THE RESIDENTS OF CRAIGSLIST

ERA presents an original, found-text performance created entirely from Craigslist posts.
The Residents of Craigslist is a one-act theatrical work that realizes the classified advertisements website Craigslist as a full yet lonely house containing a myriad of people – its residents.

Dec 14-17, 8 PM CST, doors at 6:30, Joe Taylor of Kid Scientist plays at 7 p.m. (Saturday only)

Centene Center for the Arts Ballroom

3547 Olive St, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA

This is a fundraising event. Doors are at 6:30 p.m. Silent auction and 50/50 raffle. Opening act band starts at 7 p.m. (Saturday) ERA's 'The Residents of Craigslist' begins at 8 p.m. Auction and 50/50 raffle winners announced at 9:30 p.m.

General Admission: $25

For mature audiences only. Includes foul, sexually explicit, and discriminatory language.

Collaborators

Written by Will Bonfiglio & Lucy Cashion

Performing Artists

Actor 1: Will Bonfiglio

Actor 2: Mitch Eagles

Actor 3: Reggie Pierre, Ryan Wiechmann (2014 &2015), Carl Overly Jr. (2017)

Actor 4: Ellie Schwetye

Actor 5: Cara Barresi

Actor 6: Rae Davis, Natasha Toro (2014, 2015, & 2017)

Production Team

Director: Lucy Cashion

Stage Manager: Spencer Lawton, Melissa Blair (2014, 2015, & 2017)

Assistant Director: Miranda Jagels Felix, Gabe Taylor (2014, 2015, & 2017)

Scenic & Sound Design: Lucy Cashion

Lighting: Erik Kuhn

Producers: Will Bonfiglio, Lucy Cashion, Miranda Jagels Felix, Spencer Lawton, Kevin Arkell (2014 & 2015)

Promotional Photographs: Katrin Hackenberg (2014 & 2015), Meredith LaBounty (2017), Jason Hackett (2017)

Graphic Design: Lucy Cashion & Katrin Hackenberg

Press Director: Spencer Lawton, Mollie Amburgey (2017)

Production Assistant: Shannon Geier (2014)

Production History

ERA Productions

2022 December 14-17: Centene Center for the Arts Ballroom

2017 December 13-16: Centene Center for the Arts Ballroom

2015 September 24: in SIUE's Xfest at the Metcalf Student Experimental Theater

2014 November 12*-16: AlphaBetaClub, Central Print in Old North St. Louis
(*preview)

Licensed Productions

2020 February 14-23 Millennial Poison Theatre Co. (Dallas, TX)

2016 Oklahoma City University (Oklahoma City, OK)

Press & Recognition

Mark Bretz, "ERA's 'Residents of Craigslist' Is Quirky, Offbeat Theater" in Ladue News

Richard Green in Talkin' Broadway (2017)

Andrea Torrence in St. Louis Theatre Snob

Richard Green in Talkin' Broadway (2015)

Michelle Kenyon, "ERA Brings “Craigslist” to Life" in Snoop's Theatre Thoughts

"The Residents of Craigslist is probably the most interesting show I’ve ever seen. I mean this in the best way...Its hilarity is unmatched with any show I’ve ever seen; the concept is original and impeccably done."

Jazmin Wilson, THE COLUMN (Dallas-Fort Worth)