cephalopod: a play below sea level
about the production.
From the Kingdom of Northwestern University, the Phylum of the Theatre & Performance Studies programs, and Classes ranging from current undergraduate students to seasoned alumni with Broadway credits, Cephalopod has collected talented species for its downtown Fringe run, following its wildly successful run on Northwestern's campus, produced by Vertigo Productions.
The FringeNYC production's creative team features:
- Director Rebecca Stevens, a graduate of NU and Williamstown Theatre Festival directing programs, and current apprentice at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago
- Writer Kyle Warren, whose play Divine Intervention was workshopped this spring at the Chicago Dramatists
- Producer Lindsay Meck of The Araca Group, a Broadway producing and live entertainment merchandising company.
The FringeNYC production's creative team features:
- Director Rebecca Stevens, a graduate of NU and Williamstown Theatre Festival directing programs, and current apprentice at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago
- Writer Kyle Warren, whose play Divine Intervention was workshopped this spring at the Chicago Dramatists
- Producer Lindsay Meck of The Araca Group, a Broadway producing and live entertainment merchandising company.
show synopsis.
Journey to the subterranean playroom of the suburban Davidson family in Cephalopod: A Play Below Sea Level, Northwestern University’s student theatre entry to the 13th annual New York International Fringe Festival – Fringe NYC. The New York premiere submerges us in the relationships of Mary, a broken housewife, unhinged by the loss of her child, the subsequent disintegration of her marriage to a squid scientist, and her frustrations with her pot-smoking Jewish mother. Struggling to stay afloat, Mary extends tentative tentacles to the late Princess Diana, who makes nightly appearances in Mary’s basement to challenge her to board games. Inked with humor and poetics, Cephalopod finds a backbone in the connection between these two women and the choppy seas of tragedy.
