A Most Unique Play

A few things that make this production unique:

- This stage play belongs to the action-adventure genre. Almost no productions anywhere fall into this category...certainly none in the Upstate in recent memory.

- This may be the only play ever produced in the Upstate, in which the entire cast trained in Aikido from one the very best teachers in that martial arts discipline in the world (Eric Harrell).

- No other Upstate production may boast of collaboration with a Hollywood special effects company, XTremeDesign FX (Lance Coulter). XTreme trained our crew in creature design and engineering, art direction, and special makeup effects.

- When was the last time an entire cast of actors ALL trained in dance and movement when the play was NOT a musical (with award-winning dance instructor, Cynthia Waddell-Poole, no less)? To perform gracefully in an action-adventure stage play, performers must be able to move like dancers.

- Has there ever been an Upstate theatre production that demonstrated Bunraku puppetry, Kabuki theatre, traditional Japanese architecture, fashion, AND...Japanese language? Have audiences here EVER been exposed to Eastern/Asian theatre live and on stage? This play accomplishes it all.

- This play has three martial arts-style fights—played by young women and men—choreographed by a local professional fight choreographer and theatre artistic director (Paul Savas).

- When was the last time you saw a play based on a classic, animated television series...plotted around the Apollo 11 moon mission...set in 1969 Tokyo...with an entire cast and crew of teenagers?

- A play that fully integrates multimedia projection, a complex light and sound design, AND a completely original musical score into the story and design of the show?

- A play adroitly stage managed by a 17 year old (11th grade) female...written by four 17 year-old males...and completely designed—set and costumes—by teenagers?

- When was the last time anyone in the Upstate saw the WORLD PREMIER of stage play, performed as the very first production in Greenville County’s newest fine arts facility?