GUTENBERG THE MUSICAL Comes to The Jewelbox Theater

The hilarious musical spoof Gutenberg! The Musical! is coming to Seattle. Local theatre favorites Kate Jaeger and Matt Giles star as two aspiring playwrights performing a staged reading of their new passion project for potential producers: a big, splashy musical about printing press inventor Johann Gutenberg. Gutenberg! The Musical! will run May 12-22, 2017 at The Jewelbox Theater at The Rendezvous (2322 2nd Ave). Tickets can be purchased at Brown Paper Tickets (http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2930545.)

In this side-splitting comedy, writers Bud Davenport (Matt Giles) and Doug Simon (Kate Jaeger) sing all the songs and play all of the parts in their crass historical epic, all with an unending supply of enthusiasm. The New York Times called the show, "a smashing success," while the New York Post enthused, "There are lots of genuine laughs in Gutenberg!" The show was nominated for a 2007 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical, as well as a 2007 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical. The production will be directed and produced by Pauls Macs, with musical direction by Julia Thornton. Hattie Claire Andres provides additional staging and choreography. Gutenberg! The Musical! is written by Anthony King and Scott Brown.

The production is a passion project for the creative team. "We couldn't be more excited to present this show to Seattle audiences. Kate Jaeger and Matt Giles are two of my favorite performers in town, and if the rehearsal process is any indication, this show is going to be the comedy event of the season," said director Pauls Macs.

About Kate Jaeger (Doug Simon)

Kate Jaeger is an award-winning Seattle actor, singer and improviser. Favorite roles include: Madame Thénardier in Les Misérables (Village Theatre); Ursula in The Little Mermaid (Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre); Darzee in The Garden of Rikki Tikki Tavi (Seattle Children's Theatre); Pennywise in Urinetown, Karen in August: Osage County and Lucy The Slut in Ave Q (Balagan Theatre); Audrey in As You Like (Wooden O/Seattle Shakespeare Company); Ethel Merman in Judy's Scary Little Christmas and Annie in Evil Dead: the Musical (ArtsWest); Duchess of the Dark in Wake the Night (Teatro Zinzanni). Kate is a company member of Jet City Improv.

About Matt Giles (Bud Devenport)

Matt Giles is a theatre director, performer, teacher, and producer in the Seattle area. He has worked with The 5th Avenue Theatre, Village Theatre, Seattle Children's Theatre, SHOWTUNES Theatre, and others. His production of Into the Woods with STAGEright was honored with the 2015 Gregory Award for Outstanding Musical. Matt is the Associate Producing Director at Seattle Repertory Theatre. Prior to moving to Seattle, he was the Artistic and Education Director at Spartanburg Youth Theatre in South Carolina. Matt is a proud graduate of the theatre program at Wofford College.

About Pauls Macs (Director and Producer)

Pauls Macs is a director and producer living in Seattle and working as the Executive Assistant to the Artistic Directors of The 5th Avenue Theatre, where he has served as the assistant director on three productions (Oliver!, Spamalot, and A Christmas Story). Also at The 5th, Pauls has worked as the writing assistant to Tony Winner Rupert Holmes on the world premiere musical Secondhand Lions. Pauls recently directed The Drowsy Chaperone and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at The Edmonds Driftwood Players. He is the creator/producer/director of the Ho*tunes cabaret series, a holiday cabaret that features the most scandalous songs in the musical theatre canon. His other work includes Urinetown: The Musical, The Musical of Musicals: The Musical, The Prince and the Pauper, and Machinal. Pauls is a proud graduate of The University of Washington School of Drama.

About Julia Thornton (Music Director)

Julia Thornton is thrilled to be music directing this production of Gutenberg! The Musical! She is a University of Oregon graduate and has music directed, accompanied, and taught at numerous theatres and schools around the area, including Seattle Children's Theatre, The 5th Avenue Theatre, Village Theatre and KIDSTAGE, ArtsWest, Taproot Theatre, Cornish College of the Arts and more. Recent credits include Urinetown at Cornish, KIDSTAGE's Pippin, SCT's Shrek, Kentridge High School's 5th Avenue Award Winning Hairspray, and the 2015 Gregory Award winning production of Into the Woods for STAGEright Theatre. See her next at Seattle Children's Theatre music directing Ragtime for their summer season. She teaches both private piano and voice lessons to students of all ages at her studio in Seattle.

About Hattie Claire Andres (Additional Staging and Choreography)

Hattie Claire Andres is a director, choreographer, producer, actor, and educator, currently serving as the 2016/17 Directing & Arts Leadership Fellow at The 5th Avenue Theatre where she recently directed the 5th's Rising Star Project: The Pajama Game. Additional credits: The Secret Garden, The Pajama Game, Little Mermaid, Man of La Mancha (5th Ave); Lizard Boy, Brownsville Song, Dear Elizabeth, All The Way/The Great Society (Seattle Rep); Shrek, Brooklyn Bridge, Night of the Living Dead, High School Musical (Seattle Children's Theatre), Dirty, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (Washington Ensemble Theatre), as well as projects with 14/48, Live Girls!, Youth Theatre Northwest, and Seattle Theatre Group. Hattie is the Associate Producer of One Coast Collaboration, a new play festival that incubates relationships between Seattle artists and playwrights from around the country. BA: St. Olaf College.

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