ArtsWest starts the 2009-10 season with DEAD MAN'S CELL PHONE, a wildly imaginative new work from Sarah Ruhl, the playwright behind The Clean House and Eurydice. When Jean answers the cell phone of the corpse at the next table, she unwittingly embarks on a quirky odyssey that takes her from grief to the black market to the afterlife. With unfailing empathy, she sets the dead man's bizarre life to rights and on the way resurrects her own. ArtsWest favorite Carol Roscoe returns to direct this Seattle Premiere.
DEAD MAN'S CELL PHONE (Seattle Premiere)
by Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Carol Roscoe (The Vertical Hour, The Retreat from Moscow)
September 9 - October 3, 2009
Lady Vanity loves Sir Lustforth...who loves Hermione Goode...who loves Captain Dick Dashwood...who loves...well, just about everyone (male and female) before the intermission. A deliciously naughty Restoration romp meets modern sex farce, MEASURE FOR PLEASURE chases rakes, romantics, and transvestite prostitutes through mistaken identities, duels, and double-dealings galore on their way to learning that, whatever else it may be, love is rarely pure and never simple. Recommended for ages 17 and older - adult situations.
MEASURE FOR PLEASURE (Seattle Premiere)
by David Grimm
Directed by Christopher Zinovitch (The History Boys)
October 21 - November 14, 2009
The Plaids are back, and ArtsWest has 'em! The cast of last year's smash holiday hit returns, singing swingin' jingle bell ringin' favorites. Frankie, Sparky, Jinx, and Smudge are transported from the ethereal cosmos to croon heavenly harmonic renditions of musical hits from the '50s and '60s. Suddenly, as ordered by a heavenly phone call from
Rosemary Clooney, they stage a nostalgic holiday extravaganza for world-weary mortals. PLAID TIDINGS: THE FOREVER PLAID CHRISTMAS SHOW is an ideal seasonal show with all the trimmings . . .and one the whole family can enjoy!
PLAID TIDINGS: THE FOREVER PLAID CHRISTMAS SHOW
by Stuart Ross
Directed by Jeff Church and Jeannette LeGault
Musical Direction by R.J. Tancioco
Starring John Bartley, Aaron Finley, Ryan McCabe, and Daniel Stoltenberg
December 2 - 27, 2009
Where: ArtsWest Playhouse and Gallery
4711 California Avenue SW
Seattle, WA 98116
www.artswest.org
Box Office: (206) 938-0339
Price: $32 (Under 25? Only $10!)
About ArtsWest: ArtsWest produces artistic events so fiercely compelling that they require conversation, improve the imagination, and promote cultural vibrancy as a core value for the communities of West Seattle. Utilizing a 149-seat, 3/4 thrust theater and visual art gallery, ArtsWest has presented over 400 different performing arts productions and gallery exhibitions to over 200,000 visitors since 1999.
