My new play opened last weekend. If you are in the Seattle area - come check it out! See the description below.
(I used to put out the zine MILK under the name Chester Nashvegas).
POISONOUS TOY THEATER presents a new play by Juliet Waller Pruzan:
TOLD YOU ONCE (told you a hundred times)
WHEN:
8 pm -- Fri-Sat, April 7-May 6
(added performance on Sunday, April 30 -- 8 pm)
WHERE:
The Chamber Theater
4th floor of the Oddfellows Hall
915 E Pine St
HOW MUCH:
$15 regular, $12 seniors/students
Tickets available in advance at brownpapertickets.com
WHO:
Directed by the imaginative Carys Kresny, Choreography by the lithe Crispin Spaeth, Set design by the incomparable Jennifer Zeyl, Costume design by the lovely Sarah Harlett, Lighting design by man-of-action Robert Aguilar, Sound design by the talented Matt Starritt, Puppets and props by the golden hands of Kristi Sullivan, Stage managed by the wise and wonderful Opal Peachey.
Produced by wacky Darian Lindle and zany Bret Fetzer.
STARRRING:
Daniel Christensen as GARY, narrator and father of Tapestry
Claire Parchem as TAPESTRY, a precocious and willful young girl
Therese Diekhans as MRS. SPARKS, a wealthy but lonely old woman
Bill Badgley as POOPER, an imaginary friend
Johnny Patchamatla as TOOTER, an imaginary friend
Marcel Davis as BUTT, an imaginary friend
SJ Chiro as MARTA, the imprisoned mother of Tapestry
ABOUT THE PLAY...
Set in a magical-realist world where the wealthy hire personal narrators to conduct their conversations for them and the government subsidizes imaginary friends for poor children, Told You Once (told you a hundred times) follows Gary, an eager-to please personal narrator, whose new client is the wealthy and lonely Mrs. Sparks. When Mrs. Sparks meets Gary's daughter Tapestry, she believes this willful little girl is just what she needs to give meaning to her life---so she decides to rescue Tapestry from the influence of her inappropriate imaginary friends Pooper, Tooter, and Butt (three drinking, smoking, foul-mouthed lay-about guys who have their own peculiar stories). Tapestry herself yearns to be reunited with her mother Marta, who's been thrown in prison for mysterious reasons...
Half domestic drama about parental anxiety, half Fellini-esque phantasmagoria, Told You Once (told you a hundred times) bridges whimsy and darkness, mundane reality and explosive imagination.
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