six short plays based on stories by Stephen King
The Visceral Company is thrilled to present DEAD OF NIGHT, an anthology of six short plays based on stories by the master of horror, Stephen King.
DEAD OF NIGHT will play September 30 through November 6, 2011 at the Historic Lankershim Arts Center, 5108 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA. Free street parking is readily available.
Performances are Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 pm and Sunday matinees at 3 pm. DEAD OF NIGHT runs approximately 2 hours, including one 15-minute intermission.
Stephen King has authorized The Visceral Company to produce these original adaptations of his stories:
- Nona (writer, Catherine Noah; director, Dan Spurgeon) – A young man meets a woman like no other. Beautiful, bewitching, and hungry for murder. But just who – or what – is Nona?
- Strawberry Spring (writer, Kenneth Cosby; director, John McCormick) – Ten years ago, a serial killer plagued a college campus during a warm, foggy patch of winter. Tonight, Springheel Jack has returned with the "strawberry spring."
- Harvey's Dream (writer, Rochelle Perry; director, Angela Relucio) – At the breakfast table, Harvey tells his wife of a strange dream he had the night before.
- The Man Who Loved Flowers (writer, Rochelle Perry; director, Angela Relucio) – A lovestruck young man looks for his beloved on the streets of New York.
- Mute (writer, Michael Sadler; director, Bennett Cohon) – A man in a confessional recounts the night he gave a strange mute hitchhiker a ride… and what happened later.
- The Ten O'Clock People (writer, Dan Spurgeon; director Jana Wimer) – Brandon Pearson has his cigarette habit under control. Unfortunately, cutting down has somehow allowed him to see the monsters that really run the world.
DEAD OF NIGHT features an ensemble cast including Carl Bradley Anderson*, Renee-Marie Brewster*, Corey Craig, Kathy Denton*, Jonathan Harrison, Kerr Seth Lordygan, Jared Martzell, Daniel Pittack, Erica Rhodes*, and Roger K. Weiss, with each actor portraying multiple roles. Set design is by Sean Vasquez, lighting design by Dave Sousa, and sound design by John McCormick, with original music by Willy Greer.
Tickets for DEAD OF NIGHT are $25 and available through Brown Paper Tickets at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/195979. Use code WEB20 for $5 off!
DEAD OF NIGHT contains horror elements and some violence, and is not recommended for young children.
The Visceral Company is dedicated to presenting killer shows from darker places. We hope to encourage further onstage exploration of the horror, thriller and science fiction genres, which have been underrepresented in theatre, and to build an appreciation of theatre in the younger audiences that are traditionally drawn to them.
* Member, Actor's Equity Association. This production is presented under the AEA Los Angeles 99-Seat Theatre Plan.
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