St Kilda

please be advised that this performance contains haze

ST KILDA

Written and Performed by Jody Christopherson

Sound and Foley Design by Andy Evan Cohen

Voice Over Acting by Michael de Roos

Dialect Coaching by Savanna Sinéad Kenny

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After the death of her Grandmother, an American woman travels to an abandoned island off the coast of Scotland and unearths a dark family secret . . . in a world where the past is anything but dead.
This critically acclaimed tale of supernatural horror is steeped in Scottish folklore and told in a tradition as ancient as its subject matter. Drama League nominee, Jody Christopherson, alone onstage, spins a tale of Scottish horror while creating her own sound score, lighting, haze, and musical special effects to conjure a multi-layered storytelling experience.
St Kilda is inspired by Christopherson’s Nebraska roots, her Scottish heritage, and the historic 1930 evacuation of Scotland’s archipelago St Kilda.

VIDEO TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/733076320?fl=pl&fe=sh

Production website: https://jodychristopherson.wixsite.com/jodychristopherson/st-kilda

Press for St Kilda:

"Chilling."- Theasy.com

"one of the funniest, spookiest experiences I’ve ever had at the theater. With the timing of a seasoned comedian, Christopherson sparkles as a storyteller, breathing exciting new life into this oldest of art forms. She’s a visionary in the theater world and legendary story-teller."- The Theatre Times, New York
"If you like Laurie Anderson, try St Kilda.”- Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Five Stars ...creating a chilling atmosphere through light and sound onstage, Christopherson delivers one of the creepiest performances at this years’ Fringe." -- Global News, Edmonton
"a not-so-typical, one-woman performance that completely blew away the audience. . . an amazing sight for the senses. . . enchanting." -Woman About Town, New York
“The most enjoyable evening of theatre we’ve had in a long time . . . imaginative magic . . . a tribute to what Artaud called the “Alchemy” of the theatre.-Travalanche, New York
"Succeeds... brilliantly... otherworldly... skillfully blends the sly mischievous fun of a campfire ghost story with the incantatory eeriness of a Druidic ceremony." -- Beer Tent Reviews, Edmonton

CREATIVE TEAM

JODY CHRISTOPHERSON ( Writer/ Performer) is a New York based writer/performer/ director who has been called "a visionary in the theater world and legendary story-teller" (The Theater Times) “a talent to watch, not to mention a pleasure to hear” (Time Out NY) “the ANTITHESIS of the manic pixie dream girl” (Zouch Magazine) and a “Rock Monster” (Brooklyn Rail). Her work has been performed in 28 cities in 6 countries, including Canada, Detroit MI, New Orleans, Key West FL, Miami, Amsterdam, Germany, Lithuania, Australia, New York. She is a Drama League Award nominee and productions have been nominated for 7 Innovative Theater Awards. Generative theater productions include: the transmedia musical GreenCard Wedding, Necessay Exposure (a photography and sound installion in galleries and on iTunes), AMP (the electrifying story of Mary Shelley), St Kilda and Tussaud/ Antoinette. She is originally from Nebraska.

ANDY EVAN COHEN (Sound and Foley Design) is a NYC-based composer and sound artist. Credits include off-Broadway’s The Orchard, (A)Loft Modulation (Audelco Award Nomination for Sound Design), God Shows Up, My Parsifal Conductor, and Pushkin. Broadway's Pushkin, If Only, Dear Jane, and In Bed With Roy Cohn; touring productions of Our Trojan War (Aquila Theater); The American Soldier(Kennedy Center, The Citadel, and other venues). Andy’s film credits as composer include documentary features “Less Than or Equal To” (Fair Housing Justice Center) and “Stig Dagerman: Making of a Man” for Danish TV, The Mall, Show & Tell Tango (awarded best score at European Independent Cinema Awards). Andy teaches in the theatre departments of CUNY’s Borough of Manhattan Community College and Kingsborough Community College. www.rolypolyproductions.com

MICHAEL DE ROOS (Voice of, YFKE)

Michael de Roos studied at ITS DNA (Internationale Theatre School De Nieuw Amsterdam) and at the Koningstheaterakademie in Holland.

In 2010 Michael moved to the United States to study Meisner at the Maggie Flanigan Studio. He also studied dance at DNA (Dance New Amsterdam) in NYC. During his stay in New York, he appeared in several plays and TV-series like “Phases”, “FrankenStein The Musical”, “The Skype Show or See You in August”, The Eshaton Cabaret and “The Little Prinsinn”.

In 2013 he returned to the Netherlands and got parts in Spiderman Far from Home, SPANGAS, “SCARS”, Hunter Street, Little Amsterdam and has been a part of the cast on the long-running soap series “Goede Tijden Slechte Tijden as Alex de Boer”

Michael is currently filming the feature film “Only You” and television series “Huize Harteveld” as well as doing a play at TheatreGroup Met de Botte Zijde. He lives in a small town close to Amsterdam with his wife and 2 children.

SAVANNA SINEAD KENNY (Dialect Coach) is an actor/musician and Voiceover artist hailing from Lanark in Scotland. For this project, she assisted with pronunciation in a Scottish accent and Gaelic. Savanna fluently speaks a dialect of Gaelic from the Isle of Lewis.

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