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photo by Frank J Lanza

Marble Cities
produced by Theater Ninjas (now Maelstrom Collaborative Arts)
directed & devised by Jeremy Paul
assistant directed by Ray Caspio
contributing creators & performers Davis Aguila, Ray Caspio, Brittany Gaul, Ryan Lucas, Cassie Neumann, Emily Pucell & Colleen Uszak

You are invited to a meeting both secret and arcane. Your motives belong to you and you alone. No matter what you see, no matter what you believe, you have been summoned for one purpose alone: to change the world. This is the world of Marble Cities, a place of imagination and power exploring fate, desire and future of the universe.


original music by Filmstrip
lighting design by Ben Gantose
costume design by Kevenn T. Smith
set design by Val Kozlenko
installation design by Joan Hargate
stage managed by Kaitlin Kelly

performed at Ohio City Masonic Temple
October-November 2012
photos by Frank J. Lanza Photography and Jeremy Paul, courtesy of Theater Ninjas

The Actress character was a challenge to come up with a look for. She was described as a woman hasn't found who she is. But things started to come into view once I started to talk with the actual actress who played her. She felt as though this charac
The Actress character was a challenge to come up with a look for. She was described as a woman hasn't found who she is. But things started to come into view once I started to talk with the actual actress who played her. She felt as though this charac
The Actress character was a challenge to come up with a look for. She was described as a woman hasn't found who she is. But things started to come into view once I started to talk with the actual actress who played her. She felt as though this charac
The Magician was my favorite costume in the show. This was one character who I could push the boundaries with and not have to have him look so "everyday normal." The raven was used as a totem for this character, hence the raven and feather tattoos. A
The Magician was my favorite costume in the show. This was one character who I could push the boundaries with and not have to have him look so "everyday normal." The raven was used as a totem for this character, hence the raven and feather tattoos. A
The Magician was my favorite costume in the show. This was one character who I could push the boundaries with and not have to have him look so "everyday normal." The raven was used as a totem for this character, hence the raven and feather tattoos. A
The Prince was a character for whom I looked at Caroline Kennedy for visual inspiration and style. Since the show was occurring in the autumn of the year, I wanted to make sure she was in seasonal colors, showing the character's attention to detail.
The Prince was a character for whom I looked at Caroline Kennedy for visual inspiration and style. Since the show was occurring in the autumn of the year, I wanted to make sure she was in seasonal colors, showing the character's attention to detail.
The Prince was a character for whom I looked at Caroline Kennedy for visual inspiration and style. Since the show was occurring in the autumn of the year, I wanted to make sure she was in seasonal colors, showing the character's attention to detail.
The Advisor was a man who had his hand in multi-billion dollar deals. Of course he's going to be in a suit. I felt a gray suit was the direction to go, and luckily the actor playing him agreed. His totem was a wolf, and so I drew the rendering with a
The Advisor was a man who had his hand in multi-billion dollar deals. Of course he's going to be in a suit. I felt a gray suit was the direction to go, and luckily the actor playing him agreed. His totem was a wolf, and so I drew the rendering with a
The Advisor was a man who had his hand in multi-billion dollar deals. Of course he's going to be in a suit. I felt a gray suit was the direction to go, and luckily the actor playing him agreed. His totem was a wolf, and so I drew the rendering with a
The Knight was a former pilot for the United States Air Force who became a landscaper. My father was a career Air Force officer, and while I was in college, I worked summers at the local Air Force Base in offices alongside the service men and women,
The Knight was a former pilot for the United States Air Force who became a landscaper. My father was a career Air Force officer, and while I was in college, I worked summers at the local Air Force Base in offices alongside the service men and women,
The Knight was a former pilot for the United States Air Force who became a landscaper. My father was a career Air Force officer, and while I was in college, I worked summers at the local Air Force Base in offices alongside the service men and women,
The Servant character was another big challenge for me in this show, as evidenced by how much the look changed from the rendering to the actualized version. Sometimes you just need to see how things look on the actor while they're moving in the show.
The Servant character was another big challenge for me in this show, as evidenced by how much the look changed from the rendering to the actualized version. Sometimes you just need to see how things look on the actor while they're moving in the show.
This character was originally envisioned to be The Slave, a woman whose dreams were never going to come true and who was hired to work at the Ritual and assist in it. I thought of something similar to a caterer's uniform, which would progressively be
This character was originally envisioned to be The Slave, a woman whose dreams were never going to come true and who was hired to work at the Ritual and assist in it. I thought of something similar to a caterer's uniform, which would progressively be
Michael Prosen brought The Doctor character to life. The physical unraveling of his character was really small - it was merely unbuttoning another button on his shirt. Pencil, ink, Photoshop ©Kevenn T. Smith 2012.
Michael Prosen brought The Doctor character to life. The physical unraveling of his character was really small - it was merely unbuttoning another button on his shirt. Pencil, ink, Photoshop ©Kevenn T. Smith 2012.