The showвЂ™s visual aesthetic strongly evokes The Twilight Zone, thanks to lighting designs by Marcus Dilliard and projections by Kathy Maxwell. TherвЂ™s also much humor from Jim Lichtscheidl as the oh-so-condescending fortuneteller. Then thereвЂ™s Becca Hart as the headless Jane Doe (having been decapitated in the accident, neither she nor anyone else knows who she is) has the most exhilarating moment on stage as she sings and dances in вЂњThe Ballad of Jane DoeвЂќ with her body floating in the air. Dominique provides a heartwarming song about how she hated her life, but once it was ending she realized she had a really a wonderful life. Gabrielle Dominique convincingly plays Constance, a dweeb girl who, by default, is OceanвЂ™s best friend. Leggett surprises as he shifts from his mute, disabled character to one who breaks out in a song and dance about a space hero fantasy life.

Michael Hanna is charming as Mischa, a Ukrainian refuge who dazzles with two starkly different songs: a gangsta rap and a love ballad. Josh Zwick, as Noel, is riveting in his femme fatale song вЂњNoelвЂ™s LamentвЂќ, which had the audience up on its feet. Other actors and their characters yield distinctive performances as well. Jane Doe (Becca Hart), sadly decapitated in a tragic accident, sings a song of woe. Naturally, Ocean/Brashers turns in amazing, upbeat performance in her song вЂњWhat the World NeedsвЂќ, showing that she would be perfect as a singer with the Up with People group. Ocean, it turns out, was raised by hippie parents but found her real inspiration for life through the clean-cut, 1960s youth singing group Up with People. The peppy Ocean (a delightful Shinah Brashears), for example, recounts her exemplary life as her case for being the only one among her friends worth resurrection. The introduction songs are notable and fun. Each of the six students proceeds to musically tell their life story, hoping he/she are chosen to return to life. Karnak announces that he has the power to return one of them to life, but only one. Soon, the six deceased students are cast in a limbo world with Karnak as their host. Cassian High School Chamber Choir of Saskatchewan, who happen to competing in a choir competition at the fair, will meet their demise as wellвЂ¦when the Cyclone ride crashes with all of them on it.

The show opens with a carnivalвЂ™s mechanical fortune teller, Karnak, announcing his upcoming demise вЂ“ to be caused by a rat chewing through his power cord. Director Sarah Rasmussen and musical director Mark Christine have taken the script and score to create an exciting and eerie experience about the aftermath of a rollercoaster accident. Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond wrote the music and lyrics, and Jacob Richmond wrote the book. The show is best described as a mix between an amusement ride Twilight Zone and Andrew Lloyd WebberвЂ™s musical Cats. The exploding musical Ride the Cyclone ushers in Jungle TheaterвЂ™s new season. Leggett in the Jungle Theater production of Ride the Cyclone. Gabrielle Dominique, Michael Hanna, Shinah Brashears, Josh Zwick, Becca Hart, and Jordan M.

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