On the Boards 2017 / 2018 Season Brochure by On the Boards

17/18 SEASON

Welcome to On the Boards Thanks for picking up this brochure! Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re proud to share our 17/18 Season with you. Art, Activism, Protest, History, Dreams, and 100% more Chicken Suits than last year. We continue our mission of innovation, equity, and artistic growth this year with our ongoing programs designed to build bridges across communities, including the Ticket Bank, the Ambassador Project, Studio Suppers, Open Studio, OntheBoards.tv, the Performance Production Program, and more. On the Boards invests in leading contemporary performing artists near and far, and connects them to a diverse range of communities interested in forward-thinking art and ideas. The present is exciting and the future even more so. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see you soon!

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STAFF as of 7.26.17 Betsey Brock �� Executive Director Jessica Schroeder �� Director of Finance & Operations Rich Bresnahan ��Technical Director Erica Bower Reich ��Patron Relations Specialist Sara Ann Davidson �� Operations Manager Clare Hatlo ��Associate Producer Cierra Jones ��Audience Services Manager Kim Lusk �� Bookkeeper Julian Martlew ��Sound Technician Mark Meuter �� Production Manager Beth Raas-Bergquist �� Director of Development Charles Smith �� Director of Program Management Jayme Yen..................... Director of Design & Communications BOARD as of 7.26.17 Ruth Lockwood ��Board President Tyler Engle �� Past President Tom Israel ��Vice President John Robinson ��Treasurer Caroline Dodge ��Secretary Andrew Adamyk �� Member at Large Norie Sato �� Member at Large Kristen Becker, John Behnke, Kim Brillhart, Maryika Byskiniewicz, Brian Curry, Florangela Davila, Priya Frank, Rodney Hines, John Hoedemaker, Michaela Hutfles, Chiyo Ishikawa, Tom Kundig, Tina LaPadula, Davora M. Lindner, Mari London, Emily Tanner-McLean, Deborah Paine, Mary Ann Peters, Richard Reel, Spafford Robbins, Jimmy Rogers, Ginny Ruffner, Robert Stumberger, Annette Toutonghi, Timothy White Eagle Turner, Josef Vascovitz, Bill Way

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“This is it. This is where my people are.”

Dear friends, supporters, fans, and artists— The beginning of this 2017-2018 season feels especially significant. Last season was marked by great artistic successes and organizational transitions, and as board and staff look forward to the new season and new leadership, we also find ourselves looking back at the history of the organization and our connections with it. I was honored this June to accept the title of Executive Director of On the Boards (OtB). I came to work at OtB three years ago, but I’ve sat in its audience since 1996. It’s shocking to me that On the Boards will turn 40 this February, and that I’ve been seeing shows here for half its life. Here’s my On the Boards story: I moved to Seattle in the fall of 1996 after a post-college stint in New York, where I joined the cast of Penny Arcade’s Bitch! Dyke! Faghag! Whore!, volunteered at PS122, La Mama, and the Performing Garage, and spent a year and a half performing and touring with the Bread and Puppet Theater. I thought by leaving New York I was giving up a world where performance art, activism, dance, music, and theater all joined up in a raucous party. I spoke to downtown theater

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folks, my fellow puppeteers, drag queens, and weirdos and asked, “I’m moving to Seattle, what do I do there?” The answer was always “On the Boards.” As a new Seattleite, I saw a lot of fringe theater, set after set by bands in smoky bars, went dancing at Re-bar, and then finally found myself climbing the stairs at Washington Hall, On the Boards’ original Central District home, on my way to pick up tickets for 33 Fainting Spells’ The Uninvited. That night I heaved a full-body sigh of relief: “This is it. This is where my people are.” I kept going. I saw things I loved. I saw things I hated. I saw things I couldn't believe I'd seen. I knew On the Boards was there for me, to expand my brain, confound my expectations, and show me things I couldn’t see anywhere else. But I wasn’t really at OtB all the time until my family moved back to Seattle in 2002, after another stint in NYC. I think I’ve seen almost everything since then. In addition to being a rapt audience member, I rode waves of leadership change. I remember welcoming Lane to the community right after we arrived back in town, saying farewell to Diane Ragsdale when she joined the Mellon Foundation, and being thrilled in 2004 when former Consolidated Works Managing Director Sarah Wilke came to OtB. This past season has seen another series of significant transitions. In October, Sarah became SIFF’s Executive Director after 12 years at On the Boards. Monique Courcy was named Executive Director at TeenTix, and former Communications Director Erin Jorgensen now leads communications for Shout Your Abortion. We’ve added new staff and promoted internally: Jessica Schroeder joined the OtB team as Director of Finance & Operations. Clare Hatlo is now Associate Producer at OtB. Cierra Jones and Erica Reich gallantly led OntheBoards.tv this winter and spring. Cierra was promoted to Audience Services Manager and Erica to Patron Relations Specialist. Jayme Yen came to us in March as Director of Design & Communications, and Beth Raas-Bergquist assumed the role of Director of Development. Kim Lusk joined us as Bookkeeper in June.

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KATE WALLICH (DEC 7–10). PHOTO: STEFANO ALTAMURA

especially timely—like Belarus Free Theatre, making art that shows the creative community is stronger than any dictatorial regime, and Kaneza Schaal and Cornell Alston, examining the damage of being in prison: not the time served but the dreams lost during that time. I like to think that Lane will raise a glass to us from Columbus with each opening night Studio Supper. This summer our office has been filled with meetings with local artists on their upcoming projects. Seeing the faces of Dani Tirrell, Jody Kuehner, Frank Boyd, Evan Flory-Barnes, Kate Wallich, and Alice Gosti scheming and planning with our staff energizes me and makes the past months of transition, sleepless nights, and hard work so very worth it. So here’s to our 17/18 season! We kick off the season with Seattle Dance City, a blowout we're hosting with Velocity Dance Center and Century Ballroom to celebrate a new season of dance and performance all over town. Meet you on the dance floor September 15. I can’t wait to see you shake a tail feather.

Last but not least, in March, Lane Czaplinski, our Artistic Director of 15 years, became the Director of Performing Arts at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio. I’m proud to lead On the Boards into its 40th Season. We’re well into our search for a new Artistic Director. The conversations we’ve had about how we should move forward have supplied inspiring feedback from our stakeholders: artists, board members, donors, foundations, artists, colleagues, sponsors—did I mention artists? We’ve heard stories about On the Boards changing lives and opening eyes. We’ve also heard ways we can do better in building an inclusive organization, broadening our stakeholder base and supporting staff and artist growth. Our 17/18 Season is a final dispatch from Lane Czaplinski to the community. I’m so grateful for his curatorial work on this season, which includes internationally renowned favorites like Forced Entertainment and Bebe Miller. The season also offers performances that feel

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6. Creating new art is always good but new art is seldom great. These are the stakes and they are totally fair.

LANE CZAPLINSKI

7. There is such a thing as too much curation. It’s like too much juicing — you don’t get the benefit of the fiber!

When Things Suck: Streamline, Then Mecca

8. Contemporary performance practice and shenanigans are not only for audiences who regularly go to contemporary performances.

Following are a few thoughts in consideration of the season of live art contained in this brochure. This is not intended to be a manifesto and only is offered in the spirit of sharing lessons learned while employed at On the Boards over the past fifteen years.

9. Peanuts are free at the Streamline Tavern and the drinks are cheap. Just don’t be an ass. Afterward, you will most likely end up at The Mecca Cafe & Bar where they do not have raspberry vinaigrette nor do they make manhattans. Do not order such things there.

1. Performances are controlled environments, like sports, that serve as vehicles for reflection and exchange. Rarely does anyone get hurt or at least hurt badly.

10. On the Boards is a national treasure and if you’re reading this in Seattle, it means you’re one of the lucky ones who get to roll up and enjoy challenging new performances in a decidedly unchallenging environment. People are nice there and if you’re an artist they’ll be especially nice to you. OtB is unique because a lot of special people have been building it since 1978 and a lot of special people are there now helping it sustain itself and grow towards the future. Really, OtB is like that one-of-a-kind hike / bar/ beach / gelateria / gymnasium/ cliff / lighthouse.

2. It is hard to be an artist and even harder to be an artist who is from Belarus or is a black or indigenous person in this country. The former suffers bouts of loneliness and impoverishment while the latter parties suffer these maladies while being the frequent targets of systemic violence and exclusion. 3. If the National Endowment for the Arts were to be abolished it would be like losing an arm or a leg. It wouldn’t necessarily cause death but make no mistake: it would suck.

It’s one of THOSE places. It’s where with some frequency you’ll be provoked. And occasionally moved or inspired. It celebrates both local and global with heavy pours. While deftly trading in the ineffable without taking itself too seriously. Please go there. And take care of it.

4. Generally speaking, examining other cultures by making art inspired by them is a flawed proposition. This is because, oftentimes, the culture that is doing the examining has been downright shitty towards the culture being examined. That said, any cross-cultural exchange has its ramifications and it’s up to the participants to determine how things go down. 5. Be wary of thinking that all art has to be about something or make the world a better place. The natural tendency when things suck is to want to do something but this doesn’t have to include making art. If help is required then help. But it isn’t necessary to make a play or dance about helping. I mean, you can. You just don’t have to.

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Lane Czaplinski Lane Czaplinski was Artistic Director at On the Boards from 2002 – 2017. He is the Director of Performing Arts at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, OH.

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JAN 12

Application deadline for Spring Open Studio Audition for 12 Min Max @ Base Forced Entertainment: Real Magic Forced Entertainment: Tomorrow's Parties* Tamara Saulwick 12 Min Max @ Base Evan Flory-Barnes Bebe Miller Company Kidd Pivot & Electric Company Theatre* at The Moore Alice Gosti: Immersive installation & community ritual Alice Gosti Frank Boyd & Libby King Taylor Mac* at The Moore Audition for 12 Min Max @ Base Dani Tirrell (location TBA) Kaneza Schaal & Cornell Alston 12 Min Max @ Base Spectacle Spectacular party* NW New Works Festival

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2017–2018 Schedule

JAN 18—20 JAN 21 FEB 1—4 FEB 18—19

SEP 8 SEP 15 SEP 28—OCT 1 OCT 12—15 OCT 19 OCT 23 OCT 30 NOV 3 NOV 16—19 DEC 5—6 DEC 7—10

Application deadline for Fall Open Studio Seattle Dance City party* Belarus Free Theatre Jody Kuehner/Cherdonna Shinatra Jomama Jones* Audition for 12 Min Max @ Base Application deadline for NW New Works Festival 2018 Application deadline for Winter Open Studio Graham Reynolds + Shawn Sides + Lagartijas Tiradas Al Sol 12 Min Max @ Base Kate Wallich + The YC

MAR 1—4 MAR 15—18 MAR 23—24 MAR 25 MAR 29—APR 1 APR 12—15 APR 20 APR 22 APR 26—29 MAY 10—13 MAY 20—21 MAY 24 JUN

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*Indicates special event

General Information Please note that single ticket prices for 17/18 Season performances are now $30 the week of the show. Tickets prior to performance weeks are still $23, and discounted single ticket prices remain the same. Want to get the best deal on tickets? Subscribe! You'll save up to 30% off single tickets and you'll get a number of other subscriber benefits, too. See pages 89-98 for more information.

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General Admission $23 $30 week of

By phone (206) 217-9888 Tue–Fri, 12–4 pm The lobby box office will be open 1 hour before performances for will call and walk up sales (if available).

Under 25 $12 $15 week of

ACCESSIBILITY

All performances take place at On the Boards (unless otherwise noted), which is located in Lower Queen Anne at 100 West Roy St, on the corner of 1st Ave West and West Roy St.

Our ADA entrance is located on the Roy Street side of the building. Ring the doorbell by the mailbox for entry. If you require ADA assistance for an upcoming performance, please contact the Box Office (206-217-9888) in advance so that we can accommodate your needs.

Bus Routes: D line, 1, 2, 8, 13, 29, 32

Seniors $21 $23 week of TeenTix (ages 13-19) $5 Sign up at TeenTix.org or at the lobby box office

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Parking: Several paid parking lots are located within 3 blocks of OtB. Visit ontheboards.org/ directions-parking for more info.

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BELARUS FREE THEATRE: BURNING DOORS (SEP 28â&#x20AC;&#x201C;OCT 1). PHOTO: ALEX BRENNER

PERFORMANCES

SEP 28 — OCT 1

SEP 28 – OCT 1

SUN, OCT 1 5 PM

THEATER

U.K./BELARUS

BELARUS FREE THEATRE BURNING DOORS

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SAT, SEP 30 8 PM

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PERFORMED IN RUSSIAN WITH ENGLISH SURTITLES. PHOTO: ALEX BRENNER

FRI, SEP 29 8 PM THU, SEP 28 8 PM

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Where do you belong when your government suppresses your basic right to expression? What do you do when the state imprisons you for making art? How would you survive one of the most brutal prison systems in the world?

Belarus Free Theatre combines forces with Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina in her stage debut to tell the stories of three dissident artists and to examine how art persists under oppression. As governments clamp down and walls go up, this blazing production confronts today’s most urgent issues in a searing performance that blends sensuous theatricality and vigorous physicality. We see how artists living under dictatorship illuminate the knife-edge of complacency in democratic societies, reminding us of the true cost of freedom and the dangers of inertia. Burning Doors is created in partnership with ArtReach as part of Journey Festival International 2016; Co-commissioned by Arts Centre Melbourne. Developed at Falmouth University’s Academy of Music and Theatre Arts (AMATA). Burning Doors is generously supported by Arts Council England. Burning Doors is presented with funding from WESTAF’s TourWest program, which is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.

BELARUS FREE THEATRE is an award-winning refugee-led theatre company in the U.K. and the only theatre in Europe banned by its own government on political grounds. Founded on principles of freedom of speech and artistic expression. Its focus is on social justice, taboo zones and violation of human rights across the globe, with an approach akin to investigative journalism. Their transnational campaigns and theatre educational programs encourage people to find their own voice within society and to develop a deeper engagement with social and political issues. belarusfreetheatre.com

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OCT 12 — 15

JODY KUEHNER/ CHERDONNA SHINATRA KISSING LIKE BABIES:

SUN, OCT 15 5 PM

PHOTO: JIJI LEE

THU, OCT 12 8 PM

FRI, OCT 13 8 PM

SAT, OCT 14 8 PM

Kissing Like Babies is partially funded by the New England Foundation for the Arts National Dance Project Presentation Grant and the National Endowment for the Arts. It was developed at On the Boards through the Performance Production Program, made possible by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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Explore the infantilization of the feminine. Embroil in the conundrum of being. Gape at the amazing circumstances within which we exist. Trace the ties from birth to death and back again with the help of drag queen Cherdonna, a chorus of adult toddlers, and a seven-piece brass marching band. Jody Kuehner is a queer, fem, female, professionally trained contemporary dancer who uses dance traditions, clowning, drag, theater, comedy, performance art, camp, pop culture, feminism, absurdity, and subversive commentary to make art.

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Jody Kuehner is a Seattle-based dance artist, director, and drag queen Cherdonna Shinatra. She is a 2015 Stranger Genius Award winner, a Henry Art Gallery 2017 Artistin-Residence, Velocity Dance Center’s 2014 Artist-in-Residence, and a 2010 Spotlight Award winner. Her choreography has been presented by every major contemporary dance venue in Seattle and her current project is touring nationally. Jody was Dayna Hanson’s Production Coordinator and Assistant Director for various projects from 2010-2015. She danced with Pat Graney Company from 2007-2016, including assisting with Graney’s KTF Prison Project. As Cherdonna, she performs with award-winning international sensations Kitten N’ Lou and BenDeLaCreme (RuPaul’s Drag Race). cherdonna.com

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NOV 16 — 19

NOV 16–19

GRAHAM REYNOLDS + SHAWN SIDES + LAGARTIJAS TIRADAS AL SOL PANCHO VILLA FROM A SAFE DISTANCE

THU, NOV 16 8 PM

FRI, NOV 17 8 PM

PHOTO COURTESY FUSEBOX FESTIVAL

SAT, NOV 18 8 PM

SUN, NOV 19 5 PM

THEATER | OPERA | MUSIC

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TEXAS/MEXICO

A conversation about borders and the limitations of delineated states grows from the fuzzy line between the Pancho Villa legend and his actual biography. This opera asks what Pancho Villa means to Mexican and American culture and where these meanings intersect and conflict. It brings together artistic collaborators from both sides of the river to engage in a borderless investigation about the Mexican and Mexican-American impact on the culture and politics of West Texas.

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NOV 16 — 19

Called “the quintessential modern composer” by the London Independent, GRAHAM REYNOLDS composes and records music for film, theater and performance with collaborators ranging from Richard Linklater and Jack Black to DJ Spooky and Ballet Austin. He is Artistic Director of Golden Hornet Composer Laboratory, a member of the Rude Mechs theater collective, resident composer with Salvage Vanguard Theater, and received the 2016 Creative Capital Award for the Pancho Villa chamber opera. grahamreynolds.com

Dentro de una conversación acerca de las fronteras y las limitaciones en las delineaciones de países en crecimiento y el concepto nublado entre la leyenda de Pancho Villa y su actual biografía. Esta obra nos pregunta cual es el significado de Pancho Villa a las culturas mexicanas y estadounidenses y como o cuando se crucen y entran en conflicto. Unifica colaboradores artísticos de ambos lados del rio para abordar una investigación sin fronteras sobre el impacto de las culturas y política del mexicano y chicano en West Texas.

Founded by Luisa Pardo and Gabino Rodriguez, LAGARTIJAS TIRADAS AL SOL are Mexico City-based artists making projects that link work, life, and erase borders. They seek to clarify and articulate,

Watch Lagartijas Tiradas al Sol on OntheBoards.tv! See pages 72-79 for more information. ON THE BOARDS

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but also to disrupt and unravel notions of biography and history. Their work highlights how arbitrarily history is constructed. But their aim is not to correct the record, rather to put the emphasis elsewhere, to change narrator, create perspective, and make up stories. lagartijastiradasalsol.com SHAWN SIDES is a founder and a Co-Producing Artistic Director of Rude Mechs in Austin, TX, where she has co-conceived, co-adapted, and directed a new work every year, give or take, since 1996. Shawn is an Alpert Hedgebrook Prize recipient and was included with her fellow Rudes into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame in 2010. She is also a 2015 Doris Duke Performing Artist Award recipient. rudemechs.com

DEC 7 — 10

SUN, DEC 10 5 PM

DANCE

SEATTLE

KATE WALLICH + THE YC DREAM DANCES

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SAT, DEC 9 8 PM

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FRI, DEC 8 8 PM THU, DEC 7 8 PM

Seattle-based choreographer, director, and educator Kate Wallich returns to OtB with her company The YC for the premiere of a new full-length work, Dream Dances. Consisting of intertwined and layered movement scenes, this performance inspired by dreams and dreaming combines complex physicality with restrained dynamism. Dream Dances is a meditative study in forming/re-forming and spatial geometry, and like the heightened reality of dreams, brings ‘amplified life’ to the stage. Frequent collaborators Johnny Goss and Andrew J.S. contributed the score.

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Dream Dances is partially funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. It was developed at On the Boards through the Performance Production Program, made possible by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

KATE WALLICH received her training from Interlochen Arts Academy and holds a BFA in Dance Magna Cum Laude from Cornish College of the Arts. Named one of Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch" in 2015, her work has been commissioned and presented nationally and internationally by leading dance companies, performance institutions, universities and galleries, including On the Boards, Velocity Dance Center, Seattle Art Museum, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, and Springboard Danse Montreal. Kate has received awards, grants, and support from 4Culture, Artist Trust, The Glenn H. Kawasaki Foundation, The Rauschenberg Residency, MANA Contemporary, and Seattle Magazine’s “Spotlight Artist Award”. Wallich is among Seattle’s top contemporary dance teachers, leading packed classes through her own brand of movement technique. In 2010, Kate created Dance Church, an all abilities movement class that offers a fun, nonexclusive approach to dancing. katewallich.com

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KATE WALLICH: DREAM DANCES (DEC 7â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10) PHOTO: STEFANO ALTAMURA

JAN 18 — 20

THEATER

FORCED ENTERTAINMENT REAL MAGIC

JAN 18 — 20

“Beckett meets trash TV.” — Nachtkritik.de

PHOTO: HUGO GLENDINNING

SAT, JAN 20 8 PM FRI, JAN 19 8 PM THU, JAN 18 8 PM

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Real Magic is co-produced by PACT Zollverein Essen, HAU Hebbel Am Ufer Berlin, Künsterlhaus Moustonturm Frankfurt, Tanzquartier Wien Vienna, ACCA Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, University of Sussex, and the Spalding Gray Consortium — On the Boards, PS122, Walker Art Center, and The Andy Warhol Museum.

U.K.

Cue applause and canned laughter in a world of absurd disconnection, struggle, and comical repetition. A group of performers attempt an impossible illusion—part mind-reading feat, part cabaret act, part chaotic game show—in which they endlessly revisit moments of defeat, hope, and anticipation. Caught in a world of second chances and second guesses, variations and changes, distortions and transformations, this hallucinatory journey is packed with optimism, individual agency, and the desire for change. Real Magic is performed by Richard Lowdon and Claire Marshall, members of the Forced Entertainment creative team, who are joined by regular FE collaborator Jerry Killick.

See p.52–53 for a special event with Forced Entertainment

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FORCED ENTERTAINMENT is a group of six artists based in Sheffield, U.K. Founded in 1984, they make work in theatre and performance and tour to audiences around the world. They have made serious work that turned out to be comical, and comical work that turned out to be deadly serious, digging deep into what theatre and performance might mean and the kinds of dialogue it can open with contemporary audiences. Their many projects aim to excite, challenge, question, and entertain other people. FE is as much interested in confusion as they are in laughter. forcedentertainment.com

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FEB 1 — 4

SUN, FEB 4 5 PM

THEATER | MUSIC

AUSTRALIA

TAMARA SAULWICK ENDINGS

SAT, FEB 3 8 PM

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THU, FEB 1 8 PM

FRI, FEB 2 8 PM

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“An elegant, economic production that delivers on its promise to stay with you long after you leave.” — The Guardian

Poised in the delicate space between concert and theatre, Endings is a meditation on cycles and the ending of things. The ordinary and the extraordinary cluster around death, dying, and the afterlife. The manifestation of these moments take form through the use of portable turntables, reel-to-reel tape players and live performance. This hybrid work is built in part from one-on-one interviews; these stories, reflections, and voices are cut onto vinyl records and embedded within a richly textured electro-acoustic sound design that is extended through live singing. This performance features the songs and vocals of acclaimed singer/ songwriter Paddy Mann (Grand Salvo). Endings has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, and the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria. Commissioned by Performance Space and the City of Melbourne’s Arts House.

Building on over twenty years experience, TAMARA SAULWICK’s individual practice has coalesced in recent years into a singular and compelling voice. Utilising digital, mobile, and analogue technologies, with a particular emphasis placed on the role of sound in live performance, her works reflect on how we as individuals connect, confront, and interact with one another. Her major works include Alter (2016), Endings (2015), PUBLIC (2013), and Pin Drop (2010). Tamara is an Australia Council for the Arts Fellow and the Artistic Director of Chamber Made Opera. Her first work for the company, Permission To Speak premiered in late 2016. tamarasaulwick.com

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MAR 1 — 4

EVAN FLORY-BARNES ON LOVING THE MUSE AND FAMILY MUSIC | COMEDY

THU, MAR 1 8 PM

FRI, MAR 2 8 PM

PHOTO COURTESY THE ARTIST

SAT, MAR 3 8 PM

SUN, MAR 4 5 PM

On Loving is a post-patriarchal celebration of life through music and the multitudinous forms of human relationships. Bassist and composer Evan Flory-Barnes delves into the act and practice of loving and the soul’s perspective on family in the premiere of this new full-length work. Modeled as a variety show in the tradition of the Nat King Cole Show or Dean Martin Show, On Loving integrates Flory-Barnes’ music and philosophy in an evening that is both discursive and sincere.

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EVAN FLORY-BARNES is a Seattle native who has been composing and performing music since he was a student at Garfield High School. While there Flory-Barnes was a member of its award-winning symphony orchestra and performed with the hip-hop group Maroon Colony. For the past 15 years Flory-Barnes has been performing and composing music with a wide variety of artists from across the musical spectrum, in Seattle and abroad. From classic soul to experimental free improvisation, from son jarocho to hard bop, Flory-Barnes brings a demonstrative passion, joy, presence, and virtuosity to every endeavor. Flory-Barnes is also a member of the genre- and expectation-defying Seattle supergroup Industrial Revelation.

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MAR 15 — 18

DANCE

BEBE MILLER COMPANY IN A RHYTHM

MAR 15 –18

Legendary dancer and choreographer Bebe Miller’s suite of new works is based on the dynamics of adaptation and translation. With nods to literary giants Toni Morrison, David Foster Wallace, and Gertrude Stein, Miller examines the syntax of movement—how we apprehend meaning—by juxtaposing action and context in time and space to create a new dynamic dimension on stage.

SUN, MAR 18 5 PM

PHOTO: JULIETA CERVANTES

SAT, MAR 17 8 PM FRI, MAR 16 8 PM THU, MAR 15 8 PM

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In a Rhythm is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation Fund Project co-commissioned by New York Live Arts in partnership with Wexner Center for the Arts, On the Boards, and NPN. The Creation Fund is supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency). The Forth Fund is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. In a Rhythm was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Bebe Miller Company and In a Rhythm are supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. This performance is partially funded by the New England Foundation TICKETS for the Arts National Dance Project Presentation Grant and the National $23 Endowment for the Arts. It was developed at On the Boards through the Performance Production Program, made possible by the Andrew W. Mellon $30 WEEK OF Foundation and the National Performance Network’s Creation Fund.

BEBE MILLER has received four New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Awards and support from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, Guggenheim Foundation and many others. She was a United States Artists Ford Fellow, received one of the first Doris Duke Artists Awards and a New York Live Arts’ 2013 David White Award, and was a 2015 Movement Research Honoree. Bebe Miller Company was formed in 1985; since then, Miller has created more than 50 dance works for the company that have been performed in nearly 400 engagements worldwide. BMC has been commissioned and presented by leading venues including 651 ARTS, BAM Next Wave, DTW, Jacob’s Pillow, Joyce Theater, PICA, REDCAT, Walker Art Center, and Wexner Center for the Arts. A Distinguished Professor in Dance at The Ohio State University’s College of Arts and Humanities from 2000–2016, Miller received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Ursinus College in 2009. bebemillercompany.org

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MAR 29 — APR 1

DANCE

SEATTLE

ALICE GOSTI MATERIAL DEVIANCE IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN CULTURE

SAVE THE DATE: SUN, MAR 25

SAT, MAR 31 8 PM

SUN, APR 1 5 PM

Prior to the run of the show there will be an immersive installation and durational community ritual. Please check the website for more details. TICKETS

THU, MAR 29 8 PM

FRI, MAR 30 8 PM

PHOTO: TIM SUMMERS

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Material Deviance in Contemporary American Culture takes a sideways look at our object-based reality. Reflecting stuff-centered culture back to ourselves, this dream state passes through shame, nostalgia, patriotism, and the weight of inheritance. Choreographer and hybrid performance artist Alice Gosti asks, Do objects imbued with so much of our worth start to take over and take on a life of their own? This cluttered landscape expands like a hoarder’s collection and contracts like an immigrant’s suitcase. It breathes like capitalism, filling an existential void whose appetite is endless. Material Deviance helps us uncover what is buried under the steep piles along the path from our bed to the bedroom door. We hold it in our hands. Material Deviance in Contemporary American Culture is funded by NEFA’s National Dance Project, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture. It also has support from the Vermont Performance Lab (VT), which is funded by the NEA. Developmental residencies included Linda Austin’s Performance Works Northwest, Slate Theatre, BASE: Experimental Arts + Space. Material Deviance is partially funded by the New England Foundation for the Arts National Dance Project Presentation Grant and the National Endowment for the Arts. It was developed at On the Boards through the Performance Production Program, made possible by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

ALICE GOSTI is an Italian-American choreographer, hybrid performance artist, curator, DJ, and architect of experiences, working between Seattle and Europe since 2008. Gosti’s work has been recognized with numerous awards, commissions, and residencies including the 2012 Vilcek Creative Promise in Dance Award, the 2012 danceWEB scholarship, Velocity’s 2015 Made in Seattle Program, and 2017 Artist Trust Fellowship. Gosti’s work has been commissioned and presented nationally and internationally in universities, theaters, museums, and galleries. Dance Magazine has described Gosti’s work as “unruly yet rigorous, feminine yet rebellious, task-like yet mischievous.” gostia.com

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APR 12 — 15

FRANK BOYD & LIBBY KING PATTI & THE KID THEATER

SUN, APR 15 5 PM

Straight from the 22nd century, artists and performers Frank Boyd and Libby King present a deeply American riff on Waiting for Godot. In Patti & The Kid, two eccentric and heavily armed outlaws hide in a vast dystopian desert, desperately trying to pass the time. They’ll do anything to stave off their personal demons and the haunted mythology of a country steadily closing in around them. A contemporary Western with Nerf guns, Patti & The Kid examines the American Dream in a post-digital world and explores the human experience of being left behind by technology.

PHOTO: JOSEPH LAMBERT (JAZZY PHOTO)

SAT, APR 14 8 PM

Development of Patti & The Kid began in Seattle with a residency at Base followed by a workshop at Z Space in San Francisco.

FRI, APR 13 8 PM THU, APR 12 8 PM

SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE

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WEEK OF

FRANK BOYD is a Seattle-based performer and writer. He is the creator of The Holler Sessions, which premiered at On the Boards in 2015 and has since toured to New York, the Netherlands, Detroit, Seattle again, Minneapolis, and will be Portland in March of 2018. Frank is a company member of the NYC-based ensembles Elevator Repair Service and the TEAM and he has also toured with Young Jean Lee’s Theater Company. Frank is originally from Michigan and came to Seattle by way of NYC. thehollersessions.com LIBBY KING is a performer, writer, and mom currently living in San Francisco. She has been a member of the Brooklyn-based theatre company the TEAM for over a decade. With the TEAM she has helped create and internationally tour four award-winning published plays: RoosevElvis, Mission Drift, Architecting, and Particularly in the Heartland. Libby has also worked with Moisés Kaufman and Tectonic Theatre, Leon Ingulsrud and the SITI company, Vicky Featherstone, and the National Theatre of Scotland. Libby is originally from Nebraska and loves making movies with her wind-up toy collection.

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DANI TIRRELL: BLACK BOIS (APR 26â&#x20AC;&#x201C;29). PHOTO: NAOMI ISHISAKA

APR 26 — 29

PHOTO: NAOMI ISHISAKA

SUN, APR 29 5 PM SAT, APR 28 8 PM FRI, APR 27 8 PM THU, APR 26 8 PM

SEATTLE

Black Bois is a movement and theater piece that explores how black men/bois grieve, show rage, express joy, and cry. Dancer and choreographer Dani Tirrell looks into the depths of these emotional states and asks, How do we live with our pain? Who are we really in our pain? And how do we show love towards each other? Inspired by the lives of Kalief Browder and Tamir Rice, Black Bois is a meditation on being a black boi/male in the United States. Featuring live music, collaboration with a large cast of local artists/performers, community classes, and installations, this performance project celebrates black bodies in space and provokes an emotional engagement with movement.

DANCE

DANI TIRRELL BLACK BOIS

LOCATION

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TICKETS Black Bois is partially funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. It was developed at On the Boards through the Performance Production Program, made possible by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

$23 $30

WEEK OF

DANI TIRRELL creates movement pieces inspired by Dani’s queer, gender nonconforming, and black experience. Dani has danced with Jazz and Spirit Dance Theater of Detroit, Monroe Ballet Company and Dani Tirrell Dance Theater. Dani has performed and shown work at Black Choreographers Festival (San Francisco), Gay City Arts (Seattle), Bumbershoot: Velocity Dance Center Showcase, Showing Out: Black Contemporary Choreographers (Seattle), Young Tanz Sommer (Austria), Northwest New Works Festival: On the Boards (Seattle), Risk/Reward (Portland), Seattle Art Museum, and Erased (Color Lines Dance Ensemble) as part of Nights at the Neptune (Neptune Theater, Seattle). ON THE BOARDS

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MAY 10 — 13

SUN, MAY 13 5 PM

THEATER

NEW YORK

KANEZA SCHAAL & CORNELL ALSTON JACK&JILL

SAT, MAY 12 8 PM

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THU, MAY 10 8 PM

FRI, MAY 11 8 PM

IMAGE: CHRISTOPHER MYERS

$23 $30

WEEK OF

MAY 10 — 13

JACK&JILL is a comedy of errors structured on social codes and the training within prison reentry programs to debutante balls. The performance considers the metric-less damages of being in prison; not the time one has served but the measure of one’s dreaming that is given to the state. Aspirational class stories like those of the 1950’s sitcoms The Honeymooners and Amos and Andy, intersect with real and imagined ceremonies for entering society. Directed by Kaneza Schaal and starring Cornell Alston, the performance explores markers of transition and transformation, and the liminal ritual spaces that bridge worlds. JACK&JILL is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation Fund Project co-commissioned by On the Boards in partnership with the Contemporary Arts Center, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), REDCAT (Los Angeles), and NPN. The Creation Fund is supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency). JACK&JILL is presented with funding from WESTAF’s TourWest program, which is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.

DREAMING LABS

During the run of JACK&JILL the artists will offer Dreaming Labs, workshops that facilitate creative exchange. The Labs are open to people of all ages, with a focus towards those navigating transitions out of prison and their families, and youth involved in the juvenile detention system. The work aims to galvanize, share, and tend to internal life and resources. (Visit ontheboards.org for schedule and further information.) CONT’D >>

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IMAGE: CHRISTOPHER MYERS

MAY 10 — 13

Centre Pompidou, Royal Lyceum Theater Edinburgh, The Whitney Museum, and Brooklyn Academy of Music. kanezaschaal.com CORNELL ALSTON is a long time member of Rehabilitation Through the Arts, a notfor-profit that uses the arts as a springboard to teach life skills to individuals both inside and outside of state correctional facilities. He initiated the Youth Empowerment Through the Arts initiative that launched in Queens, NY, and he continues to work as an arts-in-education advocate. Alston performed and collaborated with Kaneza Schaal on PLEASE, BURY ME at Baryshnikov Arts Center and GO FORTH during a Performance Space 122, RAMP residency. Other performance highlights include: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, 12 Angry Men, and the title role in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.

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TAYLOR MAC. PHOTO: KEVIN YATAROLA

KANEZA SCHAAL is a New York City based theater artist. Her recent work GO FORTH premiered at Performance Space 122 and then showed at the Genocide Memorial Amphitheater in Kigali, Rwanda. This Fall GO FORTH will be presented at Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans and in Cairo, Egypt at the International Contemporary Theater Festival. Schaal received a 2017 MAP Fund award, 2016 Creative Capital Award, and is the current Aetna New Voices Fellow at Hartford Stage. Schaal’s work has been supported by Baryshnikov Arts Center, Performance Space 122, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Theater Communications Group, and a Princess Grace George C. Wolfe Award. Her work with The Wooster Group, Elevator Repair Service, Richard Maxwell/New York City Players, Claude Wampler, and Dean Moss has brought her to venues including

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OCT 19

NIGHT FLOWERS: AN EVENING WITH JOMAMA JONES

S P E V E N T

SENIORS, STUDENTS, AND SUBSCRIBERS

$25 $15

TICKETS

THU, OCT 19 8 PM

Jomama Jones invites you to join her to mark the lengthening nights and to explore the power of witness, of dream and of regeneration in our turbulent time. Night Flowers will feature Jomama’s original songs taken from her albums Flowering, Six Ways Home, Radiate, and Lone Star. Dr. Bobby Halvorson, Jones’ longtime collaborator will join her for this intimate event of music and storytelling. Jomama Jones has been called “a true theatrical original” by Backstage Magazine. Her show Radiate sold out Soho Rep and toured across the USA. Her new show Black Light was part of Under the Radar at Joe’s Pub in the Public Theater and will return to the Public for a six-week run in 2018.

THEATER | MUSIC

NEW YORK CITY

OCT 19

Night Flowers: An Evening With Jomama Jones is presented in partnership with Meany Center for the Performing Arts and the UW School of Drama. Daniel Alexander Jones is a Fellow with the Creative Fellowships Initiative, an interdisciplinary pilot project at the University of Washington exploring the nature of creative research.

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DANIEL ALEXANDER JONES makes theatre, music, and live performance. His wildflower body of work continues to grow in dialogue with a wide range of collaborators and audiences. Duat premiered at Soho Rep in 2016 to critical acclaim (including a five-star review from Time Out). His other performance pieces and plays include Phantasmatron, Phoenix Fabrik, Blood:Shock:Boogie, and Bel Canto. Daniel received a 2015 Doris Duke Artist Award in recognition of his risk-taking practice and a 2016 USA Artist Fellow; he was also named an inaugural Mellon Foundation Creative Research Fellow at the University of Washington in Seattle for 2017–2019. danielalexanderjones.com

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FALL/SPRING

FALL 2017 – SPRING 2018

12 MIN MAX at BASE: EXPERIMENTAL ARTS + SPACE

P E C I

After a three year hiatus, we’re pleased to announce 12 Minutes Max is back! Partnering with the amazing folks at Base: Experimental Arts + Space, 12 Minutes Max @ Base will provide a platform for artists to showcase 12 minutes of material supported by limited technical elements. Performances are curated by different members of the arts community three times a year.

A L E V E N T

All auditions and performances will be held at Base: Experimental Arts + Space in Georgetown. Base was co-founded by Dayna Hanson, Peggy Piacenza, and Dave Proscia in 2016. thisisbase.org AUDITION

PERFORMANCE

OCT 23

DEC 5–6

JAN 14

FEB 18–19

APR 22

MAY 20–21

Base is located on 5th Avenue South between Michigan and River Streets, in a place where the Duwamish River used to flow. Bus routes: 131, 132, 60, 124, 106

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Curators for the December performance are Glenn Kawasaki and Owen David. Please check thisisbase.org for the curators for the February and May performances.

6520 5th Ave S #122 (Equinox Studios/Creative Industrial Complex) Seattle, WA 98108

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JAN 21

JAN 21 THEATER

U.K.

I A L E

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Tomorrow’s Parties is a special event and not included in a regular Season subscription. Subscribers can add tickets to Tomorrow’s Parties at a discount. To learn more about Forced Entertainment and their 17/18 Season performance Real Magic, see pages 26–27.

Tomorrow’s Parties is commissioned by Belluard Bollwerk International Fribourg. Co-produced by BIT Teatergarasjen Bergen, Internationale Sommerfestival Hamburg, Kaaitheater Brussels, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm Frankfurt, Theaterhaus Gessnerallee Zurich. With the support of Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation and Sheffield City Council

“Exquisitely crafted, humorous yet never facile, Tomorrow’s Parties haunts the thoughts: outstanding.” — The Herald (Scotland, U.K.)

WEEK OF

Forced Entertainment present a special, onenight only event: Tomorrow’s Parties is a playful, poignant, and at times delirious look forwards to a multitude of hypothetical futures both possible and impossible. On a stage framed by colored fairground lights, a minimal set hosts a low-fi theatrical explosion. The pleasure of invention takes two protagonists in different directions. Ranging across utopian and dystopian visions, science fiction scenarios, political nightmares, and absurd fantasies, Forced Entertainment delivers a thought-provoking survey of hopes and fears as they speculate about what the future will bring.

PHOTOS: HUGO GLENDINNING

$23 $30

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SUN, JAN 21 5 PM

FORCED ENTERTAINMENT TOMORROW’S PARTIES

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MAR 23 — 24

KIDD PIVOT & ELECTRIC COMPANY THEATRE

BETROFFENHEIT

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DANCE | THEATER

VANCOUVER, B.C.

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ELECTRIC COMPANY THEATRE is one of Canada’s leading creators of live theatre, rich in spectacle and adventurous in form, challenging theatrical conventions while preserving a strong sense of story. ECT has created over 20 original productions including the film/ theatre hybrid Tear the Curtain! (Arts Club Theatre), Studies in Motion (Canadian Stage) and Brilliant! (Edinburgh Fringe, San Jose Stage). ECT has received numerous industry awards across Canada including the first Rio Tinto Alcan Performing Arts Award for Theatre (2001). electriccompanytheatre.com

PHOTOS: MICHAEL SLOBODIAN

KIDD PIVOT, led by director/choreographer Crystal Pite, tours extensively around the world with productions that include The Tempest Replica (2011), The You Show (2010), Dark Matters (2009) (which can be streamed online at OntheBoards.tv), Lost Action (2006), and Double Story (2004), created with Richard Siegal. Kidd Pivot received the 2006 Rio Tinto Alcan Performing Arts Award, and was resident company at Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, with the support of Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain, in Frankfurt, Germany from 2010 to 2012. kiddpivot.org

Single tickets available through Seattle Theatre Group at stgpresents.org. Discounts available for OtB subscribers.

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LOCATION

Presented in association with Seattle Theatre Group

A thrilling part of OtB’s 15/16 Season, Betroffenheit returns to Seattle in a special co-presentation with Seattle Theatre Group. A word with no direct English translation that describes the shock and bewilderment experienced in the aftermath of a disaster, Betroffenheit touches on themes of loss, trauma, addiction, and recovery. This creation by two of Canada’s most celebrated companies is an innovative, boundary-stretching hybrid of theatre and dance. Betroffenheit received an Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production, one of the highest awards in the field, in April 2017.

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APR 20

TAYLOR MAC A 24-DECADE HISTORY OF POPULAR MUSIC

P C I

MUSIC | THEATER

(ABRIDGED)

NEW YORK CITY

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PHOTO: TEDDY WOLFF

TAYLOR MAC is a playwright, actor, singer-songwriter, and performance artist. Mac’s work has been performed around the world, including at Lincoln Center, London’s Hackney Empire (with the LIFT Festival), the Sydney Opera House, Minneapolis’s Guthrie Theater, Chicago’s MCA and Steppenwolf Theater, and Stockholm’s Sodra Theatern. Mac is the author of 17 full-length plays and performance pieces and the recipient of a Guggenheim Award, The Doris Duke Award, The Herb Alpert Award in Theater, the Peter Zeisler Memorial Award, the Helen Merrill Playwriting Award, an Obie Award (for The Lily’s Revenge), and an Ethyl Eichelberger Award. Mac and collaborator/music director/ arranger Matt Ray were awarded an Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History for A 24-Decade History of Popular Music.

Single tickets available through Seattle Theatre Group at stgpresents.org. Discounts available for OtB subscribers.

TICKETS

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LOCATION

Presented in association with Seattle Theatre Group

Taylor Mac returns to Seattle with this gloriously irreverent, subjective history of America. Originally performed as a one-time 24-hour event, it was recognized on The New York Times’ 2016 lists of Best Performances, Best Theater, and Best Music. This abridged version is an immersive and outrageously entertaining crash course in the 240 years (and counting) of the history of American culture and dysfunction. Told from the perspective of those whose stories are often forgotten, dismissed, or buried, the show highlights various musical styles and artistic voices ranging from murder ballads to disco, Walt Whitman to David Bowie, and beyond. Mac is joined onstage by music director/arranger Matt Ray, an incomparable band, and local performers.

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KIM LUSK: QUARTET FOR THE DEAD SET (PART OF NW NEW WORKS FESTIVAL 2017) PHOTO: RYAN HUME

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KAITLIN MCCARTHY: EIGHT ABIGALS (NW NEW WORKS 2017) PHOTO: JENNY PETERSON

HOW IT WORKS

Two years ago we started the Ticket Bank in an effort to make our art experiences more inclusive. We know that ticket prices can be a barrier to attending OtB, and we’re working on breaking down those obstacles and broadening the conversation. The Ticket Bank gives people the opportunity to buy extra tickets for other audience members and allows potential audience members to claim tickets for free. It’s a win-win situation for everyone. Last year was a big success and we’re excited to continue the program. This year we want to grow the Ticket Bank and increase the number of people who contribute tickets and sign up to receive tickets. Help us spread the word!

BELARUS FREE THEATRE: BURNING DOORS (SEP 28–OCT 1). PHOTO: ALEX BRENNER

Ticket Bank Pay Art Forward

How to receive a ticket from the Ticket Bank: 1. Sign up for the Ticket Bank email list. (ontheboards.org/ticket-bank) 2. On the Wednesday eight days before a show opens, we’ll email the list about Ticket Bank ticket availability. 3. Respond to the announcement within the next 48 hours with your name and the day of the performance you would like to attend.

The Ticket Bank is funded by Nordstrom, and audience members like you.

4. Recipients will then be drawn at random and notified by email on Friday (six days before the show opens).

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How to make a deposit to the Ticket Bank: When you buy tickets online, look for a note on your checkout screen about contributing to the ticket pool and follow the prompts. If you buy in person or over the phone, just ask!

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On select opening nights, our incredibly popular Studio Suppers bring art lovers together in the Studio Theater for a fantastic family-style, pre-show dinner. Each Supper is prepared by one of Seattle’s finest chefs, and a portion of the proceeds goes to a charity of the chef’s choosing. To date, we have raised over $42,000 for various charities including Planned Parenthood, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, Capitol Hill Housing, Women’s Funding Alliance, FEEST, and Northwest Harvest.

PHOTO: ROBERT WADE

OtB 3 Year Club Members, A-Listers, and OtBFFs are notified of Studio Suppers two days before the big list. To get yourself on the early list, contact Development Director Beth Raas-Bergquist, beth@ontheboards.org.

HOW IT WORKS

Programs & Initiatives

Special thanks to our Studio Supper partners Fortunate Orchard Flowers, Ten Mercer, Hot Cakes, J. Lohr, and Nordstrom.

Studio Suppers are pay-what-you-can sliding scale ($25$100), and guests pay after dinner. Reservations are taken 10 days in advance—and each dinner sells out quickly. Be the first to know when reservations open by signing up for our Studio Suppers email list at ontheboards.org/ studio-suppers.

SEP 28

MONICA DIMAS (LIL NEON, NEON TACO, SUNSET FRIED CHICKEN) Opening night for Belarus Free Theatre

OCT 12

TBD... Opening night for Jody Kuehner/Cherdonna Shinatra

NOV 16

SETH AND ZACHARY PACLEB (BROTHERS & CO) Opening night for Graham Reynolds + Shawn Sides + Lagartijas Tiradas Al Sol

DEC 7

KARI BRUNSON (JUICEBOX CAFE, FRANKIE & JO’S) Opening night for Kate Wallich + The YC

JAN 18

JULIAN HAGOOD (HARRY’S FINE FOODS) Opening night for Forced Entertainment

FEB 1

BA CULBERT (TILIKUM PLACE CAFE) Opening night for Tamara Saulwick

MAR 1

TARIK ABDULLAH (THE BLACK AND TAN HALL, MORNING STAR) Opening night for Evan Flory-Barnes

MAR 15

DONNA MOODIE (MARJORIE) Opening night for Bebe Miller Company

MAR 29

JACQUELINE ROBERTS AND STEVE SMRSTIK (THE PINK DOOR) Opening night for Alice Gosti

APR 12

MANU ALFAU (MANU’S BODEGA, MANU’S TACOS) Opening night for Frank Boyd & Libby King

MAY 10

KRISTI BROWN (THAT BROWN GIRL COOKS!) Opening night for Kaneza Schaal & Cornell Alston

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STUDIO SUPPERS IS PRODUCED BY SARA ANN DAVIDSON, OPERATIONS MANAGER ON THE BOARDS

NOTE: GUESTS MUST HAVE A TICKET TO THE EVENING’S PERFORMANCE IN ORDER TO ATTEND A STUDIO SUPPER.

17/18 Supper Schedule

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Open Studio Performance experiments before a live audience

NW New Works Festival Two weekends, two stages, all new art

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Programs & Initiatives

This season, OtB Ambassador and 17/18 Season artist Dani Tirrell will be curating one Open Studio with artists whose projects will be developed over the year and will culminate in a showing in spring 2018. Project proposals are considered three times over the season (see application deadlines below); performance dates and lineups will be posted online throughout the year. Join us in supporting local artists and new work in its earliest stages!

MOTHER TONGUE, PART OF 2017 NW NEW WORKS FESTIVAL

Open Studio offers artists a regular platform to present a range of works-in-progress: from a few minutes of new material to a performance installation to an excerpt of a durational performance. All projects are self-contained and technically constrained, providing a low-pressure showcase that encourages experimentation. Audiences have the opportunity to engage informally with artists and give feedback after each showcase.

Now in its 35th year, the NW New Works Festival showcases new and experimental works from a variety of performance disciplines, upholding its mission to showcase tomorrow’s artists today within the Northwest’s creative community. Curated by a panel of peer artists and arts administrators from across the region, the Festival provides rehearsal time, an honorarium, documentation, and the opportunity to present work at OtB. In the past few years audiences have witnessed new pieces from artists including Tim Smith-Stewart/Jeffrey Azevedo, Jessica Jobaris & General Magic, and Markeith Wiley — all of whose work has become part of regular seasons at On the Boards.

APPLICATION DEADLINES FALL (OCT – DEC) Sep 8, 2017

WINTER (JAN – FEB) Nov 3, 2017

SPRING (MAR – APR) Jan 12, 2018

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE Performance dates and lineups will be posted at ontheboards.org throughout the year. Showcases are a $5 suggested donation.

APPLICATION DEADLINE OCT 30, 2017

NW NEW WORKS IS PRODUCED BY CHARLES SMITH, DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

OPEN STUDIO IS PRODUCED BY CHARLES SMITH, DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM MANAGEMENT ON THE BOARDS

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE JUNE 2018 (Check ontheboards.org for more details)

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The Ambassador Project Expanding art and community On the Boards Ambassadors are cultural and civic leaders who bring new voices and perspectives and share our programs with new communities. The Ambassador Project at OtB is now in its fifth season. This season the project divides into two areas of focus: Program Ambassadors work closely with OtB staff on Open Studio, the NW New Works Festival, special events, music, and other public presentations. Ambassador Writers Corps, a team of experienced writers and artists, develop responsive and critical content around On the Boards performances or write about specific issues in our creative and civic community.

JAMES HOLT

RYAN DIAZ

DANI TIRRELL

IMANA GUNAWAN

NATALIE SINGER-VELUSH

KOUSHIK GHOSH

ELISSA FAVERO

PETRA ZANKI

The Ambassador Project is funded by the Boeing Company and Nordstrom

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IMANI SIMS

PROGRAM AMBASSADORS James Holt Dani Tirrell

AMBASSADOR WRITERS CORP Ryan Diaz Elissa Favero Koushik Ghosh Imana Gunawan Imani Sims Natalie Singer-Velush Petra Zanki

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James Holt is a composer and curator. Loves Seattle & NYC. James is passionate about contemporary music, and is devoted to sharing. Dani Tirrell is a dancer/choreographer whose show Black Bois premieres at OtB in April 2018. Dani is currently teaching and learning African Diasporic dance in the Seattle area. Ryan Diaz is a Filipino designer, writer, activist, and Celine Dion superfan. Boogies with Au Collective, teaches social justice-centered self-defense. Elissa Favero teaches critical and contextual studies at Cornish College of the Arts and writes essays about art, architecture, and landscape. Koushik Ghosh is an economist/poet/writer who is deeply interested in transnational issues, and the areas of social choice and justice. Imana Gunawan is a Texas-born Indonesian multimedia journalist, dance artist, writer, audio producer, and member of Au Collective. Natalie Singer-Velush is a Seattle journalist, editor, and the author of the memoir California Calling: A Self-Interrogation (March 1, 2018). Find her at nataliesingerwrites.com and on Twitter as @Natalie_Writes. Imani Sims is a bourbon-loving, stiletto-wearing, Seattle native who spun her first performance poem at the age of fourteen. Her book (A)live Heart is available on Sibling Rivalry Press. Petra Zanki is Seattle choreographer and theatre maker originally from Croatia.

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TeenTix’s Press Corps at On the Boards

Childcare at OtB Available for Sunday Performances

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Are you a family member, parent, or caretaker of a child age 2-10? Do you love contemporary performance but are struggling to find childcare? OtB and Sweet Pea Cottage Preschool of the Arts to the rescue! We’re partnering again this season to help out families with kids. Sweet Pea is one of the best in the business—affordable, reliable, innovative, and creative! Sunday subscribers can subscribe to Childcare for the entire season, and parents will be able to easily add childcare to ticket orders online or over the phone.

For five weeks in Spring 2018, 10 teens will attend five shows across genres (three of them at On the Boards) to publish five pieces of responsive criticism. After each show they'll meet with an instructor and an artist in the field to develop their critique for publication. Look for their work on the TeenTix and OtB blogs!

Time blocks will be available for purchase in 2.5 hour blocks at a rate of $9/child/hour. Sweet Pea staff will be at On the Boards, in the Studio Theater to meet parents dropping kids off by 4pm, with pick up-time at 7pm. Sweet Pea Cottage Preschool of the Arts is a licensed preschool founded on the belief that the arts are a crucial part of child development. Their dedicated staff, expertise, and location make them a perfect partner for OtB. sweetpeacottage.org

To learn more visit ontheboards.org

Childcare is partially funded by Nordstrom.

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This collaboration is funded by the Boeing Company.

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One of the most important roles OtB plays is helping artists develop new projects. The Performance Production Program allows us to provide artists with resources and support in the form of commissioning fees, rehearsal space, mentoring, advocacy, and technical residencies with one of the best production departments in the United States. This season, Jody Kuehner/Cherdonna Shinatra, Evan Flory-Barnes, Alice Gosti, Dani Tirrell, Kate Wallich, and Frank Boyd & Libby King will develop and present new works directly supported through this program. Special thanks to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and all our funders who support the creation of new performance. If you’re interested in learning how you can contribute to the Performance Production Program, please send an email to beth@ontheboards.org. ON THE BOARDS

FRANK BOYD & LIBBY KING: PATTI & THE KID (APR 12–15). PHOTO: JOSEPH LAMBERT (JAZZY PHOTO)

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ALICE GOSTI (MAR 29–APR 1) PHOTO: TIM SUMMERS

Performance Production Program Resources and support for artists

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HOW IT WORKS

Since 2010, OtB has been filming and delivering the highest-caliber contemporary performance films straight to your TV, desktop, or mobile device via OntheBoards.tv. These films feature compelling international and U.S. performances including artists who are rarely seen stateside and works that will never be performed again. We work with our hand-picked film crew to capture the live performance, edit collaboratively with the artist, and deliver the best possible documentation straight to you. All proceeds are split 50/50 with the artist, so each time you buy a film, you put money directly in the artist’s pocket. We reach audiences in all 50 states and 157 countries in the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. OntheBoards.tv gives contemporary art lovers access to a growing catalog of artists from around the world regardless of where they live or their busy schedules, at affordable prices.

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“… it’s a wonderful resource… to re-live something that toured here and send all my friends to it saying: ‘This. This is what you missed.’” — OntheBoards.tv subscriber

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ADDING NEW RESOURCES

We're thrilled to continue our project to add contextual and curricular materials to OntheBoards.tv. If you or your school subscribe, you'll soon have access to making-of films, artist interviews, critical writing, and more alongside select dance films. We are compiling and curating this material in partnership with writer Claudia La Rocco, and through funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

CLAUDIA LA ROCCO is the author of The Best Most Useless Dress (Badlands Unlimited), selected poetry, performance texts, images and criticism, and the novel petit cadeau, published by The Chocolate Factory Theater as a print edition of one and an interdisciplinary live edition. July, the debut album from animals & giraffes, her duo with musician/composer Phillip Greenlief, has just been released by Edgetone Records. ON THE BOARDS

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Each year we add a few more films to our growing catalogue of contemporary performance. We've filmed at OtB as well as with our peers at Seattle Theater Group, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Fusebox Festival (Austin), and Performance Space 122 (New York).

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Ahamefule J. Oluo Allen Johnson Amy O'Neal Antoine Defoort & Halory Goerger Beth Gill Big Dance Theater Bruno Beltrão Catherine Cabeen Chris Schlichting Christian Rizzo Complex Movements Crystal Pite Dayna Hanson Degenerate Art Ensemble Diana Szeinblum Ezra Dickinson Faye Driscoll Findlay//Sandsmark Frédérick Gravel Jan Fabre Kristen Kosmas, Paul Willis, Peter Ksander Kyle Abraham Kyle Loven Lagartijas Tiradas al Sol Luis Garay

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We can’t do it without you Donor support is what allows OtB to program based on artistic risk—not box office receipts—and to keep ticket prices low. With about a third of each season’s costs donated by generous audience members just like you, donors are an incredibly important part of what powers OtB. We’ll make it as easy as possible, whether you’d like to give in a lump sum, in monthly installments, as a 3 Year Club donor, or as an A-List or OtBFF Subscriber (see pages 92–93 for details). Just give. You’ll be glad you did. You help us keep the art happening.

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GET A GLASS BEHIND THE BAR JOIN THE 3 YEAR CLUB: OtB'S SUPER SUPPORTERS Passionate about new art? Dedicated to supporting artists? Put your money where your mouth is. OtB’s 3 Year Club is made up of our most steadfast supporters, who each commit to supporting OtB with an annual donation of at least $500 a year for three years. 3 Year Club members are an inner circle of progressive art enthusiasts who help give us the sustainability to support our programs for multiple years. 3 Year Club benefits include invitations to exclusive events, special access to tech rehearsals, sneak peeks of works-in-progress and discussions with artists, our undying gratitude, and a personalized drinking glass behind the FUBAR to use at shows.

On the Boards is celebrating in 2018 (and also in 2019)! OtB was founded by artists in 1978 — and incorporated as a non-profit in 1979 — so we're going to party for as long as we can. Expect fanfares, birthday parties, astrology, and celebrations galore. We'll dive into our illustrious past and history, and tread water in the bright future with you.

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VOLUNTEER AT OtB No successful show happens without volunteers. The people who donate their time and passion to On the Boards allow us to pull off shows as smoothly as we do. Our volunteers are community members who are as interested in seeing art as they are in helping an arts organization. Volunteers help direct patrons, assist bartenders, collect tickets, help with Studio Suppers, and keep the theater clean. You can hang out, chat with guests and other volunteers, and we don’t make you wear any stuffy vests! Volunteers receive a free ticket to the show—including sold out shows—and a free drink ticket. All you have to do is sign up to be a reliable helper. Ready to volunteer? Send an email to volunteer@ontheboards.org for more information. We’ll contact you with upcoming opportunities and you’ll be able to choose dates that work with your schedule. ON THE BOARDS

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OtBFF Subscription $425 ($173 tax-deductible) All the benefits of a regular season subscription, tickets to all 12 shows in the season; invitations to open rehearsals, special events, and parties; early notifications for Studio Suppers; free drinks and snacks at FUBAR at 6 shows; and an invitation to the 18/19 Season sneak peek. PLUS A REALLY COOL PIN.

— Up to 30% off single tickets — First to hear about special events — Complimentary ticket to bring a friend — Discounts on special events — Discounted parking in the OtB lot — Discounts on additional tickets — Season Brochure mailed to your home — FREE and easy ticket exchanges

Under-30 Subscription $144 All the benefits of a Complete Series Subscription for young art lovers! Must be under 30 years of age as of September 1, 2017.

Complete Series Subscription $252 All the benefits above plus tickets to see all 12 shows in the regular season.

Pick-6 Subscription $129 Create your own season subscription! All the benefits above and tickets to 6 shows of your choice.

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Color Series Subscription (Pink or Green) $190 All the benefits above plus tickets to a curated selection of 9 shows in the regular season.

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— Belarus Free Theatre — Jody Kuehner/Cherdonna Shinatra — Graham Reynolds + Shawn Sides + Lagartijas Tiradas Al Sol — Kate Wallich + The YC — Forced Entertainment — Tamara Saulwick — Evan Flory-Barnes — Bebe Miller Company — Alice Gosti — Frank Boyd & Libby King — Dani Tirrell — Kaneza Schaal & Cornell Alston

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— Belarus Free Theatre — Jody Kuehner/Cherdonna Shinatra — Kate Wallich + The YC — Forced Entertainment — Evan Flory-Barnes — Bebe Miller Company — Alice Gosti — Dani Tirrell — Kaneza Schaal & Cornell Alston

— Belarus Free Theatre — Jody Kuehner/Cherdonna Shinatra — Graham Reynolds + Shawn Sides + Lagartijas Tiradas Al Sol — Forced Entertainment — Tamara Saulwick — Evan Flory-Barnes — Alice Gosti — Frank Boyd & Libby King — Kaneza Schaal & Cornell Alston

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EX. 2: DREAMS, TEARS, LAUGHS

— Belarus Free Theatre — Jody Kuehner/Cherdonna Shinatra — Graham Reynolds + Shawn Sides + Lagartijas Tiradas Al Sol — Alice Gosti — Dani Tirrell — Kaneza Schaal & Cornell Alston

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Keep your clients and staff in step with the newest ideas in art while introducing them to some of the coolest people in the city. OtB has been presenting some of the planet’s most forwardthinking artists for nearly 40 years. Show your community that you are leading the charge of supporting new ideas, artists, and the creation of new work. Corporate subscribers from businesses of all sizes can invest in On the Boards’ community and connect their brand to an organization known for innovation and success. This affiliation is acknowledged in our programs and season brochures, and on our website and lobby donor wall.

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Belarus Free Theatre (Sep 28-Oct 1) Graham Reynolds + Shawn Sides + Lagartijas Tiradas Al Sol (Nov 16-19)

Tamara Saulwick (Feb 1-4) Evan Flory-Barnes (Mar 1-4) Bebe Miller Company (Mar 15-18) Alice Gosti (Mar 29-Apr 1) Frank Boyd & Libby King (Apr 12-15)

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Early notifications for Studio Suppers

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Free parking in the OtB lot

Discounted parking in the OtB lot

Discounts on additional tickets

Complimentary ticket for a friend

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First to hear about Special Events

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