Directed by Michael Greif Music by Stephen Trask and Julia Greenberg Set by Ricardo Hernandez Lights by Jennifer Tipton Projections by Jan Hartley Costumes by Ilona Somogyi Sound by Jerry Yager Starring Shannon Burkett Stevie Ray Dallimore Carson Elrod Adriane Lenox Jenny Macguire Lynne McCollough Deirdre O'Connell Merritt Weaver |
Based on the best-selling novel by Dorothy Allison, Cavedweller is the story of Delia Byrd, a tough prickly once-successful rock star whose mission now is to reclaim her abandoned daughters and reunite a family torn apart by violence, poverty and addiction. |
""Cavedweller has many of the qualities of STEEL MAGNOLIAS and FRIED GREEN TOMATOES...It's a chick flick for the stage." "Like a good guilty pleasure, CAVEDWELLER keeps you engaged." Bruce Weber. NY TIMES "Cavedweller is engrossing, and even piercing." New Yorker Magazine "How women improvise a community is the play's interest and strength allowing generous roles to talented actresses....Unlike many literary adaptations which can feel cramped or rushed, Ryan and direction Michael Greif's stage version of Cavedweller gives the narrative and characters space to unfurl...A play of ample rewards." Village Voice "Playgoers who enjoy a good story more than anything will find lots to like in Cavedweller, a modern day epic told from a Dixie Chick's point of view." Newark Star Ledger "Cavedweller like the book, is a wonderful evocation of a real family, if family is what you mean by a group of people who come to love each other despite the many deprivations of the past." Theatre Scene "A true theatrical page turner...You won't be bored." Entertainment Design Magazine Published by Dramatists Play Service in 2004. |
