"The Dudleys!" by Leegrid
Stevens, directed by Matt Torney.www.theaterforthenewcity.net 212-254-1109.
"The Dudleys!" takes the adolescent memories of a young man and
translates them into a malfunctioning 8-bit video game, the kind he used
to play. A life size video game onstage provides the setting in which actors
must score and overcome obstacles as they navigate their way through and
overcome the dangers of "The Dudleys!" The production features
a live band of all original music composed on vintage video game equipment
(think Atari, Gameboy and Commodore 64). This evocative new play pits the
two dimensional world of happy endings up against the confusion and aimlessness
of real life. "The Dudleys!" comes to the Dream Up Festival after
a workshop in 2009 in a downtown Manhattan bank vault. The workshop was
lauded for the use of original music created by playwright Stevens and
video design created by Dan Monceaux, Angela Hill, David Bengali, Jordan
Rein, Josh Lampman, David Mauro, Camillo Munar, and Jake Witlen. The play
features performances by Erin Treadway, Dianna Ruppe, Craig Bridger among
others, with choreography by Melinda Rebman and scenic design by Kara Zaigon.
This play is part of the "Dream Up Festival"; a theater festival
that takes place at the Theater for the New City (TNC) from August 8 to
September 5, 2010.