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JULY 2015 FREE SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKS Jul 9–Aug 9, 2015 HENRY IV PART I AS YOU LIKE IT By William Shakespeare Directed by George Mount YOUR SUPPORT MATTERS By William Shakespeare Directed by Annie Lareau You are our hero! Your gift brings free Shakespeare to 11,500 community members each summer. Thank you! Donate on your mobile device — donate.seattleshakespeare.org seattleshakespeare.org A piece of Queen Victoria’s diplomatic furniture: Buckingham Palace to Iolani Palace, 1899 “AND SHE WILL SING THE SONG THAT PLEASETH YOU” ~ HENRY IV part 1 Lady Mortimer (Catrin Glyndwr) and Queen Liliuokalani were musically gifted female monarchs from tiny island kingdoms. Both were robbed of their thrones and both were imprisoned in the towers of royal palaces. Queen Liliuokalani’s music cabinet, the world’s most expensive piece of furniture, is now in Seattle. 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Join the Revolution. nwcenter.org/revolution Celebrating 50 Years 50th Anniversary Title Sponsor Media Sponsors encore art sseattle.com 3 CONTENTS JULY 2015 FREE SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKS Wooden O A2 Henry IV Part 1 By William Shakespeare Directed by George Mount Jul 9–Aug 9, 2015 As You Like It By William Shakespeare Directed by Annie Lareau HENRY IV PART I AS YOU LIKE IT By William Shakespeare Directed by George Mount YOUR SUPPORT By William Shakespeare Directed by Annie Lareau You are our hero! Your gift brings free Shakespeare to 11,500 community members each summer. Thank you! Donate on your mobile device — donate.seattleshakespeare.org MATTERS seattleshakespeare.org ES075 covers.indd 1 6/24/15 11:43 AM ENCORE ARTS NEWS Visit EncoreArtsSeattle.com Q & A with Stephanie Timm BY BRETT HAMIL She’s currently working on an Elizabeth George Commission from the Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory Theatre. (She also recently collaborated with NCTC’s Brenda Joyner on the first edition of Encore’s One Minute Webcam Monologue.) Continuing our streak of notable Seattle playwrights, Timm joined us for a handul of questions. See more interviews with Seattle theatre artists every Friday over at EncoreArtsSeattle.com. 4 ENCORE STAGES PHOTO COURTESY STEPHANIE TIMM Stephanie Timm is a playwright and Cornish teacher with collaborative ties to Seattle’s most esteemed theatre houses. She was playwright-in-residence at ACT where she adapted The Ramayana with Yussef El Guindi, an alumna of the Seattle Rep Writers Group, a company playwright and affiliate artist with New Century Theatre Company (NCTC) and a member of ACT’s Affiliate Artist Working Group. Her newest play, Tails of Wasps, premiered with NCTC last spring and won a Gypsy Award and a Footlight Award. ENCORE ARTS NEWS What’s the best performance you’ve seen lately? Live! From the Last Night of My Life [by Wayne Rawley] is the best performance I’ve seen lately and one of the top performances I’ve seen, ever! It’s a brilliant script, full of comedy and pathos, about an important subject. As Dana Perry, winner of the Oscar for Best Documentary Short, Crisis Hotline, said, “We should talk about suicide out loud.” The actors, direction, and design were superb as well. TRUE What’s the best meal in town? The best meal I’ve had in Seattle was the prix fixe meal at Art of the Table in Wallingford. Highlights were smoked goat and a palate cleanser of raspberry sorbet with sea salt and the chef with his ringmaster-style mustache coming out between each course and telling us all about the food, the happy organic life it had before its ultimate fate in the food chain. What’s the ideal setting for writing a play? Ideally, when writing the first draft of a play, I’d have a series of quiet mornings without interruption in which I’d crank out a very mediocre first draft. Then, ideally, a theater company (like New Century) would read it, see all its potential and I’d get to workshop it with actors. Actors are the best dramaturgs, and my best writing occurs when I’m submerged in conversation during a workshop or during rehearsals. I love playwriting best when I’m involved in this kind of collaborative development process. What’s the best advice anyone ever gave you about working in theatre? Don’t take things personally, especially rejection. This is a highly subjective art form. For more previews, stories, video and a look behind the scenes, visit EncoreArtsSeattle.com PROGRAM ARCHIVE CALENDAR PREVIEWS ARTIST SPOTLIGHT AN AMERICAN DREAM August 21 & 23 Dorothea Lange photo, War Relocation Authority 1942 - 1945 What music gets you pumped up? What do you listen to when you’re sad? Music that gets me pumped up: Augustines, Raveonettes and Pixies. Music I listen to when sad: I don’t really listen to music when I’m sad. I just sit silently and stare at walls. Jack Perla Jessica Murphy Moo MCCAW HALL 206.389.7676 800.426.1619 SEATTLEOPERA.ORG WORLD PREMIERE— INSPIRED BY TRUE STORIES FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Treasured possessions become symbols of home as two Puget Sound women struggle to maintain a sense of place during displacements related to World War II. This world premiere includes interactive pre- and post-show experiences to deepen your understanding of the situations and characters depicted in the opera. In English with English Subtitles. Featuring members of Seattle Symphony Orchestra. FRIDAY, AUGUST 21 8:00 PM SUNDAY, AUGUST 23 2:30 PM SO PRODUCTION SPONSOR: TRUE-BROWN FOUNDATION encore artsseattle.com 5 ENCORE ARTS PREVIEWS As summer winds down, the Seattle theatre calendar heats up with world premiere musicals, nationally touring Broadway shows and original commissioned works. Check out these upcoming shows. Bloomsday Sept. 11–Oct. 11 James Joyce’s literary masterwork Ulysses provides the backdrop for this new play commissioned by ACT. It’s the story of an American man who returns to Dublin to reconnect with the Irish woman who stole his heart 30 years ago. Weaving through the intervening years and divergent life paths separating the two lovers, Bloomsday explores heartache with humor and hope. Written by Stephen Dietz and directed by Kurt Beattie. ACT Theatre Annie Sept. 20–26 From its humble beginnings as a Depressionera newspaper comic strip, this beloved musical won seven Tonys and spawned three movies including the 2014 iteration starring Quvenzhané Wallis and Jamie Foxx. Annie never grows up and will always sing that eternally optimistic anthem, “Tomorrow.” With Daddy Warbucks, Sandy the dog and a cameo appearance from FDR, this revitalized national touring production is helmed by original lyricist and director Martin Charnin and choreographed by Liza Gennaro. The Paramount Waterfall Oct. 1–25 The 5th Avenue Theatre presents the world premiere of its 18th new musical. Waterfall is based on the contemporary Thai novel Behind the Painting, the story of a tempestuous romance set in 1930s Thailand and Japan as the monarchy crumbles and Japan is on the brink of war. A young Thai student falls in love with the American wife of a Thai diplomat and their forbidden love parallels the shifting world around them. With book and lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr., music by David Shire, choreography by Dan Knechtges and directed by Tak Viravan. 5th Avenue Theatre For more previews, stories, video and a look behind the scenes, visit EncoreArtsSeattle.com PROGRAM ARCHIVE 6 ENCORE STAGES CALENDAR PREVIEWS ARTIST SPOTLIGHT Visit EncoreArtsSeattle.com ENCORE ARTS NEWS Michael E. Greer, M.D. OFFERING One-Two hour presentations on Herbal, Holistic and Natural Remedies for Health and Beauty [email protected] Facebook: Dr Michael Greer www.michaelgreermd.com TICKETS FROM 26 $ CND From Opera to Metal Jeran Michael Brown’s musical journey BY BRETT HAMIL But the siren song of the dark arts beckoned Brown [pictured above in a headshot from his opera days]. He dropped out of the opera scene and moved to Seattle seeking new sounds. A growing fascination with metal took over and he exchanged his arias and oratorios for primal screams and growls. He’s now preparing to release his first metal album as the singer of Whythre (pronounced “Whither-ee”), the culmination of a long transformation. I talked to Brown about his unusual musical journey and the many similarities between the two disciplines. Readers Tell me how you began to transition from opera to metal. There’s something very dark, theatrical, brutal and beautifully angry about black metal and death metal. It evoked a darker side of myself. I became attracted to the lyrical concepts, the aesthetic value; an aural assault on the senses that awakened something really exciting in me. I began thinking if I took my training as an opera singer and applied it as a metal vocalist I’d probably be able to go really far with it. It’d be an interesting route to take. When I started to reveal my love of metal music to my opera peers, they always looked at me like I had something on my face. But there are so many similarities between the grandiose natures of both genres that really meet in the middle. Some of the best operas are tragedies where the heroine dies in the end in the name of love or freedom. Metal music is a lot like that. My first year in Seattle, I ran into Shon Under the Tents • Vanier Park, Vancouver, Canada On Stage to Sept 26 1-877-739-0559 • bardonthebeach.org Photo courtesy of Seattle Opera. Bill Mohn photographer PHOTOS COURTESY JERAN MICHAEL BROWN Jeran Michael Brown crossed over to the dark side, from opera to metal. The son of two musicians in Northern California, he showed an early aptitude for singing and received vocal training from a young age. He worked his way up from community theatre shows and collegiate workshops to the Fresno Grand Opera, where he played such roles as the Imperial Commissioner in Madame Butterfly and the Herald in Verdi’s Othello. He hadn’t gotten his vocal studies degree yet and was already performing professionally alongside world-renowned singers. Howard Family Stage Readers Captivated Sophisticated Consumers Sophistic Advertise in 206.443.0445 x113 Performing for you [email protected] encore art sseattle.com 7 EMG0 ENCORE ARTS NEWS FRESH HANDMADE TORTILLAS SEATTLE’S BEST NACHOS CHARRED VEGGIES COLD BEER PERFECT MARGARITAS Cantina Leña, a bright new spot in downtown Seattle to grab addictive and a frosty beverage to wash it down HOURS OF OPERATIONS Mon-Fri 11am-11pm Sat & Sun 9am-11pm HAPPY HOUR during the week from 3-6pm and weekend BRUNCH 9am-3pm (206)519.5723 2105 5th Ave, Seattle, WA 98121 www.cantinalena.com SoUNd theatre company 2014 GreGory AwArd TheATre of The yeAr Untitled-1 1 Summer 2015 SeaSon Revolution and Revelation SeaTTLe PremIere! by MARCUS GARDLEY JULY 16 - AUGUST 2 CENTER THEATRE Seattle Center Armory a co-production with BRoWnBoX tHeatRe directed by tyrone Brown TIckeTS - brownpapertickets.com www.SoundTheatreCompany.org 8 ENCORE STAGES Petrey and we kicked it off by listening to music and talking about our philosophies in life musically, spiritually and humanistically. The creative process took off and we spent the next four years developing this project. Now we have our very first album coming out. There’s a history of classically trained vocalists who get into metal, right? There are definitely a lot of classically trained metal musicians and rock musicians. The lead singer of System of a Down (Serj Tankian), modern symphonic metal like Nightwish, Cradle of Filth—a lot of them bring a classical influence into their music. There’s a high level of virtuosity there. When you think of metal, at first you think of this loud stuff, but if you dig deeper— TDR 061515 cantina 1_6v.pdf Dimmu Borgir is a perfect example. They’re so inspired by romantic music: Wagner, Beethoven. Chopin, Liszt, Holst. Big, dramatic theatrical music that evokes emotions. The most important thing about opera is it engages your emotions and brings them out for the world to see. Metal does that as well. The concept of horror and darkness and brutality is what makes it so attractive. It reaches in and pulls out this seething arcane feeling that is very peaceful but at the same time is made of chaos. In both genres you might not know what is being sung, you might not even speak the language, but the emotion is being communicated. A lot of people will say it’s brutal and gory and satanic and evil. Well, yes, it’s an invocation of the brutality within man that is put into the medium of music so we are able to hold this force out in front of us and view it for what it is. It’s a good way to spiritually exorcise the filth. Speaking of brutality, I listen to that stuff and think: How do you protect your voice? Do you use the techniques you learned in opera? ST 061515 jesus 1_6v.pdf There’s a book called The Structure of Visit EncoreArtsSeattle.com Singing by Richard Miller. To quote him, singing is just air escaping the body. I was able to take that concept to metal vocals. I do engage all of my body and my diaphragmatic muscles especially when I inhale to scream, but I keep my throat open as though I’m yawning. It takes a while for your vocal chords and vocal folds to get used to such turbulence. It’s not actually screaming; it’s just a high, intense sound that comes from air being pushed out of the body. Which is harder, opera or metal? I’d say opera wins that one because it’s a lifelong achievement. You’re never done learning about your own voice. But it’s the same for metal vocals. Who knows how I’m going to sound after ten or so years of doing this? An opera singer, that’s what they do, just like any musician. They eat, sleep and breathe technique. They practice and practice and practice. It’s all about support. You have to use your body as a vessel and manipulate all the right muscles in order to produce the right volume, frequency and sound. I spent 15 years trying to perfect my vocal 6/17/15 technique in opera. Now that I’ve taken it to the metal I’d say that opera is harder because that took 15 years of training. I took those concepts and put them into metal and that just shot it off like a rocket. It’s getting easier and easier to sing the metal stuff. What would growth look like in terms of metal vocals, having already been through that process in opera? Basically, challenging ourselves to write more agile music. I’d see myself succeeding in metal vocally if I continue to increase my volume every day. The way I see the entire project working out is to be able to hook that inspiration and meet the dark side of music and love it. We wanna be able to turn heads and make people happy with our music, which is the lifelong goal. Listen to more of Whythre’s music at https://soundcloud.com/whythre 11:51 AM A Summer Tradition Did you know that Seattle Shakespeare Company’s relationship with free outdoor theatre in summer started before merging with Wooden O in the 2008? The 1996 Free Willy production of The Taming of Shrew gave the company of a taste of Shakespeare in the great outdoors. Many memorable summers make for a tradition of free theatre that we (and many others!) look forward to each year. It’s our way of giving back and making sure that everyone, no matter their financial situation, can enjoy these wonderful stories. 1994 Wooden O’s inaugural production, Much Ado About Nothing, has 3 performances at Luther Burbank Park. THE DOOR IS OPEN TO YOU 1996 Seattle Shakespeare Festival’s “Free Willy” production of The Taming of the Shrew performs at Denny Playfield. Seattle Shakespeare Company’s commitment to accessibility is not limited to our summer shows. Groundling Rush Tickets Our Groundling program allows members to purchase up to two $10 rush tickets (available in person, one hour before curtain). Pay-What-You-Will Previews The first public performance of each of our indoor productions is a pay-what-you-will preview. 2001 Wooden O, GreenStage, and Theater Schmeater organize the first Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival at Volunteer Park. Teen Tix Teen Tix members can purchase $5 rush tickets (available in person, one hour before curtain). More information about these programs can be found at seattleshakespeare.org 8 theatres participate. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2008 Accessible Performances Our indoor venues are ADA accessible and assisted listening devices are available for patrons. Seattle Shakespeare Company and Wooden O merge. PICTURED 1996: The Taming of the Shrew. 2001: The Tempest and As You Like It. 2008: A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Romeo and Juliet. 2013: Henry V and Romeo and Juliet (tour). 2013 Wooden O celebrates its 20th anniversary season. Seattle Shakespeare’s tour of Romeo and Juliet has 3 performances at Olympic Sculpture Park. 2015 Wooden O has grown to 39 performances in 12 cities. encore artsprograms.com A-1 As You Like It by William Shakespeare CAST PRODUCTION TEAM Adam / Sir Oliver Martext / Musician Eric Ray Anderson* Director Annie Lareau Corin / Musician Amy Fleetwood Stage Manager Xandria Barber Silvius / Charles the Wrestler / Musician Spencer Hamp Set Designer Craig Wollam Duke Senior / Duke Frederick Heather Hawkins Costume Designer Kelly McDonald Audrey Kate Jaeger Sound Designer Harry Todd Jamieson Rosalind Brenda Joyner Composer Edd Key Jaques Kelly Kitchens* Properties Designer Robin Macartney Celia Hana Lass* Choreographer Crystal Dawn Munkers Orlando Jason Sanford Fight Choreographer Casey Brown Touchstone Brian Simmons Music Director Jon Lutyens Phebe / Musician Maya Sugarman Technical Director Seattle Scenic Studios Le Beau / Amiens / Jaques de Boys / Musician Sean Patrick Taylor Assistant Director Victoria McNaughton William / Dennis / Musician Duncan Weinland Oliver Evan Whitfield * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Assistant Stage Manager Emma Pihl SPECIAL THANKS American Life Inc, Bellevue Library, Bellevue Parks and Recreation, Sam Saunders THE TAKING OF PICTURES OR THE MAKING OF RECORDINGS OF ANY KIND DURING THE PERFORMANCE IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Rosalind and Celia are the daughters of a pair of sisters, Duke Senior and his usurper, Duke Frederick. The daughters are best friends, and, for Celia’s sake, Frederick has kept Rosalind at court. Orlando wins the fight, and he and Rosalind fall in love. Frederick banishes Rosalind, and Celia plans to escape with her. Rosalind disguises herself as Celia’s brother, and, along with the Duke’s clown, Touchstone, they head into the forest of Arden, where Duke Senior and his friends are living happily as outlaws. Orlando, warned that he is in danger, also heads to the forest and joins the outlaws. Rosalind and Orlando meet, but he mistakes her for a boy. She encourages him to woo her as if she were Rosalind so that she can put his true feelings to the test. Oliver is sent by Frederick to retrieve Orlando. He is attacked by a lion, and Orlando saves him but is badly injured. Oliver brings Orlando help, and they are reconciled. Oliver is introduced to Celia, and they fall in love. Her “brother” promises to produce Rosalind if Duke Senior will let her marry Orlando. He agrees, and Rosalind reveals her true identity. Duke Frederick has a miraculous religious conversion and becomes a hermit. Adapted from Shakespeare Genealogies by Vanessa James WOODEN O SPONSORS Anne & Mary ARTS & ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FUND at the Greater Everett Community Foundation A-2 SEATTLE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY SYNOPSIS Oliver is jealous of his popular brother, Orlando, who has challenged Charles the Wrestler to a fight. Oliver urges Charles to kill Orlando during the match. Henry IV Part 1 by William Shakespeare CAST PRODUCTION TEAM Peto / Douglas Tom Dewey Director George Mount Lancaster Michael Dreger Stage Manager Susannah Butler* Bardolph / Glendower Brandon Felker Set Designer Craig Wollam Mortimer / Poins Matthew Gilbert Costume Designer Jocelyne Fowler Falstaff Tim Hyland* Sound Designer Robertson Witmer Lady Percy Jessica Kiely Properties Designer Robin Macartney Lady Mortimer / Messenger Danni Krehbiel Fight Choreographer Tom Dewey King Henry IV David Anthony Lewis* Technical Director Seattle Scenic Studios Prince Hal Conner Neddersen Assistant Stage Manager Pamela Campi Spee Hotspur Joe Ngo Gadshill / Vernon / Northumberland Michael Patten* Blunt Lorenzo Roberts Westmoreland / Sheriff Nikki Visel Worcester / Mistress Quickly Kate Witt * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. THE TAKING OF PICTURES OR THE MAKING OF RECORDINGS OF ANY KIND DURING THE PERFORMANCE IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. SPECIAL THANKS American Life Inc, Nerys Jones SYNOPSIS Henry Bolingbroke has taken the crown from his cousin King Richard II and faces uprisings in Scotland and Wales. The Scots are defeated by Henry Percy, known as Hotspur, son of Northumberland. After the battle, Hotspur refuses to hand over his prisoners. He insists his brother in-law, Mortimer, who has been taken prisoner by the Welsh, must be ransomed. King Henry refuses. He fears that Mortimer, who was named King Richard II’s successor, might lay claim to the throne. The Percy family changes sides and plots a rebellion against Henry, who unfavorably compares his own irresponsible son, Prince Hal, to the valiant young Hotspur. During a riotous escapade with Sir John Falstaff and his disreputable friends at the Boar’s Head tavern, Hal is summoned to help lead the royal forces against the rebellion. Mortimer, Hotspur, and the Welsh prince, Glendower, plan to divide England among themselves. Just before the battle, Hotspur’s father and Glendower withdraw from the fight. Henry offers the rebels a pardon if they will disband, and Hal offers to fight Hotspur in single combat. Neither offer reaches Hotspur who sees no choice but to fight. During the battle, Hal kills Hotspur and also saves his own father’s life. Henry is victorious and dispatches troops to fight Northumberland, while he and Prince Hal depart for Wales to destroy Glendower and Mortimer’s supporters. Adapted from Shakespeare Genealogies by Vanessa James WOODEN O CIVIC PARTNERS Des Moines Arts Commission / Edmonds Arts Commission / Kirkland Summerfest / Mercer Island Arts Council / Sammamish Arts Commission / City of SeaTac / Seattle Center / Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council / Metro Parks Tacoma encore artsprograms.com A-3 Eric Ray Anderson Amy Fleetwood Cast Bios: As You Like It Eric Ray Anderson Adam / Sir Oliver Martext / Musician Eric is happy to be back in the parks with Wooden O, where he last appeared as Sir John Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor. Other Seattle Shakespeare Company performances include the Dukes in As You Like It and Stephano in The Tempest. He moved from his hometown of Tacoma all the way to Seattle in 1981, and has performed at just about every local Equity Theatre you can name, living or dead, as well as many round and about the country. Recent roles include John in Why Do We Keep Broken Things? at SOAP Fest 2015, Fred in Riverside Drive and Blue Morphan in The Unseen Hand at ACT Theatre, and Owen Musser in The Foreigner at Village Theatre. He plays ukulele in a couple of rockin’ local bands: Miss Mamie Lavona, the Exotic Mulatta, and her White Boy Band, and Eray and the Lost Positives. Amy Fleetwood Corin / Musician Amy last appeared with Wooden O playing Lord and Lady Capulet rolled into one in Romeo and Juliet. More recently, she played in Strawberry Theatre Workshop’s Our Town and Paul Budraitis’s The Salesman Is Dead and Gone. Other plays with Strawshop include Woody Guthrie’s This Land, Sarah Turing in Breaking the Code, and Dr. Stockmann in An Enemy of the People. She has also worked with Book-It Repertory Theatre (Mrs. Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility and Barb Wiggin in An Owen Meany Christmas) and Intiman Theatre (Lucy Stark in All the President’s Men). She was a long-standing company member of A Theatre Under the Influence. Amy is the mother of two beautiful, fast-growing daughters. Spencer Hamp Silvius / Charles the Wrestler / Musician This is Spencer’s first Wooden O show. Recently, he appeared in The Flick with New Century Theatre Company, The Seagull Spencer Hamp Heather Hawkins Project’s The Three Sisters at ACT Theatre, The Libertini’s Yer Cheatin’ Heart, and in Twelfth Night at Seattle Shakespeare Company. Last summer, he performed in a new work entitled The Waste Land Sisters at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. This fall, Spencer will be seen in The Comedy of Errors with Seattle Shakespeare Company. He is a company member of The Seagull Project and has a BA in drama and sociology from the University of Washington. Heather Hawkins Duke Frederick / Duke Senior Heather is thrilled to be back at Seattle Shakespeare Company/Wooden O. Previous Seattle Shakespeare Company/Wooden O credits include Othello, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Tempest, two productions of Julius Caesar, and three different productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Other Seattle theater work inlcudes Gideon’s Knot (2014 Gregory Award Nominee for Best Actress), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Mauritius, The Sweetest Swing in Baseball, End Days at Seattle Public Theater and Angry Housewives, The Little Dog Laughed, Shirley Valentine, Distracted, Love Song, As Bees in Honey Drown (2006 Seattle Times Footlight Award) at ArtsWest. Heather has also worked at Book-It Repertory Theatre, Taproot Theatre, Village Theatre, ACT Theatre, Mirror Stage, and Theater Anonymous. Her favorite role remains Wife and Mom in The Life and Times of Jay, Duncan, and Tessa Weinland. Kate Jaeger Audrey Kate is active in the Seattle theatre community as an actor, director, educator, and improviser. Favorite roles include Darzee in The Garden of Rikki Tikki Tavi at Seattle Children’s Theatre, Karen in August: Osage County with Balagan Theatre, Annie in Evil Dead: the Musical at ArtsWest, and Madame Thénardier in Les Misérables at Village Theatre (for which she won a Gregory Award). Kate has been a member of Jet City Improv since 2004. Brenda Joyner Rosalind Brenda has appeared in the parks with Wooden O in The Winter’s Tale, Much Ado About Nothing, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream as well as many indoor productions with Seattle A-4 SEATTLE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY Kate Jaeger Shakespeare Company. Other Seattle credits include: Tails of Wasps and On The Nature of Dust (New Century Theatre Company); The Glass Menagerie (Seattle Repertory Theatre); Titus Andronicus (upstart crow collective); Black Comedy and The Bells (Strawberry Theatre Workshop); and The Understudy (Seattle Public Theater). She is a member of New Century Theatre Company and can be seen in their upcoming fall production of Festen, directed by Wilson Milam. Originally from Alaska, Brenda made Seattle her home after graduating from Western Washington University and snagging a Canadian. Kelly Kitchens Jaques Kelly is proud to a be a part of the Wooden O family where over the years she has directed The Tempest and performed the roles of Kate (The Taming of the Shrew), Titania/Hippolyta (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Olivia (Twelfth Night), Princess of France (Love’s Labour’s Lost), and Hermione (The Winter’s Tale). Also at Seattle Shakespeare Company she has directed statewide touring productions of Othello, Julius Caesar, and Romeo and Juliet. On the main stage she has performed the roles of Olivia (Twelfth Night), Portia (Julius Caesar), and Nerissa (The Merchant of Venice). Kelly is a professional director, actor, adaptor, and teaching artist. She is the Associate Artistic Director at Seattle Public Theater, a member of the Sandbox Artists Collective, a member of Actors’ Equity Association, and the recipient of the 2014 Gregory Award for Outstanding Director. Hana Lass Celia Hana happily returns to Wooden O, with whom, many moons ago, she tread the grass as Juliet. In the meantime, she has kept busy indoors with Seattle Shakespeare Company in many roles, including Cecily in The Importance of Being Earnest, Rosalind in As You Like It, Ariel in The Tempest, and more. Recent work elsewhere in Seattle includes Robin Hood and Dick Whittington and His Cat at Seattle Children’s Theatre, An Evening of One Acts at ACT Theatre, The Explorers Club at Taproot Theatre, and The Hound of the Baskervilles at Seattle Repertory Theatre. Her favorite summer picnic companion is Connor Toms. Brenda Joyner Kelly Kitchens Jason Sanford Orlando Jason is excited to appear with Wooden O again. Recent credits include Little Bee (BookIt Repertory Theatre) and We Are Proud to Present a Presentation (Pony World). He last appeared with Wooden O as Canterbury in Henry V. He is a graduate of the PATP at the University of Washington. Brian Simmons Touchstone Brian is pleased to be making his return to the Wooden O family. Brian last appeared as Caliban in The Tempest. Brian was most recently seen at Theater Schmeater in The Twilight Zone: Live and has been fortunate to appear locally with ACT Theatre, Seattle Opera, and Seattle Musical Theatre. Before moving to Seattle, Brian worked in Chicago with First Folio, Circle Theater, Oak Park Festival Theater, and The Bailiwick Theater where he played Jerry Springer in the North American premier of Jerry Springer: The Opera, which won the Jeff Award for outstanding musical. Maya Sugarman Phebe / Musician Maya is thrilled to be playing in the parks with Wooden O this summer. A Seattle native, Maya grew up performing at ACT Theatre, Book-It Repertory Theatre, The 5th Avenue Theatre, and Seattle Children’s Theatre. Most recently Maya was seen in Seattle Shakespeare Company’s production of Tartuffe and in Mary’s Wedding with New Century Theatre Company. Other credits include productions with Fort Point Theater Channel and the American Repertory Theater Institute in Boston. She is very grateful to her parents for their support. Sean Patrick Taylor Hana Lass Jason Sanford and Cyrano de Bergerac for Seattle Shakespeare Company and teaches medieval and ancient literature at the Creative Retirement Institute and through UW Extension. Duncan Weinland William / Dennis / Musician Duncan is thrilled to be making his Wooden O/ Seattle Shakespeare Company debut this summer. Recent work includes shows at Seattle Public Theater: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and two productions of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Duncan also played Edmund in King Lear for Seattle Public Theater’s youth program last fall. Other favorite roles include Judas in Godspell and Danny in Grease. Duncan will be a junior at Roosevelt High School this fall where he has played a Chimney Sweep in Mary Poppins, Sebastian in The Little Mermaid, Austin in The Other Room, Honza in I Never Saw Another Butterfly, and ensemble in Kiss Me Kate . Evan Whitfield Oliver Evan is back for his quinquennial turn with Wooden O where he played Orsino in Twelfth Night (2005) and Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing (2010). He has performed on Seattle stages with ACT Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Book-It Repertory Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, 14/48, and many more. Favorite roles include Matt Prior in The Financial Lives of the Poets with Book-It Repertory Theatre; as well as Jeff in Lobby Hero and Walker/Ned in Three Days of Rain, both at Seattle Public Theater. He is a member of New Century Theatre Company. Cast Bios: Henry IV Le Beau / Amiens / Jaques de Boys / Musician Tom Dewey This is Sean’s eighth show with Wooden O, and he hopes to keep up this tradition until they carry him out in his own guitar case. Recent Seattle Shakespeare Company credits include The Winter’s Tale, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and Twelfth Night. Other recent credits include Telegin in Akropolis Performance Lab’s production of Uncle Vanya and Pony World’s Or, the Whale. A scholar of language and literature, he provided the translations of A Doll’s House Tom is delighted to be joining Wooden O for the first time in Henry IV. An actor and a fight choreographer, Tom’s work has been seen throughout the Puget Sound region. Favorite roles include Titus Lartius in Coriolanus with Seattle Shakespeare Company, Fisher in Border Songs with Book-It Repertory Theatre, and Brian in The Gingerbread House with Theater Schmeater. Tom holds the Peto / Douglas Brian Simmons AS YOU LIKE IT THEME Mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, Finding our place in each other’s lives. Every time you think you’re near, you find yourself alone, Lookin’ in the hearts of others for a place you can call home. Seeking what she lost, she is on the run. Looking for true love, he heads out towards the sun. Trippin’ over words, gettin’ lost in the woods, They’d love to find a hand to hold if they only could. CHORUS You need to find a life as you like it. Keep movin’, stay strong, and don’t fight it. Step out on the farthest ledges, Love will come in the frayed edges If you build your life as you like it. You’ve got to live your life as you like it. Her momma left her to find another life. Left her in a household full of sadness, pain, and strife. In her dearest cousin she finds a faithful friend, Someone who can help to get her ‘round the next bend. Before she knows it, her man is speeding after, But seekin’ his true love, he blindly sails right past her. She plays the game, she risks her heart, Just hopin’ and a-prayin’ her disguise will play its part. CHORUS encore artsprograms.com A-5 Maya Sugarman Sean Patrick Taylor rank of Actor/Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors and is a proud graduate of the Theatre Arts and History Departments at the University of Puget Sound. Michael Dreger Lancaster Michael is incredibly excited to be taking his summer internship with Seattle Shakespeare Company! Recently, Michael put up acting, writing, and directing work in Cornish College of the Art’s Original Works Festival. Michael’s favorite production to date has to be Horton Footes’ The Dancers, directed by Kelly Kitchens, wherein he played Horace. He is an honored member of The Core Ensemble Generative Group and has slated for September a fully staged production of two solo shows, of which he is co-director, that were seen as staged readings last April. Michael has one tremendous, loving boyfriend and two quirky, mischievous cats. Brandon Felker Bardolph / Glendower Brandon has been acting and improvising in and around Seattle for the last few years. He previously worked with Seattle Shakespeare Company on their state-wide educational tour. He is a member of the all-improv company, Unexpected Productions, and a founding member of the horror movie improv group, Blood Squad. This is his first production with Wooden O, and he’d like to thank everyone involved for a lovely experience. Matthew Gilbert Mortimer / Poins Matthew is ecstatic to be once again playing with Wooden O with such an amazing cast and crew. Previous roles with Wooden O include Fluellen in Henry V and Sebastian in Twelfth Night. Matthew recived his BA in Acting at LAMDA in 2007. Past credits include: John Merrick in The Elephant Man with STAGEright, Beethoven in 33 Variations with ArtsWest, and Clov in Endgame with Ghost A-6 SEATTLE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY Duncan Weinland Evan Whitfield Light Theatricals. Matthew would like to thank his friends and family for their unwavering support through his theater adventures. To Sam, for always making him laugh, and to all of you for supporting live, outdoor theater. Enjoy the show! Tim Hyland Falstaff Previous Wooden O/Seattle Shakespeare Company credits include Macbeth (director), Henry V (Fluellen), and The School for Scandal (Rowley). In his 25 years in Seattle, Tim has performed at most of the theaters in town. Favorite roles include Galileo, Hamlet, Jake (Stones in His Pockets), Pa (Into the West), and, of course, Falstaff! Around the country, he has performed at Stages Repertory Theater, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Tygres Heart, and Montana Shakespeare in the Parks. He now encourages children around the world to be champions, performing and training The NED Show, a character building assembly for elementary school students. He is the real life husband of fellow actor Tracy Hyland and the proud father of Gus who will turn 5 in August and start kindergarten! Jessica Kiely Lady Percy Jessica is thrilled to make her Wooden O debut this summer! She has her BFA in Theater from Cornish College of the Arts and is a graduate of the Acting program at PCPA. Favorite credits include Marlene in Top Girls, Enid Hoopes in Legally Blonde, Eve/Mama Noah in Children of Eden, Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, and Cathy Hyatt in The Last Five Years. Jessica will also be performing this Fall in Sound with Azeotrope. She is engaged to Zach Danneker and has an adorable dog named Finbarr. Danni Krehbiel Lady Mortimer / Messenger Danni just graduated from Cornish College of the Arts this spring. She is thrilled to be a part of this incredible ensemble, making her Wooden O debut! She was last seen in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel (The 5th Avenue Theatre) and can be seen in American Idiot (ArtsWest) in the fall. Tom Dewey David Anthony Lewis King Henry David is making his Wooden O debut this summer. He is a graduate of the rigorous acting program at Cornish College of the Arts. Local acting credits include roles at Seattle Shakepeare Company, Book-It Repertory Theatre, ACT Theatre, and Seattle Repertory Theatre. Regional credits include roles in Maine, Oregon, and Idaho. Favorite roles: Duke of Vienna in Measure for Measure, the Dentist in Little Shop of Horrors, Ghost of Christmas Present in A Christmas Carol, Pap Finn in Big River, Franz Liebkind in The Producers, Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet, and le Vicomte de Valmont in Les Liaisons Dangereuses. His wife Sarah was recently Seattle Shakespeare Company’s Production Manager and his daughter Anna was on-stage with him in Measure for Measure! Conner Neddersen Prince Hal Conner is an actor and teaching artist. He graduated Cornish College of the Arts in 2010. He is a member of New Century Theatre Company. Recent credits include Lucius Fretway in The Explorers Club at Taproot Theatre, Feste in Twelfth Night at Seattle Shakespeare Company, and Charlie in Mary’s Wedding at New Century Theatre Company. Conner spent three years touring with Seattle Shakespeare Company’s statewide touring program as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Caius Cassius in Julius Caesar, Laertes in Hamlet, and Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Look for him this fall in New Century Theatre Company’s production of Festen, a Seattle premiere. Joe Ngo Hotspur Joe is originally from Monterey Park, CA, and is a recent graduate of the University of Washington’s MFA/Professional Actor Training Program (2015) where he has performed in a plethora of roles on UW’s many stages. His most notable roles include Feste in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, Ken Talley Jr. in Lanford Wilson’s Fifth of July, and Dr. Bennett in E.M. Lewis’ world premiere of Reading to Vegetables. As a solo performer, he wrote and performed two pieces at UW titled Words, Words…, which explored his connection to his other native language, Teo Chew, and Way Past Hungry, an investigation Michael Dreger Brandon Felker of the human condition of loneliness. Before coming to Seattle from LA, he received a BA in Acting from Cal Poly Pomona and has worked with the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, Shakespeare by the Sea, and as head writer with the improv/sketch comedy group, Evil Monkey Empire. Michael Patten Gadshill / Vernon / Northumberland Previously for Wooden O: Hamlet (Claudius); The Winter’s Tale (Leontes); Henry V (Pistol); The Merchant of Venice (Antonio). Recent Seattle stage credits include All the Way and The Great Society (Seattle Repertory Theatre), Black Comedy (Strawberry Theatre Workshop), and The Importance of Being Earnest (Seattle Shakespeare Company). Locally, Michael has worked with New Century Theatre Company (founding company member/board member), Seattle Repertory Theatre, ACT Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Seattle Opera, Intiman Theatre, and Strawberry Theatre Workshop, among others. Regional credits include McCarter Theatre Center, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Huntington Theatre, Mill Mountain Theatre, Camden Shakespeare Festival, Interplayers, and Tacoma Actors Guild. Film and television credits include Prefontaine, Georgia, Highway, Grimm, Leverage, and The Commish, among others. AEA, SAG-AF TRA Lorenzo Roberts Blunt Lorenzo began his career in Seattle in January. You may have seen him in Seattle Shakespeare Company’s Othello or at ACT Theatre’s Young Playwrights Festival as Owen in Faults. He received his BFA in Acting from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in May of 2014. He is honored to be working with such a phenomenal cast and crew. Nikki Visel Westmoreland / Sheriff Nikki is glad to be back in the park performing this summer. Other work with Seattle Shakespeare Company includes last summer’s Julius Caesar and two seasons of the statewide touring productions. In addition, she teaches a Shakespeare class for Path with Art through Seattle Shakespeare Company. Most recently Nikki was seen in Olympia as Bev/Kathy Matthew Gilbert Tim Hyland (Clybourne Park) at Harlequin Productions. Favorite roles include Athena (The Odyssey), Mrs. Chevely (An Ideal Husband), and Joy Gresham (Shadowlands) all at Taproot Theatre. Also Rosemary (Picnic) at ReAct and Claire (Proof) at Seattle Public Theater. Kate Witt Worcester / Mistress Quickly Kate is a Seattle-based actress and was most recently seen in the premiere of For All That at Centerstage. Kate has worked with Wooden O, SecondStory Repertory, New Century Theatre Company, Arouet, ArtsWest, and Seattle Shakespeare Company. Favorite roles include Casca (Julius Caesar), Elizabeth McKellen (The Long Road), Nancy Gorden (Third), Emilie (Emilie: La Marquise Du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight), Feste (Twelfth Night), and Lisa Kron (Well). She holds an MFA in Theatre from the University of Mississippi. Kate lives in Magnolia with her husband, Steve, and their daughter, Molly. Production Bios Xandria Barber Stage Manager (As You Like It) Xandria is delighted to return to Wooden O for her second summer. You may have seen her last year with the women of Julius Caesar. Other regional stage management credits include The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2014, 2013) at Seattle Public Theater, The Mountaintop at ArtsWest and Returning to Albert Joseph with The Satori Group. Assistant Stage Management credits include Twelfth Night with Seattle Shakespeare Company and Little Bee with Book-It Repertory Theatre. Next, she’ll return to Seattle Shakespeare Company in the fall for The Comedy of Errors. She graduated from Stephens College with her BFA in Stage Management and as always would like to thank her incredibly supportive fiancé Kori. Casey Brown Jessica Kiely include Seattle Vice (Marxiano Productions), Horse Girls (Annex Theatre), The 4th Graders Present an Unnamed Love-Suicide (Ghost Light Theatricals), A Gogolplex (Ghost Light Theatricals), Team of Heroes: Behind Closed Doors (Annex Theatre), and Macbeth (Animal Fire Theatre). He is a certified member of the Society of American Fight Directors and the International Order of the Sword and Pen. His acting credits include work with Seattle Shakespeare Company, Seattle Opera, Harlequin Productions, Tygres Heart Shakespeare, Artists Repertory Theatre, and Shakespeare and Company. Casey is also on staff as Seattle Shakespeare Company’s Education Associate and Touring Manager. Susannah Butler Stage Manager (Henry IV) Susy is thrilled to return to the parks for another summer of Wooden O, having most recently worked on last summer’s Julius Caesar. Recent credits include Outside Mullingar at Seattle Repertory Theatre, Twelfth Night with Seattle Shakespeare Company, Spring Fever and Epiphany with Sandbox Radio, The Iceman Cometh with Endangered Species Project, Truth Like the Sun at Book-It Repertory Theatre, and High Society with Showtunes Theatre Company. Tom Dewey Fight Choreographer (Henry IV) See cast bios. Jocelyne Fowler Costume Designer (Henry IV) Jocelyne has designed for Seattle Shakespeare Company (Richard II), Wooden O (Two Gentlemen of Verona, Henry V, The Tempest), Book-It Repertory Theatre (Pride and Prejudice, Frankenstein, Anna Karenina, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet), SecondStory Repertory (Legally Blonde, Chess: The Musical, Moon Over Buffalo, etc.), Bellevue College (Carnival, Into the Woods, Dead Man’s Cell Phone), Seattle Musical Theatre (Young Frankenstein, Legally Blonde), Harlequin Productions (Clybourne Park, Jesus Christ Superstar), Youth Theatre Northwest Fight Choreographer (As You Like It) Casey’s past fight choreography includes Seattle Shakespeare Company’s statewide touring productions of Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Othello, and Macbeth. Further credits encore artsprograms.com A-7 Danni Krehbiel David Anthony Lewis (Little Shop of Horrors, Spring Awakening, Shrek: The Musical, Little Women, The Sound of Music), Vashon Opera (Albert Herring, Werther, Eugene Onegin) and other local theatres. Upcoming work can be seen in Tumbleweed Zephyr with Pork Filled Productions and The Lion in Winter with SecondStory Repertory. Harry Todd Jamieson Sound Designer (As You Like It) Harry’s recent work for Seattle Shakespeare Company/Wooden O includes sound design for Twelfth Night, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, and three years of the statewide touring productions, as well as acting in Measure for Measure and Macbeth. Harry is a freelance sound designer, actor, and director and has worked in these disciplines at many local theaters and institutions. Local sound design credits include Pride and Prejudice (Book-it Repertory Theatre); The Mountaintop and Chinglish (ArtsWest); Gideon’s Knot and Brokeology (Seattle Public Theater); SOAPfest OneAct festival (Sandbox Artists Collective); The Phantom Tollbooth, Pink and Say, Never Forgotten, A Day’s Work, Skippy-Jon Jones, and Thank You Mr. Falker (all for Book-It Repertory Theatre’s touring program). Harry received his BA in Drama from Western Washington University. Edd Key Composer (As You Like It) Edd’s music spans genres ranging from classical to the southern sounds of his Kentucky roots. In the mid-70s, he composed and recorded in West Berlin for the experimental Delta-Acustic label. In 1977, he co-founded the Ohio rock group, Spittin’ Image, and recorded on the MCA label. In Seattle, Edd has worked as actor, composer, and musical director for some of the city’s favorite theatres. He and Myra Platt co-created the musical Red Ranger Came Calling for BookIt Repertory Theatre. His collaborations with Eddie Levi Lee for The Empty Space include The Salvation of Iggy Scrooge, Rodeo Radio, and Wuthering! Heights! The! Musical!. He appeared in W!H!T!M! at Actor’s Theatre of Louisville’s main stage 2000 season. In 1998, he was a A-8 SEATTLE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY Conner Neddersen Joe Ngo member of the ensemble at the Mark Taper Forum in Peter Parnell’s adaptation of John Irving’s The Cider House Rules. Annie Lareau Director (As You Like It) Annie is a professional director, actor, adaptor, and teaching artist. She is an Associate Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, recipient of two Seattle Footlight awards in acting, is a member of the Sandbox Artists Collective, and, most recently, served as the Interim Artistic Director of ArtsWest Playhouse. She holds a BFA in Acting and Directing from Syracuse University and an M.ED in Arts Education from Harvard University. She most recently directed Doktor Kaboom: Live Wire at the Kennedy Center for the Arts in Washington, DC and a remount of her adaptation of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet at the Nevada City Theatre in California. She has worked locally with BookIt Repertory Theatre, ACT Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, ArtsWest, 14/48, Annex Theatre, SOAP Fest, Theater Schmeater, the former Empty Space Theatre, and Cornish College of the Arts. Robin Macartney Properties Designer (As You Like It / Henry IV) This is Robin’s sixth time working with the great folks at Seattle Shakespeare Company. When not working as a technical assistant/front of house manager at the Theatre Off Jackson, she can be found at the University of Puget Sound where she is the Theatre department’s scene shop supervisor. Professional credits include design work with Cafe Nordo, Youth Theatre Northwest, Pork Filled Productions, Live Girls!, Annex Theatre, Macha Monkey, Printer’s Devil Theatre,14/48, and Ese Teatro. Kelly McDonald Costume Designer (As You Like It) Kelly is delighted to be a part of Wooden O for her second year in a row. Last summer she designed costumes for the all-female cast of Julius Caesar. She has also previously assisted on King Lear and The Importance of Being Earnest for Seattle Shakespeare’s indoor season. Other designs include Chinglish (ArtsWest), In the Heights (Village Theatre), SOAP Fest (Sandbox Artists Collective), Something Burning (Café Nordo), and The Beebo Brinker Chronicles Michael Patten (Cherry Manhattan Presents). With a strong emphasis in educational theatre, she regularly designs at Cornish College of the Arts and Village Theatre Kidstage. Victoria McNaughton Assistant Director (As You Like It) Victoria was seen last summer in Julius Caesar. A recent graduate of the Original Works program at Cornish College of the Arts, she appeared as Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Cornish College for the Arts) directed by Annie Lareau. Other credits include dramaturg for Vanessa Miller’s production of The Penelopiad by Margret Atwood (Cornish College for the Arts) and Terri Weagant’s recent production of The Amish Project. She also assisted with the founding of The Operating Theatre Company in the fall of 2013 and their production of The Memory of Water by Shelagh Stephenson. George Mount Director (Henry IV) For Seattle Shakespeare Company, George has appeared in Twelfth Night, Richard II, Love’s Labour’s Lost, A Doll’s House, The Comedy of Errors, The Taming of the Shrew, King Lear, Richard III, and Macbeth and directed Waiting for Godot, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, The Tempest and statewide touring productions of Hamlet, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Othello. George is the founding Artistic Director of Wooden O, where he has played Malvolio, Iago, Richard III, Shylock, Hamlet, Cassius, Benedick, Caliban, Romeo, and Feste and directed Henry V, The Comedy of Errors, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Much Ado About Nothing. Other credits include work at ACT Theatre, Book-It Repertory Theatre, Seattle Public Theater, SecondStory Repertory Theatre, and Village Theatre. Crystal Dawn Munkers Choreographer (As You Like It) Crystal, long-time lover of Seattle Shakespeare Company, recently choreographed mainstage productions Much Ado About Nothing, Love’s Labour’s Lost, and Gregory Award “Best Production” Nominee As You Like It. Past Wooden O credits include Julius Caesar, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Tempest, Lorenzo Roberts Nikki Visel Comedy of Errors, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Assistant Director). Most recently, her choreography was featured in No Way to Treat a Lady (Village Theatre), Dick Whittington and His Cat (Seattle Children’s Theatre), and Passing Strange (ACT Theatre/Sidecountry Theatre). Crystal received her graduate certification in Directing for the Stage and Screen from the University of Washington. Emma Pihl Assistant Stage Manager (As You Like It) Emma is happy to join the Wooden O family with As You Like It. Emma’s recent credits include Cabaret with Village Theatre, The Flick with New Century Theatre Company, The Explorer’s Club with Taproot Theatre, and several shows with Book-It Repertory Theatre, including Pride and Prejudice, I Am Of Ireland, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Truth Like the Sun, Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus, and Pink and Say, one of Book-It’s educational touring shows. Pamela Campi Spee Assistant Stage Manager (Henry IV) Pamela is excited for her first season of Wooden O! Previously with Seattle Shakespeare Company: Tartuffe. She works in stage management in the Seattle area at ArtsWest, Village Theatre, The 5th Avenue Theatre, and others. When not living the backstage life, she is the Production Manager at ArtsWest, a professional photographer and puppy mom to an adorable lab mix. Undying love and thanks to her favorite leading man! Seattle Scenic Studios Technical Director (As You Like It / Henry IV) Seattle Scenic Studios is the only non-profit scenic fabrication organization in the United States. They provide technical support to non-profit theatres and museums throughout the state, including Seattle Shakespeare Company. Seattle Scenic has supported productions from Washington to New York, from Lincoln, NB, to Spoleto, Italy. They also train the next generation of technical theatre artists, supporting programs including Roosevelt High School, Kamiak High School, the Bush School, Evergreen Middle School, Billings Middle School, Seattle Prep, and Islander Middle School. Kate Witt Robertson Witmer Sound Designer (Henry IV) Rob’s recent work for Seattle Shakespeare Company includes Othello, Tartuffe, Waiting for Godot, King Lear, and Much Ado About Nothing. Other recent shows include The Three Sisters (The Seagull Project); Venus in Fur (Seattle Repertory Theatre); and Humble Boy (Seattle Public Theater). Recent performance credits include A Doctor in Spite of Himself (Yale Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, and Intiman Theatre); and Fiddler on the Roof (Village Theatre). Rob received the 2013 Gregory Award for Outstanding Sound Design for New Century Theatre Company’s production of The Trial. We’re teaming up with Tuxedos and Tennis Shoes Catering and Events to offer gourmet picnic meals for performances at Luther Burbank Park. Order online in advance and pick up a perfect picnic meal when you arrive at the park. It’s as easy as that! Order at seattleshakespeare.org Craig Wollam Set Designer (As You Like It / Henry IV) Craig is happy to be designing his 30th production for Wooden O. As a freelance scenic and lighting designer, Craig’s work has been seen at Seattle Shakespeare Company, Langston Hughes, Intiman Theatre, Seattle Opera, Centerstage, Seattle Repertory Theatre, BookIt Repertory Theatre, Village Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Spectrum Dance Theater, Civic Light Opera, ArtsWest, Bellevue Opera, Wing Luke Museum, The Bruce Lee Exhibit for Inter*Im, Centerstage, The Empty Space, Seattle Public Theater, Youth Theatre Northwest, Seattle Shakespeare Company, and Tacoma Actors Guild here in Washington. Out of town, Craig has designed for Arizona Theatre Company, Chicago Theatre Center, Atlanta’s 14th Street Theatre, Boston’s Lyric Theatre, Dance Theatre Workshop of NY, the Spoleto Festival of Italy, the Colony in Miami, the Zephyr in LA, Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, and the Actor’s Playhouse, NY. Craig is co-founder and Technical Director of Seattle Scenic Studios, a non-profit serving non-profits and education throughout Western Washington including Seattle Shakespeare Company/Wooden O. Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 45-thousand actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. www.actorsequity.org Leadership Bios John Bradshaw Managing Director Now in his fourteenth season with Seattle Shakespeare Company, John is a graduate of the University of Washington and has spent nearly his entire career as part of the Seattle theatre community. Prior to joining Seattle Shakespeare, he was Managing Director at The Empty Space Theatre and Director of Endowment and Planned Giving for Seattle Repertory Theatre. John served as General Manager and Development Director during construction and initial operations at Kirkland Performance Center. At Seattle Children’s Theatre, he was part of the development staff during the capital campaign to build the Charlotte Martin Theatre. Prior to going into administration, John served as an AEA stage manager at several professional theatres in Seattle. John is on the Honorary Advisory Board for the School of Drama at the University of Washington and the Advisory Board for TeenTix. George Mount Artistic Director See production bios. encore artsprograms.com A-9 NEXT ON STAGE SEPTEMBER 16–OCTOBER 11 WHAT IT’S ABOUT A fast and funny comedy filled with mixed up mayhem. Searching for the family they lost years ago in a shipwreck, Antipholus and his servant, Dromio, find themselves in a strange city where nearly everyone thinks they know them. Are folks seeing double? Maybe! This comic knot of jealous wives, quack doctors, mysterious nuns, and double trouble untangles just in time with the nuttiest family reunion you’ve ever seen. By William Shakespeare Directed by Jane Nichols WHERE IT’S PERFORMING The Leo K. Theatre at Seattle Repertory 155 Mercer Street WHO YOU’VE SEEN Kevin Bordi: The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Wooden O), Love’s Labour’s Lost David Brown King: Richard II, As You Like It Samie Detzer: The Two Gentlemen of Verona Spencer Hamp: As You Like It (Wooden O), Twelfth Night Julie Briskman: Twelfth Night, The Threepenny Opera Todd Jefferson Moore: Waiting for Godot, King Lear, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Electra The Miser, Much Ado About Nothing, Richard III, As You Like It, Pericles Linda Kay Morris: King Lear Michael Patten: Henry IV Part 1 (Wooden O), The Importance of Being Earnest, Henry V (Wooden O), A Doll’s House, The Winter’s Tale (Wooden O), Wittenberg, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Taming of the Shrew Jay Myers: Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, Love’s Labour’s Lost seattleshakespeare.org Bloodlines This season we’re delving into the domestic. The affairs of kings and queens won’t be found. Families will be the focus. Our bloodlines. By William Shakespeare Directed by Jane Nichols Mother Courage and Her Children By Bertolt Brecht Directed by Jeff Steitzer Titus Andronicus By William Shakespeare Directed by David Quicksall Mrs. Warren’s Profession By George Bernard Shaw Directed by Victor Pappas Romeo and Juliet By William Shakespeare Directed by Vanessa Miller Sept. 16–Oct. 11, 2015 A comic knot of mistaken identities. Leo K. Theatre at Seattle Repertory Theatre Oct. 27–Nov. 22, 2015 A powerhouse anti-war satire peppered with music and song. Center Theatre at Seattle Center Jan. 12–Feb. 7, 2016 A swift and savage tale of bloody revenge. Center Theatre at Seattle Center Mar. 15–Apr. 10, 2016 A mother-daughter battle of wits and wills. Center Theatre at Seattle Center May 4–May 22, 2016 An intimate love story to enchant us again and again. Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center seattleshakespeare.org All titles, dates, and artists subject to change. 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David Allais Bob and Sarah Alsdorf Stella and Steve Bass Mary and Scott Berg Jeannie Buckley Blank and Tom Blank John Bodoia Pierre DeVries and Susan Tonkin Dan Drais and Jane Mills Sue Drais Lauren Dudley Rick and Terry Edwards Emily Evans and Kevin Wilson Ann and Donald Frothingham Lynne Graybeal and Scott Harron Bert and Bob Greenwood Maria Mackey Gunn John and Ellen Hill Ken and Karen Jones Gustavo and Kristina Mehas Sarah Merner and Craig McKibben Phil and Carol Miller Nancy Miller-Juhos and Fred Juhos Susan and Steven Petitpas Mary Pigott Erik Pontius Anne Repass TheHappyMD.com Nicole Dacquisto Rothrock and Tim Rothrock Chuck Schafer and Marianna Clark Laura Stusser-McNeil and K. C. 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Download it today. Contact Us Ticket office: (206) 733-8222 Administrative offices: (206) 733-8228 Fax: (206) 733-8202 Seattle Shakespeare PO Box 19595 Seattle, WA 98109 Ticket Office Hours Tuesday–Friday: 1 p.m.–6 p.m. seattleshakespeare.org A-16 SEATTLE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY Board of Directors Board Officers Sarah Alsdorf, President Susan Petitpas, Vice President / President Elect Marisa Bocci, Vice President David C. Allais, Treasurer Phillip S. Miller, Secretary Emily H. Evans, Immediate Past President Board Members Steve Bass Jeannie Buckley Blank Lynne Graybeal Roberta Greenwood David Haggerty Steve Kelley Nancy Miller Juhos Patrick O’Kelley Renee Roub Nicole E. Dacquisto Rothrock Chuck Schafer Suzanne Skinner Laura Stusser-McNeil Tom Sunderland Dan Tierney Jay Weinland Susan K. Wilder Jeanne C. Wintz, Ph.D. Jolene Zimmerman Advisory Board Kenneth Alhadeff John Bodoia Paula Butzi Mary E. Dickinson, CPA Dan Drais Donald Frothingham Slade Gorton Maria Mackey Gunn Ellen Hill John Hill Stellman Keehnel Sarah Merner Jane Mills Meg Pageler Mourning Laurie Smiley James F. Tune Doug Walker Pat Walker Steven Wells Facilities Partners ENCORE ARTS NEWS from city arts magazine Wearing Memories Owuor Arunga reflects his experiences around the globe. BY AMANDA MANITACH WHO Owuor Obi Otieno Arunga, musician, producer, ac- tivist and rockstar dad. Born and raised in Kisumu, Kenya, Arunga has called Seattle home for 15-plus years. “I convinced my parents to move [to the U.S.] after I watched Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” video,” he says. GLOBAL VISIONARY Arunga began studying music when he was nine, going on to earn a degree in contemporary music from The New School in New York. His career as a jazz trumpeter has taken him around the world—touring with the Physics and Black Stax, and playing the New Years show in Times Square with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. He recently worked on the “Music To Empower Youth” campaign with One Vibe Africa, a global initiative that brings the arts to orphans and disadvantaged youth in Kisumu. He’s producing two TV episodes for Coke Studio Africa, a Pan-African cross-cultural exchange between African musicians in the diaspora. THE LOOK “My number one aesthetic rule: wear the clothes, don’t let them wear you. A man makes the clothes. My favorite trademark look is a kilt, leather vest and black boots. Makes me feel primal, masculine, rockstar. In general I wear clothing I associate with a time and place or a life experience, whether that’s a trip to Monaco, a shoe-shopping spree in Tokyo or a T-shirt from a festival in Kenya. I love to wear my memories.” ICONS “African Sapeurs. My parents. Slash. Diana Vreeland’s audacity, Fela Kuti’s swag, Miles Davis’ edge. Ishmael Butler and Tendai Maraire for consistency. Amsterdam and Milan are my favorite cities for style.” UP NEXT Arunga is putting the final touches on “Pamoja,” LAUREN MAX a song and music video made with Otieno Terry, Naomi Wachira, Dadabass, Naomi Wamboe and Tendai Maraire, the proceeds of which will benefit young African artists. encore art sseattle.com 9 ENCORE ARTS NEWS from city arts magazine The Human Web BY STEVE SCHER AM FEELING very lucky. I was in a coffee shop, thinking I had been waiting a bit too long for the brew. A little gurgle of impatience was working its way up and I thought it better to turn around and wander. An artist’s paper cuts were on display, as artists’ work is everywhere these days. Art is the lingua franca of our modern hipster economy, as ubiquitous as homemade bitters and kale chips—and we are lucky for it. All these opportunities for humans to share what they make and craft, what they carve and snip and blow and chip, all these chances to point at themselves and at each other (and at all of us) wrap us in the warp and weft of our own hopes and fears. We are Homo Urbanus now, remaking the world in the Anthropocene, and here, out of the smoldering pits of copper and coal comes some miner making something that burns and shines. From the acidifying oceans swarming with jellyfish, some fisher has hooked one of the last salmon and turned it into sculpture. Or here, while I waited for my short decaf latte, a paper cutter presents me with what feels like Victorian scenes of a modern Seattle: Here is the space needle in cardboard, the towers looking like the row houses of Amsterdam; here is a ferry plying the sound, a kayak across its bow, the piers along the waterfront, even the Ferris wheel. The artist had snared me in her web—my grumble of discontent replaced by her delightful sense of the city. Price tags are posted next to each artwork and I’m glad for that. Creative offerings are real but payment would be too, thank you very much. Artists don’t just reflect the evolving culture, they shape it. Their work is an important part of the economy. A woman was showing a basket on Antiques Roadshow the other night. She had bought it in a secondhand shop for a week’s salary. It was Yokut, a California People, circa 1900, the appraiser told her, pointing out the quail feathers and red yarn that ringed the rim. When the tourists arrived, weavers started cranking them out—they were apparently very popular with the white shoppers and sold for $100 each. Pricey stuff back when that could be a month’s wages for the clerking classes. Commerce helps keep art alive. But there is so much, and added to all the other stuff we manufacture it’s easy for people to feel overwhelmed and forlorn. So much stuff gets made that it seems too hard to I separate the great from the lousy. You could just dismiss it, or ignore it all, and hunker back down. But then, you can’t really. You reach for a bottle to drown your dismay, twist out the cork and there, tattooed in ink, a filigree pattern from the cork-maker, the company name surrounded by swirling borders and finely crosshatched lines. Why do that, on a cork, hidden in a bottle, if not to send a message? I made this, the creator says, I made this for you, tourist to my world, to admire, and maybe to be warmed by it, as I was warmed in the making. People can’t help it. We create. In the city, tossed against one another like dogs in the back of a dogcatcher’s van, rather than snarling and tearing at each other, we sing songs, we pound out rhythms. We turn the sidewalks over to metalworkers to adorn the sewer covers with stories. We gobble up blank walls, leaving behind, in archly patterned smears and stains, our identities. Humans are weeds and our efforts pop up in the cracks of even the smoothest edifice. Art erupts from our surroundings, connecting us to each other and to our past. In front of the Museum of History & Industry’s new digs on the southern shore of Lake Union are modern obelisks, honoring the people who used to fish and weave there. Like the ribs of a beast presumed extinct, they rise to reclaim their place. Wander through them, imagine the life those folks lived. Then turn and walk on, steps away is the Center For Wooden Boats’ artist-in-residence, Saaduuts. The Haida carver and boat builder is steaming a cedar canoe, teaching another generation a skill that chips through layers of living culture. Wander further, onto the docks where yet another layer of the past holds fast against the chrome and steel crafts that crowd the shore. That’s the thing about the artist, crafter, singer. There’s no giving up. There is too much work to do. One shift ends, another begins. The fingers that plug your information into the big modern machine of our society, these are the same fingers that weave the basket, the same hands that weld the sculpture, paint the paintings, spin the tales. When my coffee came, it was decorated with a foamy puppy, one eye winking. Another barista well trained in this emerging art form, sharing her ephemeral creation, rewiring our city with a simple act. n Humans are weeds and our efforts pop up in the cracks of even the smoothest edifice. 10 ENCORE STAGES ENCORE ARTS NEWS Podcaster Aaron Roden Can’t Stop Talking “I’ve created a hobby out of needing people,” says Aaron Roden, which is a clever quip though not entirely true. Roden’s hobby is podcasting and his show, Air Raid, recently logged its 249th episode in five-plus years. Those numbers testify to Roden’s unwavering dedication (obsession?) to conducting conversations with people he doesn’t know very well—chiefly luminaries of Seattle music, filmmaking and comedy—and making those conversations available to the public. Born and raised on the Kitsap Peninsula, Roden, 34, is a married father of two and cityemployed geologist by trade. His gregarious nature—“I’ve always had a knack for picking up and talking to a stranger,” he says—makes him a natural interviewer, whether or not he’s behind a microphone. “When someone tells me, ‘You’re good at talking,’ I don’t take that as a compliment,” he says. “It’s gotten me into trouble and made me late a lot of times because I don’t know how to get out of a conversation.” Whether driven by bravado or ignorance, when he first started Air Raid Roden aspired to the top-dog status enjoyed by seasoned podcasters like Mark Maron of WTF and Luke Burbank of Too Beautiful to Live. Unlike his heroes, he entered the game without any preexisting celebrity to boost his credibility. Early interviews with filmmaker Lynn Shelton and musician/writer Sean Nelson snowballed into subsequent interviews with performers like Trailer Park Boys and Bob Saget. Roden developed an interview style—part armchair psychologist, part just-happy-to-behere superfan—to tease out the kind of offbeat, humanizing insights his subjects rarely give to fact-finding journalists. His conversations need to be discursive to fill Air Raid’s 45–50 minutes of airtime. Roden says his guests are roughly 75 percent Seattle talent, 25 percent national names that draw attention to the show. The mix of local and national names puts Air Raid guests on an equal playing field. In the past few months, he’s disarmed some notoriously prickly subjects to elicit unique, affecting on-air moments: Ishmael Butler revealed the story behind his first-ever performance, at a Garfield High School talent show, for example, and he inadvertently bonded with Montage of Heck director Brett Morgen who was fervently missing his kids during an 18-hour press junket. Most recently, while recording episode 249 at the Crocodile “all hopped up on Dayquil,” he pissed off Jon Spencer of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion by referring to his music as “lo-fi.” Roden rarely edits out his flubs from the finished podcast. “People enjoy hearing me fail,” he says. Not enough so that his reputation suffers. Roden says that these days, publicists and artists like Spencer are requesting appearances on the show. To Roden, that’s validation in its own right. The show is a featured podcast on KIRO Radio’s website and occasionally, when featuring a bigger-named guest, gets top billing on iTunes. “That’s something I’m always concerned about,” he says. “Do I have any cred at all? I don’t know.” JONATHAN ZWICKEL IRMA VEP, THE LAST BREATH O P E N S J U LY 1 1 HENRY ART GALLERY H E N R YA R T.O R G Michelle Handelman. Irma Vep, The Last Breath [production still: Laure Leber]. 2013. 4-channel video installation (color, sound); 37:00 minutes. Courtesy of the artist HAG 052615 vep 1_3s.pdf NEVER MISS AN ISSUE! Subscribe and get City Arts delivered right to your mailbox. 1 year/12 issues/ $36 cityartsonline.com/subscriptions encore art sseattle.com 11 get with it Visit EncoreArtsSeattle for an inside look at Seattle’s performing arts. EncoreArtsSeattle.com PROGRAM ARCHIVE FEATURES ARTIST SPOTLIGHT WIN IT PREVIEWS ENCORE ARTS NEWS from city arts magazine READ YOUR PROGRAM South Lake Union, noon, any given weekday: dozens of food trucks and thousands of people looking for lunch. Food Truck Safari JASON JUSTICE Wandering South Lake Union in search of lunch ONLY A HANDFUL of years ago, South Lake Union was a ghost town of warehouses where you couldn’t get a bowl of soup or sandwich to save your life. Now the food options are mind-boggling. Food trucks are especially ubiquitous. During the lunch-rush hours of 11 a.m.–2 p.m., they crop up curbside and cluster in parking-lot pods, a convenient sampler of the city’s food-on-wheels scene. Along Westlake Avenue at noon on a weekday, thousands of lanyard-clad diners pour onto the sidewalks in pursuit of sustenance. The eating is good and the people-watching even better. In a small lot at Westlake and Lenora, the line to the NaanSense truck winds down the sidewalk nearly 30 people deep. Nearby Biscuit Box, a petite vehicle with a tan-andrusset striped awning, demands less of a wait. I order a ham and cheese biscuit ($8) made with trotters, rosemary and Beecher’s cheese fondue. The flaky golden biscuit is lodged in a cardboard boat filled with melted cheese and thick chunks of ham, and garnished with a healthy helping of fresh microgreens—more a pop of color and a nod to the notion of a balanced meal than a crucial component. Overcoming the gut-bomb biscuit fondue, my lunch partners and I delve into the biscuit bread pudding with citrus-rosemary caramel ($6). The dense biscuit is drenched with sugar, the top caramelized to a tinge of crème brûlée. As time evaporates, so does the caramel, which thickens to candy-apple sludge. In the same pod, Napkin Friends offers a Jewish twist to traditional sandwiches, replacing bread with crispy, gluten-free potato latkes; imagine a sandwich between two hash brown patties. Their O.G. ($10) is made with house-cured pastrami, Mama Lil’s peppers, arugula, 1000 Island dressing, horseradish creme and gruyere cheese. Arriving in a paper sleeve, the thing is as delicious as it is unwieldy. For those sitting in front of a computer screen after lunch, both the oil-soaked O.G. and the biscuit fondue are on the heavy side, which might explain the long line for lighter Indian food at NaanSense. Down Westlake Avenue and around the corner of Republican, Cheese Wizards offers “grilled cheese magic” in a flamboyant yellow vehicle designed to wring the hearts of D&D-obsessed nerds, its hood embellished with leering plastic owls and Medieval battle axes, every dish named with a fantasy or scifi reference. The “Ark of the Condiments”—a gold-winged station of mayo and mustards stored in inverted rubber tubes like pendulous udders—is stationed on the adjacent sidewalk. Deeper in the interior of SLU at Boren and Harrison, a truck called Peasant Food Manifesto serves global fusion items like Tillamook cheddar mac ’n’ cheese with kimchi and a pho French dip sandwich with house-made roast beef brined in Asian fivespice and Sriracha-hoisin-ginger sauce. The windows on Jemil’s Big Easy truck billow with steam as it churns out a steady flow of Cajun/Creole food even as the hour creeps toward 2 p.m. Their Cajun sampler plate is a mandatory splurge, heaped with jambalaya, red beans and a choice of blackened chicken or catfish ($12.50). The cardboard container arrives sizzling hot, a mountain of rice, plump beans and savory sausage topped with a slab of catfish covered in piquant, fresh-ground spices. The side of hushpuppies—denser and less ethereal than I’d hoped for—leave this Southern girl unsatisfied. The only thing left to do after cruising the food truck jungle is seek postprandial stimulation in the form of an iced Americano from Uptown Coffee. This may be the only time the SLU food tourist dips out of the elements and into a brick-and-mortar store— though I bet there’s an espresso truck parked around here somewhere. AMANDA MANITACH ONLINE EncoreArtsSeattle.com/ programarchive eas 051115 program_ridealong encore art sseattle.com 13 1/3v.pdf ENCORE ARTS NEWS from city arts magazine Clockwise from top left: installation for Dolce Vita at Neumos; Hexagon Pendant fixture, the first in Noble Neon’s new retail line; pizza slices for Garlic Jim’s Glow-rious The artists of Noble Neon illuminate Seattle. IT’S HOT INSIDE this Rainier Ave. studio, but Cedar Mannan doesn’t break a sweat as he ignites two small open flames. They flare brightly before settling into a pale blue blaze. Mannan, who runs the boutique studio Noble Neon with his wife Lia Hall, quickly rotates a section of glass tubing in one of the flames until it’s the consistency of honey. Then, with sure, efficient motions he bends the tube into a right angle. And repeat. In minutes, the glass turns from a rigid tube into a looping letter, on its way to becoming a piece of neon art. Mannan and Hall are both native Northwesterners—she’s from Seattle, he grew up without electricity in rural Washington near Menlo. Mannan studied neon art at Evergreen State College; after graduation he repaired and installed neon for Western Neon, a local industry giant, and interned with “an old Hungarian dude in Shoreline who bends glass out of his garage.” In 2004 Mannan 14 ENCORE STAGES moved to New York to help launch Lite Brite Neon Studio in Brooklyn, which is where he and Hall met on the night she graduated from the New School with an MFA in poetry. Returning to Seattle in 2012 with an inheritance from Mannan’s grandmother as their seed money, Noble Neon first opened in a live/work space in the old Rainier Brewery. (They’re now near Jackson and Rainier.) The shop started with a lot of subcontracting work—for a Marc Jacobs store in New York, at Sundance installing something for James Franco (“He does neon, too,” cracks Mannan). They still do installations and repairs— Mannan was recently in Venice helping on an install at the Biennale—but now they focus more on custom designs and art pieces. “[The neon field] is like a bug zapper,” Mannan says, laughing. “Weird people are attracted to it.” Recent projects include a dripping knotlike fixture in a suite at the Sorrento Hotel (designed by Brian Paquette Interiors) and a series of geometric pendants for a pop-up shop. They’ve also done signs for LoveCityLove, the Spectacle exhibit at EMP and Pilchuck Glass School’s offices, among many others. Their art piece “This Is About the Stories” took first place at City Arts’ 2015 Spring Art Walk Awards. Working in neon is a complex amalgam of sculpture and science. “It’s like a geometry problem, because you have to plan your moves many steps ahead,” says Hall, who designs the templates on which the glass is sculpted. Every bend has to be precisely plotted so that heat never touches a section of glass that’s already been worked. After the glass is bent into its shape the whole thing is capped with electrodes, evacuated of air and filled with an inert noble gas—sometimes mixed with phosphor or mercury for color— and electrified. Sometimes the glass itself is colored or coated with phosphor to give it a different hue. “You can really geek out on the science of it,” Hall says. “Not just the physics but the chemistry. What’s happening in the tube is a microcosm of what’s happening in a nebula where stars are being born.” Once up and running, neon lights can last for decades. They put off little heat, draw less electricity than a standard incandescent bulb and, because they contain the full spectrum of light, ward off seasonal affective disorder. If you’re in the market for signage, LED or rope lighting is cheap and bright. But neon offers something more. Says Hall, “We want people to see it as lighting and also appreciate it as art.” GEMMA WILSON ENCORE ARTS NEWS The Common Acre Swarms City Hall On the rooftop of Seattle’s City Hall on a Thursday afternoon in early May, hundreds of bees oscillate against a downtown background of steel girders and reflective windows. The bees buzz around two bluegreen box hives provided by the Common Acre, a three-year-old nonprofit that connects agriculture to creative culture. Three floors below, in the lobby and the Anne Focke gallery, the Common Acre’s exhibit “Flight Path” officially opens today, capturing the strange fascination and pull of pollinators. Bob Redmond, founder and executive director of the Common Acre, installed the hives. He and beekeeping partner Dave Schiefelbein inspect each one, looking for the queen and signs of overcrowding. The bees circle in hypnotic, zen-like loops in the air above. When he’s not delivering bees, Redmond helps organize the Common Acre’s artistic efforts and community outreach. “We build food culture using arts as a mechanism,” Redmond says. The group’s goal is to lower reliance on industry and return to agricultural traditions— “rehabitation,” as Redmond describes it—that were lost during mankind’s transition to industrialized society. According to the Common Acre’s principles, art is the key. “Flight Path” builds a comprehensive exhibit about the beauty of bees. It features enlarged photos of delicate wings and flowers, exquisite encaustic layering, letterpress, sculptures, comics, giant glass mosaics and quilts embroidered with bee facts. Contributors include Joey Veltkamp, Kristin T. Ramirez and Julia Haack. What could be a didactic, one-dimensional exhibit comes to life through lush and varied approaches by artists looking at nature through a bee-themed lens. “We tried to find work that people would be attracted to, knowing the battle that bees face,” says Common Acre curator Kate Fernandez. Before opening at City Hall, the exhibit was staged at SeaTac Airport for almost a year. The Common Acre installed hives in long swaths of SeaTac’s roadside land, replacing scrub and blackberry bushes with wildflowers to benefit the new pollinators, fixtures which have become a permanent addition to the area. With the move downtown, Fernandez expanded the exhibit, adding new pieces and artists. She also tailored the work to a different audience. “City Hall is a very civic-minded, maybe even hive-minded collection of people,” she says. The Common Acre hosted weekly beekeeping classes on City Hall’s roof through June. On June 17 it sponsored a Town Hall talk with author Eric Lee-Mäder, a member of Portland-based invertebrate conservation group the Xerces Society, who discussed pollinator conservation efforts. Redmond says the Common Acre’s next major project will center on water—a vague and ambitious statement. But for now, he says, their plan is to launch an artist-in-residence program with local farms,” like a Works Progress Administration project. Artists will create works inspired by their time on the farms and present at an event that brings together farmers and artists in the same space. CAT McCARREY encore art sseattle.com 15 L I F E I S A B O U T M O M E N T S C E L E B R AT I N G E L E G A N C E S I N C E 1 8 3 0 CLIFTON STEEL, 43 MM SELF-WINDING www.baume-et-mercier.com
