URBAN DEATH: CANNIBAL CORPSE

[NoHo Arts District, CA] – Celebrating their 30th season, Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre Group proudly presents URBAN DEATH: CANNIBAL CORPSE. 

URBAN DEATH – Los Angeles’s long-running cult horror show – is a live horror show of short, wordless scenes designed to shock, delight and titillate audiences. This time, the scenes will be inspired by the song and album titles of the world’s greatest death metal band, Cannibal Corpse.

WARNING:  Graphic content, trigger warnings, and full nudity.  For Ages 18+

Cast:

Featuring Barry Bishop, Gina Rizzo Bishop, Joe Fillipone, Ian Heath, Zeke Jones, Jorge Lozano, Tosca Minotto, Jonica Patella, Jess Sabine, Nick Salas and Elif Savas.

Crew:

Stage Manager: Amanda McKenna; Original Score by Kevin Van Cott, with Sound Design by Alex Schetter; Directed by Jana Wimer and Produced by Zombie Joe.

About Urban Death:

Urban Death first shocked audiences in 2005 at Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre in North Hollywood, California, where it continues to perform to sold out houses and rave reviews. Created by Zombie Joe and Jana Wimer, the show has spread its twisted claws around the globe with critically acclaimed runs in New York City; Cape Town, South Africa; and Edinburgh, Scotland; demonstrating that horror is a universal language.

What They’re Saying:

“Theater at its most horrifically frightening… They’ve challenged the concept of theater itself”  Cape Times – South Africa

“Grand Guignol is alive and well… Sheer, vital stagecraft.” NY Times

“A deranged commitment, and commitment to derangement” LA Weekly

ZJU BACKSTORY: 

Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre Group aka Z.J.U. was born in August of 1992 in a small industrial garage in Northridge, California. 29 years later, The Underground continues to push the limits of live progressive theatre and dance as a vital experimental art form in honor of the famous Antonin Artaud, Bertolt Brecht, Anton Chekhov, Ivan Turgenev, The Matrix, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and George Lucas.