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The Revolutionists Make Their Stand at ArtsWest

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The play begins in darkness; suddenly the sound of a swishing guillotine shatters the theater’s silence. A miffed actress protests, “That’s no way to start a comedy!” And we’re off into the wonderful world of a Lauren Gunderson play. It is not surprising that Gunderson is currently the most produced playwright in America. With works like “The Book of Will” and “I and You” she has pushed the boundaries of conventional theater, exploring big and little ideas with a charming, imaginative wit that seems to continually ask “What if?” In “The Revolutionists”, published in 2018, Gunderson imagines a series of surrealistic encounters among four key women figures that played roles in and were finally victims of the bloody French Reign of Terror in the early 1790’s.

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Revive: A Window into the Mind of a People

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18th and Union’s newest world premiere production: Revive, a two-person show created and put on by Porscha Shaw and Jay O’Leary, brings together an impressive conglomeration of poetry, music, and movement to create an astoundingly real and rooted experience in black culture. Centered around the desire to celebrate and acknowledge a culture that has been suppressed and shrouded in negativity for many years, this show aims to provide an exploration into the thoughts and feelings of those deeply embedded within it by people who live it and experience it every day.

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Rivals Romp at Seattle Shakespeare

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Director George Mount leaves no theatrical stone left unturned in his search for innovative ways to stage his rollicking take on Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s The Rivals. Even before the audience has settled into their seats, on stage, a hurried and hushed discussion takes place between two actors most notably upset. Suddenly they whisk away what appears to be an audience member engrossed in her program while making her way to her seat. She is unceremoniously handed a script and shoved backstage. The show must go on and we all need to do our part! Let the madness begin!

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