Cost of Living will be available for on-demand streaming June 22-30
Tickets are on sale now
Directed by Teresa Thuman
Running June 8 through July 1
Martyna Majok’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play will leave you breathless. Co-Artistic Director Teresa Thuman (Gaslight (Angel Street), Peeling) returns to the director’s seat for this deeply touching drama about isolation, alienation, and the yearning for human connection. Majok does not shy away from the truths of our world today, yet paints a beautiful portrait of four individuals across stratas of disability, race, gender, immigration status, class, care-giving and care-receiving.
In the late-COVID times, this story is prescient. In it, we may discover small pockets of tender humanity when we extend a helping hand.
2023 Tony Award nominations for Best Play, Best Direction of a Play, Featured Actor/Actress in a Play
2018 Pulitzer Prize winner in Drama
2018 Lucille Lortel Award winner for Best Play
Poster art by ET Russian.
“This production either broke or mended something in me; I felt — brilliantly, painfully, cathartically” – New York Times on the Broadway Debut
Venue
Cost of Living will be performed at 12th Avenue Arts, located in Capitol Hill.
Address is 1620 12th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122.
Access
12th Avenue Arts is wheelchair-accessible. The performance space has multiple spaces available for audience members using wheelchairs.
Full list of accessible performances can be found below.
COVID Protocols
For the safety of our artists and audience members, we are enforcing masks for all audiences and artists. Masks may be removed briefly when eating or drinking. Actors will be unmasked when on stage.
Full List of Performances
Week 1
Thursday June 8, 7:30 PM – Preview – Cancelled
Friday June 9, 7:30 PM – Preview
Saturday June 10, 7:30 PM – Opening Night
Sunday June 11, 2:00 PM
Week 2
Thursday June 15, 7:30 PM – All Vaccinated
Friday June 16, 7:30 PM – ASL Interpretation English-Captioned
Saturday June 17, 2:00 PM
Saturday June 17, 7:30 PM
Sunday June 18, 2:00 PM – Sensory-Friendly
Week 3
Monday June 19, 7:30 PM – English Captioning, Industry Night
Thursday June 22, 7:30 PM
Friday June 23, 7:30 PM
Saturday June 24, 2:00 PM – All Vaccinated
Saturday June 24, 7:30 PM – ASL Interpretation English-Captioned
Sunday June 25, 2:00 PM – Tactile Tour and Pre-Show Engagement
Week 4
Thursday June 29, 7:30 PM – Spanish Captioning
Friday June 30, 7:30 PM
Saturday July 1, 2:00 PM – English Captioning
Saturday July 1, 7:30 PM – Closing Night
List of Accessible Performances
All Vaccinated:
Thursday June 15, 7:30 PM
ASL Interpretation:
Unfortunately, we were unable to secure ASL interpretation as we had initially planned. These two performances will be English-captioned instead.
Spanish Captioning:
Thursday June 29, 7:30 PM
Sensory-Friendly:
Sunday June 18, 2:00 PM
English Captioning:
Friday June 16, 7:30 PM
Monday June 19, 7:30 PM
Saturday June 24, 7:30 PM
Saturday July 1, 2:00 PM
Tactile Tour and Pre-Show Engagement:
Sunday June 25, 2:00 PM
Cast and Production Team
Drew Hobson
Teal Sherer
Viviana Garza
Gerald Waters
Teresa Thuman
Andrea Kovich
Clark Matthews
Jasmine Lomax
Michael Latham
AJ Stern
Bryan Boyd
Jessamyn Bateman-Iino
Richard Schaefer
Ali Rahmn
Max Sarkowsky
Justin Duffiance
Drew Hobson – EDDIE
Drew is incredibly excited and grateful to be part of such an amazing show, to work with such an outstanding cast and is very thankful to Teresa and the incredible Sound Theatre Company Production Team. Drew is a local Actor born in raised in Seattle and he received his BA in Theatre Arts from Western Washington University. Drew is also a Voice Over Artist, DJ, Teacher, Play & Screen Writer, Motivational Speaker and Karaoke Host. Some of his stage work includes In Arabia We’d All Be Kings (Lenny) at Theatre Schmeater, 16 Wounded (Ashraf) at Open Circle Theatre, Zooman and The Sign (Reuben Tate) with Brown Box Theatre, Tall Tales of the Unnatural West (Multiple Characters) at The Annex, 5 summer seasons with Greenstage Shakespeare in the Park (Caliban, Antonio, Hubert, Talbot, Cominius) and multiple characters in Children’s plays from 18 years with Last Leaf Touring Childrens Theatre. He was also most recently seen in Kathya Alexander’s ‘Negro Passion Play’ in the role of Immanuel the Mesiah. On TV Drew can be seen guest starring on the shows GRIMM, The Librarians & Z Nation. In Voice Over Drew can be heard in many radio & Internet commercials as well as multiple video games including State of Decay 1 & 2, BattleTech, Fire Emblem Heroes, Golem (PSVR) and more. And he was also recently cast in the new MARVEL MOVE exercise app where he will be voicing a yet to be disclosed X-Men Team Member, which is an absolute dream come true for him. Drew is currently teaching his online ‘Beginning Voice Over Workshop’ and will soon be releasing his upcoming Workshop, ‘Embrace the Stage – Confidence Building for Aspiring Actors’. More info at drewhobson.com or contact at embracethestage@hotmail.com. Drew would like thank his family, friends and Wife Kendra and would like to dedicate his performance to his daughters Brooke & Reagan, we love you so much my Babygirls, time is the only thing that can keep us apart. And to his foster son Wynter, everyday with you is a gift, I love you baby boy.
Teal Sherer – ANI
Teal Sherer is excited to make her Sound Theater Company debut. She is an advocate for the inclusion of disabled performers in the entertainment industry and is best known for creating and starring in the award-winning online comedy series My Gimpy Life. Teal has acted in national commercials, TV shows, and films and was last seen onstage in the Canadian premiere of Cost of Living. Teal is on the Board of Directors of Seattle Public Theater and is the media columnist for New Mobility, a lifestyle magazine for wheelchair users. She is so thankful to her husband, Ali, and her son, River, for their love and support.
Viviana Garza – JESS
Viviana is a queer brown Xicana performing artist and ardent activist for racial and social equity. She is passionate about telling stories from the queer, BIPOC and other marginalized communities. Originally from Los Angeles, she now sings, dances, and acts her way around Seattle where she lives with her spouse and two cats. Viviana is excited to make her debut with Sound Theatre Company and to be telling this poignant story of disability, grief, connection, and life in America.
Gerald Waters – JOHN
Gerald Isaac Waters is an actor who has appeared in several film, television, and theatre productions. He’s best known for his role on Netflix’s ALL TOGETHER NOW and TBS’s ANGIE TRIBECA. He has participated in Target’s summer campaign, modeled for brands such as Zappos Adaptive and rolled the runway during New York Fashion Week. Gerald was also a part of Los Angeles Community College’s Acting Conservatory. He is thrilled to take the stage in this theatrical production of THE COST OF LIVING in Seattle. The Tennessee native currently resides in Los Angeles, where he enjoys scoping out new restaurants with his friends.
Radical Hospitality Ticketing
At Sound Theatre Company, we believe that theatre should be accessible for all. As such, we have tickets available at a sliding scale rate.
$5 – Inclusion Rate
$25 – General Admission Rate
$50 – Patron Rate
$75 – Benefactor Rate
You are welcome to purchase tickets at any price you choose. There is no difference in service or seating among the price levels; the higher rates reflect the true cost of producing our high-quality, award-winning work. Sound Theatre appreciates your commitment to supporting art and artists in your local community.
Season Sponsors
Jéhan Òsanyìn – Director
Jéhan Òsanyìn is a trilingual playwright, director, actor, and visual artist. Recently they directed The 5th Avenue Theatre’s radio play Wonder Boy. They were the associate director for the world premiere of the new musical Afterwords, also at The 5th Avenue Theatre. They also directed The Book Club Play at Village Theatre where they previously played Siobhan in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime. Jéhan founded Earthseed which uses theatre in wild spaces to decolonize those spaces and the bodies that pass through them. Upcoming projects include: directing and devising Here There Be Dragons at ArtsWest, directing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz at Seattle Children’s Theatre and adapting The Lower Depths with the Seagull Project. Finally and perhaps most proudly, they are the Artist-in-Residence for Moving in Solidarity: a youth response to anti-Asian violence & the murder of George Floyd. They are also staffed in a writers’ room for an episodic tv series. www.jehanosanyin.com