Fringe 2016: A Necessary Sadness
Danielle Gregoire found her inspiration of her A Necessary Sadness shows from John Koenig’s Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows.* People voluntarily respond to her call for a 5 minute set on a sorrow in their lives.
Fringe 2016: The Life and Death of Peter Pan
For Leah Adcock-Starr, the director of The Life and Death of Peter Pan in this year’s Fringe Festival, Peter Pan is a new Myth. Though she writes in her blog that she was comfortable with the idea of growing up when she was a child, the story still touched something in her. With the help of her husband Kieran and a talented ensemble of actors she has brought to the stage the troubled and tangled adult life of Peter Pan’s creator: James Matthew Barrie. The furnace of fame and fortune has fused JM Barrie the person to Peter Pan the Myth.
Theatre22 Presents Annapurna
Theatre 22 mounts a sensitive and touching production of the one-act play Annapurna featuring two local talents: John Q. Smith and Teri Lazzara. Sharr White’s work debuted in LA in 2014 and has already had a Broadway run starring Ned Offerman and Megan Mullally. White writes of a long separated couple coming to terms with their individual pasts and each other. Hard truths are faced, old disputes are replayed, new fears arise and yet a grudging love and respect somehow emerge by the final blackout. The two-person piece is skillfully performed and deftly directed by Julie Beckman.
9 to 5 at Seattle Musical Theater
In Seattle Musical Theater’s latest production, 9 to 5, the hit 1980 film starring Dolly Parton is brought to the
Silent Sky
Silent Sky opened at Taproot Theatre January 29. Written by Lauren Gunderson and directed by Karen Lund, Silent Sky dazzled
Ecce Faustus
“I am wedded to Satan”
Drawing on one of the most influential and profound legends in European literature, the legend of Dr. Faust, Akropolis Performance Lab has produced Ecce Faustus, Latin for Behold Faust!!! Directed by Joseph Lavy, and presented at the austere Northminister Presbyterian Church in Ballard, the show opened on Friday.
‘Buzzer’ will Get You Talking
Buzzer by Tracy Scott Wilson and directed by Anita Montgomery is one of a cluster of plays this winter that hold a mirror and magnifying class up to their audiences on the fraught territory of race, class, sexuality, and property rights. Jackson (Andrew Lee Creech) has found a renovated condo in his former neighborhood to buy. He invites his white girlfriend Suzy (played by Chelsea LaValley) to move in with him. Apparently the relationship hadn’t gone to that level before because she hesitates a moment before agreeing. No sooner than they finish unpacking boxes than Don (Spencer Hamp) arrives. He’s white and Jackson’s best friend who is making his 8th or 9th try to rehabilitate
Waiting for Lefty
Waiting for Lefty: Still Relevant After 80 Years
In April of last year, Seattle’s latest minimum wage ordinance went into effect, with wage increases appearing at the New Year. While Seattle might be ahead of a large majority of the country, it appears there are still some lessons to be learned about what exactly a “living wage” means.
Constellations
You can’t take back what you’ve said; but if you believe in a multiverse, endless parallel dimensions exist where you
