CAST AND CREW
(for March 07)

Writer/Director...John Harvey

Puppet Director...Joel Orr

Assistant Director/Stage Manager...Carole Kelly

Puppet designs...Justin Dunford

Puppeteer...Justin Dunford

Edgar...Joel Orr

Edmund...Wes Copeland

Barbara...Patricia Duran

Earl...Eric Doss

Ann...Jennifer Decker

Costumes: Jennifer Decker, Patricia Duran, Eric Doss

Composer: Meghan Hendley

Musicians: Duo Scordatura-Nicholas Leh Baker, violinist, Jordan Kuspa, cellist

Sound/Set Design: Greg Dean

Light Design: Kevin Taylor

Program/Flyer Art: Greg Dean and Ryan Kelly

Set: Eric Doss, Greg Dean, Jennifer Decker, Patricia Duran, John Harvey, Wayne Barnhill

Light-board Operation: Carole Kelly

Sound Operation: Robin Ziegler

Puppet construction: Jenny Campbell, Camella Clements, Eric Doss, Justin Dunford, Francesca Marquis, Joel Orr, Kevin Taylor and Robin Ziegler

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   What is ROT? A new play by Mildred’s Umbrella resident playwright John Harvey. What is ROT? A collaboration between two of Houston’s premier theater companies. What is ROT? A husband dying of the plague, a wife longing to move to Arizona. What is ROT? A daughter who after setting the world on fire and destroying the sun comes home to find out what happened to her dog. What is ROT? Two gentlemen sitting in the front parlor in their underwear. What is ROT? Puppets in the furniture remembering what the family would like to forget. What is ROT? A fetal pig. What is ROT? A happy death.
   

PRESS

“ ... an experimental walk on the dark side”
Chron.com

“ deliciously dark moments of ironic humor and painful humanity..”
Houston Press

“ .. exudes enough despair to make the average Samuel Beckett outing look like Annie.”
Everett Evans Houston Chronicle

“ ..the two companies together have created a smart, wildly literary piece of experimental theater the likes of which no Houstonian will see anywhere else this season. ”
Lee Williams - Houston Press

FULL HOUSTON PRESS REVIEW

FULL HOUSTON CHRONICLE REVIEW