20 Reasons to Catch CLOSING WEEKEND of THE RAVAGERS

3/1/2018

This weekend (Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 7:30pm!) is your last chance to catch THE RAVAGERS. Seating is limited, and it looks like all you procrastinators are making your reservations! If you haven't yet, get those tickets before it's too late...

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We've been featuring our incredible cast all month on "the Facebooks," but in case you missed it... here are 20 fierce, talented, and ridiculously good looking reasons to join us closing weekend:

Erin Nicole Farsté

Where did you call home growing up?
Home for me is Kansas City, Missouri!

What excites you most about THE RAVAGERS?
This is my first time being apart of devised work and the process in itself is really exciting. I love how collaborative everything is, as well actually being heard and listened to during the rehearsal process. With so many different backgrounds coming together to create such a special story, THE RAVAGERS has been just an amazing experience!

How would you describe THE RAVAGERS in 3 words?
Secrecy, Devotion, Betrayal

MICHAEL JOHNSON

Where did you call home growing up?
Woodinville, WA

What excites you most about THE RAVAGERS?
The trust. The trust the actors have in the process, and the trust Hannah and the rest of the creative team has in the choices we're making. Trust creates the conditions to allow risk, and all great art is founded on tremendous, daring risk, so I am appreciative of the abundance of trust in this process.

How would you describe THE RAVAGERS in 3 words?
Bloody. Dang. Murder.

NATAVIA LEWIS

Where did you call home growing up?
I was born in Chicago, but grew up in East St. Paul.

What excites you most about THE RAVAGERS?
There are many things I find enjoyable about the work we are currently doing. Collaborative pieces like this always excite me; coming together to collectively create a story is a rewarding process. Ensemble work is something that has always surprised and delighted me, especially when working on a piece like this. It has been wonderful exploring the world of THE RAVAGERS and its many characters and themes.

How would you describe THE RAVAGERS in 3 words?
Innocent. Piercing. Loving.

ERIC MARINUS

Where did you call home growing up?
Louisville (that's LOO-uh-vull), Kentucky

What excites you most about THE RAVAGERS?
Working with a fun ensemble, digging into the complexities of Danaus.

How would you describe THE RAVAGERS in 3 words?
comic, tragic, hopeful

NICK WOLF

Where did you call home growing up?
Saint Paul, MN

What excites you most about THE RAVAGERS?
I love the experience of playing a scene multiple times. That whole sequence I’m looking forward to an audience seeing. *

How would you describe THE RAVAGERS in 3 words?
Sisters, brides, murders

* Nick's talking about a sequence during the show where the audience gets to "choose your own adventure"! Ushers will guide you around the space to see a series of scenes in any order you want. Don't worry, there's no audience participation. ;-)

DANIEL SAKAMOTO-WENGEL

Where did you call home growing up?
Baltimore, Maryland

What excites you most about THE RAVAGERS?
It's always refreshing when you team up with fearless collaborators who have a breathing ensemble spirit and whose authenticity makes this ancient story new and accessible. This fantastic adaptation by company members Blake E. Bolan and Laura Leffler is like Black Mirror meets Game of Thrones. I can't wait for audiences to immerse themselves in the eerie world of THE RAVAGERS that will challenge their ideas of love, family, and home. I am very thankful to Savage Umbrella for their generosity, patience, and humor.

How would you describe THE RAVAGERS in 3 words?
Thrilling. Raw. Human.

CAMERON REEVES

Where did you call home growing up?
Chicago area--more specifically McHenry, IL.

What excites you most about THE RAVAGERS?
What excites me about the work is collaborating across all different kinds of lived experiences. Being able to devise a play with 20 actors, all from different walks of life, has been a really rewarding challenge. I feel as though acting with this group has made me a better team member, and a better actor!

How would you describe THE RAVAGERS in 3 words?
Exhilarating. Passionate. Diverse.

FERNANDA BADEO

Where did you call home growing up?
The city of Belo Horizonte in Brazil.

What excites you most about THE RAVAGERS?
I love the rhythm of this piece! Both the text and the work of the ensemble make it flow and unfold. The story is not just interesting, it carries you with it.

How would you describe THE RAVAGERS in 3 words?
Fear, knowledge, and the world!

ELI PURDOM

Where did you call home growing up?
I grew up in Independence, MO - a suburb of KC.

What excites you most about THE RAVAGERS?
I love Greek and classical theatre, and adapting that work is always exciting.

How would you describe THE RAVAGERS in 3 words?
Earnestly discomforting murder.

EMILY CARLSON

Where did you call home growing up?
10 miles south of the Canadian border in Roseau, MN.

What excites you most about THE RAVAGERS?
Walking into the warehouse performance space feels like you’re actually entering into the deteriorating environment of the show. It’s an eerie, but incredible feeling every time we walk on!

How would you describe THE RAVAGERS in 3 words?
Bizarre, uncertain, and heartbreakinggggg!

MORGEN CHANG

Where did you call home growing up?
Honolulu, Hawaii

What excites you most about THE RAVAGERS?
The first time I read the script I felt a buzz...the sparseness of the text and the strictly designed world of the play, marching inevitably to this horrible, chaotic event. It kept me on the edge of my seat.

How would you describe THE RAVAGERS in 3 words?
Ambiguous. Haunting. Stripped.

PATRICK WEBSTER

Where did you call home growing up?
Hastings, Minnesota

What excites you most about THE RAVAGERS?
The focus on ritual (befitting for an adaptation of a Greek tragedy)

How would you describe THE RAVAGERS in 3 words?
Can-Can Athens land

PEYTON DIXON

Where did you call home growing up?
North and Southside of Minneapolis.

What excites you most about THE RAVAGERS?
What I'm really excited about is performing on a unconventional theatre stage. The space really helps give life to this production and gives this amazingly talented cast many different ways to play and use our surroundings to enhance the experience for the audience.

How would you describe THE RAVAGERS in 3 words?
Dark. Blinded. Envy.

ANTONIA PEREZ

Where did you call home growing up?
Minnesota Hockey Capital-Roseau Minnesota

What excites you most about THE RAVAGERS?
I love the juxtaposition of the innocence and the extreme discipline of the daughters. It's been challenging to find the balance. And it's always good to be challenged.

How would you describe THE RAVAGERS in 3 words?
Violent. Tragic. Hopeful.

LAURA LEFFLER

Where did you call home growing up?
Kansas City, on the Kansas side, which is the correct side (ooh, burn ;-) Eli Purdom)

What excites you most about THE RAVAGERS?
You know in the movie Happy Feet, where all the penguins sing their heart song? I feel like this play is that for me. I get to revisit this boss interpretation of an ancient text that I wrote with one of my all-time favorite collaborators, Blake E. Bolan. I get to wear a costume Sonya Berlovitz designed, play with Abbee Warmboe's ever-inspired props, and you guys, Jim Eischen's LIGHTS. I have such dreamy fellow actors, and owe so much gratitude to my fellow sass-master, Eli Purdom (I will not break, I will not break, I will not break). I get to high five Meghan Gunderson every day, and feel overwhelmingly grateful for the steady hands and open hearts of Hannah Holman and Helena Mueller. Oh, man! And those postcards that Alana Horton designed! Heart. Song.

How would you describe THE RAVAGERS in 3 words?
Beauty. Key. Choice.

GRACIE ANDERSON

Where did you call home growing up?
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.

What excites you most about THE RAVAGERS?
This play doesn’t hold back in it’s truthful and visceral exploration of the infinite capabilities of women, especially when their strength and resilience is tested/manipulated by nefarious power hungry dudes. It’s timely and timeless and super creepy and also heartbreaking.

How would you describe THE RAVAGERS in 3 words?
Brutal, feminine, rising.

MATTHEW ENGLUND

Where did you call home growing up?
My home was my parents' house in Lakeville, Minnesota.

What excites you most about THE RAVAGERS?
What excites me about this project is that we have all been able to collaborate to create something new and engaging!

How would you describe THE RAVAGERS in 3 words?
Questions Family Danger

lauren diesch

Where did you call home growing up?
Pittsburgh, PA

What excites you most about THE RAVAGERS?
This cast is amazingly talented, passionate, and funny! I genuinely enjoy working with each person and greatly admire the creativity they bring to each rehearsal and performance!

How would you describe THE RAVAGERS in 3 words?
Provocative, Tones, Sisterhood

david coral

Where did you call home growing up?
I grew up in Dover, MA, a small, bedroom community about 45 minutes drive southwest of Boston, by Wellesly.

What excites you most about THE RAVAGERS?
I like the re-imagining of the Greek tragedy. I like the notion of consequences being wrought on people when they blindly follow someone instead of thinking for themselves. It took this terrible tragedy for the sisters to open up a new world for themselves. They never can go back.

How would you describe THE RAVAGERS in 3 words?
Provocative, Ensemble, Tragedy

courtney stirn

Where did you call home growing up?
Hales Corners (Milwaukee), Wisconsin

What excites you most about THE RAVAGERS?
I’m excited about the collaborative aspect of the ritual process, and how in tune we have to be as a cast to pull it off!

How would you describe THE RAVAGERS in 3 words?
Ritual, disruption, murder

THE RAVAGERS
Performed at The X Lab at Can Can Wonderland
February 9 – March 3, 2018*

$15 - $25, pick you own price \\ www.savageumbrella.org
Pay-What-You-Can tickets are available at the door for every performance, only as space allows.

Seating is very limited, so reserve your ticket today!

*ASL/Deaf Interpreted Performance March 1, 2018, with invited conversation to follow.
More information about interpreted activities here.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

See you under the umbrella!