Amy Escobar To Co-Present WE GO MAD This Fall

Following the success of her first play, Scary Mary and the Nightmares Nine (Annex Theatre), Playwright Amy Escobar in collaboration with 18th & Union and The 14/48 Projects will co-present the world premiere of Escobar's new play We Go Mad at 18th & Union September 20 - October 5, 2019.

In We Go Mad, a woman inherits a brooding estate and she journeys through its many rooms to uncover her family's dark secrets. Like all houses in tales such as these, it has a history and there are more than skeletons in the closet. Amy Escobar brings Seattle audiences another eerie fantasia filled with old school theatrical magic. This time, she is starring in her own

version of the classic haunted house tale, articulating the felt experience of hauntings that linger in the body and are passed down from generation to generation.

This production of We Go Mad will be co-directed by Amy Escobar and Gavin Reub. Escobar and Reub said, "We wanted this play to be a fantastic ride right from the top; aspects of horror, multiple puppetry techniques, live music and effects take the audience through a beautiful and darkly atmospheric world. Using theatrical magic, we delve into issues that are shadowy and hard to grasp; generational trauma, mental health, and the concept of ancestral home. This multi-disciplinary ride conjures the ghosts howling in our haunted bodies."

The multiple puppetry techniques featured in We Go Mad include cinematic shadow play, modified bunraku, and object manipulation to bring this enchanted world to life. Ben Burris (Hand to God) is creating the 3D puppetry elements like bunraku blue birds and a life-sized skeleton. Zane Exactly (Scary Mary and the Nightmares Nine) leads the shadow puppetry team, including designer Jaqueline Donovin and artist Geahk Burchill, to create cinematic puppetry sequences and silhouette elements.

The cast features Amy Escobar and an ensemble including Alissa Cattabriga (A Very Die Hard Christmas), Lauren Freman (The Devil and Sarah Blackwater), Mandy Rose Nichols (Sweeney Todd), and Alyssa Norling (The Wolves). Additional puppetry by Zane Exactly and Cassie Bray.