SCAD students perform Ride the Cyclone, a musical about six teenagers offered one chance to return to life.
SCAD presents Ride the Cyclone at Mondanaro Theatre in Crites Hall, 217 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, from November 11 through 15.
Performances are Wednesday, November 11, Thursday, November 12, Friday, November 13 and Saturday, November 14 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. The Sunday, November 15 matinee runs from 2 to 3:30 p.m.
Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell’s musical follows six teenage choir members from Uranium City, Saskatchewan, who die in a roller coaster accident. In a limbo overseen by the fortune telling machine The Amazing Karnak, each receives one song to make a case for returning to life. The score moves through pop, cabaret and punk.
Christopher Murrah directs the SCAD School of Film and Acting production, with music direction by Kevin Stites and choreography by Alijah Santiago.
The cast includes Eleanor Harrison as Ocean O’Connell Rosenberg, Layla Williams as Constance Blackwood, Dia Rushing as Jane Doe, Trever Arnold as Ricky Potts, George Galle as Mischa Bachinski, Austin Lofquist as Noel Gruber and Tristan Garney as The Amazing Karnak. Understudies include Desmond Chaney, Isabella Schmitz and Ellie Talley.
The production contains mature themes and references to death. Tickets start at $19.10. Refunds are offered up to five days before the event.
