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CoHo Season 21<\/strong><\/h1>\n

CoHo Productions with Isaac Lamb and Rebecca Lingafelter co-present a world premiere:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

db<\/b><\/h2>\n

by Tommy Smith,\u00a0<\/span>Created by Tommy Smith & Teddy Bergman<\/span><\/h3>\n

Directed by Isaac Lamb*<\/span><\/h4>\n

Featuring Duffy Epstein, Dana Green, Rebecca Lingafelter*, Don Kenneth Mason and Alex Ramirez<\/span><\/h4>\n

January 13 – February 4, 2017<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Download this\u00a0db Education Packet<\/a>\u00a0compiled by\u00a0CoHo’s Artistic Fellow & Dramaturg Jessica Dart<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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All Production Photo Credits to Owen Carey.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION\"Rebecca<\/a><\/b><\/h3>\n

Thanksgiving weekend 1971. A man calling himself D.B. Cooper boards a plane in Portland, hijacks it for $200,000 at the SeaTac Airport, then parachutes into a snowstorm over Mount Rainier, never to be seen again. <\/span><\/p>\n

db<\/span><\/i> brings to life this electric story, showing how the enduring myth of Cooper has created a canvas for regular Americans to act out fantasies of heroism, celebrity, revenge, retribution and rage.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Don<\/a>db<\/span><\/i> takes the audience on a thrill ride from tense moments aboard the hijacked plane to west coast spots where the conspiratorial mystery of D.B. Cooper\u2019s supposed triumph still echoes. Who is the real D. B. Cooper? And what does the story of the only unsolved air piracy in American aviation history offer to the people obsessed with it? While D.B. Cooper\u2019s exploits continue to fascinate and entertain, how do we reconcile the lasting effect of terror for those whose lives he endangered? The play, like the case itself, provides little in the way of answers, but delivers the riveting complexity of this contemporary American myth.<\/span><\/p>\n

REVIEWS & PHOTOS<\/b><\/h3>\n

“Buckle in for a gut-level deconstruction that’s <\/span>riveting, unexpectedly funny and as ambitious as Cooper’s 10,000-foot high-dive from flight 305.”<\/span><\/p>\n

–Oregonian, Review 2017<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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“db has the momentum of a highjacking, <\/span>we’re definitely <\/span>on the plane” says Smith. Cooper is a gift to a playwright because he’s a blank slate. “He could be hundreds of suspects. He could be any of us \u2013 a symbol of anarchy, heroism, revenge, libertarianism, Republican, Democrat.\u00a0<\/span>My thing is to show how he is all of these things, and nothing.”<\/span><\/p>\n

–Oregonian,\u00a0JAW Review 2014<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Duffy<\/a><\/p>\n

“Speaking of the insanely hard-working cast, I’d like to officially propose we change the name of this play (at least for this production) from db to dg — for <\/span>Dana Green<\/span><\/a>, who plays seven roles. She owns this show. From Jo (the first DB’s girlfriend) to the second DB (aka Barb), to a slightly loopy hypnotist, she’s legit.”<\/span><\/p>\n

-Broadway World Review<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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“I loved the show immensely, even though it takes extreme liberties with the known truths of DB Cooper. But much of it is authentic and accurate, and the sum total is raucous fun and theatrical joy. I laughed a lot, and cried at the end when Cooper jumped.”<\/span><\/p>\n

–Mountain News Review by Bruce A. Smith<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Alex Ramirez, Don Kenneth Mason and Dana Green. Photo Credit Owen Carey.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“I think audiences will love this show. I sure did. It\u2019s fast-paced, wild and crazy fun. For anyone who was around in 1971 and remembers the actual event and its fallout, it brings up the old questions all over again. What the heck happened to him? Did he get to spend all that money? And for those who weren\u2019t, it\u2019s a great anti-hero\u2019s story any way you choose to look at it.”<\/span><\/p>\n

–Judy Nedry Reviews<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n