The City That Cried Wolf (v.3.0)
“Remarkable!”
-New York Times
59E59 Theaters, 59 E. 59th Street, NY, NY 10022
December 5 – December 30, 2007 – Theater C
Featuring Guest Artists: Directors Dan Barnes and Leta Tremblay and starring Michelle Concha as Mother Goose.
Three little pigs in satin, bears in teddies, rub a dub dub three men in a tub: this is not your standard fairytale. Rhymetown is going to the wolves.
LITTLE BO PEEP – sultry singer seeks her sheep! JACK B. NIMBLE – Private Eye hot on her tail! Corruption! Passion! Betrayal! Scrambled eggs! Can Jack crack Rhyme Town’s stickiest murder? …Or has he fallen for the wrong dame?
In The City That Cried Wolf Reeves has crafted favorite characters from nursery rhymes and fairytales into a film-noir style detective story with a contemporary political edge. Jack makes some startling discoveries while tracking down the criminal mastermind behind the murder of Councilman Humpty Dumpty; he uncovers dark plots, shady pasts, and nefarious schemes featuring the likes of bumbling cop brothers named Grimm, the excitable Madame Turkey Lurkey, and coroners Drs. Hansel and Gretel. Beneath the engaging plot and quirky sense of humor lies an examination of important modern themes, raising questions of justice, race relations, terrorism, and the implications of freedom.
The City That Cried Wolf comes to 59E59 Theaters fresh from successful runs at the 2006 New York International Fringe Festival, the Berkshire Fringe Festival, and the Pioneer Arts Center of Easthampton, Massachusetts. Josephine Cashman of of NYTheatre.com calls it, “One of the smartest scripts I’ve seen this year.” NewBerkshire.com adds, “the ‘fasten your seatbelt’ sign should have been lit.”
Co-directed by Dan Barnes and Leta Tremblay. Dan Barnes is a director and teacher residing in his native western Massachusetts. In addition to his recent work with State of Play, Dan is a full time faculty member of The Drama Studio in Springfield as well as an Associate Artist with the Serious Play Theatre Ensemble. He studied at The DePaul Theatre School in Chicago, Shakespeare and Company, MA, and UMass Amherst. Directorial credits include: Spring’s Awakening, The Skriker, Words, Words, Words, and currently, Comedia del Smartass.
Playwright Brooks Reeves, a native of Wyoming, attended Hampshire College, and has appeared as an actor at Lost Nation Theater in Vermont, Chester Theatre Company’s Gateway Acting Company, and Hampshire, Smith, and Amherst Colleges.