Cloud 9

By Caryl Churchill
Directed by Seonjae Kim 
Presented by Sit & Spin Productions at Northwestern University, February 2014 

Cloud 9 takes place in repressive British Colonial Africa and groovy 1979 London, inviting us into the lives of people coping with loneliness through taboo expressions of sexuality. Capturing the zeitgeist of two complex eras, Cloud 9 is a hilarious, gender-bending, sexy, dark, grotesque, heartbreaking exploration of sexual politics, oppression, and our struggle to connect with each other and with who we are inside.

Featuring A.J. Roy, Bea Sullivan-Knoff, Sarah Cartwright, Elizabeth Dauterman, Zoe Maltby and Wilson Shirley

Producer: Bex Siegel
Assistant Director: Samantha Spoll
Stage Manager: Claire Huntington
Dramaturg: Dylan Pickus
Outreach Coordinator: Anna Baryshnikov
Composer: Alex Benjamin
Dialect Coach: Natalie C. Houchins
Lighting Designer: Brandon Powers
Sound Designer: Hannah Fisher, Sammy Zeisel
Set Designer: Melissa McSweeney, Max Spitz
Costume Designer: Jared Sprowls
Hair and Makeup Designer: Collin Rice

Photos by Justin Barbin