Shenoah Allen’s electrifying new show plunges headlong into his wild New Mexican roots, unleashing acid-fueled tales of drugs, murder, and family with fearless comic bite.
Shenoah Allen grew up in an unconventional family — the grandson of a rocket engineer for the Apollo moon landing and an Air Force Colonel, and the son of a man who lived openly gay despite the Colonel’s disapproval. Around them, other relatives battled brain damage, addiction, and jail time, while his mother anchored the family with grit and warmth, raising three boys alongside her husband and his other partner under one roof.
School wasn’t a good fit for Shenoah, he was suspended repeatedly, dropped out, and by thirteen was experimenting with LSD, punk, and goth culture while narrowly skirting the edges of gun violence and chaos.
That chaos becomes his comedy in Bloodlust Summertime. Transforming taboo subjects into sharp, fearless humor, Allen confronts societal norms and asks audiences to question their boundaries — all while inviting us to revel in the sheer madness of it.
Directed by Kim Noble