Our mission: The Plagiarists steal from literature, visual art, history, and the culture at large to create new theatre that finds the familiar in the strange, the unique in the commonplace and ultimately enlarges the world.
The cast of SEASON PASS. Photo by Joe Mazza of BraveLux.
Season Pass
An Adventure Ride where the audience chooses what happens next!
Created by The Plagiarists
September 12-28, 2014
at The Frontier
Think Be Kind Rewind crossed with Star Tours crossed with Choose Your Own Adventure crossed with a childhood spent watching too many cartoons. A twisted theme park created by a mysterious artist on the run from the law, Season Pass is a set of interactive story-rides where the audience chooses the course of the story. From the depths of the ocean, to all of time and space itself… and beyond, Season Pass will take you on a one-of-kind adventure every time you strap in!
Charlesanne Rabensburg as The Penguin. Photo by Joe Mazza of BraveLux.
Directed by:
Mary Rose O'Connor and Paul Kastner*
Featuring:
Alexandria Frenkel
Nick Freed
Sara Jean McCarthy*
Ken Miller
Wes Needham
Charlesanne Rabensburg
Jessica Saxvik*
James Snyder
Ken Miller as Sal. Photo by Joe Mazza of BraveLux.
Set/Props/Sound/Images Designed by: Melissa Schlesinger*
Costumes Designed by: Emma Cullimore*
Puppets Designed and Created by: James Snyder
Lights Designed by: John Jacobsen
Stage Manager: Kit Ryan
Jessica Saxvik* as Dr. Michaels. Photo by Joe Mazza of BraveLux.
Reviews:
FOUR STARS!! from Jacob Harmon of Chicago Theatre Beat
"The Plagiarists have ... crafted a surreal sci-fi thrill ride that is as unpredictable and hilarious as anything I have seen in a very long time… That is some magnificent theater!"
http://chicagotheaterbeat.com/2014/09/19/season-pass-the-plagiarists-review/
Image by Melissa Schlesinger
Photo by Joe Mazza at BraveLux
these saints will burn
by Robert Stewart
March 21 - April 18 2015
at The Den Theatre
In these saints will burn, Joan of Arc’s familiar story is re-imagined as a world full of giant puppets, poetry, a talking crow, and a trio of saints who may be less benevolent than they appear as they work to secure Joan’s place in history. Equal parts farce, war epic, and tragedy, ridiculous and sublime, these saints will burn examines free will, myth-making, human nature, and the morality of violence.
Directed by Jack Dugan Carpenter*
Featuring
Tony Kaehny*
Sara Jean McCarthy*
Sean McGill
Melissa Reeves
Jessica Saxvik*
Julia Stemper*
Set/Props Designed by: Kailee Tomasic
Sound Designed by: Melissa Schlesinger*
Costumes Designed by: Emma Cullimore*
Puppets Designed and Created by: Andrew Marchetti
Lights Designed by: John Jacobsen
Stage Manager: Christina Casano*
Assistant Director: Samantha Decker
Photos by Joe Mazza at BraveLux