Animal Show to Present OUR MANY GHOSTS at NOMAD

Heidi Darchuk's The Empire Builder follows Marigold on her trip east through Montana on an old train line to visit the grave of her grandmother. Hank Bunker's The World to Come, gives us two men grappling with the aftereffects of an apparent alien visitation. In Shayne Eastin's Trouble for Miles, a family fishing excursion goes horribly wrong. Christopher Kelley's Now and at the Hour takes us to the basement of the hero's childhood home where his brother's shade awaits.

The pieces were created in concert, spurred by common readings, exercises and discussion, but each reflects the writer's specific style and vision. Some are funny, some poetic, and some odd.

Sissy Boyd and Zoe Canner will perform a dance piece they've co-choreographed.

Thomas Chan, Gray Palmer and Robert Oriol will perform live music they've composed.

The directors of the evening are Hank Bunker, Shayne Eastin, Amber Skalski-Guiterrez and Wesley Walker.

Performers are David Bickford, Sissy Boyd, Hank Bunker, Zoe Canner, Shayne Eastin, Max Faugno, Suzanne Fletcher, Tom Gulager, Christopher Kelley, John Kenower, Dominik Musiol, Gray Palmer, Luis Reyes, Soren Royer-McHugh, Rachel Scorpio, Janellen Steininger, Dan Wiley and Jacqueline Wright.

Animal Show is a collective of theater and film artists centered in Frogtown. They are working in the tradition of Los Angeles theater underground groups such as Padua Hills Playwrights, John Steppling's Gunfighter Nation, Pharmacy, Sharon's Farm and others. Under different group names, the members of Animal Show have produced a number of acclaimed plays and won and have been nominated for several LA Weekly awards.

OUR MANY GHOSTS marks Animal Show's inaugural theater production.

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OUR MANY GHOSTS

Written by Hank Bunker, Heidi Darchuk, Shayne Eastin and Christopher Kelley. Directed by Hank Bunker, Shayne Eastin, Amber Skalski-Gutierrez and Wesley Walker. Choreography by Sissy Boyd and Zoe Canner. Produced by Animal Show.

At NOMAD 1993 Blake Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039

Previews March 31. Opens Friday, April 1 at 8:30 p.m. Runs through Saturday, April 9. Show times: 8:30pm.

Admission: $10 at the door. The March 31 preview is $5.

No reservations necessary.