Rusalka
By Erika Phoebus
1943. Amsterdam. The resistance. Two young girls return to their old stomping grounds, a neighborhood jazz bar now catering to the secretly jazz loving Nazi SS. The younger of the sisters, Nessa, is the lookout, the older there to seduce a Nazi officer to the woods to meet his maker. When Nessa finds herself the object of the officer’s affection, she must quickly learn how to turn herself from prey to predator in a body she is just starting to understand.
A workshop production presented at the Planet Connections Festivity in 2018
Directed by Isaac Byrne
Cast: Erika Phoebus, Elizabeth Kensek, Ben Quinn, Chris Cornwell, Harlan Short, Alana Rader, Anna Stefanic, Travis Emery Hackett, Grant Parker
Costume Design—Ben Philipp, Lighting Design—Isaac Byrne, Music Curated and Directed by Chris Cornwell
Winner of 5 Planet Connection Awards:
Best Production, Best Direction, Best Script, Best Lead Actress, and Best Supporting Actress
Press Quotes
“A killer feminist show with excellent casting and blood-stirring music...an explosive mixture of eroticism and danger...an irresistable and intricate dance of seduction and threat, a play that grips you with its poetic beauty and morbid horror, yet is incredibly empowering.”
— Theatre is Easy
“Haunting…Director Isaac Byrne creates an enticing yet foreboding atmosphere…captivating and lively…I squealed with delight”
— New York Theatre Review