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21 August 2003

BUMBERSHOOT ANNOUNCES NEW REGIONAL THEATRE SHOWCASE
PRODUCED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEATRE PUGET SOUND

SEATTLE - Bumbershoot®, the Seattle Arts Festival announces a new showcase of regional theatre groups including comedies, dramas, musicals, theater for youth, performance art, radio plays and late night theater. The regional theater sampler was produced and curated in partnership with Theatre Puget Sound (TPS) and will take place August 30 - September 1 at the Theatre Puget Sound Center House Theatre Stage.

"Theatre Puget Sound sent a call for submissions out to its membership and the response was tremendous," explains Bumbershoot Artistic Director Michele Scoleri. "From late night favorites like Theater Schmeater's 'Twilight Zone' to experimental plays like Maria Glanz' 'See Me Naked' to kid-friendly shows like Joe Boston's 'The Big Time!,' we've put together a lively showcase of locally-produced theater."

The lineup for the Theatre Puget Sound stage includes:
	Ethereal Mutt, Ltd.	"Parrot Fever (Or, Lies I've Told in Chat Rooms)"
	Maria Glanz	"See Me Naked"
	Breeders Theater	"Piglet"
	Burnt Studio Productions	"Progression"
	Joe Boston Theater	"The Big Time!"
	Theater Schmeater	"Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone"
	Wing It Productions	"Twisted Flicks"
	A Theater Under the Influence's Radio Activity Project

Bumbershoot will transform the 74 acre Seattle Center into more than 20 stages and exhibit spaces and present the talents and labors of over 2,500 artists for four days: August 29 - September 1.

Along with hundreds of national and regional musicians of almost every genre, Bumbershoot offers a wide variety of arts and artists, including the 1 Reel Film Festival which screens over 120 short films throughout the weekend, a first-class comedy festival, an uproarious poetry slam, a dozen contemporary art exhibits, zine-making workshops, kids programming, circus artists, hiphop dance and much more.

Tickets to Bumbershoot, which include admission to all Bumbershoot programs on a firstcome, first-served basis, are just $15 per day if purchased before August 22 ($20 per day after 8/22). Two-day passes are $28 ($35 after 8/22) and four-day passes, good for the whole festival, are just $48 ($54 after 8/22). Discounted tickets & passes are on sale now online at www.bumbershoot.org.

Theatre Puget Sound Stage Schedule & Information

S A T U R D A Y, A U G U S T 3 0

3:00 - 4:00 pm
A Theater Under the Influence's Radio Activity Project

Three episodes of vintage radio (from Flash Gordon, Helen Trent and Suspense) performed as if in broadcast studio of the era, with live sound and music effects and a "back story" between shows. Players: Alex Samuels, Si Issler, Sarah Papineau, J.D. Lloyd, Katherine Woolverton, Peter Arthur, Aaron Allshouse, Pamela Mijatov
Offstage credits: Mary Cannon, stage manager
Directed by James Venturini

"Twisted Flicks" is America's only improvised movie show. Since 1997, this Seattle-based improv group has been bringing their unique form of audience participation movies to Northwest audiences each weekend. A movie experience like no other, classic "B" movies screen in the background without their original soundtrack. All dialog, sound effects and music are improvised by Wing-It's team of players, based on suggestions from the audience. The result is wild, unpredictable and very funny.

Beginning with a striptease that goes hilariously wrong, "See Me Naked" unfolds as a funny, spontaneous, sometimes interactive, always surprising, ultimately touching meditation on nakedness.
Written and Performed by Maria Glanz
Offstage credits:John Ackermann, drummer; Tim Long, lighting design;
Jenny Gibson, stage manager
Directed by Elizabeth Klobe
Previous performances: Edmonton Fringe Festival 2001, Seattle Fringe Festival 2001, Winnipeg Fringe Festival 2002, Montreal Fringe Festival 2002

Burnt Studio Productions, "Progression "
Burnt Studio will present an excerpt from their award winning production Progression, an exhilirating blend of movement, dance and high theatricality that wages war on social and gender politics.Progression has been lauded as "inventive, smart, smart-ass and expertly done" by The Georgia Straight, Vancouver, BC. The Seattle P-I proclaimed it
"a stunning dance/theatre marriage...a tour de force." Progression was awarded Artistic Pick of the 1999 Seattle Fringe and is currently being redeveloped for a run at HERE Arts Center in New York City.
Players: Samuel Read, Michelle Lockhart, Donna Selle
Offstage credits: Tom Arthur, lighting; Tammy T. Moon, stage manager; Samuel Read &
Michelle Lockhart, choreographers
Written and directed by Samuel Read & Michelle Lockhart

Breeders Theater, "Piglet"
A theatrical riff on Shakespeare, art, politics and why Peter Pan is always played by a woman. Players: Matt Loehrke, Piglet; Steve Coffey, Heidi, Marianne Everett, Peter Pan; Patricia M. Britton, Anne; Eric Hartley, Pooh; Bill Hamer, Rosenbert; Jim Cooper, Gildergeorge; Linda Matthews, Necrophilia; Kirsten X, Juliet; J Howard Boyd, Spam
Previous performances: South Sound Playwrights Festival

A writer goes online to research what men "really want" sexually speaking. While exploring cyberspace, her best friend dies and she comes down with a mysterious and debilitating disease.
Players: Amy Augustine, Evan Mosher, Stacey Plum
Offstage credits: Aaron Loidhamer, musician; Jeff Curnes, stage manager;
Jeff Curnes, producer
Written & directed by Keri Healey
Previous performances: Union Garage Performance Center, April 3 - May 3, 2003

Two classic episodes of Rod Serling's classic series, "The Trouble with Templeton" and "The Four of Us Are Dying." Please join Theater Schmeater as they escort you into the 5th dimension, beyond that which is known to men… The Twilight Zone.
Players: Colin Byrne, Alycia Delmore, Tim Evans, Bob Koerner, Willie LeVasseur, Andy McCone, Deanna Mustard, Lance Park
Offstage credits: Amber Knox, costume design
Directed by Rhonda Soikowski

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