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Ride The Cyclone the Musical inspired black nickel hard enamel pin with screen-printed details. Roughly 3.3cm x 3.3cm (1.2in x 1.2in). This is an original design, there is nothing like it!
‘Ride the Cyclone’ is the cult-favourite Canadian musical that has grown a large, passionate underground fanbase since it’s origination. Created by playwright Jacob Richmond and composer Brooke Maxwell, the show first premiered in Victoria, British Columbia in 2008 with the Atomic Vaudeville theatre company. After successful Canadian runs, the musical was workshopped and reimagined for a broader audience. It had its U.S. premiere in 2015 at Chicago Shakespeare Theater and later enjoyed an extended Off-Broadway run at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in 2016. Its growing popularity was fueled by viral fan engagement online, streaming cast recordings, and a dedicated following on platforms like TikTok and YouTube.
The show follows six teenagers from the St. Cassian Chamber Choir who die in a freak roller coaster accident. After their untimely deaths, they find themselves in a mysterious limbo where they are offered a second chance at life by a mysterious mechanical fortune teller named Karnak, however only one of them can return to the living… Each teen gets a moment in the spotlight, revealing their deepest hopes, dreams, regrets, and secrets. ‘Ride The Cyclone’ is known for it’s eclectic mix of musical styles, its distinctively quirky, character-driven storytelling and its balance of offbeat humour and thought-provoking themes about life, death, and identity.
Jane Doe is the most haunting and enigmatic figure in Ride the Cyclone. A girl with no name, no memory, and no voice in life, she is a ghost both literally and symbolically. She died in the same accident as the others, but her body was unidentifiable – leaving her without identity, without closure, and without a story to anchor her. Jane Doe is simply the placeholder assigned to the nameless. Her aesthetic is eerie and doll-like. She moves with unsettling grace, and both musically and visually, Jane feels like she’s from another realm – floating just outside the world of the other characters.
The phrase ‘Forever Eternally Jane Doe’ is frequently sung in her song, ‘The Ballad of Jane Doe’ and quoted on this pin. In a design that resembles a school emblem and features a faceless portrait of Jane Doe, symbolic of her struggle with identity and the headless porcelain doll she is often accompanied by. In the same way this doll mirrors her delicate nature and tragic incompleteness, as does this pin with its cracked frame.
