Côte d’Azur Webfest and Wild Wolf Howlin Productions Brings the Dead to Life with a Haunting Production of Spoon River Anthology
Côte d’Azur Webfest and Wild Wolf Howlin Productions bring Spoon River Anthology to life at Paris’s Apollo Theatre, blending poetry, theater, and haunting truth.
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Sep 11, 2025
Paris France, SEPTEMBER 2025 - (USAnews.com) – Prepare to have your perceptions of small-town life shattered as Côte d’Azur Webfest and Wild Wolf Howlin Productions presents its unique theatrical adaptation of Edgar Lee Masters’ classic work, Spoon River Anthology. Opening on October 1st at Apollo Theatre in Paris France this production invites a European audience to the Spoon River cemetery, where the deceased citizens rise from their graves to tell the startling, poignant, and often scandalous truths about their lives.
Directors Eugenia Kuzmina and Clinton H. Wallace has combined forces to craft a powerful and intimate staging of Masters’ free-verse epitaphs, weaving together a tapestry of secret loves, betrayals, and unfulfilled dreams. “These stories are just as relevant today as they were over a century ago,” says Eugenia Kuzmina.
Director Eugenia Kuzmina and Côte d’Azur Webfest founder Clinton H.Wallace attend a Leica Gallery special event in Los Angeles, California. Photo Credit: Russell Einhorn/REimages/Photomundo
“These poems give voice to the unspoken truths of a community, revealing the universal struggles of hope, disillusionment, and the search for meaning,” said Clinton H. Wallace. "Spoon River Anthology is a timeless work because the human stories it tells are universal," said co-producer Yvonne Pollack.
The production will feature a talented ensemble cast of 20 actors representing a variety of countries, each actor will embody a doomed character to bring the town of Spoon River to life. Audiences will meet a diverse cast of souls, from the tragic Anne Rutledge to the defiant Fiddler Jones, all sharing their candid epitaphs from beyond the grave.
Clinton H.Wallace and Eugenia Kuzmina attend Côte d’Azur Webfest premiere screening for the South African Student Film “Inkaba” in Cannes, France Photo Credit: David Edwards/Dailyceleb
Performance details :
* Show Dates: Wednesday – Oct. 01 2025
* Showtimes: 8:00-10 PM (WED)
* Location: Apollo Theatre, 18 Rue du Faubourg du Temple, 75011 Paris, France
* Tickets: ,$25 are available at billetterie@apollotheatre.fr or by calling 01 43 38 23 26
The Cast and Creative Team
Kuzmina not only directs but also performs in the production, supported by an established team of producers and co-creators.
Producers
Director
Co-Director
Clinton H. Wallace
Art Director
Breck A. Graham
Dance Choreography
Charlene Rose
Designers
Muzy Burton , among others to be mentioned
Cast
Noah Burton
Thomas Hardy
Caitlin McEachran
Shannon Day
Joanna Pickering
Elisa Bachir Bey
Habib G. Guabintani
Glumur Baldvinsson
Kenny Burawudi
Sabrina Dubois
Alexandra Celestin
Yvonne Pollack
Randy Jernidier
Claire Rose
Milla Cochran
Eugenia Kuzmina
The cast, drawn from across continents, brings together performers with backgrounds in film, theater, and performance art, underscoring the production’s international and collaborative spirit. The blend of cultural perspectives enhances the universality of the themes, ensuring that every performance resonates with audiences regardless of where they come from.
In addition to its diverse cast, the visual and technical elements of the production aim to transport the audience into the world of Spoon River. The art direction by Breck A. Graham and choreography by Charlene Rose ensure that even silence and stillness on stage speak volumes. Costume and set designs provided by Muzy Burton amount other designers and the creative team further ground the performance in a dreamlike realism—part memory, part ghostly revelation.
For those who step into the Apollo Theatre this October, Spoon River Anthology offers more than an evening of theater. It offers an encounter with truth, unfiltered and unvarnished. It invites audiences to listen, to reflect, and perhaps to consider their own epitaphs—the stories they would tell if given one last chance to speak.
Seats are limited, and the voices of Spoon River will only rise for a brief time. Secure your place among the living and the dead, and experience a production that proves the past still speaks, and always will.
About Apollo Théâtre Paris
Apollo Théâtre Paris is a theatre specializing in French Comedy, With a program focused on stand-up, One-Man and One-Woman shows. Apollo Théâtre Paris has four theatres with capacities ranging from 72 to 300 seats. The stages of Apollo Théâtre Paris have played host to a plethora of comedy stars. Apollo Théâtre Paris is located at 18 rue du Faubourg du Temple in the 11th arrondissement near place de la république.
Contact: Majda Delmas
Media/Marketing
majda@apollotheatre.fr
Www.apollotheatre.fr
About Côte d’Azur Webfest
The Côte d'Azur Webfest is an annual international new media festival held in Cannes, France, on the French Riviera, dedicated to presenting and recognizing short-form digital content and digital series from around the world. It serves as a platform for creators to share new media and offers an opportunity to discover talent in the digital content space
Contact: Herbert Cornwall
Media Relations Team
Photomundointl@Gmail.com
www.cotedazurwebfest.com
Wild Wolf Howlin! Productions
Wild Wolf Howlin! Productions is a full-service production company that was founded on the belief that authentic stories matter and bold, cinematic storytelling can connect with and move people. The mission of Wild Wolf Howlin! Productions is to produce authentic, high-quality narratives that resonate with audiences, no matter the platform. Wild Wolf Howlin' Productions is committed to crafting stories that are not just seen, but felt.
Contact:
Eugenia Kuzmina
Media liaison
