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Here Lies Joyland
Mitchell Ward
Playwright
Winner of "The Best of Fringe ' in the Westport Coffee House, Here Lies Joyland made its world premiere as a thriller play set in the ruins of a real-life, abandoned amusement park. This play marked Ward's Kansas City debut as a playwright. The story surrounds three teens as they break into the infamous Joyland in Wichita, Kansas in search for the spirit of an old friend. Using dark lighting, flashlights, environmental sound design, and audience immersion, Joyland takes viewers on a haunting journey into the past.
Production History
WMC Productions
Kansas City Fringe Festival
Westport Coffee House, 2017
University of Central Missouri
Reading directed by Emily Bridges
2018
Dead Whale Productions
The Second City, Chicago, 2019
"It’s one of Wichita’s greatest mysteries. But legend has it that the clown was really the Park’s heart. That when it shut down the heart went up in flames."
Here Lies Joyland by Mitchell Ward
Production Team (KC Fringe, 2017)
Producers: Hannah L'Abri Miller, Darrington Clark, Mitchell J. Ward
Sound Design: Jae Shanks
Stage Manager: Emily White
Director: Hannah L'Abri Miller
Cast (KC Fringe, 2017)
Sam: Gabby Browne
H.: Darrington Clark
Avery: Alex Leondedis
Jenna: Bailey Rose Steinke
"It was a HIT!"
Emily Bridges, Director
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Immersive, Mystery/Thriller, Tragedy
Length: Full-Length
Cast Size: 4 (2 Men, 2 Women)
Age Level: 16 and up