by Deborah Pryor
directed by Richard Ragsdale
at Victory Gardens Theatre Downstairs Studio
March 22 – May 6, 2000
“Defiant Theatre creates sufficiently high stakes in this production to make the triumph or defeat of Dionysian urges a matter of suspense.”
Chicago Reader
The director of Caligula and Dracula found a new demon to dispatch.
The Love Talker pitted two ripe, young country gals against a predatory sexual force–their own. With its blend of deviant sexuality and supernatural beings, The Love Talker was like a traveling salesman joke penned by Faulkner for a skin mag.
You hopefully felt very guilty about being so turned on.
The Love Talker Soundtrack
Original music by Sean Sinitski & Michelle Primeaux
Setting
An old house in the Clinch Mountains, Virginia.
Time
The present, the longest day of the year.
Cast
[In order of appearance]
Red Head … Kate Martin
Gowdie … Kathleen Bentley
Bun … Kati Brazda
The Love Talker … Aaron Boucher
Production Staff
Director … Richard Ragsdale
Assistant Director … Lisa Rothschiller
Stage Manager … Temple Lentz
Set Designer … Martin McClendon
Lighting Designer … Troy Fujimura
Costume Designer … Jennifer Keller
Costume Craftsperson … Sage Reed
Makeup Designer … Christina Carlson
Sound Designer … Sean Sinitski
Original Music … Michelle Primeaux & Sean Sinitski
Properties Coordinator … Will Schutz
Technical Director … Christopher Thometz
Violence Choreographer … Michael Mazzara
Movement Choreographer … Julia Neary
Dialect Consultant … Jim Johnson
Graphic Design … Jennifer Gehr (with a little help from Arlo)