The Flu Season
written by Will Eno
directed by Michelle Seaton
Performed August 24, 2005 - September 24, 2005
in the Theatre Noir at Theater! Theatre!
Edward Albee has said, "Will Eno is one of the finest young playwrights I have come across in a number of years. Eno's work is inventive, disciplined and, at the same time, wild and evocative." The Flu Season is an intriguing, philosophical play, a post-modern deconstruction of a story of burgeoning love in a psychiatric hospital. It is always fascinating, constantly unpredictable and not too far below the surface there is an allegory about the uncertainty of life.
CAST
Prologue...Todd Van Voris*
Epilogue...Darius Pierce*
Doctor...Gary Norman*
Man...Mario Calcagno*
Nurse...Elizabeth Young
Woman...Heather Rose Walters*
DESIGN AND PRODUCTION
Stage Manager...Tamara Carroll
Set Designers...Camille Cettina**, John Ellingston, Gary Norman*, Michelle Seaton, Jeff Woods
Lighting Designer...Jeff Woods
Costume Designer...Paul Floding†
Sound Designers...Gary Norman*, Michelle Seaton, Todd Van Voris*
Costume Designer...Emilie Broughton
Production Manager...Todd Van Voris*
Properties...Michelle Seaton, Theatre Vertigo
Scenic Painter...John Ellingston
Light Board Operator...Tamara Carroll
Sound Board Operator...Evan Hart
Photographer...Siouxsie Suarez
Poster Artist...Tom Moorman*
Program Design...Heather Rose Walters*
Trailer...Darius Pierce*, with camera assistance from Rusty Weise
* Current member of the Theatre Vertigo acting ensemble
† Founding member of the Theatre Vertigo acting ensemble
REVIEWS
"As with other Theatre Vertigo productions, the acting ensemble, directed by Michelle Seaton, is strong... As the Man, Mario Calcagno has a magnetic energy... Heather Rose Walters offers a moving portrayal of the fragile, lonely Woman." - The Oregonian
"The Flu Season is no mere sendup of mental health care. It's a sickness, not a satire. And Theatre Vertigo's strain of the virus is characterized by hot flashes of insight, chilling honesty and loads of lightheaded hilarity." - Willamette Week
"Mario Calcagno and Heather Rose Walters as Man and Woman have a touching, childlike chemistry... Vertigo's talented ensemble delivers tight performances and solid production values." - Alison Hallett, Portland Mercury |
