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The entire cast and crew -- along with a few guest musicians -- poses exultantly just after our closing
performance.
From left to right: standard-bearer Andrea Dudziak*, actors
Monica Karwan*, Marshall Maxwell*, Briana Jernigan, Anthony Tyrpak,
Patricia Armstrong*, Hasheen DeBerry*, Leonard Ziolkowski, Travis Taber,
lead musician Patrick Cain, actor Kevin Cain*, guest musician Jack Topht,
standard-bearers Jolie Kulsar* and Daire Brian Irwin*, stage manager
& props mistress Jeanette Schneiderman*, and director Kurt
Schneiderman.
Down front left: guest musician Katie Jackson. |
| The cast marches down Allen Street on the way to the
first performance with our oppressed "Coolie" (Leonard
Ziolkowski) in the lead. |
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The entire cast takes position for the play's highly
pantomimed opening prologue in Day's Park. |
| Moving to the eastern end of Day's Park for Scene Two,
Kevin Cain* (left) and Marshall Maxwell* (right) play two corrupt
policeman who warn the "Merchant" (Travis Taber,
center) of the dangers that await him in the "Jahi
Desert." Masked ensemble members Patricia Armstrong*
(left) and Monica Karwan* (right) display the banner as the "Coolie"
and the "Guide" (Leonard Ziolkowski and Hasheen
DeBerry*, far right) sprawl out on the grass. |
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In the parking lot between the bars NIETZSCHE'S and THE
BEND, audience members watch Scene Four as the "Merchant"
(Travis Taber, right) drives his "Coolie" (Leonard
Ziolkowski, left) and masked ensemble members Monica Karwan* (left) and
Marshall Maxwell* (right) provide the low-tech moving backdrop behind
them. |
| The ensemble forms a stylized interpretation of the
treacherous "Myr River" of Scene Five performed in the
parking lot next to Holly Farms at the corner of Allen and College
Streets. |
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Masked ensemble members Briana Jernigan (far left),
Hasheen DeBerry* (middle left), Marshall Maxwell* (middle right), and
Anthony Tyrpak (far right) provide a pantomimed montage as the callous
"Merchant" (Travis Taber) explains "How It Should
Be" for bemused spectators in the bucolic confines of Arlington
Park. |
| Masked ensemble member Kevin Cain becomes an impromptu
crossing guard as he directs our growing audience around the corner of
College Street and North Street and onto Scene Seven. |
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Masked ensemble member Patricia Armstrong* (left)
watches as head musician Patrick Cain (center left) leads his rag-tag
phalanx of bohemian music-makers and a swelling audience up to Scene
Seven in front of Greco Realty on North Street. |
| The over-encumbered "Coolie" (Leonard
Ziolkowski, right) and the increasingly-impatient "Merchant" (Travis
Taber, left) argue over which path to tread as masked ensemble members
Hasheen DeBerry* (left) and Marshall Maxwell* (right) hold forth the
banner for Scene Seven.. |
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The mortally wounded "Coolie" (Leonard
Ziolkowski) leaves a very silky trail of blood as he falls into the
waiting of arms of masked ensemble members Hasheen DeBerry* (left) and
Kevin Cain* (right). |
| Tribunal Members Marshall Maxwell* (trailing red
fabric), Patricia Armstrong* (trailing blue), and Briana Jernigan
(trailing yellow) move into position as masked ensemble members Anthony
Tyrpak (left), Hasheen DeBerry* (center), and Kevin Cain* (right) recite
"The Song of the Tribunals." |
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Masked ensemble members Anthony Tyrpak (left), Monica
Karwan* (center), and Kevin Cain (right) provide a pantomimed montage in
front of a condescending judge played by Patricia Armstrong* (up
center). |
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A daring audience spills over into the street to behold
the play's final scene in front of Karpeles Manuscript Museum at the
corner of Elmwood Avenue and North Street. |
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