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Reverend Billy, FF Alumn, at The Culture Project Theatre, Nov 4-Dec. 16, 2001

Contact Thomas Cregan, 212 679 660 tcregam@hunterpr.com For radio interviews Christina Cobb, 212 674-8918, (917) 224-9739 lcdcobb@freeagency.net

Reverend Billy and The Church of Stop Bombing
Co-starring The Welfare Poets
Directed by Tony Torn
Rick Ulfik at the Gospel Piano
Written and performed by Bill Talen

Seven Sundays at 7 PM., November 4th through December 16th
The Culture Project Theatre, 45 Bleecker (at Lafayette in Noho, downtown NYC)*
All tickets $10
Box Office 212 253 9983 or www.Revbilly.com

Reverend Billy returns with his not-so-comic church services starting November 4th for a series of Sunday nights. Joined this time by the 8-man Caribbean-American song-and-rap group "The Welfare Poets," the focus is peace and the cessation of bombing in Afghanistan. Tony Torn directs, in his return to his central role in this "strange worship."

"His collar is fake but his calling is real."
Alisa Solomon, Village Voice

Noting the demotion of peace movement activities by the commercial press, the Reverend will honor independent media groups in the opening Sundays. Which activists will be honored on which nights will be made public periodically at Revbilly.com. "Beginning seven years ago as a parodic televangelist character, Rev. Billy is now something more sincere and complicated, a political clown in the vein of Abbie Hoffman and Dario Fo who ultimately isn't kidding." Andrew O'Hehir, Salon Magazine

*One show, Sun Nov 18th, will take place at Charas Community Center
605 East 9th Street, at 7 PM featuring the Hungry March Band and other
musicians and poets from the long history of this community hub now under
attack by developers and the City. All proceeds will go to the Charas
Legal Fund.