This musical fable pits gods against mortals in a search for ultimate truth that takes us from the ancient world to a future we’re all too familiar with. Traversing time from a theatricalized ancient world through the industrial age to a time “just a little bit in the future,” One Big Lie follows two sisters and a brother whose dilemmas repeat in each age as they struggle to discover who’s really holding the cards. With a rebel God of Lies and a singing oracle who turns into a 20’s reporter, One Big Lie is a romp that turns abruptly serious as our heroes are forced to stand trial for “anti-patriotic acts.”
Featuring: Linda Jones*+, Cassie Beck+, Mollena Williams+, Paul Lancour+, Alexandra Creighton+, Juliet Tanner+, Adam Chipkin+, Alan Quismorio+
Musicians: David Rhodes+, Homer Hsu, Sam Smith, Joe Sargent
Composer: David Rhodes+
Set Design: Melpomene Katakalos+
Costume Design: Jocelyn Leiser+
Masks/Props Design: Pegeen McGhan+
Light Design: Heather Basarab+
Dramaturg: Amy Mueller
Choreographer: Cassie Beck+
Vocal Coach: Amy Greacen
Stage Manager/Assistant Director: Michelle Thomas+
Production Manager: Naren Larsen+
Assistant Stage Manager: Bruce Walters
Assistant Costume Design: Lindsay Peck Scherloum
Assistant Light Design: Jarrod Fischer+
Set Crew: Dave Nowakowski, Joel Frangquist
Costume Crafts: Jerri Patterson
Wig Stylist: Jenna Hurd
Graphic Design: Julie Baum
Box Office Manager: Emma Sonduck
“savvy, tantalizing, funny…another vigorously meta-theatrical trip through one of Adams’ fantastical constructs, a dizzyingly artificial world with more than passing resemblances to our own.” Rob Hurwitt, SF Chronicle