140 LBS A Powerful, One-Woman Show
A standing ovation is a social phenomena one often feels obligated to join, but in the case of 140 LBS at […]
Theatre off Jackson
Brainpeople
You want to know what the soul is like
This one’s in shreds. José Rivera
Written by Oscar nominated José Rivera, produced by Seattle’s Latino Theatre Projects, Brainpeople, an extremely interesting play, opened this weekend at Theatre off Jackson, complete with exceptional production values and a cast to match.
Director’s Look at Smoke & Dust
Wear your pussy hat to Macha Theatre Works’ debut of Joy McCullough-Carranza’s Smoke & Dust, directed by Amy Poisson. I
Emboldened/Unsung Jazz Heros
Theater-off-Jackson hosted an evening dedicated to early Jazz musicians; some local to Seattle, and some making history in New Orleans. The first show, upstairs in an art gallery/cabaret was a “Live Installation”, Unsung Heroes of Seattle Jazz, produced by Freehold Theatre in partnership with the Central District Forum for Arts and Ideas and the Mahgany Project, the second was Emboldened, the Rise and Fall of King Bolden the First, an original script by one of Seattle’s most distinguished actors, Reginald André Jackson. King Bolden was actually Charles Buddy Bolden, a Cornetist, often credited with improvising Ragtime to create what came to be known as Jazz in New Orleans.
The Bunner Sisters
Nineteenth Century Naturalism Complete with Consumption
Although Edith Wharton is not generally known for writing about poor New Yorkers, her story The Bunner Sisters, adapted for the stage by Julie Beckman of the Athena Theatre Project, focuses on the lives of two lower-middle class Protestant spinsters, (of the haute Clavinist bent) struggling to stay afloat in New York City in the late 19th Century.