The cast (Adam Woolsey, Ben Holzhausen, Mark Bethea, Brian Farnham, Meg Woolsey, and Rachael Raymer) bring suitable gravitas and humanity, painting a picture of the people, the place, and the devastation.
This was recorded - LIVE - with few if any glitches that I could see. The uniform black backgrounds brought the cast visually together, in their neighboring boxes, and Matt Ottinger’s historic slides added context and a sense of the reality of it all. Matt’s explosive sound effects and touches of appropriate music rounded out the production. Thanks to Stage Manager. Michele Booher and Technical advisor, Cody Skalmowski for helping make this happen.
If you missed An Act of Madness, definitely give it a re-play, after the fact. Go to Riverwalk’s Facebook page and look under the “More” heading for “Videos.” (Tricia Rogers’ gracious Barney Thank you with her adorable BABY comes up first as “most popular” video and you can also see other Barney Thank you’s on the videos page — but scroll down until you see “An Act of Madness.” The whole video is 33 minutes and 42 seconds, but the first 8 minutes is “the program” with lists of cast, etc. You can pull the little ball ahead to minute 8 and catch the real-live-people-talking part.
And don’t forget to donate to Riverwalk if you are so moved. Membership and other donation options are available at Riverwalk’s website https://www.riverwalktheatre.com/act-ii-campaign.html