WINNEMUCCA
(three days in the belly)
written by Dan Moyer
“FOUR STARS. A deft, thoughtful play. Winnemucca has all the trappings of a great whale tale.”
“Enormously compelling.... Very Highly Recommended”
“The dialogue is by turns witty, poetic, and profane; the set is simple but evocative; the acting is uniformly excellent.”
Jonah wakes up bruised, bloody and trapped in a seedy motel room on the outskirts of Winnemucca, Nevada. Big Chet's extreme motivational tactics and a powerful encounter with a dancer named Suede Lucy compel Jonah to complete a task he cannot fathom. This darkly funny re-imagining asks, "How do three days in the belly make a man a prophet?"
Production History
July 2009
San Jose Stage Company, CA
August 2009
MN Fringe Festival
Minneapolis Theatre Garage, MN
August 2009
FringeNYC
Lafayette Street Theatre, NY
directed and designed by Wren Graves
with Will Brill, Grayson DeJesus and Jenni Putney
