Endangered Species Project Presents THE WOOD DEMON June 13
By: Gabrielle Sierra Jun. 06, 2011
Please join us for this rare event on Monday, June 13 at Seattle Public Theatre at the Bathhouse on Greenlake 7312 W. Greenlake Dr. N.
doors open at 6:30 for a 7:00 pm curtain...A green play from 123 years ago!!!!Please visit our website for more: www.endangeredspeciesproject.orgWhat is the Endangered Species Project?
ESP is a loose confederation of Seattle theatre artists. We are dedicated to giving monthly readings of plays that seldom get full productions. In the present economic straits in which regional theatre now finds itself, much of the so-called established international repertoire is neglected, for various reasons: there are too many different settings, or the casts are too large, or, simply, the publicity requirements of selling a play that is both "old" and unfamiliar to general audiences may seem too daunting.
We feel that while it is an essential duty of theatres to read and develop new work, our group sees a parallel need to celebrate older or otherwise neglected plays as well. Readings of this kind give us a chance to recharge our underemployed artistic selves, of course, but also to explore the genius of playwrights such as Maxwell Anderson, George Abbott, and Harold Brighouse, to name three of our new favorites so far. For example, our reading of "Hobson's Choice" was a revelation to the actors as well as the audience: those of us who were only familiar with the 1953 movie were gobsmacked with the serious examination of life changes underlying what is too often taken to be a quaint little comedy - not that there is anything wrong with a comedy, quaint or little; but we learned a good deal by performing and hearing the play, in addition to having a rollicking good time!
Through our free, simply staged readings, we hope to lend live voices to plays that are now silent on our bookshelves.
We invite you to come on this monthly adventure with us! Upcoming this summer and fall: They Knew What They Wanted by Sidney Howard (July 18), Trelawny of the 'Wells' by Arthur Wing Pinero (August 15), Stalag 17 by Donald Bevan and Edmund Trzcinski (September 19), and The Scarecrow by Percy MacKaye (October 17). Among playwrights being considered for future readings are Aphra Behn, Terence Rattigan, Maxim Gorky, Lillian Hellman, Norman Krasna, Marivaux, and George S. Kaufman and his collaborators...don't miss a single performance!
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