The Beebo Brinker Chronicles – West Coast Premiere

Summer Serafin (left) is Laura and Erin Maxwell is Beebo in “The Beebo Brinker Chronicles,” adapted from the novels of Ann Bannon, at Brava Theater Center.
Beebo Brinker Comes to California!

For anyone who is into LGBTQ history or Classic literature, this is the play to see. It is also history in the making as the story takes flight all the way from New York City where it began to San Francisco’s Brava Theatre for its west cost Premiere. I feel so very lucky and fortunate to know  the lead actress in the show, Miss Erin Maxwell, who is a dear friend, and who plays the swaggering Brinker herself – she does a dazzling job at it! Erin is also the founder and artistic director of QGTP (Queer Girl Theatre Project) in San Francisco. It was an absolute joy to see her shine on stage. Along with other strong performances of the characters Beth (Jayne Deely) and Lauren (Summer Serafin) as well as a creative set with an acoustic band as part of the back drop, I highly recommend seeing the show if you can. The show runs till March 13^th. If you can make it to the show on the 11^th you’ll get the chance to meet Ann Bannon, the creator of the famous Lesbian Pulp classic novels that inspired the play.  Cheers ~ Jenny

For more information and tickets visit: http://www.brava.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=115&Itemid=9

Ann Bannon visit: http://www.annbannon.com/

Erin Maxwell and QGTP (Queer Girl Theatre Project) http://www.queergirltheatreproject.com/

“The Beebo Brinker Chronicles” February 25 – March 13, 2010  Written by Kate Moira Ryan & Linda S. Chapman  Tickets $20-$40

 Adapted from Ann Bannon’s groundbreaking, award-winning pulp novels of the 1950s and 1960s, Beebo Brinker Chronicles follows the lives and loves of four friends in pre-Stonewall Greenwich Village. Beth and Laura, secret lovers in college, still pine for each other. Before they can reunite, they find themselves entangled in a web spun by Beebo Brinker, a butch denizen of the underground bar scene, and Jack, a flamboyant fop with caustic wit.

Ann Bannon, the Queen of Lesbian Pulp Classics and myself on the Premiere of The Beebo Brinker Chronicles. 

Resuming From a Break

It’s about time I get back to bogging and updating my website. I’ve been on an extended trip from November 2009 to January 2010, quite literally in Australia and Europe, and also from art, theatre, and film. Although I absolutely loved the journey to different countries and exercising my travel photography skills, I did miss painting, my graphic novel work and working with my dear friends of Queer Girl Theatre Project. The photos that follow are from my trip to Ayrs Rock,  Australia. Enjoy!

 PEACE & LOVE,

~ Jenny

Ayrs Rock, Australia November 2009

Chris aka “Mister Happy” in front of Ayrs Rock.

Riding on a Harley.

Photographs by Jennifer Jigour.

If you would like to use the photos please ask first. Thank you.

Queer Girl Theatre Project 1 Year Anniversary Show

I’ll be premiering part of my first graphic novel “Secret Agent Moscow.”

Come and see!!!

Cheers,

~ Jenny

Erotic Artist – Jamie Cotton “SAGE” writer of “WE WOMEN FUCK”

Jamie Cotton “Sage”

If you are from San Francisco, Oakland, Colorado, or Japan and are into Spoken Word/Poetry or erotic bodyscape photography you might have heard of Jamie Cotton aka SAGE.  If you don’t know her yet, you should.  So here is a brief introduction.

 

For many years Sage has graced a variety of nature’s landscapes as a nude model for erotic photography. She has also written several commentaries on erotic art, poetry, and is a strong feminist and sex positive voice.

 

Have you ever heard of, “The Fuck Poem”?

 

A few years ago when I was on my online treasure hunt for erotic (artistic) lesbian material I came across the poem and after I read it I felt that it was the best representation of a women trying to explain to (the Innocence and Ignorance in people) how lesbians fuck. Although, “fuck” and a few other sexually explicit words make an appearance in the poem, the poem is beautifully written and “fuck” a typically censored and bad word to say or write is rightfully used and becomes beautiful on it’s own.

 

To my surprise, about a year ago I had the pleasure not only performing in the same show with Sage at Femina Potens with Queer Girl Theatre Project in San Francisco, but to hear the “The Fuck Poem” out load by it’s author.

 

 

 

This April marks the beginning of the filming of, “We Women Fuck” based on “The Fuck Poem” and I’m ecstatic to be the director as well as co-producer with Sage on the project. We just finished Day 1 and 2 of filming this week and so far it is a riot! Please stay toned for stills and teaser trailers.

 

Once again, if you are in the Bay Area, CA meaning: San Jose, Santa Cruz, Oakland, San Francisco, Santa Rosa range and identify as a women who loves women, you still have a chance to be in the film. Please contact me at WWF@jenniferjigour.com if you are interested.

 

And if you are interested in seeing some of Sage’s modeling work please visit the site below:

http://lavondyss.com/bodyscapes/gallery/gallery.html

 

PEACE & LOVE,

~ Jenny

“Crafting Queer” – Panel Event

 

Here is a shameless plug for my good friend Masha Rotfeld who organized this fantastic panel this Friday. It also features the wonderful comic book artist of “Poor Little Dyke Girl” and fellow member of Queer Girl Theatre Project, Katie Kaapcke. If you are in San Francisco then please go and see it!!!

 

Host: GLBT Historical Society

Date: Friday, April 17^th 2009

Time: 6:00-8:00PM

Location: GLBT Historical Society (SF)

Street: 657 Mission Street

City/Street: San Francisco, CA

 

 

Door open at 6:00 p.m., Panel begins at 6:30 p.m.

CRAFT VS. ART, MASCULINITY VS. FEMININITY, SEXUALITY, LABOR, DOMESTICITY, RACE…

Please join us for a fun, artsy, and intellectual event where we reconceive queer women’s historical and current participation in craftmaking. An intergenerational panel will examine the binaries and paradigms that shape mainstream thinking around this art form.

Finally, we will consider the present queer feminist crafts movement and map future directions. The panel will be moderated by Masha Rotfeld.

Featured Panelists:

Katie Kaapcke- creator of “Poor Little Dyke Girl” comic, scrapbook-ist, blogger.

Sandy Shepherd – knitter, quilter.

Sherrill Crawford – quilter, tapestry artist.

Miki Foster – MFA graduate student, maker of comics, zines, small crafted things, installations and experimental videos.

The event is FREE and open to the public – REFRESHMENTS and SNACKS SERVED!

The GLBT Historical Society’s main offices at 657 Mission St., Ste. 300 in San Francisco between New Montgomery and Third Streets.

Wheelchair accessible.

 

Queer Girl Theatre Project – Russian River Trip