MKA
in association with MTC NEON presents

Lord Willing
and the Creek Won’t Rise

by Morgan Rose

A year after Hurricane Katrina does her dirty dance over New Orleans, blues-sick army vet Zachary Bowen flings himself from the roof of the city’s Omni Hotel. In his pocket, police find a note begging them to go to his apartment. There they find the corpse of his lover, Addie Hall, dismembered and cooked, her head in a pot on the stove.

Only maybe the story happens in Far North Queensland last year. Or maybe it happens in the recently flooded Holy Land to a Palestinian father. Either way the waters are rising and Zachary, or someone just like him, lives near you with his wife/partner/a woman he’s having for dinner/a woman he’s having for dinner.

WARNING: Contains coarse language, nudity, graphic violence, adult themes, horror, depictions of cannibalism, human relationship, love, romance, ghosts, hunger, need, comedy.

Reviews

“Cast are superb. Jan Friedl is a riot.” TIMEOUT

“Bold and impressionistic direction from Kat Henry…
Morgan Rose (writer) finds coal black humour…
Kevin Kiernan-Molloy is mesmerising.” THE AGE

Four Stars “Kicks off NEON Festival with a bang!” BEAT MAGAZINE

“Funny as hell. Go home. You had art.” MELBARTSFASH

Credits

Writer
Morgan Rose | MKA Writing in Residence 2014
Director
Kat Henry | MKA Director in Residence 2014-15
Cast
Jan Frieldl (Nominated for GREEN ROOM AWARD 2015 for LORD WILLING AND THE CREEK DONT RISE)
Kevin Keirnan-Molloy (Nominated for GREEN ROOM AWARD 2015 for LORD WILLING AND THE CREEK DONT RISE)
Morgan Maguire
Peter Paltos
Set Designer
House of Vnholy (Matthew Adey)
Costume Designer
Daniel Harvey
Lighting Designer
Amelia Lever-Davidson (Nominated for GREEN ROOM AWARD 2015 for 2015 Body of Work including LORD WILLING AND THE CREEK DONT RISE)
Sound Designer
SS.Sebastian
Stage Management
Kate Brennan (Lord Willing)
Producer
Celeste Markwell
Production Management
Jennifer Taylor
Business Management
Corey Reynolds

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Dates

Premiere Season
MKA in association with
NEON Festival presented MKA’s Double Feature
May 2015
Lawler Theatre, Southbank Theatres,
Melbourne, Australia

Developed as part of
HotHouse Theatre’s
Month-in-the-Country, 2014

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