Fantastic Z Showcase New Original Queer Plays With 4th Annual Festival

February 17, 2016• byMichael Strangeways

The adorable cast for Fantastic Z’s 4th annual New Works Festival happening February 17 to 21 at the Eclectic Theatre on Capitol Hill. Photo: Alex Garland

Fantastic.Z Theatre, the fantastic artist run, LGBTQ theatre company that likes to focus on new, under produced and queer themed work, is opening their 4th annual New Works Festival on Wednesday, February 17 for a weekend long run, at Capitol Hill’s Eclectic Theater, 1214 10th Ave (that weirdly ungentrified block where Lifelong and the failed hot dog place used to be…) If you like your plays to be short and funny, this is the festival to check out….plus, it’s chock full of homocentric goodness!

SGS is also a proud sponsor of Fantastic Z for their 2016 Season and you’re encouraged to support them all year long! Grab your tickets for the New Works Festival, HERE!

More info about the Festival:

This season starts off with our 4th Annual New Works Festival running February 17th-21st. Collecting from playwrights near and far, Fantastic.Z curates an evening of short plays centered on this season’s theme: COMEDY! Directors Kathryn Stewart, Kate Arnold-Huisentruit, and Freddy Molitch will tackle these new plays and tickle our funny bones.

This year’s line-up:

BABY, BABY by Ryan Foster McAtee
Director: Freddy Molitch
Weed Jesus: Kevin Harland
Madonna: Charlie Chittenden
Officer: Jessica Severance

S WHITE & ET. AL. by George Smart
Director: Freddy Molitch
Prince Fabulous: Michael Faigenblum
Et. Al.: Katya Davida Landau
S.White: Charlie Chittenden

REEL WOOD by Joe Gulla
Director: Kathryn Stewart
Redmond: Kevin Harland
Kyle: Buddy Todd

TALES OF TERROR FOR TODAY’S WOMAN by Anne Flanagan
Director: Kate Arnold-Huisentruit
Mary: Katya Davida Landau
Clerk: Buddy Todd
Boyfriend: Charlie Chittenden
Girlfriend: Sarah Winsor
Dog: Michael Faigenblum
Ghost of Christmas to Come (and) Mother: Mary E. Brown
Doctor: Kevin Harland

BABY LOVE by Rachel Atkins
Director: Kathryn Stewart
Jeffrey: Charlie Chittenden
Cliff: Michael Faigenblum
Mel: Sarah Winsor
Liz: Jessica Severance

TOFURKEY DAY by Allie Costa
Director: Kate Arnold-Huisentruit
Moira: Jessica Severance
Angie: Sarah Winsor
Sandy: Mary E. Brown
Duke: Kevin Harland
Lucinda: Katya Davida Landau

AND, you still have time to snag season tickets to all three productions for 2016 including their next show, the delightful camp classic from playwright/drag performer, Charles Busch and his hit play, PSYCHO BEACH PARTY!

2016 Season Tickets are still on sale!

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Our Spring Main Stage show
PSYCHO BEACH PARTY
by Charles Busch
directed by Kyle Baiz
Eclectic Theater May 26th – June 11th

Our Fall Main Stage show
DEVIL BOYS FROM BEYOND
by Buddy Thomas and Kenneth Elliot
directed by Darren Johnson
Eclectic Theater September 29th – October 15th
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About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.