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The Plague Master General-A Bubonic Comedy, Profound and Tragically Amusing

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Yes, Minister and Monty Python humor, Serious subject

Friday night, I had the great honor to review the first performance of the world premiere of The Plague Master General-a Bubonic Comedy, which promises to be an award-winning script and production. This thoroughly entertaining, enlightening production was written and directed by Greg LoProto, produced by Blue Hour Theatre, with an ensemble of astoundingly talented actors at West of Lenin. It was one of the highlights of my 14 years of reviewing.

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Measure for Measure-A Tale of Foregiveness

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“They say best men are molded out of faults
And for the most become much more the better
For being a little bad.”

-Mariana, Measure for Measure

Engaged Theatre, an offshoot of Freehold acting studio is mounting a production of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, directed by Robin Lynn Smith, at West of Lenin in October for only five performances. All performances will be free.

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The World-Premiere of Lydia and The Troll!

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Ever wondered what’s the story behind the Fremont Troll?

Seattle Rep presents the long awaited world premiere of Lydia and the Troll with the wonderful talents of Justin Huertas, Steven Tran and Ameenah Kaplan. Expanding and exploring classic Seattle folklore and landmarks, Lydia and The Troll tells a beautiful and moving story about growth through the challenges of relationships and self-doubt. An absolute must-see for its relatability and excellent musical production.

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Complications of Marriage, Parenthood, and Life

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Parley Productions brings to the West of Linen Theatre a one weekend production that deepens the understanding of the determining factors of continuing on your legacy with children. Writer and director Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth tackles the trials and tribulations of marriage and parenthood in the dystopian-style production, Stamina. We follow along as Paloma (Katherine Jett) and Merrit (Brandon Tourino Collinsworth) face their ultimate decision and inevitable fate.

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Asylum in Georgia

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A World premier, Asylum in Georgia, by Seattle playwright John C. Davenport produced by Red Rover Theatre Company, opened in Fremont on Thursday with more of a wimper than a bang. Taking place in a tiny town in the South, it was a combination of a comedy and mystery, as a woman retraces the steps of her youth to the place where her father died somewhat mysteriously and uncovers a few buried secrets about the town and its inhabitants.

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The Wild Hearted (A Parley Workshop Production)

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The Wild Hearted, Parley’s 33rd workshop since 2014, played before a capacity audience 0f about 90 people at West of Lenin Monday evening. Four millenials plan a party to celebrate history in the making on Election Night, 2016. Spoiler alert: the history they witnessed unfolding was not the one they had gathered to celebrate. The roller-coaster electoral college results of this election night rip and tear at the thin affections these acquaintances hold for one another. The lines are funny and consistently land. With just 5 weeks of walk-throughs and scripts in hand, minimal props and a few deft sound cues, the play came fully to life. All the actors put emotion and movement into their performances.

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Like Penelope, MAIDEN VOYAGE Waits for Greatness

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In the world of adapting ancient stories, inventing “the history behind the myth” is the order of the day. From Wolfgang Peterson’s film Troy to Esther Friesner’s young adult novel Nobody’s Princess, modern artists are bringing us “believable” versions of Homer’s epics, devoid of gods and monsters, and Parley Productions’ Maiden Voyage falls squarely within this trend.
True to its subtitle, “A Feminist Reimagining of The Odyssey,” Maiden Voyage weaves us a history behind the myth in which Penelope, the true author of The Odyssey, spins tales of her absent husband’s encounters with gods and monsters in order to raise a son longing for a father he has never known.

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Possum—A Workshop Performance

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Former firebrand radical Lucinda Celeste (Macall Gordon) is on the lam, which is like playing possum, in a primitive log cabin deep in the woods. Her devoted protector and supporter and ever hopeful to-be lover, Rex Eaglejeep (Asa Sholdez) is convinced that the State has revived the search for Lucinda. Lucinda is much less worried. Note to readers: it’s not paranoia if they are out to get you.

The pair’s non-stop haggling about security and safety is interrupted by Otto (Connor Kinzer). Otto claims to be Lucinda’s adult son

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