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Jihad for Vent and Dummy

Produced by Coulter and Star Ventriloquists

Author: Ronald Coulter and Sid Star

Jihad for Vent and Dummy is about you, the audience.  The fun and secrets of ventriloquism invite you to frolic with belief.  Expect a shocking play within a comic show.  You will experience provocative content before it is verbalized.  Is this a solo show?  Yes, but never tell my puppet partner, Sid Star, or our stagehand.

Jihad means holy war.  Jihad is always one collection of beliefs at war with a different collection of beliefs.  Apparently we're going to kill each other over these conflicting beliefs.  Jihad...  explores the process rather than the content of belief.  Here is an opportunity for personal and political discovery embracing hope.  Laughter can so do this.

Actors, ventriloquists and clergy are athletes of belief.  We have robust ability and elaborate techniques to inspire and manipulate belief.  Often this manipulation is in your best interest.  Usually it's harmless; sometimes it's not.  Jihad for Vent and Dummy suggests an alternative human dynamic that is superior to belief's dangerous conceit.  COME PLAY WITH US.

Ronald Coulter, writer/performer