NUEA - East: "Cephalopod: A Play Below Sea Level"

Cephalopod was written by a Northwestern University classmate (Kyle Warren) after being produced on campus through Vertigo Productions in Evanston, Illinois this past February. 

Together with cast of four (all NU graduates ranging in age from 22 to 50+), along with a creative team (lighting, set, costume, props, and sound designers, stage management, fundraisers, publicity representatives, event coordinators, graphic designers) of approximately 30 people, all Northwestern alums currently working in the city, Cephalopod has arrived at the performance run three months later.  

We have already received a shout-out in the New York Times arts blog, a four-star review in Time Out New York and praise on NYTheatre.com.  Click on the links to read the acclaimed reviews!

Our official website: www.playbelowsealevel.com includes more detail, press articles, production photos, and the following 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.

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