Dark Ride

Show Summary (top)

Directed by
José Amador

Written by
Len Jenkins

Running Dates:
February 6 - March 13, 2004, Thu. - Sun.

Description:
EXTENDED! NOW RUNNING THROUGH MARCH 13TH

A mysterious figure gives a scholar an ancient manuscript; a thief steals an enormous cursed jewel; a dream-like waitress gives her customers plenty to think about, but no food; a young nurse makes the ultimate sacrifice for an egg. From this inital series of absurdist vignettes emerges a fantasmagoric and convoluted journey - Len Jenkin's masterpiece Dark Ride. Taking his title from the term used in the amusement park industry for a fun-house type ride which takes you through scenes (as opposed to a 'coaster') Len Jenkin expertly weaves the disparate threads of his story together into a whole that is able to transcend the physical world and explore the true seat of reality - the inner recesses of the mind. As the play progresses, one by one the seemingly unrelated stories begin to merge and collide until the culminate in a spectacularly baffling oculist convention in Mexico City. By the end the audience may be questioning their own version of sanity and the very bounds of reality itself. But then again, isn't that what a good fun-house ride is suppose to do?

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Cast & Crew (top)

Cast Members
Christine White: Deep Sea Edna
Kate Kraay: The Waitress
John McKenna: The Jeweller
SS Stansbury: Marcella
Alicia Barta: Margo
Bob Dixon: Deep Sea Ed
Josh Knisely: The Translator
Linda Lombardi: Marcella
Don MacEllis: Zendavesta
Brannon Moore: The General
Scott O. Moore: The Thief
Katherine Wolverton: Mrs. Lammle

Crew Members
Tim Long: lighting design
Miller Freeman: production manager
Kristin Ramsdale: house manager
Linda Hanford: props
Ron Sandahl: pr/marketing
Amy LaZerte: costumes
Laurie Winogrand: stage manager
Sam Doerr: sound design

Reviews (top)

The Stranger (2/12/2004)
The Seattle PI (2/10/2004)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (4/6/04)

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