Annex Theatre Presents EVENINGS WITH CARLOTTA, 4/30-5/21

Annex Theatre presents a very "spayshul" late night show: Evenings With Carlotta created and performed by Troy Mink and directed by K. Brian Neel. 

Carlotta Sue Philpott welcomes you to a very 'spayshul' evening indeed. What makes this night so "spaysul" you ask? Is it the Vienna Sausages & Rice Crispie Treats? No, Carlotta always has those on hand. Is it Carlotta's good natured smile or slight gleam of mischievousness? No, Carlotta's always had her rascally un-P.C. ways. Carlotta staying up "extry" late? No, she's been stayin' up past dark-thirty for YEARS! What makes this evening so special is that YOU have decided to come visit and Carlotta LOVES havin' company and a good story to tell. So why don't you come on over, wipe yer feet off on the door mat, plop down your BE-hind on your fancy theater seat and let Carlotta take good care of you for an evening? Plenty of laughs (and maybe even a tear) plus a hearty heapin' helpin' of hospitality await you when you spend Evenings With Carlotta.

Evenings With Carlotta opens on Friday, April 30th, 2010, 11pm and runs Fri & Sat through May 21st, 2010, 11pm at Annex Theatre located at the corner of 11th & E. Pike St. in the heart of Seattle's Capitol Hill. $10 General. Cash Bar. No show Fri May 7th. Pay-What-You-Can show Sat May 8th, 11pm and Industry Night Mon May 10th, 8pm.

For tickets, visit www.brownpapertickets.com. The Annex Theatre is located on the corner of 11th & E. Pike St. For more information, visit http://www.annextheatre.org/.

Creator/Actor: Troy Mink is a longtime denizen of Seattle's theater community. He's played John Merrick in The Elephant Man, created the ever-popular Carlotta's Late Night Wing Dingand has appeared numerous times in original performances for Bumbershoot. Mink has been a member of Unexpected Productions since 1992 (purveyors of TheatreSports) and has been a Feature Reader at the Seattle Poetry Slam. Mink also teaches workshops on original character development.

Director: K. Brian Neel was an ensemble member of Kings' Elephant Theater for nine years, co-directing shows such as SEMANTICS, TENSEand ANATOMY. His directing credits include the multiple award winning Pieces of the First for Seattle Mime Theatre; the west coast premiere of the Off-Broadway sensation The Erotica Projectby Lillian Ann Slugocki and Erin Cressida Wilson; Mark Boeker's hysterical solo show, Unhinged and Low Flyingat Consolidated Works; and 52 Pick Up by Rita Bozi and TJ Dawe for theater simple, which has toured the US, Australia, and played in Singapore. Most recently, he directed The Education of Macolocoby Jen Silverman as part of the Quickies Festivalat Live Girls! Theatre, and Tim Crouch's An Oak Treeat Theater Schmeater. He will stage direct Verdi's Luisa Miller for Puget Sound Opera this spring. Brian is also a writer, solo performer, actor and teacher. www.kbrianneel.com.

ABOUT THE COMPANY: Annex Theatre is a democratic collective of theatre artists dedicated to creating bold new work in an environment of improbability, resourcefulness and risk.

In addition to new plays, Annex Theatre produces radical reinterpretations of classic scripts, ensemble-generated performances and non-linear wild-ass spectacles. Also kicking off the first Friday of every month is our late-night variety show Spin the Bottle, now entering its 12th year!