May 2015

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Four Dogs And a Bone is a Snarly Delight

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What Theater Schmeater has done with John Patrick Shanley’s 4 Dogs and a Bone should be enshrined as a movie. It begs for permanence so that one can return and savor its delights. Alas, this sharp, biting, witty, and funny gem is theater, not a movie, so go see it live. Be alert to all the clever funny nuances director Julie Beckman unearths in the script. This isn’t too hard, when the audience laughs or gasps—that’s your cue to join in.

Who are the four dogs, what are they fighting for and what are they fighting over?

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The Waiting Period- Review

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A Comedic Look at the Tragedy of Depression.

Brian Copeland, nationally known and award winning solo performer revives his most personal one man show, The Waiting Period, in response to the tragic suicide of Robin Williams. This show is an unrelenting look at the period in Copeland’s life, during the mandatory ten day waiting period before he could lay his hands on the newly purchased gun, with which he planned to take his own life.

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Weighed Down by Mud: A Plea for a Decent Life

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New City Theater has put Mud back into Seattle’s theater mix. Under John Kazanjian’s the play has a continual feeling of roughness, and lack of completeness, which is congruent with the themes of the play. The company did a terrific job using Fornes signature pause at the end of each of the 17 scenes. This stop-motion tableau slows down time and allows the audience a break to absorb and feel the impact of such bereft lives. Seventeen is a prime number, and variations of the root concept of prime, such as primal, primacy, and primate, can be found in every scene.

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Jeeves Intervenes

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Breed Bertie Breed! Escape Bertie Escape!

Since author P.G. Wodehouse was not very keen to have theatrical adaptations of his short stories and novels made, Jeeves Intervenes, now playing at Taproot Theatre here in Seattle is an almost unique opportunity to experience the delights of Wodehouse’s frivolous characters, expert use of humorous language and spend an evening laughing.

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Picnic

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No Picnic for Women in Small Town USA in 1950’s Seattle University’s fabulous production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning American Classic

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SOAP Festival -Sandbox One-Act Play Festival PREVIEW

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SOAP- Sandbox Collective ‘s Annual One-Act Play Festival, Four days of Three one-act plays :

Las Cruces by Vincent Delaney. Directed by Julie Beckman, Delaney weaves a finely tuned story with equal parts humor and pathos as he transports us to the New Mexico desert. Not far from the casinos and the spaceport, Sheridan is camped out, hiding in a gutted trailer. Everyone knows he’s there, but no one knows why. Except maybe a card player named Soledad

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New Staging of Othello Roars into Seattle

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The Seattle Shakespeare Company has moved into the Cornish Playhouse (nee The Intiman) to wrap up their 24th season with a stirring Othello. The big doings of the play work well in this larger venue. Energy sizzles here from the opening curtain and director John Langs is able to keep this most tightly knit of all Shakespeare’s tragedies building and building toward its devastating climax.

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