** Friday tickets sold out** There will be two performances of 9 Ounces at Open Books: one on Friday, December 1 at 7:00 pm and one on Saturday, December 2 at 7:00 pm.

About 9 Ounces: In this gripping one-woman play, Anastacia-Renee embodies three major characters—Luna, Alice, and Saraphina—braiding their multigenerational stories into a crescendo of deeply affecting social commentary. This stunning piece of theater “unapologetically downward-dogs its way through class, race, culture, oppression, depression, survival and epiphany.”

Individual tickets are $25. Two tickets purchased together are $40.

Anastacia-Renee is Civic Poet of Seattle and former 2015-2017 Poet-in-Residence at Hugo House. She is a hybrid genre writer, workshop facilitator and multivalent performance artist. She is the author of four books: Forget It (Black Radish Books), (v.), (Gramma Press), Answer(Me) (Argus Press), and 26 (Dancing Girl Press) and her poetry, prose and fiction have been published widely.

*Photo by Kelly O