Julie Gieseke’s Borderline A**hole at the Vancouver Fringe Festival
Relationships can be so triggering…
A darkly funny comedy that examines the complex dynamics of identity, mental health, and romantic relationships
What do you do when your new girlfriend accuses you of having Borderline Personality Disorder? After years of chasing unavailable women, Julie may have found her ideal girlfriend. Monica isn’t afraid to break all the rules, prefers to make art rather than watch Netflix, and thinks Julie’s a creative genius. Best of all, she’s really into Julie. The only trouble is they can’t agree on one thing – that Julie is the problem.
Julie’s show is an hour-long performance about her struggle with her sense of self, love, expectation, and her mental health all while dealing with her mother’s terminal illness.
Borderline A**hole is surprisingly funny, insightful, and deeply moving.
Julie developed the piece in collaboration with multi-award-winning performance artist and director Nina Wise. She has performed the piece to glowing reviews at San Francisco Playground Solo Performance Festival, NY Frigid Festival, International Dublin Gay Theater Festival, Cincinnati Fringe Festival and is headed for the United Solo Performance Festival in New York after her appearance in Vancouver.
“Julie Gieseke excavates past emotional traumas to create material that is both humorous and deeply touching.”
- Adrienne Urbanksi, Theatre is Easy
“Julie Gieseke is an American storyteller of charm, insight, wit and wisdom. …her observational skills are razor sharp.”
- Dublin Festival Review
“Gieseke could make an audience feel that no matter how large the space is, it is almost conspiratorial – like you are being let in on a secret.”
- Fran Winston, No More Workhorse Theater Blog
About Julie Gieseke (juliegieseke.com)
Julie is a performance artist and writer from San Francisco. Her autobiographical work, notable for being both moving and hilariously funny, has been performed internationally. She has gained an avid and loyal following for her no-holds-barred and courageously authentic true stories. Gieseke has been featured at Frigid New York Festival, International Dublin Gay theater Festival, San Francisco Solo Performance Festival, Vancouver Fringe Festival, Cincinnati Fringe Festival, and the Toronto Soulo Festival. Julie earned a Bachelor of Arts in Theater Arts and Film and Video Production from UC Santa Cruz. Julie went on to earn a Masters in Organizational Management and Development from Fielding Graduate University.
About Nina Wise (ninawise.com)
Since earning her degree in Religious Studies and the Aesthetics of Movement, Nina Wise has devoted her career to developing theater that addresses the complex relationship between body, intellect, and spirit. She is the founder of Motion Theater®, a highly physical form of autobiographical improvisation. Her original works, performed in prestigious venues in the US, South America, Europe and Asia have won awards for playwriting, innovative design, and new theater including three NEA fellowships. She is the writer/director of The Kepler Story (www.thekeplerstory.org), an immersive live theater work about 17th Century astronomer and mystic Johannes Kepler designed for planetarium domes, which premiered at the California Academy of Sciences Morrison Planetarium before embarking on a national tour.
Borderline A**hole
Performed by Julie Gieseke
Written in collaboration with and directed by Nina Wise
Vancouver Fringe Festival, September 5-16, 2019
LISTING INFORMATION Julie Gieseke’s
Borderline A**hole
at the Vancouver Fringe Festival
Dates Sept 5-16, 2019
Sept 5 at 8:45 pm
Sept 7 at 6:30 pm
Sept 10 at 5:00 pm
Sept 13 at 10:00 pm
Sept 14 at 12:45 pm
Sept 16 at 6:10pm
Run Time 60 minutes
Tickets $15: General Admission
Venue False Creek Community Centre
1318 Cartwright St, Granville Island
Media release and image provided by Maria Zarrillo, Borderline A**Hole, Feature image: Julie Gieseke
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