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Recovering playwright, once won a STRANGER Genius Award for theater. Now writing a bloated novel about… G-d help me! Theatre.

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  • Just Bought My Tix for HOODIES UP!

    Just Bought My Tix for HOODIES UP!

    Took me two minutes tops over at Brown Paper Tickets.  You better do the same soon or you could be wearing your hoodie out in the cold.

    Here’s the all the latest updated information from producer Tyrone Brown.


    HOODIES UP!

    An Awareness and Fundraising Event
    for the Trayvon Martin Foundation

    Seattle, WA – May 11, 2012. Brownbox Theatre presents HOODIES UP! Featuring original short plays written by seven Seattle-based playwrights. The production will be presented for one performance at 7:30pm on Friday, May 18, 2012 at the Rainier Valley Cultural Center in historic Columbia City.

    The playwrights charge for HOODIES UP!? Write a short play “inspired” by the Trayvon Martin tragedy, no more than 10 minutes in length, utilizing any writing style, and include at least one “hooded” character:

    “We Have So Much To Learn” by Kathya Alexander
    “Bottom Line” by Jose’ Amador
    “Is This The Day, Walking While Black?” by Najee Sui-Chang
    “Trees In The Window” by Lois Mackey
    “White Boy Can Take A Punch” by Paul Mullin
    “An/Other” by Nick Stokes
    “End Of The Rainbow” by Sharon N. Williams

    The HOODIES UP! plays feature direction by Jose’ Amador, Maggie Holmes, Pearl Klein, Danny Long, and Andy Jensen. The production will feature the talents of 15-20 local actors, designers, and community members representing a variety of social, political, and cultural backgrounds.

    HOODIES UP! is an “awareness and fundraising” event. All ticket sales and funds collected will be donated to the Justice for Trayvon Martin Foundation – http://justicetm.org/ – as part the Advocacy Campaign for Truth by Sybrina Fulton & Tracy Martin.

    Performance and Ticket Information

    Date: Friday, May 18, 2012 at 7:30pm

    Venue: Rainier Valley Cultural Center, 3515 South Alaska Street, Seattle, WA 98118

    Web and Phone: www.rainiervalleyculturalcenter.org / (206) 725-7517

    Purchase Tickets: 1(800)838-2006 or www.brownpapertickets.com/event/244954

    Advance Tickets: $15.00 / $5.00 (17 and under)

    At The Door: $20.00 / $7.00 (17 and under)

    Posted at 11:09 AM in Current Affairs, Seattle, Theatre, Whole Theatre | Comments (2)

    Tags: “An/Other” by Nick Stokes, “Bottom Line”, “End Of The Rainbow”, “Trees In The Window”, “We Have So Much To Learn”, Andy Jensen, Brown Box Theatre, Hoodie's Up, Jose' Amador “Is This The Day, Kathya Alexander, Lois Mackey, Najee Sui-Chang, Paul Mullin, Sharon N. Williams, Trayvon Martin, Tyrone Brown, Walking While Black?”, White Boy Can Take a Punch

  • Hoodies Up! – Theatre for the Right Here / Right Now

    Hoodies Up! – Theatre for the Right Here / Right Now

    Witness if you will the reactions of two anonymous members of the community when The Stranger’s Slog recently publicized the casting call for  Hoodies Up!: The Trayvon Martin Protest Plays:

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    I am skeptical there are any new insights on the Trayvon Martin affair left that theater can illuminate

    Posted by Zebes  on April 24, 2012 at 5:49 PM

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    It seems premature to go on about making theater about a tragic event that NOBODY in the theater group knows anything about (except for media reports – which are notoriously unreliable).

    Only two people know what happened that night, and one is dead. It seems like they should wait for the outcome of the trial to begin a production on the story… After all, they don’t have the story yet, nobody does.

    Posted by scratchmaster joe on April 24, 2012 at 5:54 PM

    I find these reactions fascinating and telling beyond their surface trollishness.  In fact, they exemplify attitudes shared by artistic administrators at big regional theatres here in Seattle and across the country.  Boiled down, the core ideas shared by these trolls and Big House leaders are:

    • No one has anything new to say in the theatre
      (i.e. anything happening in any 21st century location can be easily addressed with a play from 16th Century England, 19th Century Norway, or 20th Century New York City.
    • If someone does have something new to say, we should wait to say it until it is old.
      (i.e. keep working on that adorable play you’re developing about the culpability of key Seattle executives in the U.S. Mortgage Meltdown. Maybe we’ll take a look at it when enough time has passed to guarantee not upsetting anyone.)

    Thank goodness  that Tyrone Brown, Brownbox Theatre, and the artists working on Hoodies Up! have chosen to ignore this advice when it comes to greeting the Trayvon Martin tragedy with something nobler and stronger than empty-headed posturing and/or meaningless violence. 

    Here’s the press release with all the information you need on this amazing event.  I hope to see you there.

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    Posted at 11:09 AM in Current Affairs, Seattle, Theatre, Whole Theatre | Comments (2)

    Tags: “An/Other” by Nick Stokes, “Bottom Line”, “End Of The Rainbow”, “Trees In The Window”, “We Have So Much To Learn”, Andy Jensen, Brown Box Theatre, Hoodie's Up, Jose' Amador “Is This The Day, Kathya Alexander, Lois Mackey, Najee Sui-Chang, Paul Mullin, Sharon N. Williams, Trayvon Martin, Tyrone Brown, Walking While Black?”, White Boy Can Take a Punch