ROLE
Director (2018)
Performer (2011: "Hecabe")
Director (2018)
Performer (2011: "Hecabe")
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Loosely based on Aeschylus' The Suppliants, The Ravagers turns an abandoned Minneapolis treasure into a timeless adventure. When the 50 daughters of King Danaus are set to marry their 50 Aegyptan cousins, the king orders the women to kill their new husbands on their wedding night. All follow the orders, except for one.
Loosely based on Aeschylus' The Suppliants, The Ravagers turns an abandoned Minneapolis treasure into a timeless adventure. When the 50 daughters of King Danaus are set to marry their 50 Aegyptan cousins, the king orders the women to kill their new husbands on their wedding night. All follow the orders, except for one.
DETAILS
2018 Production
February & March 2018
The X Lab at Can Can Wonderland
755 Prior Ave. N.
Saint Paul, MN 55104
2011 Production
October & November 2011
The Hollywood Theater
2815 Johnson St. NE
Minneapolis, MN 55418
2018 Production
February & March 2018
The X Lab at Can Can Wonderland
755 Prior Ave. N.
Saint Paul, MN 55104
2011 Production
October & November 2011
The Hollywood Theater
2815 Johnson St. NE
Minneapolis, MN 55418
PRESS
"By the time the doomed wedding feast comes near the end of Act One, we're in the world with the characters, to be let out only after the curtain call."
- Ed Huyck, Review from the CityPages
"YOU MUST see this show. This is amazing theatre created right here in Minneapolis, it uses our talent, our space, our people, and is done for us. Don't miss this show. It has stayed with me since seeing it Friday and has only grown on me. This is the type of theatre that I love... Right now it's my sleeper hit of 2011."
- Damon Runnals, audience member
"The Ravagers is another of those rare ensemble-created works that really works. Given that it’s just as epic a story as it is an epic ensemble—22 actors in all—the chances for it to go off the rails only increase. The success of The Ravagers, despite the high degree of difficulty, only makes it that much more impressive."
- Matthew Everett, Twin Cities Daily Planet
"I see a lot of theatre. That's a given. Rarely do I see theatre that punches me in the gut the way Savage Umbrella's THE RAVAGERS did last night. It was elegant, disturbing, and so human. Go see it."
- Timothy Otte, audience member
"I honestly try to reserve the use of the word "sublime" for situations that truly deserve it, and this production, especially its gorgeously executed pivotal sequence, was a sublime theatrical experience for me. Holy buckets, people, Savage Umbrella is risking and succeeding."
- Tom Borger, audience member
"This ingenious and hauntingly evocative production benefits from an ethereal sound design by Elliot Durko Lynch. Sonya Berlovitz’s perfectly simple costumes are snatched right out of a dream."
- John Townsend, Lavender
"By the time the doomed wedding feast comes near the end of Act One, we're in the world with the characters, to be let out only after the curtain call."
- Ed Huyck, Review from the CityPages
"YOU MUST see this show. This is amazing theatre created right here in Minneapolis, it uses our talent, our space, our people, and is done for us. Don't miss this show. It has stayed with me since seeing it Friday and has only grown on me. This is the type of theatre that I love... Right now it's my sleeper hit of 2011."
- Damon Runnals, audience member
"The Ravagers is another of those rare ensemble-created works that really works. Given that it’s just as epic a story as it is an epic ensemble—22 actors in all—the chances for it to go off the rails only increase. The success of The Ravagers, despite the high degree of difficulty, only makes it that much more impressive."
- Matthew Everett, Twin Cities Daily Planet
"I see a lot of theatre. That's a given. Rarely do I see theatre that punches me in the gut the way Savage Umbrella's THE RAVAGERS did last night. It was elegant, disturbing, and so human. Go see it."
- Timothy Otte, audience member
"I honestly try to reserve the use of the word "sublime" for situations that truly deserve it, and this production, especially its gorgeously executed pivotal sequence, was a sublime theatrical experience for me. Holy buckets, people, Savage Umbrella is risking and succeeding."
- Tom Borger, audience member
"This ingenious and hauntingly evocative production benefits from an ethereal sound design by Elliot Durko Lynch. Sonya Berlovitz’s perfectly simple costumes are snatched right out of a dream."
- John Townsend, Lavender
FEATURING
2018 Production
Gracie Anderson, Fernanda Badeo, Emily Carlson, Morgen Chang, David Coral, Lauren Diesch, Peyton Dixon, Matthew Englund, Erin Farsté, Michael Johnson, Laura Leffler, Natavia Lewis, Eric Marinus, Antonia Perez, Eli Purdom, Cameron Reeves, Daniel Sakamoto-Wengel, Courtney Stirn, Patrick Webster, and Nick Wolf.
Writers . . . Blake E. Bolan, Laura Leffler
Director . . . Hannah K. Holman
Assistant Director . . . Meghan Gunderson
Stage Manager / Production Assistant . . . Helena Mueller
Costume Design . . . Sonya Berlovitz
Set / Props Design . . . Abbee Warmboe
Lighting Design . . . Jim Eischen
Fight Choreography . . . Meredith Kind
Sound Collaborator . . . Nissa Nordland
Voice Consultant . . . Foster Johns
ASL/Deaf Interpretation . . . Asher Edes, Ico Ahyicodae, Robyn Lehmann-Doane, in consultation with Ron Harmount, Jr.
2011 Production
Scott Keely, Laura Leffler-McCabe, Emily Dussault, Tamara Titsworth, Kathryn Fumie, Lindsey Cacich, Starla Larson, Jami Jerome, Hannah K. Holman, Kris Ness, Emily Chang, Bob Hammel, Carl Atiya Swanson, Adam Scarpello, Ben Egerman, Paul Rutledge, Cody, Stewart, Bryan Grosso, Russ Dugger, Andrew Young, Mason Mahoney, Zachary Schaeffer
Director / Co-Writer . . . Blake E. Bolan
Co-Writer . . . Laura Leffler-McCabe
Stage Manager . . . Claire Nadeau
Production Intern . . . Molly Leahy
Sound Design . . . Elliott Durko Lynch
Set / Props / Lighting Design . . . Abbee Warmboe
Costume Design . . . Sonya Berlovitz
Costume Assistants . . . Christina Lein, Ellen Kirk, Jordan West, Lauren Dussault, Sarah Lopez, Mary Mueller
2018 Production
Gracie Anderson, Fernanda Badeo, Emily Carlson, Morgen Chang, David Coral, Lauren Diesch, Peyton Dixon, Matthew Englund, Erin Farsté, Michael Johnson, Laura Leffler, Natavia Lewis, Eric Marinus, Antonia Perez, Eli Purdom, Cameron Reeves, Daniel Sakamoto-Wengel, Courtney Stirn, Patrick Webster, and Nick Wolf.
Writers . . . Blake E. Bolan, Laura Leffler
Director . . . Hannah K. Holman
Assistant Director . . . Meghan Gunderson
Stage Manager / Production Assistant . . . Helena Mueller
Costume Design . . . Sonya Berlovitz
Set / Props Design . . . Abbee Warmboe
Lighting Design . . . Jim Eischen
Fight Choreography . . . Meredith Kind
Sound Collaborator . . . Nissa Nordland
Voice Consultant . . . Foster Johns
ASL/Deaf Interpretation . . . Asher Edes, Ico Ahyicodae, Robyn Lehmann-Doane, in consultation with Ron Harmount, Jr.
2011 Production
Scott Keely, Laura Leffler-McCabe, Emily Dussault, Tamara Titsworth, Kathryn Fumie, Lindsey Cacich, Starla Larson, Jami Jerome, Hannah K. Holman, Kris Ness, Emily Chang, Bob Hammel, Carl Atiya Swanson, Adam Scarpello, Ben Egerman, Paul Rutledge, Cody, Stewart, Bryan Grosso, Russ Dugger, Andrew Young, Mason Mahoney, Zachary Schaeffer
Director / Co-Writer . . . Blake E. Bolan
Co-Writer . . . Laura Leffler-McCabe
Stage Manager . . . Claire Nadeau
Production Intern . . . Molly Leahy
Sound Design . . . Elliott Durko Lynch
Set / Props / Lighting Design . . . Abbee Warmboe
Costume Design . . . Sonya Berlovitz
Costume Assistants . . . Christina Lein, Ellen Kirk, Jordan West, Lauren Dussault, Sarah Lopez, Mary Mueller
