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Bumbershoot, the Seattle Arts Festival, announces this year’s line-up for their annual regional theatre sampler produced and curated in partnership with Theatre Puget Sound (TPS). Highlights include a new solo work from award winning playwright and ex-“Daily Show” correspondent Lauren Weedman, a world premiere from Seattle favorites and frequent Teatro Zinzannians Kevin Joyce & Martha Enson, a wild and surreal exploration of childhood from Open Circle Theater which Seattle Weekly simply declares “magic,” and whimsical sketch comedy from Seattle goga, named “Best Improv Troupe” at the 2005 Seattle Festival of Improv Theatre. These diverse offerings of Northwest talent include comedies, performance art, solo work, improvisation, participatory performance and physical theatre. It promises to be 3 days of raw, hilarious, adventurous and intelligent theatre. Performances will take place September 3 – September 5 at the Theatre Puget Sound Center House Theatre Stage.
The lineup for the Theatre Puget Sound stage includes:
? Mary Purdy “Purdy Woman”
? Seattle Mime Theatre “Sidney Snoop – Ace Detective”
? Seattle goga “Girl on Girl Action”
? Lauren Weedman “Wreckage”
? Open Circle Theater “Are We Scared? An Experiment in Child’s Play”
? Mik Kuhlman “Split Second”
? EnJoy Productions “Loud Yoga”
The 35th annual Bumbershoot, Seattle’s award-winning arts festival, will feature four days of more than 2,500 artists on over 20 stages and venues, representing the best in music, film, comedy, spoken word, dance, visual arts, theatre, performance arts, literary arts, and more. One of America's largest urban arts festivals, Bumbershoot takes place in the heart of the city at Seattle Center during Labor Day weekend, September 2-5, 2005.
Advanced tickets to Bumbershoot, which include admission to all Bumbershoot programs on a first-come, first-served basis, are just $18 ($28 after August 26) per day. Two-day passes are $30 ($40 after August 26) and four-day passes, good for the whole festival, are just $55 ($80 after August 26). Discounted tickets & passes are on sale now online at www.bumbershoot.org.
Theatre Puget Sound Stage Full Schedule
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| Saturday September 3, 2005 |
| | Mary Purdy - "Purdy Woman"
2:15 pm - 3:00 pm |
| | | Using physical comedy, music, and improvisation, chameleon Mary Purdy shows the struggles of eight unusual individuals in bizarre situations--herself included--as she attempts to make it through a solo show unscathed. Excerpts from Purdy Woman have been heard on the NPR radio program "The Next Big Thing," and Purdy Woman received the Leonardo Da Vinci award from Beaux Arts Society in the "Solo Theatrical Performance" category. She has been a solo performer for 10 years. |
| | Seattle Mime Theatre - Sidney Snoop - Ace Detective
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm |
| | | Put on by Seattle Mime Theatre, "Sidney Snoop--Ace Detective" is a mystery /comedy / adventure performance. A teenage icon, Jack, mysteriously disappears and the great private detective, Sidney Snoop, is on the case. Twists, turns, clues, close calls, romance, blood--this show's got it all! |
| | Seattle goga - "Girl on Girl Action"
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
| | | Seattle goga explore the boundaries of improvisation using character work, song, movement, poetry and gibberish. In fact, anything that can be utilized to creatively challenge and entertain their audiences. NWImprov.com recently named Seattle goga "Best Improv Troupe" at the Seattle Festival of Improv Theatre in 2005. |
| | Lauren Weedman - "Wreckage"
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm |
| | | Lauren Weedman's fast paced, multiple character story revolves around a horrific lie that returns to haunt her as her husband disappears into the desert. "Wreckage" is a dark, autobiographical, and self-deprecating play where "the comedy," according to Weedman, "is in the tragedy." Weedman was recently featured in Best Playwrights of 2003 by Smith and Krauss Publishing, and was a "Daily Show" correspondent on Comedy Central. |
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| Sunday September 4, 2005 |
| | Lauren Weedman - "Wreckage"
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm |
| | | (see above) |
| | Open Circle Theater - Are We Scared? An Experiment in Child's Play
5:00 pm - 6:15 pm |
| | | Written in collaboration with pre-school children, "Are We Scared" is a surreal and liberating journey through a world of pure imagination. It combines comedy, performance art, and theatre with youth, storytelling, and weird & wonderful surrealism. |
| | Mik Kuhlman - "Split Second"
6:45 pm - 8:15 pm |
| | | "Split Second" is four stories (two literary, two historical) based on a central theme: split second decisions. The piece combines comedy, mime and performance art with literary movement and physical theater. The project was awarded a development grant through 4Culture Special Projects, and the pieces were developed at the On the Boards NW New Works Festival Main Stage. |
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| Monday September 5, 2005 |
| | Mik Kuhlman - "Split Second"
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm |
| | | (see above) |
| | Mary Purdy - "Purdy Woman"
4:00 pm - 4:45 pm |
| | | (see above) |
| | Loud Yoga
5:15 pm - 5:45 pm |
| | | "Loud Yoga" is a hilarious participatory performance/demonstration of introductory yoga postures and improvisational comedy created by Seattle comedians and yoga instructors Martha Enson and Kevin Joyce. Don't miss this premiere performance by two Seattle favorites. |
| | Sidney Snoop - Ace Detective
6:15 pm - 7:15 pm |
| | | (see above) |
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