The Conquest of the South Pole
BY MANFRED KARGE
ADAPTED BY RALPH REMSHARDT, CARON CADLE & CALVIN MCLEAN
DIRECTED BY KIMBERLY SENIOR
Apr 24, 2011–May 28, 2011
3829 N. Broadway
A bunch of unemployed miners transform crushing boredom and desperation into a triumph of the human spirit … namely Roald Amundsen’s victorious journey to the South Pole. Equipping themselves with all the gear they can beg and steal, they turn a laundry-filled attic into an Antarctic adventure. But can they keep real life out long enough to reach the pole? Strawdog artistic associate Kimberly Senior, director of our hit productions of Uncle Vanya and Cherry Orchard, Timeline’s All My Sons and Redtwist’s The Pillowman, brings us this brilliant riff on the way that losing what we do can make us forget who we are.
Cast
Jennifer Avery
as Braukmann's Wife
Michael Dailey*
as Seiffert
Joel Ewing
as Frankieboy
John Ferrick
as Buscher
Tom Hickey
as Braukmann
Anderson Lawfer*
as Rudi
Justine C. Turner*
as Rosi
Jamie Vann*
as Slupianek
Creative Team
Kimberly Senior
Director
Michael Osinski
Assistant Director
Jack Magaw
Set Design
Mike Mroch
Ass't Set Design
Jordan Kardasz*
Light Design
Joanna Melville*
Costume Design
Chris Kriz
Sound Design
Jackson Haywood
Dramaturge
Lindsey Miller
Stage Manager
Cortney Hurley
Production Manager
* Strawdog Theatre ensemble member