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January 2015
Zapoi!
Fleeing the censorship of Soviet Russia, a brilliant composer stumbles upon a strange town where all of Russian history is happening at once. Saints and spies, performing bears and falling cosmonauts - all collide in the shadow of the candy factory in this dark and delicious phantasmagoria. Zapoi! By Quinn Armstrong Directed by Kaytlin McIntyre Cast: Kevin Bordi - Matvei Nathan Brockett - Alexei Ben Burris - Andrei/Man in Black Sophia Franzella - Anastasia Frank Lawler - Kiril Jordi Montes…
Find out more »February 2015
Natural
Bookstore clerks, bloggers, baristas, bartenders and businessmen. Six Seattleites unravel messy, urban lives of retail hell, online erotica and crises of sexual identity in this black comedy set in a world of grays. Natural By Marcus Gorman Directed by Jen Moon Cast List: Jaryl Draper - Jeremy Dustyn Moir - Kingston Pilar O'Connell - Chloe Allie Pratt - Sam Shane Regan - Art Sam Turner - Theo Production Team: Stage Manager: Chelsea Johnson Sound Designer: Harry Jamieson Lights Designer: Emily…
Find out more »Spin the Bottle – February edition!!!!!
"Since returning from the holidays, I’ve been thinking a lot about what does it all mean and why we’re all here. Not in a depressing existential way, but instead from a place of gratitude and excitement. After returning from one of my extended Caribbean beach naps (#humblebrag) during the holiday season I’ve groggily plopped into the middle of January instead sliding gracefully back into the ocean. Despite working the daily grind M-F 9-5, my evenings are spent talking about, creating,…
Find out more »LG! Ladies Night- COMEDY EDITION
Live Girls! Theater presents Ladies Night, a performance series that showcases kick-ass female artists in multiple disciplines. Back at Annex for 2015 the LG!’s take over the stage on three Sunday nights to highlight a different genre of work that we love: comedy, music and burlesque. With a special bonus evening of the LG! Cabaret variety show in June. Don’t miss this chance to see some of Seattle’s most exciting performers kickin it LG! style! Sunday Feb 22 7:30pm Curated…
Find out more »March 2015
Broadway Babes: A Burlesque Tribute to the Great White Way
Broadway Babes: A Burlesque Tribute to the Great White Way is a hysterical parade of thespian burlesque that traces the history of Broadway musicals. At times problematic but always over-the-top, this art form has defined America’s theater, culture, and sense of humor for over a century. With equal parts education, glamour, and hilarity, the show features quadruple-threat performers (adept at singing, acting, dancing, AND stripping) who present everything from Gilbert and Sullivan, to Gypsy Rose Lee, to Andrew Lloyd Webber.…
Find out more »LG! Ladies Night: Burlesque
Live Girls! Theater presents Ladies Night, a performance series that showcases kick-ass female artists in multiple disciplines. Back at Annex for 2015 the LG!’s take over the stage on three Sunday nights to highlight a different genre of work that we love: comedy, music and burlesque. With a special bonus evening of the LG! Cabaret variety show in June. Don’t miss this chance to see some of Seattle’s most exciting performers kickin it LG! style! Curated and Hosted by Daisy…
Find out more »April 2015
Bunnies
A warren of abandoned bunnies in Woodland Park evolves into a dark religious cult in this gleefully unsettling tale of revenge, sacrifice, and the most transgressive love of all. A world premiere with original music, inspired by the classic Greek tragedy The Bacchae. Bunnies Written by Keiko Green Music by Jesse Smith Directed by Pamala Mijatov Choreography by Noah Duffy CAST The Bunnies Yesenia Iglesias -----She Pilar O’Connell -----Parsley/Lola Kayla Walker-----John Wayne Sarah Porkalob-----Dandelion Ashlen Hodge-----Buddy Erin Bednarz-----Whisper Sam Routh-----Ash…
Find out more »July 2015
Is She Dead Yet?
Is She Dead Yet? (a white comedy) Written and directed by Brandon J. Simmons July 31 – August 22, Thurs-Sat at 8 pm PWYC Preview: July 30 PWYC Industry Night: August 10 Opening Night: July 31 The gleefully savage satire updates Euripides’ tragicomedy Alcestis-about a young wife who sacrifices herself to save her husband from death- into an absurd exploration of American whiteness: In this hilarious adaptation,the young wife turns out to be the last black person on earth, and…
Find out more »August 2015
The Zig Zag Festival
The Zig Zag Festival Curated by Catherine Blake Smith August 4 – August 19, Tues-Wed at 8 pm Opening Night: August 4 Women are 51% of the population, but women playwrights write less than 15% of the productions on Broadway. That won’t change overnight, but here’s a start: Six playwrights-all young, all female-collaborate on an evening of short works. Each is playwright of one play, director for another, and an outside eye for a third. The ensemble cast performs in…
Find out more »September 2015
Star Trek: The Sexed Generation
TICKETS NOW ON SALE! GET THEM BEFORE THEY GET LOST IN THE DELTA QUADRANT! Blast off into the next quadrant of adventure with the return of last year’s smash hit burlesque extravaganza, Star Trek: The Sexed Generation! Featuring an all-new fully scripted story, this loving parody of the classic sci-fi series features your favorite characters in a rollicking, sexy journey across time and space! What should be a routine mission for the crew of the USS Enterprise takes an unexpected…
Find out more »Annex Theatre’s 29th Season Announcement PARTY!!!
COME ONE, COME ALL!! The folks at Annex are launching our 2016 season with a PARTY on Friday Sept. 18th, in our space! Every hour, on the hour, we will be announcing the Mainstage and Off Night shows in order, coupled with some themed drinks, until all is revealed. There will also be Annex trivia, live painting by Chromomatic, and general mayhem. Entry is FREE so bring your friends! The Details: Date: Friday, Sept. 18th Time: 7pm - 12am Season…
Find out more »October 2015
She-Ra: Stripper of Power!
Tickets on sale now! http://www.annextheatre.org/2015-season/guest-productions/she-ra-stripper-of-power-a-burlesque-play/ For feisty femmes of a certain age, She-Ra: Princess of Power was a breath of fresh, ass-kicking air back when it first roundhouse-kicked its way onto the screen in the 80’s. Now those same feisty femmes are all-grown up, and ready to celebrate in the best way possible: With stripping! She-Ra: Stripper of Power! is an original burlesque play inspired by the Filmation cartoon and co-produced by Olatsa Assassin and Scarlett O’Hairdye. Magical powers! Daring…
Find out more »My Dear Miss Chancellor
My Dear Miss Chancellor by Caitlin Gilman, Directed by Elizabeth Hershly October 23 – November 14, Thurs – Sat at 7:30 pm PWYC Preview: October 22 PWYC Industry Night: November 2 Opening Night: October 23 First loves, vindictive exes, lavish parties, all the latest fashions - and secret fencing clubs! Janet Chancellor comes to London, giddily anticipating a season of dancing and parlor visits. But once she meets Hazel McGovern, she discovers a world of women living just under the…
Find out more »Mad Scientist Cabaret
Mad Scientist Cabaret! A devised work conceived by Evelyn DeHais and Zane Exactly Directed by Evelyn DeHais with Associate Director Tootsie Spangles Friday 10/30 @11pm Saturday 10/31 @11pm (Halloween) Saturday 11/7 @11pm Monday 11/9 @7:30pm (Industry Night - PWYC) Tuesday 11/10 @7:30pm (Industry Night - PWYC) Friday 11/13 @11pm Seven nightmarish creatures escape from a laboratory and embark on a madcap adventure into the weird and wonderful world of Mad Science! Bound by their own bizarreness, they toil through titillating…
Find out more »Mad Scientist Cabaret
Mad Scientist Cabaret! A devised work conceived by Evelyn DeHais and Zane Exactly Directed by Evelyn DeHais with Associate Director Tootsie Spangles Friday 10/30 @11pm Saturday 10/31 @11pm (Halloween) Saturday 11/7 @11pm Monday 11/9 @7:30pm (Industry Night - PWYC) Tuesday 11/10 @7:30pm (Industry Night - PWYC) Friday 11/13 @11pm Seven nightmarish creatures escape from a laboratory and embark on a madcap adventure into the weird and wonderful world of Mad Science! Bound by their own bizarreness, they toil through titillating…
Find out more »November 2015
Spin the Bottle – 60 Seconds Max! November!
Sixty Seconds Max, like any other holiday, only happens once a year. But unlike any other holiday, it's not actually a holiday, but a wild mashup of breakneck speed, fast-paced theatre. It's not just SPIN THE BOTTLE--where you never know what to expect from the performers as they bring you a taste of burlesque or spoken word or music--it's a version of SPIN THE BOTTLE where every performer only has sixty seconds to perform. That's right, each act is one.…
Find out more »Mad Scientist Cabaret
Mad Scientist Cabaret! A devised work conceived by Evelyn DeHais and Zane Exactly Directed by Evelyn DeHais with Associate Director Tootsie Spangles Friday 10/30 @11pm Saturday 10/31 @11pm (Halloween) Saturday 11/7 @11pm Monday 11/9 @7:30pm (Industry Night - PWYC) Tuesday 11/10 @7:30pm (Industry Night - PWYC) Friday 11/13 @11pm Seven nightmarish creatures escape from a laboratory and embark on a madcap adventure into the weird and wonderful world of Mad Science! Bound by their own bizarreness, they toil through titillating…
Find out more »Mad Scientist Cabaret-PWYC Industry Night
Mad Scientist Cabaret! A devised work conceived by Evelyn DeHais and Zane Exactly Directed by Evelyn DeHais with Associate Director Tootsie Spangles Friday 10/30 @11pm Saturday 10/31 @11pm (Halloween) Saturday 11/7 @11pm Monday 11/9 @7:30pm (Industry Night - PWYC) Tuesday 11/10 @7:30pm (Industry Night - PWYC) Friday 11/13 @11pm Seven nightmarish creatures escape from a laboratory and embark on a madcap adventure into the weird and wonderful world of Mad Science! Bound by their own bizarreness, they toil through titillating…
Find out more »Mad Scientist Cabaret-PWYC Industry Night
Mad Scientist Cabaret! A devised work conceived by Evelyn DeHais and Zane Exactly Directed by Evelyn DeHais with Associate Director Tootsie Spangles Friday 10/30 @11pm Saturday 10/31 @11pm (Halloween) Saturday 11/7 @11pm Monday 11/9 @7:30pm (Industry Night - PWYC) Tuesday 11/10 @7:30pm (Industry Night - PWYC) Friday 11/13 @11pm Seven nightmarish creatures escape from a laboratory and embark on a madcap adventure into the weird and wonderful world of Mad Science! Bound by their own bizarreness, they toil through titillating…
Find out more »Mad Scientist Cabaret
Mad Scientist Cabaret! A devised work conceived by Evelyn DeHais and Zane Exactly Directed by Evelyn DeHais with Associate Director Tootsie Spangles Friday 10/30 @11pm Saturday 10/31 @11pm (Halloween) Saturday 11/7 @11pm Monday 11/9 @7:30pm (Industry Night - PWYC) Tuesday 11/10 @7:30pm (Industry Night - PWYC) Friday 11/13 @11pm Seven nightmarish creatures escape from a laboratory and embark on a madcap adventure into the weird and wonderful world of Mad Science! Bound by their own bizarreness, they toil through titillating…
Find out more »March 2016
Burl-X-Men: Days of Future Ass
Grab your spandex and get your claws ready, because it's time for Burl-X-Men: Days of Future Ass, March 18th and 19th at Seattle's Annex Theatre! This new fully-scripted burlesque adventure features mutants, mayhem, and a lineup of classic X-characters. After responding to a mysterious call for help from a seemingly-deserted tropical island, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Wolverine, and the rest of their team must escape a trap laid by some of their deadliest foes! However, all is not as it seems,…
Find out more »September 2016
Star Trek: The Sexed Generation
Tickets on sale now!! Link: http://bit.ly/2auOea4 Get ready to explore a brand new galaxy of adventure, hilarity, and sexy fun with the return of the hit burlesque extravaganza Star Trek: The Sexed Generation! The third year of this affectionate parody of the classic sci-fi series features an all-new scripted story with your favorite characters from across the Alpha Quadrant and beyond! After the sudden appearance of an unprecedented threat to all of existence, Captain Picard and an unexpected ally are…
Find out more »30th Season Announcement Party
Annex announces its 30th Season! Curious what we have in store? Come find out! Doors open at 7:30 pm, show starts at 8:30 pm. We'll show off snippets from each show, have a slew of prizes for you to win, and delicious drink specials for you to drink. Stay tuned for more info about line-up, ticket prices, and more!
Find out more »December 2016
A Very Alan Thickemas
Show us that smile again. Don't waste another minute on your crying. Pay what you can. 2016 took away our muse and now it's high-time we come together once again to celebrate the man, the myth, the legend Alan Thicke. This will be a Thickemas celebration like none other! We'll have some stage antics, show some classic 80s holiday videos and conclude the whole evening with our Christmas puppet mini-feature "A Very Alan Thickemas" featuring the voice of Alan Thicke!
Find out more »May 2017
That 70s Cabaret
NOTE- Advance tickets will be live soon, we will post when they are available! LG! Theater’s Annual Fundraiser Cabaret and Auction 6pm Doors Open for Drinks and Pre-show Fun 7pm Performance and Auction It's time to hang up the disco ball and play that funky music! LG! Theater presents THAT 70s CABARET! Come take a long strange trip with us back to love beads, bell bottoms, jumpsuits and hair, glorious hair! That 70s Cabaret features all your favorite 70’s tunes,…
Find out more »June 2018
You Don’t Have To Go Home, But You Can’t Stay Here
Live! from colonized land, You Don't Have To Go Home, But You Can't Stay Here will bring you a night of live music, spoken word, performance art, dancing, drag and more! With a full cast of Indigenous Turtle Islanders (from this continent), this show will be like nothing you have ever experienced before. Join us for this one-night-only performance as the cast shares their stories, experiences, and histories. Get those tickets: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe.c/10285321 $15-$35 sliding scale, 21+ Doors at 7:30 Hosted…
Find out more »Gender Is A Joke 2! A GASS Fundraiser!
Last years fundraiser was such a big hit, we are doing it again! This time, we are at the Annex Theater in lovely Capital Hill. We are going to be raising money for our Name Aid Fund, which helps pay for name changes for trans/nonbinary people who wouldn't be able to afford it otherwise! Because of higher costs to rent out the theater, the requested donation is $10, but we will not turn people away at the door! This years…
Find out more »September 2018
Passiflora Market
The season will be newly in Libra and the moon will be in Gemini. With that much beauty in the air, why not enjoy a night with some incredible Seattle artists? Passiflora Market will be a night of art and early autumn magic. Named for the passion flower, it is an opportunity for artists to present their work to new sets of eyes and to sell their wares. Come have a drink, peruse, and socialize! Artists: Kenna M. Kettrick Danielle…
Find out more »April 2019
Theater: Queer, Mama. Crossroads @ Annex
Queer, Mama. Crossroads Written by Anastacia-Reneé Co-Directed by Anastacia-Reneé & Aviona Rodriguez-Brown April 5 - May 4, 2019 Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 7:30 pm PWYC Mondays April 15 & 22 Matinee Sunday, April 14th 2:00 PM Talkbacks following the performance April 6 & May 2 (see below for more info) No Performance on Friday, April 19 (see below for more info) The show is 60 minutes, with no intermission. Audience members are highly encouraged to take the opportunity to decompress…
Find out more »May 2019
They/Them The Festival
They/Them The Festival Curated by Sam IAm May 31 – June 29 Thursday-Saturday 7:30 PM PWYC Monday Industry Nights June 10 and June 17 They/Them The Musical Written and Starring Sam I’Am Original Music Composed by Emma Staake They/Them the Musical is the story of gender identity told through the eyes of mother, son and daughter, asking “How much does gender matter in loving a parent or child?" They/Them the Festival is a celebration of trans performance artists showcasing that…
Find out more »June 2019
You Don’t Have To Go Home, But You Can’t Stay Here : Vol. 2
Live! from colonized land, You Don't Have To Go Home, But You Can't Stay Here: Volume 2––We're back baby! One year ago we decided that we would make a show and do whatever we felt like, and you loved it. Well guess what, we're gonna do it again, this time with twice the Indigeneity and with twice the amount of f*cks not given. So Native folx and all our PoC fam, join us again for an exploration of our lived…
Find out more »Passiflora Market Pride Craft Fair
A pride gathering, a craft fair, an opportunity to commune on the Cancer side of the summer solstice. Passiflora Market, in it's third iteration, is back for a Pride Month celebration! Come shop from an entirely queer artist line up and meet the makers in your neighborhood! Are you a LGBTQIA+ artist? There's still a couple spots open! Send an email to sam.ro@annextheatre.org. Artist line up to be announced soon!
Find out more »Gender Is A Joke 3!
It's the third annual Gender Is A Joke Comedy Fundraiser! This one will take place the day before Transpride on June 27th, 2019! We are still at the Annex Theater in Seattle and there isn't a bad seat in the house! We have a great batch of trans/nonbinary comedians who will be giving you a great night of comedy! Tickets are only $10 and all profits will go to the Gender Alliance of the South Sound Name Aid Fund. To…
Find out more »September 2019
Fierce as F*ck 2: No thanks, men.
Indigenize Productions presents... Fierce as Fuck 2: No thanks, Men. You already know. It has been six months since the first Fierce as F*ck (Womxn are tired of your Sh*t), and it turns out (cis) men are still patriarchal trash. You got a rapist in the white house, Senators blocked from going to Israel, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Womxn and Girls, Black Trans Womxn under constant threat, Trans people banned from bathrooms, Indigenous migrants and refugees blocked at the border,…
Find out more »Funhouse V
TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW THROUGH INDIEGOGO igg.me/at/funhousev General sale available soon! FUNHOUSE V Produced by The Funhouse Family September 19-28, Thursdays-Saturdays The Funhouse Family produces irreverent and experimental original content characterized by a multi-genre format that reaches beyond traditional theatrical norms. Each live show is comprised of a series of short plays that serve as a rotating platform for diverse up-and-coming playwrights, directors, actors, designers, and musicians. We strive to make theatre accessible to all audiences by working with artists from…
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