Ultratheatre Volume 1
Logan Berry
THE SARCOMA CYCLE + NASIM BLEEDS GREEN
PUBLICATION DATE: 6/6/24
ISBN: 9781948687676
PRICE: $24
PAGE: 282, 8 X 10
Distributor: Asterism / Ingram
Cover design: Mike Corrao
Typeset: Mike Corrao
Art by: Steak Mtn & Gannon Reedy
FORWARD BY: Mónica Belevan
INTRODUCTIONS BY: Germán Sierra & Dylan Fahoome
THE SARCOMA CYCLE is a thematic trilogy of plays exploring grief, technology, and intensity in three distinct time periods:
1. NANOBLADE 1998: set in the Cook County Hospital during a technological overhaul in medical practice. Romance, chaos, and madness ensue.
2. SPRING BREAK 2020: a multimedia grand guignol set during the Covid lockdowns. A spectacle that spirals towards an unforgettable finale.
3. THE MOURNING LIGHT 2050: set in River City, Chicago, in the distant future. About the family of a tech CEO who's invented program to communicate with the dead in Virtual Reality. Prophesies from another realm threaten to tear the family apart.
+ Nasim Bleeds Green
A workout opera in Hell.
The Sarcoma Cycle
THE SARCOMA CYCLE WAS FIRST PRESENTED IN REPERTORY AT THE COLOR CLUB, CHICAGO, IN JUNE 2024, IT WAS CO-PRODUCED BY 11:11 PRESS, HATE/LAB, AND THE RUNAWAYS LAB THEATER. IT WAS EXECUTIVE-PRODUCED BY AMERICANSTRUCTION INC, DYLAN FAHOOME, KATHLEEN ROONEY, MARTIN SEAY, ERIC PLATTNER, MICHAEL THOMAS, AND ANDREA BOUCHER. IT WAS DIRECTED BY LOGAN BERRY; THE POSTER AND LOGO WERE DESIGNED BY STEAK MTN; SIGILS BY GANNON REEDY; COSTUMES BY RUTH FORBERG; SOUND DESIGN BY NICK MERYHEW; WITH CHOREOGRAPHY BY NINA FELICIANO; INTIMACY DIRECTION BY MADELINE BAIRD; FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY BY MICHAEL SAUBERT; AI AVATARS BY DEEPSNAKES (KARINA BUSH AND DANIEL HARLOW); PROGRAMS BY MIKE CORRAO; AND FILM PRODUCTION BY JOE GOUDREAULT. IT WAS STAGE MANAGED BY STEAK RICHARDSON. THE CAST INCLUDED:
NANOBLADE 1998
DR. PULVIS - Dan Mozurkewich
URSULA LASCH - Sara Zalek
OMAR TARAZI - Dylan Fahoome
WOLFRAM SCHULLENBERGER - Jake Flum
MS. CREON - Electra Tremulis
CORPSE & PATIENT - Philip Johnson
NURSE - Gwen Hilton
SPRING BREAK 2020
LEXI - Electra Tremulis
RYAN - Jake Flum
COLTON - Dylan Fahoome
LUCAS - Dan Mozurkewich
LOUISE - Ruth Forberg
MOTHER - Sara Zalek
THE MOURNING LIGHT 2050
ARIA - Electra Tremulis
MARIAN - Sara Zalek
SPEED - Dan Mozurkewich
NURSE, WAITER, MUSICIAN, VAGABOND 1, VISITOR 3 - Dylan Fahoome
MEDIOTOLOGIST, PRIEST, VAGABOND 2 - Jake Flum
VAGABOND 1- Steak Richardson
ORB - Joe Goudreault
VISITOR 1, VAGABOND, REMOTE NURSE - Gwen Hilton
VISITOR 2, VAGABOND - Philip Johnson
Nasim Bleeds Green
Nasim Bleeds Green was workshopped at Oggi Gallery, Chicago, from November 2019 till Friday, March 13, 2020, when the Covid-19 Pandemic prematurely ended the rehearsal process. It was produced by The Runaways Lab Theater and Margo Rush and was partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency. It was directed by Logan Berry; with choreography by Seraphina Violet Cueller and Sara Zalek; the poster and logo were designed by Gannon Reedy; costumes by Ruth Forberg; and the score was composed by Nick Meryhew; The cast included:
NASIM SABZ - Fahoome
DAVID BUCKEL - Ronen Kohn
MALACHI RITSCHER - Jo Schaffer
PIGLET - Niky Crawford
CHICKLET - Sara Zalek
CHICKLET 2 + DANCE CAPTAIN - Seraphina Violet Cueller
BULL - Electra Tremulis
TYRANT - Nick Meryhew
Logan Berry is the author of Casket Flare (Inside the Castle), Run-off Sugar Crystal Lake (11:11 Press), and Transmissions to Artaud (Selffuck). He's a playwright and theatre director. He lives in Chicago. Website: https://logan-berry.com/about.