HOLLYWOOD, CA - The Ridge family's land is at stake. When the patriarch is presumed dead and the oldest son decides to sell the Moab Utah wilderness to a shark investor/mad man who also leads the local cult. Mardecon, feverishly played by Christopher Paul Hart, wants to develop the land into strip malls... that and eradicate all body hair. But that's not the only loon in town. The hippie squatters combined with the town's corrupt leader, religious tourists and nuclear terrorists round out the madness. Thank goodness there is the sly coyote, who's masterful disguises enable him to walk his way into any situation and manipulate the town folk out of self destruction. And this is all done in iambic pentameter. 

        Sacred Fools Theatre Company presents Midnight Brainwash Revival, an original work by Kirk Wood Bromley (the only contemporary American playwright working consistently in iambic pentameter) with direction by Alexander Yannis Stephano. Bromley's unique and vivid characters are extremely entertaining to watch and you never know what's coming next in this modern melodrama. The strong ensemble cast includes Annie Abrams, Gary Ballard, Ted DeVirgilis, M.E. Dunn, Dan Etheridge, Eric Giancoli, Jacy Gross, Adam Harrington, Kyle Ingleman, Diana Jellinek, Joe Jordan, Liesel Kopp, Yuri Lowenthal, Bruno Oliver, Paul Plunkett, Mark McClain Wilson and Philip Wofford. The Sacred Fools Theatre Company has a fine reputation of using their stage space to it's full potential. Midnight Brainwash Revival is without exception. We're taken from the vast expanses of a stark desert to a hotel room and local watering hole and then to catacombs; all transitions lasting mere moments. Subtle lighting design by Jason Mullen and sound by Mark McClain Wilson enhanced the sets and costumes by Ovation Award-winning designer M.E. Dunn. Midnight Brainwash Revival runs through June 26, 2004. - R. Harker

 

 

 


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