Filmed live in performance, Medford Oregon, October 2016
In his 1915 masterpiece, Spoon River Anthology, Edgar Lee Masters created "epitaphs" for hundreds of colorful and mostly fictional personalities in an imaginary town in Illinois. One century later, the Madrone Theatre Company brought some of those characters to life.
The Company:
Jois Harkness, Constance Jesser, Lea Ciavarelli Worcester
Ron Danko, Rob Hirschboeck, David Sours, David Gordon
Conceived, designed, and directed by Ron Danko
Music researched, arranged, and performed
by David Gordon
View the complete songlist here • Listen to excerpts here
Lighting design by Wayd Drake
Performance video filmed and produced by Chad Worcester