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The Elephant Piece

"The Elephant Piece" by Darryl Curry is a modern fable that launches the audience on a journey into delightful musical mayhem and absurdist spectacle that ultimately touches the heart and gives hope that our species might just survive its own destructive nature. The story follows the exploits of the charmingly dysfunctional vaudevillian "Hackers" who chase after the last elephant on earth, each lusting for a piece of the elephant in the belief that it will make him or her whole. The gleeful greed of the singing and dancing Hackers collides with the innocent everyman Paul, who tries to shield his young son from the harsh realities of today's world. But it is the unconditional love of this child and the innate wisdom of Elephant that proves a powerful force that catapults the play to its final dramatic conclusion. This musical tale is a funny, biting satire full of elephant lore, song-and-dance flights of fancy, and surreal imagery that blends to make an expressionistic carnival more relevant than ever as the majestic elephant once again faces unrelenting devastation by poachers.

Directed by Al D'Andrea with musical direction by Jim Colby and choreography by Betsy Dunphy, the cast includes David Arthur Bachrach, Alan Forrest McLucas, Janie Downey Maxwell, Autumn Pound, Cathy Counts, Joe Swenson, Gabriel Walker, Bartley Mullin, Kara Haupt, Angelica Phipps, John Kreutzberger, Timothy Hartel, and Liam Swift.

Costumes by Desiray Roy, lights by Iain Odlin, set by Craig Robinson, props by Joseph Blough. Production stage manager Lauren Graham.