The Flu Season
written by Will Eno
directed by Michelle Seaton
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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.
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CAST
Prologue…Todd Van Voris*
Epilogue…Darius Pierce*
Doctor…Gary Norman*
Man…Mario Calcagno*
Nurse…Elizabeth Young
Woman…Heather Rose Walters*
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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
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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