Vanya I and Vanya II

Two different productions of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, but using different translations, will be playing more or less at the same time at different theatres in Seattle. First to open will be The Seagull Project’s, at ACT Theatre on Feb 1, using Carol Rocamora’s translation. The play will be set in the era when it was written; fin de siècle Russia (1898)

Festival of Short Ten-Minute play in ASL-American Sign Language Deaf Spotlight will partner with ACTLab to present their first-ever short play festival developed by Deaf artists and performed entirely in American Sign Language (ASL). The festival will run February 15-17, 2019 with a preview performance on February 14. The festival was created by Deaf Spotlight […]

This month at the ACTLab, Arlene Martinez-Vazquez directs the debut of her English translation of Juan Palmieri, a play tracking the Tupamaro revolutionary movement that occurred in Uraguay in the late 60’s into the early 1970’s. The controversial piece was written by Antonio Larreta in 1971 but wasn’t performed until 1973 in Buenos Aires. Even then the play’s director was forced into exile. Though it won the Casa de las Americas theatrical award, it could never be performed in Uruguay until 2012. The work covers the death of the titular character as perceived by his mother, Carmen, played by an outstanding Carolynne Wilcox.

Two days, fourteen new plays. “The 14/48 Project: The World’s Quickest Theater Festival” is as fun as it is impressive.
First performed in 1997, 14/48 is an even more challenging spin on the traditional 48-hour theater festival format. On Thursday evening, the artists involved kick off the festival by tapping the ceremonial 14/48 keg. A theme is then chosen at random for the writers. The seven playwrights get started on a ten-minute play on that theme (this time, “Who’s Watching Who”), which is due the following morning at eight.
On Friday, each of the seven directors is randomly assigned one of these plays. The casts are chosen (also by random drawing) soon after. The directors and actors rehearse the pieces for the rest of the day. They are joined by the not-to-be-underrated design team. The festival band contributes music and other sound. The seven new plays have their world premieres at 8 p.m. on Friday, and their final performances at 10:30 the same night.

British Invasion from Leicester, not Liverpool this time.

The 14/48 Projects is very pleased to bring 14/48: The World’s Quickest Theater Festival TWQTF, back to ACT Theatre for two weekends in January as a partner of ACTLab. 14/48: The World’s Quickest Theater Festival takes over the Falls Theatre January 6, 7, 13, and 14, 2017 with performances each day at 8pm and 10:30pm.