A couple shots to whet your appetite

Lower Debt will open Saturday, March 6th to a sold out house. Get your tickets for the remaining shows in the run at www.viaducttheatre.com. All tickets are $12.00. Show runs through April 4th (Thu-Sat @ 7:30 p.m. and Sun @ 3:00 p.m.)


Wendell (Annie Rix) opens up to CW (Brian P. Cicirello)


Claude (Malcolm Callan) steps between two sisters, Val (Melissa diLeonardo) and Wendell (Annie Rix)


Ames (Tamara Anderson), Rash (Josh Johnson), Val (Melissa diLeonardo) and Claude (Malcolm Callan) play a game of cards.

All photography by Sebastian Aguirre

Lower Debt by Joshua Aaron Weinstein* tells the story of an everyman who leaves his white-collar existence, and ends up in a tent city among residents all searching for another way to live. Set in the uncertain economic climate at the beginning of the 21st century, this ensemble-based multimedia play explores the themes of community, ownership, loss and hope while asking the question, "How did we end up here?"

FEATURING:
Brian P. Cicirello as CW
Annie Rix as WENDELL
Melissa diLeonardo as VAL/HR REP
Malcolm Callan as CLAUDE/CASHIER
Tamara Anderson as AMES/CO-WORKER 2
Noah Lepawsky as BUMM
Josh Johnson as RASH/CO-WORKER 1
Miriam Reuter as LEAH/GIRLFRIEND
Earliana "Earl" McLaurin as PATRICIA/PASSENGER
Kristin Collins as EXECUTIVE
and Glenn Proud* as DAMON/MANAGER

PRODUCTION STAFF:
Stage Manager - Amber Hilgenkamp*
Assistant Stage Manager - Mark Macoun
Scenic Designers - Anders Jacobson* & Judy Radovsky
Lighting Designer - Eric Branson*
Assistant Lighting Designer - Bailey Scott
Sound Designer - Daniel Black
Costume Designer - Emma Weber
Fight Choreographer - David W.M. Kelch
Film Designers - WCProductions
Production Manager - Cory Conrad*
Technical Director - Joseph Stafford
Assistant Director - Chris Zdenek*
Director - Rebekah Scallet

*denotes LiveWire Collective Members

Clothes to inhabit character

Renderings by Emma Weber, Costume Designer for Lower Debt


CW



Wendell



Claude



Val



Ames



Rash



Leah



Patricia



Executive

Lower Debt Rehearsals: Week 3 - Costumes and Film Rehearsal

"Why does a man givemoney to anotehr manto live?
On earth." - Bumm
"Where do you go?" - CW





"That's my kitty to play with." - Executive

Lower Debt Rehearsals: Week 2 - To block a journey

"I'm all about the threes." - Bumm







"You need her help to claw your way free?" - Val









"tomorrow became today so fast for me, everyone, your loved ones, that's all..." - CW

Lower Debt Rehearsals: Week 1 - Mind & Body to create the Soul

"He that dies pays all debts." - Shakespeare, The Tempest (3.2)







"A story is a string of actions occurring over time... and debt happens as a result of actions occurring over time." - Margaret Atwood, Payback







"The Lower Depths is not so much a matter of utterable line and recountable gesture as it is of the intangible flow of human souls in endlessly shifting contact with one another." - Oliver M. Sayler, Editor - Introduction to The Lower Depths by Maxim Gorky

Where Were You... Last Night?

Thank you everyone who attended LiveWire's Showcase Event. It was great sharing our piece with you and hearing your feedback. We can't wait to start tweaking the show, getting it ready to be fully realized with all of our voices now in the mix. In case you have further thoughts, we're going to keep this post open to your comments. You can also email us at livewirechicago@gmail.com with any further thoughts, stories, etc.

Here's a few final images for you to enjoy when thinking further about the piece...


fearless? leader, Joshua Aaron Weinstein


what a good looking cast (from left to right, Allison Dana, Deborah Proud, Andrea Gilkey-Black, Cory Conrad, Sapna Kumar, Sarah Kinsey, Madeline Long, Monica Dionysiou, Erin Barlow, Brian Cicirello, Allison McNeela, Suzanne Bracken and Glenn Proud, LiveWire's Artistic Director


Newly engaged Lighting Designer, Eric Branson (sorry ladies)



What a time we had!

Peace.