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Shimmer

1993 · John Hanson · 95 min

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Stories of a Detention Farm, From One Who Lived There.

The solo actor in Shimmer tells the story by becoming each character in turn. The play takes place in 1956, in a harsh Midwestern juvenile detention center, where two boys befriend each other.

MMarcus KlempJohn 'Spacy' Callahan EElijah James ShepardGary Finch (as Elijah Shepard)

Mary Beth HurtMother

Tom BowerMr. Speck CClem Tucker Jr.Teats Bower

Patrick LaBrecqueTony Kemler

Jake BuseyRichard Halverson

Michael HylandDavey Rydell

Robert BreulerMr. Kibby MMary ForcadeMrs. Speck

Benjamin SalisburyYoung Spacy

William Francis McGuireFather

Cast

MMarcus KlempJohn 'Spacy' Callahan EElijah James ShepardGary Finch (as Elijah Shepard)

Mary Beth HurtMother

Tom BowerMr. Speck CClem Tucker Jr.Teats Bower

Patrick LaBrecqueTony Kemler

Jake BuseyRichard Halverson

Michael HylandDavey Rydell

Robert BreulerMr. Kibby MMary ForcadeMrs. Speck

Benjamin SalisburyYoung Spacy

William Francis McGuireFather

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