A journalist investigates a government conspiracy involving nano-pharma-mechanical mind control, the erasure of memory, and a disturbing trend of missing persons. Dose – a neo noir for the stage, is a transtemporal / semiotic translation of Sophocles’ Oedipus at Colonus and Leonard Horn’s 1972 television pilot Hunter, that explores the issues of homelessness in Santa Cruz, the overreaching tendencies of humankind at both the individual and institutional levels, the construction and systematic loss of selfhood, and the marginalization of the ethnic or socioeconomic other.
An impromptu morning experiment with the opening scene from Dose – a neo noir for the stage with: Anthony Aguilar – Special Agent Sugarfoot & Paul’s Double Mónica (Nick) Andrade – Camera 1 & 2 Taylor Backman – Dr. Ethan Meyers (Eteocles) Zach Beckman – Paul Hunter in the onscreen film & Squid Boy Lucas Brandt – Rat Victoria Mannah – Skinny Ashley Mannina – Barnacle & Nurse Boucher (Ismene) Sierra Parsons – Ghost (Leader of the Chorus of Colonus) Stephen Richter – Hitch Adan Rodriguez – Special Agent Broadside & Paul’s Triple Christopher Rodriguez – Dr. Craig Regents (Creon) Neiry Rojo Sanchez – Director Paul Rossi – Paul Hunter (Polynices) and choreography Randall Saas – Delphín the Dolphin Dream (Delphic Oracle) Written by Stephen Richter & Mónica (Nick) Andrade
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