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''Strange Worlds'' is a mainstage show at [[The Hideout Theatre]]. | ''Strange Worlds'' is a mainstage show at [[The Hideout Theatre]]. | ||
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The show is an improvised serial anthology based in the tropes of [[wikipedia:Pulp magazine|the pulps]] of the 30s and 40s. The cast developed hero characters in rehearsals, and each performance featured two adventures, each featuring one of those heroes, and an shorter interstitial story ("Strange Times") that followed a reporter and cop as they investigated the blowback from those stories. | The show is an improvised serial anthology based in the tropes of [[wikipedia:Pulp magazine|the pulps]] of the 30s and 40s. The cast developed hero characters in rehearsals, and each performance featured two adventures, each featuring one of those heroes, and an shorter interstitial story ("Strange Times") that followed a reporter and cop as they investigated the blowback from those stories. | ||
The technical improvisors for the show are [[Cindy Ward]], [[Chad Wellington]], and [[Michael Yew]]. | |||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
Revision as of 16:39, 30 March 2013
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| Theater | The Hideout Theatre |
| Directed by | Jordan T. Maxwell |
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| Run | Mar/Apr 2013 |
Strange Worlds is a mainstage show at The Hideout Theatre.
Summary
The show is an improvised serial anthology based in the tropes of the pulps of the 30s and 40s. The cast developed hero characters in rehearsals, and each performance featured two adventures, each featuring one of those heroes, and an shorter interstitial story ("Strange Times") that followed a reporter and cop as they investigated the blowback from those stories.
The technical improvisors for the show are Cindy Ward, Chad Wellington, and Michael Yew.
Characters
- The Beacon (Marc Majcher) is a stage magician and debunker named Rick White, cursed by gypsies to attract supernatural forces at all times.
- Jack Ryder of Neptune (Ryan Austin) is an American sailor who, while returning home from the war, is sucked into a wormhole that deposits him on the fantastical planet of Neptune.
- Simon Doyle
- Dr. Lily Wilde
- Maxine Maker
- The Grey Bishop
- The Peregrine
- Bellwether Blue
- Debra McNulty
- Nate Jester
Show Summaries
Media
More Information
- "Ryan Austin Vs. The Perils of Pulp": a post from Ryan Austin about the rehearsal process.
