ERA presents an original, found-text performance created entirely from Craigslist posts.
The Residents of Craigslist is a one-act theatrical work that realizes the classified advertisements website Craigslist as a full yet lonely house containing a myriad of people – its residents.
Dec 14-17, 8 PM CST, doors at 6:30, Joe Taylor of Kid Scientist plays at 7 p.m. (Saturday only)
Centene Center for the Arts Ballroom
3547 Olive St, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA
This is a fundraising event. Doors are at 6:30 p.m. Silent auction and 50/50 raffle. Opening act band starts at 7 p.m. (Saturday) ERA's 'The Residents of Craigslist' begins at 8 p.m. Auction and 50/50 raffle winners announced at 9:30 p.m.
For mature audiences only. Includes foul, sexually explicit, and discriminatory language.
Collaborators
Written by Will Bonfiglio & Lucy Cashion
Performing Artists
Actor 1: Will Bonfiglio
Actor 2: Mitch Eagles
Actor 3: Reggie Pierre, Ryan Wiechmann (2014 &2015), Carl Overly Jr. (2017)
Actor 4: Ellie Schwetye
Actor 5: Cara Barresi
Actor 6: Rae Davis, Natasha Toro (2014, 2015, & 2017)
Production Team
Director: Lucy Cashion
Stage Manager: Spencer Lawton, Melissa Blair (2014, 2015, & 2017)
Assistant Director: Miranda Jagels Felix, Gabe Taylor (2014, 2015, & 2017)
Scenic & Sound Design: Lucy Cashion
Lighting: Erik Kuhn
Producers: Will Bonfiglio, Lucy Cashion, Miranda Jagels Felix, Spencer Lawton, Kevin Arkell (2014 & 2015)
Promotional Photographs: Katrin Hackenberg (2014 & 2015), Meredith LaBounty (2017), Jason Hackett (2017)
Graphic Design: Lucy Cashion & Katrin Hackenberg
Press Director: Spencer Lawton, Mollie Amburgey (2017)
Production Assistant: Shannon Geier (2014)
Production History
ERA Productions
2022 December 14-17: Centene Center for the Arts Ballroom
2017 December 13-16: Centene Center for the Arts Ballroom
2015 September 24: in SIUE's Xfest at the Metcalf Student Experimental Theater
2014 November 12*-16: AlphaBetaClub, Central Print in Old North St. Louis
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Licensed Productions
2020 February 14-23 Millennial Poison Theatre Co. (Dallas, TX)
2016 Oklahoma City University (Oklahoma City, OK)
Press & Recognition
Mark Bretz, "ERA's 'Residents of Craigslist' Is Quirky, Offbeat Theater" in Ladue News
Richard Green in Talkin' Broadway (2017)
Andrea Torrence in St. Louis Theatre Snob
Richard Green in Talkin' Broadway (2015)
Michelle Kenyon, "ERA Brings “Craigslist” to Life" in Snoop's Theatre Thoughts
"The Residents of Craigslist is probably the most interesting show I’ve ever seen. I mean this in the best way...Its hilarity is unmatched with any show I’ve ever seen; the concept is original and impeccably done."