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Set inside the last watertight compartment of a recently sunk ore boat resting at the bottom of Lake Superior, Wreck explores the depths of physical and psychological endurance and human fortitude in the face of impending and inevitable destruction. The piece plunges towards the ragged edge of movement and stamina as it seeks the physical event horizon where violence and cooperation, obsession and compassion and the ultimate question of how we will enter death at the edge of the Abyss.

Photos: William Cameron and Randy Karels

Details

Wreck is the first evening length work by Carl Flink and the first major collaboration between Flink and composer Mary Ellen Childs. Wreck’s creative team also includes costume designer Angie Vo and Lighting Designer Jeff Bartlett. The production also includes vintage 8mm ore boat footage taken by deceased Great Lakes ore boat captain Harvey C. Almstedt generously donated to the production by his granddaughter, passionate ore boat observer and children’s book author Tracy Maurer.

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Premier Performance

Venue Southern Theater January 11-20, 2008 in Minneapolis, MN.

Cast The dynamic cast features Melissa Alness, Bryan Godbout, Kaori Kenmotsu, Stephanie Laager, Megan McClellan, Joanie Mix (apprentice), Leslie O’Neill, Eddie Oroyan, Jamie Ryan, Laura Selle, Kalli Schmuecker (apprentice), Anat Shinar (apprentice) as well as choreographer Flink.

Support The production of Wreck is made possible primarily through a major grant from the University of Minnesota Institute for Advanced Study.