Shimmer (1993)
Stories of a Detention Farm, From One Who Lived There.
The solo actor in Shimmer tells the story by becoming each character in turn. The play takes place in 1956, in a harsh Midwestern juvenile detention center, where two boys befriend each other.
- Date of release
- 1993-10-01
- TMDB
- 7.8 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- John Hanson
Casting
- Marcus Klemp — John 'Spacy' Callahan
- Elijah James Shepard — Gary Finch (as Elijah Shepard)
- Mary Beth Hurt — Mother
- Tom Bower — Mr. Speck
- Clem Tucker Jr. — Teats Bower
- Patrick LaBrecque — Tony Kemler
- Jake Busey — Richard Halverson
- Michael Hyland — Davey Rydell
- Robert Breuler — Mr. Kibby
- Mary Forcade — Mrs. Speck
- Benjamin Salisbury — Young Spacy
- William Francis McGuire — Father
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