Babs the Dodo



		SHOW INFO
		A World Premiere! Written by Michael Mitnick Directed by Elise Hunt Millions of viewers tune in every day to “@ Home with Babs Gillespie™” on the ShopMore Network™. Babs is One Rare Bird™. With a heart of 14k gold and dangly jewelry, Babs jingle- jangles like the gem that she is. But Babs is turning 50 tomorrow and finds herself…facing extinction? A tragic run-in with an online dating site and a Magi-Peel Vegi Peeler™ reveals that all may not be as it seems. Will our favorite On-The-Air Personality™ survive this mid-life crisis or will she get dumped into the clearance bin? Michael Mitnick’s deliriously dark comedy asks us: what do you have to sell to achieve love, happiness, and a little Sparkle™?

		TIMES
		February 3 to March 14, 2011 (Thursdays through Mondays)

		TICKETS
		$25 General, $15 Senior/Student

		CAST
		John Abramson (Handsome Chris), Hannah Victoria Franklin (Jocelyn Nob)), Marty Mukhalian (Babs Gillespie), and Charles Norris (Raymond)

		DESIGNS
		MAsh Hyman (Stage Manager), Kristyne A. Hughes (Production Manager), Jessica Hatlo (Assistant Director), Jonathan Hoonhout (Director Liaison), Jessica Trundy (Lighting Designer), Jessica Trundy (Set Designer), Katie Hegarty (Costume Designer), Robertson Witmer (Sound Designer), Kirk Damer (Properties Designer), Evan Mosher (Sound Assistant), Preesa Adeline Bullington (Costume Assistant), Elizabeth Freebairn (Properties Assistant), Kenneth Burt (Technical Director), Katie Stahnke (Graphic Artist), Clare Strasser (Scenic Painter) Elizabeth Freebairn, Kelsey Von Stubbe, Samantha Leeds, Sarah Warren (Interns)

		REVIEWS
		(All reviews open in a new window) Different Ways to Lose Your Marbles by Brendan Kiley (The Stranger) Go With “Babs the Dodo” on Hilarious Home-Shopping Jag by Michael van Baker (Sunbreak) Babs the Dodo shows good theater far from extinct by David Wittstock (The Seattle Art Industry Examiner.com) Sell-By Date As Life Crisis by Jose Amador (Seattlest) Culture Fiend: Midlife Crises Are Rarely This Much Fun by Laura Dannen (Seattle Met) Washington Ensemble Theatre kicks off season with World Premieres by Michael Nank (The Seattle Art Industry Examiner.com) Meet (fake) Home Shopping Host ‘Babs’ at Washington Ensemble Theatre’s World Premiere by Miryam Gordon (Fremont KOMOnews.com) Crosscut Tout: Theater productions around Seattle by Thomas May (Crosscut.com)

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