The Seeing Place Theater Presents
DOG ACT
By LIZ DUFFY ADAMS
Featuring
ERIN CRONICAN, ROBIN FRIEND, WILLIAM KETTER, JON L. PEACOCK, HAILEY VEST, BRANDON WALKER, and WERONIKA HELENA WOZNIAK
Directed by ERIN CRONICAN
Scenic and Costume Design: ERIN CRONICAN
Sound Designer and Composer: BRANDON WALKER
Stage Manager: SHANNON FORMAS
Publicity: KATIE ROSEN/KAMPFIRE PR
Saturday, January 30th at 7:00 pm EST/4:00 pm PDT, Friday, February 5th at 7:00 pm EST/4:00 pm PDT, Streaming is also available via YouTube February 2-12, 2021.
In Liz Duffy Adams’ DOG ACT, we meet Zetta (Erin Cronican) and Dog (William Ketter) as they are walking to China amidst an apocalyptic setting. They are vaudevillians, and they make up their own language (Ebonics/Old World English/Whatever mixed with made-up words like immensibility, nadamucho, and extravanoganza) and suffer the violent befalling of extreme seasons. Vera Similitude (Brandon Walker) and JoJo the Bald-faced Liar (Hailey Vest) bring an ominous presence as they come upon the vaudevillians. The Scavengers (Jon L. Peacock and Robin Friend) are in search of a leader and see the motley crew as potential prey. No one is quite what they seem. Weronika Helena Wozniak is the narrator of this dark doomsday comedy.
DOG ACT is a play for our current-day circumstances, complete with rough and raw language (not for the gosh-dang-it! crowd). Enhanced by five original songs, the gate to hell being opened and mankind as we know it being destroyed, a plague, climate change, and humanity against humanity are all tackled as these talented actors take on survival and a redefining of truth. Can actors, vaudevillians if you will, save the world? These guys are off to a great start.
- Laurie Lawson -