FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Through
Dec 2008
MEDIA
CONTACT Meghan Arnette
Phone: (206) 683-6983
e-mail-meghan@livegirlstheater.org
SEATTLE WA—Live Girls! theater springs into 2008 with
an exciting and challenging season of new works by women. Live Girls! will be presenting three
World Premiere
one-acts by Seattle playwrights, Local Premieres of plays
from nationally recognized playwrights Aditi Kapil and Sarah Hammond, and Quickies
Volume 9 to Seattle
audiences this year. The season will open with our annual
play reading series The Bakery,
as well as a fabulous season kick off Cabaret and Party in April.
Visit us at www.livegirlstheater.org for more info.
All shows at Live Girls! theater in Ballard 2220 NW Market
Lower Level.
The
2008 Season-
Quickies
Volume 9
May
2-24
Fri
8pm Sat 4pm/8pm
Quickies is Live Girls! trademark event and longest running
program. Volume 9 will feature exciting new plays from
all over the country, plus two brand new
commissioned works from Seattle writers Kristina Sutherland and
Holly Arsenault. As always,
Quickies will include tons of up and coming local directors and actors
as well as tons of gratuitous entertainment in between the
plays. It all adds up to a fantastic not to be missed event. Short and sassy,
the Quickies always leave
you begging for more!
A
Little Test by Allison Moore
YOG
SOTHOTH Lia Romeo
Your
Roaring Blood by Catherine Trieschmann
APRICOT
SUPERNOVAS By Krista Knight
The
Hardy Boys - The Mystery of Amun-Ra By Kristina Sutherland
24
Pictures of a Pilot by Holly Arsenault
West
Coast Premiere!
Circus Tracks by Sarah Hammond
Directed by Meghan Arnette
Show June 6-28th
Fri 8pm Sat 4pm and 8pm
A fairy tale for adults, Circus
Tracks is the magical story of a heart broke circus. This quirky comedy follows the journey
of circus orphan stranded in suburbia
who must travel through miles of
freak-studded desert to find her way back to the saddest big top on the planet.
In this desert, fish swim in the sand,
children are tigers, god speaks in
tattoos, and life has a rewind button. Told by the inhabits of this circusÕs
backstage world, Circus Tracks is a hilarious
modern fable that will surprise and
delight.
World
Premiere!
June
Carter Cash Project
Sept
12 – Oct 4
Fri 8pm Sat 4pm and 8pm
In
2008 Live Girls! will commission three one-act plays from local writers. Each writer will choose a song recorded
by the iconic songstress June Carter Cash
and
create play inspired by that song.
These three new plays will be produced together in one evening as a
tribute to this legendary singer,
writer
and humanitarian.
Northwest
Premiere!
Love
Person
Directed
by Joy Brooke Fairfield
Oct 24 – Nov 22
Fri 8pm Sat 4pm and 8pm
Love Person is a complex and beautiful story that challenges
perceptions of how language shapes our fundamental understanding of the world.
A love story layered with mistaken identities and
miscommunications becomes a Òlove mysteryÓ that reaches beyond conventional
ideas of attraction
and sexual orientation.
Told in three languages, English, Sanskrit and American Sign Language,
Love Person is accessible to both hearing and deaf audiences.
Ò "Love Person" is a fascinating brew of emotion, wit
and intellectÓ
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Returning
programs-
The Bakery-
Spring Readings
April 4-6
Your chance to be a part of the
development process and discuss new works! Many of the plays chosen
for past festivals have been slated for production by Live Girls! and other
local companies. Our audience truly sees it first! This year, four full-length
and one-act plays were chosen, along with 3 plays by
teen writers from the ACT Young Playwrights Program. As a bonus special event a reading of a short play by Angela
Shelton and a showing of her documentary ÒSearching for Angela SheltonÓ will
close the series.
This yearÕs
line-up includes-
Friday
7pm Still by Kathryn Miller and Salt Water by Gina
Young
Saturday
2pm Rondo by Pam Carter
7pm Beyond Bars By Naomi
Brodkin and Wallflower by Deborah Stein
Sunday
2pm Medulla by Stephanie Venard and The Damnable Life of
Doctor Faust by Rachel Jackson
7pm Special closing event!
Finding Angela Shelton by
Angela Shelton
Includes a showing of the
documentary Searching for Angela Shelton
LG!
Cabaret
Four exciting
events, one for each season!
The
legendary Live Girls! Cabaret returns! A performance event designed as a
showcase for female performers and artists of all kinds, the
LG Cabaret is beloved
by
many. Each month Live Girls! picks a theme and packs in all the talented ladies
and their friends that we can fit into one night. Comedy, music, improv,
chick
fights, skits, readings, new talent, trusted favorites, and fine fine prizes
are included.
Oh
yes, Hijinks ensueÉ
Saturday
April12th 8pm
The Cowgirl Kickoff- Wild West Season Cabaret and season opening
party
Saturday July 12th 8pm
Super Hot Beach Party Spectacular!
Friday Sept 5 8pm
Back to school with the Live Girls!
Saturday Dec 6 8pm
Live Girls Holiday Special and Live
Auction
Live
Girls! is a Seattle theater dedicated to producing and developing new plays by
women since 1999.
It
is a program of The Shunpike.