The Sarcoma Cycle at Color Club

Director/playwright Logan Berry presents the world premiere of THE SARCOMA CYCLE, a new trilogy of plays, opening at the Color Club in June, 2024. Co-produced with The Runaways Lab Theater, Hate/Lab, and 11:11 Press, THE SARCOMA CYCLE is the first repertory production in Chicago in over a decade, and will provide audiences a maximalist feast for the senses.

The first repertory production in Chicago in over a decade, THE SARCOMA CYCLE transpires in three distinct time periods, tracing the accelerating growth of technology, alienation, and violence in the USA.

It is co-presented by The Runaways Lab Theater, HATE/LAB & 11:11 Press.

The plays are:

1. NANOBLADE 1998: set in the Cook County Hospital during a technological overhaul in medical practice. Romance, chaos, and madness ensue. Performs 6/5, 6/12, 6/19, 6/29, 7/13.

DR. PULVIS - Dan Mozurkewich URSULA LASCH - Sara Zalek OMAR TARAZI - Dylan Fahoome WOLFRAM SCHULLENBERGER - Jake Flum MS. CREON - Electra Tremulis CORPSE & PATIENT - Philip Johnson NURSE - Gwen Hilton

Film & Powerpoint by Joe Goudreault; Stage Management by Steak Richardson; Costumes by Ruth Forberg; Music, SFX, & Mix by Nick Meryhew; Dramaturgy by Jessie McCarty; German Consultation by Rosa Gallagher; Fight Choreography by Michael Saubert; Intimacy Choreography by Madeline Baird; Programs by Mike Corrao; Executive Produced by Americanstruction Inc, Eric Plattner, Kathleen Rooney, Martin Seay, Dylan Fahoome, Andrea Boucher, and Michael Thomas; Sigils by Gannon Reedy; Logo by Steak Mtn; Written and Directed by Logan Berry

2. SPRING BREAK 2020: a multimedia grand guignol set during the Covid lockdowns. A spectacle that spirals into strange revelations. Performs 6/6, 6/13, 6/20, 6/29, 7/13 LEXI - Electra Tremulis RYAN - Jake Flum COLTON - Dylan Fahoome LUCAS - Dan Mozurkewich LOUISE - Ruth Forberg MOTHER - Sara Zalek

Film by Joe Goudreault; Stage Management by Steak Richardson; Costumes by Ruth Forberg; Music, SFX, & Mix by Nick Meryhew; Choreography by Nina Feliciano; Fight Choreography by Michael Saubert; Intimacy Choreography by Madeline Baird; Dramaturgy by Jessie McCarty; Programs by Mike Corrao; Executive Produced by Americanstruction Inc, Eric Plattner, Kathleen Rooney, Martin Seay, Dylan Fahoome, Andrea Boucher, and Michael Thomas; Sigils by Gannon Reedy; Logo by Steak Mtn; Written and Directed by Logan Berry

3. THE MOURNING LIGHT 2050: set in River City, Chicago, in the distant future. About the family of a tech CEO who's invented program to communicate with the dead in Virtual Reality. Prophesies from another realm threaten to tear the family apart. Performs 6/7, 6/14, 6/21, 6/29, 7/13.

ARIA - Electra Tremulis MARIAN - Sara Zalek SPEED - Dan Mozurkewich NURSE, WAITER, MUSICIAN, VAGABOND 1, VISITOR 3 - Dylan Fahoome MEDIOTOLOGIST, PRIEST, VAGABOND 2 - Jake Flum VAGABOND 1- Steak Richardson ORB - Joe Goudreault VISITOR 1, VAGABOND, REMOTE NURSE - Gwen Hilton VISITOR 2, VAGABOND - Philip Johnson

Film by Joe Goudreault; Stage Management by Steak Richardson; Costumes by Ruth Forberg; Music, SFX, & Mix by Nick Meryhew; AI Avatars by DeepSnakes (Karina Bush & Daniel Harlow); Fight Choreography by Michael Saubert; Intimacy Choreography by Madeline Baird; Dramaturgy by Jessie McCarty; Programs by Mike Corrao; Executive Produced by Americanstruction Inc, Eric Plattner, Kathleen Rooney, Martin Seay, Dylan Fahoome, Andrea Boucher, and Michael Thomas; Sigils by Gannon Reedy; Logo by Steak Mtn; Written and Directed by Logan Berry

Media contact: Jake Flum ♦ sarcomacycle@gmail.com

Flashing lights + Mature themes. Optional content warning here.

Enter the cycle.