VENUS by Suzan-Lori Parks (Patrick Bailey & Sha Cage, photo by Tony Nelson)
VENUS by Suzan-Lori Parks
Directed by Wendy Knox
March 2006 at the Traffic Zone Center for Visual Arts
Starring Sha Cage, Patrick Bailey, Maria Asp with Gary Keast, Dana Munson, Virginia Burke, Jonathan Peterson, Emily Zimmer, Michelle Myers, Adia Morris, Taous Khazem and Carson Lee.
Set by Joel Sass
Sound by Michael Croswell
Lights by Michael Kittel
Costumes by Kathy Kohl
Stage Managed by Elizabeth McNally with Katie Burger
Dramatrugy by Julia Gallagher, Steve Matuszak and Beth Cleary
"unsettling" - Lavender
"crackling ensemble" - Lavender
"burned into my memory" - The Rake
"never flinches" - TC Daily Planet
"compelling" - Talkin' Broadway
"haunting" - Talkin' Broadway
"striking" - Talkin' Broadway
"Knox's strength as a director is to meld restless intellectualism with heedless faith in the power of uncensored emotion" - Citypages
"firebrand" - Pulse
"wild" - Pioneer Press
"finely honed" - Pioneer Press