Past Production
By Christine Evans
Details
As the tide of refugees fleeing from war-torn parts of the world grows, Evans asks us to explore the question of how we take them in – or leave them on the outside. Based on real events in the Wommera Immigration Detention Centre in Australia, SLOW FALLING BIRD creates a hallucinatory world of song and magic that is beautiful, heartbreaking, and unforgettable.
Featuring: Michael Storm*, Dan Wolf, Cassie Beck+, Sally Clawson, Rami Margron, Juliet Tanner+, Anil Margsahayam, Jeremiah Christopher Hill, Joseph Estlack
Dramaturg: Christine Wolf
Assistant Director: Marissa Wolf
Dialect Coach: Dawn Elin Fraser
Fight Choreographer: Dave Maier
Choreographer: Cassie Beck+
Set Design: Joel Frangquist
Costume Design: Bree Hylkema+
Light Design: Heather Basarab+
Sound Design/Incidental Music: Cliff Caruthers
Songs*: Christine Evans
Props Design: Pegeen McGhan+
Production Design: Naren Larsen+
Stage Manager: Peggy Powell+
Assistant Stage Manager: Maura McGowan
Assistant Light Design: Jarrod Fischer+
Graphic Design: Julie Baum
Box Office Manager: Emma Sonduck
*Except for “My Island Home” by Neil Murray
In the Press
“Powerful visuals and wrenching personal drama . . . in the final scenes the slow falling stops and the soaring begins.” – Chad Jones, Oakland Tribune
“A sad but needed tale Evans writes from the gut with a darkly gritty world-view. . . . Evans wisely fleshes out the humanity of all her characters, good and bad, sexual and cultural, victim and bully. She brilliantly utilizes the moon-like terrain of the Outback . . . to parallel the inhospitable geography of politics, where cruelty is the path of least resistance . . . A multi-layered, superlatively textured script.” -Tom W. Kelly, San Francisco Bay Times
Theater
Magic Theatre, Landmark Building D, Fort Mason Center
2 Marina Blvd, SF 94123
Show info: 415.523.0034 ext 1
Administrative Offices
1695 18th St. C101 Annex, SF CA 94107
415.523.0034 ext 0
