Not quite Chekhov
Checkoff in the Sun, a “World Premier” which is really a sophisticated name for an original script opened this weekend at the Eclectic Theatre, in Capitol Hill. As its name implies, there is a connection between it and Chekhov the Russian playwright. Like many of Chekov’s plays, a group of interconnected relatives and friends are gathered in an isolated country house for a few days and spend the time discussing life’s disappointments.
Gore Vidal meets Timothy McVeigh on the Eve of his Execution
A fund-raiser for Bridges Stage Company’s next production, the Northwest Premier of Terre Haute by Edmund Wilson, took place at the Bullitt Cabaret at ACT Theatre on Wed, March 19
A Victorian Tale of Sadness and Compassion
Along with Jack the Ripper, the story of the Elephant Man is one the most intriguing stories of the Victorian era. Neither ever satisfied human curiosity by tying up the loose ends. The identify of Jack the Ripper is still unknown and to this day the cause of the Elephant Man’s deformities is still a mystery to scientists.
Finding Happiness, Humor and God,
Often humor is more effective for discussing serious topics in life than serious drama There could be no better example of this than the new Taproot show, Pretty Fire, which opened recently.
Vipassana-Buddhist Concentration Camp for Gentiles
10 Days to Happiness is a not entirely irreverent, not entirely one-person show, written and performed by Donna Rae Davidson about her ten day meditation retreat at a Buddhist center in the wilderness. Each scene represented the trials and tribulations of getting through just one day of 10 hour meditations, bland vegetarian food, and halo-wearing, serene-emanating poseurs.
The Authentic Frankenstein Comes to Life at Book-It
Book-It Repertory’s Theatre new production, Frankenstein or modern Prometheus is an adaptation of Mary Shelley’s 1819 novel of the same name. The moral lesson is contained in the subtitle. In Greek mythology, Prometheus was the Titan, who created man from clay, and by giving them fire, enabled progress and civilization. For this, the gods punished him harshly.
Come over to the Rectory and we’ll have some Cool-aid and Cookies.
The Tony award winning play Doubt, by John Patrick Shanley, opened at Stone Soup Theatre on Friday, Feb 14. In 2004, when it opened on Broadway, it was extremely topical, as it dealt with one of the hot issues of the day: the revelations about the historical cover-ups of sexual abuse in the Catholic church.
Post-Apocalyptic Play with touch of Magical Realism
For their first production, the new theatre Collision Project chose José Rivera’s Marisol, an Obie award winner in 1993. A post-apocalyptic play, the director wisely chose to stage it in the Satori Lab at Inscape, commonly known as the old Immigration jail on the edge of Chinatown. It is no accident that New Century also chose this venue for its production of Kafka’s The Trial. Just walking in the main door is positively eerie.
History in the making by Seattle Storyteller Bret Fetzer
In 1974, Garrison Keillor and Minnesota Public radio debuted A Prairie Home Companion, in an auditorium at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota with only 12 people in the audience…the rest is history. On Tuesday, Feb 4, Annex Theatre and Bret Fetzer, opened Story & Song, a storytelling program; in 10 or 15 year we will probably be saying the same thing about him.
Or Simultaneous Equations?????
Since The Equation uses an inverse structure to explain how the devastation of the Great Depression gave rise to the myopic materialism of the 1950’s, it is no accident that Charles Waxberg chose a mathematical title for his play, which opened this weekend at Theatre 9-12. However, given the mathematical theme for the title, a more appropriate title, given its highly creative structure might be Simultaneous Equations.
