Performance Space 122 Presents Premiere of BROTHERS & SISTERS & MOTHERFUCKERS, 12/15-12/19

Performed in Jibz Cameron (aka Dynasty Handbag)'s renowned comedic style, this unseasonable holiday anomaly probes deep into our inner familial issues. In a multimedia holiday extravaganza, five characters, all played by Ms. Cameron, sit down for dinner where hatred, secrets, psychic siblings, hexagonal twins, presents, explosives, love and much more are all on the menu. This year, Dynasty Handbag's Grandma is possessed with something a little more volatile than the holiday spirit and it is up to Dynasty to overcome her ego and defeat Grandma in order to save her Brothers and Sisters. Everyone has something to bring to the table, and when all become deathly ill after greedily devouring their meal, everyone is suspect of bringing in the virus. After all, seeing yourself in your family can be unsettling enough as it is. Dynasty Handbag is here to bring you comfort and joy this holiday season by showing audiences that there are more dysfunctional families out there than their own.

Written and performed by Jibz Cameron (Dynasty Handbag)
Video Directed by Amy Von Harrington

Jibz Cameron (Dynasty Handbag) is a performance/video artist, musician and actor who lives and works in New York. Her work has been presented internationally from the dirtiest dives to the cleanest art houses and theaters. Dynasty Handbag performances have been heralded by the New York Times as "the funniest and most pitch perfect performance seen in years" and a "crackpot genius" by the Village Voice. She is the recipient of the 2007 Fresh Tracks Artist in Residency Award at Dance Theater Workshop and the 2008 recipient of the Franklin Furnace Fund grant for the performing arts, and the 2010 Mondo Cane! Commission. She is currently an adjunct professor of Performance Composition at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Her second Dynasty Handbag record is due in the spring of 2011 on Lovepump United Records. She is proud to be cast in the ongoing role of "Agent Steph" in the live lesbian soap opera, Room For Cream.

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For thirty years, Performance Space 122 has been a hub for contemporary performance and an active member of the East Village, as well as the wider cultural community in N.Y.C. and across the globe. In just the past 5 years, under the curatorial vision of Artistic Director Vallejo Gantner, PS122 has opened the curtain on more than 2,500 performances, welcomed more than 125,000 visitors, and supported the work of more than 2,100 artists, performers, choreographers, playwrights, directors and designers.

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Brothers and Sisters AND MOTHERFUCKERS A Dynasty Handbag Holiday Special runs Wednesday, December 15 - Sunday, December 19, 2010 on the following schedule:

Wednesday - Saturday at 8PM, Sunday at 6PM, LATE SHOWS: Friday & Saturday at 10PM
Thursday Night Social: December 16

 Tickets $20, $15 (students/seniors), $11 (with the PS122 Passport - limited availability!)
Available at www.ps122.org, 212-352-3101 and at the Box Office.

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