SOMETIMES THE RAIN, SOMETIMES THE SEA

March 24 – April 16, 2023
By Julia Izumi
Directed by Gregory Keng Strasser
  • Atlas Performing Arts Center
    1333 H St NE, Washington DC 20002
DIGITAL PROGRAM
Once upon a time, a rain cloud fell in love with a human. Dolan, who bears an uncanny resemblance to author Hans Christian Andersen, tries to tell this simple and sweet story, but characters in the story keep turning into figures from Dolan’s own history of turbulent relationships. An adaptation, a reimagining, and a critique of The Little Mermaid, SOMETIMES THE RAIN, SOMETIMES THE SEA is a story of romantic, obsessive, and unrequited love.

“As much as SOMETIMES THE RAIN, SOMETIMES THE SEA looks, sounds, and feels like tasty fluffy cotton candy, it’s a cleverly spun confection concealing a shiv.”

DC Theater Arts

FEATURING

Janine Baumgardner
Jordan Brown
Sydney Dionne
Colum Goebelbecker
Jordanna Hernandez
Jolene Mafnas
Nick Martin
Arika Thames

Understudies

Nathanael Hatchett
Daniella Ignacio
Karen Lange
Aron Spellane
Majenta Thomas

Designers

Set Sarah Beth Hall
Costumes Alexa Cassandra Duimstra
Assistant Costume Designer Cody Von Ruden
Lighting Dean Leong 
Sound Veronica J. Lancaster
Props Rooster Skylar Sultan
Video Hailey LaRoe

STAFF

Production Manager Adam B. Ferguson 
Technical Director Simone Schneeberg
Master Electrician Ben Harvey
Stage Manager Caraline Jeffery
Associate Stage Manager Natasha Sánchez
Intimacy Coordinator Emily Sucher

PRODUCERS

Randy Baker
Jenny McConnell Frederick

MEDIA

PRESS

“SOMETIMES THE RAIN, SOMETIMES THE SEA achieves something that other subversive fairy tales don’t: a real sense of danger. Fiction authors often say at a certain point that they’re not writing their stories, their characters are. This show captures that literary dynamic exquisitely, and unearths the mature stories that fairy tales sometimes can only imply."
DCist
“Strasser’s deceptively complex production is a confectionary delight with a twang of heartbreak.”
Washington City Paper