Seattle Rep Adds Jinkx Monsoon to 2015-16 Season

Seattle drag artists Jinkx Monsoon (Jerick Hoffer) and Major Scales (Richard Andriessen) have been added to Seattle Rep's 2015-2016 season, bringing their new holiday show Jinkx Monsoon & Major Scales: Unwrapped to the Leo K. Theatre in November 2015.

Tickets are available on subscription beginning July 7; single tickets go on sale to the general public Sept. 1. Reservations should be made through the Seattle Rep Box Office at 206-443-2222 or online at www.seattlerep.org.

"After the overwhelming response to The Vaudevillians last season, we gave Jerick and Richard an open invitation to come back to us with a new show," commented Acting Artistic Director Braden Abraham. "We can't wait to see what they have in store."

A native of Portland, OR, Jerick Hoffer graduated from Seattle's Cornish College of the Arts in 2010 with a degree in theatrical performance. Recent theatre credits in Seattle include Moritz in Spring Awakening (Balagan Theatre), Angel in Rent (The 5th Avenue Theatre), and Hedwig in Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Balagan Theatre/Seattle Theatre Group). As a drag performer, Hoffer is best known as his performance persona Jinkx Monsoon, winner of "RuPaul's Drag Race" Season Five. With composer/arranger and fellow Cornish alum Richard Andriessen, Hoffer created the cabaret musical The Vaudevillians, which played at Seattle Rep in Fall 2014 and enjoyed sold-out houses and five show extensions at New York City's Laurie Beechman Theatre.

DETAILS:

Jinkx Monsoon & Major Scales: Unwrapped

WHEN: Nov. 25-Dec. 13, 2015. Performance times: Wednesday, Thursday and select Fridays at 8 p.m., Select Friday and Saturdays at 5 p.m. and 9 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m.

WHERE: Seattle Repertory Theatre's Leo K. Theatre, located at Seattle Center at the corner of Second Ave. and Mercer St., Seattle, Washington

TICKETS: Tickets to Jinkx Monsoon & Major Scales: Unwrapped are available on subscription beginning July 7; single tickets go on sale to the general public Sept. 1. Tickets can be ordered online (www.seattlerep.org), by phone (206-443-2222), or in person at the Seattle Repertory Theatre Box Office. Prices start at $32.

Seattle Repertory Theatre was founded in 1963 and is currently led by Acting Artistic Director Braden Abraham and Managing Director Jeffrey Herrmann. One of America's premier non-profit resident theatres, Seattle Repertory Theatre has achieved international renown for its consistently high production and artistic standards, and was awarded the 1990 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. With an emphasis on entertaining plays of true dramatic and literary worth, Seattle Rep produces a season of plays along with educational programs, new play workshops and special presentations.

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