Avant GardARAMA - Cutting Ball Theater

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.