Performed at Patrick’s Cabaret, remounted at The Playwrights’ Center
Chosen among City Pages' Best Theatre of the Year 2002
The Sunrise Café, a dance and physical theatre performance, takes place in 1975 among the dusty highways of the American West, where three lives collide at the Sunrise Café while on their way towards an American Dream. A twisted love story that surrounds the audience in a desert landscape of weird sounds, wild hallucinations, and eccentric characters that are strangely familiar…and just plain strange. Imagine Sam Sheppard and David Lynch meeting for links and cakes over the fissures between heaven and hell.
Credits
Created and Developed by Jennifer Ilse, Paul Herwig, and Marc DotyProject Initiators – Jennifer Ilse and Paul Herwig
Choreography by Jennifer Ilse
Scenic Design by Paul Herwig and Jerrod P. Grohs
Original Music and Score by Marc Doty (Museslave)
Text by the Cast
Lighting by Jerrod P. Grohs
Cast – 4, Paul Herwig, Jennifer Ilse, Joshua Scrimshaw, Marc Doty
Duration – 70 min.
Music
The Ballad of the Sunrise Café pt.1
The Ballad of the Sunrise Café pt.2
The Ballad of the Sunrise Café pt.3
This music and more was performed during the show by Marc Doty
Reviews
City Pages"The Ten Best of the Twin Cities"
A-List Spotlight: Sunrise Cafe by Dylan Hicks
Pioneer Press
Review of Sunrise Cafe by Dominic Papatola