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, often to create the illusion that all those elements are part of the same scene.

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 DOWNS