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The Royale packs a punch at ACT in 2016. Photo by Dawn Schaefer.

For playwright Danielle One by one, my hugged me as of intermission, and fell silently rapt I handed them their tickets. “I’m so again at the start of the second act. Mohlman, pay-what-you- excited,” they exclaimed, a group of will performances are a giddy Millennials huddled in Seattle For the 20- and 30-somethings I brought to —a group of great way to convince new- Repertory Theatre’s lobby. It was November 2016, and we were seeing tech product managers, marketing to-theatre friends to take a King Charles III. professionals, auditors, and MBA students—this performance was chance on something new. During the performance, our group an exciting treat. You would never was responsive and engaged. We guess that a year ago, many of them leaned forward, afraid to miss a were completely unaware of Seattle single word, and as soon as the lights Repertory Theatre, or theatre in came up for intermission, we burst Seattle at all. into conversation: the play reminded someone of the regime in Thailand, someone had a question about the ghost, someone else wondered about My partner and I moved to Seattle accents, and we were all thinking about in 2015 because he was starting our own country’s political climate. the MBA program at the University We chattered through every minute of Washington’s Foster School of

encoremediagroup.com/programs 3 chaperone, inviting folks to see shows with the promise I’d be there to guide them through the way to see a play. I knew ticket prices would be a barrier— why pay for something unknown and outside your home when Netflix is familiar and as good as free?—so pay- what-you-can performances would be the way to go.

After marking pay-what-you-can performances in my calendar, I emailed every person who ever said, “You write plays? So how does that work?” and invited them to join me for upcoming performances at Seattle Rep. Two joined me for Come from Everybody wants to see the King. Mohlman and friends at King Charles III. Away, then three joined me for Luna Gale. Enthusiasm about my theatre Business. Most of the people I met students, I felt like the artistic misfit. chaperoning spread and before I knew that first year were affiliated with his When it came to seeing theatre, my new it, I was taking seven people to see program in one way or another, and, friends had no idea where to start. King Charles III, complete with dinner as a playwright surrounded by MBA before and fervent bus ride discussion I decided to enlist myself as theatrical on the way home.

Looking to start a theatre-going group of your own? Here are Each of the people I have brought to the theatre has a different experience. my tips for a smooth transition into group theatre outings. Over the past two years, I’ve learned 1. Choose a pay-what-you-can performance to ease your group into a lot about how to make new theatre- the theatre-going habit. Seattle Repertory Theatre typically schedules goers feel comfortable enough one pay-what-you-can performance ($1 minimum) before the show’s to be adventurous. official opening. ACT has pay-what-you-can ($5 minimum) every Sunday.

2. Start small. Invite two or three friends to go with you on the first Before moving to Seattle for his MBA, outing. As you become more comfortable with organizing group Deepanjan Dey was a theatre actor in outings, add more friends to your circle. Think of this as a theatrical India, so I was surprised to learn that Seattle theatre felt inaccessible to him book club. You don’t want to start too big. There’s always room to grow. before he started seeing plays with 3. Plan for lunch or dinner before the show. Theatre can be a scary our group. new experience for some people. Let your friends ease into the “I think this speaks to a more generic experience over a meal. problem I’ve observed in the United States about younger audiences 4. Be both a friend and an expert. Do some research on the play staying away from the theatre,” he before you go. You don’t want to feel like you’re suddenly a professor explained. “With so many instant of theatre, but folks will want to know what they’re getting themselves and newer forms of entertainment into. Learn the running time and a little about the play and the available, theatre is perceived as more playwright. If you’re attending a preview performance, educate your niche and ‘reserved for the artsy types.’ friends on what that means. It’s different in India. There, young professionals enjoy going to the theatre . You’re not going to love every play you see 5. Lather, rinse, repeat and popular television and movie together. That’s okay! But keep coming back and encourage your actors regularly perform onstage.” friends to do the same. Before you know it, you’ll have a group of friends to process theatre with and isn’t that what we’re all looking for? One of our most memorable times at the theatre was seeing a preview

4 ENCORE STAGES performance of Luna Gale together. “There we were—enjoying quite a riveting show—when a set piece jammed as it came on stage. Having been an actor living in the perennial fear that something will go wrong technically, I was absolutely horrified at this situation,” Deepanjan explained.

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JANUARY 18 JANUARY 19 It turns out that previewxccx Pablo Rus Broseta, conductor Pablo Rus Broseta, conductor performances are a far less common Nathan Lee, piano Sophie Lee, violin practice in India than they are here. Conrad Tao, piano Charlie Albright, piano I remember Deepanjan on my right, William Hagen, violin PROKOFIEV: Classical Symphony worrying on behalf of the cast and PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 1 PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 2 crew fixing the technical issue, while PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 1 PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3 our friend Jennifer, bewildered on my PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 2 left, marveled at the sheer number of people that sprang into action from off-stage to remedy the situation. Both were surprised to learn that bumps in the road are a common and important part of previews.

When you boot up Netflix, you’re expecting a polished product. If you CONRAD TAO didn’t know any better, why would you expect anything less from your CHARLIE ALBRIGHT theatre? In the months since that SOPHIE LEE Luna Gale preview, I’ve thought a lot about preview performances and how little care we theatre artists put into educating audience members about SERGEY PROKOFIEV PABLO RUS BROSETA this essential part of the process, a NATHAN LEE WILLIAM HAGEN part of the process in which we need audiences to take part. How else can we let untrained audiences in on the process of making a play? FOR TICKETS:

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“It was so nice to pay a small amount to see a play I wasn’t familiar with, and I ended up really enjoying it,” Melissa said, reflecting on that first outing. “And it was great seeing it with you since we were able to talk about it after the fact. It was nice to have someone there to debrief with, especially someone knowledgeable about plays and theatre.”

“...for many people, seeing a play with a group of friends is more MUCH ADO appealing than ABOUT going alone.” SHAKESPEARE beatrice & benedict I wasn’t an expert on The Royale. Though Marco Ramirez’s play about early 20th century boxing has enjoyed DIRECTED BY JOHN LANGS productions all around the country, everything I knew about the show came from ACT’s marketing materials. But simply by having more familiarity with theatergoing generally I was able A ONE-OF-A-KIND THEATRICAL HYBRID FEB. 24−MAR. 10 to offer Melissa a space to reflect on the ACT Theatre Artistic Direct John Langs MCCAW HALL play and digest what we saw together. stages an all-new adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing—The Bard’s classic In English with English subtitles. “It was my first real experience seeing a Evenings 7:30 PM comedy of overheard confessions, tender play that hadn’t gotten a ton of hype or Sunday 2:00 PM reconciliation, and plenty of witty banter. marketing,” said Melissa, “and it Hector Berlioz’s exuberant score is paired ended up being a fun and with sung and spoken English text, including TICKETS FROM $25! informative afternoon.” Shakespeare’s original dialogue. Featuring 206.389.7676 world-class opera singers, local actors, full SEATTLEOPERA.ORG

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6 ENCORE STAGES PLOT OF THE PLAY The story begins outside the house of Timon, a very rich Athenian. He takes pleasure in giving more than he receives and orders a great banquet, to which he invites all his friends, including General and the ill-tempered philosopher, . Timon’s faithful steward, Flavius, realizes that his master is about to go bankrupt. Suddently no The Money Plays one is willing to lend him money. Timon is angry and disillusioned When planning a season of plays, I, of course, have ideas of how the shows will with his fair-weather friends. Once relate, comment, contradict or complement each other. I actually like to structure a more, he invites them to a grand narrative in the progression of the season. banquet. The food is served in covered dishes that, when opened, At least in my head. contain only lukewarm water and stones. Timon reviles his guests, What’s great about doing classical works is that they speak so universally to all of us, swears himself to the life of a but also very specifically to any single one of us. It’s what makes them worth doing misanthrope, and leaves the city to again and again. Each time, each person, each community will approach them live alone in the woods. differently, seeing unique qualities or themes. And what seemed important last year gets refracted through the lens of time and individuality to become something else. As Timon digs in the earth for roots to eat, he discovers a hoard In some regard that has happened with our next pair of shows. While planning them, of gold. But such good fortune is I knew I wanted to bring out aspects of social issues that are currently at the forefront no longer of interest to him. His of our culture. For Timon of Athens it was money and its influence on the social old friend Alcibiades visits him contract. With The Merchant of Venice, the theme of using religion to exact control and with two courtesans. Timon gives dominance over a marginalized community resonated for me in choosing that play. them gold and begs them to infect the world with venereal disease. The fun begins when turning these works over to directors who see other relevant He is courteous to Alcibiades themes to be explored. And remarkably, the directors for both Timon of Athens and The only because he believes that the Merchant of Venice have focused on similar aspects of these plays that don’t negate the general will switch sides in the obvious major motifs, but draw our attention to subtler, more multifaceted readings endless war with Sparta. of them. Perhaps as a result of how times have changed in just the few months since planning this season, or a sheer coincidence; both plays are zeroing in on the Alcibiades and the courtesans commodification of human social interaction. The perspective was there all along, but are only the first in a long line of it wasn’t exactly what I was looking at when programming the season. visitors that include three vicious thieves to whom Timon gives his Nothing about these plays has changed since they were announced (or since gold willingly in an unsuccessful they were written!), but artists are constantly re-evaluating these plays to find new attempt to get them to continue relevance, new insights to keep them current, personal and, paradoxically, universal. their murderous ways. Only the arrival of his faithful Flavius I look forward to seeing how they resonate with each other and hope you’ll join us elicits any kindly response from for both. him, but even he is sent away. Meanwhile, Alcibiades is about to attack Athens. A soldier begs George Mount Timon to return as their general Artistic Director and save the city. He refuses the commission and shortly after dies.

Adapted from Shakespeare Genealogies by Vanessa James.

encoremediagroup.com/programs A-1 Delayed Debut Scholars believe that Timon of Athens was written around 1605–1606, but the earliest known staging of the play wasn’t until 1674 — and even that was an adaptation! It wasn’t until 1761 that the original script was performed. It has been speculated that the Revels Office (the media censorship of the day) suppressed the play for its apparent parallels to James I. The newly crowned King had a reputation as a lavish spender who was overly generous to his friends. To this day, Timon of Athens remains one of the least produced works in The Life That Became Legend Shakespeare’s canon. You probably knew you were coming to see a play that was written 400 years ago, but did you know this is story that has been told for over 2,400 years? Based A Famous Friend on the changing fortunes and character of a real person, Timon’s life was a wildly popular story for over half a millennia!

The real Timon was a wealthy Athenian who lived during the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BCE) and gained a reputation for lavishing his inheritance on friends. When his money ran out, Timon’s friends refused to help, and he had to take on work as a field laborer for survival. When the impoverished Timon found a buried bag of gold, his former friends returned in hopes of regaining his favor, but Timon Timon’s friend Alcibiades is a pretty threw dirt at them instead. famous historic figure in his own right. Born to a powerful Athenian Writing within years of Timon’s lifetime, family, he was a student of Socrates Aristophanes refers to him in the play Lysistrata (411 BCE), claiming that Timon hated and first cousin, once removed, to bad men, but was kind to women. A female chorus sing the following lines: Pericles. Alcibiades quickly became a prominent politician and military Once there was a certain man called Timon, a tough customer, and a commander. He was, however, very whimsical, a true son of the Furies, with a face that seemed to bad at staying on people’s good side. glare out of a thorn-bush. He withdrew from the world because he When political enemies within couldn’t abide bad men, after vomiting a thousand curses at them. He Athens leveled charges of sacrilege had a holy horror of ill-conditioned fellows, but he was mighty tender against him, Alcibiades defected to towards women. the enemy, Sparta, and made war against his kin and former peers. In Geographica (7 BCE), Strabo recounts how Mark Antony, in deep despair following When the situation in Sparta also the Battle of Actium, built a coastal hermitage and named it Timonium: soured, he defected again, this time This was his last act, when, deserted by his partisans, he retired to Alexandria after to Persia. Eventually, Athens took him back, but it didn’t last, and he was his defeat at Actium, and intended, being forsaken by so many friends, to lead the exiled again after just a few years. [solitary] life of Timon for the rest of his days.

A-2 SEATTLE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY Pan-Timonian! When Renaissance translations of Roman and Ancient Greek texts introduced Timon to the English- speaking world, it didn’t take long for his name to become synonymous with the misanthropy (the hatred or distrust of humankind) — literally. Here are the Timon-inspired words that have secured a place in the English lexicon, along with the works in which they first appeared:

Timonist n. A bitter misanthrope. Greene’s Mourning Garment,1590.

Our Production Timonism n. A form of bitter misanthropy, a despair leading to John Kazanjian and his wife Mary hatred or contemptuous rejection Ewald (playing the role of Timon) have of mankind. run New City Theater in Seattle for A bitter or cynical utterance more than 30 years. The work of their or behavior. company centers on language-based plays that engages in socio-political The Westminster Review, 1840. issues, as well as the work of form- Timonian adj. A form of bitter breaking experimental playwrights. misanthropy relating to Timonism. Kazanjian and the company recently Plutarch’s Parallel Lives, a 1770 explored Shakespeare’s works with English translation. productions of and . Timonize v. To behave as a “The play is about the 1%. It’s about the maldistribution of wealth,” said Kazanjian to misanthrope. the company at the first rehearsal. “One thematic way of looking at the play is the To cause (someone) to slide into monetization of human relationships.” bitter misanthropy. Kazanjian said he was interested in cross-gender casting and noted that there are no The Gentleman Instructed, 1713. female-identified characters in Timon of Athens with the exception of some sex workers. “I’m repulsed by the way that women are portrayed [in the play],” said Kazanjian. “It’s a Disney’s Double man’s world, and all the power is with the men. So I wanted to turn that on its head.” In Shakespeare two key roles that are the most powerful characters in the play he cast Ewald as Timon and Julie Briskman as Alcibiades, an Athenian military general.

With a set that nods to Shakespeare’s and costumes that purposefully float outside any single historic period, language and relationships are central to this production. “Language is more important in this play than plot and even characterization. Because, really, there’s only one principle character, and that’s Timon, who develops, changes, complexifies,” Kazanjian reflected. “It’s through language and The plot of Disney’s The Lion King is through meaning that we get form. So form is secondary.” famously influenced by Hamlet — but there’s even more Shakespeare hidden in the 1994 animated classic. The character of Timon is a misanthropic meerkat that has renounced Serengeti society to live off grubs in the wild. The pronunciation may be different . . . but we can see what’s happening.

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Seattle Shakespeare Company The Indoor Season consists of five professional productions performed in provides several opportunities multiple theatre venues from September through May. with each production for audience members to learn more about The Wooden O outdoor summer shows are free Shakespeare productions in the the play and interact with our parks performed for 13,000 people in 10 cities across the Puget Sound region. artists. For dates and times, visit Our Education Programs include workshops, school residencies, classroom seattleshakespeare.org/enrichment teacher training, after-school classes, and summer camps that serve 25,000 young Jumpstart Lecture people and reach out to 140 schools across the state Get to know the play before you The State-Wide Tour brings productions of Shakespeare’s plays to schools and see it! A member of our artistic communities throughout Washington, traveling from Port Angeles to Pullman. team will bring you up to speed on the plot, characters, and history of These award-winning, professional programs reach across barriers of income, the play, as well as artistic concepts geography, and education to bring classical theatre to more than 54,000 people in for the production. Washington State each year. Post Show Talkback Join the cast and crew after the performance as they answer your questions and share some insights into the production.

Pictured: R. Hamilton Wright and Shanna Allman in The Government Inspector, photo by John Ulman.

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CAST PRODUCTION TEAM SPECIAL THANKS Alcibiades Director American Life Inc, Great Floors, Julie Briskman* John Kazanjian Shaw Flooring Flavius Set Designer Peter Crook* Shawn Ketchum Johnson PRODUCTION Athenian, Lord, Messenger, Sempronius Costume Designer SPONSORS BRACE EVANS Jocelyne Fowler Timon Lighting Designer Mary Ewald Lindsay Smith Lord, Merchant, Soldier, Stranger, Sound Designer Varro Servant, Lucius’ Servant Robertson Witmer** Jason Marr Properties Designer Lord, Poet, Senator Robin Macartney Kevin McKeon Technical Director Lucullus, Painter, Servant, Philotus Benjamin Radin Peter Dylan O’Connor* Stage Manager Flaminius, Lord, Lucilius, Servant, Gray* Ventidius Assistant Director Arjun Pande Mary Ewald Lord, Messenger, Senator, Servant Assistant Stage Manager P. Cullen Ryan Nina Trotto* Lord, Messenger, Prisoner, Servant Jason Sanford STAGE CREW Caphis, Jeweller, Lord, Lucius, Varro Master Electrician Servant, Senator Levi Plumb Kerry Skalsky Sound Engineers Lady, Servilius, Timandra, Servant Brian Murphy Alexandra Verriano Kyle Thompson Apemantus Wardrobe Master Michael Winters* Anna Bowen

* Appearing through an Agreement between this theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, and Actors’ Equity The taking of pictures or the making of recordings of Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage any kind during the performance is strictly prohibited. Managers in the United States. ** The sound designer of Timon of Athens is represented by United There will be one 15-minute Scenic Artists, Local USA 829 of intermission. the IATSE

encoremediagroup.com/programs A-5 Lear, Winnie in Happy Days, May in Mud, Crow in The Tooth of Crime, as well as solos shows: Wallace Shawn’s CAST The Fever and Tony Kushner’s Homebody. New City Theater collaborations with national experimental artists Julie Briskman have included world premieres written and directed by Maria Irene Fornes, Richard Foreman, Len Jenkin, as well Alcibiades as a European tour with Theatre X (Milwaukee). Mary has Julie is the co-founder and Executive Director of worked at all the major theaters in Seattle, as well as the The Seagull Project, appearing as Arkadina in The Berkeley Rep, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Hartman Julie Briskman Seagull, Olga in The Three Sisters, and Ranevskaya in Theatre, and the Soho Rep (NYC). She is the recipient of The Cherry Orchard. Favorite Seattle credits include The numerous local awards. Mary was last seen at Seattle Imaginary Invalid, The Beard of Avon, and The Servant of Shakespeare Company as Gertrude in Hamlet. Two Masters (Seattle Repertory Theatre); Dirty Blonde, Enchanted April, and The Women (ACT Theatre); The Jason Marr Threepenny Opera (Seattle Shakespeare Company); and Lord, Merchant, Soldier, Stranger, Varro Servant, The Wizard of Oz (Seattle Children’s Theatre). National Lucius’ Servant credits include Yale Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Jason is excited to join the cast of Timon of Athens! Past Repertory Theater, Trinity Repertory Theater, The Old shows with Seattle Shakespeare Company include Titus Globe, and seven seasons as a member of The Guthrie Andronicus, Mother Courage and Her Children, Hamlet, Theater acting ensemble. Julie is a proud recipient of Love’s Labour’s Lost, and The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Peter Crook the Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship. Recently he played Jonah in 63 Trillion with Sandbox Peter Crook Radio and before that, Kemp in Greensward with MAP Theatre. Other credits include Dangerous Liaisons and Flavius The Pitmen Painters with ACT Theatre and Humble Boy Peter appeared in the title role of Julius Caesar last with Seattle Public Theater. He has performed with fall at Seattle Shakespeare Company. He was recently Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Shakespeare Theatre Company in Frozen at ArtsWest. Other favorite Seattle credits in D.C., Book-It Repertory Theatre, Washington Ensemble include: Cabaret (Village Theatre); The Walworth Farce Theatre, Theater Schmeater, GreenStage, Taproot (New Century Theatre Company); The Cider House Rules, Theatre, Harlequin Productions, Theatre Anonymous, parts 1 and 2 (Book-It Repertory Theatre); The Tempest, and Island Stage Left. Jason has a BFA in Acting and The Fever, The Designated Mourner (New City Theater); Directing from UNC Greensboro and an MFA from the BRACE EVANS Medea, Richard II (Seattle Shakespeare Company); Angels Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Academy for Classical in America (Intiman Theatre); The Notebooks of Leonardo Acting at George Washington University. He is fortunate (Seattle Repertory Theatre); and The Wizard of Oz (Seattle enough to be married to the extraordinary Jill Marr. Children’s Theatre). On Broadway and on tour he was Mozart in Amadeus. Television and film credits include Kevin McKeon Designing Women, Chaplin, and Snow Falling on Cedars. Lord, Poet, Senator Peter is a graduate of PCPA and The Juilliard School, and Kevin has appeared in Medea, , , and he is a member of The Seagull Project. A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Seattle Shakespeare BRACE EVANS Company. He has also worked as an actor at Book-It Repertory Theatre, Seattle Public Theater, ArtsWest, Athenian, Lord, Messenger, Sempronius New City Theater, and others around town. He Mary Ewald BRACE is an alum of Garfield High School; the has adapted several literary works for the stage, University of Washington, with degrees in Business including, currently, The Maltese Falcon (with Jane and Drama; and Brooklyn College with an MFA in Jones) at Book-It Repertory Theatre. His adaptation Performing Arts Management. In the summer of ‘16, of David Guterson’s Snow Falling on Cedars has been he completed the summer Shakespeare course at the performed at many theaters around the country, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, and and his adaptation of Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina in ‘15, he completed the Ensemble Training Intensive was commissioned by Portland Center Stage and (ETI) program at Freehold Theatre. These experiences premiered in their 2012 season. He is the author of deepened his knowledge and stoked the fire for the Strutting and Fretting, a novel about the acting game. craft and art of acting. Recent performances include, The Government Inspector with Seattle Shakespeare Peter Dylan O’Connor Jason Marr Company; Welcome to Braggsville at Book-It Repertory Lucullus, Painter, Servant, Philotus Theatre; and Cherdonna’s Doll’s House at Washington Peter is an actor, teacher, choreographer, director, Ensemble Theatre. A favorite performance of BRACE’s scenic designer, technical director, and producer. As an was This Land Is Your Land with choreographer Mark actor, his favorite roles include: Blake in The Walworth Haim. Next up, Bury Me Under I-5 at Theatre Off Jackson, Farce, Joe Mitchell in Waiting for Lefty, Charlie Conlin in written by Scot Auguston. Stones in his Pockets, Randy Rage in PileDriver!, Caliban Mary Ewald in The Tempest, and the one man show Sex, Drugs, Rock&Roll. Peter is a co-founding member of New Timon Century Theatre Company. He is also the Production Mary is a co-founder of New City Theater, where she Director for The 14/48 Projects. Peter is the Scene Shop has been collaborating with John Kazanjian since 1982. Supervisor and the Staff Technical Director at Cornish Kevin McKeon Some favorite roles there include Hamlet in Hamlet, College of the Arts. In his off hours he builds houses in Prospero/Caliban in The Tempest, Fool/Cordelia in King

A-6 SEATTLE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY the Seattle area and looks for the next opportunity to Pakistan and Sana’a, Yemen he developed Radio travel with his lovely and talented wife, Betsy Schwartz. Drama for Social Change with university students. He is currently on faculty at Cornish College of the Arts. Arjun Pande Flaminius, Lord, Lucilius, Servant, Ventidius Alexandra Varriano Previous Seattle Shakespeare Company credits: The Lady, Servilius, Timandra, Servant Government Inspecto;, Pericles (Wooden O); The Taming of Alexandra is overjoyed to be making her professional the Shrew and Romeo and Juliet (statewide tours); Hamlet debut with Seattle Shakespeare Company! She was (Wooden O); The Tempest (statewide tour); and The recently seen in Cornish College of the Arts’ productions Comedy of Errors. Other local credits: Treasure Island and of Baltimore (Fiona), The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Cook), Peter Dylan O’Connor Emma (Book-It Repertory Theatre); The Internet is Serious and the Original Works Festival of 2017. Other credits Business and Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. (Washington include Isa in Sanctuary (Cornish College of the Arts) Ensemble Theatre); and Guards at the Taj (ACTLabs). and Isabella in (Seattle Public Arjun holds a BA in Theater and Performing Arts from Theater). Alexandra is a senior in the Original Works Brown University and his favorite animal is the dragon. program at Cornish and will graduate in the spring. She is grateful for her mentors’ guidance and her family’s P. Cullen Ryan continued love and support. Lord, Messenger, Senator, Servant Patrick is currently finishing his senior year at Cornish Michael Winters College of the Arts in the Original Works department. Apemantus He has recently performed in Peter and the Starcatcher, Michael has appeared with Seattle Shakespeare Arjun Pande the annual Clown Show, the Ten Minute Play Festival, Company as Prospero in The Tempest and as the Earl of Caucasian Chalk Circle, and an upcoming original play Gloucester in King Lear. He has also worked at Seattle written by him, Graveyard Shift, a part of Cornish’s new Repertory Theatre, ACT Theatre, Intiman Theatre, The works festival. He is originally from Minnesota, where 5th Avenue Theatre, and Book-It Repertory Theatre. He he performed in the Children’s Theater Company’s has spent several seasons in the acting company at performances of How the Grinch Stole Christmas and the Oregon as well as appearing Alice in Wonderland. He is very excited to perform in his at theaters in San Francisco, Denver, Los Angeles, first Shakespeare show. He would like to dedicate this Arizona, Chapel Hill, NC, San Jose, and Washington performance to the memory of the dearly departed DC. He was seen in Wrong Mountain on Broadway in Jacquelyn Ryan. 1999. He has a number of television credits, including a recurring role on seven seasons of and P. Cullen Ryan Jason Sanford in the four-feature reboot of that series, available on Lord, Messenger, Prisoner, Servant Netflix. He is the grateful recipient of a Fox Fellowship Jason is so grateful to return to Seattle Shakespeare and was also a Lunt/Fontanne Fellow at the Ten Company, where he was last seen as King Ferdinand in Chimneys Project last summer. the 2013 production of Love’s Labour’s Lost. He considers it the privilege of a lifetime to have played the title role in Hamlet at Island Shakespeare Festival during the summer of 2017. Other credits in Seattle include playing Burton in Burn This (Theatre22), Will in Mothers PRODUCTION and Sons (Arts West), Nelson in Wedding Band (Intiman Theatre), and Orlando in (Wooden O). He Jocelyne Fowler Jason Sanford received his MFA from the University of Washington and Costume Designer is grateful to work with such an outstanding ensemble Jocelyne has designed for Live Girls! (Blood/Water/Paint and creative team. He currently works in the Education and Emerald City), Seattle Shakespeare Company (Mrs. Department at Seattle Repertory Theatre where he Warren’s Profession, ), Taproot Theatre (A oversees the August Wilson Monologue Competition Civil War Christmas), Book-It Repertory Theatre (Treasure for high school students. Island, Emma), Harlequin Productions (, Kerry Skalsky First Date), Tacoma Musical Playhouse (Once Upon a Caphis, Jeweller, Lord, Lucius, Varro Servant, Senator Mattress, The Little Mermaid), Vashon Opera (Lucia di Lammermoor), SecondStory Repertory Theatre (Anne Kerry was Lord Montague/Musician in Seattle of Green Gables), Youth Theatre Northwest, and others. Shakespeare Company’s Romeo and Juliet. He has She is the recipient for the 2016 Gregory Award in Kerry Skalsky worked locally and internationally as an actor, director, Outstanding Costume Design. fight director, and teacher. He is a six-time recipient of State Department Cultural Grants which allowed Maria Gray him to live, work, and travel widely in Europe, South Stage Manager Asia and South and Central America. A founding Maria is delighted to return to Seattle Shakespeare member of North American Theater in Prague, Ardeo Company. This past fall, she enjoyed stage managing Theater Project in France, and Teatro de las Americas I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Book-It Repertory in Colombia, he also founded in Bogotà the first Theatre). Her favorite recent stage management professional stunt group there, Golpe de Gracia, experiences include: Welcome to Braggsville (Book-It and played a principal character on the Colombian Repertory Theatre), Oklahoma! (Charlottesville Opera), dramatic series La Reina de Queens. In Peshawar, Bring Down the House (Seattle Shakespeare Company), Alexandra Varriano

encoremediagroup.com/programs A-7 Medea (Seattle Shakespeare Company), West Side Story Opera, The 5th Avenue Theatre, Pacific Northwest Ballet, (STONC), Master Class (Shakespeare & Company), and The and many others. He has worked as a Technical Director Little Prince (Bristol Riverside Theatre). In addition, she was for Washington Ensemble Theatre, The Satori Group, Head of Props on Jesus Christ Superstar (2017 National and the Okoboji Summer Theatre. He received his BA in Tour), Million Dollar Quartet (2016 National Tour), Memphis Drama from the University of Washington and is also a (2015 National Tour), and Hair (2014 National Tour). In Journeyman with IATSE Local #15. addition to stage managing, Maria also works as an electrician, props mistress, and general stagehand. Maria Lindsay Smith is married to the lovely Nathan. Lighting Designer Michael Winters Lindsay was the lighting and sound designer for New Shawn Ketchum Johnson City Theater for many years. Designs included: The Unseen Set Designer Hand, The Ghost Sonata, Far Away, The Designated Mourner, Shawn is a Seattle-based theater maker. His expertise in Happy Days, The Homebody, Mud, and Hamlet. He has also site-specific and devised performance keep him linked to designed lights for among others: New Century Theater, innovative, socially-engaged ensembles in Chicago and Seattle Public Theater, Printer’s Devil Theater, Annex throughout the country. Recent local projects include Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, and Civic Light Opera. the workshop premiere of Time to Tell, an original performance piece presented at Lee Center for the Arts. Nina Trotto Recent local scenic designs include the world premiere Assistant Stage Manager With Seattle Shakespeare Company: Medea (Stage Actors’ Equity Association of Daisy at ACT Theatre (Gregory Award), Ghosts at (AEA), founded in 1913, ArtsWest (Gregory nominated), and Bring Down the Manager), King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing, represents more than House at Seattle Shakespeare Company. Upcoming (Assistant Stage Manager), The Winter’s 45-thousand actors and projects include Material Deviance in Contemporary Tale (Production Assistant). Broadway: M. Butterfly stage managers in the American Culture at On the Boards. An alumnus of (Production Assistant). With Ibex Puppetry: Crane: United States. Equity seeks to on earth, in sky (Production Stage Manager). With advance, promote and foster Northwestern University, Johnson holds the Scenic the art of live theatre as an Design faculty position at Seattle University. Seattle Children’s Theatre: The Garden of Rikki Tikki essential component of our Tavi; Pinocchio; and Danny, King of the Basement society. Equity negotiates John Kazanjian (Production Assistant). With Book-It Repertory wages and working Director Theater: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including This is John’s first production with Seattle Shakespeare Prairie Nocturne (Assistant Stage Manager). Nina was health and pension plans. Company. He is the co-founder and was Artistic also the Schedule and Production Manager for the AEA is a member of the AFL- Director of New City Theater (1982–2016). Locally, John Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, CT. CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, has directed for New Century Theatre Company, ACT an international organization Theatre, On the Boards, Group Theatre, The Empty Robertson Witmer of performing arts unions. Sound Designer The Equity emblem is our Space Theatre, Tacoma Actors Guild, Seattle University, mark of excellence. and Seattle Waldorf School. Regionally, he has directed Rob’s recent work with Seattle Shakespeare Company www.actorsequity.org at Direct Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival and includes Julius Caesar, Bring Down the House, and Berkeley Repertory Theatre. John received a BA in Mother Courage and Her Children. Other recent projects English from New York University and MA in Theater, include The Cherry Orchard (ACT Theatre); Lydia Stage Direction, from University of California, Santa (Strawberry Theater Workshop); Into the West (Tantrum Barbara. He has taught at Cornish College of the Arts. Theater). His onstage appearances include Go, Dog. Mary Ewald and John have been artistic colleagues for Go! (Seattle Children’s Theatre); Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric 37 years and are the parents of two daughters, Elena Play (ACT Theatre); A Doctor in Spite of Himself (Intiman (25) and Anya Rose (21). Theatre, Yale Rep); and Fiddler on the Roof (ATC Theatre, Village Theatre). His designs have also been heard Robin Macartney at Teatro ZinZanni, Seattle Repertory Theatre, and Properties Designer Spectrum Dance Theater. He is a member of United Robin always loves working with Seattle Shakespeare Scenic Artists, Local USA 829. Company. Professional credits include technical work with Café Nordo, Youth Theatre Northwest, New Century Theatre Co., Book-It Repertory Theatre, Theatre22, Annex Theatre, Bainbridge Center for the Performing Arts, Live Girls! Theater, Pork Filled Productions, and eSe Teatro. She is the scene shop supervisor at the University of Puget Sound as well as front of house manager/resident set designer at the Theatre Off-Jackson. Benjamin Radin Technical Director Ben is the Technical Director for Book-It Repertory Theatre and is ecstatic to again be partnering with Seattle Shakespeare Company to produce scenery for their season. Prior to joining Book-It, he worked as a Scenic Carpenter at Seattle Repertory Theatre for five seasons and before that built scenery for ACT Theatre, Seattle

A-8 SEATTLE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY NEXT ON STAGE MAR 20–APR 15 Center Theatre in The Armory at the Seattle Center

By William Shakespeare | Directed by Desdemona Chiang

WHAT IT’S ABOUT Tim Gouran Jason Sanford Kings of Commerce. The wealthy Mother Courage and As You Like It (Wooden heiress Portia is forced to challenge Her Children, Measure O), Henry V (Wooden for Measure, Much Ado O), Love’s Labour’s Lost her suitors for her hand in marriage. About Nothing In order to woo her, Bassanio borrows funds from his friend Antonio. All Darragh Kennan Jennifer Lee Taylor would be fine except Antonio has The Winter’s Tale, Much Ado About taken out a loan from the moneylender , Waiting for Nothing, Pygmalion, Shylock on the assurance that his ships Godot Cymbeline will make it back to the city. They don’t, and Shylock demands repayment with Carter Rodriquez Amy Thone a pound of Antonio’s flesh. Measure for Measure, The Winter’s Tale, King Macbeth (Wooden O), Lear, The Tempest WHO YOU’VE SEEN Twelfth Night Trick Danneker Mother Courage and Her Children, Othello, Pygmalion GET TICKETS seattleshakespeare.org Touring with Seattle Shakespeare Over the last decade, our spring educational tour has steadily blossomed into Seattle Shakespeare Company’s largest audience — crisscrossing the state to serve 16,000 Washington residents each year.

While our reach has grown, these 90-minute productions remain nimble. Six cast members pack themselves, costumes, sets, and props into our company van and travel across Washington to perform on gymnasium floors, in community Familiar Faces theaters, and everywhere in between. You may recognize some of the You can be part of our largest audience actors on this page from our by catching this one-night-only mainstage and summer Wooden O public performance of our bilingual shows. There are even two veterans Twelfth Night, at the Center Theatre on of the tour in Timon of Athens! Wednesday, April 4 at 7:30pm! Jason Sanford (2014) and Arjun Pande (2016) have both taken Shakespeare on the road as part of our tour. $10 for students | $20 for adults seattleshakespeare.org

2008, Romeo and Juliet. 2009, Othello. 2010, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 2011 & 2012, Romeo and Juliet. 2013, Julius Caesar. 2014, Othello. 2015 & 2016, Romeo and Juliet. 2017, .

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Audition, rehearse, and perform your own classic play. Anastasia Higham (Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest) directs a seven-week process that culminates in two performances on the Center Forging Friendships Onstage Theatre stage. Theatre is a collaborative craft. So when young artists participate in our after-school Ages: 11-17 Tuition: $375 Short Shakes productions or summer Camp Bill, they are learning from professional Enrollment Deadline: Jan. 29 artists whose work you see as an audience member. Rehearsal schedule: During “Player’s Feast” potlucks, Short Feb. 11–Apr. 1 Sun/Mon/Weds from 6:00-8:30pm Shakes and mainstage casts sit down Feb. 18-24 will be OFF for mid-winter together and talk about their craft. Violet, break. Rehearsals will resume Feb. 25. a Short Shakes participant, still treasures a Player’s Feast meal shared with actress Performances: Julie Briskman, “We sat together for the Mon, Apr. 2 7:00 pm whole Player’s Feast and just talked Tues, Apr. 3 at 7:00 pm about Twelfth Night and Maria and —–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– what I was going to wear and what it’s Violet and Julie Briskman as Maria in Twelfth Night like to play that part.” SUMMER While Short Shakes participants get Blood artisan Julia Griffin teaches the cast of to perform on the same stage as their Camp Bill’s Julius Caesar to make and perform CAMP BILL professional counterparts, the cast with stage blood. PRODUCTION INTENSIVE of our summer Production Intensive The Merry Wives of Windsor camp go a step further and build the set they will perform on. July 9–29, 2018 For students entering grades 6–10 In the collaborative process of making COMEDY AND COMBAT theatre, the young artists in Short Shakes and Camp Bill find a safe space where July 16–20, 2018 they can explore, share, and forge For students entering grades 5–8 lasting friendships. The skills gained in AUDITION PREP CAMP these programs extend far beyond the Production Intensive campers paint their set for . July 30-August 3, 2018 stage, as a recent participant reflected, For students entering grades 9–12 “My experience with Camp Bill set me on the way to becoming TEEN PRODUCTION comfortable with myself and my INTENSIVE abilities in new situations.” King Lear August 6–26, 2018 For students entering grades 9–12 ENROLL TODAY! seattleshakespeare.org You’re invited . . .

SUNDAY ∙ APRIL 22, 2018 ∙ 5:30 PM Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center

Celebrate the artists, words, and theatre you love at Seattle Shakespeare with all your fellow Shakespeare lovers. You’ll have a bash at the liveliest auction in town!

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The Swans of Avon Members of the Swans of Avon have graciously INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTERS bequeathed gifts to Seattle Shakespeare Company through estate planned giving, ensuring that their $10,000 and up Robert H. Green Lynne Graybeal and Scott Harron passion for the works of Shakespeare will live on David Allais Mark and Michelle Hamburg Bert and Bob Greenwood and inspire future generations. Warren and Anne Anderson Edwin and Noriyo Hawxhurst James Halliday and Tyson Greer Jane and Robert Doggett Lucy Helm Harold and Mary Frances Hill Angelique Leone and Ken and Karen Jones Dan Drais and Jane Mills Sarah and Bob Alsdorf Sandra Perkins Emily Evans and Kevin Wilson Ronald Fronheiser Steve and Carole Kelley and Jeffrey Ochsner William H Gates III Phillip S. and Carol Miller Peter and Kelly Maunsell John A. 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encoremediagroup.com/programs A-15 BOARD OF DIRECTORS LEADERSHIP CONTACT US Ticket office: (206) 733-8222 Board Officers John Bradshaw Administrative offices: (206) 733-8228 Jeannie Buckley Blank, President Managing Director Fax: (206) 733-8202 Dr. Madhu Rao, Vice President Now in his fifteenth season with Seattle Patrick O’Kelley, Vice President Shakespeare Company, John is a graduate of Seattle Shakespeare David C. Allais, Treasurer the University of Washington and has spent PO Box 19595 Phillip S. Miller, Secretary nearly his entire career as part of the Seattle Seattle, WA 98109 Susan Petitpas, Immediate Past President theatre community. At Seattle Shakespeare, he Ticket Office Hours Board Members has overseen the growth of the company from Tuesday–Friday: 12–5 pm Sarah Alsdorf a budget of $398,000 to $2 million during his Marisa Bocci tenure and from serving 16,000 people a year seattleshakespeare.org Lynne Graybeal to 54,000; balanced the budget for 13 of 14 Robert H. Green seasons; and helped lead a merger with Wooden David Haggerty O, an award-winning, free, outdoor Shakespeare Steve Kelley theatre (founded by George Mount). Prior to STAFF Laura Larson joining Seattle Shakespeare Company, he was Leadership Angelique Leone Managing Director at The Empty Space Theatre John Bradshaw, Managing Director Amy Levenson and Director of Endowment and Planned George Mount, Artistic Director Dr. Douglas McKenna Giving at Seattle Repertory Theatre. John Artistic Michele Peltonen served as General Manager and Development Amy Thone, Casting Director Renee Roub Director during construction and initial Sheila Daniels, Associate Artist Jain Rutherford operations at Kirkland Performance Center. At Zoe Shields, Casting Associate Suzanne Skinner Seattle Children’s Theatre, he was part of the Laura Stusser-McNeil development staff during the capital campaign Box Office Tom Sunderland to build the Charlotte Martin Theatre. John is Lorri McGinnis, Box Office Manager Jay Weinland Treasurer of the board of directors for TeenTix. Sasha Bailey, Box Office Associate Jeanne C. Wintz, Ph.D. He has served on the boards of Theatre Puget Ariana Chriest, Box Office Associate Jolene Zimmerman Sound, Book-It Repertory Theatre and the Jordan Lusink, Box Office Associate Advisory Board Washington State Arts Alliance/Foundation as Hannah Mootz, Box Office Associate well as for the Visiting Committee for the School Kenneth Alhadeff Thalia Shelver, Box Office Associate of Drama at the University of Washington. He is John Bodoia Rachel Warshaw, Box Office Associate the recipient of the 2012 Melissa Hines Award for Paula Butzi Outstanding Theatre Practitioner. Communications Mary E. Dickinson, CPA Jeff Fickes, Communications Director Dan Drais George Mount Thea Roe, Graphic Designer Emily Evans Artistic Director Katt Akin, Communications Intern Barbara Fielden For Seattle Shakespeare Company, George Development Slade Gorton has recently appeared in Much Ado About Annie Lareau, Institutional Funding Manager Maria Mackey Gunn Nothing (Wooden O), A Midsummer Night’s Heidi McElrath, Development Manager Ellen Hill Dream, The Winter’s Tale, Romeo and Juliet, Ariana Chriest, Development Assistant John Hill and Titus Andronicus. Recent direction Stellman Keehnel credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Education Sarah Merner Michelle Burce, Education Director Hamlet (Wooden O), and Henry IV Part I Jane Mills (Wooden O). George is the founding Artistic Casey Brown, Touring Program Manager Meg Pageler Mourning Zandi Carlson, Education Coordinator Director of Wooden O, where he has played Mary Pigott , Iago, Richard III, Shylock, Hamlet, Front of House Nicole Dacquisto Rothrock Cassius, Benedick, Caliban, Romeo, and Sasha Bailey, Lead House Manager James F. Tune and directed many productions. Operations Pat Walker Other credits include work at ACT Theatre, Steven Wells Victoria Watt Warshaw, Bookkeeper and Book-It Repertory Theatre, Seattle Public Office Manager Theater, SecondStory Repertory Theatre, Production and Village Theatre. Louise Butler, Production Manager Jocelyne Fowler, Costume Shop Manager FACILITIES PARTNERS Meghan Roche, Associate Technical Director

A-16 SEATTLE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY Greg Socha, a 30-year-old marketing manager, told me. “There’s too much going on in Seattle in the summer and I like the outdoors too much. But once the sun starts going down earlier and it's raining, spending time inside getting some culture gets more appealing.”

Greg has fond childhood memories of his parents taking him and his brother to see local theatre in Connecticut, but here in Seattle, he’s the latest recruit to new-to-theatre-going group. This September’s Public Works performance of The Odyssey at Seattle Rep was the first time he joined us, but he hasn’t been available to go to another performance with us since. I asked why he doesn’t see theatre on his own. “I would feel super self-conscious seeing a play by myself,” he said. “Most people are there with somebody, and it's not like you can third wheel a conversation with some strangers.”

Of course, for many people, seeing a play with a group of friends is more appealing than going alone. Talking with Greg made me wonder if there EAPOUR 1_3 S BUILDING template.indd 1 IS CLOSED FOR RENOVATION, 2/28/17 11:05 AM are opportunities for theatres to help BUT OUR PROGRAMS ARE MORE OPEN THAN EVER. create those groups, or to encourage groups of friends to buy tickets together. For new theatre-goers especially, seeing a play alone may be uncomfortable simply because they don’t want to go alone.

Over the last two years, I’ve taken folks to see shows at ACT, Forward Flux, SUMMIT IN SEATTLE the Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle Vijay Iyer and friends (3/2) DANIEL ELLSBERG join forces for great jazz. The famed whistleblower (1/9) exposes Rep, the Seattle Fringe Festival, and our dangerous nuclear arms buildup. INTIMAN. We’ve expanded our artistic diet, too, taking in the Burke Museum, the Henry Art Gallery, and the Seattle ROOMFUL OF TEETH Art Museum. I’m on a quest to Avant-garde acapella masters (3/9) JOHN GRADE raise their voices. Seattle’s monumental sculptor (2/28) introduce everyone to their favorite art remakes nature. form— it’s The Dating Game featuring DAPPER AF A queer fashion show (2/23) and every arts organization in Seattle. And conversation about style and identity. I’m rooting for everyone to be a winner.

A generation ago, these same young 2017-18 WINTER TICKETS ON SALE NOW! JOIN US IN A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR YOU. professionals might be well on their TOWNHALLSEATTLE.ORG way to becoming arts board members

encoremediagroup.com/programs 7 and donors. Today, I’m hard pressed to find performing arts organizations that are targeting millennials, grooming them for their board. Pacific Northwest Ballet is the only organization in town that has a dedicated track toward Board of Trustees membership. Young Patrons Circle has its own Board of Directors, giving ballet fans an introduction to non-profit boards.

My group of theatre-goers is just starting to learn about sponsoring artists, non-profit boards, and donations to organizations. But no one is reaching out to these young professionals—many of them recent MBA graduates with lucrative post- grad school jobs—to involve them in the vitality of theatre. They’re learning about it by flipping through the programs they’re handed as they enter the theatre.

My chaperonage isn’t single-handedly changing the demographics of Seattle audiences, but it’s a step towards a younger, more engaged audience. Halfway through my third season organizing these outings, I wonder what audiences would look like if other regular audience members took it upon themselves to invite their theatre-estranged friends to the great performances Seattle offers. Theatre marketing and engagement departments have persued all kinds of programs and initiatives to attract new audiences, especially younger new audiences, with varying degrees of success. Increasingly, I’m thinking that those of us who already love the theatre have a role to play in bringing new faces to the audience, too.<

Danielle Mohlman is a nationally produced feminist playwright based in Seattle. Her play Nexus is among the 2015 Honorable Mentions on The Kilroys list. She is an alumnus of the inaugural class of Playwrights’ Arena at Arena Stage.

8 ENCORE STAGES Seattle Theatre Group and Starbucks are committed to young artists. That’s why we’ve partnered for more than a decade.

For upcoming young musicians, finding Starbucks has been a strong supporter of welcoming venues to hone their skills is often STG since 2003 and the presenting sponsor a daunting task. of its community programs, including More Music @ the Moore. Together, Starbucks In 2015, Starbucks and the Seattle Theatre and STG are building on a long-standing Group (STG) decided to put the spotlight on partnership to connect more of our city’s emerging talent with a series called Up Next: youth to exciting new opportunities. Live Music from Rising Stars. Twice a year, in April and September, musicians from STG’s In addition to championing local youth More Music @ The Moore are invited to select programs through STG, over the past 43 Seattle Starbucks stores to perform live. years Starbucks has helped celebrate and Performing in the Up Next series gives them support many other hometown traditions a chance to showcase their original works to including Starbucks Annual Hot Java Cool a new audience and the community gets to Jazz at the Paramount, Seattle International hear the latest from our areas rising stars Film Festival (SIFF), Little Big Show and Upstream. For more information visit www. Since then, more than 25 young musicians starbucks.com/seattle. have had the opportunity to play their music live in Starbucks stores around the Seattle area.

STG + Starbucks, giving young artists a stage to shine for fourteen years and counting.

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SassyBlack SassyBlack self-identifies as a psychedelic songstress, and that description couldn’t be more apt. She’s an energetic and hypnotic performer who forms community with her audiences. SassyBlack has called Seattle home for the last twenty years and says that she’s learning more about the city every single day. We had the pleasure of speaking with SassyBlack about her writing process, social media’s impact on her career, and how Seattle permeates her music. SassyBlack. Photo courtesy of the artist.

There’s a deep love for Seattle that capturing the moment rather than living feeling. Sometimes I just want to make pulses through your work. How does in the moment. If you’re concerned with a beat, so I make a move on a beat. Seattle influence you — and how do you sharing with folks that you were doing or Sometimes I just want to sing a song, so influence Seattle? seeing something – which is valid – I see I let it flow free. It’s easy when it comes, Seattle is the only true home I’ve ever an opportunity there. Let’s engage with but can be hard to complete. That’s when known outside of Hawaii. They’re one another through this experience. it gets tough. I find it makes people feel even more similar in many ways, but also extremely Tell me about your favorite song — different. I love to go on long walks and involved in the show, because now I’m interacting with them in their own your own or someone else’s. Why do let myself feel nature – wind, sunshine, you love it? rain, falling leaves. It’s such a healing personal sphere. There are so many ways feeling. That energy moves through me to approach social media and I try to use Favorite questions hard as heck to and motivates my mindset, which in it to my advantage. answer because I am always changing, turn motivates my music. Seattle is a so my favorite anything is also always You’re a performing powerhouse. What changing. Right now, I really like quirky town blossoming into a city that’s has been your favorite concert so far? constantly moving forward. “Blow” by Beyoncé. That song is killer. If we are speaking about my favorite Timberlake, Timbaland, J-Roc, Pharrell It’s hard to put a finger on how I show that I have performed, I would & Bey – what a dream team! The tune influence Seattle. In terms of musical say, at this very moment, it would has bounce, soul, groove, disco vibes, infrastructure, I sit on many boards be when I opened for Bilal at Nectar just everything. I hope I can write and trying to figure out how to support artists Lounge. That’s at least my most recent produce a track like that someday. through work with nonprofits. In terms favorite gig. The audience was so open of live shows, I have attended a large and excited and loving and receptive. Do you have any plugs? How can folks share of shows and venues in Seattle As for shows outside of myself, it’s very find more about you and your work? over my twenty years to get a sense of difficult. I have attended a lot of beautiful My album New Black Swing came out the music scene. In terms of sound, I’ve amazing shows. I’ve seen Erykah Badu June 23rd on Space Theory Records, collaborated with and worked with a lot countless times, Earth, Wind & Fire, which is my label, and it’s available of local artists and have been on the most Herbie Hancock, Beyoncé, and so many online at sassyblack.bandcamp.com. well-known local label, Sub Pop. others. All those shows and my shows Folks can also order physical goods from exist in their special place and time and the website too. < DANIELLE MOHLMAN At your concerts, you encourage your choosing favorites depends on my mood. audience to film and take photos of you, as long as they tag you on Twitter and You write your own beats and lyrics. Instagram. Tell me more about that. How What is your creative process like? What do you market yourself in a social media comes first: music or lyrics? world? Everything seems to come at the same The world we live in today is full of people time, but it does depend on what I’m

10 ENCORE STAGES Intermission Brain Transmission Are you waiting for the curtain to rise? Or, perhaps, you’ve just returned to your seat before the second act and have a few minutes to spare? Treat your brain to this scintillating trivia quiz!

Email us the answer to the last question and have a chance to win tickets to a show!

1) Timon of Athens plays this season at Seattle Shakespeare Company. Match these other Shakespearean T-named characters with the play in which each is featured:

Taurus Merchant of Venice Thersites Taming of the Shrew Tranio Tubal

2) Itzhak Perlman, a world-famous violinist, is performing at Meany Center. He plays one of the 244 Stradivarius violins. Which one?

a) Soil c) Mercur-Avery b) Ex-Leopold Auer d) Gould

3) Taproot Theatre’s production of Camping with Henry and Tom features an infamously unethical U.S. president, Warren G. Harding. Which corruption scandal tarnished his administration?

a) Operation Plunder Dome c) Oregon Land Fraud b) Marion Zioncheck’s Scandal defenestration d) Teapot Dome Oil Bribery Cartoon featuring Warren G. Harding by Rollin Kirby, c. 1920. Kirby later won the Pulitzer Prize. 4) Seattle Repertory Theatre premieres Ibsen in Chicago, a comedy 6) Appearing at Meany Center is the Danish about a production of a play by 19th century Norwegian playwright String Quartet, a group which premiered in Ibsen. What was Ibsen’s first name? Copenhagen in 2002. Which of the following is a) Henrik c) Sigurd not a Danish city? b) Henning d) Knude a) Aalborg c) Horsens b) Malmö d) Roskilde 5) The Maltese Falcon, playing at Book-It Repertory, is based on the book by Dashiell Hammet. In the book, everyone is after the titular Maltese Falcon, which is what? Bonus Question a) A taxidermied reliquary of Greek origin What was the last arts performance you attended that b) A mysterious mercenary pilot you liked best and why? c) A majestically bejeweled bird statue Email your response to [email protected] with "Trivia

d) The secret last living scion of the Medici line Quiz" in the subject line.

, a work of fiction, they created a fancy bird statue with the gold they plundered or were paid for their efforts. 6) b. – Malmö is the third largest city in Sweden, not Denmark. not Sweden, in city largest third the is Malmö – b. 6) efforts. their for paid were or plundered they gold the with statue bird fancy a created they fiction, of work a , Maltese Falcon Maltese

Ibsen, and the father of Prime Minister Sigurd Ibsen. 5) c. – In the 11th century the Knights of Malta established a hospital in Jerusalem to care for pilgrims of any religious faith or race. In race. or faith religious any of pilgrims for care to Jerusalem in hospital a established Malta of the Knights century 11th the In – c. 5) Ibsen. Sigurd Minister Prime of father the and Ibsen, The The

Fall accepted bribes to lease out at low rates. He became the first Cabinet member to go to prison for crimes committed while in office. 4) a. – Playwright Henrik Ibsen was the son of Knude Knude of son the was Ibsen Henrik Playwright – a. 4) office. in while committed crimes for prison to go to member Cabinet first the became He rates. low at out lease to bribes accepted Fall

Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona in 1714. Perlman has owned it since 1986. 3) d.– Teapot Dome in Wyoming held oil reserves for which then-secretary of the interior Albert Bacon Bacon Albert interior the of then-secretary which for reserves oil held Wyoming in Dome Teapot d.– 3) 1986. since it owned has Perlman 1714. in Stradivari of Cremona Italian luthier Antonio

ANSWERS: ANSWERS: . 2) a.– Soil Stradivarius was made by by was made Stradivarius Soil a.– 2) . in is Tubal ; in is Tranio ; in is Thersites ; in is Taurus 1) Merchant of Venice of Merchant Shrew the of Taming Cressida and Troilus Cleopatra and Antony

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