Left to right, Haley Sisler, Gabrielle Dominique, and Ariel Leaf. Photo by Leah Edelman-Brier and Phen Grant.
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WHAT WE'RE DOING
For spring 2018, Fortune’s Fool Theatre will produce the regional premiere of Caryl Churchill's masterpiece The Skriker. This 1994 play, produced professionally only twice in North America, will feature an immersive staging, a cast of 17, and original music by Twin Cities composer Keith Hovis. It will be performed at the Crane Theatre in NE Minneapolis from April 7-22, 2018. “Whatever you do don't open the do don't open the door.” Mankind is destroying the Earth and the Skriker, a malevolent shape-shifting fairy and death portent, is pissed as hell. In her search for revenge, she leaves the underworld to pursue two teenaged girls in London: Josie, who has murdered her young child, and Lily, who is pregnant. Speaking in riddles, changing her shape at every new encounter, alternately promising glorious wishes and threatening physical harm, she seeks ownership of their souls by any means necessary. A wild chorus of dancing, pounding, singing, wailing spirits, drawn from English folk tales, serves the Skriker in her pursuit of the girls. April 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22. Performances at 7:30 pm evenings and 2:00 pm, Sunday April 22. Tickets: $20 general / $18 students, seniors, and Fringe button holders Pay as Able performance: Thursday, April 12. Tickets may be reserved at Brown Paper Tickets, 1-800-838-3006 / brownpapertickets Director: Ben Layne Stage manager: Megen Ealain ASM: Alyssa Thompson Lighting design: Joanna McLarnan Set Design: Sean McArdle Prop Design: Terri Ristow Costume Design: Tracy Swenson Choreography: Josiah Thompson Composer/Music director: Keith Hovis Dramaturg: Callie Meiners Dialect coach: Joel Raney CAST Lily: Haley Sisler Josie: Gabrielle Dominique Skriker: Ariel Leaf The Hag: Nissa Nordland Johnny Squarefoot: Stephanie Johnson Passerby: Josiah Thompson Yallery Brown: Keith Hovis Black Dog: Brynn Berryhill Kelpie: David Wasserman Green Lady: Sheree Froelich Woman with Kelpie: Nicole Laurenne Girl with Telescope: Megan Anderson Rawheadandbloodybones: Heather Jo Raiter Man with Bucket: Michael Quadrozzi Spriggan: Gail Estelle Black Annis: Mary Davis Dead Child: Leah Eckardt |