NOIRTOWN
Site: Teatro LATEA
Location: New York, United States
Year: 2019
One gumshoe detective. Or is it two?
One woman in a red dress. Or is it three?
Film noir, mixed and remixed.
Noirtown ran for a sold-out, extended string of performances as part of the inaugural Rave Theater Festival, winning the “Outstanding Production” accolade at its conclusion. Guests were invited to play detective alongside the characters, finding the hidden clues in the midst of three cases linked by the same enigmatic femme fatale.
“Electrifying … if film noir is the cinematic style that best captures the mysterious quality of dreams, Noirtown succeeds in making those fantasies tangible.”
—The New York Times
"Blew my mind ... probably the best specimen of this genre I have ever seen.”
—No Proscenium
"It was uncanny how much Noirtown made me feel as if I was living inside a film noir classic like ‘The Maltese Falcon’ or ‘The Big Sleep’.”
—New York Theater
Written by Michael Bontatibus
Directed by Charlotte Murray
Stage Manager: Cati Pishal
Costume Design: Corina Chase
Scenic and Props: Lauren Barber
Lighting Design: Elizabeth M. Stewart
Sound Design: Jamie Amadruto & Trey McGee
Fight Choreography: Michael Barnette
Dance Choreography: Kellyn Thornburg
Board Operator: Andrew Carr
Cast: Nik Duggan, Daniel Harray, Shane Jensen, Kendall Kemp, Chelsey Ng, and Stephanie Salgado
Photos by Carly Hoogendyk