The Artificial Jungle

Theater Breaking Through Barriers

Theater Breaking Through Barriers revives Charles Ludlam's comic noir, which pulls from works as diverse as 'Double Indemnity' and 'Therese Raquin' in its tale of love, murder, and piranha fish!

A rambunctious collaboration with Everett Quinton, Ludlam’s partner, resulted in wild, over-the-top gestures that delighted audiences. Searching for a creative way to insert a practical speaker into a bird cage that was carried across the stage, a magnificently simple comedic gesture was discovered: a small brown paper bag to accompany the prop, into which the wireless speaker was placed, adorned with the sharpied text “Bird Stuff”

"Julian Evans embellishes the already over-the-top tension with dramatic sound cues and stormy orchestral music during the transitions." - Zachary Stewart, TheaterMania

"Julian Evans' sound design includes bursts of movie music contrasted with various animal sounds and the cuckoo clock that provides macabre comic punctuation to several scenes." - David Barbour, Lighting & Sound America

"Julian Evans’ histrionic sound effects" - TheaterScene.net