Pictured: “The Good Ol’ Days” (left to right) Nigel Brown and Dana Murphy in Walkabout Theater’s ensemble cabaret “THE BRINK! or Nobody’s Ever Kissed Me Like That…” at the Cricoteka Centre in Krakow, Poland. Photo by StudioFILMLOVE courtesy of Cricoteka.

Walkabout Theater Company and Links Hall, in association with the National Performance Network, have announced the cast and design team for the U.S. premiere of “THE BRINK! or Nobody’s Ever Kissed Me Like That…”

Directed by Artistic Director Thom Pasculli, the production is created and performed by Walkabout ensemble members Nigel Brown, McCambridge Dowd-Whipple, Cooper Forsman, Dana Murphy, Katie Mazzini, Thom Pasculli and Alex Rodriguez.

The production team includes Fides Krucker (vocal specialist), Ken Urbina (lighting design), Cooper Forsman (sound design), Myron Elliot (costume design), Claire Bauman (asst. director), Dina Klahn (stage manager), and Auriel Jones (asst. stage manager).

From the press release: “Musical, irreverent, and full of wonder, THE BRINK! responds to that moment when the ground beneath us shifts too quickly and the world suddenly seems unrecognizable. Drawing from iconic American pop and jazz standards, the poetry of Gertrude Stein and Ann Carson’s The Gender of Sound, the ensemble slides past the edge of reason in this unfettered encounter with the stranger inside.”

Presented as part of the National Performance Network Creation Fund Initiative, THE BRINK! was developed in partnership with Links Hall, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Dartmouth College/VoxFest and the Cricoteka Centre in Krakow, Poland. Following its run at Links Hall, THE BRINK! will be presented as part of the 8th International Theatre Olympics in Mumbai and New Delhi, India from April 6 – 8, 2018.

THE BRINK! runs March 15 – 30, 2018 at Links Hall, 3111 N. Western Ave. in Chicago. For more information visit walkabouttheater.org.