written by Jenny Connell Davis
produced by Articulate Theatre Company
with Planet Connections Theatre Festivity
DRAGON explores the mythical world of love among dragons, and the challenge of living with regrets in the world of humans. On a hot stretch of land in Texas, a boy befriends a wounded dragon, while in a blizzard in Minnesota, a woman opens the door to a fire-breathing revelation. Spanning two moments of magic & the mundane, this is a tale of a boy, a dragon, and a dangerous love triangle.
CAST: Maeve Yore*, Joe Roseto*, Katie Mack*, Daniel Piper Kublick, James Leighton*, Tony Ponella*
*Actor’s Equity Association members
PRODUCTION: Artistic Director: Cat Parker, Managing Director: Brittney Venable, Producer: Jen Biederman, Playwright: Jenny Connell Davis, Set Designer: George Allison, Costume Designer: Karen Ann Ledger, Lighting Designer: Dennis Parichy, Choreographer: Bronwen Carson, Stage Manager: Liz Richards*, Asst Stage Manager: Stephanie Seward, Asst Directors: Marta Reiman; Wendy Mae Shelton, Photography: Roy Googin, Program Designer: Kelly Zekas, Poster Design by George Allison, Original Image Design by Rebi Valeska
OUR CAUSE: Urgent Death Row Dogs, Cause Founder: Kay Smith, Cause Representative for Articulate: Diane Terrusa*,
Pictures courtesy of Roy Goggin, with much appreciation!
- The age old story, Boy meets Dragon Girl.
- “Your wings. They smell like burnt matches.”
- “It was like my blood was on fire – your voice your smell…was everywhere.”
- “My flight was cancelled. Mechanical difficulties.”
- “She was just like he imagined. A Dragon Girl, sinewy and strong, with wings that blew hot summer air over his face.”
- “Dragons don’t sell their secrets. Secrets are gifts to be traded and treasured.”
- When Dragons cry, Humans crumble.
- “This is the story of a man who knew more than he let on.”
- “Humans aren’t meant to fly. We stay in one place and we NEVER FUCKING ESCAPE, all right?”
- “She was beautiful. The best of both of us, I think. A dragon girl. Something entirely new.”
- “We lock our bodies together and we fly up – To where the ground is something we heard of once like a word in someone else’s language.”
- The Minnesota night catches on fire.
- “We grow our mate’s wings and it’s their wings that save us.”
- “The fire’s dying – it won’t get past the snow.”