AGILE RASCAL BIKE THEATRE
PHILLY GHOST BIKE THEATRE PROJECT
2022 - 2024
The Philly Ghost Bike Theatre Project is an immersive performance that puts the audience on bicycles, following a food delivery worker on the day they are killed by vehicular violence, and continues into the afterlife with them. The piece is a love song to the bicycle that addresses issues of bicycle safety and transportation justice, as well as being a meditation on life and loss.
The play will be staged on a 3 mile ride along a protected bike lane on MLK Drive in Philadelphia. Audiences will pedal alongside the protagonist as the narrative unfolds on bike and at stops along the path.
This event is FREE! However, if you'd like to donate to Agile Rascal, you can on our DONATE PAGE
BYO bike or check out an Indego Bike
Indego Bikes are available at 4341 Ridge Ave (Just don't forget to download the Indego App and sign up first!)
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If you are not able to ride a bicycle, and would still like to come to the reading, please email Dara@agilerascaltheatre.com and we will do our best to accommodate you. (We plan for the final performance to be more accessible to non-cyclists, we just haven't worked out the details yet)
STAGED READING ON BIKES
CAST AND CREW
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CAST
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Michael Benko
Maginnis Buckley
Sohrab Haghverdi
Christa Rivers
Riley P. Titlebaum
E. Shelli Thomas
CREW
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Dara Silverman Writer, Director, Producer
Payton Smith Production Manager
Bryant Garcia Stage Manager
Nat Merrill Sound Designer
*WHAT'S A STAGED READING???
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A staged reading is a reading of a script, sometimes a work-in-progress, that isn't fully produced. The actors read from a script, and there are no costumes, sets or lights yet.
A staged reading is an immensely helpful part of a play's development process. It helps the playwright, director and performers gauging what is, and isn't, working in the script and is an opportunity to solicit feedback from audience members for future productions.