The Dreary Coast

Dreary Coast by Jeff Stark

Actors

E. James Ford as Charon

Ava Eisenson as Persephone

Zero Boy as Hades

Theresa Buchheister as Cerberus

Coco Conroy as Lusthoney

Jo Firestone as Spikebeard

Ryan Downey as Hermes

Press

A River to Hell, Reeking but Rhapsodic by Alexis Soloski. New York Times

Gowanus Canal Becomes Highway To Hades For The Dreary Coast by John Del Signore. Gothamist

How To Stage A Secret Play On New York City's Most Festering, Polluted Waterway by Carly Schwartz. Huffington Post

Theater on a canal? Avant-garde productions immerse audiences, cut costs. PBS NewsHour

The Dreary Coast: A theatrical tour of Brooklyn's most polluted canal. The Guardian

They Say Art Is Dead in New York. They're Wrong by Alan Feuer. New York Times

Trespass Theater: Jeff Stark on The Dreary Coast by Bertie Ferdman. HowlRound

'The Dreary Coast' Slideshow. New York Times

 

Costumes

Sarah McMillan, Costume Designer

Alita Edgar

Tracy Gilman

Jade Brandt

Ioannis Sochorakis

Evelyn Fugate

Jaclyn Atkinson

Claire Beaumont

Danielle Hlatky

With Andi Burnett, Eleanor Lovitsky, Ruth Ann De Leon, Suzanne Shapiro, Arielle Avenia, Kristen Couchot, Mikey 907, Duke Riley, Alison Froling, Coco Conroy, Gabriella Brunita, Kim Couchot, Tara Ball, Kate Brehm, Lindsay McCosh, Owen Gerst, Liz, Jason Engdhal, Laura McMillian, Alison Froling, Nicole Whelan, Todd Polenberg, Jared Gibson, Hans Christof-Steiner, and Katie Fleming

Makeup

Evelyn Fugate, Makeup Designer

Veronica Dougherty

With Jaclyn Atkinson, Courtney Wagner, Nicole Whelan, Kristen Couchot, Kim Couchot, and Danielle Hllatky

Priestesses of the Dead

Sarah McMillan, Alita Edgar, Evelyn Fugate, Veronica Dougherty, Tracy Gilman, Eleanor Lovitsky, Courtney Wagner, Nicole Whelan, Jaclyn Atkinson, Margot Hefez, Sarah Valentine, Claire Beaumont, Suzanne Shapiro, Abbie Hurewitz, Evan O’Reilly, Ioannis Sochorakis, Kate Brehm,  Lauren Silberman, Dena Rutherford, and Amy Virginia Buchanan

Music

George Graham, Composer

Dreary Coast Original Soundtrack download

Choir

Rima Fand, Arranger

With Alanna Medlock, Katie Down, Sarah Small, Jill Samuels, Sarah Alden, Vlada Tomova, Isabel Castellvi, and Brooke Reynolds

String Band

Chloe Swatner, Co-composer and Arranger

With Judith Shimer, Jace Maupin, Elizabeth Hurst, Sherrelle Miller, and Noah Harley

Huntington St. Psychogeography Band

Kelvin Daly, Dok Gregory, and Isaac Mills

 

Danzig

Mike Connor (Caution Mike), Danzig

With Phil Andrews, Nick Chatfield-Taylor, Mike Taylor, Jason Engdahl, Ian Curry, Mitchell Weisburgh, and Spectro

Sound

Justin Lange, Audio Experience Designer

Mark Harder (Splinter), Recording and Engineering

George Graham, Sound Design

With Jason Sinopoli, Bryan Welch, Mike O’Toole, Jared Gibson, Caitlin Kilroy, Bruce Beese, Mary Frisbee, Jaclyn Ricci, and Valaria De La Pava

Lighting

Ariella Axelbank, Lighting Designer

Sets

Nick Chatfield-Taylor, Set Designer

Mitchell Dose

With Ioannis Sochorakis

Props

Chelsea Wagner, Prop Designer

Danielle Hlatky, Glass Designer, Mead Brewer

With Melina Davis, Margot Hefez, and Hackett

Design

Jason Engdahl, Designer

Boats

Caledonia Curry (Swoon), Designer

Mike O'Toole, Engineer

Nick Chatfield-Taylor, Designer, Captain

Mitchell Dose, First Mate

Stephan Von Muhlen, Designer

Porter Fox, Captain

A'yen Tran, Canoeist

Jean Barberis

Serra Victoria Bothwell Fels

With Shira Bannerman, Laura Newman, Annmarie Nye, Brian Quinn, Jeff Seal, and Shane Suski

Documentation and Video

Tod Seelie, Photos

Ben Mortimer, Photos

Rob Macinnis, Video

Todd Chandler, Video

Nick Chatfield-Taylor, Video Editing

Volunteers

Rhiannon Erbach, Katie Fleming, Libby Sentz, Scott Ries, Alyssa Dennis, Margaret O’Sullivan, Lyssa Mandel, Annmarie Nye, Caitlin Landuyt, Claire Beaumont, Sher Chew, Jill Huang, Shira Bannerman, Alex Newman, Micaela Mathre, Grace Mathre, Dan Miller, Oriana Leckert, Alberto Michieli, Alex Velozo, Benjamin Cerf, Ally Spier, Samantha Gurewitz, Owen Gerst, Anna Fajkowski, Andrew Styer, Elizabeth Beeby, Sonia Villoni, Sarah Murdoch, Matt Billard, Meeo Ward, Clara Regula, Gaylen Hamilton, Andie Utkin, Grant Tambellini, Alyssa Dennis, Scary Ben, Darlinda, Miranda Larson, Gretchen Rice, Andrew McFarland, Bonnie Millard, Dave Knight, Margaret O’Sullivan, Beau Burrows, Sean McIntyre, Chris Jordan, Alex Nathanson, Lindsay McCosh, Jess Shirley, Alex Postelnicu, Michael Martinez-Campos, Rosanna Scimeca, Cristiano Adiutori, Clara Regula, Samantha Hayes, Andrew Morrisey, Rosie McDonald, Melanie Jones, Jessica Baker, Megan Moncrief, Lindsay Cooper, Patricia Schraven, and Billy Tucci

Production

Suchan Vodoor, Interaction Designer

Corinne Brenner, Stage Manager

Ken Schatz, Acting Coach

Melina Davis, House Manager

Margot Hefez, House Assistant

Jeff Stark, Writer and Director

Thank You

Lavender Lake, St. Lydia's, Quadrozzi Enterprises, Materials for the Arts, Gowanus Ballroom, Gowanus Studio Space, Proteus Gowanus, Gowanus Dredgers, Gowanus Canal Conservancy, Film Biz Recycling, Build It Green, Serrett Metalworks, Crossfit Prospect Heights, Econographics, Loomstate, Madagascar Institute, ShapeShifter Labs, Monadnock Construction, The Body Shop, John Quadrozzi, Daupo, Josh Young, Hackett, Taylor Kuffner, Dan Aronson, Will Etundi, Larissa Fuchs, Hans Hesselein, Jessica Baker, Adam Katzman, Jared Friedman, Greg Hahn, Emily Scott, Anne Arden McDonald, Burke and Tara Lee Hefner, N.D. Austin, Ida Benedetto, Mark Winkel, Nicole Whelan, Lois Beckett, Jacques Guillet, Carmen Torres, Owen Foote, Paula Segal, and Conrad Carlson

Kickstarters

Kitty Joe Ste-Marie, John Conroy, Amy Short, Kickstarter, Leah Farrell, Andrew Shih, Sarah McMillan, Tonya Smay, Adam Wallacavage, Matt Levy, Traci Paris, Margaret O'Sullivan, Peter Rouff, Angela Coppola, A'yen Tran, Andrew C., Pete Swan, Kelsey Hillis-Mead, Dallas Constantino, Jason Naumoff, Gregory Mihalko, Jeff Sheppard, Rubulad, Matt Almos, Jule Atkinson, Sxip Shirey, Brandon Day, Jardine, Sarah Jean, Laura Becker, Kehlee Walsh, Casey Loose, Todd Chandler, Ian Blumenstein, Kurt Huggins, Nikki Di Falco, Matt Kelley, Alex Kipp, Nguyen Chi, Eleanor Lovinsky, Lois Beckett, Nick Normal, Dorothy Trojanowski, Dan Glass, Kevin Muth, Eric Demby, Mirah Zeitlyn, Christina Beasley, Tracy Gilman, Vanessa Carney, Carlton Bright, Jason Engdahl, Zina Brown, Michele Carlo, HeavyPAC, Mollie Beaumont, Caitlin, Benjamin Kesner, Dogseat, Ryan O'Connor, Ken Schatz, Ashley Vito, Brodrick Jones, Pablo King, rwx13, Jo and Phil Broderick, Olivia, Radek, Niki Gallo Hammond, Joshua Kogan, Celia, Jenene, Justin, Drew Brown, Ian Curry, Juliana Driever, joseph legros, MaxFrey, Andrea Nunez, Aaron, Anderson J. 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Yaddo

OT-301

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council

Awesome Foundation

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