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2008-2009 Season
QTET:
3rd Annual Queer Teen Ensemble Theatre project
June 26-29, 2009
Now in its 3rd year, Queer Teen Ensemble Theatre (or "QueerTET") is an educational outreach program giving voice and artistry to LGBT youth in the Seattle community. Teens work with Ensemble members to explore their perspectives onstage in the creation of a new play. Watch for The Ensemble in Seattle's Pride Parade as well!
SAVE THE DATE! ANNUAL GALA FUNDRAISER & AUCTION March 28, 2009 Save the date for the party of the year as Washington Ensemble Theatre hosts a Gala event not to be missed! Silent and Live auctions, tantalizing entertainers, live bands and special guest celebrity appearances are just a few of the goodies in store at the 5th Annual Gala Fundraiser and Auction. Get a sitter and polish up your dancing shoes because The Ensemble throws a party like no one else! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------PREVIOUSLY SEEN THIS SEASON:  GOD'S EAR:
By Jenny Schwartz
Directed by Roger Benington
West Coast Premiere!Oct. 10-Nov. 10, 2008 An ode to love, loss and the language of the unspeakable. Brilliant new playwright Jenny Schwartz twists and warps the narrative of a couple mourning the death of their son to expose the underlying beauty of their shattered reality, enlisting the help of alcoholics, cross-dressing airline stewardesses, the Toothfairy and a life-size GI Joe along the way. Lyrical and cyclical, this "arrestingly odd new play" (New York Times) is nothing short of a postmodern masterpiece. Quirky and surreal, it is an unfolding of the human heart told through a poignant and hilarous look at the language we use when we cannot bear to speak. THE MISTAKES MADELINE MADE:  By Elizabeth Meriwether
Directed by Michael Place
Regional Premiere!Feb. 13-March 16, 2009 A Scintillatingly dark comedy about coming clean. Is dirty living a political act? IS clean living even possible in these times of unrest? Playwright Elizabeth Meriweather (HEDDATRON, NICKY GOES GOTH) bursts onto the Anerican theatre scene with this hot new sardonic comedy that Variety calls "savagely funny." Michael Place will direct The Ensemble in the regional premiere of this unlikely stroy of love, politics, and what it takes to truly come clean.
May 15-June 15, 2009 A bold new take on Shakespeare's bloodiest revenge drama. Political prisoners. Atrocious acts of violence and betrayal. Are there monsters in our midst, or just decent people driven to do the unthinkable by unthinkable situations? Shakespeare’s TITUS ANDRONICUS is known for being his bloodiest revenge drama, yet beneath the guts and gore lies an extremely personal narrative of grief and loss, told through some of the most beautiful words in the English language. Haunting, beguiling, and human, this is TITUS like you’ve never seen it before. Featuring: Anthony Darnell, Mikano Fukaya, Jessica Hatlo, David S. Hogan, Jonathan Hoonhout, Alex Matthews, Adam Standley, Nathan Sorseth and Montana von Fliss With designs by: Andrea Bryn Bush, Heidi Ganser, Brendan Patrick Hogan, Andrew Lazarow, Clare Strasser and Jessica Trundy |
TITUS
