Mirror Stage Announces Pay-What-You-Can Performances for WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST

Beginning with the February 2012 Feed Your Mind presentation of What We're Up Against by Theresa Rebeck, Mirror Stage is pleased to offer ten Pay-What-You-Can rush tickets ($1 minimum) at the door of every performance. Available day of performance only, the onsite box office will have ten tickets available for a minimum payment of one dollar each-first come, first served to those who request it-starting an hour before curtain.

Mirror Stage continues reflecting the diversity of the community on stage in high quality, progressive productions that play it smart without always playing it safe with the Northwest premiere of What We're Up Against on Saturday, February 25 at 8pm and Sunday, February 26 at 2pm at the Ethnic Cultural Theatre in Seattle. Feed Your Mind: What We're Up Against is directed by Suzanne M. Cohen and features Heather Hawkins (Janice), Mona Leach (Eliza), Galen Joseph Osier (Ben), Michael Patten (Stu), and Jeremy Young (Weber).

Set in a highly competitive architecture firm, this bold, laugh-out-loud script by one of America's master playwrights presents a funny yet insightful view of what it means to be female in a male-dominated career, and one woman's response when she tires of slamming into the glass ceiling. A moderated discussion follows every performance. The play contains strong language, and is not recommended for ages younger than 17.

What We're Up Against keenly focuses on dysfunction in the workplace around gender issues. "The ridiculous way that workplace politics are conducted completely gets in the way of excellence in America. So, the old ideas of excellence are subsumed by mediocrity, which become more about who is jockeying for power," said Rebeck.

Theresa Rebeck is a widely produced playwright throughout the United States and abroad, whose four premieres in the past 12 months include What We're Up Against (Magic Theatre, San Francisco, February 2011), Poor Behavior (Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, September 2011), Seminar (The Golden Theatre/Broadway, New York, November 2011), and Dead Accounts(Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati, January 2012).

Rebeck's other plays include Mauritius, Loose Knit, The Family of Mann, Spike Heels, Bad Dates, The Butterfly Collection,Our House, View of the Dome, Omnium Gatherum and The Understudy. Mirror Stage's fully staged production of Abstract Expression was named "Best Play of 2003" by Seattle Gay News, and Strawberry Theatre Workshop is presenting The Bellsthru February 18, 2012 at the Erickson.

Rebeck has published two novels: Three Girls and Their Brother and Twelve Rooms With A View. Her feature films includeHarriet the Spy, Gossip, and Seducing Charlie Barker, an adaptation of her play, The Scene. In television, Rebeck has written for Dream On, Brooklyn Bridge, L.A. Law and Third Watch, among others; been a writer/producer for Canterbury's Law, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, NYPD Blue, and is the Executive Producer for the upcoming NBC series Smash.

Theatre That Gets People Talking, Feed Your Mind is Mirror Stage's ongoing series of staged readings that examine topical issues from different perspectives, featuring 100 percent local professional actors. The plays are presented simply: no costumes or sets-just the actors and the text. Following every performance, a discussion with the audience and artists further explores the relevance of issues raised in more depth.

Feed Your Mind: What We're Up Against by Theresa Rebeck runs February 25-26, 2012 at the Ethnic Cultural Theatre, located at 3940 Brooklyn Ave NE in Seattle. Saturday evening admission is $10. Sunday matinee admission is $8. Half-price tickets are available for Senior Citizens and students, and every performance has ten Pay-What-You-Can rush tickets ($1 minimum) for purchase at the door. Free parking is available in University of Washington's lot W12, located at just south of the Ethnic Cultural Theater on Brooklyn Ave NE.

For more information, interview requests or photos, please contact Suzanne M. Cohen at suzannec@mirrorstage.org or 206-686-2792, or visit http://www.mirrorstage.org/whatwereupagainst.

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