Crave Blue
by Mouth Radio

Jul. 20 - Aug. 05, 2017
Thursdays-Sundays

 A mermaid exhibition. A strange lake in the middle of West Texas. Ice cream in a multiple flavors. 

 MouthRadio presents Crave Blue, a new play by Sarah Loucks, directed by Ann Marie Dorr. Part roadside attraction, part dark comedy, Crave Blue follows a group of West Texas women who dress up as mermaids to pay the bills. Conspiracy and desire collide when a man claims to see a real life mermaid in the lake. As tourists pollute the town, three minimum-wage mermaids must risk everything to uncover the secrets within the lake, and the secrets within each other.

 

 

Inspired by Balmorhea, TX, a town whose waterways are threatened by oil companies, Crave Blue is a surreal and gritty look at environmentalism and the feminine mystique in the heart of West TX.

Crave Blue received developments at The VORTEX (2016) and Porterspace in NYC (2017).

Sarah produces her plays and other nonsense under the name MouthRadio with collaborators from Austin, TX and beyond. MouthRadio creates weird, upsetting, joyful live performance with a focus on experimentation and underrepresented voices.

 

 

Written by Sarah Loucks
Directed by Ann Marie Dorr
Production Design by Alyssa Dillard
Sound Design by Shawn Jones
Choreography by Kelsey Oliver
Stage Management by Amber Wilson
Dramaturgy by Jesus I. Valles
Technical Direction by Zac Crofford
Assistant Costume Design by Jamaica Cole
Assistant Direction & Assistant Stage Management by Andrew Rodriguez
Featuring: Haley Armstrong, Olivia Jiménez, Tim Mateer, Chelsea Rodriguez, Austin Vaught, and Ronnie Williams

This project is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department. 

 

 

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Crave Blue
by Sarah Louks
Mouth Radio