The Violet Underbelly

The Violet Underbelly
Theater	The Hideout Theatre
Directed by	Kareem Badr
Cast	Audrey Rachel Sansom David Lampe Deano Jones Jay Michael Jessica Arjet Jon Clinkenbeard Kacey Samiee Kaci Beeler Kristin Firth Marc Majcher Mo Daviau Peter Rogers Roy Janik Troy Miller Zac Grantham
Crew	David Zimmerman Michael Yew
Run	Mar/Apr 2011

The Violet Underbelly was a mainstage show at The Hideout Theatre which presented narrative longform inspired by film noir.

Summary

The director deliberately steered the show away from the traditional, wackier signifiers of film noir -- the gumshoes, the voiceover, and the heightened language that often serves to poke fun at the genre -- and aimed for a grittier tone that was truer to the actual source material.

After its main run, the show was performed once at The 2011 Improvised Play Festival, and then once more in a one-off mash-up night with False Matters (called "Violet Matters"). Other than those two shows, it hasn't been done since.

Media

• Publicity photos by Jon Bolden.
• Trailer by Deano Jones.
• 2/16/11 rehearsal:
  • Photoset by Peter Rogers.
• 2/23/11 rehearsal:
  • Photoset by Peter Rogers.
• 3/12/11 performance:
  • Video by Peter Rogers.
• 4/2/11 performance:
  • Video by Peter Rogers.
• 4/9/11 performance:
  • Video by Stephen Reynolds.
• 4/16/11 performance:
  • Video by Peter Rogers.
• 4/23/11 performance:
  • Video by Peter Rogers.
• 4/30/11 performance:
  • Video by Stephen Reynolds.
• 7/2/11 performance at The 2011 Improvised Play Festival:
  • Video by The Hideout Theatre.
• "Violet Matters", the 6/23/12 mash-up with False Matters.
  • Video by Peter Rogers.

More Information

• The show's facebook site.