Running with Scissors was presented at ODC Theater in October 1998. Of this Halloween show, critic Sima Belmar of the SF Bay Guardian wrote, "a great show for children if not for all of the bloodlust and gratuitous beaver."


THE PROGRAM

Wing
Choreography: Emma Lou Huckabay
Dancer: Knute
Music: Patti Smith, "Wing"

Merry Stories for Restless Children
Choreography: Erin Mei-Ling Stuart
Dancers: Knute, Ashley Hayes, Jenny McAllister, Jody Rappaport, Cynthia Yang
Music: Paul Whiteman, Fred Frith
Text: Heinrich Hoffman

Duet
Choreography: Emma Lou Huckabay
Dancers: Jenny McAllister, Jody Rappaport
Musicians: Peter Croke & Erin Mei-Ling Stuart, viola, and James Raney, piano
Music: J.S. Bach, "Brandenburg Concerto No. 6, 2nd Movement"

The Funeral Piece
Choreography: Emma Lou Huckabay
Dancers: Knute, Blane Ashby, Steve Berry, Jenny McAllister, Jody Rappaport, Erin Mei-Ling Stuart
Music: Carlo Buti, "Il Primo Amore" & Lewis/Seress, "Gloomy Sunday" sung by Mystic

Something Wicked (A Tiny Trilogy of Terror)
Choreography: Jenny McAllister
 
I. Jack & Lizzie's First (and Last) Date
Jack the Ripper........Blane Ashby
Lizzie Borden........Knute
 
Music: Throbbing Gristle, "Hamburger Lady"

II. Bonnie & Clyde's Last Dance
Bonnie........Jody Rappaport
Clyde........Steve Berry
 
Music: Tom Waits, "Cemetery Polka"

III. The Blood Countess' Last Course
The Blood Countess........Erin Mei-Ling Stuart
The Last Course........Jenny McAllister
Music: Throbbing Gristle, "Tiab Guls"

I can hear you from here
Choreography: Erin Mei-Ling Stuart
Dancers: Blane Ashby & Erin Mei-Ling Stuart
Music: Willie Nelson, "Always on My Mind"

The Ghastly Nursery
Choreography: Jenny McAllister
The Evil Governess: Emma Lou Huckabay
The Hapless Children: Knute, Blane Ashby, Steve Berry, Jenny McAllister, Jody Rappaport, Erin Mei-Ling Stuart
Music: Antonio Badalamente, Michael Nyman
Text: Edward Gorey, "The Gashlicrumb Tinies"
Special thanks to the company members for their creative contributions to this piece.