The Elephant Piece
book, music, lyrics by Darryl Curry
directed by Al D’Andrea
musical direction by Jim Colby
choreography by Betsy Dunphy
A roving band of vaudevillian miscreants stages a faux "minstrel show," launching the audience of The Elephant Piece on a journey into musical mayhem and absurdist spectacle that ultimately touches the heart and gives hope that our species might just survive its own destructive nature. This musical tale is a funny, biting satire full of elephant lore, song-and-dance flights of fancy, and surreal imagery that blends to make an expressionistic carnival more relevant than ever as the majestic elephant once again faces unrelenting devastation by poachers
(note: mature themes)
The cast includes David Arthur Bachrach, Cathy Counts, Kara Haupt, Timothy Hartel, John Kreutzberger, Janie Downey Maxwell, Alan Forrest McLucas, Bartley Mullin, Angelica Phipps, Autumn Pound, Gabriel Walker, and Liam Swift.
Costumes by Desiray Roy, lights by Iain Odlin, set by Craig Robinson. Production stage manager Lauren Gamble.