Nothing Dull About In the Grey City
Some places talk about the weather, but here in our own corner of the Pacific Northwest Seattlelites have a different […]
Belltown
Swallow Surpasses Expectations
Premiering last night at Theater Schmeater in Belltown, Stef Smith’s Swallow follows the intersecting lives of three people who suffer
Preview-“Money and Run” Marathon
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.
My Man Godfrey
A Vintage 1930’s Screwball Comedy
My Man Godfrey, a theater adaptation of the 1936 screenplay written by Eric Hatch, takes us to an era of ritz that is not-so-passé. Our scene is set in the bustle of depression era Ney York. Godfrey, portrayed by Eric Smiley, is plucked out of the city dump by the histrionic young socialite Irene Bullock (Sarah Karnes). On a whim, he’s hired on as a Butler for the Bullocks, who are notorious for driving away even the most seasoned butlers. Godfrey seems to be made of sterner stuff, but as he wins the affections of each quirky family member, we find that our butler may not be entirely who he claims to be.
Fatal Footlights
Historical Fiction about Great Theatrical Figures
Billed as a “new Steampunk mystery/comedy/thriller, an original script, by Louis Broome and John Longenbaugh, Fatal Footlights opened at Theater Schmeater on Friday. Steampunk, the internet told me, has to do with 19th century historical fiction and technology. Fatal Footlights concerns murder and intrigue in an 1885’s theatre in London. Apparently, two of the characters are members of the Brass family and the play was part of a series about them, so the Artistic Director communicated to me the next day.
Techlandia
Gigabites of Giggles
Seattle’s most beloved comic, Bridget Quigg, opened her new show, Techlandia, a tribute to all that we love and hate about the technological evolution of Seattle , on Friday at Theater Schmeater. For those of us who have been around the tech revolution for more than 25 years and are perhaps married to the first generation of “geeks” it was nothing short of therapeutic laughter.
A Subversive and Succulent “Feast”
“In a dining room, not so far from where we are sitting now…” is the setting for MAP Theatre’s
Oh Seattle!
Laughter Unlimited at the Schmee
One sign of mental health for both individuals and societies is the ability to laugh at themselves. It shows a healthy acceptance of one’s flaws and strengths as well as a healthy acceptance of reality. In Seattle, it helps all of us deal with the smugness, the Republican driven city council agenda disguised as bleeding heart liberalism, enlightened diet of the month, wacked-out theories of child-rearing, alternative this, alternative that and all the other agendas floating around Seattle.
The Secretaries
The “Girls” at Work are Not What You Expect.
As a compliment, Oscar Wilde would not call The Secretaries, which opened at Theater Schmeater, “a well-made play”. Although sometimes referred to as Surrealist, I would call it Expressionist. That is to say, it does not rely on realism, nor a structured plot, but rather creates a lot of extremely emotionally-charged images, as it ambles through the “initiation” period of a new secretary, in the all-female office of a lumbering company in rural Oregon.
The Twilight Zone: Live!
There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space