Bhama Roget
Actor/musician
EVENT: A re-mount of UMO's popular Expressions of the Spirit: Tales of the Brothers Grimm.

Is this show as physical as most UMO stuff? "Yes."

Any particularly tricky stunts? "We do a back walk-over at one point--it's sort of a backwards cartwheel. It's a very bendy maneuver."

Does this show feature the usual UMO-ites? "It doesn't. We're all guest artists."

Are the guests holding up their end? "I was worried in the beginning, but they were all really generous with it and said, 'Don't be afraid to make it your own. You don't have to do it exactly the way we did it.' I was more worried about whether they would like what we did than I was about the audience."

I understand you have some very personal performance pieces. "Yes--basically, my grandmother writes most of my material, unbeknownst to her. She writes me letters about her health, including graphic descriptions of her rectal problems. I do a dramatic interpretation of them, underscored by melancholy cello music. Which is just one of my many forms of expression."

What are some others? "I have a collection of mundane blues songs, such as 'I've Got Peanut Butter and I've Got Jelly, but I Ain't Got No Bread,' and 'I Don't Want to Make No Love to No Stanky Man, Baby Take a Shower.' And 'Blowjobs Must Be Earned.' That's a love song."

What else are you up to? "I'm in the process of writing my own scripture. I'm going to become an evangelist. I'm working on developing my own sort of organized religion, just because I think it's time for a new one. It's kind of like Buddhism, but with medication."

Dianetics isn't enough for you? "No."