Author name: Marie Bonfils

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Script Tease- Magnificent, Stupendous, Outstanding and every other superlative

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Even with the help of a thesaurus, it is difficult to find the right words to express how amazing Script Tease was. Amazingissimo? Seriously Annex’s Research and Development’s off night “project” was quite unbelievable. First of all there was the process, which was truly intriguing.

Take a talented playwright, have her write six pages of a play for six actors, then let the actors complete the rest of the play by improvisation. The end product-a 90 minute performance- was as hilariously funny, fast-paced, witty and polished as any play. Laughter erupted on average about every 30 seconds as the actors moved the plot right along, developed their characters, while establishing great rapport with the audience.

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MacBeth-The Definitive Production

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Five Star Production of MacBeth

It was with great delight that I attended Fern Shakespeare’s truly magnificent inaugural production, MacBeth, this past weekend at Seattle Center’s Theatre 4. Everything about this production was outstanding, and what set it apart from other Shakespeare productions around the Sound, was the uniform quality of the cast’s vocal production. Every actor spoke “trippingly on the tongue” and the elevated language was communicated directly to the audience. Truly this is the best Shakespeare I have ever seen in Seattle.

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Richard III – à la Chinoise

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The Royal Family of England portrayed as 1920’s Gangsters in Chinatown

If you have ever wondered why King Henry VIII of England was so obsessed with having a legitimate male heir, read the Shakespearean plays set during the during the War of the Roses. Shakespeare’s rendering of the end of these dynastic wars, when two rival branches of the royal family, the Yorks and the Lancasters, fought endlessly for the disputed crown of England, opened this weekend at Theater off Jackson. Produced by Rebatensemble Theatre Group, director Elizabeth Wu, staged Richard III in Chinatown in the 1920’s, with the Yorks and Lancasters, as rival gangs of speakeasy owners i.e. gangsters.

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Preview-“Money and Run” Marathon

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Run a Marathon to get tickets to the “Money and Run” Marathon

To mark the 25th anniversary of Theater Schmeater, the first three episodes of Wayne Rawley’s popular and hilarious trailer trash send-up series, Money and Run will be revived. Three episodes Money Take Run, Of Nuns and Ninjas and Last Dance will be presented in a festival schedule, between May 10 and June 10. Directed by the author himself, the cast includes two of the most hilarious actors in town: Megan Ahiers and Lisa Viertel.

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Something Incredible-Annex’s Research and Development Wing

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On discovering the truth.
We may never even know all the questions.

As part of their Research and Development Wing project, Annex Theatre presented Something Incredible, written and devised by playwright Natalie Copeland and Emily Harvey along with an ensemble of seven highly talented female performers. In an evening of subtle humor, the play focused on the great metaphysical questions of science and religion: Why are we here? What are the scientific explanations for creation as well as the creation myths. How is human spirituality related to nuclear fission? And of course the greatest question of all: will we ever know the truth about these great questions.

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PREVIEW Bret Fetzer and The Moonshine Revival Tent

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“Carny Girl”

Bret Fetzer and The Moonshine Revival Tent’s fusion of sprightly storytelling and lush choral singing was described by the MC at a recent Folklife performance as “The Brothers Grimm meet O Brother Where Art Thou.” In their next performance at West of Lenin in Fremont, the Moonshine Revival Tent debuts their newest piece: “Carny Girl”

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PREVIEW Sandbox Radio May 1st, Town Hall

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Get Ready to Laugh

I would like to have some explanation, as to why Sandbox Radio has chosen May 1st for their Spring Radio show, but I have no great insight about it. Perhaps it is because it takes place on May 1st, a day designed by the 2nd International as International Worker’s Day. A more likely explanation is that it is the universal cry for help when shipwrecked, having originated in the days when French, rather than English was the lingua franca. In French it is m’aidez, meaning HELP ME, but the English render it phonetically into May Day! May Day!

At any rate, it seems highly appropriate for a Sandbox Radio show, because at times, I felt like calling for help, because I seriously thought my sides would split with laughter, while sitting in the audience at Sandbox Radio shows. Often the only way I could have possibly stopped laughing was with outside help.

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PREVIEW Research and Development Wing-Not just for Techies

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R & D not just in SLU

Annex Theatre has been one of the most explosive research & development laboratories of the Seattle theatre scene for 30 years. Curators Catherine Blake Smith and James Weidman take it one step further to discover what happens when process is product. Invited artists who embody Annex’s mission will create improbable, risky, and bold new work in Research & Development Wing.

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Seattle Fringe Festival 2017 PREVIEW

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The Seattle Fringe Festival returns March 23 – April 1, for 2 jam-packed weekends of live performances, including scripted theatre, dance, solo performance, burlesque, experimental, performance art, clown, drag, opera, improv and comedy.

Seattle has long had a national reputation as a hotbed for fringe performance. Since the Seattle Fringe Festival’s relaunch in 2012, it has reignited a growing and increasingly diverse audience base of devoted fans, local industry members, curious first-timers, and Puget Sound arts buffs with an adventurous streak. They share a passion for performance where artists push the boundaries of their craft, experiment with form or content, and take artistic risks.

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PREVIEW Les Seagulls

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Seattle’s newest Improv group Les Seagulls will have their Inaugural performance in Seattle at 3:15 at Seattle’s French Fest on Sunday March 19. Headed by Artistic Director, comedian Sébatien Plisson, formerly of San Francisco’s “La D-Boussole.”
The demonstration of improv techniques will be in French. Taking place annually every spring at the Seattle Center, the French Fest, hosted by the Northwest French American Chamber of Commerce, celebrates Francophone cultures. B360C39F-3B98-4478-ADBC-8689E6B9352C

Les Seagulls. The Armory (Center House) Seattle Center, 305 Harrison, Seattle, WA
Sunday March 19, 201. 3:15 to 4. Free.

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