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Book-It Repertory Theatre’s 2015-16 Season
When you experience Book-It, you get a magical synthesis of literature and theatre. Over 25 years, those merged worlds have become a community where Seattle artists tell the stories that thrill us, stretch our minds, and pound our hearts. All that time the author’s words have been front and center, and we take our responsibility to the source material—and to your experience of it—very seriously. Please join us as we embark on our next 25 years. Our Silver Jubilee season closed with a recordbreaking, critically acclaimed adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five. The 2015-16 season launches with an all-new version of What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, Northwest author Raymond Carver’s incisive exploration of contemporary American love and longing. We’ve made room for sparkling romance and joyful endings with a holiday revival of Jane Austen’s Emma. Last year’s Pride and Prejudice was a sold-out smash, so order your tickets early before they’re gone. Since we’re solidly twentysomething now, we’re totally game to flex our “bold and daring” muscles with a brand-new, two-part telling of The Brothers K, Oregon native David James Duncan’s poignant epic set in Camas, Washington and rooted in the allAmerican pastime of baseball. Book-It’s first 25 years is an astonishing story in itself, authored in partnership between a talented company and an engaged community. We look forward to composing with you the next chapter in the Amazing Adventures of Book-It Repertory Theatre. Welcome to another breathtaking Book-It season!
-Jane & Myra
I like the intimate theatre. I can see the actors’ faces and almost hear their feelings. -BOOK-IT PATRON <<
COVER Clockwise from top: Rory Eaden, Robert Bergin, and Cobey Mandarino in Slaughterhouse-Five; photo by John Ulman; Serin Ngai in Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet; photo by Chris Bennion; The cast of A Tale of Two Cities; photo by John Ulman. LEFT The cast of I Am of Ireland; photo by Adam Smith.
Welcome
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Photos: John Ulman
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Sylvie Davidson in Emma; photo by Adam Smith
Todd Licea and Cynthia Geary; A Confederacy of Dunces. Photo by John Ulman.
2015-16 Season
You might remember What We Talk About... as the fictional stage play featured in the 2014 film Birdman
Sep 22 - Oct 18, 2015
A Collection of Stories from Our Repertory
WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LOVE
by Raymond Carver
ADAPTED & DIRECTED BY JANE JONES Two couples sit around a table, drink gin, and discuss what it means to love someone. What they reveal will have you unable to look away. Raymond Carver’s What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, featured in 2014’s Oscar-winning Birdman, is paired with “Cathedral,” “Intimacy,” and “The Student’s Wife.” Book-It wowed mainstage audiences with this collection during 1998-99. Carver, who lived in Port Angeles, depicts ordinary people in “dirty realism” as they contend with life the best way they can.
Dec 2 - Jan 3, 2015
Celebrating the Novel’s 200th Anniversary
EMMA
by Jane Austen
ADAPTED BY RACHEL ATKINS // DIRECTED BY CAROL ROSCOE Emma Woodhouse has “rather too much her own way,” and while she is beautiful and charming, she is oblivious to the true nature of almost everyone in her sphere, including herself. Until, of course, she falls in love. We happily mark the 200th anniversary of the publication of Emma this December with a holiday showing of this delightful fan favorite (BookIt premiere, 2009) filled with Miss Austen’s droll descriptions, ironic observations, and oh-so-happy endings. Originally produced by Book-It Repertory Theatre in 2009, directed by Marcus Goodwin.
Mark Chamberlin, Jeffrey Frieders, and Lisa Carswell in The Rivey Why; photo by John Ulman.
BuzzFeed once called The Brothers K “The Great American Novel You Haven’t Read Yet”
May 3 - Jun 26, 2016
A World-Premiere Adaptation of a Beloved Northwest Novel
THE BROTHERS K
by David James Duncan
PART ONE: JOY TO THE WORDL!
PART TWO: THE LEFT STUFF
ADAPTED & DIRECTED BY MYRA PLATT
New York Times Notable Book (1992) American Library Association Best Books Award The fastball-hurling Hugh Chance of Camas, Washington aims for the major leagues, but a mill accident alters his dreams. Amid the turbulent ’60s, his sons—the four brothers of the title — come of age viewing life through a baseball lens and wondering if the family’s lot in life really is “God’s will,” as their mother believes. The New York Times called this novel a “tear-jerking, thigh-slapping homage to Dostoyevsky” and a “celebration of the American family.” David James Duncan, author of The River Why (Book-It, 2010), loads the emotional bases in The Brothers K, and Book-It-philes will delight in our two-part, double-header production.
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Whether you join us for one show or an entire season, you are an integral part of the Book-It family. Single ticket prices range from $25 to $50; Subscribers save 10%—and get great perks—with packages that range from $100 to $180 for four productions.
Tickets Premium Tickets** Sat Evening & Sun Matinée // All seats $50 Standard Tickets** Wed–Fri Evening & Sat Matinée $40 for What We Talk About…; $50 for Emma and The Brothers K New! [Bracket] Seats Sit on the border of our main seating area and save! Wed–Fri Evening & Sat Matinée // Select seats, limited quantity $25 Paid Previews All Seats $25 Stand-By Tickets $25 cash only Sold only in the event a performance sells out. TeenTix $5 tickets with member ID In person only // One hour before the show // Subject to availability
Groups Groups of 8 or more adult tickets are eligible for a 10% discount. **all base prices go up by $5 per ticket to the general public when purchased after the first week of each show’s run. Check our calendar. Subscribers always save—even on last-minute purchases.
Subscriptions Premium Subscriptions Sat Evening & Sun Matinée // 4-Shows $180
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Experiencing Book-It shifts your brain and calls on your imagination and listening skills -MARGARET VANDENBERGHE << Book-It patron
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Geoffery Simmons and Christopher Morson in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Uncensored; photo by Alan Alabastro.
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David Goldstein and Frank Boyd in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay; photo by John Ulman.
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