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"One darn tootin' tribute to all things west of the Mississippi... A real, live, rootin'-tootin' cowboy movie... Bob Brader makes a damn fine Padre... You ain't seen so many dead bodies in one place outside of Sam Peckinpah!... These folks done it right." -- Charles Battersby, OOBR.com "A masterful concoction that revels in the violent, nonverbal traditions of this genre while artfully deconstructing them... Sensational, bloodsoaked, remarkably exciting, it scares the bejesus out of its audience... Michele Schlossberg is a powderkeg in a bustier... there's ingenuity and beauty aplenty here, as Cwiklik continues to prove why his singular style marks him as one of downtown theatre's most consistently original playwright-directors." -- Martin Denton, NYTheatre.com The year is 1870.
The place: Empire, a
dreary, dusty company town in the heart of the new Nevada Territory.
The business: silver
mining, under the control of the Padre, a reformed killer now bringing
God’s justice to the denizens of Empire, Nevada – by force, if
necessary. In rides a beautiful stranger, known only as Red, a bounty
hunter with a twinkle in her eye and larceny in her heart. She brings a lot of bad memories for Lee, the saloon owner
and former bounty hunter who taught her everything she knew… then
broke her heart. And fast
on Red’s trail is Belle, the sultry, deadly madam with the body of an
angel and the soul of a killer. Soon,
Red’s got a plan to take the Padre for everything he’s got, and
it’s up to Lee to keep a lid on the simmering tensions, escalating
violence, and mob savagery that is about to rip the town of Empire
apart… The nights are
cold in the desert, but not as cold as the blood that runs through a
killer’s veins… in the Nevada Territory. Inspired by the
works of Sergio Leone, Sergio Corbucci, Clint Eastwood, and others, Nevada
Territory is a daring, wildly entertaining new Western legend from
the director of The Fugitive Girls! and Sugarbaby!
It’s a violent tale of revenge, murder, and mayhem, a spaghetti
western sprung to colorful life in the atmospheric Red Room, home to
DMTheatrics and writer/director Frank Cwiklik for the past several
seasons. This new original
work, a prequel to DMT’s smash hit Vegas-styled Antony and
Cleopatra (2002 OOBR award winner for Outstanding Production), stars
Jessica Wells as Red, as sexy as she is deadly, a merciless gun-for-hire
looking for that one last heist that will set her up for life;
Bryan Enk as Lee, a man trying to escape a violent past, only to
find that the way to salvation runs straight through his darkest
impulses; Michele
Schlossberg as Belle, a cunning lass with a traveling brothel, an itchy
trigger finger, and a lust for vengeance;
and Bob Brader as the Padre, a mysterious, troubled sociopath who
wears the robes of God, but wallows in the trappings of mortal man.
Rip-roaring entertainment, sly satire, shattering violence, two-fisted action, romance, adventure, and more are waiting… in the Nevada Territory. ************************* DANSE MACABRE THEATRICS with the association of HORSE TRADE THEATER GROUP present NEVADA TERRITORY JESSICA WELLS in the role of "Red" * BRYAN ENK in the role of "Lee" * BOB BRADER in the role of "Padre" * MICHELE SCHLOSSBERG in the role of "Belle" With the appearances of STEVEN BLOOM * MERCEDES EMELINA * EVA GIL * MATTHEW GRAY * BRANDON KALBAUGH * C.J. LaROCHE * NICOLE MARSH * EMILY MOSTYN-BROWN * MICHAEL O’BRIEN and ADAM SWIDERSKI in the role of “Jud” Produced by MICHELE SCHLOSSBERG and FRANK CWIKLIK Written, designed and direction by FRANK CWIKLIK
NYTHEATRE.COM REVIEW * OOBR.COM REVIEW FIRST PERFORMANCE: The Red Room, 2/26/04 / LAST PERFORMANCE: The Red Room, 3/21/04
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