UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
ROAR: A NEW MUSICAL
KC FRINGE FEST 2021
Stream Online July 18 - Aug 1, 2021
ROAR, a family musical, tells the story of Sarah the Bear, who like many bears before her has been forced by humans to perform as a dancing bear. But Sarah has an impossible dream. She longs to break free from the system of oppression and establish herself as an equal to the humans as the world's first dancing and singing bear. The problem is that everywhere Sarah turns, her voice is silenced.
As a last resort, Sarah runs off to the circus to pursue her dream, discovering too late that the circus is run by a family of evil clowns. The clowns imprison Sarah and force her to continue performing for their show as a dancing bear.
Sarah continues to pursue her impossible dream, and eventually her dream grows bigger as she inspires other captive bears to raise their voices until they are heard. United, the power of their collective voice triumphs over the oppression they have endured.
CREATIVE TEAM
Director: Heidi Van
Music Director: Jeremy Watson
Book: Allison Cloud
Music & Lyrics: Kevin Cloud
Producer: Bodhi Theatre
Editors: Matthew Koehler & Heidi Van
Photography and Lighting Design: Micah Thompson
Sound Recording/Mixing: Mark Johnson
Costume Design: Athena Louise Hyacinth
Set Design: Heidi Van
Orchestrations: Greg Lafollette
Music Transcription: Jay Pfeifer
CAST
Sarah: Darcie A. Hingula
Joey: Cameron Mabie
Evil Clown Joe: Spencer Thompson
Mama/Bonnie: Jasmine Mercedeé Lowe
Papa/Harold: Robert J. Hingula
Reggie: Timothy Houston
Daisy: Cody Boehm
Frankie: Brock Hatton
Lulu: Kirsten Nicole Myers
Clarence: Tim Alhenius
Female Understudy: Melissa Trierweiler
Male Understudy: Fisher Stewart
CREW
Production Assistant: Erica Coleman
Camera 1: Kevin Cloud
Camera 2: Heidi Van
Camera 3: Matthew Koehler
Grip: Nancy Tran
Grip: Allison Uhlenhop
Developed in Association with The Culture House
SPECIAL THANKS
The BlackBox Staff
Cloud Nine Aerial Arts
Daisy Bucket
Lee Walter Redding
Darcie Hingula
Lewis Oates
ArtsKC Regional Arts Council
Dr. Benjamin Nero
Noella Folkes-Nero
Cory and Julianne Lagerstrom
Barb and Steve Cloud
John and Traci Solomon
Kansas Department of Commerce CAIC
National Endowment for the Arts
PAST PROJECTS
ROAR: A NEW MUSICAL
MIRRORS
BENEATH THE SKIN
Book by Allison Cloud
Music/Lyrics by Kevin Cloud
By Kaitlin Gould
Original Book by Zareh Artinian
Music/Lyrics by Melissa Carubia
Social Justice/Awareness Topic:
Oppressive Systems
Social Justice/Awareness Topic:
Eating Disorders
Social Justice/Awareness Topic:
Mental Illness