Anne Carson's translation of Euripides' Bacchae is reformulated from within a bizarre
newsroom world where everyone is queer, trans, and about to join a cult. But what
kind of cult is it? TV News Reporters Clark Bribe (Cliff Hengst) and Mark Tancaster
(Danny Thanh Nguyen) believe it's a cult ritualized through Gender Reveal Parties
and their tragic aftermaths. But cult expert and raging dyke Dottie Reed (Annie Danger)
soon reveals that the GRC cult is much more than straight people obsessing over basic
color palettes. In an experimental mash-up of dance, theater, and puppetry, Before
Bacchae Before complicates binarized logics of reveal in favor of wilder, deeper becomings.
Choreographed by Hope Mohr, in collaboration with the performers; Puppet and Object
Animation by C. Michael Chin; ASL Interpretation by Pilar Marsh.
Eventive. “2021 San Francisco Transgender Film Festival.” Accessed June 25, 2026.
https://sftff2021.eventive.org/films.
