Seattle Rep Presents PASSENGERS, Opening Next Month

Seattle Rep has announced the cast and creative team behind The 7 Fingers’ Passengers, an acrobatic adventure combining dance, music, and movement in a breathtaking series of vignettes. Set to perform on the Bagley Wright Theater stage September 22 – October 15, 2023, Passengers is directed, written and choreographed by Shana Carroll, co-founding Artistic Director for The 7 Fingers.

Passengers promises to be unlike anything you’ve seen before at Seattle Rep. Single tickets are on sale now online at SeattleRep.org or by calling the Patron Services Office at 206.443.2222. 

The 7 Fingers is an arts collective unlike any other. The contemporary company tells stories using death-defying acrobatics with a life-affirming theatricality that is unique to The 7 Fingers. Fascinated by the human condition, The 7 Fingers create performances that celebrate our world, our time, and our humanity.

“When working with [the] cast, we do a lot of basic storytelling and explore the ways we can put it into movement.” says Director, Writer & Choreographer Shana Carroll. “What gesture, move, or trick ‘reads’ as the story or emotional beat? What acrobatic move represents saying goodbye? What juggling move portrays a feeling of paranoia? What hula hoop move captures the giddy excitement of first travel? But mostly we do an enormous amount of improv, with prompts and themes and intentions. Then we look at what we found, what we learned, and start building.” 

Throughout the run of this show, Seattle Rep will host a series of events including a Teen Night (October 6, 2023) in partnership with TeenTix, during which teenagers can purchase $5 tickets to experience the show. Additionally, Seattle Rep’s new Artistic Director Dámaso Rodríguez will host meet-and-greets in the lobby at select dates of Passengers.

For more information about this play and all the special programs associated with it, visit SeattleRep.org.

ABOUT THE CAST

Passengers features performances from Eric Bates (Co-founder of Cirque Barcode; author of The Contemporary Circus Handbook); Valérie Benoît-Charbonneau (Cirque du Soleil; Cirque Éloize); Kaisha Dessalines-Wright (Mimbre Acrobats; Cirque Eloize); Eduardo de Azevedo Grillo (National Circus School of Montreal); Marco Ingaramo (Cirque du Soleil; Recirquel); Nella Niva (Cuisine & Confessions: The 7 Fingers); Mandi Orozco (Cirque du Soleil; Cirque Éloize); Santiago Rivera Laugerud (En el arte producciones; Teatro Fantasia); and Méliejade Tremblay-Bouchard (America’s Got Talent, 2021).

ABOUT THE CREATIVE TEAM

The creative team for Passengers includes Shana Carroll (Director, Writer & Choreographer), Isabelle Chassé (Assistant to the Director), Ana Cappelluto (Scenography), Colin Gagné (Musical Director), Johnny Ranger (Video Designer), Éric Champoux (Lighting Designer), Camille Thibault-Bédard (Costume Designer), Francisco Cruz (Head Coach), and Conor Wild (Text, Einstein’train).