SEASON 6
2022-2023
WHAT YOU CAN’T KEEP, PART 2
World Premiere Special Presentation
September 12, 2022
@ The Main Cinema
Written by Harrison David Rivers
Directed by Tyler Michaels King
STORYTELLING. ART. INTIMACY.
Told exclusively through a combination of striking film making and voice-overs, WHAT YOU CAN'T KEEP PARTS 1 and 2 weave through memories of past loves and misdeeds. Blending storytelling, visual imagery, and theater, WYCK is part play, part contemporary short film and explores the inner thoughts of Lizzy and Lucas as they collide with intimacy, art, love, passion, and their own relationships.
Starring Eric Sharp and Miriam Schwartz, and featuring appearances by Anna Hashizume, Joel Liestman, and Ryan London Levin.
5
World Premiere Production
In Partnership with The Jungle Theater
March 11 - April 16, 2023
Written by JuCoby Johnson
Directed by H. Adam Harris
Best friends Jay and Evan run a convenience store in a rapidly changing neighborhood. When a real estate developer stops by with an offer to buy the place, their deep-rooted connection is tested. As the choice to sell weighs on Evan’s shoulders, and with limited time to decide, their community is ripped apart and the very foundation of the world around them begins to rumble and quake.
An intimate play that races towards apocalyptic ends, 5 revolves around a transformative tale of friendship & betrayal—laying bare what is truly at stake when decisions of self-preservation and community are on the line.
CAST
JAY - JUCOBY JOHNSON
EVAN - ERCI HAGEN
STACY - DANA LEE THOMPSON
JUNE - ISABELLA DAWIS
WALTER - AARON TODD DOUGLAS
UNDERSTUDIES
WILLIAM STURDIVANT
TOM REED
AMBER PATTON
SHEENA JANSON KELLEY
CREW
SCENIC DESIGNER - CHELSEA M. WARREN
COSTUME DESIGNER - SARAH BAHR
LIGHTING DESIGNER - BILL HEALEY
SOUND DESIGNER - DAN DUKICH
STAGE MANAGER/PROPERTIES DESIGNER - JOHN NOVAK
FIGHT CONSULTANT - ANNIE ENNEKING
ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGNER - SPENCER AREVALO
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - SOPHINA SAGGAU
Thank you to our Production Sponsor:
PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT
Throughout the year, Trademark invests in behind the scenes development of several projects from local writers, composers, lyricists, and theater-makers. While the projects below did not receive public presentations, each team was given financial support, critical feedback, and private workshopping time with actors to further develop their plays and musicals.
FOUR MEASURES
Book by Kira Obolensky
Music and Lyrics by David Darrow
Based on the “21 Grams Theory” and the bizarre experiments conducted by Dr. Duncan MacDougall in Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1907, this new musical follows a young nurse’s search for purpose as she aids an eccentric doctor in his bizarre experiment to weigh patients as they die to prove the human soul has physical weight. Weaving between the memories of the sick and dying and a peculiar man battling his own grief, Four Measures traverses the gap between what we leave behind and where we might go beyond our final breath.
THE REUNION
Created by Tyler Michaels King and Tyler Mills
A group of old high school friends gathers for a murder mystery party game night. Costumes, drinks, and one hell of a story are making for a fun evening. But once the game gets going, the host is mysteriously murdered. Like, actually murdered. Is it all part of some elaborate, nefarious crime? Or is it a bizarre accident? Did someone spike the punch? Is the gun even real? What’s that banging coming from the basement door? Most importantly: who’s out to get who? As relationships fray and secrets are revealed, the group must keep playing to figure out the mystery behind the mystery.
THE OSTENTATIOUS OUTLAWS OF NEEHAI VALLEY
Book, Music and Lyrics by Keith Hovis
Smack dab in the middle of a burgeoning nation lies the sleepy town of Neehai Valley. It’s a place full of simple people, happily living a life of unchallenged bliss, just as the good Lord intended. But when a new fad sweeps through town, it awakens thoughts and feelings the townsfolk didn’t even know they had. Suddenly, the residents find themselves in the throes of a cultural transformation and/or societal collapse, depending on who you ask. Ostentatious Outlaws of Neehai Valley is a darkly comedic new musical that asks: What happens after the revolution? (And apologizes in advance for not holding more stakeholder meetings.)