If you are planning to attend Saint Genet's Paradisiacal Rites (may 16-19) please be aware that the city is doing some major construction on Mercer Street. Full details are available from seattle.gov, but plan for some heavier traffic.
Good luck and we’ll see you at the show!
1. Saint Genet keeps it mysterious. Example: a quote by Saint Genet commenting on their upcoming performances for The Stranger’s 2012 Summer AP guide reads,
"On June 17, Saint Genet will ride to victory or death. On June 17, Saint Genet may or may not stage a performance for no audience. The company may or may not live in an apple-storage warehouse. The apple-storage warehouse may or may not be planted with a wheat field." There was also talk of a trench, a mountain, a gaucho, nitrous oxide, local dancer Alan Sutherland walking into the mountain, it collapsing, and a funeral "that lasts till dawn."
So if I was going to read this quote as a metaphor for how it feels to research Saint Genet and/or how it will feel to view them as an audience I would say: on the one hand, this quote made a lasting impression on me (probably because it caused me to simultaneously scoff and fall a little in love) . . . but it is...
And lose the name of action, originally scheduled for this weekend (May 2-5) will be presented as a special event in OtB's 13/14 Season. Mark your calendars for March 6-9, 2014!
Ticketholders: please see the original blog post for information on your options.
We've been releasing some of our artistic director's thoughts about each of the artists in the past week, but with the names redacted and the images slightly obscured. See the full thoughts below! And read more about the 13/14 Season.
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And here's our last sneak peek before tomorrow's big reveal.
Every day leading up to the official announcement of our 13/14 Season (April 28) we'll be releasing a couple sneak peeks. Here's numbers eight, nine and ten!
Every day leading up to the official announcement of our 13/14 Season (April 28) we'll be releasing a couple sneak peeks. Here's numbers six and seven!
Every day leading up to the official announcement of our 13/14 Season (April 28) we'll be releasing a couple sneak peeks. Here's numbers four and five!
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