It's a dark and wickedly funny depiction of how the gears of diplomacy just might have turned to alter history forever. The madcap cast of historical and fictional characters includes a paranoid and megalomaniacal Kaiser Wilhelm his dimwitted cousin Czar Nicholas II and an Austrian foreign minister hungry for a war that will suitably impress his beautiful girlfriend. GRAND DELUSION, the brand-new, biting black comedy from playwright David Rock, imagines a secret summit of world leadersin the days immediately preceding World War I. Millions of lives hang in the balance and the fate of future generations is being shaped boldly by a few good mad men. The world is on the brink of war and chaos. DAVIS IV Costume Design SANDRA BURNS Technical Director MIKE ZIMMERMAN Asst Scenic/Prop Design J LAUREN JACKSON Asst Scenic/Prop Design COURTNEY OLSON Herman ALISON HEIMSTEAD Portraits/Makeup Effects XANDER BERKELEY Public Relations LUCY POLLAK Casting Director MONIKA MIKKELSEN Graphic Design BRAD RAIDER Web Design RILEY BERTON Back Cover Illustration RON YAVNIELI Publicity Photos ALAN LOAYZA RED DOG Photo EVA WEISS Party Planner LESLEY WORTON Theatre Manager CINDA JACKSON COULTER Asst Stage Manager BREANNE MOWDY Scenic Design SHANNON SCROFANO Lighting Design JOHN ECKERT Sound Design COLBERT S. Producer MICHAEL MANSHEL Producer GUSTAVO SPOLIANSKY Co-Producer TIM BANNING Stage Manager SUSAN K. GRAND DELUSION by DAVID ROCK opened at the Lost Theatre in Los Angeles November 17th, 2007 and ran through December 15th under the direction of LARRY BIEDERMAN with the following cast and crew:Īustrian Archduke Franz FERDINAND TIM BANNING Austrian Foreign Minister Count RUMPLEDORF TIMOTHY OMUNDSON French Six-and-a-Half-Star General FAFOU ERIC STONESTREET KAISER Wilhelm II KURT FULLER CZAR Nicholas II XANDER BERKELEY PODNOV, a footman BRAD RAIDER VENETIA, Duchess of Shrewsberry AMANDA DETMER Our existence is held in balance by our vision and our malleability, and often the influences of others can either hold us back or allow us to move on. Those who can rise to the occasion of adaptability – bending, adjusting, and growing – can choose to redefine who they are and create the life they want to live. Living in the past rather than the present, for instance, we can unwittingly face our own terminal extinction by not moving forward. ![]() Though the process is rarely easy, it is this struggle that either makes or breaks us. Life presents us with the constant challenge of adapting to the world around us. It is this subtle, albeit striking, difference between the two that lies at the heart of this play. In contrast, terminal extinction marks the end of an evolutionary lineage – the termination of a species without any descendants. ![]() Phyletic extinction occurs when one species evolves into another with time in this case, the ancestral species can be called extinct while the new continues to develop. Scientifically, there are two types of extinctions – phyletic and terminal. While doing research for this play many months ago, I was struck by something I read that encapsulated for me the spirit of Gabe McKinley's EXTINCTION. ![]() In a hotel room in Atlantic City, the two friends face-off with their indulgent past and take a sober look at their all-too-present future. College buddies Max and Finn have always spent their vacations in the fast lane, religiously drinking, drugging and chasing women. COULTER Production Stage Manager (NY) AUDRA ROBERSON Scenic Design (LA) KURT BOETCHER Scenic Design (NY) STEVE KEMP Lighting Design (LA/NY) MIKE DURST Costume Design (LA/NY) GALI NOY Technical Director (LA) STEVE BARR Public Relations (LA) LUCY POLLAK Public Relations (NY) SAM RUDIĮXTINCTION is a darkly funny drama exploring the evolution of friendships - and the lengths to which we go to save them from falling into extinction. Producer BREANNE MOWDY Production Manager (NY) JAMES KING Production Stage Manager (LA) SUSAN K. Max MICHAEL WESTON Finn JAMES RODAY Missy AMANDA DETMER Victoria STEFANIE E. Both productions were under the direction of WAYNE KASSERMAN with the following cast and crew: It then re-opened at the Cherry Lane Theatre Off-Broadway February 13th, 2010 and ran through March 14th. EXTINCTION by GABE McKINLEY opened at the Elephant Theatre in Hollywood November 21st, 2009 and ran through December 13th.
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