head, State Theatre, Kennedy Center, Madams Organ, Chesapeake Arts Center, York Theatre, Silver Spring Stage and Dreamwrights Theatre.

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Reviews

"It's a bit of a lofty goal, but Faucon speaks with such determination that her hopes seem neither unrealistic nor improbable. Nearly everything she speaks about turns into a nugget of philosophical insight."

Christina Warner - Johns Hopkins News-Letter

"Although its title sounds all sweet and sugary, "The Hole in My Heart is Filled With Ice Cream" actually deals with serious issues such as ego, materialism, addiction, suicide and faith."

Jennifer Vogelsong - Flipside - York Daily Record

"Ice Cream" is a musically rich attempt to offer audience members a chance to think, review and connect with what Faucon, 47, of Dover, sees as both a very personal and very universal story on a visceral level."

Michelle Dennise Norton - York Dispatch

“Faucon's story is compelling, powerful and authentic. Sweet Surrender, with its observations on what it means to be a woman in the modern age, adds expertly played jazz and rhythm and blues to Faucon's inspiring story of despair and redemption.”

Chris Slattery - Silver Spring The Gazette

“I’ve seen all the great contemporary women jazz vocalists from Cassandra Wilson to Diana Krall,” comments the journalist/author/documentary filmmaker Martin Torgoff, who covered music as a producer for CNN Worldbeat. “Susan’s original jazz is elegant and profound, her new script, The Hole in My Heart..., is smart, insightful and funny, her characters are provocative and well defined, put these together and you have a brilliant piece of musical theatre filled with rich, vibrant diversity and exquisite dramatic expression."

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