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Yle Teema & Fem

**Yle Teema & Fem** on Yleisradion kanavapaikka televisiossa. Se aloitti 24. huhtikuuta 2017, jolloin Yle Fem- ja Yle Teema -kanavat muuttivat samalle kanavapaikalle 5.

Kanavauudistuksen taustalla on mediankäytön muutos. Suomalaiset katselevat televisiota yhä enemmän verkon kautta. Uudistuksessa yhä enemmän Ylen ohjelmia siirtyy katsottavaksi Yle Areenaan.

Jaetulta kanavapaikalta löytyy sekä Teeman että Femin sisältöjä. Ohjelma-aika jakautuu tasaisesti kahden kanavan välille. Kuvaruudussa vaihtuva logo kertoo, kuuluuko näytettävä ohjelma Teeman vai Femin ohjelmistoon. Yläkulman kanavalogossa näkyy suurempana sen kanavan nimi, jonka ohjelmistoon ohjelma kuuluu. Teeman ohjelmia nähdään iltaisin tiistaista lauantaihin klo 20.00 alkaen sekä iltapäivisin joka päivä klo 12.00–17.25. Yle Femin ohjelmia lähetetään aamupäivisin ja viitenä päivänä viikossa tiistaista lauantaihin klo 17.25-20 sekä koko illan sunnuntaisin ja maanantaisin klo 17.25 alkaen.

SVT Worldin ohjelmia ei enää näytetä osana Yle Femin ohjelmistoa, sillä SVT päätti kustannussyistä lopettaa palvelun toukokuussa 2017. Osa SVT:n suosituimmista ohjelmista näkyy Yle Femillä.

Uudistuksessa Yle Teema & Fem säilyvät omina brändeinään. Kummatkin kanavat tekevät ohjelmapäätöksensä itsenäisesti ja niillä on myös omat ohjelmistonsa.

Yle Teeman ja Yle Femin ohjelmistot muodostavat omat kokonaisuutensa Yle Areenassa.

Kun muuta ohjelmaa ei öisin ja aamuisin tule, kanavalla esitetään Textnyttiä eli Yle Nyheterin ruotsinkielistä uutisikkunaa.
The New Birthday Song

**The New Birthday Song** is a minor song in *Ride the Cyclone*. It is sung by Ocean to Jane after "The Ballad of Jane Doe" to cheer up Jane and convince her it is her birthday.

## Lyrics

One two three

One two three

One two three. . . four

This is the new song we sing for birthdays

Bouncy and merry and not quite as scary

The new birthday song!

One two three

One two three

One two three four

This is the new so we sing for birthdays

Bouncy and merry and not quite as scary

The new birthday song!
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A World Inside

"A World Inside" is a cut song Constance song from the Seattle 2018 production of Ride the Cyclone. According to an interview of the cast recording, Maxwell recounts the hectic creation of this song.

*"Jacob (Richmond) and (Maxwell) wrote this in our apartments during a very intense weekend in Seattle while the cast was rehearsing down the street... I'd set up the apartment ironing board as an emergency keyboard stand and duct taped a microphone to a broom handle."*

After the song was completed, it was demoed and rehearsed with the cast, to everyone's enjoyment. Unfortunately, due to Rockwell believing that there wasn't enough time to properly stage the number, it ended up being cut.

It is included as a trunk song on the official album.

## References:

* https://playbill.com/article/track-by-track-breakdown-brooke-maxwell-and-jacob-richmond-on-the-creation-of-ride-the-cyclone
* World inside commentary track
Astrid

Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss, Go Bite

### Family

Ocean O'Connell Rosenberg (Cousin)Mrs. O'Connell-Rosenberg (Aunt)Mr. O'Connell-Rosenberg (Uncle)

### Favourite Ride

(Fanon-dubbed) The Tea Cups, but solely for chaotic purposes.

## Productions

### Toronto (2011)

(Atomic Vaudeville) Celine Stubel (2009)

**Astrid**  was a cut character from the 2009 production of *Ride the Cyclone*. She was Ocean's cousin and Hank's girlfriend.

Her and Corey's characters were cut to create Mischa Bachinski.

## Trivia

* Astrid's actor, Celine Stubel, (Sp?) has confirmed that Astrid is a tough nordic student.
* Celine Stubel also played Penny Lamb and Talia.
* While Astrid is canonically Nordic, someone originally spread around that she was Ukrainian.
* Astrid is a fan of deathmetal music.
* During the show, Astrid would bite Ocean because "she deserved it."
* During her and Hank's song *"La La Love,"* the two are attacked by a bear and Astrid shoots it.

## Gallery

Your honor, they are in love.Imagine being that athletic; I could never.The Norwegian/Ukrainian Girlboss. (Listen; she could be at least half-Ukrainian, we don't know; don't come for me on this.)Even Jane ships sweetbears/lovebite.
Off-Broadway (2016)

*Ride the Cyclone'*s **2016 Off-Broadway** production.

## History

*Ride the Cyclone* transferred from the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre on November 9th, 2016 and closed on December 26, 2016, at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York City.

### Cast(s)

* Original
* Replacement

## Trivia

* This is the second cast to feature Lillian Castillo, Emily Rohm, Karl Hamilton and Tiffany Tatreau.
	+ This is the fifth cast to feature Kholby Wardell.
	+ This is the first cast to feature Alex Wyse and Gus Halper.
* Taylor Louderman was originally cast as Ocean, however, she left the production during previews citing "creative differences." This led Tiffany Tatreau, who played Ocean in Chicago, to reprise her role as Ocean.
	+ Tatreau would go on to play Ocean in every subsequent run of the show until Alliance Theatre's Atlanta run.
* The Off-Broadway cast filmed a pro-shot, however it went unreleased until 2021, whernit leaked online ,and fans have been reuploading tit o sites like YouTube and Vimeo.
Yannick-Robin Eike

Yannick-Robin Eike-Mirko (they/he) is a New York actor, who was the first physically disabled person to play Ricky Potts in the 2022 production of Ride the Cyclone at Mccarter Theatre (2022).

## McCarter Theatre (2022)

Yannick-Robin played Ricky Potts in McCarter Theatre's production of Ride the Cyclone. On May 26th 2022, the McCarter Theatre's DEI representative sent Mirko a Zoom link, along with the stage manager Kelly Schwartz, she claimed that because he left the stage the previous night due to a medical emergency during Sugar Cloud, the theatre decided to give their able bodied understudy the last three shows of the run. Firing him due to "their disabilities being too physically inconsistent for the physical requirements of theatre."
MTV3

**MTV3** (puhekielessä usein *Maikkari* tai *Kolmonen* entinen Mainos-TV) on suomalainen kaupallinen televisiokanava. MTV3-kanavan ohjelmistosta vastaa MTV Oy. Vuonna 1993 MTV3 aloitti omana valtakunnallisena televisiokanavanaan. Tätä ennen MTV Oy oli välittänyt ohjelmia Ylen kanavilla TV1 ja TV2 sekä Kolmoskanavalla. MTV3:n digitaalijakelu aloitettiin digitelevision tulon myötä. MTV3 muuttui yleisen edun kanavaksi tammikuussa 2018 näkyen kanavanipussa A.
Constance Blackwood

* Lillian Castillo
* Kelly Hudson
* Gabrielle Dominique (2019)
* Yasmin Doshun
* Sasha Victome
* April Perrin

> Sorry.
>
> - Constance's Catchphrase

**Constance Blackwood** is one of the six main characters in the musical *Ride the Cyclone*. She was described as "the nicest girl in town" before her death from the Cyclone accident.

## History

*"The only honour Constance Blackwood was to receive in her short lifetime was 'Nicest Girl in Homeroom' three years in a row— an award she secretly threw in the dumpster behind her local Kentucky Fried Chicken on her way home. When the children of Saint Cassian signed Constance's yearbook they wrote things like, 'Wow, you seemed so... nice' or, 'I never really met you. You seemed... friendly' Those pages in Constance's yearbook were carefully removed with an Exacto knife and burnt. Constance Blackwood: The Nicest Girl in Town,'*

*- Karnak's description of Constance's past*

## Musical Numbers

* Tragic Fact
* Fall Fair Suite
* Uranium Suite
* Waiting For the Drop
* The New Birthday Song
* Sugar Cloud
* Its Not a Game/Its Just a Ride
* Be Safe, Be Good (For Rachel)
* A World Inside

## Costumes

* Constance's school uniform is a grey pinafore over a white shirt with short sleeves. She does not wear the tie that is worn by Ocean, and her top button is usually undone.
* In "Talia", Constance, Ocean, and Jane wear white dresses with flower embroidery on them and have matching flower crowns.
* In "Space Age Bachelor Man", she dons a cat tail along with cat ears, or a mask depending on the production.
* In "The Ballad of Jane Doe", she wears a black hat and a black trench coat.
* In "Sugar Cloud", Constance unties her hair and has it down for the rest of the show.

## Trivia

* In the McCarter Theatre production, it's revealed by Ocean that Constance's middle name is Eleanor.
* In the same production, Constance was also part of Ocean's scripted improv group.
Father Marcus

**Father Marcus** is an unseen minor character from *Ride the Cyclone* He was the director of the St. Cassian Chamber Choir and composed "Fall Fair Suite", as well as "The Uranium Suite". He was Irish, and died of a heart attack seven hours after the Cyclone accident. He also worked for Make-A-Wish, or a similar organization, and when he asked Ricky to make a wish, Ricky said he wanted to "Make love in outer space." After Father Marcus told him that this was not a possibility, Ricky settled for an all-you-can-eat seafood dinner at Red Lobster.

## Gallery

1 of the two only pictures of Father Marcus.1 of the two only pictures of Father Marcus.
Sudbury Theatre Centre (2022)

## Ride the cyclone Sudbury Theater Centre

### Performers

Jude Alexander, Trinity Thibeault, Tessa Balaz, April Perrin, Jonathan Cullen, Jake Deeth, Jean Paul Parker

### Location

Sudbury Theater Centre

SUDBURY THEATRE CENTRE 2022

articles

https://www.sudbury.com/lifestyle/extended-run-for-yes-theatrestcs-ride-the-cyclone-5671845

https://www.sudbury.com/local-news/canadian-musical-gem-ride-the-cyclone-runs-july-29-to-aug-14-5629073
Small Things Become Big Things

This Song is a love song between Hank and Trishna, cut characters.

It was scrapped when Trishna was replaced with Astrid, and It was Replaced with La Love, which was replaced with Talia.

It's said that Hank and Trichina Make out for the rest of the show after this song

### Lyrics

Hank: "A butterfly can flap its wings, Unknowingly creating a gentle storm upon it's wake that leaves the whole world shaking!"

everyone else underneath Hank: Ahh, Ahh, Ahh!

Hank: this humble flight might also bring a gentle breeze tomorrow" The happiness brought from it's wings could bring "joy beyond all sorrow"

Everyone: "small things become big things become all the world! Every flight, and every fall, and every song!"

everyone else underneath Hank: "Ahh! ahh! Ahh! Ahh! Ahh! Ahh! Ahh!"

Hank: We'll (?????), Shed a small tear, and we'll all sing along because

Everyone: "everything comes and it goes"

Hank: "And I know it echos" It echos

Everyone else underneath hank: ooooooooh
Corey's Rap

**Corey's Rap** is a cut song from *Ride the Cyclone*, and was going to be sung by the also cut character, Corey.

## Lyrics

Yo I'm the bad egg rotten and cracked, gonna burry you all your haters with but toxic rap

I'm from the Ukraine, bitch

I'm going global

I'm blowing up bigger than Chernobyl

Slavic sluts wanna taste my balls

Gonna get up inside I'm like a Russian dolls

Dripping drippy juice dripping down the leg

Baby batter splattered the Faberge egg

Call a doctor, quick, me my rhymes are so sick

Need an ambulance just to fucking carry my dick
Every Story's Got A Lesson

**"Every Story's Got A Lesson"** is a minor song in *Ride the Cyclone*. It is sung by Ocean after "Noel's Lament", expressing Ocean's belief that every story has a lesson, but Noel's did not.

## Lyrics

**Ocean [*spoken*]:**

Noel didn’t even talk about anything real! It was just a song about him wanting to be a *sex worker* in the old-fashioned days! What is even the moral in his song anyway? What does it teach you? What’s the *lesson*?

**Karnak [*spoken*]:**

Not every story has a lesson, Ocean.

**Ocean:**

*NOOOOOOO*

Every story

Has a lesson!

Every story-

[*Whistling*]

Every story's got a lesson

A simple moral to be told

Although a tale may twist and turn

**Constance/Jane/Ricky/Mischa:**

There's always something you can learn

**Ocean:**

A nugget of wisdom, solid gold!

**Constance/Jane/Ricky/Mischa:**

Solid gold!

## Official Audio

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Ride The Cyclone Wiki

**Hello, Jane Doe, and welcome to the Ride The Cyclone Wiki.**
How did I know your username, you ask? Well, as a precognition machine, The Amazing Karnak, I know these things... But I'm getting ahead of myself. This is a place to learn more about and share your knowledge of a certain Canadian musical about six dead teenagers. Whether you want to learn more about Jane Doe, Father Marcus, or even yours truly, this is the place for you.

## Main Characters

Ocean O'Connell RosenbergConstance BlackwoodNoel GruberMischa BachinskiRicky PottsJane DoeThe Amazing Karnak
Noel Gruber

* Kholby Wardell
* Josh Zwick
* Carter Gulseth
* Nick Martinez
* Jean Paul Parker

> Being the only gay man in a small rural high school is kind of like having a laptop in the stone age. I mean, sure, you can have one, but there's nowhere to plug it in!
>
> - Noel's Catchphrase

**Noel Gruber** is one of the six main characters in the musical *Ride the Cyclone*. He is described as "the most romantic boy in town", and romanticizes a fantasy of being a hooker in post-war France.

## History

*"Very early on in Noel's life, his mother realized two things... The second was his pension for all things nihilistic. While other children acted out Harry Potter, Noel acted out French new-wave cinema. In grade 7, during the Saint Cassian Christmas Nativity Pageant, Noel was suspended for suddenly breaking into this excerpt from 'Waiting for Godot:*

*'There is no room at this inn, for it is Christmas. Shall we hang ourselves?'*

*'I hear it gives you an erection.'*

*'Then we must hang ourselves immediately!'*

*'Or we could just go to the manger, Joseph!'*

*Aspiring iconoclast, enfant terrible. Noel Gruber, the most romantic boy in town."*

-Karnak's description of Noel's past

## Musical Numbers

* Tragic Fact
* Fall Fair Suite
* Uranium Suite
* Waiting For the Drop
* Noel's Lament
* The New Birthday Song
* Its Not a Game/Its Just a Ride
* Be Safe, Be Good (For Rachel)
* Noels Lament (Clean)

## Costume

* Noel's school uniform is a red sleeveless jumper over a white shirt with long sleeves.
* Noel takes on the role of Monique Gibeau in "Noel's Lament". He removes his school uniform to reveal a black dress. He also wears a black bobbed wig and heels.
* In "Space Age Bachelor Man", he wears a cat tail along with a mask and an oddly shaped hat.
* In "The Ballad of Jane Doe", Noel wears a black hat and a black trench coat.

## Trivia

* Noel's favorite movie is "The Blue Angel", a German movie-musical from 1930.
* Noel works at Taco Bell in the Mega Mall food court. After his death, they named a meal after him, the "Noel Gruber Hungry Hombre Meal."
* Noel's father left him and his mother.
* According to an actor who has played Noel in many productions, Kholby Wardell, Noel picks off his black nail polish because his mother told him to "dial it back."

## Gallery

Noel during Noel's Lament.Noel during Noel's Lament.Noel during the St. Cassian Christmas Nativity Pagent
Monique Gibeau

**Monique Gibeau** is Noel Gruber's imaginary alter-ego. She is a prostitute in France in the 1930s. She lives a brief life, dying of Typhoid flu supposedly as a young adult. She was inspired by the Art Noveu films Noel watches. Her story is told in the song "Noel's Lament".

In cut lines, Noel tells Monique had a child.

**[Noel]:** *Surprise I end up with his bloody kid, she cries and cries and cries, it leaves me numb. The gypsies offer me a pretty price. No doubt now she’s a whore just like her mum*.

**[Jane, holding her doll]:** *Mama*.

[*Noel then shudders at the sight of the kid/doll*].
Virgil The Rat

* Toronto (2011)/Alex Wi
* Chicago (2015)
* Off-Broadway (2016)
* Atlanta (2019)
* McCarter (2022)

> Meet my executioner, a rat I’ve named Virgil. For the last two years, Virgil has been steadily chewing on my power cable. In a little over an hour, Virgil shall chew his way through the rubber, biting down on two hundred volts of electricity, instantly killing us both. As there is nothing more base than death, I’ve decided for tonight’s concert, Virgil shall play the bass
>
> - Karnak introducing Virgil

**Virgil The Rat** is a side character in Ride The Cyclone. He is usually played by the productions bassist, as he has a bass solo during the performance.

## Plot

Virgil's first and only appearance is during Karnak's beginning monologue. Karnak anthropomorphizes Virgil to combat its own loneliness in the warehouse, making him play a bass solo. Throughout the show, Virgil chews on Karnak's power cable. After Jane Doe is revived, Virgil finishes chewing through the power cable killing himself and Karnak.

## Costumes

* Virgil, if played by an actor, will don a rat mask, along with a leather jacket of some sort.

## Trivia

* Virgil originally had a band called "Virgil and the Underworlds".
	+ He also initially had a girlfriend called Trixie.
Chicago (2015)

Ride the Cyclone debuted in the United States at the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre on September 29, 2015 and closed on November 8th, 2015.

## Trivia

* This is the first cast to feature every actor/ess bar Kholby.
	+ This is the third cast to feature Kholby Wardell.
	+ Wardell, Hamilton, Tatreau, Rohm and Castillo would go on to appear in every cast until Atlanta in 2019.
* This is the first production to ever be mounted in the US.
Sugar Cloud

**"Sugar Cloud"** is Constance's song in *Ride the Cyclone*.

## Lyrics

**Constance:**

I used to think that life was just a jawbreaker

Yeah, you suck, and you suck, and you suck, and you suck, and you suck some more

Yeah, you suck some more

At first it seemed so sweet, and the colors come and go

Like the seasons come and go

The slush and rain and snow

'Till you can't taste no more

**Constance/Choir:**

So you suck some more

**Constance:**

I used to think that life was just a heartbreaker

That just breaks, and it breaks, and it breaks, and it breaks, 'till you can't break no more

**Constance/Choir:**

'Till you can't take no more

**Choir:**

Ahh, ahh. . .

Ahh, ahh. . .

**Constance:**

I see the world with all its backwards upside down

There's nothing wrong with being the nicest girl in town

Oh, everything's clear, now that I'm here, on my

Sugar cloud

Oh my soul it songs a song so sweet and pure

I felt it all along but now I'm sure

Oh, everything's love lookin' down from above, on my

Sugar cloud

**Choir:** Sha-la-la-la-la-la

**Constance:**

Let me take you away

To a sky of cotton candy

**Constance/Choir:**

And fly in like a kite on a string

**Constance:**

Up-up-up-up and above

All that sugercoated dandy

**Constance/Choir:**

I wouldn't change my life for a thing

**Constance:**

It makes me wanna sing

I see the gold, I see the pink, I see the blue!

The sun goes up, the sun goes down

Oh, what to do?

Oh, everything's clear, now that I'm here, on my

Sugar cloud

[*recorder solo*]

**Choir:**

I used to think that life was just a jawbreaker

**Constance:**

Jawbreaker!

**Choir:**

You suck, and you suck, and you suck some more

**Constance:**

Woah!

**Choir:**

I used to think that life was just a heartbreaker

**Constance/Choir:**

It breaks, and it takes 'till you can't take no more

**Constance:**

And now I'm floatin' high on a cloud

And I could puke a rainbow

**Jane:**

Ah

**Ocean:**

Ah

**Ricky:**

Ah

**Noel:**

Ah

**Choir:**

La la la la la!

**Constance:**

I see the world with all its backwards upside down

**Noel/Mischa/Ricky:**

All of the darkness and all of the bright come together in a beautiful light, yes-

**Ocean/Jane:**

She sees the world with all of its dark and light, yes-

**Constance:**

There is nothing wrong with the nicest girl in town

**Choir:**

Everything is clear

**Constance:**

Everything's clear on my sugar cloud

And now everything's love, lookin' down from above, on my

Sugar cloud

Oh, now everything's clear

Now that I'm here

On my

*Sugar*

Clouuuuud!

**Constance:**

Look at me now on my-

**Constance/Choir:**

Sugar cloud

**Constance:**

YEAH!

## Official Audio

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Arena Stage (2023)

The **Arena Stage production** of *Ride the Cyclone* opened in Washington, D.C. on January 13, 2023. It was originally scheduled to run until February 19, but was later extended to March 5, 2023 due to popular ticket sales.

Due to its extension, its run coincided with the runs of the Chance Theater and 4 Chairs Theater productions, meaning there were three different productions of *Ride the Cyclone* running at the same time for a brief period.

## History

The production is essentially a transfer of the earlier McCarter Theatre production, once again directed by Sarah Rasmussen and featuring the same creative team and set. Ashlyn Maddox, Eli Mayer, and Nick Martinez reprised their roles as Jane Doe, Mischa Bachinski, and Noel Gruber, respectively, while Shinah Brashears and Gabrielle Dominique reprised their roles as Ocean O'Connell Rosenberg and Constance Blackwood from the earlier 2019 Jungle Theater production, also directed by Rasmussen. Matthew Boyd Snyder, one of the swings for the McCarter producton, took over as Ricky Potts for this production (see below).

Maddox departed the show after January 29 to begin rehearsals for the Broadway revival of *Parade*. She was replaced by Katie Mariko Murray for the remainder of the run.

## Changes from prior productions

*See also: Controversies*
* The most significant change is the controversial removal of Ricky Potts' disability, which had been a major aspect of the show since its inception. It is generally believed this change was made due to the firing of Yannick-Robin Eike Mirko during the McCarter Theatre production. Mirko is, to date, the only disabled actor to have played Ricky Potts, and had pushed back on some of the details of how Ricky's disability was characterized in the show up to that point – the needs of the script suggested the character could only be played by a non-disabled actor due to not using his mobility aids in the afterlife. Although Mirko was allowed to keep their mobility aids for the whole show, they have alleged mistreatment by the production team, including being continually referred to as "the chair" by the choreographer and having pieces of their costume that made it accessible cut off by the costuming department before performances. Mirko was fired from the earlier McCarter production three days before end of run due to an incident related to their disability, which the production had deemed "unpredictable."
* In the McCarter production's version of "The Ballad of Jane Doe", Jane Doe was rigged to the harness allowing her to fly during a total blackout midway through the song. In the Arena Stage production, Jane backs up into the closed curtain.
U-R-A-N-I-U-M

U-R-A-N-I-U-M is a sort of second intro that comes after Jane Doe's intro, talking about how Uranium was the worst place to die in, most likely used in the 2008-2015 productions of *Ride the Cyclone.*

This song was most likely cut to shorten the show's runtime.

## Lyrics

### Ocean

Down on your luck, that’s how life goes

When life gives me rain, I make rainbows

### Noel

U-R-A-N-I-U-M, (That’s how life goes!) it’s about the worst place to die in

U-R-A-N-I-U-M, (I make rainbows!) it’s about the worst place to die in

### Choir [except Noel & Ocean]

WHYY?? (U-R-A-N-I-U-M, it’s about the worst place to die in) (Down on your luck, That's how life goes!)

### Choir

Oooh x8

Oooh x8 Aaa-ahhhhh

That’s our town our friendly town!

Ooooooh

## Trivia

* U-R-A-N-I-U-M was first discovered on two audio tracks of song cycles from 2015
* Those song cycles are also where we got Play to Win, Small Things Become Big Things, and the extended original version of The Ballad of Jane Doe
McCarter Theatre (2022)

The **McCarter Theatre** production of *Ride The Cyclone*.

## History

The McCarter Theatre production opened on April 30, 2022, and closed on May 29 of the same year. It was directed by McCarter Theatre Center artistic director Sarah Rasmussen, who previously helmed the Jungle Theatre production in 2019. The production reunited costume designer Trevor Bowen, music director Mark Christine, and choreographer Jim Lichtscheidl from the prior production.

A slightly modified version of this production, with much of the same cast as well as members of the prior Jungle Theatre cast, transferred to Arena Stage in Washington, DC in 2023.

## Cast(s)

* Original
* Replacement

## Trivia

* This marks the second cast to feature an entirely new ensemble, as none of the "original cast" from the US pre-COVID productions appear.
* This marks the first production to open post-pandemic.
* This production has been marred with controversy after disabled and trans actor Yannick-Robin Eike, was fired on May 26th 2022, after having to leave the stage during Sugar Cloud the previous night to have a medical emergency. Their able bodied understudy Matthew Boyd-Snyder assumed the role of Ricky Potts for the remainder of the run.
	+ This incident then prompted the book writers to remove Ricky's disability from the licensing script and changed it so that Ricky was non-verbal due to a traumatic incident.
	+ This then prompted the #SaveRickyPotts tag to go viral on social media.
Corey

**Corey Ross** is a cut character from *Ride the Cyclone*. His scrapped character was used to create Mischa.

## Trivia

* Corey had a rap battle against himself, where the rest of the choir would say "Gonna have a rap battle against himself" into a Funhouse mirror.
* It can be assumed that he is Ukrainian by the lyrics to Corey's rap.
* Corey is the only character that we are aware of that has a song that doesn't have an official recording anywhere
* Corey took Mischa's place in Noel's Lament.
Atomic Vaudeville (2008)

*Ride the Cyclone'*s **2008 Atomic Valudeville** production.

## History

This was the first production of Ride the Cyclone, it took place at Atomic Vaudeville Theatre in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It was advertised as a sequel to a play called Legoland that had been at the same theatre.

## Trivia

* Noel came before Ocean in the story of this production.

## Websites

* https://atomicvaudeville.wixsite.com/atomic-vaudeville/ride-the-cyclone
* https://atomicvaudeville.com/ride-the-cyclone/
Legoland Contemporary Media

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# **Legoland Contemporary Media**

A collection of Legoland media and information, pertaining to when the play was performed.

Each [a] is a link to an archive.org copy of each webpage.

## Media which exists and is publicly available

### 2006

#### Review and original showing information:

straight.com | A first peek at fringe plays [a]

### 2009

#### Script, as a book:

goodreads.com | Legoland by Jacob Richmond [a]

### 2009 (Copyright) / 2012 (Upload)

#### Audition script:

Legoland: By Jacob Richmond | Audition Script [a]

### 2013

#### Reviews:

theglobeandmail.com | Legoland: Entertaining, but pales a bit now that we’ve been swept away by the Cyclone [a]

hyemusings.ca | Theatre Review: Atomic Vaudeville’s Legoland [a]

mooneyontheatre.com | Review: Legoland (Atomic Vaudeville/Theatre Passe Muraille) [a]

slotkinletter.com | Review: LEGOLAND [a]

#### Showings information:

ttdb.ca | Legoland [a]

blogto.com | This Week in Theatre: Legoland, True West, Paprika Festival, Chile Con Carne, Buddy [a]

#### Summary which includes "the lambs sing eminem" and theatre/showing information:

talonbooks.com | Legoland: The Lambs Sing Eminem [a]

## Media which exists/existed but is currently considered lost

### 2012

cbc.ca | Atomic Vaudeville brings Legoland north [a]: A CBC radio interview. Lost as the original media is unlistenable, even with adobe flash functioning, due to it being hosted on defunct Comcast subsidiary ThePlatform. ThePlatform still has active servers, but they are inaccessible. The feed which would have contained the radio interview is here. Keyword: There is no *enabled* feed.

## Media which may not exist or may have never existed

A full recording of either the 2006 or 2013 shows. There are rumours of both, but there is no evidence of video recordings besides "the lambs sing eminem". It is possible that either theatre which had a showing has a recording, but this is not confirmed and even if it were to be true, they would not likely be available to the public.
The Ballad of Jane Doe

**"The Ballad of Jane Doe"** is a song featured in *Ride the Cyclone*, it is Jane Doe's song expressing her not knowing who she is or was in the living world.

## Lyrics

**Jane:**

Some might say

We're released

Pushing daisies, deceased

But we all know the worms must be fed

There's just one lingering fear

Oh my soul, is it here?

Or is it rotting somewhere with my head?

**Jane:**

Oh my soul

**Choir:**

Ah, ah, ah

**Jane:**

Oh my soul

**Choir:**

Ah, ah, ah

**Jane:**

Oh my soul

**Choir:**

Ah, ah, ah

**Jane:**

Oh my soul

**Jane/Choir:**

Ooh. . .

Ooh. . .

Ooh. . .

Ooh. . .

Ooh. . .

Ooh. . .

Ooh. . .

Ooh. . .

*Ahh. . .*

**Jane:**

Ahh. . . *ahh*

**Jane:**

Oh no soul, and no name

And no story, what a shame

Cruel existence was only a sham

Oh Saint Peter, let me in!

You must know where I've been

Won't you tell me at last who I am?

**Jane:**

Who I am

**Choir:**

Ah, ah, ah

**Jane:**

Who I am

**Choir:**

Ah, ah, ah

**Jane:**

Who I am

**Choir:**

Ah, ah, ah

**Jane:**

Who I am

**Jane/Choir:**

Ooh. . .

Ooh. . .

Ooh. . .

Ooh. . .

Ooh. . .

Ooh. . .

Ooh. . .

Ooh. . .

*Ahh. . .*

**Jane:**

Ahh. . . *ahh*

And from the ground

Beneath my feet

I hear the anguish of the street

'*Choir:*

*A choir never complete*

**Jane:**

And like an old

Forgotten tune

A song that no one knows. . .

Forgot how it goes

Just John and me

Forever eternally, Jane Doe

And I'm asking

**Jane/Choir:**

"Why, Lord?"

**Jane:**

If this is how I

**Jane/Choir:**

Die, Lord

**Jane:**

Why be left with no family And no friends?

**Choir:**

Ooh

**Jane:**

I've got no

**Jane/Choir:**

*Celebration*

**Jane:**

Just this

**Jane/Choir:**

*Consolation*

**Jane:**

*Time eats all his children in the end*

Ah, ah ah ah ah ah ah *ahhhhhhhh*

A melody floats through the air

When silence falls, does no one care?

**Choir:**

Does anyone care?

**Jane:**

Another sad, forgotten tune

Another song that no one knows

So that's how it goes!

Just John and me

Forever eternally, Jane Doe

**Choir:**

And she's asking "Why, Lord?"

**Jane:**

Why, oh why, oh why, oh why?

**Choir:**

This is no way to die, Lord!

**Jane:**

No one to sing, no one to sigh

Now that all is said and done

Isn’t there anyone

To tell me who I am?

**Choir:**

No singing songs of celebration

**Jane:**

Ah ah ah ah

**Choir:**

Just this sorry speculation

**Jane:**

Ah, *ahh*

Like John I’ll be

Eternally

A forgotten name, some lost refrain

Just "Jane". . .

*Jane*

*Doe!*

**Choir:**

A melody floats through the air

When silence falls, does no one care?

Jane

Doe

## Trivia

* "The Ballad of Jane Doe" is not actually a ballad, but a lament. Contrary to this, "Noel's Lament" is actually a ballad, and not a lament.

## Official Audio

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This Song is Awesome

**"This Song is Awesome"** is the seventh song featured in *Ride the Cyclone*, as Mischa's song.

## Lyrics

**Mischa:**

Yo yo yo yo, this is song to tell you that what you is, is what you got. And I'm here to say,

I

Am

The money!

What you is, is what you got

And I am the money

**Constance:**

Take a look, baby, he's the real ka-ching!

**Mischa:**

Lounging with my homies, Friday night scene

The play station's up on my 60-inch screen

McNuggets in the bag, Cristal's on tap

New toothbrush from Tiffany's still in the bubble wrap

Track lights are glowing like nuclear sciences

Sparkling all over my stainless steel appliances

I'm shining like Midas, I'm the king of ka-ching

Everything I touch goes: "bling, bling, bling!"

**Choir:**

Woah

**Mischa:**

My life is awesome

This beat is awesome

**Ricky:**

Robots are awesome

**Constance:**

Take a look, baby, he's the real ka-ching!

**Mishca:**

And I'll say it again, my life is awesome

This hook is awesome

**Ricky:**

Robots are awesome

**Mishca:**

Now I'm rolling in my civvi with the pumped-up bass

Blue lights glowing, the vipers on my face

We pass around the chronic, we party all night

We start to get the munchies, so we stop for a bite

Cruise into the lot of the Hard Rock Cafe

Here come the hotties, here come the valet

Front of the line, we don't need ID

**Constance:**

Your usual table, sir?

**Mischa:**

In the VIP!

My life is awesome

This beat is awesome

**Ricky:**

Robots are awesome

**Mischa:**

And I'll say it again

My life is awesome

Autotune is awesome

**Ricky:**

Zero-one-zero-one-zero-one-one

**Mischa:**

It's time to start the party, but there ain't no party here yet

So we have to take a ride in my brand new learjet

Feeling homesick for my homies in the Ukraine

Landing in Kyiv before we finish up the champagne

Roll to the club where the rich kids go

Them Eurotrash bitches are checking out my flow

All kinds of hotties from all around the world

Then I feel these pair of eyes, and I see this girl

*Shawtay*

## Trivia

* The only toothbrush Tiffany's sells is a baby toothbrush, a reference to how his adoptive parents thought Mischa was a toddler.
Hank

**Hank** was a cut character from the 2008-2009 productions of *Ride The Cyclone*. He was Trishna's crush, but then Trishna was changed to Astrid, and he was Astrid's boyfriend too. Like Ricky was unable to walk without crutches.

La LoveLa Love Pt. 2 (What is happening?!?!)LovebiteHank sitting with CoreylovebugsHank shall play the guitar (for constance)Hank looking at Ricky in a cat costume instead of his pretty gfHank celebrating Janey-waney's BirthdayHank, Astrid, and her cousin Ocean Family bonding over their judgement for RickyAstrid and Hank being the CUTEST COUPLE EVER!!!!!And then this kid rolls up in a wheelchair and begs us to forgive?!?!Hank with his mobility aidsHank and Astrid dying on the CycloneHank in the 2008 workshop promo photos
I Love you Guys

OCEAN (spoken):

I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU! I freakin’ love YOU, OKAY! So for my real number, I’m going to sing about how much I love you guys... this song is simply called, “I Love You, guys."

(sung)

I love you, guys-

NOEL (interrupting, spoken):

Oh by the dead, withered, gossamer balls of Liberace, make her stop!

And you're kind of like my super friends. (This line was cut in Chicago)
Little is known about what this song *would* have been if Ocean wouldn't have been interrupted,
but it seemed to be Ocean trying to make the choir like her again.
Seattle (2018)

The **Seattle** production of *Ride the Cyclone* opened on March 10th, 2018 and closed on May 20th, 2018 at the 5th Avenue Theatre.

It was the final production to be helmed by Rachel Rockwell, who had directed every major production of *Ride the Cyclone* since the Chicago Shakespeare Theater production in 2015. Rockwell passed away from ovarian cancer on May 28, a mere eight days after the production closed.

## Trivia

* This is the first cast to feature Connor Russell and Adam Standley
	+ This is the third cast to feature Lillian Castillo, Tiffany Tatreau, Karl Hamilton and Emily Rohm
	+ This is the sixth cast to feature Kholby Wardell
* This is the first & last production to feature "Waiting for the Drop".
Talia (character)

*"My divine Talia... When I look into your almond eyes, I do not see the boy I am, but the man I must become to possess you. I want to take all of the pain from your soul, and in the passion factory of my heart, transform it into functional joy. I want to take your hand by the Cheremosh River and with all Ukraine as witness, take you as my wife. And we shall sing and dance and drink... And then I shall whispеr in your ear, “Let rivers run wild or lеt them be damned.” My perfect Talia, I lay my masculinity at the altar of your maidenhood."*

**Natalia Muruska Bolinska**, better known as **Talia**, is Mischa's online fiancée, who regularly leaves mostly positive comments on Mischa's "Bad Egg" YouTube videos.

## Trivia

* She was played in early shows by Celine Stubel, who also played Astrid, a character that was cut from the show, and Penny Lamb in Legoland.
TV5 (Suomi)

**TV5** on Discovery Networks Finlandin kanavapaikalla 7 näkyvä maksuton suomalainen televisiokanava. Ohjelmisto koostuu elokuvatarjonnasta, kotimaisista ja ulkomaisista sarjosta, dokumenteista sekä urheilusta. TV5 on osa Discovery Networks Finlandia, jonka omistaa yhdysvaltalainen Warner Bros. Discovery. TV5 on Discovery Networks Finlandin suurin kanava, ja sen pääkohderyhmänä ovat 15–44-vuotiaat.

TV5:n näkyvyysalue kattaa noin 95 prosenttia Suomen antenni- ja kaapelitalouksista. Kanava näkyy maanpäällisen digi-tv-verkon (dvb-t) kanavanipussa E. Teräväpiirtokanava TV5 HD näkyi Digitan antenniverkossa kanavapaikalla 27 Tokion vuoden 2020 kesäolympialaisten ja Pekingin vuoden 2022 talviolympialaisten ajan. Samalla TV5:n näkyvyysalue laajeni olympialaisten ajaksi kattamaan 99,96 prosenttia antennitalouksista.

Discovery Networks Finlandilla on televisiointioikeudet olympialaisiin 2018–2024. Näin ollen Pyeongchangin vuoden 2018 talviolympialaisten miesten jääkiekko näkyi yksinoikeudella TV5:llä. Tämän lisäksi TV5:llä esitettiin olympialaisten maastohiihtoa, ampumahiihtoa, mäkihyppyä sekä koosteita. Kesäolympialaisten 2020 ajaksi TV5 muuttui ympärivuorokautiseksi olympiakanavaksi, joka näyttää muun muassa uintia, koripalloa ja pyöräilyä.
Koti TV

**Koti TV** on suomalainen vuonna 2020 perustettu televisiokanava, jonka ohjelmistoon kuuluu ikäihmisille suunnattua liikunnallista etäkuntoutusta, virikkeellistä muistikuntoutusta sekä kulttuuria ja opetuksellista sisältöä joka arkipäivä kello 11–13. Kanavan omistaja on porilainen Kuntopaikka HH Oy.

Koti TV näkyy antenni-tv:n kanavapaikalla 33, DNA:n, Elisan ja Telian kaapeli-tv:n kanavapaikalla 66, sekä Ålcomin kumppanioperaattoreiden kanavapaikalla 99. Lisäksi Koti TV:tä voi seurata nettistriimauksena Koti TV:n nettisivuilta.

Koti TV palkittiin 2021 Vuoden vanhusteko -palkinnolla.
MTV Ava

**MTV Ava** on Suomen ensimmäinen naisille suunnattu televisiokanava. MTV Ava on osa MTV Oy:tä. Kanava aloitti lähetyksensä 1. maaliskuuta 2008. MTV Ava näkyy maksuttomana kaapeliverkossa ja antenniverkossa; satelliitista se on poistunut, sillä sen korvasi MTV3 Komedia. MTV Oy:n omistaa noin vuodesta 2020 alkaen pohjoismainen televisioyhtiö TV4 Media, entiseltä nimeltään Bonnier Broadcasting, ja tämän puolestaan ruotsalainen teleoperaattori Telia Company.
Kutonen

**Kutonen** (entiseltä nimeltään **The Voice** (tyylitettynä **THE VOICE**) tai **Voice**) on suomalainen maksuton, erityisesti miehille suunnattu viihdekanava. Kutosen ohjelmisto koostuu auto-ohjelmista, tositelevisiosarjoista, elokuvista, dokumenteista sekä urheilusta. Kutonen kuuluu amerikkalaisen Warner Bros. Discoveryn omistamaan Discovery Networks Finlandiin ja sen pääkohderyhmä on 15–44-vuotiaat miehet. Kutonen aloitti lähetykset 1. syyskuuta 2012 kanavapaikalla 11. Kutosen kanavapaikka vaihtui uudelleen 17. toukokuuta 2017. Kutosen nykyinen kanavapaikka on 10.

Kutonen näkyy maanpäällisen digi-tv-verkon (DVB-T-verkko) C-kanavanipussa, ja sen näkyvyysalue kattaa 96 prosenttia Suomen antenni- ja kaapelitalouksista. Kanava ei ole koskaan ollut saatavilla satelliittiverkossa.
U-R-A-N-I-U-M Prototype

This is theorized to be the original Tragic Fact Choir song, or what goes in the blank spot at the end of their song.

It appears to have been adapted into the 2015 Concert Cycle U-R-A-N-I-U-M at some point.

During this song Ricky Potts doesn't sing, He joins in the song halfway through, and plays the piano.

This is the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi3tTEIpSoA

### Lyrics

[Whole Choir Minus Ricky]

U-R-A-N-I-U-M!

Where My Heart Goes Now and then!

[Whole Choir]

Oh how I love you,

[Ocean]

Uranium!

[Whole Choir]

That's Our town, Our friendly town!

That's Our Town, Our Highway town!
Frii

**Frii** on suomalainen maksuton kaupallinen televisiokanava. Frii on osa Discovery Networks Finlandia, jonka omistaa amerikkalainen Warner Bros. Discovery. Frii aloitti lähetyksensä 1. huhtikuuta 2015. Frii on määritellyt kohderyhmäkseen 25–44-vuotiaat naiskatsojat. Antenniverkossa Frii näkyy C-kanavanipun lähetysalueella kanavapaikalla 16, kaapelitelevisioverkossa se on saatavilla lähes koko maassa.
Penny Lamb

> Well, who's ever heard of a misogynist lesbian.
>
> - Penny Lamb

**Penny Lamb** is a character in *Legoland*. Penny is played by Celine Stubel, who also played Astrid in *Ride the Cyclone* before her character was cut.

## Biography

Penny was born on April 7th on the Elysium Community Farm just outside of Uranium City, Saskatchewan to Marie-Jose Blanche and Rudolf, who had her brother, Ezra, three years later. The two grew up on the farm where the people were into hippie stuff. Despite the rule, Penny wanted desperately to sneak off to Legoland, which was what the farm called anything outside of Elysium; the rule was the kids had to wait until they were 16 to visit Legoland.

At the age of 13, she and Ezra snuck out and went to the Walmart in Uranium City, where they would try to strike up conversation with the locals, only to be met with odd looks. In response, Penny got the idea to have Ezra fake seizures in the middle of the store so that people would talk to them. This worked about thirty-some times until they were caught by the police, which lead them back to the farm. There all of the parents were arrested for cultivating and trafficking cannabis, while the children were placed in foster care.

Penny and Ezra were enrolled at St. Cassian, where they received much ridicule and bullying. Penny, in particular, was the target of scorn as people believed that she was a lesbian. In response to her belief in Darwin and intelligence in a school where Penny said there was "science without reason," she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder by the school psychiatrist and placed on medication.

One day after getting her backpack set on fire, she was approached by a fellow classmate, Tammy Edwards, who introduced her to a musical artist named Johnny Moon.

## Personality

Penny is described as being "an immensely nervous and self-conscious teenager" who has a tendency to speak rather quickly.
The Amazing Karnak

* Carey Wass
* Karl Hamilton
* Treena Stubel
* Jeffrey Binder

> *"Hello, I am the amazing Karnak. I was designed to predict the exact time and place of someone's death, so you already know you're in for a good time."*
>
>

 *- Karnak at the beginning of the cast album.*

**The Amazing Karnak**, also known as simply **Karnak**, is a character in *Ride the Cyclone*. He is a precognition machine designed to predict the cause, time, and place of someone's death. This was not his main function when he was in use at the Fall Fair, where he seems to have only told people basic fortunes which consisted of their lucky number, a vague statement about their future, and to go ride the Cyclone. This function, called "Family Fun Novelty Mode", was set up when he was sold to the Fair due to the disturbing nature of his main usage. He dies at the end of the show, having been killed by Virgil chewing through his wires.

In the script, he is described as "a mechanical fortune-telling machine is revealed, circa 1920s penny arcade. The fortuneteller is an imposing figure with a majestic beard and glowing eyes."

## Personality

Throughout the show, signs of Karnak's personality are few and far between, and often vary depending on the actor playing him. What can be made out is that he is often sarcastic, especially towards Ocean. His voice is generally blank, akin to how real precognition machines/fortune tellers act. The script describes him as an ‘ominous mechanical Santa Claus’. He also seems to be generous and selfless, as evidenced by his choosing to spend his last moments resurrecting one victim of the Cyclone accident. This could also be due to his guilt of not being able to tell them what was about to happen.
Be Safe, Be Good (For Rachel)

**"*Be Safe, Be Good (For Rachel)*"** was one of the closing numbers for Ride the Cyclone. When trying to decide what direction the ending of the show should go in, Rockwell proposed the idea of a number inspired by the English rock band, "Supertramp". The song was only preformed for a short time before Rachel would pass away in May 2018 from ovarian cancer. Shortly after this, it was removed from the script due to it "*Competing against what was happening on stage at the time.*"

## References

* https://playbill.com/article/track-by-track-breakdown-brooke-maxwell-and-jacob-richmond-on-the-creation-of-ride-the-cyclone
Yle TV2

**Yle TV2** (puhekielessä **Kakkonen**) on yksi Yleisradio Oy:n omistamista kolmesta televisiokanavasta. Yle TV1:n tavoin TV2 on julkisen palvelun kanava, jolla ei esitetä mainoksia. Rahoitus tapahtuu verovaroin. TV2:n keskustoimitus sijaitsee Tampereen Ristimäessä Tohloppi-järven vieressä. Nykyisin se lähettää ohjelmaa noin 4 200 tuntia vuodessa, paljon urheilulähetyksiä jotka ovatkin kanavan katsotuinta antia. Kanava työllistää noin 400 työntekijää. TV2:n kanavapäällikkönä on marraskuusta 2019 lähtien toiminut Sasha Ikonen