
Dusty Springfield Space Patrol is the latest “playsical” by William M. Razavi, author of The Bronson Pinchot Civil War Cupcake Experience, and 27 Short Plays About Being Murdered in a Hotel by ABBA. That’s right! It is a “playsical” because it is a play with music..like almost half a musical-worth of songs!
The play features four original songs with original music by Jack Bonner and lyrics by the author.
Cast
Captain Ivers — Deborah Basham-Burns
Commander Formula — Caitlin Palmer
Ensign Summers — Sarah Hemmi
Gladys — Abbey Storch
Archon Smith/Merkulon 46 — Ray Zurcher
The Refugee — Elise Hernandez>
Dusty Springfield — Jules Vaquera
Understudy — Rhonda Martin
Creative Team
Director — William M. Razavi
Original music by Jack Bonner
Lyrics by William M. Razavi and Jack Bonner
Sound design — Bob McKinney
Lighting design by Bob McKinney
Synopsis
The crew of the Stella 5 is on a routine patrol along the orbital space fence when a stowaway throws everything into a crisis. The fact that the ship is haunted by the ghost of Dusty Springfield is the least of their worries now.
Director’s Notes
Hilarity would ensue.
But this isn’t entirely a play about hilarity. It’s a play about the dangers of xenophobia, paranoia, and the extent to which we’re willing to dehumanize others in order to protect whatever we think we have that others want.
It’s also a play about Dusty Springfield haunting a space ship.
And since it would be marginally unthinkable to have the character of Dusty Springfield on stage without music, this play features four original songs that were written for this show with music by the great Jack Bonner and lyrics by myself in collaboration with Mr. Bonner.
Performances
June 8th-June 30th in the Gregg Barrios Theater
Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm
Sunday 6/17 at 3pm and Sunday 6/24 at 7pm