2017

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Six Degrees of Separation or Network Theory

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A Late 20th Century Morality Tale of Political Dimensions.

Although Charles Waxberg, Artistic Director of Theatre 9/12, always presents thought-provoking plays, enhanced by his inspirational direction and staging, his production of John Guare’s Six Degrees of Separation, was by far the most stimulating play I have seen there. A whole library could be filled with discussions about the psychological issues, the class conflict and now since it is almost 30 years after it was written, the historical background.

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Animal Attack! Almost True Stories- Amusing, Intriguing and Incredibly WEIRD, yet engaging

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All Creatures Great and Small Want you Dead!!!

Well, just when I thought 18th and Union Theatre had presented the best comedy show in town, they came up with another one, Animals Attack! Almost True Stories, by Scot Augustson, Kelleen Conway-Blanchard and Jennifer Jasper. The genesis for this particular gem was in 2016, when Kelleen contacted Scot and Jennifer and said, “Hey! Ya wanna do something about animal attacks?”

That something became a reading of stories about very weird and I mean VERY weird animal attacks with some improvisation and audience participation thrown in. It was a delightfully funny evening with some of the most creative writing I’ve heard in a very long time.

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Raisins in a Glass of Milk or Raisins in a Rainbow

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What it is like to be perceived as the “Other” and still try to get the part.

“I want to be a raisin in a rainbow” exclaimed one of the actors in Raisins in a Glass of Milk, a scripted performance by six Cornish students and alumi, currently playing Sunday nights at 18th and Union Theatre. The subject was the casting difficulties one’s appearance causes if one’s appearance deviates from the perceived ideal of “normal” in our society, which is still the Northern European blue-eyed blonde.

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Room Service Delivers at Taproot

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Room Service first hit Broadway in 1937, in the midst of our country’s long dark Depression. The Marx Brothers took the play’s script, written by John Murray and Allen Boretz and made it into a movie the following year. It was their only movie not specifically created for them. Although there are lots of wacky shenanigans in the Taproot’s production, don’t expect to see specific Groucho and Harpo bits here. Director Karen Lund has her own original take on the comedic madness.

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Shlong Song-Ironic Sarcasm is our Thing!!!

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Sexual Bildungsroman

Yes, indeed Shlong does mean male appendage in Yiddish. That was about all I knew about the 9:30 Friday night play at 18th and Union, before an adorable young man dressed in combat boots, revealing short shorts and a car-coat length women’s fake fur coat, bounced on stage, like Tigger. Accompanied by what sounded like a female stripper’s song, he started dancing around, and showing off his “equipment.”

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PREVIEW Questionable Content- A Comedy Panel Show

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The hit comedy panel show, Questionable Content, returns to the friendly confines of The Pocket Theater on Friday, February 17th at 8:30pm. Questionable Content brings a cavalcade of comedians, performers and artists to compete in an uproarious battle of wit, deception and knowledge of off-beat pop culture and news.

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My Man Godfrey

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A Vintage 1930’s Screwball Comedy
My Man Godfrey, a theater adaptation of the 1936 screenplay written by Eric Hatch, takes us to an era of ritz that is not-so-passé. Our scene is set in the bustle of depression era Ney York. Godfrey, portrayed by Eric Smiley, is plucked out of the city dump by the histrionic young socialite Irene Bullock (Sarah Karnes). On a whim, he’s hired on as a Butler for the Bullocks, who are notorious for driving away even the most seasoned butlers. Godfrey seems to be made of sterner stuff, but as he wins the affections of each quirky family member, we find that our butler may not be entirely who he claims to be.

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Bring Down the House, Part 1: Throne of Treachery

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A country on the cusp of a new era. A polarized political system, with scheming and selfishness pushing things to the point of no return. Seattle Shakespeare Company’s Bring Down the House, Part 1: Throne of Treachery mixes political intrigue and personal ambition in a gripping adaption of Shakespeare’s Henry VI trilogy.
Henry VI, Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 may have established Shakespeare’s reputation with their original audiences, but these plays are relatively unpopular today…
Bring Down the House, Rosa Joshi and Kate Wisniewski’s adaption of Henry VI, highlights the strengths of the trilogy, and minimizes its weaknesses…

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