still life with iris
OVERVIEW
This piece is the first play for young audiences to receive the Kennedy Center's Fund for New American Plays Award. Still Life with Iris is a fantastical adventure which centers on a little girl's search for the simplest of things: home. Iris lives with her mom in the land of Nocturno—a magical place in which the workers make, by night, all of the things we see in the world by day. Also, in Nocturno, memories do not reside in people's minds but instead are kept in their coats (called "Past Coats"). The rulers of Nocturno, the Great Goods, are determined to have the "best" of everything on their island—and therefore take Iris away from her home and bring her to Great Island to be their daughter. To ease the pain of this separation, they remove her Past Coat, leaving her with no memory of her home or her family. All that remains of Iris' past is a single button from her coat. Using the button as a clue, Iris joins with friends she meets on her journey—Annabel Lee (a young woman from the sea) and Mozart (the composer, age 11)—and frees herself from the Great Goods. She returns to Nocturno, having found her past, and her home.
November 11-13, 15, 2021
BY steven dietz
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DIRECTED BY
Jami windham
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TECHNICAL DIRECTOR abbey fera
CAST
Iris ..........................................................................Rayne Cutrer
Mister Matternot/Man/Dad ....................................Michael Kell
Annabel Lee ...........................................................Abigail Hunt
Mozart........................................................................Paige Heyl
Grotto Good..................................................Cameron Williams
Gretta Good ..............................................................Carey Beal
Mom/Miss Overlook..........................................Taylor Mattingly
Memory Mender .....................................................Elyse Mcvey
Captain Also/Flower Painter ...................................Sara Snyder
Third String ........................................................Camila Escobar
Ray ...............................................................Alyssa Montelongo
Elmer ......................................................................Grace Potter
Hazel ..............................................................Mackenzie Wilkey
Mister Otherguy .............................................................Exa Nix
Mister Himtoo ....................................................Mark Johanson
Leaf Monitor/Elmer/Hazel's mom ......................Olivia Brenner
Thunder Bottler 1 ...................................................Alexa Grubb
Thunder Bottler 2................................................Charley Proffitt
Rain Maker ............................................................Jaxon Garrett
Bolt Bender..............................................................Wyatt Wood
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Crew
Stage Manager....................................................Cece Gonzalez
Assistant Stage Manager ................................. Madeline Glenn
Props ...............................................................Mckenzie Ambler
Assistant Props..............................................................AJ Smith
Publicity .................................................................Rachel Kanak
Assistant Publicity ................................................Victoria Marsh
Set.......................................................................... Kyle Erickson
Assistant Set ...................................................Amberly Seefeldt
Lights....................................................................... Harper Toth
Assistant Lights................................................Shelby Townsend
Sound........................................................................ Bella Parks
Assistant Sound ..................................................Mark Johanson
Costumes .........................................................Kaitlyn Saunders
Assistant Costumes...............................................Abbie Chavez
General Crew
Olivia Brenner
Alexa Grubb
McKenzie Wilkey
Grace Potter
Thaine Cook
Milena Copa