WICA Presents THE KENTUCKY CYCLE 4/9-24

The Kentucky Cycle is a Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of three families in eastern Kentucky. Robert Schenkkan's play(s) spans 200 years of American history from 1775 to 1975.

"As I played out the history of these families over this broad expanse of time, the play seemed to become less and less about the history of eastern Kentucky or even the history of Appalachia. It was about America. It had become an unintended exploration of the process of 'myth making': that alchemy of wish fulfillment and political expediency by which history is collected and altered and revised, by which events become stories, and stories become folklore, and folklore becomes myth. Ultimately, I realized that the play was about American mythology..." -- Robert Schenkkan

Under Michael Barker's direction, Schenkkan's stunning nine-play cycle (with 33 actors playing 80+ characters!) explores violence as a part of American life -- whether that violence is racial, gender-based, or environmental -- and how each generation deals with and works through the American tendency to use force first and ask questions later.

"A cautionary parable about American character..." -- Joe Adcock, Seattle P-I

Apr 09 - 24, 2010

Fri @ 7.30pm Sat @ 7.30pm Sun @ 2pm
Apr 09 - Part One Apr 10 - Part One Apr 11 - Part One
Apr 16 - Part Two Apr 17 - Part Two Apr 18 - Part Two
Apr 23 - Part One Apr 24 - Part Two

TICKETS
adult $16
senior/military $14
youth $12 (25 and under)
Cycle Pass $28(see Part One and Part Two)

360/221.8268 or 800/638.7631

The Creative Team.
Michael Barker (Director), Jim Scullin (Assistant Director), Susan Melman (Dramaturg), Valerie Johnson (Costume Design), Ann Deacon (Lighting Design), Katie Woodzick (Properties), Bristol Bloom (Hair Design), Caitlin Goldbaum (Music Consultant/Education Assistant), Mikkel Hustad (Choral Director), Mike McVay (Fight Director), Damien Cortez (Weapons Master), Chris Spencer (Projections), Serena Hill (Stage Manager - Part One), Robert W. Prosch (Stage Manager - Part Two)

The Cast.
Bob Atkinson, Ethan Berkley, Bristol Bloom, Laura Boram, Matt Bursell, Tony Caldwell, Carrie Carpenter, Tom Churchill, Barton Cole, Adrian Cook, Jameson Cook, Damien Cortez, T.Addelle Dierking, Gail Fleming, Hairston Hamby, Sommer Harris, Eric Hood, Mikkel Hustad, Kent Junge, Paul Mathews, Pat McVay, Shellie Moore, Laura Persaud, Daniela Rose, Ryan Ramie Rose, Zachary Schneider, Rob Scott, Jim Scullin, Eric Vanderbilt-Mathews, Erick Westphal, Larry Woolworth, Dwight Zehm, and Jenny Zisette.

The Musicians.
Ron Swenson (guitar, banjo), Eric Vanderbilt-Mathews (concertina), Mira Yamamoto (violin)

http://www.wicaonline.com/2009-2010/THEATRE%20SERIES/KENTUCKY.html

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