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2005-2006 SeasonRon Sandahl, Artistic DirectorAaron Allshouse, Assoc. Artistic Director Andy Justus, Business manager Toni Rose, Company Manager Open Circle Theater is a multi-disciplinary performance company committed to the development of new works and adaptations that speak to the human condition through fantasy and mythic storytelling. Welcome to the home the most thrilling and fantastical theater you will find in Seattle! Throughout our seasons, Open Circle's resident company unites with local directors, musicians, visual artists and performers, to bring fresh insight and invention to our creations of highly physical, ensemble-style theater. Join us as we reinvent the theatrical experience. Click on a show below to see details about that show. XXX: A New Works FestTwo weekends only!Open Circle Theater is pleased to announce the return of its reading series of new works by emerging local artists, XXX - a new works fest, running over two weekends, Aug. 5-6 and 12-13, at 2pm. After a hiatus of 3 years Open Circle Theater once more presents XXX - a new works fest. The idea is that each piece will be presented twice; after each reading/performance the author will take feedback from the audience which is then worked into the next performance of the piece. Two short collaborative pieces will run on contiguous Sat. & Sun. (one by High Kindergarten Performance group on the first weekend, the other by Karen Gruber and Larry Ryan on the second). The two longer pieces will alternate days over a week (one by Aaron Allshouse on Sat. 8/5 and Sun. 8/13, the other by Dustin Engstrom Sun. 8/6 and Sat. 8/12). The feedback from the theater community is the final pivotal element in the readings. It is the reason the performances are scheduled for 2pm on each day, as well as the admission being free. The pieces are: True North, by High Kindergarten Performance Group An exploration of movement and the theatrical form. Sat. 8/5 & Sun. 8/6 7-short & 1-long, by Larry Ryan & Karen Gruber Original writings inspired by the alarm to "abandon ship." Sat. 8/12 & Sun. 8/13 Once Upon a Fuckin' Time, by Aaron Allshouse Directed by Linda Lombardi Italian fairy tales through the lens of the world of the mobster. Sat. 8/5 & Sun. 8/13 In the Kafka Colony: Surreal Scenes and Other Descriptions of Struggle, by Dustin Engstrom Directed by Ron Sandahl Scenes based on writings from Kafka's notebooks and diaries. Sun. 8/6 & Sat. 8/12 WHAT: XXX - a new works fest WHEN: Aug. 5-6 and 12-13 at 2pm WHERE: Open Circle Theater, 429 Boren Ave. N. (at Republican St.) PRICE: Free THEM!THEM!Sketch comedy/terror like you've never imagined! THEM! From the bowels of the Earth comes a horde of inhuman comedians to tittilate / terrorize! THEM! You'll laugh until you DIE! It's hysterical... It's unfathomable... IT'S THEM! Running June 2 - 24 Thu. - Sat. @ 8pm Pay-what-you-will Sun. 6/11 & 6/18 @ 3PM Tickets $10 (all Thursdays are two-for-one) In the WabeWorld premiere!Local playwright Aaron Allshouse takes the audience on a wild ride through worlds both familiar and bizarre in this absurdist re-imagining of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. In turns whimsical and alarming, it is a world where no aspect is entirely certain and literally anything might happen. And what about the pirates? A play that must be seen to be believed, and even then maybe not. Runs March 17 - April 15, Thu. - Sat. @ 8pm Sun. 3/26 & 4/9 @ 3pm Tickets $12 Sunday shows are pay-what-you-will All Thursday shows are two-for-one admission For reservations call (206) 382-4250 or click 'Tickets' to the left . D.O.B. (Date of Birth)Some birth records just can't be broken.A world premiere by John Kaufmann. In 1970, a six year-old girl makes a cassette tape on the day her brother is born. Thirty-five years later, that brother visits her and records the birth of her first child. Created from these original recordings, D.O.B. uses verbatim texts, jumps in time, and an ensemble of seven actors to take the audience on a whirl-wind ride through the joy, agony, and absurdity of a first birthday. Conceived and directed by John Kaufmann (Starball, Line One, The Perception Project) D.O.B. is a chronicle of a family over time brought together through the chaos of birth. Runs Jan. 27 - Feb. 25, Thu. - Sat. @ 8pm Sun. 2/19 @ 4pm Tickets $12 All Thursdays are two-for-one. Sunday 2/19 is pay-what-you-will. For reservations call (206) 382-4250 Twas a Night of Shitty TheaterPREMIERING SIMULTANEOUSLY IN NEW YORK & SEATTLE!!THE SMASH HIT EVENT IS BACK WITH A VENGEANCE! What could be better than selections from the worst scripts ever submitted? Why, readings from the worst CHRISTMAS scripts, of course. The brian child of evil genius Joe Wack these feindishly clever delights will dance like tainted sugar plums through your holiday head. An absolutely not-to-be-missed holiday event! PRICE: $10 DATES: Dec. 1 - 17, Thu. - Sat. at 8pm RESERVATIONS: (206) 382-4250 H.P. Lovecraft ARKHAM3 spine-tingling tales of terror from the master of the macabre. Open Circle continues it's smash-hit series of adaptations of Lovecraft for the stage with ARKHAM, three tales featuring the gambrel-shrouded, witch-haunted town as a unifying theme. Each story is set in the here-and-now and features female protagonists battling the gods, monsters and pan-dimentional terrors we have all come to know and love. The three stories are: The Shunned House adapted by Josh Knisely Cool Air adapted by Ron Sandahl The Shadow over Innsmouth adapted by John McKenna Don't be the last of your friends to lose their mind gazing into the gaping maw of the void. Come see what all the screaming is about... H.P. Lovecraft ARKHAM Runs Oct. 7 - Nov. 12. Thu. - Sat. at 8pm / Sun. at 4pm Tix: $13 SPECIAL HALLOWEEN GALA All Halloween weekend, get $2 off ticket price with costume For reservations call (206) 382-4250 . Are We Scared? An Experiment in Child's PlayAT BUMBERSHOOT SUNDAY, SEPT. 4 AT 5pm!!Theater from the minds of pre-school chidren. Produced in conjunction with Sweet Pea Cottage Preschool of the Arts, a team of adapters has worked with a group of preschool students to create a production entirely from the children’s imaginations and interactions. The cast and director become the final adapters in creating this fantastic, baffling world. It's weird to be a kid! This production ran to critical acclaim last season, and is now running at Bumbershoot, with an additional 6 shows at Open Cricle. DO NOT MISS this one-of-a-kind theaterical experience. 4 shows only!! SHOWTIMES: AT BUMBERSHOOT - Sunday, Septemeber 4 at 5pm at the TPS Stage AT OPEN CIRCLE - Thu. Sept. 8 thru Sat. Sept. 10 @ 8pm PRICE FOR OCT SHOWS: $12 Adults Children 12 & under are $6 Romeo & JulienA re-mount of the Youth Project version of Romeo & Juliet, written and performed by the Youth Ensemble themselves.An amazing, moving experience. |
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