Beef & Beer (left) and Dogsnuts (center) share a wave with Blaze.
Beef & Beer (left) and Dogsnuts (center) share a wave with Blaze.

Quirky surf play based on lives of BeachGrit commenters hits Washington D.C. stage!

"The golden girls seeking hang-ten instruction in this scenario are old friends and contrasting personalities..."

If you happen to find yourself on America’s east coast, this summer, and are looking for some entertainment, it would be both cruel and rude to miss a night of arts. There are, of course, many options. Moulin Rouge: The Musical on New York’s Broadway, rock band Creed playing in Philadelphia or, best, a night at the theater in Washington D.C. for a staging of “Wipeout.”

The surf-based play, which premiered last year in Sacramento, explores themes of aging, death and trauma along with love and healing.

According to a review in Kelp Magazine:

Three retired life-long female friends (Claudia, Wynn, and Gary) are out on the water for their very first surf lesson from Blaze, their young hot surf instructor. As you can imagine, the play is hilarious and goofy in all the best ways, especially being set entirely in the open water. The “surfing” was ingenuously captured by placing the actors on surfboard-shaped boards on wheels, allowing the actors to move up and down the stage and into each other just as one would do in the ocean.

Jeff Bezos organ The Washington Post, which reminds you that “Democracy Dies in Darkness,” further explains:

The golden girls seeking hang-ten instruction in this scenario are old friends and contrasting personalities whose reunion in Santa Cruz, California, simmers with charged memories and barbed banter. Gary (Katherine Cortez) is a firecracker of energy and enthusiasm. The oft-married Wynn (Delissa Reynolds) is prickly in a way that obviously masks inner pain. Claudia (Naomi Jacobson) is a high-strung and anxious type quick to see a shark in a piece of kelp. As 19-year-old surfer dude Blaze (Alec Ludacka) attempts to teach them how to shred, the trio contemplates aging, grapples with old hurt and memories, and experiences the bittersweet glories of friendship.

Characters pulled straight from below the line at BeachGrit (except for Blaze).

So, are you a Gary a Wynn or a Claudia?

Which one is Otto?

Discuss.

Wipeout is running through July 27. Buy tickets here.

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Happy Camper
Happy Camper
1 year ago

so this is where VONR ran off too.
WIPEOUT…..starring the San Francisco Silverback as prickly Wynn.

Gil Gunderson
Gil Gunderson
1 year ago

Wonder who plays the cuck chair sitting DR?

Beef & Beer
Beef & Beer
1 year ago

Why am I shown wearing a men’s Tallit (Jewish prayer shawl) ?
Does that mean I’m Gary, and going through a F to M transition ?

P.S.
But hey, at least it’s not a Burka, that’d really suck ya reamer…

Chas Smith
Chas Smith
1 year ago
Reply to  Beef & Beer

You’re a method actor.

Happy Camper
Happy Camper
1 year ago

“surfboard-shaped boards on wheels”…..
you mean a skateboard?

Dogsnuts
Dogsnuts
1 year ago

In actual recommendations check out “Blaze” the Blaze Foley movie, incredible all round.
Xox

Jimmy the Saint
Jimmy the Saint
1 year ago

Since when is Gary a woman’s name? What are Kong’s thoughts on the matter?

@surfads
@surfads
1 year ago

My first thought but I’m kinda into it

Brutus
Brutus
1 year ago

I actually know a Welsh lady named Gary!

Com Turren
Com Turren
1 year ago

I’ve certainly been Blaze—surf instructor at Corky Caroll’s Surf School in HB was my first job at age 18. I didn’t last a month before they fired me after I quickly realized how bad they were just scamming their customers with a bunch of comically unrealistic promises.

Barrelled
Barrelled
1 year ago
Reply to  Com Turren

Wait a second. You used to be a surf instructor and are now a lawyer? Uhhhh…..

Com Turren
Com Turren
1 year ago
Reply to  Barrelled

bad decisions were made

Greebnurt Hurkurmurgurt
Greebnurt Hurkurmurgurt
1 year ago
Reply to  Barrelled

From Huntington Beach.

PacificNorthPest
PacificNorthPest
1 year ago

Jen See is Blaze, clearly.

Otto
Otto
1 year ago

I better see some quality photoshopping today.

Jack John Johnson
Jack John Johnson
1 year ago
Reply to  Otto
Otto
Otto
1 year ago

Did you personally do that?

Jack John Johnson
Jack John Johnson
1 year ago
Reply to  Otto

I made it for you.

Otto
Otto
1 year ago

Don’t you feel icky having drawn a swastika?

Jack John Johnson
Jack John Johnson
1 year ago
Reply to  Otto

I did at first but then contextualized the subject.

Otto
Otto
1 year ago

You’re a birthing person now. You birthed a swastika.

Jack John Johnson
Jack John Johnson
1 year ago
Reply to  Otto

What did you birth?

Otto
Otto
1 year ago

I’m a biological male. I can’t give birth.

Jack John Johnson
Jack John Johnson
1 year ago
Reply to  Otto

You’re Ginni Thomas and you know it.

Otto
Otto
1 year ago

So you hate Clarence Thomas cause he’s black? Now you giving life to a Nazi swastika comes into clarity.

Jack John Johnson
Jack John Johnson
1 year ago
Reply to  Otto

Is Clarence black?

Otto
Otto
1 year ago

You can’t even give him recognition as a “black man”. So to you he’s something less than a black man. Perhaps you see him as some animal. That’s sad

Jack John Johnson
Jack John Johnson
1 year ago
Reply to  Otto

I don’t see color. Some people are Oreos, others are Fig Newtons.

Otto
Otto
1 year ago

Oreos are colorless?

Jack John Johnson
Jack John Johnson
1 year ago
Reply to  Otto

Vegan-friendly too.

Otto
Otto
1 year ago

So are anti-ICE riots.

Jack John Johnson
Jack John Johnson
1 year ago
Reply to  Otto

Vegans can eat ice if they choose too.

Otto
Otto
1 year ago

Of course they do. Coping mechanism for mental health issues

Jack John Johnson
Jack John Johnson
1 year ago
Reply to  Otto

Thank God MAGA doesn’t have any mental health issues.

Brutus
Brutus
1 year ago

they are getting quieter and quieter as the orange TACO’s behavior becomes more erratic and the bullshit stream thickens with gushing claims…well every where…LOL…

Brutus
Brutus
1 year ago
Reply to  Otto

sounds like an amazing maga source….yep ya bombed Iran…….sounds like their nuclear program has been set back a couple of mths……not much more…carry on!

Otto
Otto
1 year ago
Reply to  Brutus

takes more time than 3-4 days for post operation damage assessment.

I didn’t know Iran could just go to Costco for Nuclear scientists and prefab centrifuges.

stop watching CNN if you’re looking for truth

Barrelled
Barrelled
1 year ago
Reply to  Otto

You should listen to the veteran Mo.

Otto
Otto
1 year ago
Reply to  Barrelled

Anyone knows that. Except you.
You’re willfully ignorant.

Brutus
Brutus
1 year ago
Reply to  Otto

Otto, so where’s the enriched uranium…400Kgs……?

I actually scanned the Euro news, and a couple of USA sources…obliterated the site,lol, so if it takes 3-4 days assessment how did TACO know they were obliterated…….???

Brutus
Brutus
1 year ago

or smoke it?

Jack John Johnson
Jack John Johnson
1 year ago
Reply to  Otto

Yes

Brutus
Brutus
1 year ago
Reply to  Otto

no Clarence is just corrupt…an uncle Tom!

Barrelled
Barrelled
1 year ago
Reply to  Otto

What you got against Hindu’s and Bhuddist’s?

Otto
Otto
1 year ago
Reply to  Barrelled

Do they have anything against you?

Barrelled
Barrelled
1 year ago
Reply to  Otto

Not that I’m aware of. Apparently flew that one right over the head.

Otto
Otto
1 year ago
Reply to  Barrelled

Then that’s what I have against them.

Picard Madeoff
Picard Madeoff
1 year ago
Reply to  Otto
Otto
Otto
1 year ago
Reply to  Picard Madeoff

Well, nothing to make a career out of, but at least you tried. Upvote for you

Picard Madeoff
Picard Madeoff
1 year ago
Reply to  Otto

So not only is my career a failure, but my desire to be a cut and paste professional is also a failure! I was hopeful that your face paired with Sasha Jane’s body would be a hit.

Otto
Otto
1 year ago
Reply to  Picard Madeoff

Have you tried submitting an article to Beach Grit?
Perhaps you’re a writer.

Picard Madeoff
Picard Madeoff
1 year ago
Reply to  Otto

Knowing everything is aurf adjacent it might be time to submit.

Otto
Otto
1 year ago
Reply to  Picard Madeoff

I believe you. Now it’s time you do too

Picard Madeoff
Picard Madeoff
1 year ago
Reply to  Otto

So many titles come to mind

Greebnurt Hurkurmurgurt
Greebnurt Hurkurmurgurt
1 year ago
Reply to  Picard Madeoff

Very feminine body. If it wasn’t for the man face pasted on, I would have sworn it was Alana Blanchard.

Brutus
Brutus
1 year ago

damn you need an eye test……LOL….??

Greebnurt Hurkurmurgurt
Greebnurt Hurkurmurgurt
1 year ago
Reply to  Brutus

Hahaaaa. Yeah, it’s about the most masculine looking body I’ve ever seen in a bikini. Definitely not a traditional female swimsuit model body type.

Picard Madeoff
Picard Madeoff
1 year ago

Would you hit it?

Greebnurt Hurkurmurgurt
Greebnurt Hurkurmurgurt
1 year ago
Reply to  Picard Madeoff

Hahahaaa. No way Jose. Not into men or women who look like men. Thanks for asking though. Im all settled with a beautiful blonde beach bunny with a beautiful figure for almost 20 years.

Picard Madeoff
Picard Madeoff
1 year ago

Nice! I have 34 yrs with brunette ski bum turned corporate girl I met in a bar.

Picard Madeoff
Picard Madeoff
1 year ago

Does Alana have that sleeve?

Low wide stinkbug stance
Low wide stinkbug stance
1 year ago

I thought it was Alessa before the boob job.

Barrelled
Barrelled
1 year ago

Did Rockhold threaten to beat your ass if you didn’t take down the sharticle about him?

Chas Smith
Chas Smith
1 year ago
Reply to  Barrelled

No. Scroll down a little, Claudia. It’s right there!

Barrelled
Barrelled
1 year ago
Reply to  Chas Smith

You might want to say that into your mirror because the shart is gone.
https://uploads.disquscdn.c…

Chas Smith
Chas Smith
1 year ago
Reply to  Barrelled

Oh you’re a Wynn! And don’t know where it went. Was it offensive? BG’s backend has been real wonky lately.

Barrelled
Barrelled
1 year ago
Reply to  Chas Smith

I thought it was good. No idea how it could be offensive unless you click on the comments which are always offensive in some way, shape, or form.

NEGATRON
NEGATRON
1 year ago
Reply to  Barrelled

If anything ever disappears it’s Derek. I think he’s been tag-teamed by a law firm.

Skippy
Skippy
1 year ago
Reply to  NEGATRON

He would enjoy that I bet.

mike m
mike m
1 year ago

I’m Blazing up right now, so there’s that…

Barnycle
Barnycle
1 year ago

Finally getting around to listening to DR’s interview with Jeremy Flores.

Flores : “ and you know I’ve found out that this whole political world is disgusting because it’s all about money at the end of the day; which is really bad, you know”

😱 say it ain’t so, J Flo !

Chas Smith
Chas Smith
1 year ago
Reply to  Barnycle

You are such a Gary.

Barnycle
Barnycle
1 year ago
Reply to  Chas Smith

I suspected so, but wasn’t 100% sure.

What is Jeremy ?

J. Flores : “ Kelly has done his research.”


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