world premiere production
music and lyrics by Joe Iconis, book by Joe Iconis and Gregory S. Moss, directed by Christopher Ashley, choreographed by Jon Rua, La Jolla Playhouse, CA
costumes: Toni-Leslie James, lighting: Amanda Zieve, sound: Justin Stasiw, wig and hair: Alberto “Albee” Alvarado, puppets: Animal Cracker Conspiracy
cast: George Abud, Josh Alvarez, Jeanette Bayardelle, Summer Broyhill, Josiah Cajudo, Giovanny Diaz de Leon, Gabriel Ebert, Marcy Harriell, Lorinda Lisitza, Lauren Marcus, Kürt Norby, Nio Russell, George Salazar, Ryan Vona
5 Craig Noel Award nominations, including Outstanding Scenic Design
"The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical blows the doors off La Jolla Playhouse’s Potiker Theatre. There is nothing subtle or minimalist about this experience. Ashley and his team serve up a carnival of delights. Weed sprouts from the ground, typewriters fall from the sky, peacock puppets snort up drugs."– Evan Henerson, Broadway World
"The show’s havoc is even more effective when framed within Hunter’s grandiose Colorado living space by scenic designer Wilson Chin. Chin’s design of gaps in the boards, knots, holes, guns, lamps, paintings, well-worn furniture and bric-a-brac are seemingly random at first, but used to great effect."– Cassiopeia Guthrie, San Diego Story
"Thompson addresses the audience from the comically enormous gun and clock-filled living room of his Colorado home (imaginatively designed with hidden surprises by Wilson Chin)."– Pam Kragen, The San Diego Union-Tribune
"His living room is a creatively designed maximalist dream by scenic designer Wilson Chin, with guns, cubby holes, clocks and more on the wall, and multiple mismatched couches and chairs scattered around."– ErinMarie Reiter, Broadway World
"The scenic design by Wilson Chin depicts Thompson’s Wood Creek, Colorado digs. It’s an incredibly detailed, cluttered wall of animal trophy heads, clocks, posters, wild illustrations and assorted cultural detritus of the time– a perfect backdrop to the psychedelic chaos, anger and energy that must have been raging in Thompson’s head."– David L. Coddon, Stage West
