Weird NJ Presents THE DEVIL & DAISY DIRT: A Garden State Gothic Event

"There is no one remotely like Alex Dawson in Gothic New Jersey or anywhere else. A riveting, one-of-a-kind storyteller." Joyce Carol Oates, The Gravedigger's Daughter

Don't miss the singular event Weird NJ calls "the most original, Jersey-centric and downright weird presentation in our state's theatrical history!" As heard on WNYC! As seen in Weird New Jersey!

Featuring: Alex Dawson, Dan Diana, Arlan Fieles, and Jackie Fogel. Run time: 1 hour. PG13.

Think Pine Barrens "Our Town" meets cryptid E.T, with a shoulder-shot Jersey Devil instead of a stranded extraterrestrial, deer hunters instead of federal agents, and a portal that opens above the Apple Pie Hill fire tower after a midnight lightning strike instead of an alien mothership shaped like a Christmas tree ornament. All backed by a high lonesome sound.

For info and pics, visit TheDevilandDaisyDirt.blogspot.com.

"Stunning. With a muscular, train chugging lyricism. Boom chicka boom. Jim Henson meets Johnny Cash. Their Devil mixes the Wendigo with Gossamer from Bugs Bunny and the titular animal from your favorite boy and dog or girl and horse book. A hairy, humped, knuckle dragger with black, unblinking eyes that somehow convey a wealth of emotion. This story will break your heart." Lev Grossman, The Magicians, The Bright Sword

And here's what a few other fine folks have said: "It will absolutely blow your mind!" (Jersey Is the World), "Very weird and very Jersey! See it to believe it!" (Weird New Jersey), "Fantastic!" (Brian and Wendy "Mother of Yoda" Froud, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth), "Wildly inventive and totally unmissable!" (Sophie White, Where I End), "Beautiful! Incredible!" (Adrien Beau, The Vourdalak), "The hero we need. Very cool and all kinds of fun!" (Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians), "A wild ride!" (Clay McLeod Chapman, Ghost Eaters, Wendell & Wild), "Brilliant! Half creature feature, half country song!" (Lee Pfeifer, Cinema Retro), "A mesmerizing, Pine Barrens fever dream!" (Chris Jordan, Asbury Park Press), "Amazing! Chucky would be jealous." (Tom Holland, Fright Night, Child's Play), "OG Jersey Devil Dawson puts the Dirt in Dirty Jerz with a twisted yarn that could only happen in my home state." (Mike Edison, Raunch Hands, I Have Fun Everywhere I Go), "Dawson burns it all down. I loved it." (Chris Tsakis, NPR, SiriusXM Outlaw Country, WFMU, Nihilistics)

"The Devil and Daisy Dirt sits on the border of legends and tall tales [and] the overall effect is somewhere between a DIY show and Kneehigh’s production of The Wild Bride. The result is absolutely stunning." -Tobias Carroll, Reactor/Tor

Photo banner: Mike Dolan.

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