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THE CASKET OF PASSING FANCYby Josh Meyer, Rebecca Beegle, and Matt Hislope
Directed by Josh Meyer and Matt Hislope Design by Ann Marie Gordon, Jason Amato, and Laura Cannon Featuring Jennifer Underwood, Paul Soileau, Kris Olson, Matt Hislope, Silky Shoemaker, Taylor Flanagan, Michelle Flanagan,Thomas Graves Carlos Treviño, Rebecca Beegle, Heather Barfield Cole, and Joe Hartman October 10-November 1, 2008 at The Blue Theater Supported by the Rockefeller MAP Fund Austin Critics' Table Awards Outstanding Acting in a Leading Role: Jennifer Underwood Outstanding None-of-the-Above B. Iden Payne Award Outstanding Special Theatrical Event As audacious a theatrical work as this city has seen, I think, one that crafted 500 individual experiences for its audience and made each member choose just one. You couldn't help but confront your own desires, but ultimately, the show was wondrously communal, as audience members lingered to share their experiences. -Robert Faires, The Austin Chronicle Nudity! Dancing! Singing! Fire! Bodily fluids! Leeches! - and people are still talking about the wonders and weirdness that went down each night. -Wayne Alan Brenner, The Austin Chronicle The Casket of Passing Fancy is not a play, and it's not, in any conventional sense, improv. It's a hyper-participatory extravaganza of perpetual surprise, culminating in a theatrical experience that, like a psychedelic Choose Your Own Adventure story, tailors to each individual audience member's taste, curiosity, or hunger. -Sarah Marie, Austinist AUSTIN CHRONICLE COVER STORY |
