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2010-2011 SeasonGary Zinter, Artistic DirectorKP Ramsdale, Managing Director Dustin Engstom, Associate Artistic Director Ron Sandahl, Technical Director Angel Welter, Co-Company Manager / PR team Monica Wulzen, Co-Company Manager / PR team Todd van der Ark, Production Manager Joan Jankowski, Bar Manager Open Circle Theater is a multi-disciplinary performance company committed to the development of new works and adaptations that speak to the human condition through fantasy and mythic storytelling. Welcome to the home the most thrilling and fantastical theater you will find in Seattle! Throughout our seasons, Open Circle's resident company unites with local directors, musicians, visual artists and performers, to bring fresh insight and invention to our creations of highly physical, ensemble-style theater. Join us as we reinvent the theatrical experience. Click on a show below to see details about that show. In the Enchanged ForestOpen Circle Theater continues its string of hit summer park shows for kids with In The Enchanted Forest. Over several stories we meet a group of hard working fairies who deal with everything including a sad unicorn, a wicked witch, naughty elves, a cranky dragon and the queen of all the fairies. A delight for the little ones and fun for any age. You'll love spending an afternoon In the Enchanted Forest.Sat/Sun 2pm Outdoor Theater Festival 7/9-10, Volunteer Park And see the other great shows at the festival that weekend! Sophocles AjaxFrom a translation of Sophocles’ The Ajax by Richard C. Jebb and informed by Homer’s The Iliad and Ovid’s Metamorphoses, comes an adaptation that seeks to resurrect a hero from ancient Greek mythology known as “Ajax the Greater”, “Ajax the godlike”, and “The Soldier”. Open Circle brings you the tragic tale of Ajax, driven mad by Athena after losing a competition with Odysseus for Achilles’ armor. Writer Todd van der Ark teams up with director Linda Lombardi to bring this classic story to life through modern language, while maintaining the eloquence of Sophocles’ original.WHAT: Sophocles Ajax WHEN: April 29 thru May 21 Fridays & Saturdays @ 7:30, Sundays @ 4pm HOW MUCH: $18 advance / $20 at the door Students / Seniors $3 off at the door with ID All Sundays are 2-for-1 at the door Go to brownpapertickets.com for tickets... The Rocky Horror ShowA down and dirty version of the stage and screen classic filled with live music and a dark take on an old favorite, will leave you titillated and and possibly a little scared. Come and do The Time Warp and walk away feeling like you just witnessed a dirty little secret.WHAT: The Rocky Horror Show by Richard O'Brien / Directed by Gary Zinter WHEN: March 25 thru April 16 Fridays & Saturdays @ 7:30, Sundays @ 4pm HOW MUCH: $18 advance / $20 at the door Students / Seniors $3 off at the door with ID Go to brownpapertickets.com for tickets... The CutBased on the memoir Shorn: Toys to Men by Dennis Milam BensieAdapted for the stage by Dustin Engstrom The Cut tells the story of a man’s struggle growing up with a secret that may lead to his eventual undoing. A doll from his childhood comes to life and leads the audience down the man’s path as he deals with his compulsion to cut... hair. Dark, funny and dangerous; The Cut is a fantastical yet human journey into the heart of a fetish and a story rarely told. WHAT: The Cut by Dustin Engstrom WHEN: January 14 thru February 5 Fridays & Saturdays @ 7:30, Sundays @ 4pm HOW MUCH: $14 advance / $16 at the door Students / Seniors $3 off at the door with ID All Sundays are 2-for-1 at the door OPENING NIGHT 1/14 IS 100% FREE!!! Go to brownpapertickets.com for tickets... The Judy Garland Christmas SpecialOpen Circle's own Christmas disaster is back by popular demand. It’s 1963 and the producers of Judy’s show have decided that what she needs is a nice Christmas special with her family: lovely Liza, awkward Lorna and flamboyant Joey. But where the hell is Judy?WHAT: The Judy Garland Christmas Special featuring Troy Mink as Judy WHEN: November 26 thru December 18 Fridays & Saturdays @ 7:30, Sundays @ 4pm HOW MUCH: $14 advance / $16 at the door Students / Seniors $3 off at the door with ID All Sundays are 2-for-1 at the door OPENING NIGHT 11/26 IS 100% FREE!!! Go to brownpapertickets.com for tickets... H.P. Lovecraft Pickman's ModelAn original adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s ghoulish Pickman’s Model.Open Circle continues it's annual tradition with the 8th installment of bringing HP Lovecraft's horror stories to the stage. Richard Upton Pickman is a painter who creates terrifying images. Everyone is anticipating his new art opening; but then a dancer is dead, and Pickman is missing. Two colleagues dare to find him deep under his studio and may have uncovered something more horrible than either could ever imagine… WHAT: Pickman's Model by H.P. Lovecraft adapted by Dustin Engstrom, Vince Kovar, John McKenna & Ron Sandahl WHEN: October 15 thru November 13 Fridays & Saturdays @ 7:30, Sundays @ 4pm HOW MUCH: $14 advance / $16 at the door Students / Seniors $3 off at the door with ID All Sundays are 2-for-1 at the door OPENING NIGHT 10/15 IS 100% FREE!!! Go to brownpapertickets.com for tickets... ArcanaInspired by the images from the 22 cards of the Tarot deck, Arcana is a piece constructed of short plays and monologues ranging across a series of experiments in theatrical form. The short pieces represent the reshaping of mythic figures and images into a social commentary on men and women in modern society-sex, power and the continued difficulties of making a meaningful connection with another human being.WHAT: Arcana by John Longenbaugh WHEN: September 10 thru October 2, Fridays & Saturdays @ 7:30, Sundays @ 4pm HOW MUCH: $14 advance / $16 at the door Students / Seniors $3 off at the door with ID All Sundays are 2-for-1 at the door OPENING NIGHT 9/10 IS 100% FREE!!! Call 206-382-4250 for reservations... |
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