Saturday, July 19, 2008

And the titles are....

SLOT # 1: VENDETTA OPERATTA
Writer: Celene Ramamdan
Director: Basil Harris & Gillian Jorgenson
SLOT #2: GINA
Writer: Walter Dalton
Director: Brian Faker
SLOT #3: FAREWELL ANDROMEDA
Writer: Elizabeth Heffron
Director: Alan Bryce
SLOT #4: ROY'S PASSING
Writer: Stahl Hanover
Director: Susanna Wilson
SLOT #5: A DISH SERVED COLD
Writer: Rachel Atkins
Director: Louis Broome
SLOT #6: WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ELAINE
Writer: Scott Auguston
Director: Linda Lombard
SLOT # 7: CLOWN LOVE
Writer: Alex Harris
Director: Matthew Richter

First Night's Photos

...during which time the keg is tapped(Keg Tapper Cory Nealy)...
...followed by snazzy new slide presentation (Jodi-Paul mulling over his imminent Encore! & Seattle Channel fame)...
...Shawn running down the list of, well, everything (don't remember what the left hand gesture meant)...
...Summer 2008 First Weekend 14/48 Artists and Volunteers assembled at the new venue - the Center House Theater (you know, Seattle Shakespeare Co. & Book-It's regular performance space  - come on down!)...
Aaaaaahhhhh....virgins.
2008 Summer Festival First Weekend Mazen Award recipient Matt Richter.
Matt draws the first theme: Revenge (assisted by the lovely Kerri Brown-Wooster)
Writers draw their cast and slot lots....
....and have one last pow-wow before heading off to write (wonder if any have already finished?)
For me:  12 dozen cookies, 2 sheets of brownies, 2 loaves of bread, 2 dozen hard boiled eggs down, 6 dozen muffins to go before 7:30am....to bed, to bed - can't wait for tomorrow!

Photo Credits: David Baum

Friday, July 18, 2008

The Ball is Rolling... Now Go To Sleep!

Theme draw and meet 'n' greet was tonight. The theme is "Revenge!" Should be fun... We had three photographers covering the festivities this evening. David Baum the 14/48 photographer for first weekend, Peggy Lycette from the Seattle Channel and Jennifer.... from Encore Magazine.

I really find it funny that folks attending Seattle Symphony and Pacific Northwest Ballet and Seattle Opera will read about 14/48: The World's Quickest Theater Festival, think "Hmm. Sounds interesting. Wow. What a lot of talented folks live in our area. I am so lucky to be a part of this scene." will never know that Matthew Richter, Mazen Award Winner for July 2008 stated his favorite director's quote from 14/48 was from Derek Horton warning a playwright "This play is like your girlfriend, and I'm warning you now because I'm about to fuck her up the ass. So leave the room."

And here's a video of one of the original 14/48 artists and Mazen Award Winner Charles Smith and virgin actor and well-respected choreographer Kathryn Van Meter coming out of the meet 'n' greet. And sorry for the lighting.

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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

get a little closer

Do you have this blog set to ping your live feed whenever we post? If so, I need you to:

#1 - teach me how I said that all wrong, and ...
#2 - contact me at volunteer@1448fest.com; you're exactly what we need.

Serving your volunteer needs for kind of a few years now...

Love,
Peggy Gannon
Volunteer Wrangler

Monday, July 7, 2008

12 Days Away

The site may have been quiet but boy have we been busy. Just the usual: get ready for your typical July 14/48 festival, get everything ready in April, feel great that you're so ahead of the game. Then find out that your venue is not renewing its lease. Then ask your more respectable venues in town "Hey. You mind if I bring 60 of my crazy friends into your house? We'll need 7 rehearsal rooms plus a performance space. Oh, and we have a constantly open keg AND a band. Oh, and we'll do it again the following weekend with a totally new 60 folks. Cool?"

Then win the 2008 Mayor's Arts Award.

Then have Theatre Puget Sound say "Use my house. And it's air-conditioned!"

Say "Thank you TPS!"

Then tell all your friends to go to Brown Paper Tickets and put their butts in seats.

Feel free to click on the links to the left and check out some great pictures and video from the January '08 festival.

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Saturday Night Video

Here are some highlights from Saturday's performance, set to the 14/48 Band's cover of Pressure Drop.


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Sunday, January 13, 2008

Saturday Night Photos

Many thanks to David Baum for the great photos from the Saturday night performance.


Official 14/48 greeter Matthew Richter.


The hard-working 14/48 band.


Mark Fullerton, Buddy Mahoney, and David Goldstein in The Sky Girl, written by Pattie Miles Van Beauzekom and directed by Tina La Plant.


Buddy Mahoney, Mark Fullerton, Mik Kuhlman, and David Goldstein in The Sky Girl.


Jenny Sue Johnson in The Swine Maiden, written by Marcy Rodenborn and directed by Jerry Manning.


Aaron La Plante, Jenny Sue Johnson, and Trick Danneker in The Swine Maiden.


Trick Danneker and Jenny Sue Johnson in The Swine Maiden.


John Q. Smith and Alex Samuels in Bit of Paradise, written by Ki Gottberg and directed by Shawn Belyea.


John Q. Smith and Alex Samuels in Bit of Paradise.


John Q. Smith in Bit of Paradise.


John Bartley and Jason Harber in Jesus Fridge 9000, written by Chris Hadad and directed by Jennifer Jasper.


Seanjohn Walsh, John Bartley, and Karen Jo Fairbrook in Jesus Fridge 9000.


Jaime Roberts, Annette Auger, Paul Ray, and Holly Arsenault in Pressure Treated, written by Dawson Nichols and directed by Mazen Award winner Erik Van Beauzekom.


Annette Auger and Paul Ray in Pressure Treated.


Jaime Roberts and Paul Ray in Pressure Treated.


Charles Leggett, Michelle Lewis, and Jodi-Paul Wooster in Crocodiles, written by Kelleen Conway-Blanchard and directed by Jose Amador.


Charles Leggett and Michelle Lewis in Crocodiles.


Jodi-Paul Wooster in Crocodiles.


Erin Stewart, Megan Ahiers, Amy Fleetwood, and Imogen Love in Measure of Love, written by Dennis Schebetta and directed by Darian Lindle.


Bret Fetzer, Erin Stewart, and Megan Ahiers in Measure of Love.


Megan Ahiers, Erin Stewart, Bret Fetzer, Imogen Love, and Amy Fleetwood in Measure of Love.


The 14/48 ensemble.