Strange Worlds

Strange Worlds
Theater	The Hideout Theatre
Directed by	Jordan T. Maxwell
Cast	Alexander Hilary Andreas Fabis Heidi Rogers Jayme Ramsay Jessica Arjet Lacy Shawn Madeline Malka Marc Majcher Peter Rogers Ryan Austin
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
• Morgan McNulty
• Nate Jester

Media

• Video of the 3/9/13 "Beacon" show.

More Information

• "Ryan Austin Vs. The Perils of Pulp": a post from Ryan Austin about the rehearsal process.