Crooked Path Productions presents Jill Van Brussel
Why Do I Own a Thong? (And Other Existential Questions) is an original work written and performed by Jill Van Brussel, a costume designer and professor of theatre. In a one-woman show that combines performance art, slam poetry, and traditional cabaret, Van Brussel explores memory, self, identity, relationships, but through the medium of clothes. Why Do I Own a Thong? (And Other Existential Questions) is a sharp, witty and moving journey through the whys of what we wear.
JILL VAN BRUSSEL is Assistant Professor of Theatre, Costume Design at Colorado Mesa University. She received a MFA in Costume Design from Purdue University and has designed costumes and props in Chicago area theatres, including Light Opera Works, Northwestern University, Blindfaith Theatre, and Theo Ubique (where she received a Jeff Award Nomination for Taming of the Shrew). Regionally, she has worked with Tacoma Opera, Rogue Opera in Ashland, Oregon, Riverside Theatre in Iowa City and upstate New York's Chautauqua Opera,where she served two summers as Assistant Costume Supervisor.