Director • Translator • Playwright     

Rob Melrose

“Through the power of Saito's lanugage, the creepy and "krispy" become downright comely."

-Lily Janiak

SF Weekly​

“Surreal…Funny…

Saito’s language is lush and lyrical.”

– Jean Schiffman

San Francisco Examiner

“Andrew Saito’s

​metaphor-packed language soars…

Krispy is a flight of fancy.”

– Rob Hurwitt

The San Francisco Chronicle

Photos by Rob Melrose

"Everything’s highly agitated and absurd in Saito’s play, the language thickly poetic and surreal, and it’s all accentuated by artistic director Rob Melrose’s compelling staging. For all the gruesomeness that goes on, Krispy Kritters is ultimately goofy in its absurdism, and highly enjoyable."

-Sam Hurwitt

The Idiolect​

KRISPY KRITTERS IN THE SCARLETT NIGHT
by Andrew Saito
The Cutting Ball Theater

Rob Melrose, Artistic Director
May 24 - June 23
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Directed by Rob Melrose
Set Design by Michael Locher
Costume Design by Meg Neville
Lighting Design by Heather Basarab
Original Music / Sound Design by Cliff Caruthers
Dramaturgy by Ben Fisher
Voice and Speech Consulting by Lynne Soffer
Production Stage Management by Jocelyn Thompson

​Cast

"Sometimes there’s a show that not only leaves you at a loss for words but gives every indication that loss was the whole idea. Hence the world premiere of Krispy Kritters in the Scarlett Night, the first offering from Cutting Ball Theater’s new resident playwright and the last show of their 2013 season. 

Is it good? Oh my, yes. But explaining why, in terms that will make anything close to sense, is like trying to explain what makes sugar sweet.If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if Jean-Paul Sartre, John Waters and Rob Zombie got hammered and wrote a script together that none of them could remember the next day...well, let’s face it, you’re an odd duck."  

-Adam Brinklow

San Francisco Magazine

Edge Media Network​​

KRISPY KRITTERS IN THE SCARLETT NIGHT - THE CUTTING BALL THEATER