American Buffalo at Seattle Immersive Theatre

In the gritty Seattle Immersive Theatre tradition, we present David Mamet's contemporary classic American Buffalo, done for the first time ever in an immersive setting. Join Don, Bobby, and Teach at Don’s 2nd Hand Shop as they orchestrate a robbery. The heist begins to go awry when smooth-talking and experienced hustler Teach begins planting seeds of doubt in Don’s mind about his protégé, Bobby. Their bonds will be ruthlessly tested as the play explores the capitalistic American dream, the desperation of poverty, and white male fragility.
Award-winning scenic designer Paul Thomas will be transforming an empty Ballard storefront into an appropriately overstocked emporium of wares and antiques. You'll be transported into a timeless Mametverse: a dark, surreal, and grizzly hall inspired by the late 1970’s; the ferociously unapologetic style of one of modern theatre’s most defining playwrights.
The ensemble features some of the finest actors Seattle has to offer: Eric Ray Anderson, under special arrangement with Actor’s Equity, as Don (Twin Peaks (Newest),Squire Trelawny in Book-It’s Treasure Island) Jon Stutzman as Teach (The Man in SIT’s Turn of the Screw), and Randall Scott Carpenter as Bobby (Jamie in SIT’s Listening Glass, Michael in Book-It’s Howl’s Moving Castle). Former Arouet artistic director and SIT alumnus Joshua Jon will be directing the production (Arouet’s Caligula & Don Juan in Chicago, SIT’s Supraliminal).

Authors

• David Mamet

Tony Awards and Nominations for American Buffalo