Stage Direction

Produced by The LIDA Project

Written by Martyna Majok

BINDERY | space, Denver, Colorado

April — May 2010

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We see a mother on a leash.  We see the bruises.  We smell the meat burn.  We hear a crash, a thrash. We know the Man in Boots is coming.  We know the daughter is out there.  We know there is something scrounging in the shadows.  Mouse in a Jar is a horror story packed full of oddities and underground life forms.  This is Stockholm Syndrome.  This is the impossible grace of bondage. This is subterranean punk; acts of desperation required.

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Winner of 2010 Denver Post Ovation Award for Best Lead Actress (Trina Magness), Nominated for a 2010 Denver Post Award for Best Supporting Actress (Kelleen Shadow), Nominated for a 2010 Denver Post Award for Best Scenic Design (Nick Kargel), Nominated for a 2010 Denver Post Award for Best Lighting Design (Steven J. Deidel), Nominated for a 2010 Denver Post Award for Best Sound Design (Brian Freeland)

Performed by Trina Magness, Janna Meiring, Lorenzo Sariñana, and Kelleen Shadow

Lighting and Media Design by Steven J. Deidel

Sound Design by Brian Freeland

Scenic Design by Nick Kargel

Costume Design by Annette Westerby

Properties Design by Julie Rada

Assistance from Dan O'Neill, Patrick Severa, Anna Kaltenbach, Kenny Storms, Tommy Sheridan, and Alaina Reel

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Photography by Erin Preston

Postcard Design by Brian Freeland