The Buzz Intro Interview | Grackle Jack Productions

Responder: CB Goodman, Founder/Director/Creator/Performer
Name of Company: Grackle Jack Productions
Name of Show: In The Beginning

“We decided to go back to the beginning, back to the Garden of Eden, and start over. But this time from a feminist satirical clown perspective.”

Why should people see your show?

Because it’s wonderfully weird, beautifully ridiculous, and you will see something unforgettable! Or at least something you can’t unsee. It’s a stoopid-smrt-wild-dum-atl-comedy show and it will make you laugh. Some of the side effects so far experienced by our audience members are: laughing so much your face hurts, nice smelling feet, belly full of snacks, immediately searching on Amazon for your own inflatable friend.

What about festivals intrigues you? And why the Atlanta Fringe?

You can see everything you can imagine and more at a fringe! Half the fun is picking out what to see and the other half is meeting the people who made the show. We’ve never been to Atlanta and can’t wait to meet everyone and experience all the fun the festival and town have to offer. Being from Austin it feels like we are about to meet a long lost half sibling.

[Ed note: your editor has lived in both towns and can confirm.]

What inspired you to create this?

Short answer: rage. Long answer: we made this show as a response to the toxic intolerant evangelical patriarchy that is driving policy and creating laws that police and control other people’s bodies and histories. We decided to go back to the beginning, back to the Garden of Eden, and start over. But this time from a feminist satirical clown perspective (aka wild woman dum dum).

Life has been weird the last few years, to say the least. How has the “real world” affected the art you’re creating?

We are going BIGGER and BOLDER, pushing the boundaries as much as we can and letting our freak flag fly.

What have you learned from working on your show so far?

Finding Twinkies outside of Texas is harder than you think.

There’s a mysterious stranger in the back row of your show, wearing a big ol’ N95 mask and a baseball cap and there’s something weirdly familiar about them, and then they come up afterwards to tell you they loved your show. In your WILDEST DREAMS, who is this mysterious stranger? (Bonus points if your mysterious stranger is an Atlanta celeb.)

Marjorie Taylor Green (who won’t have a mask on). She will have laughed so hard that she has a spiritual awakening and immediately renounces herself from Congress and vows never again to hold public office. And she donates all her money to trans rights groups.

Fringes are the place to really push the boundaries so we gotta ask: are you inviting your family to this show are “Hey, maybe sit this one out you guys…”

This is a 17+ show due to mature themes and there is one scene with loud noises. And if you see the show and are super uncomfortable then you most definitely can leave.