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PRESENTS:

Pillar of Fire and Other Plays © 1975, renewed 2004 by Ray Bradbury

The Spark, an umbrella project of La Fenice, was organized summer of 2024 to provide hands-on production, design and performance training for Austin area teens. These young artists selected their first production together and learned the ropes of budgeting, negotiating artist, venue and royalty agreements, and preproduction.

Throughout the rest of the year, they participated in Conservatory-level theatre, mask and movement training as well as mentorship from award winning designers and producers.

All of this work culminates in Pillar of Fire - selected, produced, designed and performed by teens.

You can donate directly and securely to this project here.

PRODUCTION TEAM

Director:

Stage Manager:

Set Design:

Lighting Design:

Costume Design:

Sound Design:

Marketing Design:

Fight Choreography:

Stage Hand:

 

Sharky Meehan

Ace Curry

Emil Hall

Callum Thomas

Alix Henry

Luka McConnell

Will Lambert

Aiden Minor

Luzbella Diaz

 

PERFORMERS

William Lantry:

Young Woman, etc.:

Space Captain Burke:

Old Man / McClure:.

Young Man / Officer :

Harry / Operator :

Librarian / Operator :

Smith, etc. :

Cellist :

Author Chorus :

Clementine Kennedy

Avital Cuevas

Audrey Byrwa

Juno McQueen

Django Somera

Alden Bruner

Abby Noble

Alix Henry

Will Lambert

Max Meehan

Clive Reed

Luka McConnell

Sharky Meehan

ADULT MENTORS*

Production Mentor:

Assistant Director:

 Assistant Stage Manager:

Set Design:

Lighting Design:

Costume Design:

Sound Design:

Marketing:

Fight Choreography:

Helper of All Trades:

 

Kate Meehan **

Nola Lafayette **

Stephanie Delk **

Alex Cogburn

Amy Lewis

Aaron Flynn **

Johann Solo

Stephanie Delk

Tobie Minor **

Brent Jenkins

Many thanks to our additional build team: Brent Jenkins, Adam Rodriguez, Daniel Hernandez, and Alex Cogburn.

 

We are eternally grateful for the support of Bonnie Cullum, and the nurturing, flourishing art space she has created.

* Adult Mentors are available for our teen designers to bounce ideas off of, to provide expertise in making a challenging concept possible, and for safety purposes during tech. 

La Fenice and The Spark are deeply grateful for their commitment to empowering the next generation of theatre artists.

** La Fenice Company Members

In loving memory of Eli Clark.

This production is performed on land stolen from the Caddo, Coahuiltecan, Lipan Apache, Karankawa, Tonkawa and Witchita people. Later, Austin's black communities were reduced to living on six surrounding blocks, which they developed into a thriving, vibrant community that we are gentrifying today.

Acknowledging this fact doesn't undo the generational harm done to our neighbors.

 

A portion of tonight's ticket sales will go to support the work of local black and indigenous artists and cultural preservationists.

the spark donors:

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(C) 2025 by La fenice. all rights reserved.

La fenice is sustained by these incredibly good looking FOLKS:

absolute smokeshows:

 This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department. 

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hot babes:

brent jenkins, larry mcgonigal, margaret Menninger, wendy salome, Lisa Scheps

babes:

kaci beeler, bonnie bogovitch, amy boyd, diane christopherson, andrew clements, robert fullilove, karen jambon, stephen kittok, emily long, jordan maxwell, linda nenno, inge rider, hilary selden, roy yanik

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