Red Twist strikes again with a twisted little music world masterpiece that melds genius and insanity, consensual S & M, abuse, and near homicide in an intense live theatre experience that will reverberate around your brain long after the final curtain call. This compelling exploration of complicated family relationships and coping mechanisms is not without horror and humor. And the multifaceted, brilliantly troubled characters ring true. Highly recommended. Do note this is a mature audiences show and may also be a trigger for those who are sensitive or have experienced past abuse.
Reverb
By Leslye Headland
Directed by Jonathan Berry
Opens Saturday, May 18, at 3pm
Redtwist announces the Chicago premiere of Reverb, a darkly comic, brutal dissection of the deadly force of wrath in the playwright’s cycle of the Seven Deadly Sins
Featuring Redtwist company member, and two-time Jeff Award-winner, Peter Oyloe
PLAY
Jeff-Award winning director, Jonathan Berry, directs the Chicago premiere of Reverb, story of a rising young musician and his girlfriend/muse as they try to clear the decks of their own dysfunctional pasts, while the reverberations keep these soulmates locked in a vicious maze of loving tenderness and mortal combat.
CAST
Brittany Burch (Lydia), Chris Chmelik (Shane), Ashley Neal (Ivy), Peter Oyloe (Dorian), Nick Vidal (Hank), Mary Williamson (June)
STAFF
Jonathan Berry (Director), Will Crouse (Assistant Director), Allison Queen (Stage Manager), Olivia Baker (Assistant Stage Manager), Elizabeth Penrose (Assistant Stage Manager), Sarah Burnham (Production Manager), Frank Sjodin (Tech Director), Joe Schermoly (Set Designer), Brandon Wardell (Lighting Designer), Christopher Kriz (Sound Designer), Peter Oyloe and Christopher Kriz (Original Music), Emily McConnell (Costume Designer), Jeff Shields (Prop Designer), Ryan Bourque (Fight Designer), Mary Reynard (Vocal Coach), Kevin McDonald (Dramaturg), Garvin Jellison (Master Electrician), Alan Weusthoff (Set Assistant), Peter Oyloe (Graphic Designer), Jan Ellen Graves (Marketing), Charles Bonilla (Box Office Manager), E. Malcolm Martinez (Box Office Associate), Johnny Garcia (Associate Producer), Michael Colucci & Jan Ellen Graves (Producers)
SCHEDULE
Opens: Sat, May 18, 3pm
Runs: Thu, Fri, Sat, 7:30pm; Sun, 3pm
Note: no evening performance on Sat, May 18 and no performance on Sun, May 19
Closes: Sun, June 23
Running Time: Approximately 90 minutes, no intermission
Previews: $15; Wed, Thu, Fri, May 15, 16, 17, at 7:30pm
Tickets: Thursdays, $25; Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, $30 (seniors & students $5 off)
RESERVATIONS
Call: 773-728-7529
Online: www.redtwist.org
The cast is stellar and the material is gold. We were particularly enamored with the performances of Dorian & June.
Check out our prior Reverb coverage here.
CAST in order of appearance
Dorian ....................................................................*Peter Oyloe
June ................................................................Mary Williamson
Hank...........................................................................Nick Vidal
Shane...................................................................Chris Chmelik
Lydia ....................................................................Brittany Burch
Ivy............................................................................ Ashley Neal
(Shane alternate after 6/23 ............................................ Robert Vignisson) *Redtwist company member
PLACE: Echo Park, a neighborhood in Los Angeles TIME: Today
Reverb is performed without intermission. The total running time is approximately 90 minutes.
Reverb received its World Premiere by the IAMA Theatre Company, Los Angeles, CA in 2009.
Reverb is produced by special arrangement with the Playwright and Creative Artists Agency and Caliber Media Co.
Reverb
By Leslye Headland
Directed by Jonathan Berry
Redtwist announces the Chicago premiere of Reverb, a darkly comic, brutal dissection of the deadly force of wrath in the playwright’s cycle of the Seven Deadly Sins
Featuring Redtwist company member, and two-time Jeff Award-winner, Peter Oyloe
PLAY
Jeff-Award winning director, Jonathan Berry, directs the Chicago premiere of Reverb, story of a rising young musician and his girlfriend/muse as they try to clear the decks of their own dysfunctional pasts, while the reverberations keep these soulmates locked in a vicious maze of loving tenderness and mortal combat.
CAST
Brittany Burch (Lydia), Chris Chmelik (Shane), Ashley Neal (Ivy), Peter Oyloe (Dorian), Nick Vidal (Hank), Mary Williamson (June)
STAFF
Jonathan Berry (Director), Will Crouse (Assistant Director), Allison Queen (Stage Manager), Olivia Baker (Assistant Stage Manager), Elizabeth Penrose (Assistant Stage Manager), Sarah Burnham (Production Manager), Frank Sjodin (Tech Director), Joe Schermoly (Set Designer), Brandon Wardell (Lighting Designer), Christopher Kriz (Sound Designer), Peter Oyloe and Christopher Kriz (Original Music), Emily McConnell (Costume Designer), Jeff Shields (Prop Designer), Ryan Bourque (Fight Designer), Mary Reynard (Vocal Coach), Kevin McDonald (Dramaturg), Garvin Jellison (Master Electrician), Alan Weusthoff (Set Assistant), Peter Oyloe (Graphic Designer), Jan Ellen Graves (Marketing), Charles Bonilla (Box Office Manager), E. Malcolm Martinez (Box Office Associate), Johnny Garcia (Associate Producer), Michael Colucci & Jan Ellen Graves (Producers)
SCHEDULE
Runs: Thu, Fri, Sat, 7:30pm; Sun, 3pm
Closes: Sun, June 23
Running Time: Approximately 90 minutes, no intermission
Previews: $15; Wed, Thu, Fri, May 15, 16, 17, at 7:30pm
Tickets: Thursdays, $25; Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, $30 (seniors & students $5 off)
RESERVATIONS
Call: 773-728-7529
Online: www.redtwist.org
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