By Qui Nguyen
Directed By Casey Kaleba
July 30 - August 23, 2009
PHOTO ABOVE: Megan Reichelt, Katie Atkinson, Amy Quiggins and Tony Bullock. Production and press photos by C. Stanley Photography
DIGITAL PROGRAM AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE
(AFTER THE YOUTUBE VIDEO "TRAILER")
"Qui Nguyen's comic book fantasia on Bardic themes takes characters from the main tragedies and throws them into an us-versus-zombies apocalyptic scenario, with enough rock-accompanied stage combat to keep an Elizabethan groundling satisfied. This gamely trashy treat is a perfect storm of theater and horror geek obsessions." - Time Out New York
It is five years after the tragic events that ended Shakespeare’s HAMLET and Elsinore is ruled by a zombie king. Humanity on the brink of extinction, Lady Mac, Juliet and a seriously peeved Ophelia are brought back from the dead to battle the Zombies and Denmark’s new King of Pain. Blood, limbs and jokes fly in playwright Qui Nguyen’s love letter to Shakespeare, comic books and Hong Kong style action.
LIVING DEAD IN DENMARK grew out of Qui Nguyen's and Robert Parker’s company in New York, The Vampire Cowboys. Their works are a unique fusion of pop-culture and provocative ideas with a focus on stage combat as an exciting part of the storytelling process. Rorschach Theatre is no stranger to stage combat, with works like the Samurai love romance, FAIR LADIES AT A GAME OF POEM CARDS, but the epic battles and stylish action that take place in this production of LIVING DEAD IN DENMARK will be unlike anything Washington has ever seen.
PRODUCED BY Jenny McConnell Frederick and Randy Baker
FEATURING Company Member Scott McCormick with Katie Atkinson, Blair Bowers, Tony Bullock, Ben Cunis, Adrienne Nelson, Amy Quiggins, Megan Reichelt, Danny Rivera, Andres Talero, Sarah Taurchini and Eddie Walsh
DESIGNED BY company members Debra Kim Sivigny (Costume Designer) and Robbie Hayes (Set Designer) with Brian S. Allard (Lighting Designer), Matthew M Nielson (Sound Designer) and Andrea "Dre" Moore (Props Designer)
WITH Josh Goode (Assistant Director), Debbie Wheatley (Assistant Costume Designer), Kate Lucibella (Technical Director), Robert Brown (Master Electrician) and Trey Carnley (Master Carpenter)
LIVING DEAD IN DENMARK is sponsored in part by Jeffery Cunard
SEASON 9 is sponsored in part by generous contributions from The Dobranski Foundation and Pete Miller & Sara Cormeny.
The show performs in THE GONDA THEATRE at Georgetown University’s Royden B. Davis, S.J. Performing Arts Center
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