The West Coast Premiere of
Phenomenon of Decline

​By Joe Tracz
September 3-5 & 10-12, 2010
Son of Semele
Los Angeles

​Fifteen years ago, Randolph Wonder’s twin brother went into a bog to retrieve a fly ball and never returned. Now Randolph lives in the bog in a vigil of grief and guilt, in a ramshackle cabin he built by hand. But as the cabin starts sinking into the earth, and his three sisters arrive with three different agendas, Randolph must choose between seeking the dead and returning to life.

Directed by Caitlin Hart
With: Han Nah Kim, Steve Madar, Meredith Wheeler, Alia Wilson,
​and Kiera Zoubek
Stage Manager: Jen Potell
Assistant Stage Manager/Props Design: Kristen Hammack
Set Design: Adam Lillibridge
Light Design: Morgan Edwards
Costume Design: Christina Bayer
Sound Design: Brian Wood

Photo Credit: Koury Angelo

“Mr. Madar and the rest of the cast do a great job portraying Traczs characters, which have complex emotions existing within a haze of sadness.” – Rachel Stoll, LA Theatre Review

“Director Caitlin S. Hart seizes on the text’s Gothic elements in a staging worthy of The Old Dark House” – Bill Raden, LA Weekly
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“His play -part gothic melodrama, part abstruse fantasy has the potential to genuinely haunt.” – F. Kathleen Foley, LA Times Theater Review