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The Banana Wars
By The Miller Conspiracy
Written by Derek Lee Miller
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Show Description
War. Famine. Pestilence. Bananas. One man takes you on a whirlwind tour of America’s “small wars” that gave you bananas for pennies a pound.
Genre and Content
Content Warnings
The creators say this show is appropriate for ages 16 and up
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Seat Reservations and Show Tickets
| Add to Schedule | Date | Time | Ticket Options | Quantity | Purchase |
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| Sat 08/03 | 2:30 PM | ||||
| Sun 08/04 | 1:00 PM | ||||
| Mon 08/05 | 7:00 PM | ||||
| Wed 08/07 | 5:30 PM | ||||
| Sun 08/11 | 8:30 PM |
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Cast and Crew
Derek Lee Miller
Creator / PerformerDerek (he/him) is an actor, writer, designer, builder, puppeteer and musician who has been performing at the Minnesota Fringe since 2005. You may have seen him previously at the Fringe with Sandbox Theatre in June of Arc and Marie-Jeanne Valet, Who Defeated la Bete du Gevaudan; with Transatlantic Love Affair in Ballad of the Pale Fisherman, Red Resurrected, Ashland, These Old Shoes, 105 Proof; with The Winding Sheet Outfit in Blood Nocturne, You Are Cordially Invited to the Life and Death of Edward Lear, When Your Love Sets You on Fire, The Darger Project, and Årsgång; with Perpetual Motion Theatre Company in The Depth of the Ocean; or in his previous solo show Know Your B-Movie Actors. Elsewhere in this current Fringe Festival, you can also see him in Transatlantic Love Affair's new show 5x5
Derek is a founding ensemble member of Transatlantic Love Affair, and is also the illustrator of the children's book, The Princess in the Clouds. He is currently working on the long-term project "Song-a-Week", where he is attempting to write a new song every week for a year. To see all of the things that Derek has gotten up to in the past, please visit derekleemiller.com.
More Information
War. Famine. Pestilence. Bananas.
From 1898 to 1934, the United States fought a series of "small wars" in the Caribbean. Boy, it almost sounds adorable when you say it like that!
Join Derek Lee Miller on a whirlwind tour of the Banana Wars--America's first forays into imperialism--and find out how these forgotten fights made the world you know today. Meet the Marine who saved our nation from a fascist coup! Witness the grisly death of Big Mike! Find the lost King of Calypso! Recoil in horror from the terrors of El Pulpo!
It's a darkly comic romp through the century of greed and destruction that gave you bananas at pennies a pound.
Five Stars - Tucson Fringe audience average
“Unfailingly engaging” – Pioneer Press
“Miller never fails to impress me” – Single White Fringe Geek
“What Derek Lee Miller has done here is, simply put, brilliant.” – Cherry and Spoon