The jaws of all are red with gore

Attention! Looney Tunes lovers, theater kids, and silly wabbits seeking revenge—this show is for you. A collaboration between drag performer Silk Worm, movement artist Frank Leasing, and butoh legend Hiroko Tamano, The jaws of all are red with gore explores the classic cartoon series Looney Tunes as an anthology of hunting myths. The show reimagines Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny’s charged relationship, using performance techniques from drag and butoh to reanimate timeless archetypes of hunter and rabbit, predator and prey. Audiences can expect choreographic tableaus of bouncing bunnies and wild goose chases, flickering by like channels on a TV.

The jaws of all are red with gore asks: What happens when you put Saturday morning cartoons under the microscope? What can Looney Tunes tell us about violence, seduction, and present-day America?

What is up, Doc?

The jaws of all are red with gore

by Silk Worm with Frank Leasing and Hiroko Tamano

costumes by Yaeko Yamashita

Supported by:

the San Francisco Arts Commission’s San Francisco Artist Grant

Dancers’ Group’s CA$H Dance grant program

the Dresher Ensemble Artist Residency

Fresh Meat Productions FRESH WORKS! Commission

the CounterPulse Co-Production Program