Naturally, Ocean/Brashers turns in amazing, upbeat performance in her song “What the World Needs”, showing that she would be perfect as a singer with the Up with People group. Ocean, it turns out, was raised by hippie parents but found her real inspiration for life through the clean-cut, 1960s youth singing group Up with People. The peppy Ocean (a delightful Shinah Brashears), for example, recounts her exemplary life as her case for being the only one among her friends worth resurrection. The introduction songs are notable and fun. Each of the six students proceeds to musically tell their life story, hoping he/she are chosen to return to life. Karnak announces that he has the power to return one of them to life, but only one. Soon, the six deceased students are cast in a limbo world with Karnak as their host. Cassian High School Chamber Choir of Saskatchewan, who happen to competing in a choir competition at the fair, will meet their demise as well…when the Cyclone ride crashes with all of them on it. The show opens with a carnival’s mechanical fortune teller, Karnak, announcing his upcoming demise – to be caused by a rat chewing through his power cord. Director Sarah Rasmussen and musical director Mark Christine have taken the script and score to create an exciting and eerie experience about the aftermath of a rollercoaster accident. Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond wrote the music and lyrics, and Jacob Richmond wrote the book. The show is best described as a mix between an amusement ride Twilight Zone and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Cats. The exploding musical Ride the Cyclone ushers in Jungle Theater’s new season. Leggett in the Jungle Theater production of Ride the Cyclone. Gabrielle Dominique, Michael Hanna, Shinah Brashears, Josh Zwick, Becca Hart, and Jordan M.
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