“As Kane lies in bed with thirty playthings,
Ahmad eats the apple from the inside out.”
Hear the first 12 minutes of our audio play below:
SYNOPSIS
A Theater in the Dark’s new audio play, A MURDER IN THE COURT OF XANADU, is a tale of “murder most foul and spoiled revenge”, re-imagining Kublai Khan’s 13th century empire as a 21st-century mega-corporation verging on the brink of bankruptcy. As Xanadu dominates the world markets, an indispensable executive eats the apple from the inside-out and threatens to bring the entire empire tumbling down around him. Written in verse, this modern-day epic drama full of corporate espionage honors the crumbled empire of ancient Mongolia while satirizing modern-day corporate greed.
who was kublai khan?
The powerful prototype for our play’s protagonist:
Grandson of the great and terrifying Ghenghis Khan, who amassed one of the largest empires the ancient world has ever seen. Kublai Khan is mostly known to the western world through Marco Polo’s adventures from Europe, where he spent decades in the employ of Kublai as a traveling tax collector and merchant.
creative TEAM
L to R: N. Amherst, C. Bradberry, R. Cyprian, V. Ferro, G. Fries, E. Lin, P. Sottnik
The Cast: NESSA AMHERST ROBINSON J. CYPRIAN VAN FERRO GABRIEL FRIES ERIN LIN
Original Music Composed/Performed by PAUL SOTTNIK
Produced & Sound Designed by COREY BRADBERRY
Publicity: JOHN OLSON COMMUNICATIONS
Written and Directed by COREY BRADBERRY
This project is supported in part by a grant by the Illinois Arts Council Agency, a state agency; and supported in part by an Individual Artists Program Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events.
