Day Is Done

Day Is Done (2006)

Day Is Done is a carnivalesque opus, a genre-smashing epic in which vampires, dancing goths, hillbillies, mimes and demons come together in a kind of subversive musical theater/variety revue. Running over two-and-a-half hours, this riotous theatrical spectacle unfolds as a series of episodes that form a loose, fractured narrative. The video comprises parts 2 through 32 of Kelley's multi-faceted project Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstructions, in which trauma, abuse and repressed memory are refracted through personal and mass-cultural experience. The source material is a series of high school yearbook photographs of "extracurricular activities," specifically those that represent what Kelley has termed "socially accepted rituals of deviance." Kelley then stages video narratives around these found images.

Director: Mike Kelley

Casts

	Melissa Sills as Goth Girl / Shy Satanist / Kiss Groupie
	Max Shippee as Office Vampire
	Oscar Avalos as Horned Man
	Lecia Doss as Consistency / Mary
	Suzan Averitt as Hag Virgin Mary
	Carole Balkan as Matron
	Holly Beavon as May Maenad
	Marty Laquidara as Devil / Barber
	Sebastien Hope as Boy / Angel Boy 2
	Ryan Malloy as Catholic Woman
	Amanda Da Ponte as Jewish Woman
	Nelson Serrano as Jewish Man
	Brendan Hunt as Thin Thug
	Jon Boatman as Thick Thug
	Ryan Fox as Sick Vampire
	Kyle Ingleman as Motivational Vampire
	Tricia Ridgway as Farm Girl
	Raphael Mandel as Morose Ghoul
	Derek Loughran as Mime 1
	Gary Prather as Mime 2
	Dink O'Neal as Joaquin
	Tom Patrick as Heartthrob Vampire
	Nancy Sandercock as Chicken Dancer 1
	Chris Shearer as Wizard
	Terry Shusta as Nerd
	Cliff Corder as Beige Office Worker
	Don Yanan as Plaid Office Worker
	Miyo as Train Dancer 1 / Horse Dancer
	Sarri Sanchez as Train Dancer 2
	Jolieba Jackson as Train Dancer 3 / Gospel Dancer
	Donald Mack as Vampire Boss
	Heather Allen Spiegel as Druid
	Jennifer Lambertus as Hillbilly
	Jmeka Cherrel as Doris
	Fiona Fredericks as Saskia
	Veronica Batiste as Winnie
	Heather Stout as Witch
	Damon Epps as Mute Barber
	Jerald Reznick as Bearded Man
	Abbie Baron Morganstein as Group Portrait
	Janese Weingarten as Group Portrait
	Kelli Blissard as Group Portrait
	Kim Bridwell as Group Portrait
	Lacey Bonner as Group Portrait
	Mary Clare Stevens as Group Portrait
	Michele O'Marah as Group Portrait
	Nancy McCrumb as Group Portrait
	Rachel Murray as Group Portrait
	Thomas Rugani as Group Portrait
	Kate Foley as Modern Dancer
	Maya Zellman as Goth
	Franz Stary as Lonely Vampire
	Taisha Paggett as Chicken Dancer 2 / Gospel Dancer
	Loa Allebach as Reclamation
	Sam Lofberg as Joseph
	Pattie McLellan Stephens as Anne
	Michiko Nosaka as Shadow Dancer
	Esther Choi as Gospel Dancer / Horse Dancer
	Meg Wolfe as Gospel Dancer
	Phithsamay Linthahane as Gospel Dancer / Horse Dancer
	Sarita Louise Moore as Gospel Dancer / Horse Dancer
	Colette Weber Shaw as Angel Girl
	Daniel Hope as Angel Boy 1
	John August Baker as Mule Rider
	Stan Stefanidi as Pitchfork Demon
	Mike Kelley as Morose Ghoul (voice)

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