Say When…

Created and performed by Simple Machines

Written by: Mark Benzel and Matt Spring and the Ensemble
Directed by Mark Benzel
Run time: 75 Min
Age Recommendation: 10+

Say When tells the story of Evander Berry Wall who was born into privilege with nothing but opportunity on his horizon. After circumstance disrupted a steady path, he was left with a fruitful business that didn’t provide him with a purpose. Through striking costumes, projections, and clown, we join Evander, his wife, Salome, and his beloved Chow Chow dogs as they journey through the dawning of a new century and across the globe and Evander’s desire to become the best dressed man in the world. When is it enough?

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ABOUT SIMPLE MACHINES

Simple Machines is a Minneapolis, MN based theatre company who creates work guided by humanity’s fundamental relationship with storytelling and community. Fueled by the urgency of new works developed collaboratively and shared collectively in a theatrical space to make the complex more simply shared and considered. Recently Simple Machines was chosen to be a part of the inaugural cohort for Park Squares Lab Series which offers theatre makers of all backgrounds the chance to take artistic risks and present at their professional regional theatre.

Website: https://simple-machines.org/
Instagram: simplemachinesmpls

Cover image: Matt Spring, Elora Riley, Jeffrey Nolan, and Amber Bjork in Say When… | Photo by Ellie Malynn

Matt Spring and Jeffrey Nolan in Say When… | Photo by Ellie Malynn