Kickstarter

This Kickstarter campaign is to pay for the extra cost of producing

"Marc Huestis Presents THRILLPEDDLERS production of MARAT/SADE" - running July 13- 29, 2012 at SF's Brava Theater for 15 thrilling performances.

The good news is that a major portion of the budget has been raised! With a cast of 25 in a larger venue this is a figure with little wiggle room. The show is now writhing with color & creativity and is expanding beyond our wildest expectations. So instead of fretting, we're asking for a little help from our friends.

With our collective vision comes cost.  Significant $$ been added for creative costuming, wiggy wigs, set materials, promotion etc. More good news- we've already raised  over the goal of $4,500 on Kickstarter thusfar. Of course we'd like to raise even more- raising the bar of the production to even greater heights. Wouldn't THAT be spectacular! 

We excited to announce  that amongst our collaborators is award-winning costume designer Beaver Bauer. Her recent designs dazzled at ACT's wildly popular TALES OF THE CITY and amazed at Theatro Zinzanni's tents . She is 'family”,  a visionary & a treasure- as these fantastical ideas in early illustrations (not final)  clearly demonstrate. Just think how fab the final costumes will be! 

This will make the production sparkle & also allow for bringing on such additional talents as Daniel Nicoletta (photographer) and Bill Selby (graphic designer extraordinaire).

It's super exhilarating to be bringing together the talents of old friends & new. Beaver, Daniel & I go back to the heady days of the 70's and the Angels of Light Theatre. And this show offers a larger stage for the new keepers of this legacy- SF's most innovative & entertaining  theatrical troupes THRILLPEDDLERS (recent recipients of 6 Bay Area Critics Awards), featuring the talents of Russell Blackwood (director) & Scrumbly Koldewyn (musical director).

So instead of looking back to the "good old days" of SF's alternative theatre, I ask that you help kick things forward with this production of MARAT/SADE

Thoughts on MARAT/SADE

Almost fifty years ago, when Peter Weiss' Tony-winning play and theatrical event premiered, voices demanded change. Today with the Occupy & other worldwide revolutionary movements, once again the streets are alive with youth questioning authority. Marat/Sade captures the politics of these exciting moments by harkening back to another tumultuous period- the French Revolution. The dialectics of personal & political change are seen through the eyes of its two protagonists: the infamous  Marquis de Sade, after whom sadism is named, and a proponent of pleasure; and Jean-Paul Marat, the clarion voice of the people -  now awaiting assassination in his bathtub at the hands of the steel willed Charlotte Corday. With its bloody depiction of class struggle and human suffering, hope and disillusionment, Marat/Sade is a slyly humorous feast for the mind and eye and once again outrageously relevant.

Thrillpeddlers brings a unique new take on this classic and in a shameless wink to history, our show opens on July 13- the day of Jean Paul Marat's assassination, and one day before Bastille Day.

So help take a stand for liberté, égalité, fraternité (helped along with a little blood, a dash of general copulation, some singing & dancing and a final kick(starter).) 

ANY AMOUNT YOU CAN GIVE will be HUGELY appreciated!!!

Thank you SO MUCH for any help you can offer from $10 to $1,000 or MORE!

CAST (as of 4/20/2012)

MARQUIS DE SADE- Jeff Garrett

JEAN PAUL MARAT- Aaron Malberg

CHARLOTTE CORDAY - Bonni Suval

JACQUE ROUX - Rumi Missabu

HERALD- Carlos Barrera 

SIMONNE- Kära Emry

DUPERRET- David Moore

SINGERS-

Connie Champagne

Tom Orr

Christopher M. Nelson

Michael Mohammed

Jamie Harkin

COULMIER- Brian Trybom

COULMIER's WIFE- Maura Halloran

COULMIER's DAUGHTER - Carina Lastimosa Salazar

PATIENT/ MUSICIANS-

Birdie-Bob Watt

Eden Neuendorf

Scrumbly Koldewyn

PATIENTS -

Alison Sacha Ross

Noah Haydon

Shawn Toczyl

NURSE- Scott Ragle

NUN- Joshua Devore

TEAM

PRODUCER- Marc Huestis

DIRECTOR- Russell Blackwood, THRILLPEDDLERS, Artistic Director

MUSICAL DIRECTOR- Scrumbly Koldewyn

COSTUMES- Beaver Bauer

WIGS & MAKE-UP - Flynn DeMarco

STILLS - Daniel Nicoletta

GRAPHIC DESIGN- Bill Selby

SET- James Blackwood

LIGHTS- Nick Torre

CASTING & PRODUCTION MANAGER- Rebecca Nestle

FIGHT DIRECTOR- Dave Maier

CHOREOGRAPHER- Andrea Weber

DANCE CAPTAIN- Joshua Devore

STAGE MANAGER- Christian Heppinstall

PUBLICITY- Lawrence Helman