Risen

Risen
Theater	The Institution Theater
Directed by	Sarah Marie Curry
Cast	Adam Mengesha Cat Drago Clifton Highfield Heidi Penix Kareem Badr Katie Dahm Kierstin Hettler Leng Wong Ryan Hill Trey Stoker
Crew	Bryan Curry Mark Shoemaker Jason Vines
Run	Sep/Oct 2014

Risen was a long-form improv show inspired by World War Z.

Summary

Each week, an acclaimed Austin actor performed an edited selection from World War Z by Max Brooks, sharing a their first­hand account of the zombie apocalypse. Each monologue was from a different part of the world and a different level of outbreak.

The monologists included: Sarah Marie Curry, Leng Wong, Kevin Miller, and James Leary.

The improv cast then did a full length narrative based on the monologue they just heard, taking us anywhere from China to Antarctica, island postwar economy to the Paris underground, through the panic of the outbreak to the front lines of the Z War and back again. Each week brought a new world, a new story, a new tale of survival or decimation.

Jason Vines was in charge of makeup effects for the show. Bryan Curry did scoring and sound effects, and Mark Shoemaker ran lights.

Media

Photos

• Photoset by Steve Rogers of the 9/13/14 performance.
• Photoset by Warren Henderson of the 9/20/14 performance.
• Photoset by Michael Yew of the 9/27/14 performance.
• Photoset by Michael Yew of the 10/5/14 performance.
• Photoset by Steve Rogers of the 10/11/14 performance.

Other

• Trailer for the show.

More Information

• The audition announcement on The Austin Improv Forums.