FEED: Corn
September 9, 2012
Messenger #1
By Mark Jackson
Direction by Amanda Berg Wilson
At The Dairy Arts Center, Boulder
October 2012
Music Direction and Composition by Paul Fowler
Scenic Design by M. Curtis Grittner
Lighting Design by Annabel Reader
Stage Manager Kat Reynolds
From of House Director Lauren Shepard
Featuring Brian Landis Folkins (Messenger #1), Jason Maxwell (Messenger #2), Meridith C. Grundei (Messenger #3), Sonia Justl (Iphigenia/Electra), McPherson Horle (Clytemnestra/The Furies/Athena), Haydn Winston (Agamemnon/Orestes)
The ancient and modern will meet in our regional premiere (and the second-ever production) of Messenger #1, a new ancient Greek tragedy written by award-winning playwright Mark Jackson. Messenger #1 is a contemporary re-telling of the aftermath of the Trojan War, from the perspective of the three messengers who communicate the various power grabs among the warring members of the House of Atreus. Replete with song and dance numbers, swinging dizzily between comedy and tragedy, Messenger #1 examines how “History is bought and paid for—[and] not by the likes of you and I.”
“Dark, damning, graceful, and funny as hell.” Scott Moore, SF Weekly
FEED: Short and Sweet
December 16, 2012
Jon
Adapted by Seth Bockley, based on the short story by George Saunders
Direction by Amanda Berg Wilson
At The Dairy Arts Center, Boulder
March 1 – March 16, 2013
Jon is a futuristic allegory about corporate-owned trendsetters living in a bubble of product-testing and commercial-producing, where references from marketing campaigns replace authentic experience. A story of love and self-discovery set in a hyper-marketed world gone haywire. “Hip, satiric and heartbreaking, it’s science fiction of the best sort—a link between contemporary touchstones…and legitimate questions about how we think and what matters most.” Nina Metz, NewCity.
FEED: Fermentation
May 19, 2013