A NEW KIND OF DRAG
Created in conjunction with square product theatre.
Peggy Jo Tallas started robbing banks in the 1990s, ostensibly to help pay for her mother’s medical expenses. But she must have just liked robbing banks. Dressed in a fake beard and cowboy hat, she managed to elude law enforcement for years, as they were looking for a man they called Cowboy Bob. Peggy Jo and the Desolate Nothing recreates some of Peggy’s adventures, leading up to a stand-off in the suburbs of Tyler, Texas.
The play is a collaboration with Square Product Theatre, relating the true story as it would be told by unreliable sources. The production is written and produced by members of both companies, born of their love of creating new work.
- Boulder Weekly- Letting Peggy Jo take the wheel A not-so-classic bank robber story in ‘Peggy Jo and the Desolate Nothing’
- Denver Post- What becomes a legend? asks poignant “Peggy Jo”
- GetBoulder.com- Peggy Jo and the Desolate Nothing
- North Denver Tribune- Fascinating story of Peggy Jo and the Desolate Nothing
- Colorado Drama- Peggy Jo and the Desolate Nothing
- Westword- Peggy Jo and the Desolate Nothing is nothing much
- ARTICLE Denver Post- “Peggy Jo and the Desolate Nothing,” tale of a cross-dressing bank robber Buntport and Square Product Theater team up to tell tale of Peggy Jo Tal