The Eighth Wonder of the World
KING KONG
Back for its 5th year! An original Maverick Theater stage adaptation of the 1933 film by Merian C. Cooper. The play is based on the Delos W. Lovelace novel, which is the same storyline and dialogue from the original film with only minor changes and additions. The overall show will have a lighthearted tongue-in-cheek feel but all the characters will be played honest and as true to the original; even the man in the monkey suit.
The Maverick Theater’s special effects team known as “Maverick Light & Magic” will take on the beauty and the beast adventure using a live compositing* process of multiple video sources. Similar to the process Willis O’Brien used to create the original King Kong. Actors will be interacting with live rear screen projections to create the illusion of Kong.
Suitable for ages 6 and up.
*Compositing is the combining of visual elements from separate sources into a single image to create the illusion that all those elements are part of the same scene.
CAST
CARL DENHAM………………. MARK COYAN
ANN DARROW………………. SAMANTHA GREEN
JACK DRISCOLL………………. JEFF LOWE
CAPTAIN ENGLEHORN………………. GLENN FREEZE
WESTON / NATIVE KING………………. SCOTT KEISTER
JIMMY / MABEL………………. DONNY VAN HORN
LUMPY………………. JOE SANDERS
WITCHDOCTOR……. JOHN CASTRO
8TH WONDER………………. MILES TABER
Previous Years
July 14 – August 6, 2023
CAST
CARL DENHAM………………. MARK COYAN
ANN DARROW………………. KALINDA GRAY
JACK DRISCOLL………………. JEFF LOWE
CAPTAIN ENGLEHORN………………. GLENN FREEZE
WESTON / NATIVE KING………………. SCOTT KEISTER
JIMMY / MABEL………………. DONNY VAN HORN
LUMPY………………. JOE SANDERS
WITCHDOCTOR……. JOHN CASTRO
8TH WONDER………………. ROB DOWNS6
August 12 – September 3, 2022
CAST
CARL DENHAM………………. PAUL ZELHART
ANN DARROW………………. KALINDA GRAY
JACK DRISCOLL………………. JEFF LOWE
CAPTAIN ENGLEHORN………………. GLENN FREEZE
WESTON / NATIVE KING………………. SCOTT KEISTER
JIMMY / MABEL………………. DONNY VAN HORN
LUMPY………………. JOE SANDERS
SHIPMATE………………..NATHAN SWIDERSKI
WITCHDOCTOR……. JARED LINDSAY / JUSTYN GONZALEZ / JOHN CASTRO
8TH WONDER………………. MILES TABER
2022 Show Photos by Austin Bauman
August 13 – Sept. 11, 2021
CAST
CARL DENHAM………………. PAUL ZELHART
ANN DARROW………………. KALINDA GRAY
JACK DRISCOLL………………. JEFF LOWE / JASON EVANS
CAPTAIN ENGLEHORN………………. GLENN FREEZE
WESTON / NATIVE KING………………. SCOTT KEISTER
JIMMY / MABEL………………. DONNY VAN HORN
LUMPY………………. JOE SANDERS
WITCHDOCTOR………………. JOHN CASTRO
8TH WONDER………………. ROB DOWNS
WORLD PREMIERE
February 8 – March 17, 2019
CAST
CARL DENHAM………………. PAUL ZELHART
ANN DARROW………………. KALINDA GRAY
JACK DRISCOLL………………. JAKE KILROY
CAPTAIN ENGLEHORN………………. GLENN FREEZE
WESTON / NATIVE KING………………. SCOTT KEISTER
JIMMY / MABEL………………. DONNY VAN HORN
LUMPY………………. JOE SANDERS
WITCHDOCTOR………………. JOHN CASTRO
8TH WONDER………………. ROB DOWNS