The Future Show
text and performance by ethan karas
original text, concept, and score by deborah pearson
I will say “the length of a breath,” breathe in, breathe out,
and then stop speaking.
I will close this binder, and the show will end.
future show band: eli blanks, esteban ortiz-villacorta,
oliver tam, lucas oktay, ella barnes, will boyle, milena
elias-reyes, poseybelle stoeffler, and zoe davis
BEOWULF: A Thousand
Years of Baggage
book & lyrics by jason craig
music by dave malloy
directed by ethan karas
produced by wylde laden
choreography: rachel weintraub
music direction: emerson steady
stage manager: reagan aleman
asst. director: mollie fink
fight direction: sydney macgilvray
intimacy direction: anna patel
scenic design: avelina sanchez
lighting design: joshua willis
sound design: nick kapp
puppet design: liam jeninga
props design: sarah carley
costume design: ellsworth sullivan
hair/makeup design: lem nguyen
marketing and graphics: georgia mann
technical director: rafi barocas
cast
beowulf: nastia goddard
hrothgar: emerson steady
academic 1/grendel: bryson shaub
academic 2/grendel’s mother: natalie tangeman
academic 3/dragon: poseybelle stoeffler
warriors: ella barnes, grace morley, grace wagner, lauren nishi
presented by WAVE Productions
cellarium
created by alex devito and ethan karas
This is a sacred space. Please remain silent.
An immersive horror show for an audience of one.
The Home Project
created and performed by ethan karas
When the light turns on, you’ll be home.
A traveling show about home, performed in homes, from inside a cardboard box. Free cookies!
Read more about The Home Project here.
THESEUS
created and performed by ethan karas
produced by william marchetta
You are a warrior.
A play about identity and connection, destroyed and written anew by a different unrehearsed performer each night. Adapted from Plutarch’s Parallel Lives.
props by stephanie liew
projection design by ethan karas
graphics/marketing by georgia mann and james hisanaga
thesei:
maggie munday odom, abigail roman, avery keare, sawyer sadd, rives collins, kate horton, kevin park, diego goldfrank, nozizwe msipa, anna simmons, levi saltzman, onyekaorise chigbogwu, skye tarshis, nini bagundo, david catlin, victoria grisanti, peter ryan, tone jackson, jude cramer, lucy rubenstein, jackson spellman
The Thin Place
by lucas hnath
directed by ethan karas
produced by graybill partington
Now let’s get one thing straight:
There is no death.
set design: ethan cheng
sound design: mya vandegrift
costume design: claire scavone
stage manager: daijah guillermo
movement: carter popkin
cast
hilda: lila marooney
linda: arwen-vira marsh
sylvia: sophia talwalkar
jerry: cannon cook
lacerta
created by alex devito and ethan karas
To the end and back.
You are not alone.
An immersive horror show for an audience of one.
Fact or Fiction?
Urban Legends
in the Post-Covid Era
created and performed by ethan karas
produced by graybill partington
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graphics: sawyer sadd and stephen peng
sound design: shannon powers
projection design: ethan karas
live foley: rosemary sissel
poster design: james hisanaga
Watch the trailer here!