Hunger Zoo
May 2004, Production Workshop, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Hunger Zoo
"Hunger Zoo" was an evening of two plays I wrote in my last year at Brown (Spring 2004) as part of my honors thesis. One was "Slower" about an existentially challenged clown (Jarslavaski) who tries to commit suicide after his chair looses its voice. Jarslavski's plan is foiled when he is arrested in time, the instant before his death occurs. The other play was "Asphalt", inspired by Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra, (specifically "On the Three Metamorphoses"). The plays were performed at the Upstairs Space at Production Workshop (PW). My apologies for the poor quality of the pictures.
CAST
ASPHALT
CAMEL: Mahdi Salehi
CHILD: Susie Abraham
LION: Georgia Cohen
HUMAN: Michael Dyer
SLOWER
JARSLAVSKI: Mahdi Salehi
BRUNELDA: Georgia Cohen
HUNGER ARTIST: Paul Greenamyer
AJAX: Michael Dyer
BETTY: Katie Bosland
BAZAROV: Jon Magaziner
CHAIR/FIRE: Susie Abraham
CREW
LIGHTING DESIGNERS: Immer / Todd Lipcon
TECHNICAL DIRECTER: Dov Lebowitz-Novak
MASTER ELECTRICIAN: Sasha Khmelnik
LIGHT / SOUND BOARD OPERATOR: James “Magic Hands” Rutherford
SOUND MENTORS: Todd Lipcon / Joe Posner
COSTUME ANGEL: Ollie Rasini
POSTER DESIGNER: Anika Schwarzwald
PROGRAMME DESIGNER: Dade Veron
BUILD CREW: The Cast
SPECIAL THANKS TO: Aishah Rahman / Paul Chaikin / Zac Ginsberg / Liza Raynal / Diana Fithian / Erica Saleh / Donna DiNovelli / Robert Coover / Production Workshop / Creative Arts Council
Top Row (from left to right): Susie Abraham, Georgia Cohen, Paul Greenamyer, Katie Bosland, Jon Magaziner
Bottom Row (from left to right): Michael Dyer, Karola Kreitmair, Mahdi Salehi
