Avant GardARAMA!
An Evening of Short Experimental Plays
October 8 - November 20, 2004
Directed by Rob Melrose
Fighter Airplanes
from the notebooks of Richard Foreman
Airplane - James Craft
Airplane - Ryan Oden
Stewardess - Danielle O’Hare
Stewardess - Jessa Santens
Ajax, for Instance
by Heiner Müller
translated by Carl Weber
The Writer - David Sinaiko
Helen of Troy
by Rob Melrose
Helen - Danielle O’Hare
Menelaus - Ryan Oden
Paris - James Craft
Pickling
by Suzan-Lori Parks
Miss Miss - Jaxy Boyd
The Sandalwood Box
by Mac Wellman
Marsha Gates - Jessa Santens
Professor Claudia Mitchell - Jaxy Boyd
Bus Driver - David Sinaiko
Chorus - James Craft, Ryan Oden, Danielle O'Hare
Production Staff
Director & Lighting Design - Rob Melrose
Producer - Adriana Baer
Set Design - Michael Locher
Costume Design - Paige Rogers
Original Music & Sound - Design Cliff Caruthers
Graphic Design - Debra Singer
Stage Manager - Robert McPhee
Light Board Operator - Brian M. Reiser
Carpentry - Adam Martin
Lighting Crew - Jean-Pierre Jolivette, Louie Lopez, Alex Quintanilla, Amit Sabnis
Avant GardARAMA! was made possible by generous grants from The San Francisco Arts Commission and The Zellerbach Family Foundation.