DISTANCE FREQUENCIES: TRANSMISSION
July 15-21, 2021
Created by Randy Baker, Kylos Brannon, Jenny McConnell Frederick, Roc Lee, Tosin Olufolabi, Doug Robinson, Debra Kim Sivigny, Jonelle Walker
Directed by Jenny McConnell Frederick
- The Great Lawn at Walter Reed Parks
An unopened letter from 1935 launches a young artist on a decades-long quest, backward and forward through time. Immersed in back alley love stories, great floods, mysterious voices and a transom of unknown powers, the artist is left with a single question: Where do we go from here?
Explore DC history both real and imagined in this original work of magic realism with a sound track of DC punk and go-go. Relax on the palatial Great Lawn at The Parks at Walter Reed in Northwest DC, a site that holds more than a century of history even as its next incarnation takes shape.
DISTANCE FREQUENCIES: TRANSMISSION (the live performance) is the culmination of DISTANCE FREQUENCIES, Rorschach’s seven-chapter immersive adventure across the city. TRANSMISSION can be enjoyed with or without participation in the first seven chapters. More information is available here.
“DISTANCE FREQUENCIES resonates with the times.”
FEATURING
Ricardo Blagrove
Frank Britton
James Finley
Erik Harrison
Jessica Ludd
Lorrie Smith Saito
Tara Whitney
Understudies
Izzy Gholl
Lydia Gifford
Shana Laski
Danielle Ray
Designers
Set Mel Blier
Costumes Moyenda Kulemeka
Lighting Maryanne Meadows
Sound Gordon Ninmo-Smith
Video Kylos Brannon
STAFF
Stage Manager Allison Poms-Strickland
ASM Abby Wasserman
Visual Design Consultant Debra Kim Sivigny
Technical Director Devin Mahoney
Master Electrician Elliott Shugoll
Sound Engineer James LaDow
Lighting Engineer Kat Darnell
Box Office Manager Michael Kyrioglou
House Manager Kelsey Jenkins
PRODUCERS
Randy Baker
Jenny McConnell Frederick