Preston Choi

It’s giving… camp.

This raucous dark comedy by rising star Preston Choi puts teens at the helm of a revolution. A queer trio’s escape plan from a conversion camp takes a left turn as they face off against a straight-laced counselor with an unusual sadistic streak. limp wrist on the lever questions the necessity of violence and the paradox of tolerance, with the ever-present doubt: how can you ever be sure you’ve really changed someone’s mind?

Performance Info

limp wrist on the lever runs 2 hours with one intermission.

Content & Sensory Advisory: This production is a dark comedy, and explores difficult and unsettling themes, including abuse, homophobia, and trauma. It contains moments of physical violence and struggle, references to self-harm and suicide, strong language (including slurs), as well as sensory effects such as water-based haze, sudden loud sounds, and heavy, frequent strobe lighting. Recommended for Ages 16+.

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Recognizing that COVID is still present and affecting our communities, masks will be encouraged in the theater at all times, and we are offering three mask-required performances. 

In addition, affordability and accessibility remain a priority, with Pay-What-You-Can previews, sliding scale pricing, and a ‘No One Turned Away for Lack of Funds’ (NOTAFLOF) policy. We are also thrilled to offer a Haptic Tour and Audio Described performance in partnership with Gravity Access Services on Saturday, September 27th at 3 PM and an ASL-Interpreted performance in partnership with Velvet Hands on Sunday, September 28th at 3 PM.

Mask-Required Performances: Sunday, September 14th at 3 PM, Sunday, September 21st at 3 PM, and Thursday, October 2nd at 8 PM.

Haptic Tour and Audio Described performance: Saturday, September 27th at 3 PM – Lobby Opens at 1:30pm, Haptic Tour at 2:00pm

ASL-Interpreted Performance: Sunday, September 28th at 3 PM

Learn more about CFT’s Accessibility Programming here! www.CrowdedFire.org/accessibility

About the Playwright

Preston Choi (he/him) is a Los Angeles-based playwright whose work focuses on Asian-American/mixed race/queer lives, social science fiction, and the horrors of being alive. His work has recently been developed with Crowded Fire, Artists at Play, Round House Theatre, Cygnet Theatre, and Interact Theatre. Plays include Happy Birthday Mars Rover, This Is Not A True Story, The Migratory Patterns of the North American Monarch Butterfly and The Development of Fatherless Sons or A Great Migration, performing class, and You Will Get Used To It. He has a B.S. in Theatre from Northwestern and an MFA in playwriting from UC San Diego.

CAST

Anita: Ashley Jaye (she/they)
Charli: River Bermudez Sanders (they/them)
Zo: linda maria girón (they/them)
Thomas: Kenny Scott (he/him)
Ghost: Landyn Endo (he/they) & Annie Fraser (they/she)
Understudy – Anita / Zo: Vivian Le (she/her)
Understudy – Charli / Thomas: Tim Garcia (any pronouns)

CREATIVE TEAM

Director: Becca Wolff (any pronouns) ◼
Assistant Director & Wellness Doula: Gabriel {G} Momah (they/aliengel) ★
Dramaturg: Caro Asercion (they/them/theirs) ★
Choreographer: Adin Walker (they/them) ◼
Fight Choreographer: Raisa Donato (they/them)
Fight Captain: Landyn Endo (he/they)
Stage Manager: Nikki Eggett (they/them)
Assistant Stage Manager: Elio Amador (he/they)
Scenic Designer: Jenna Lauren Carroll (she/her)
Props & Associate Scenic Designer: Ashley Méndez (she/her)
Costume Designer: Fatima “Buffy” Yahyaa (she/her)
Costume Assistant: Lia Findley (she/they)
Makeup Consultant: Carla Grace Fajardo (she/her)
Lighting Designer: Ray Oppenheimer (he/him)
Sound Designer: Tab Mattos (he/they)

★ Crowded Fire Resident Artist
◼ Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC)