JANUARY 2018

Ghost Quartet January 19 - 28 at Erickson Theatre Off Broadway Antonio Sanchez - Birdman Live February 3 at The Neptune Mark Morris Dance Group - Sgt. Pepper at 50: Pepperland February 16-18 at The Moore Miles Electric Band February 23 at The Moore More Music @ The Moore March 16 at The Moore Manual Cinema - Ada/Ava March 20 at The Moore Kidd Pivot and Electric Company Theatre - Betroffenheit March 23 & 24 at The Moore January 2018 INTERNATIONAL Volume 14, No. 4 GUITAR NIGHT Wednesday, Jan. 24 7:30 pm | $19–$44 IGN brings together the world’s foremost guitarists for a special evening of solos, Paul Heppner duets, and quartets. The tour’s ECA Publisher WINTER 2018 engagement will feature Lulo Reinhardt, Sara Keats Calum Graham, Marek Pasieczny, and Encore Stages Editor Michael Chapdelaine. Susan Peterson HARLEM QUARTET & Design & Production Director Contents ALDO LÓPEZ-GAVILÁN Ana Alvira, Robin Kessler, Feature Thursday, Mar. 8 Stevie VanBronkhorst 7:30 pm | $19–$49 Production Artists and Graphic Design 3 Danielle Mohlman reflects Cuban piano prodigy Aldo Mike Hathaway López-Gavilán joins the on her one-woman Sales Director Harlem Quartet in this dynamic cross-cultural program to bring millennial collaboration. The program will consist of Brieanna Bright, Joey Chapman, audiences to the theater in Latin jazz and classical repertoire, as well as Ann Manning original compositions by Mr. López-Gavilán. Area Account Executives the age of Netflix. THE MYSTICAL Amelia Heppner, Marilyn Kallins, Terri Reed Dialogue ARTS OF TIBET San Francisco/Bay Area Account Executives Thursday, May 11 Carol Yip 10 SassyBlack on place, 7:30 pm | $15–$44 Sales Coordinator communication, As part of a 5-day ECA and creativity. residency that includes the creation of a Mandala Sand Painting, the Tibetan monks of Drepung Intermission Brain Transmission Loseling Monastery will give a performance combining multi-phonic chanting, music and 11 Test yourself with our dance into an unforgettable experience. Leah Baltus trivia quiz! ec4arts.org Editor-in-Chief 425.275.9595 Andy Fife Encore Stages is an Encore Arts Publisher 410FOURTHAVE.N. Program that features stories about EDMONDSWA98020 Dan Paulus our local arts community side-by-side Art Director with information about performances. Gemma Wilson, Jonathan Zwickel Encore Arts Programs are publications Senior Editors of Encore Media Group. We also publish Amanda Manitach City Arts, a monthly arts & culture Visual Arts Editor magazine, and specialty publications, Business, including the Offical Seattle Pride Guide and the SIFF Guide and Catalog. Learn more at encoremediagroup.com meet box Paul Heppner Encore Stages features the President following organizations: Mike Hathaway office. Vice President Genay Genereux Accounting & Office Manager Sara Keats Encore connects Marketing Manager your business Shaun Swick Senior Designer & Digital Lead to arts patrons Barry Johnson wherever they are. Digital Engagement Specialist Ciara Caya Customer Service Representative & Administrative Assistant

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

For playwright Danielle One by one, my friends 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 the theatre—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 ’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 WELCOMEFrom Seattle Theatre Group, a non-profit arts organization

Welcome! As we begin 2018, there is a feeling in the air of a new energy, a fresh start. A popular adage for a new year is “out with the old, in with the new,” But at STG, we believe in honoring and preserving the old, while continuing to innovate and move ever forward. The artists featured in this program are no different — they are all masters of their craft who honor the traditions that define their mediums, while also tirelessly innovating — layering new techniques and languages, remixing and re-examining the past and always pushing towards a better future.

Ghost Quartet blurs the boundaries between musical theater, a rock concert, and literature, with diverse influences including Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” and the classic Nintendo game “Castlevania.”

Birdman Live, by Antonio Sanchez, merges film, live jazz improvisation, and music composition, bringing the unprecedented drum-kit score of this Oscar-winning film to life at the Neptune Theatre – itself a former classic movie house.

Mark Morris Dance Group and Music Ensemble celebrates the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in Pepperland, reinventing the familiar tunes through original arrangements and unexpected instruments, all performed with the colorful gorgeousness that Seattle native Mark Morris is known for.

Miles Davis was a true innovator — always changing and never looking back. He set new standards in music and style only to abandon them and continue growing, which was best exemplified in his electric period. The Miles Electric Band embodies the work of this legendary musician to shows us just how fresh and iconoclastic the music still is today.

Music thrives because masters are constantly passing on knowledge to young artists, who sometimes blow their teachers away with new sounds and styles that emerge from the energy and curiosity of the next generation. Through More Music @ the Moore, STG supports this legacy by pairing local rising talent with music industry professionals. This year, the great Robert Glasper returns to work with Seattle’s promising young artists.

Manual Cinema is the ultimate example of past conventions and styles being interwoven with inventive techniques. They create stories that are as timeless and human as a classic novel by blending cinema, shadow-puppetry, actors, live music, sound-design, and more. The result is incredibly elegant and sophisticated with a DIY aesthetic.

Finally, Kidd Pivot and Electric Company Theatre, led by Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young, meld contemporary dance and theatrical storytelling to create a powerful and thrilling work.

As we begin a new year, we are grateful for our lasting relationships with patrons, artists, and partners in our historic theatres and are thrilled to have you with us as we continue to explore the endless possibilities for innovation and collaboration in art.

Jack McLarnan Manager of Fine Arts Programs

encoremediagroup.com/programs A-1 ERICKSON THEATRE OFF BROADWAY Ghost Quartet JANUARY 19 – 28

Ghost Quartet Music, Lyrics, and Text by Dave Malloy except “The Wind & Rain” (trad.) and portions of “Usher, Parts 1-3,” text by Edgar Allan Poe

Developed and Arranged by Ghost Quartet: Brent Arnold (vocals, cello, guitar, erhu, dulcimer, percussion) Brittain Ashford (vocals, autoharp, keyboard, percussion) (vocals, metallophone, Celtic harp, accordion, percussion) Dave Malloy (vocals, piano, keyboard, ukulele, percussion)

Directed by Annie Tippe Production & Lighting Design by Christopher Bowser Dramaturgy by James Monaco

Ghost Quartet is indebted to numerous sources of inspiration, including Arabian Nights, Matsukaze (a Japanese Noh drama), Grimms’ Fairy Tales, Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher,” Jame’s Joyce’s Ulysses, Rosemary Timperley’s “Harry,” Thelonious Monk’s “Ruby My Dear,” “Epistrophy,” and “’Round Midnight,” The Twilight Zone (particularly “The After Hours” and “In His Image”), 2001: A Space Odyssey, ’s Ziggy Stardust, ’s Into the Woods, Cosmos (both the Sagan and Tyson versions), Stephen King’s Dark Tower series, The Legend of Zelda and Castlevania, Neil Gaiman’s Sandman, Bill Willingham’s Fables, Ken Wilbur’s A Brief History of Everything, Tina Satter’s Seagull (Thinking of You), Frozen, and R. Umar Abbasi’s NY Post photo. “The Wind & Rain” is an English murder ballad, dating back to at least the 17th century; it GHOST QUARTET is presented here with some textual alterations. Ghost Quartet was developed with support from The Ground Floor at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley, CA, and The Bushwick Starr. A ABOUT LOVE, DEATH, AND WHISKEY. Album available at bandcamp.com Dave Malloy (composer/writer, vocals, piano, keyboards, ukulele, Side One Side Three percussion) is a composer/writer/performer/sound designer. His 1. I Don’t Know 1. Lights Out shows include Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812; ; 2. The Camera Shop 2. The Photograph Black Wizard/Blue Wizard; Three Pianos; All Hands; Beardo; Beowulf 3. Starchild 3. Bad Men - A Thousand Yearsof Baggage; The Sewers; Sandwich; Clown Bible; 4. Subway 4. Usher, Part 3 and (The 99-cent) Miss Saigon. He is the winner of two Obie Awards, 5. Usher, Part 1 5. Prayer a Theater World Award, the Award, an ASCAP New 6. Soldier & Rose Horizons Award, and a Grant. Future projects include 7. Any Kind of Dead Person Side Four adaptations of Moby-Dick and Shakespeare’s Henriad. He lives in 1. Hero Brooklyn. www.davemalloy.com Side Two 2. Midnight 1. The Astronomer 3. The Wind & Rain Brittain Ashford (vocals, autoharp, keyboard, percussion) is a multi- 2. Family Meeting instrumentalist, vocalist, performer, and songwriter. She fronts the 3. Four Friends band Prairie Empire, co-created the BCAT & CTOWN Variety Show, 4. Fathers & Sons and can be found performing in the various basements and bars of 5. Usher, Part 2 New York. She was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for her role 6. The Telescope as Sonya in Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, a role she 7. Tango Dancer originated at Ars Nova and reprised on Broadway in 2016. 8. Monk www.prairieempire.org

Gelsey Bell (vocals, Celtic harp, metallophone, accordion, percussion) is a New-York-based singer, songwriter, and scholar. She has released multiple albums and her work has been presented internationally. She is a core member of thingNY and Varispeed, and originated the role

A-2 SEATTLE THEATRE GROUP THE NEPTUNE Antonio Sanchez – BiRDMAN LiVE FEBURARY 3 of Princess Mary for Dave Malloy’s Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (from Ars Nova to Broadway). She was awarded a 2017 Foundation for Contemporary Arts music/ sound grant and she has a PhD from NYU in Performance Studies. www.gelseybell.com

Brent Arnold (vocals, cello, guitar, dulcimer, erhu, percussion) is a cellist and composer. His albums of original music include Night, Exquisite and An Albatross And A Half. He composed the cello music for Louis C.K.’s TV show Louie, and has worked with The Antlers, Filastine, Reggie Watts, Baby Copperhead, , Prairie Empire, DJ/Rupture, Lullabies for Falling Empires, Modest Mouse, and Jherek Bischoff, among many others. Brent studied with cellist Walter Gray of the and jazz violinist Michael White. www.brentarnoldmusic.com

Annie Tippe (director) Directing includes Ghost Quartet; Bess Wohl’s Continuity (The Goodman Theatre); When The Tanks Break (Drama League); Washeteria (Soho Rep); Aaron/Marie (w. , Incoming! @ UTR) + Cowboy Bob (Yale Institute for Music Theatre; Ars Nova). Associate Director: Present Laughter (dir. ANTONIO SANCHEZ Moritz von Stuelpnagel), the TEAM’S touring productions of Mission Drift and RoosevElvis BiRDMAN LiVE (dir. Rachel Chavkin), and Gabriel Kahane’s The Ambassador (dir. John Tiffany). Ars FILM + LIVE DRUM SCORE Nova’s 2016 Director-in-Residence, Drama League Fall Directing Fellow, WTF Directing Corps, New Georges Audrey Resident. Experience the explosive Oscar winning FiLM accompanied LiVE by composer Antonio www.annietippe.com Sanchez and his Grammy Award winning score that provides the heartbeat of the film.

Christopher Bowser (production/lighting The visually stunning 2015 Oscar winner for Best Picture by maverick director Alejandro designer) is a production designer based in Iñárritu stars Michael Keaton as a washed-up action star trying to reinvent his career as a Brooklyn. He is a member of Pipeline Theatre credible actor and director on the Broadway stage. For this special performance, the film Company (The Gray Man and upcoming Folk will be accompanied live by renowned jazz drummer Antonio Sanchez, recreating his Wandering) and lighting designer for Cesar explosive, Grammy winning score that provides the heartbeat of the film. Alvarez’s Noise and Elementary Spacetime With a supporting cast that includes Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, Zach Galifianakis and Show. Scenic and lighting designs seen at Emma Stone, Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) is a kinetic film experience Abrons Arts, HERE, The Bushwick Starr, The that plays like a single, continuous sequence of events, with Sanchez’s drums supplying the McKittrick Hotel, Ars Nova, Classic Stage energy and drive that underlines the emotional weight of the story and perfectly expresses Company, JACK, ART Oberon, The Curran the restless, desperate intensity of the characters. Theater in SF, Cape Rep Theater, and festivals in Warsaw, Edinburgh, and Nottingham UK. Antonio Sanchez is one of the most accomplished and in-demand drummers in jazz, BFA: NYU Tisch at Playwrights Horizons performing regularly with a jaw-dropping list of greats including Gary Burton, Chick Theatre School. www.christopherjbowser.com Corea, Danilo Perez, David Sanchez, Miguel Zenon, Donny McCaslin and Michael Brecker. Since 2000, he has been the drummer of choice for 20-time GRAMMY winning guitar God Pat Metheny, touring the world and appearing on eight acclaimed recordings with the guitarist. Sanchez has released four albums as a leader, including the new recording with his Migration band, The Meridian Suite.

encoremediagroup.com/programs A-3 Mark Morris Dance Group

PEPPERLAND

Music: Original songs by The Beatles, arr. by Ethan Iverson* Original compositions by Ethan Iverson†

Choreography: Mark Morris Set Design: Johan Henckens

rehearsal. Costume Design: Elizabeth Kurtzman Lighting Design: Nick Kolin Assistant to Mr. Morris: Aaron Loux

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band* Magna Carta† With a Little Help from My Friends* Adagio† When I’m Sixty-Four* MARK MORRIS Allegro† Within You Without You* Scherzo† DANCE GROUP Wilbur Scoville† Mark Morris and Ethan Iverson in Pepperland Iverson Ethan and Morris Mark Beowulf Sheehan by Photo Penny Lane* MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP A Day in the Life* Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band* Mica Bernas Sam Black Durell R. Comedy Rita Donahue Domingo Estrada, Jr. Lesley Garrison Lauren Grant Sarah Haarmann Brian Lawson Aaron Loux Laurel Lynch Dallas McMurray This evening’s program will be performed without Brandon Randolph Nicole Sabella Christina Sahaida* Billy Smith Noah Vinson an intermission. *apprentice MMDG MUSIC ENSEMBLE Original music by The Beatles. All Rights Reserved. Used by permission from Sony Music Clinton Curtis, vocals; Sam Newsome, soprano sax; Jacob Garchik, trombone; Publishing. Rob Schwimmer, theremin; Ethan Iverson, piano; Colin Fowler, organ/harpsichord; Vincent Sperrazza, percussion Investing in Dance: The Support That Makes Artistic Director Pepperland Possible MARK MORRIS by Ryan Wenzel Executive Director NANCY UMANOFF It takes a long time to bring a work like Mark Morris’ Pepperland to the stage. The steps are many: composing and arranging the music, Pepperland is a Mark Morris Dance Group production in association with: Seattle Theatre Group, choreographing the movement, rehearsing the Seattle, Washington; American Dance Festival, Durham, North Carolina; BAM, Brooklyn, New York; dancers and musicians, designing the decor, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity with the Sony Centre, Toronto, Canada; Cal Performances, UC lighting, and sound. Seldom mentioned is the Berkeley, California; Celebrity Series of Massachusetts; The City of Liverpool, England, U.K.; funding required to set it all in motion. Dance Consortium UK; Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, ; International Festival of Arts & Ideas, New Haven, ; The John F. Kennedy Center for the Dance companies often rely on support from Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.; Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of at foundations and individual donors to fund new Urbana-Champaign; La Jolla Music Society, La Jolla, California; Meyer Sound, Berkeley, California; works, and only after the premiere convince Segerstrom Center for The Arts, Costa Mesa, California; UCSB Arts & Lectures, Santa Barbara, California; presenters to schedule performances. Mark and White Bird, Portland, . Morris Dance Group, however, has developed

a model that is unusual in the dance world, Pepperland is supported in part by Friends of MMDG, the Howard Gilman Foundation, PARC whereby multiple arts institutions join together Foundation, and New Music USA. Music commissioned by the Charles and Joan Gross Family to commission a piece—often years before it will Foundation. The premiere engagement was supported by funding from the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation reach their stages. through USArtists International in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Howard Gilman Foundation. This approach began with Mozart Dances (2006), a three-way commission, and grew over time with Romeo and Juliet (2008), Acis and Galatea (2014), and Layla and Majnun (2016). It reaches unprecedented scale with Pepperland, which received advance funding from no fewer than thirteen institutions. Seven are longtime

A-4 SEATTLE THEATRE GROUP THE MOORE FEBRUARY 16 – 18 commissioners of Morris’ work, and six are Notes on the Score: MARK MORRIS was born on August 29, 1956, in newcomers. They span the United States, It was Fifty Years Ago Today Seattle, Washington, where he studied with Verla Canada, and the United Kingdom; are based in Flowers and Perry Brunson. In the early years of towns, cities, and on university campuses; and his career, he performed with the companies of by Ethan Iverson include both non-profit and for-profit entities. Lar Lubovitch, Hannah Kahn, Laura Dean, Eliot Feld, and the Koleda Balkan Dance Ensemble. 1. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. The “The support provided by these institutions He formed the Mark Morris Dance Group original album ended with an unprecedented sustains us, and shows their unique (MMDG) in 1980, and has since created over effect, a very long chord. Fifty years later, perhaps understanding of the hidden costs involved with 150 works for the company. From 1988 to 1991, a similar chord is good place to begin… creating dance works of this size,” says Nancy he was Director of Dance at Brussels’ Théâtre Umanoff, executive director of Mark Morris 2. Magna Carta. A formal invocation of Royal de la Monnaie, the national opera house Dance Group. personalities from the LP cover. of Belgium. In 1990, he founded the White Oak 3. With a Little Help From my Friends. When Dance Project with Mikhail Baryshnikov. Much This funding model serves the commissioning Ringo sang it, he was on top of the world. Our in demand as a ballet choreographer, Morris has partners well, too, and is based largely on version is more vulnerable. created 22 ballets since 1986 and his work has been Morris’s importance and the trust they have in performed by companies worldwide, including 4. Adagio. In the age of Tinder, a Lonely Heart his work. “Like all arts organizations, we need to San Francisco Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, advertisement might seem hopelessly quaint. But be careful about how we marshal our resources. Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, and the Royal everyone has always needed to find a match. But the excellence that Mark represents is New Zealand Ballet. Noted for his musicality, at the heart of what we do, so we support it 5. When I’m Sixty Four. In between 6 and 4 is 5. Morris has been described as “undeviating in his wholeheartedly,” says Matias Tarnopolsky, All three (counts to the bar) are heard beneath devotion to music” (). He began director of Cal Performances at the University the music-hall scuffle. conducting performances for MMDG in 2006 of California, Berkeley, which has worked with 6. Allegro. A single offhand line of trombone and has since conducted at Tanglewood Music Morris and his dancers for three decades. from “Sgt. Pepper” germinates into a full-fledged Center, Lincoln Center, and BAM (Brooklyn sonata form. Academy of Music). He served as Music Director Mike Ross, director of the Krannert Center for 7. Within You Without You. George Harrison’s for the 2013 Ojai Music Festival. He also works the Performing Arts of the University of Illinois sincere study of Indian music aligns easily extensively in opera, directing and choreographing at Urbana-Champaign, echoes Tarnopolsky and with another Harrison interested in bringing productions for the Metropolitan Opera, New adds that the dance group’s offstage outreach the East to the West: the great composer Lou York City Opera, English National Opera, and has also been crucial in furthering their Harrison, one of Mark Morris’s most significant The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, among others. close-knit relationship. “In addition to annual collaborators. The hippie-era sentiment of the He was named a Fellow of the MacArthur performances, they have brought workshops lyric remains startlingly fresh and relevant today. Foundation in 1991 and has received eleven and other activities to our campus, and to the honorary doctorates to date. He has taught at the 8. Scherzo. Glenn Gould said he preferred Petula local population at large,” says Ross. “Because University of Washington, Princeton University, Clark to the Beatles. Apparently Gould, Clark, they have become part of our community, it is and Tanglewood Music Center. He is a member and a chord progression from “Sgt. Pepper” all easy for us to support them and their work on of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences seem to have inspired this mod number. this level.” and the American Philosophical Society, and has 9. Wilbur Scoville. The first thing we hear on served as an Advisory Board Member for the A separate community—one with a reputation the LP is a guitar blues lick, here transformed Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative. Morris for supporting superior new work—has into a real blues for the horns to blow on. Wilbur has received the Samuel H. Scripps/American coalesced around the commissioning Scoville invented the scale to measure heat in hot Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement, organizations themselves, enticing others to sauce: The original Sergeant Pepper? the Leonard Bernstein Lifetime Achievement join. Pepperland marks the Banff Centre’s first 10. Cadenza. After seeing Bach’s Brandenburg 2 Award for the Elevation of Music in Society, the commission of a Morris work, yet there are on the telly, Paul McCartney came into the studio Benjamin Franklin Laureate Prize for Creativity, no plans for the piece to be performed on its and told George Martin to add piccolo trumpet the International Society for the Performing Arts’ stages in Alberta, Canada; it will instead, by to “Penny Lane.” Indeed, detailed references to Distinguished Artist Award, Cal Performances arrangement with the Banff Centre, play at European classical music are one reason so many Award of Distinction in the Performing Arts, the Sony Centre in Toronto, more than 2,000 Beatles songs still stump the average cover band. the Orchestra of St. Luke’s Gift of Music Award, miles away. “We wanted to support Mark and 11. Penny Lane. Not on Sgt. Pepper, but and the 2016 Doris Duke Artist Award. In 2015, his company, of course, but also for audiences nonetheless originally planned to be, and of Mark Morris was inducted into the Mr. and Mrs. to know that we support work of this caliber course especially relevant to the city of Liverpool. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Hall of Fame at the alongside other great organizations,” says National Museum of Dance in Saratoga Springs, Janice Price, the Banff Centre’s president. “It is 12. A Day In the Life. Theremin nocturne, vocal New York. Morris opened the Mark Morris Dance incredibly rewarding to be seen as part of the descant, apotheosis. Center in Brooklyn, New York, in 2001 to provide ecosystem that makes this happen.” 13. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. a home for his company, rehearsal space for the Another unprecedented effect on original LP was dance community, outreach programs for children And if history is any indication, that ecosystem a reprise of the first theme, which is part of why and seniors, and a school offering dance classes to will only continue to strengthen and grow. it is called the first “concept album.” Our later students of all ages and abilities. vantage point enables us to project into the next — Ryan Wenzel is a New York-based writer decade, the 70s, and conjure a disco ball. Thank and editor. you, Beatles! Thank you, Sgt. Pepper!

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ETHAN IVERSON (composer, arranger, piano) designers, including painters Howard Hodgkin MARKETING is one-third of The Bad Plus, a game-changing and Robert Bordo, set designers Adrianne Lobel Director of Marketing...... Karyn LeSuer collective with Reid Anderson and David King. and Allen Moyer, costume designers Martin Marketing and Communications called The Bad Plus“…Better Pakledinaz and Isaac Mizrahi, and many others. Associate...... Julie Dietel than anyone at melding the sensibilities of post- MMDG’s film and television projects include Marketing Fellow...... Linda Diaz 60’s jazz and indie rock.” They have performed Dido and Aeneas, The Hard Nut, Falling Down in venues as diverse as the Village Vanguard, Stairs, two documentaries for the U.K.’s South EDUCATION Director of Education...... Sarah Marcus Carnegie Hall, and Bonnaroo; collaborated with Bank Show, and PBS’ Live from Lincoln Center. In School Director...... Kelsey Ley Joshua Redman, , and the Mark Morris 2015 Morris’ signature work L’Allegro, il Penseroso Education Programs Coordinator...... Rachel Merry Dance Group; and created a faithful arrangement ed il Moderato had its national television Community Education of Stravinky’s The Rite of Spring and a radical premiere on PBS’ Great Performances. While on Programs Manager...... Alexandra Rose reinvention of Ornette Coleman’s Science Fiction. tour the Dance Group partners with local cultural Education Programs Assistant...... Jessica Pearson Iverson also participates in the critically-acclaimed institutions and community organizations to Education Fellow...... Alexandria Ryahl Billy Hart quartet with Mark Turner and Ben present Access/MMDG, a program of arts and Outreach Director...... Eva Nichols Street and occasionally performs with an elder humanities-based activities for people of all ages Dance for PD® Program Director...... David Leventhal statesman like Albert “Tootie” Heath or Ron and abilities. Dance for PD® Program and Carter. In 2017 Iverson is co-curating a major Engagement Manager ...... Maria Portman Kelly centennial celebration of Thelonious Monk at TheMMDG MUSIC ENSEMBLE, formed Dance for PD® Programs Assistant...... Amy Bauman Duke University and in 2018 will be premiering in 1996, is integral to the Dance Group. “With an original piano concerto with the American the dancers come the musicians…and what a DANCE CENTER OPERATIONS Composers Orchestra. difference it makes” (Classical Voice of North Operations Manager...... Elise Gaugert Carolina). The Ensemble’s repertory ranges from Facilities Manager...... Mark Sacks TheMARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP was 17th and 18th century works by John Wilson Rental Programs Manager...... Annie Woller Operations Coordinator...... Aria Roach formed in 1980 and gave its first performance that and Henry Purcell to more recent scores by Lou Front Desk Manager...... Tamika Daniels year in New York City. The company’s touring Harrison, Henry Cowell and Ethan Iverson. The Front Desk Supervisor...... Dominique Terreu schedule steadily expanded to include cities in musicians also participate in Access/MMDG – Front Desk Associates...... Mario Flores, Jr., the United States and around the world, and in the Dance Group’s educational and community Roxie Maisel, Tiffany McCue, Dominique Terrell, Zoe 1986 it made its first national television program programming at home and on tour. The Music Walders, Kareem Woods for the PBS series Dance in America. In 1988, Ensemble is led by Colin Fowler who began to Maintenance...... Jose Fuentes, Hector Mazariegos, MMDG was invited to become the national dance collaborate with MMDG in 2005 during the Orlando Rivera, Justin Sierra, Arturo Velazquez company of Belgium, and spent three years in creation of Mozart Dances. residence at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Booking Representation...... Michael Mushalla Brussels. The Dance Group returned to the United MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP STAFF (Double M Arts & Events) States in 1991 as one of the world’s leading dance Artistic Director: Mark Morris Media and General Consultation companies. Based in Brooklyn, New York, MMDG Executive Director: Nancy Umanoff Services...... William Murray (Better Attitude, Inc.) maintains strong ties to presenters in several cities Legal Counsel...... Mark Selinger around the world, most notably to its West Coast PRODUCTION (McDermott, Will & Emery) home, Cal Performances in Berkeley, California, Director of Technical Production..... Johan Henckens Accountant...... O’Connor Davies Munns & and its Midwest home, the Krannert Center for Music Director...... Colin Fowler Dobbins, LLP Lighting Supervisor...... Nick Kolin Orthopedist...... David S. Weiss, M.D. the Performing Arts at the University of Illinois Sound Supervisor...... Rory Murphy (NYU Langone Medical Center) at Urbana-Champaign. STG has been a Seattle Costume Coordinator...... Stephanie Sleeper Physical Therapist...... Marshall Hagins, PT, PhD home for the Mark Morris Dance Group since Hilot Therapist...... Jeffrey Cohen 2008, presenting a variety of evening-length and ADMINISTRATION mixed repertory works both at the Paramount Chief Financial Officer...... Elizabeth Fox Thanks to Maxine Morris. and Moore Theatres. Pepperland marks STG's Finance Manager...... Natalia Kurylak first commission of a Mark Morris work. MMDG Human Resources Manager...... Rebecca Hunt Sincerest thanks to all the dancers for their also appears regularly in New York, Boston, IT Director...... Aleksandr Kanevskiy dedication, commitment, and incalculable and Fairfax. From the company’s many Company Manager...... Jen Rossi contribution to the work. seasons, it has received two Laurence Olivier Associate General Manager...... Geoff Chang Awards and a Critics’ Circle Dance Award for Management Assistant...... Julia Weber Additional support provided by The Amphion Best Foreign Dance Company. Reflecting Morris’ Archive Project Manager...... Stephanie Neel Foundation, Inc., Arnow Family Fund, Lily commitment to live music, the Dance Group has Archive Project Associate...... Sandra Aberkalns Auchincloss Foundation, Inc., Bossak/Heilbron featured live musicians in every performance since Archive Project Assistant...... Regina Carra Charitable Foundation, Joseph and Joan Cullman the formation of the MMDG Music Ensemble Retail Store Manager/ Foundation for the Arts, Inc., The Gladys Krieble in 1996. MMDG regularly collaborates with Administrative Assistant...... Marianny Loveras Delmas Foundation, Estée Lauder Companies, Intern...... Carmel St. Hilaire ExxonMobile Corporate Matching Gift Program, renowned musicians, including cellist Yo-Yo Ma, Google Matching Gift Program, The Charles and pianist Emanuel Ax, mezzo-soprano Stephanie DEVELOPMENT Joan Gross Family Foundation, Guggenheim Partners Blythe, and jazz trio The Bad Plus, as well as Director of Development...... Michelle Amador Matching Gifts, The Harkness Foundation for leading orchestras and opera companies, including Manager of Institutional Giving...... Sophie Mintz Dance, Marta Heflin Foundation, IBM Corporation the Metropolitan Opera, English National Opera, Individual Giving Officer...... Tyler Mercer Matching Gifts Program, JP Morgan Chase, Kinder and the London Symphony Orchestra. MMDG Development Associate...... Makayla Santiago Morgan Foundation, Leatherwood Foundation, frequently works with distinguished artists and The Henry Luce Foundation, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, Morgan Stanley & Co., Harris A.

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Berman & Ruth Nemzoff Family Foundation, New Music USA, New York Life Foundation, Wilhelmina Parris, FLP, The L. E. Phillips Family Foundation, Jerome Robbins Foundation, Rolex, Billy Rose Foundation, Inc., San Antonio Area Foundation, Schneer Foundation, SingerXenos Wealth Management, Trust for Mutual Understanding, and Viad Corp.

The Mark Morris Dance Group is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams, Council Member Helen Rosenthal, the New York City Department for the Aging, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Mark Morris Dance Group is a member of Dance/USA and the Downtown Brooklyn Arts Alliance. MILES ELECTRIC PRODUCTION CREDITS Costumes built by Eric Winterling, Inc. BAND A Day in the Life, Penny Lane, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, When I’m Sixty-Four, With a Little Help from My Friends by John Lennon and Paul Miles Electric band is is a progressive All-Star ensemble featuring alumni that McCartney revises the framework for modern jazz improvisation. The avant-garde collective revisits repertoire from Davis’ electric period to pay homage to The Chief. Within You Without You by George Harrison The band represents two generations of players: Davis’ contemporaries and the next generation. Pepperland ©2017 Discalced, Inc. This highly eclectic, innovative group was put together by bandleader Vince Wilburn, Jr., with For more information contact: the intention to continue expanding the boundaries of music, while also paying homage to the MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP classics. 3 Lafayette Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11217-1415 Miles Electric Band evolved from a performance by the Bitches Brew 40th Remix at Sunset (718) 624-8400 Junction Fair in 2010, featuring Miles Davis musical alumni, along with a live remix by J-Rocc www.mmdg.org (The Beat Junkies). The band’s official debut performance took place at the Miles Davis Festival in facebook: markmorrisdancegroup in 2011 with a sold-out, standing room only crowd at Martyrs. This was followed up by twitter: markmorrisdance another sold-out performance at the Hollywood Bowl in 2012, which also served to launch the instagram : markmorrisdance record-breaking Miles Davis U.S. postage stamp. In 2014, 2016, and 2017, Miles Electric Band snapchat : markmorrisdance sold out the SF Jazz Center, while receiving standing ovations throughout. youtube: Mark Morris Dance Group blogger: Mark Morris Dance Group The band recently performed in Japan at Billboard Live in Osaka and Tokyo, and at Australia’s Sign up for inside news from the Mark Morris Dance Blues Fest. Group. Go to mmdg.org/join-email-list or text “MORRIS” to 66866. The Miles Electric Band: Vincent Wilburn, Drums John Beasley, Keyboards Jeremy Pelt, Trumpet Darryl Jones, Bass Debasish Chaudhury, Table David Gilmore, Guitar Darryl Munyungo J., Percussion Antoine Reney, Sax Robert Irving, Piano/Keys

“Hard to fathom a more professional, traditional and progressive set of jazz musicians all in one band” – Huffington Post

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MORE MUSIC@THE MOORE

STG’s 17th annual MORE MUSIC @ THE MOORE features exceptional young musicians mixing up diverse music styles. The performance celebrates the rich musical talent of youth in our community and provides musicians, regardless of what style they play, the opportunity to make music together.

STG is thrilled to announce the return of Mulit-Grammy Award-winning musician and record producer Robert Glasper as Music Director for the 17th annual More Music @ The Moore. Mr. Glasper will join the participants in two live performances, a student matinee and public performance, at The Moore Theatre on March 16, 2018.

“I can’t wait to get back to the kids at the Moore! Such enthusiastic and talented students with a strong will to learn. And just flat out fun!” ~ Robert Glasper

Young artists in Moore Music @ The Moore have collaborated and performed with The Roots, Sheila E., Elvis Costello, Melissa Etheridge, Mike McCready, Jon Batiste and Stay Human, Meshell Ndegeocello, Michael Shrieve, Alan White, Daniel Bernard Photo by Mathieu Bitton Mathieu by Photo Roumain and more! Past participants have included Macklemore, Otieno Terry, Austin Jenckes, Emily Randolph of NBC’s “The Voice,” international Opera star J’Nai Bridges, members of Thunderpussy, members of Industrial Revelation, members of Blake Lewis’ band, members of Visqueen, and numerous other touring artists, music teachers, and music professionals.

More STG Young Musician programs!: STG’s Songwriters Lab, July 16-21, 2018, is for young musicians (ages 14 - 19) interested in pursuing their artistic vision as songwriters and lyricists. STG’s Songwriters Lab encourages collaboration across music genres and instrumentation (from guitars to cellos to Reason/Ableton Live and More!) All styles of music encouraged to apply! Visit stgpresents.org/education/ songwriters for more info.

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A-8 SEATTLE THEATRE GROUP THE MOORE Manual Cinema MARCH 20

PUPPETEERS KARA DAVIDSON (Ava, Puppeteer) Kara Davidson is an actor and playwright living in Chicago. Previous shows with Manual Cinema include Ada/Ava, The End of TV, My Soul’s Shadow, The Electric Stage, and Pop-up Magazine. She is a company member with The House Theatre of Chicago and has also worked with Lookingglass Theatre (Chicago), Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville (KY), Repertory Theatre, Aporia Theatre (NYC), and Project Y (NYC), among others. She holds degrees in Theatre Performance and French from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She also trains in aerial/circus arts, and does motion and performance capture for video games. She most recently completed the cinematic performance capture for Supergirl in Injustice 2.

SAM DEUTSCH (Puppeteer, MC Company Member) Sam Deutsch is a performer and designer based in Chicago, and a proud company member of Manual Cinema. Select performance and design credits include: Denise (the fish) in Mistakes Were Made (World Premiere: A Red Orchid Theatre, Chicago / Off-B’way: Barrow Street Theatre - 2011 MANUAL CINEMA Henry Hewes Design Award nominee) and Zoopy (the dog) in Mr. Chickee’s Funny Money (World Premiere: Chicago Children’s Theatre / Off-B’Way: ADA/AVA MANUAL CINEMA is a performance The Atlantic Theatre). He is a co-producer and collective, design studio, and film/ video Artistic Council member with The Inconvenience, Credits production company founded in 2010 by Drew a multidisciplinary arts organization based in Directed by: Drew Dir Dir, Sarah Fornace, Ben Kauffman, Julia Miller, Chicago. Score and Sound Design by: Kyle Vegter and Ben and Kyle Vegter. Manual Cinema combines Kauffman handmade shadow puppetry, cinematic DREW DIR (Puppeteer, Co-Artistic Director, Designed by: Drew Dir, Sarah Fornace, and Julia techniques, and innovative sound and music to Director, Designer) is a writer, director, and puppet Miller create immersive stories for stage and screen. designer. Previously, he served as the Resident Additional Drums, Synthesizer, and Piano by: Using vintage overhead projectors, multiple Dramaturg of Court Theatre and a lecturer in Michael Hilger screens, puppets, actors, live feed cameras, theater and performance studies at the University Wigs and Costumes by: Mieka van der Ploeg multi-channel sound design, and a live music of Chicago. He holds a master’s degree in Text and Mask Design by: Julia Miller ensemble, Manual Cinema transforms the Performance Studies from King’s College London experience of attending the cinema and imbues and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Cast it with liveness, ingenuity, and theatricality. Ada/Puppeteer: Vanessa Valliere CHARLOTTE LONG (Puppeteer) Charlotte Long Ava/Puppeteer: Kara Davidson Manual Cinema has been presented by, worked is a Chicago native with a Liberal Arts degree from Puppeteer: Drew Dir in collaboration with, or brought its work to Sarah Lawrence College in New York concentrating Puppeteer: Sam Deutsch The Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC), in Literature and Performance. She has a dance and Puppeteer: Charlotte Long BAM (NYC), The Museum of Contemporary writing background, and has studied under Dan Vocals/Guitar/Live Sound Effects: Quinn Tsan Art Chicago, The Kennedy Center (DC), Hurlin in puppetry, David Neumann in movement/ Synthesizer/Guitar: Michael Hilger Under the Radar Festival (NYC), La Monnaie- creation, and Pig Iron in devising. She has worked Cello/Keyboard: Kyle Vegter DeMunt (Brussels), The Noorderzon Festival with Manual Cinema on performance and video (Netherlands), The Kimmel Center (DC) The O, for over 4 years, touring all over the U.S, as well as Production Manager/Sound Engineer: Mike Usrey Miami Poetry Festival, The Tehran International the Netherlands, Taiwan, and Berlin in “Lula del Company/Stage Manager: Shelby Glasgow Puppet Festival (Iran), Davies Symphony Hall Ray”, “Ada/Ava”, “Mementos Mori”, and “My Soul’s (SF), The Ace Hotel Theater (LA) and elsewhere Shadow”. In 2017, she was seen as Lula in “Lula del For all North, Central, and South American around the world. They have collaborated Ray” at the Public Theater’s Under the Radar Fest. booking enquiries please contact: with StoryCorps (NYC), Erratica (London), She is a proud member of Red Tape Theater in Laura Colby, Director, Elsie Management The Belgian Royal Opera (Brussels), Hubbard Chicago, has worked for many storefront theaters [email protected] Street Dance (Chicago), Pop-Up Magazine and is represented by the Grossman & Jack Talent TEL: +1 718 797 4577 (SF), Nu Deco Ensemble (Miami), NYTimes Agency. On her own, she makes small dance-text www.elsieman.org best-selling author Reif Larsen (NYC), and three driven pieces using humor and representative time Grammy Award-winning eighth blackbird choreography. Exclusive Asian Touring representation: (Chicago). Anna Rhoads, Touring and Licensing, Broadway VANESSA S. VALLIERE (Ada) is currently in Asia Company In 2018, the company will have debuts in Cairo her sixth season as a member of an ensemble of [email protected] and Holland. performers for Tour De Fat, a national touring TEL:+1 212 203 9986 festival. She has performed in Chicago with the www.broadwayasia.com Neo-Futurists and The New Colony and in New

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York City at Lincoln Center Education with Theater of Manual Cinema. His work has been shown at Unspeakable, a Chicago company that she has The Jay Pritzker Pavilion (Chicago), The Peggy SPONSORS been devising, touring and performing with for Notebaert Nature Museum (Chicago), and CUNY’s five years. Vanessa frequently performs her short Baruch College (NYC). He has lectured and given & SUPPORTERS solo clown/puppetry shows in Chicago and she workshops at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, also tours her work nationally in Le Tigre, a one- New York University and Parsons the New School hundred-seat vaudeville tent. She has also presented of Design. His past Composer/ Sound Designer her work in Brooklyn, Asheville, and credits with Manual Cinema include Lula Del Ray, and has developed an evening length clown/ Ada/ Ava, and the New York Times documentary puppetry show with the support of Chicago’s Pivot The Forger. He holds a Master’s degree from New Arts. Vanessa has performed with Big Nazo Puppet York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Company in Providence, RI and she is a proud Program (ITP). nerd-cheerleader for Chicago’s thirty-piece circus punk marching band: Mucca Pazza. This is her first SARAH FORNACE (Puppeteer, Co-Artistic production with Manual Cinema. Director, Designer) is a director, puppeteer, choreographer, and narrative designer based in MUSICIANS Chicago. She is a co-Artistic Director of Manual QUINN TSAN (SFX, Guitar, Vocals) is a producer, Cinema. Outside of Manual Cinema, Sarah has performer, songwriter, and organizer in Chicago. worked as a performer or choreographer with She has released two EP’s and an award winning Redmoon Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre Company, short film titled Bedrooms, and is a founding cast Court Theatre, Steppenwolf Garage, and Blair member of The Fly Honey Show. Tsan co-founded Thomas and Co. Most recently, Sarah wrote the State Matters in 2017, a non-profit organization story mode for the video game Rivals of Aether. that produces video content explaining the most In 2017, she directed and edited the first episode impactful and/or pressing legislation in the Illinois of the web series, The Doula is IN. In 2016, she State Legislature. Tsan has collaborated with artists directed and devised an “animotion” production and organizations including Manual Cinema, of Shakespeare’s Hamlet with Rokoko Studios Salonathon, Alphawood Gallery, Constellation Arts, for HamletScen at Kromborg Castle in Elsinore, Ohmme, and Erin Kilmurray, among others. Denmark.

MICHAEL HILGER (Guitar, Synthesizer, Vocals, SHELBY GLASGOW (Company/Stage Manager) MC Company Member) is a composer, sound is a freelance stage manager who loves to travel! designer and multi-instrumentalist based in She joined Manual Cinema in September 2016 Chicago, IL. His sound design and composition as their Touring Stage Manager and Company credits include Redmoon Theater’s 2012 Youth Manager. She has since toured within the United Spectacle, MC’s own Show & Tell, the short States and internationally with Ada/Ava, Lula Del film KEPT by Kacey Meyer, Amygdala Rest by Ray, Mementos Mori, and their newest show The Erasing the Distance, and Mariko’s Magical Mix, a End of TV. Shelby graduated from the University of collaboration between Hubbard Street Dance and Central Florida with a BFA in Stage Management Manual Cinema. He has produced two EPs with and has stage managed regionally all over the THIN HYMNS, a group he founded and fronts. He country. Thank you to Manual Cinema for this is currently working on new music and performing amazing opportunity! solo under the name MICHAEL ALBERT. JULIA MILLER (Mask Design, Co-Artistic KYLE VEGTER (Cello, Music & Sound Designer, Director) is a director, puppeteer, and puppet Co-Artistic Director) is a composer, sound designer. Manual Cinema provides her with an designer, theater artist, and Managing Artistic outlet for many artistic impulses, including but not Director of Manual Cinema. As a composer he’s limited to breathing life into the inanimate, making been commissioned by such groups as TIGUE, delicate small things, and telling stories without The Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s MusicNOW words. In Chicago she has worked as a performer series, the Chicago Composer’s Orchestra, and and puppeteer with Redmoon Theatre and Blair Homeroom Chicago. His production credits span Thomas and Co. In 2017 she helped produce, direct genres, and include recent releases by Thin Hymns, and edit episode two of the new web series The Spektral Quartet, Tim Munro (of eighth blackbird), Doula is IN. and Color Card. His past Composer/ Sound Designer credits with Manual Cinema include Lula MIKE USREY (Production Manager, Sound Del Ray, Ada/ Ava, FJORDS, Mementos Mori, My Engineer) has mixed in around a hundred venues Soul’s Shadow and various other performance and worldwide, ranging from large outdoor festivals video projects. He has been an artist in residence to theaters and clubs. He toured internationally at High Concept Laboratories, and co-founded for three years with the band Dark Dark Dark Chicago’s only contemporary classical music (Minneapolis, MN) as front of house engineer. He cassette label Parlour Tapes+. has also toured with Pillars and Tongues (Chicago, IL), A Hawk and a Hacksaw (Albuquerque, NM), STAFF & CREATIVE TEAM Royal Canoe (Winnipeg, MB Canada) and Pattern BEN KAUFFMAN (Music & Sound Designer, is Movement (, PA). He has been the Co-Artistic Director) is a composer, director, front of house sound engineer for Manual Cinema interactive media artist and co-Artistic Director since 2014.

A-10 SEATTLE THEATRE GROUP THE MOORE Kidd Pivot and Electric Company Theatre MARCH 23 – 24

KIDD PIVOT AND ELECTRIC COMPANY THEATRE Co-produced by PANAMANIA Arts and Culture Program of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games, Sadler’s Wells (London, UK), The Banff Centre as part of the 2015 Performing Arts Residency Program through the support of The Stollery Family and Andrea Brussa, On the Boards and Seattle Theatre Group through the support of Glenn Kawasaki, National Arts Centre (Ottawa), the CanDance Network, Canadian Stage (Toronto), L’Agora de la Danse (Montreal), Brian Webb Dance Company (Edmonton), and Dance Victoria (Victoria).

Music commissioned by the Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation.

Stage makeup provided by M.A.C. Cosmetics.

Electric Company Theatre and Kidd Pivot Betroffenheit Audio Technician/Show Control...... Eric Chad gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of British World Premiere: July 23, 2015 Stage Manager...... Philomena Sondergaard Stage Carpenter...... Isaac Robinson Columbia, British Columbia Arts Council, BC Bluma Appel Theatre, Toronto, Canada Gaming, the City of Vancouver, the Vancouver MANAGEMENT Foundation, and countless individual and business Approximately 120 minutes, including supporters. intermission Electric Company Theatre Jonathon Young, Artistic Director & Co-Founder This performance contains strobe-like effects, Eponymous gratefully acknowledges the support non-toxic theatrical haze, and coarse language. Kim Collier, Artistic Associate & Co-Founder Kevin Kerr, Artistic Associate & Co-Founder of the Canada Council for the Arts. Created by Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young David Hudgins, Artistic Associate & Co-Founder Jessie van Rijn, Managing Producer Written by Jonathon Young Jennifer Swan, Company & Financial Manager Choreographed and Directed by Crystal Pite Christine Quintana, Artistic Apprentice

Performers Kidd Pivot Christopher Hernandez Jermaine Spivey Jim Smith, Producer** David Raymond Tiffany Tregarthen Jason Dubois, General Manager** Cindy Salgado Jonathon Young * Francesca Piscopo, Artist and Tour Manager** Apprentice: Renee Sigouin Warren Chan, Marketing and Communications Manager** Composition and Sound Design Ann Hepper, Accounts Manager** Owen Belton Katie Nichols, Administrative Assistant** Alessandro Juliani Brent Belsher, Fundraising Associate and Meg Roe Company Manager on Tour

Set Design...... Jay Gower Taylor Agents for Kidd Pivot Lighting Design...... Tom Visser Menno Plukker Theatre Agent Inc. (except Thank-you to Artemis Gordon and Arts Umbrella, Costume Design...... Nancy Bryant Canada, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland) Barry Kootchin, Pamela Taylor, Carey Dodge, Rehearsal Direction...... Eric Beauchesne mennoplukker.com Kristina Lemieux, Vancouver Creative Space Additional Choreography...... Bryan Arias (salsa) Society and Progress Lab 1422. . Cindy Salgado (salsa) Le Trait d’Union (France, Luxembourg, . David Raymond (tap) Switzerland) ltddanse.com Board of Directors: Set Construction...... Scene Ideas Kidd Pivot – Ainslie Cyopik (Treasurer), Dory Scenic Painters.....Patrick Spavor, Daniel Dumitriu Eponymous (Canada) eponymous.ca Dynna (Secretary), Barry McKinnon (Vice Puppets...... Heidi Wilkinson, Omanie Elias President), Derek Porter, Guy Riecken (President) Costume Assistant and Builder...... Nicola Ryall * Appears with the permission of Canadian Actors’ Costume Cutter...... Linda Chow Equity Association. The participation of these Electric Company Theatre – Mavis Dixon Stitcher...... Patrice Yapp Artists is arranged by permission of Canadian (President), John Mackenzie (Treasurer), Veronica Stitcher and Builder...... Wendy Dallian Actors’ Equity Association under the provisions of S.C. Rossos (Secretary), Peter Beharry, Michael Production Manager and the Dance Opera Theatre Policy (DOT). Fergusson, Tania Lo, Julia Mackey, Emira Meers, Technical Director ...... Jeremy Collie-Holmes ** Eponymous Brian Patterson, Robin Turnill

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$100,000 and above Jenn Pan Caroline Mock Anonymous Steve & Nena Peltin Jesse Moore 4Culture Gale Picker Heather & Brian Myers M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust Paul & Dina Pigott Jesse & Kristi Nelson Washington State Heritage Capital Project Fund Sasquatch! Music Festival Mike & Ashley McCready administered by the Washington State Historical Schultz Family Foundation Cristine & Chris Orr Society David Shank Rob Aigner & Tina Pappas The Taxpayers of Washington State Walt Smith Patrice & Helene Pelland Start It! Foundation Edward Pesik & Teresa Blanchett $50,000 – $99,999 VWC CPAs & Business Managers Arthur Pfund Anonymous Steven Wayne Owen Pitcairn ArtsFund Ron Wilkowski & Kyla Fairchild Kristina & Jeff Preedy The Boeing Company Christopher Wright Diane Prescott Broadway Across America The Peg & Rick Young Foundation Puget Sound Energy Foundation Ida Cole Zaki Rose Adam & Tanya Reinhardt King County Sam Riley Microsoft Matching Gifts $2,500 – $4,999 Derek & Natalie Robbecke City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture Anonymous Gordon Adams & Corie Sandall Adrienne Adams Michael & Cari Schutzler $25,000 – $49,999 Maggie Alhadeff Lynnette Sherwood Anonymous Andrea Amundson DeLee Shoemaker The Bradley Family Foundation Lindsay Anderson & Janet Piehl Kenny Shwab Casey Family Programs Sherilyn Bankston William Skoff Charlotte Martin Foundation Howie & Karli Barokas George Soltes Peter & Susan Davis Don W. Beaty David & Naomi Spinak Tom Douglas & Jackie Cross Carolyn Bechtel Star Equity Management Jim Kraft & Dominique Posy Marc Bellis Tom & Kathy Story Tim & Kris Rose Rick & Mindy Bennett Dillon Tellier Linda Betts Amy Theobald & Carabeth Lee $10,000 – $24,999 Jim Bianco Johnathan Toman Christina L Aadland Luther Black & Christina Wright Jason & Erica Tripard Kirsten & Jason Abboud Shawna & Jim Bold Jeff & Summer Trisler Stephen Black & Kevin McNamara Leona Bosch Jeff Vanlaningham & Beth Galetti Jan & Kenneth Block Barbara Cahill Martin Walker Boeing Matching Gifts Don Carlin Bruce & Peggy Wanta Becky Bogard Carrie Carson Mike Waters The John Brooks Williams & John H. Bauer Tim & Sarah Cavanaugh Bill & Becca Wert Endowment for Theatre Ken & Sharon Clay Steve Wicklund Lori Campana Larry Cohen Mark & Barbara Williams Country Music Association Foundation The Colic Family Windermere Real Estate/M2 Jack & Anne Fontaine Don & Ann Connolly Family Fund Kathryn & John Yerke The Furnessville Foundation Jennifer Dailey-Helgestad Jennifer Yi Garneau-Nicon Family Foundation Meredith Drent Bob & Sandy Zook David & Patricia Giuliani Tom & Margaret Easthope Donald Zwink & Clark Thompson National Endowment for the Arts Lisa & Fred Farin Gerry Zyfers New England Foundation for the Arts Ellen Ferguson Kwok Jack Yang Ng Jody Fletcher $1,000 – $2,499 Norcliffe Foundation Katherine Flinn Anonymous (2) Tina Podlodowski & Barcy Fisher Barry & JoAnn Forman Maura Ahearne & John Bregar The Raney Family Fund Michael & Lynnele Forrest Amy Alcala Safeco Foundation Anne Francis & Craig Simmons Mark & Caryl Andrews HNS Charitable Gift Fund Gail & Jackie Frank Claire Angel Lorna Stern Aaron Frein Wayne Araki Vitalogy Foundation Jim Fursman Jesus Areyano Adam Zacks & Lynn Resnick Travis Gagnier Cassandra Aspinall The Gargus Family Anne Backstrom $5,000 – $9,999 Anthony J. Giardini Nancy Backus Anonymous (2) Elizabeth Glazov Regina & Steve Ball Alexander Brandt Diane Godfrey Florian Barca The Broadway League Rohit Gopal Tom Barghausen & Sandy Bailey Shavondelia Brown Jeff & Judy Greenstein Tom Bartholomew Susan & Jeffery Buske Scott & Suzette Guenther Kate Becker & Michael Compton Costco Wholsale Executive Match Kristi & John Guin Crystal Beeler Christina & Mark Dawson Missy Hagell Roy Belville Kelley & Craig Dobbs Mary & Tom Herche Rachelle Benbow Ricardo Frazer Joseph Hoang Paul Berg Laurie Frink Michael Hoffman Allyson Bertz GACO Western Carolyne Howley Lea Black Edward & Sue Giaimo Jim & Pamm Jardine Graham Arthur Blair Glenn & Nancy Haber Tim & Becky Johnson Blum-Kovler Foundation Lucy Helm Stacy Justino Brad Boswell Janie Hendrix Robin Kanter Tim & Lori Boyd Pamela Hinckley Steven Kohlmyer & Debra Warden Megan Bramlette Intellectual Ventures Robyn Barfoot & John Kropp Mark & Linda Bratonia Jubilation Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation Thomas & Sarah Stuhlsatz-Krouper Jim & Lynn Brooks Kyle Kinkade Josh & Colleen LaBelle Joe Brotherton Jaclyn & Stefan Lessard Landbridge Lighting Elizabeth Broussard Bob & Monique Lipman Ty & Lisa Lee Kevin & Nancy Cahill Tonya & Robert Little Thomas F. Leonard Karen Caldwell Grant MacLeod Ross & Tracy Lincoff Angel Calvo Shawn & Jesse Magraw Marty Loesch & Cyndi Lewis Steve Carstensen Gail Mautner Karin Marlowe Corey Casper Kristi Miller Carla McAlister Myla Causing & Todd Versaw Greg & Allison Mollner Robert Medal Century Pacific, LLLP Greg & Michelle Page Mind-Body Empowered

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encoremediagroup.com/programs A-15 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Greg Mollner, Chair SEATTLE THEATRE GROUP Ricardo Frazer, President Josh LaBelle, Executive Director Bob Lipman, Treasurer VISION To enrich, inspire, challenge and expand our world through the arts Ron Wilkowski, Vice President MISSION Making performances and arts education in the Pacific Northwest enriching, while keeping Steve Peltin, Secretary Seattle’s historic Paramount, Moore and Neptune Theatres healthy and vibrant Directors CORE VALUES • Stewards of historic theatres • Catalysts for community alliances • Passion for diversity in the Lindsay Anderson arts, artists and audiences • Arts leadership locally, regionally and nationally Jan Block Becky Bogard MEMBERS OF STAFF Shavondelia Brown EXECUTIVE OFFICE PATRON SERVICES Michael von Kempf Peter Davis Josh LaBelle Tory Wimer Contreras Network Administrator Masha Hart Executive Director Director of Sales and Patron Services HOUSE STAFF James Kraft David Allen Jeff Beauvoir Mason Sherry Chief Operating Officer Director of Ticketing Brian Langstraat Theatre Manager Olivia Thomas Phil Brock & Stefanie Wolf Jim Margard Ted Dowling Executive Assistant Show Supervisors David McShea House Manager Heather Davidson PROGRAMMING Brandon Cyprian George Northcroft Club Relations Manager Adam Zacks Assistant House Manager Tina Podlodowski Alicia Gibson Chief Programming Officer Lila Hughes Mike Slade Club Relations & Events Coordinator Ryan Cook Event Coordinator Ngai Kwan Mary Beth Wressell Senior Talent Buyer Miranda Lerian, Billie Webber, Sydney Ticketing Manager Debra Heesch Webster Jenny Lachuta HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS Special Events Manager & Booking Club Relations & Administrative MAINTENANCE Associate Ida Cole, Founding Director Coordinator Jeff DeVick Jack McLarnan Nathan Forman Director of Building Services Manager of Fine Arts Programs CENTERSTAGE COUNCIL Club Relations Assistant Julia Beckley Ted and Danielle Ackerley MARKETING Bryan Lineberry Building Services Manager Group Sales Manager Howie Barokas Ken Potts Judith Carroll, Grant Fryer, Robert Phare, Director of Marketing & Communications PJ Mertz Connor Sturzen Ann Deutscher Kelsey Brannan Sales Manager Maintenance Staff Janie Hendrix Social Media & PR Associate Jordan Acosta CUSTODIAL Marty Loesch and Cyndi Lewis Lauren Daniels Subscriptions Coordinator Dembo Hatu Digital Communications Manager Amelia Vaughn John Maynard Building Services Assistant Manager Emily Krahn Season Sales Assistant Chris McReynolds Denise Antoine, Alex Arthur, Josh Bahr, Public Relations Manager Sara Sucharski Jenn Pan Box Office Lead Bilisumma Basha, David Beckley, Suzanne Kevin Harris Brandkamp, David Breyman, Killian Tina Pappas and Robert Aigner David Gordon Graphic Designer Brown, Nic Butera, Jordan Elliott, Fadumo Box Office Administrator Paul Pradel Kelly McMahon Farah, Brennen Fernie, Brandon Fregoso, Alex Alire Stephen and Sheila Salamunovich Data Manager Michael Girardi, Andrea Groce, Lonnie Concert 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A-16 SEATTLE THEATRE GROUP 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 . 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 Antony and Cleopatra Tubal Troilus and Cressida

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 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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