Punchkapow
Inspired by action movies, comic books, anime and video games, Punchkapow is a sweaty, hilarious and unique look at powerless people in search of their superpower. Everyday life, it often seems, is filled with a niggling tedium, a lack of clear rules and with games of personal negotiation and compromise. In a fantasy world, simplicity reigns, good and evil are clearly defined and at the end of the day, justice wins out… every time. TSunPCo explores how individuals wrap themselves in a cocoon of disillusion and fantastic distraction, taking a leap from the mundane to the imagined and then slipping, joyfully, into the violent. Punchkapow promises stunning physical acting and kick ass fights as two dudes explore their brutal relationship in a world of ninjas, villains and epic battles large and small.
Created by the ensemble, produced by Team Sunshine Performance
Performance History
2012. Presented by Team Sunshine Performance at Underground Arts
Team
Creator/Lead Artist/Performer Benjamin Camp
Creator/Performer Makoto Hirano
Creator/Director Alex Torra
Fight Direction Brett Cassidy
Set Design Emma Ferguson
Sound Design Dan Perelstein
Lighting Design Tim Sawicki
Costume Design Katherine Schellman
Creation supported by Aram Aghazarian, Sarah Camp, Hannah de Keijzer, Jared Michael Delaney, Charlotte Ford, Jenna Horton, Justin Jain, Sarah Lowry, Jamie McKittrick, Elizabeth Scanlon, Mikaal Sulaiman, Leah Walton, Brad Wrenn, and Christina Zani.
Photos by JJ Tiziou
Support
Punchkapow was created and debuted at Underground Arts at the Wolf Building with support from Gary Rueben, and restaged for NET’s Micro-festival at the CEC, and at Passage Theatre’s 2012 Solo Flights Festival.