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    © 2016 by Robert Cucuzza

    Hellzapoppin' 

    November 17-21, 2009
    Walt Disney Modular Theater
    California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)
     
    Written and Directed by Robert Cucuzza
    Inspired by the 1941 film Hellzapoppin’
     
    With
    Sam Breen as Ole Olsen
    Christopher Rivas as Chic Johnson
    Christopher Hampton as Jeff Hunter
    Jenny Greer as Kitty Rand
    Dana Gourrier as Betty Johnson
    Brendan McGowen as Harry Selby
    Brian Tichnell as Prince Pepi Popov
    Evan Hyde as Kane
     
    And the Shape Shifters
    Ally Caldicott-Levitt
    Warren Saint George II
    Jeremy Kinser
    Chelsea Didier
    Stephanie Regina
    Whitney Rodriguez
    Justin Montalvo
    Ethan McMurray
     
    Scenic Designer: Sol Song
    Costume Designer: Ariel Boroff
    Lighting Designer: R. Christopher Stokes
    Sound Designer: Loren Esposito/Robert Cucuzza
    Musical Director: Laura Kay Swanson
    Puppet Designer: Chase Woolner
    Production Manager: Sarah E. Peterson
    Stage Manager: Hector Machado
    Producer: Jackie Banks-Mahlum
     
    “Cherry Pop”
    “Stop the Clock”
    “Like the End”
    Lyrics by Robert Cucuzza
     
    Inspired by the 1941 film of the same name and the story behind its creation, Hellzapoppin' throws real-life vaudeville superstars Olsen and Johnson into Tinseltown to turn their hit stage show into their first motion picture. Dropped unceremoniously into the intense eye of the film production storm, they realize that their successful brand of audience-driven chaos has no value in this artificial world. Their ideas are plundered, their routines are met with silence, their personas are reconfigured and their friendship is put to the test.  Severely disoriented, Olsen and Johnson fight to hold on to their life's blood—the connection to their audience and, most importantly, to each other.
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