Theater Anonymous Presents IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE

The 14/48 Projects continues its holiday tradition with Theater Anonymous presents It's a Wonderful Life on Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 8:00 pm. This special stage adaptation of the timeless classic It's a Wonderful Life plays one-night-only in the Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center. It's not just a heartwarming play; it's a fundraising party, it's a singular feat of theatrical daring, and it's a great way to kick off your holiday season!

The premise of Theater Anonymous is simple. Nobody knows the cast, not even the cast. Approximately 30 actors have been selected through an invitation process and each will rehearse one-on-one with the director, Julia Griffin, never meeting their fellow actors. Actors must take an oath of secrecy and are allowed to tell only one other person on earth that they are participating. Actors enter the theater in street clothes, sit with the audience until their first line, and deliver it from the audience before joining the rest of the cast onstage. It's an exciting, fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants evening of theater that celebrates Seattle's amazing theater community. Who will be the next George Bailey? Who will play Mary? Potter? Clarence? Nobody knows, and it could be the person sitting right next to you.

"It's a Wonderful Life" (based on the Frank Capra film and the short story by Philip Van Doren Stern) was adapted for the stage by Shawn Belyea and Jodi-Paul Wooster. Directed by Julia Griffin.

Theater Anonymous presents It's a Wonderful Life will take place at the Cornish Playhouse in Seattle Center on Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 8:00pm (doors open at 6:30pm for pre-show merriment: cocktails, contests, and entertainment). General admission tickets are $25 in advance and available at http://click4tix.com/anonymous. Special Elite Ticket Holders get reserved seats, unlimited beer and wine, and more for only $48. A limited number of special VIP experiences including a catered dinner with wine pairings are available for $135.

Produced by The 14/48 Projects and licensed from The Anonymous Theatre Company.

The 14/48 Projects: Season Five

The 14/48 Projects is closing out its fifth season producing 14/48: The World's Quickest Theater Festival, Theater Anonymous, and other collaborative artistic events. The 14/48 Projects continues to develop an international network of 14/48 Festivals, and recently partnered with 14/48: UK for 14/48: Takeover International with professional artists producing scripts written by students simultaneously in three locations in the US and Great Britain. We continue to support 14/48: HS, an entirely student-run festival, and are in the middle of a five-year production agreement with ACT Theater, making our signature festival a cornerstone of the ACTLab program. Our Partner Project program continues to support new work by festival veterans all around Seattle, most recently presenting The Liberation, a co-production with Ghost Light Theatricals. The 14/48 Projects is led by President Jodi-Paul Wooster and Executive Director Shawn Belyea.

Photo Credit: Joe Iano

Pictured: the 2017 Company of Theater Anonymous presents It's a Wonderful Life

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