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1	TPS Message Boards (requires ID & Password to post) / Project Promotion / Election Evening Extravaganza!	on: November 01, 2008, 08:32:05 PM
Dont let your Champagne go flat this election night! Join Northwest Film Forum and Strawberry Theatre Workshop as we turn NWFF into the epicenter of election information, complete with: major network broadcasts in our two cinemas radio coverage in the lobby dead presidents and live blogging all night long! As each state gets called, watch our master of ceremonies MJ Sieber post red and blue light bulbs on our giant map of the country, marking wins for Obama or McCain. Raise a glass in celebration or dilute your beer with your tears-either way, it beats being home and yelling at your television. The Extravaganza is a fundraising party for Northwest Film Forum and Strawberry Theatre Workshop. Suggested donation $10. Contribute in advance through Brown Paper Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/42334 Northwest Film Forum is located at 1515 12th Ave between Pike and Pine on Capitol Hill. Party begins at 6pm.

2	TPS Message Boards (requires ID & Password to post) / Project Promotion / PREVIEW of LENI tonight!	on: July 10, 2008, 04:33:35 PM
Strawberry Theatre Workshop is opening up tonight's PREVIEW of Leni. Tonight's preview is pay-what-you-can (as are all Thursday performances). Curtain time is 8:30pm at the Erickson.

3	TPS Message Boards (requires ID & Password to post) / Project Promotion / Strawshop opens LENI Friday	on: July 09, 2008, 07:56:19 PM
After an 8 month hiatus, Strawberry Theatre Workshop will be opening LENI, part of the Biograph Series. Leni, written by Sarah Greenman, is look into the mind and media of filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl to discover why art can be a dangerous business. Directed by Rhonda J Soikowski and starring Amy Thone and Alexandra Tavares as Leni. Opening Friday, July 11th, then playing Thursday - Saturday nights at 8:30 through August 9th. Performed at the Erickson Theatre Off Broadway through July 26th, then at the Broadway Performance Hall July 30 - Aug. 9th. Advance Tickets are available through Brown Paper Tickets 1-800-838-3006. Tickets $10 - $25, TPS members $10 at the door with membership card. Thursdays pay-what-you-can at the door. Riefenstahl's career was shadowed by her history as a documentary filmmaker for Germany's Third Reich in the 1930s. Often called Hitler's propagandist, she disclaimed knowledge of or any responsibility for the Holocaust, saying in 1997 to the New York Times, "I did not know what was going on. I did not know anything about those things." Leni illuminates the question of artists' responsibility, delving into personal struggles Riefenstahl undoubtedly faced as she continued to insist to her last interview that art and politics are separate and that what she did was in the world of art. "To call Leni Riefenstahls Triumph of the Will and Olympiad masterpieces is not to gloss over Nazi propaganda with aesthetic lenience. Because they project the complex movements of intelligence and grace and sensuousness, these two films of Riefenstahl transcend the categories of propaganda, or even reportage." -Susan Sontag, in Fascinating Fascism "Where is my guilt? I can regret. I can regret that I made the party film, Triumph of the Will in 1934. But I cannot regret that I lived in that time. No anti-Semitic word has ever crossed my lips. I was never anti-Semitic. I did not join the party. So where then is my guilt? You tell me. I have thrown no atomic bombs. I have never betrayed anyone. What am I guilty of?" -Leni Riefenstahl, in The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl

4	TPS Message Boards (requires ID & Password to post) / Project Promotion / Three perormances left for LIFE OF GALILEO	on: November 16, 2007, 12:08:26 AM
LIFE OF GALILEO has only three performances left! Don't miss your last opportunities to see this gripping drama. Remaining performances are: Friday 7:30pm Saturday 7:30pm Sunday 2:00pm Tickets are currently on sale through Brown Paper Tickets at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/17917

TPS Message Boards (requires ID & Password to post) / Project Promotion / LIFE OF GALILEO opens Friday, Oct 26th

on: October 24, 2007, 02:09:43 PM

Strawberry Theatre Workshop and Seattle University Fine Arts present

Bertolt Brecht's LIFE OF GALILEO

"Doubting makes me happy. Why?"
In 1610, at the peak of the Age of Discovery and the Inquisition, a man raised a telescope towards the heavens and made the explosive claim that the earth was not in fact the center of the universe. Centuries later, Bertolt Brecht expressed his own explosive opposition to Fascism by re-imagining the story of Galileo's conflict between reason and faith. Today, in an new era of fundamentalism and rapid scientific innovation, the artists of Strawberry Theatre Workshop (recent winners of the Stranger's Genius Award for 2007)2 join the students, faculty, and staff of Seattle University to realize Brecht's epic fascinating play of social responsibility and the power of ideas.

Translation by David Edgar - Directed by Rosa Joshi
Featuring Timothy Hyland as Galileo, Gabriel Baron, Therese Diekhans, John Farrage, Troy Fischnaller, Hana Lass, Andrew Litzky, Joseph McCarthy and Seattle U students

Designed by Carol Wolfe Clay, Harmony Arnold, Dominic CodyKramers, David Moon

October 25 - November 18
Thurs - Fri - Sat @ 7:30pm
Mon Oct 29 & Nov 5 @ 7:30pm
Sun @ 2:00pm

at the Lee Center for the Arts
at Seattle University
901 12th Avenue
MAP

Tickets:
TPS Members $10 at the door w/ ID - General $20 - Seniors/Students $6 (w/ ID)

Advance tickets available through Brown Paper Tickets at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/17917
or by telephone (800) 838-3006

PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN PERFORMANCES (available at the door)
Thursday 10/25 PREVIEW
Monday 10/29
Monday 11/5

6	TPS Message Boards (requires ID & Password to post) / Discussion / Re: S.P. Miskowski brings up old issue for us : Theater Criticism	on: July 28, 2007, 11:52:22 AM
Just a few thoughts: I think a differentiation needs to be made between a "review" and a "critique". These can blend together sometimes, or share qualities, but I think that what we see in our daily and weekly papers are "reviews", where the intent is to communicate to the general public what they might expect to find if they attend the show. The average reader of any of these papers, were they to read the example that SP used on her blog: “The second act employed formal Suzuki technique, which clashed with the realistic style of the script”, would think "what the @#$&# does THAT mean?!" A reader in NY might be more educated about dramatic history/tradition/process, but I don't think that most of Seattle has that awareness. I think that it's interesting that some of the most qualified people to write an "informed" critique of local current work - meaning US - TPS Members - the theater artists - don't. If you look at the "Reviews" board here, what do you find? A lot of reposts of reviews from The Times* or The P-I. Maybe that points toward my own separation of critique from review, or maybe we're choosing to post our thoughts elsewhere? personal blogs? Or are we saving our educated critiques for personal conversations? or maybe we think that by not critiquing current work, it's providing an "accepting" community where artists are willing to take risks?

7	TPS Message Boards (requires ID & Password to post) / For Sale / Free Stuff	on: June 30, 2007, 09:37:59 AM
I have 3 wooden jacks for holding up flats and one shoe rack - all FREE. They are outside in front of 224 12th Ave E, just north of E John St on Capitol Hill. Come and get 'em! If they go away, I'll repost.

8	TPS Message Boards (requires ID & Password to post) / Project Promotion / AWESOME benefit concert for Strawberry Theatre Workshop 6/30	on: June 27, 2007, 10:07:13 AM
Strawberry Theatre Workshop is having a Benefit & Silent Auction THIS Saturday to raise some funds for the upcoming season. The benefit will feature: * Live performances by "AWESOME" and The Half Brothers! * Hosted by Strawshop regular Gabriel Baron * A Silent Auction featuring artwork, massage certificates, theater tickets, dinners and much much more! * Booze!!! * And FINALLY, the long awaited drawing of our 2006-2007 season raffle - a trip for 2 people to Peru Please join us at the Erickson Theater Off Broadway located on Harvard Ave on Capitol Hill between Pike St and Pine St (around the corner from the Egyptian Movie Theater). Doors open at 8pm with music beginning at 9pm. Tickets are $10 at the door, or in advance at Brown Paper Tickets http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/16911 See http://www.myspace.com/awesometheband and http://www.myspace.com/halfbrothersmusic for more info on the performers

9	TPS Message Boards (requires ID & Password to post) / For Sale / RUMMAGE SALE this weekend!	on: May 25, 2007, 10:58:36 AM
Strawberry Theatre Workshop is holding a RUMMAGE SALE to raise some funds and clear out the closets. Take advantage of this springtime opportunity to bring great rummage into your life while supporting live theatre. The sale will take place Memorial Day Weekend, May 26-27, hours are 11 - 4 each day. WHEN: Sat, May 26 AND Sun, May 27 HOURS: 11am to 4pm WHERE: 1634 11th Ave (between Pine St. and Olive Way) on the loading dock of the Richard Hugo House Featuring: Furniture Sporting goods Clothes Artwork Toys Tools Baby stuff Kitchen stuff Music Books AND more opportunities to purchase raffle tickets for a trip for 2 to Peru (drawing to be held July 3) http://www.strawshop.org Maggie DiGiovanni Marketing Director Strawberry Theatre Workshop http://www.strawshop.org

10	TPS Message Boards (requires ID & Password to post) / Other / clean out your closets!	on: May 07, 2007, 08:23:25 PM
Strawberry Theatre Workshop is planning a fund-raising RUMMAGE SALE. Take advantage of this springtime opportunity to clear the clutter from your life while supporting live theatre. The sale will take place Memorial Day Weekend, May 26-27, but rummage is being collected now. Furniture Sporting goods Clothes Artwork Toys Tools Baby stuff Kitchen stuff Music Books Clean your house. Save your stuff. Donate it to Strawshop. Every item you drop off for sale is a tax deductible contribution and will be greeted with a smile and a receipt for the IRS. Drop off is every Saturday in May at the Cornish College Scene Shop (1000 Virginia Ave). Call for details and an appointment for someone to meet you. DROP-OFF RUMMAGE May 5- May 12- May 19 email: gcc at strawshop dot org 206-427-5207 So save that rummage. Donate that rummage. And save the dates for the sale May 26 and May 27 (you'll need something to fill that empty space you'll have in your house after you donated your rummage).

11	TPS Message Boards (requires ID & Password to post) / Project Promotion / Final Weekend for THE WATER ENGINE	on: April 17, 2007, 01:36:59 PM
Don't miss the final weekend of THE WATER ENGINE from Strawberry Theatre Workshop! [/color][/b] Remember: Thursday is PWYC and TPS members can get $10 tickets at the door[/size] adv. ticket sales: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3918 “Strawberry Theatre Workshop's "Water Engine" production is elegantly wrought.” --Joe Adcock, Seattle P-I April 3, 2007 Read full review at http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/theater/309974_theater03.html "The Water Engine: Strawberry Theatre Workshop is consistently, stubbornly impressive." --Brendan Kiley, The Stranger March 29, 2007 read full review at http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=184951 "In the hands of a crummy actor, Lang could come off as an ineffectual dork... But Baron nails it, giving everyman Lang just the right amount of spine." --Seth Kolloen, Seattlest.com March 23, 2007 read full review at http://www.seattlest.com/archives/2007/03/23/the_water_engine_richard_hugo_house.php Spring Preview: "Strawberry Theatre Workshop is a professional but pared-down fringe company with a reputation for attracting top-level Seattle artists..." --John Longenbaugh, Seattle Weekly February 7, 2007 read full preview at http://www.seattleweekly.com/2007-02-07/arts/spring-stage-picks.php

12	TPS Message Boards (requires ID & Password to post) / Project Promotion / PR: RED INK a workshop reading and sing through	on: March 30, 2007, 04:35:55 PM
Theater Under Ground & Seattle Foundry present: Red Ink by Tim Sanders a workshop reading and sing through Sunday, April 1 doors 3:00 p.m. CHAC Lower Level 1621 12th Ave All Ages; Tickets: FREE A reading and sing through of Red Ink, a darkly hilarious new musical with book and lyrics by Tim Sanders and music by Jeremy Delamarter. Enter the accounting firm of Irving and Irving where murder counts more than numbers, and everyone is getting stabbed in the back. RED INK is a tragic love fable, the quest of a young and painfully shy heroine to avenge the death of her parents. Set against the backdrop of a modern-day corporate accounting office, and amidst sub-plots of near Jacobean-style excess, RED INK is overflowing with “dark, jazzy melodies, sharp humor, and a compelling multiple-murder mystery.” Aptly described as a cross between SWEENEY TODD and THE OFFICE, RED INK, at its heart, is a love story. While the plot twists can be grand and sweeping, in the end the true power of the piece lies in both its frustrated and its consummated relationships. Can a vengeful spirit be redeemed by true love? And who can each of us aspire to be when empowered with the love of another? This reading marks Theater Under Ground’s first full workshop of the piece, bringing in a stellar cast of actors including Nick Garrison, Tracy Repep, Brandon Simmons, John Lowrie, Jon Lutyens, Maggie Stenson, Caety Sagoian, Craig Doescher, Bob DeDea, Chad Jennings under the musical direction of Mark Rabe and staged by Tom Milewski.

13	TPS Message Boards (requires ID & Password to post) / Project Promotion / The Water Engine opens tonight!!!	on: March 22, 2007, 05:01:51 PM
Strawberry Theatre Workshop presents THE WATER ENGINE by David Mamet SPECIAL: ALL tickets opening weekend are only $10!!! Purchase in advance through Brown Paper Tickets or at the door. Friday, March 23rd, come for our special gala performance. See the show at 7:30, then stay after for complimentary desserts and wine and a talkback with the company. All for only $10! March 22 – April 21 Thurs, Fri, Sat @ 7:30pm Richard Hugo House 1634 11th Ave on Seattle’s Capitol Hill Every Thursday is Pay-What-You-Can at the door TPS members/Students/Seniors $10 at the door Regular price $20, advance tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3918 Directed by MJ Sieber, Featuring Gabriel Baron, Kate Czajkowski, David Goldstein, Erik Hill, George Mount, Marty Mukhalian, Michael Patton, and Dusty Warren Strawberry Theatre Workshop follows up their critically acclaimed production of An Enemy of the People with David Mamet’s, The Water Engine. The play presents a young inventor who's found a way to run an engine on distilled water. Though he’s ridiculed at first, he soon piques the interest of Big Business and is threatened when he refuses to sell his idea. Mamet's simple melodrama is a symbolic portrayal of human innocence defeated by a corrupt and violent society. Or is it simply paranoid fantasy? The audience watches the actors, announcer, and sound effects man present a radio play in the 1930s with unerring authenticity.

14	TPS Message Boards (requires ID & Password to post) / Other / Free computer	on: March 10, 2007, 12:18:59 PM
After purchasing a new laptop last summer, I've decided it's time to pass along my old desktop to someone else who might need it. It's a Dell that I purchased six or so years ago. Tough a little old, it still works great and is perfect for internet and basic stuff. email me if you're interested at maggie.digiovanni (at) gmail (dot) com Dell Dimension L733r Pentium III processor at 733MHz 10GB Hard Drive 512 MB RAM 56k Fax Modem USB 1.0 Firewire 400 8x/4x/32x CD-RW drive 3.5" Floppy Drive Windows XP Home Edition (upgraded from Windows ME) Will also include the random software that come with it, or that I bought at the time: Microsoft Works Suite 2000 (includes:) Word 2000 Encarta Encyclopedia2000 Home Publishing 2000 more Norton SystemWorks 2002 Norton Personal Firewall 2002 other driver discs that came with it Dell Reference and Troubleshooting Guide These came with the Firewire card, but I never used them: Ulead Video Studio Firewire Cable Also included: 15" monitor, Logitech mouse & Dell "QuietKey" keyboard

15	TPS Message Boards (requires ID & Password to post) / Project Promotion / PWYC tonight!!! An Enemy of the People	on: February 08, 2007, 05:05:34 PM
Don't forget - every Thursday is Pay-What-You-Can at Strawberry Theatre Workshop, including TONIGHT's performance of AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE. And there are only two weeks left, so come check it out while you can! Thurs - Sat through Feb. 17th @7:30pm @ Richard Hugo House - 1634 11th Ave on Capitol Hill When the resident physician in a small Norwegian town discovers that the local springs are poisoned, she is shocked to find that instead of being thanked, she is looked upon as a dangerous enemy of society. Reviews: "...rich in poetic and social insights...directed and acted by persons who have the muscle and imagination to bring the elements of the writing to life..." -Charles Mudede, The Stranger, http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=146773 "This Enemy burns with a surprising intensity, illuminating hidden corners of a social and political fable as old as civilization itself." - Richard Morin, Seattle Weekly, http://www.seattleweekly.com/arts/0706/never-to-much.php "[Amy Fleetwood's] performance is gripping." - Joe Adcock, Seattle P-I, http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/theater/300675_theater23.html (TPS members always get 1/2 price at the door anyway...but bring your non-TPS friends on Thursdays for pwyc!)

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