Frigid Festival Previews

95/Turnpike/95: Chickens in Jersey

Produced by International BTC

95/turnpike/95: Chickens in Jersey is the story of Milo and Jane, two toll booth workers on the Jersey Turnpike experiencing a freakishly slow work day.  As Milo waits for his dream woman and Jane waits for her steam whistle, they're faced with the impending doom of the Rooster of the Turnpike — the horrid Chicken Truck — and the difficult choice of: do I stay or do I go?  Audiences can expect language with no restraints, eccentric characters — both odd and endearing — chicken clucks a-plenty and a whole lotta feathers.

Known as the butt of many a culture joke, this show contains two perspectives of the great Garden State — New Jersey, love it or hate it.  At the heart is a question that everyone faces at some point in life, but on the surface is an absurd funny picture of these two eccentric characters that don't take life too seriously, and neither does this play.  Overall, we feel audiences will want to see this show because it's thoughtful, but mostly, just plain entertaining.

We mainly chose this play because it's a fun piece to experience and in this festival especially, we're granted the chance to experiment and indulge our stranger side… and the show's pretty strange.  When it comes down to it, we figure with seasonal depression and an economic recession (rhyme!) — why not make 'em laugh?

Amanda Sage Comerford, co-playwright