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{{Infobox Show
{{Infobox Show
|Name              = Story to the Death
|Name              = Story to the Death
|Picture            = Story to the Death Placeholder Image.jpg
|Picture            = Story to the Death Promo.jpg
|Theater            = [[The Hideout Theatre]]
|Theater            = [[The Hideout Theatre]]
|Director          = [[Andy Crouch]]
|Director          = [[Andy Crouch]]
|Assistant Director = [[Aspen Webster]]
|Assistant Director = [[Aspen Webster]]
|Stage Manager      = [[Bob Halgren]]
|Stage Manager      = {{Unbulleted list | [[Bob Halgren]] (2016) | [[KC Ryan]] (2018) }}
|Run                = Aug 2016
|Run                = Aug 2016
|Cast              = {{Unbulleted list | [[Ann Symmonds]] [[Emily McDonald]] | [[Graham Snow]] | [[Heidi Rogers]] | [[Jessica Soos]] | [[Kay Krasin]] | [[Marc Jalandoon]] | [[Sushant Sethi]] | [[Tosin Awofeso]] | [[Trent Symmonds]] }}
|Subsequent Runs = Feb 2018
|Tech              = {{Unbulleted list | [[Nichole Bennett]] | [[Heather Coffee]] }}
 
|Cast              = {{Unbulleted list | [[Aaron Seriff-Cullick]] |
[[Alex Bennett]] |
[[Angelina Martin]] |
[[Ann Symmonds]] |
[[Annie Shortt]] |
[[Ashley Blom]] |
[[David Ronn]] |
[[Emily McDonald]] |  
[[Espi Rivandeneira]] |
[[Graham Snow]] |  
[[Heidi Rogers]] |  
[[Jessica Soos]] |  
[[Kay Krasin]] |  
[[Ladislao Loera]] |
[[Marc Jalandoon]] |  
[[Sushant Sethi]]  |
[[Tess Forneris]] |  
[[Tosin Awofeso]] |  
[[Trent Symmonds]] |
[[Trent Thomson]] }}
|Tech              = {{Unbulleted list | [[Heather Coffee]] | [[Laura Galan Wells]] | [[Nichole Bennett]] | [[Peter Wilde]] | [[Tori Haddox]] }}
}}
}}


'''''Story to the Death''''' will be the August 2016 [[List_of_Hideout_Mainstage_Shows_in_Chronological_Order#Student_Mainstage_Shows|student mainstage production]] at [[The Hideout Theatre]].
'''''Story to the Death''''' is a recurring [[List_of_Hideout_Mainstage_Shows_in_Chronological_Order#Student_Mainstage_Shows|student mainstage production]] at [[The Hideout Theatre]]. It first ran in August 2016, and had second run in February 2018.


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
=== Publicity Blurb ===
=== Publicity Blurb ===
From the show announcement:<blockquote>Six improvisors step into the director's chair as they take turns setting up stories for each other.  After each round, the audience will eliminate one of the stories and we'll go on to see the next scene of the surviving stories. Only the strongest, most compelling, most intriguing story will make it to the final round and "The End".
<blockquote>Life is short and you deserve only the best. The cast of ''Story to the Death'' begin five completely different improvised stories, only to have the audience slowly but surely kill off the ones that fail to thrill and/or intrigue. One amazing story will survive to its exciting conclusion in the second half of the show.
 
Every single element of Story To The Death is completely improvised based on audience suggestions. It might start the night with 1) a Western, 2) a Soap Opera, 3) a touching story of redemption, 4) an Action Movie and 5) a Mockumentary. By the end of the night, based on Audience Choices, the show will end up with a story that has compelling characters, hilarious “special effects” and an epic, climactic ending.
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
== Production Teams ==
=== Aug 2016 ===
==== Cast ====
* [[Ann Symmonds]]
* [[Emily McDonald]]
* [[Graham Snow]]
* [[Heidi Rogers]]
* [[Jessica Soos]]
* [[Kay Krasin]]
* [[Marc Jalandoon]]
* [[Sushant Sethi]]
* [[Tosin Awofeso]]
* [[Trent Symmonds]]
==== Crew ====
* [[Bob Halgren]] (Stage Manager)
* [[Heather Coffee]]
* [[Nichole Bennett]]
=== Feb 2018 ===
==== Cast ====
* [[Aaron Seriff-Cullick]]
* [[Alex Bennett]]
* [[Angelina Martin]]
* [[Annie Shortt]]
* [[Ashley Blom]]
* [[David Ronn]]
* [[Espi Rivandeneira]]
* [[Ladislao Loera]]
* [[Tess Forneris]]
* [[Trent Thomson]]
==== Crew ====
* [[KC Ryan]] (Stage Manager)
* [[Laura Galan Wells]]
* [[Peter Wilde]]
* [[Tori Haddox]]


== More Information ==
== More Information ==
* [http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10106839495533000&set=gm.1001564373200000 The show announcement] on the Hideout's facebook group.
* [http://www.hideouttheatre.com/shows/storytothedeath The show's web page.]


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Latest revision as of 20:15, 12 April 2018


Story to the Death is a recurring student mainstage production at The Hideout Theatre. It first ran in August 2016, and had second run in February 2018.

Summary

Publicity Blurb

Life is short and you deserve only the best. The cast of Story to the Death begin five completely different improvised stories, only to have the audience slowly but surely kill off the ones that fail to thrill and/or intrigue. One amazing story will survive to its exciting conclusion in the second half of the show.

Every single element of Story To The Death is completely improvised based on audience suggestions. It might start the night with 1) a Western, 2) a Soap Opera, 3) a touching story of redemption, 4) an Action Movie and 5) a Mockumentary. By the end of the night, based on Audience Choices, the show will end up with a story that has compelling characters, hilarious “special effects” and an epic, climactic ending.

Production Teams

Aug 2016

Cast

Crew

Feb 2018

Cast

Crew

More Information