One of the better moments is when we get to secretly watch the red queen, portrayed aggressively by Taylor Semin and the White Rabbit play out power and control in a sensual dance around a sitting room. We are lead by the White Queen, a charming Roxanne Kidd, to watch like sneaky children hiding in another room peeking in on adults engaging in something mysterious and naughty. There is also a magical bit of card play, wonderfully conjured by the impressive Doctor, Charly Wenzel, and a number of sly and sexy staring contests (or so it felt to me) with Orderly Robinson and the White Rabbit, played crisply by Jeff Sykes and Kyle Castillo, two among numerous others. If direct eye contact makes you uncomfortable or want to giggle, this might not be the show for you.
The sequence of rooms and experiences will vary for each and everyone. I started with the Mad Hatter, and was led to two Alices doing a hypnotizing mirror dance, ate some oranges and was gestured forward. Yours, I’m sure will Be something completely different. It’s a moody and intoxicating evening, and not just because we are given numerous alcoholic beverages to drink down. We are pulled through a dreamy and eerie kaleidoscope of images and ideas, well structured and timed throughout a tightly choreographed two hours. And when all is said and done, we find ourselves drinking a glass of tea and ushered back out by the ward’s assistants, Gabriela Gowdie, Bree Doobay, and Kasey Blanco, into the night. Back into the real world, and only at that moment, did I wish I had a companion to dissect and compare our unique and different journeys down a rabbit hole, through the halls of an asylum, and back up to the cold Brooklyn streets.
THEN SHE FELL
Directed, designed, written and choreographed: Zach Morris, Tom Pearson, and Jennine Willett in collaboration with original cast members: Elizabeth Carena, Alberto Denis, Stacie C. Tobar, Rebekah Morin, Marissa Nielsen-Pincus, Tara O’Con, and Zoë Schieber. It is currently performed by the company: Matthew Albert, Eric Berey, Erika Boudreau-Barbee, Andrew Broaddus, Kyle Castillo, Kristen Carcone, Larry Daniels, Elisa Davis, Caitlin Dutton-Reaver, Julia Galanski, Gierre J. Godley, Joseph Harris, Julia Jurgilewicz, Julia Kelly, Mary Madsen, Lauren Muraski, Jenna Purcell, Alex M. Schell, Taylor Semin, Mackenzie Sherburne, Julie Seal, Jeff Sykes, and Charly Wenzel. Supported by Elizabeth Carena, Alberto Denis, Joshua Dutton-Reaver, Kim Fischer, Rebekah Morin, Taylor Myers, Edward Rice, Kim Savarino, Bre Short, Samuel Swanton, and Madeline Wilcox. Production design by Zach Morris, Tom Pearson, and Jennine Willett; original music & sound design by Sean Hagerty; costumes by Karen Young; lighting design by Kryssy Wright; production management by Brittany Crowell; assistant direction by Marissa Nielsen-Pincus; rehearsal direction by Julia Kelly; assistant rehearsal direction by Mary Madsen; original technical direction by Carlton C. Ward; wardrobe by TJ Burleson.
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