Hell in a Handbag Productions is pleased to continue its 2024/25 Season with the world premiere of Scary Town, a tale about growing up, seeing things differently and questioning your very existence – as told through the lens of a little brown bunny.
Merry Town is the happiest town where all the animals live in harmony and wear cute outfits. Deven Bunny has lived there all his life and has always been taught it’s the best place ever. But he’s not a child anymore (he’s turning 13) and suddenly he starts seeing things differently. When Deven discovers a deep dark family secret, it changes everything he thought knew about everything.
Part Richard Scarry storybooks, a dash of soap opera and a loving touch of David Lynch for good measure, Scary Town is an adult children’s play about growing up in a lie and living not so happily ever after.
Playwright: David Cerda
Director: Cheryl Snodgrass
Cast (in alphabetical order): Colin Callahan (Deven Bunny), Sophia Dennis (Betsy Bunny, Trixie Bunny) Grant Drager (Mrs. Fox, Benny Bunny), Al Duffy (Penelope Porcupine), Ed Jones (Mrs. Wanda Water Buffalo), Stevie Love (Mrs. Betty Bunny), Scott Sawa (Officer Aardvark, Uncle Brian Bunny), Danne W. Taylor (Granny Bunny) and Jerod Turner (Willie Worm). Understudies include: Kelly Anchors, Wendy Hayne, Brandon Nelson, TJ O’Brien and Jack Oleg.
Production Team: Marcus Klein (Scenic Designer), Rachel M. Sypniewski (Costume Designer), Liz Cooper (Lighting Designer), DJ Douglass (Sound Designer), Maggie O’Brien (Props Designer), Jabberwocky Marionettes (Puppet Designer), Syd Genco (Makeup Design), Keith Ryan (Wig Designer), Tom Daniel (Technical Director), Rick Aguilar Studios (Photography), Michael S. Miller (Graphic Designer) and Veronica Kostka (Stage Manager).