Mountain View

Overview

A dance drama work that, through movement and very little spoken text, details the interaction of several people residing at or visiting a motel or motor inn named Mountain View. The work spans a period of about 24 hours, following the individuals through late afternoon, an evening spent in the motel bar, and a picnic-style social gathering the next day. Some of the characters encountered are the family who runs the motel (a mother, her young adult son, and an older man, perhaps her father); a spunky, tomboyish girl; an interracial couple lodging at the motel; a young mother; a pair of newlyweds; a barfly; three people involved in a love triangle; and the punkish friends of the motel owner's son.

Directed by Marta Renzi, John Sayles

Top cast

Jane Alexander

Bartender

Jace Alexander

Son

T

Thomas Eldred

Old Man

F

Fred Holland

Couple on porch

Mary Shultz

Couple on porch

J

Jim Desmond

Barfly

M

Marta Jo Miller

Young mother

C

Christine Philion

Newlywed

N

Nathaniel E. Lee

Newlywed

C

Cathy Zimmerman

Couple in truck

T

Thomas Grunewald

Couple in truck

M

Marta Renzi

Other woman

J

Joanne Callum

Girlfriend

C

Caroline Grossman

Girlfriend

D

Doug Elkins

Son's friend

C

Chisa Hidaka

Son's friend

S

Sarah Grossman Greene

Child

I

Irene Krugman

Child

C

Caitlin Miller

Child

Amos Wolff

Child

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