The Wild Party

The Wild Party

THE WILD PARTY

Music, Lyrics and book by Michael John LaChiusa

Book by George C. Wolfe

Acting Up Stage Company in association with Obsidian Theatre

 

 

Directed by Robert McQueen
Starring: Rebecca Auerbach, J. Cameron Barnett, Dan Chameroy, Josh Epstein, Susan Gilmour,Sarite Harris, Daren A. Herbert, Sara-Jeanne Hosie, Lisa Horner, Sterling Jarvis,David Lopez, Larry Mannell, Stephen Patterson, Eden Richmond and Cara Ricketts
Musical Direction: Bob Foster
Choreographer: Stephanie Graham
Set Design: Michael Gianfrancesco
Costume Design: Alex Amini
Lighting Design: Kim Purtell
Sound Design: Peter McBoyle

 

Berkely Street Theatre, Downstairs, February 20 – March 8th, 2015

 

The Wild Party tells the story of one wild evening in a Manhattan  apartment just before the crash in 1929. In a relationship marked by vicious behavior and recklessness (mirroring the time in which they live), Queenie and Burrs, a vaudeville dancer and a vaudeville clown decide to throw a party to end all parties. A handsome young stranger named Black arrives and he and Queenie’s mutual attraction bring the party to a climax. Capturing the sound of a bygone era, we realize that moral decadence is not only limited to our past