Peeling
Alfa, Beaty and Coral are three disabled actresses cast as the chorus an absurdly over-produced, post-modern production of The Trojan Women
Dates: Aug 8-24 Seattle Center Theatre
by: Kaite O’Reilly
Director: Teresa Thuman
Peeling
By Kaite O’Reilly
Directed by Teresa Thuman
Assisted by Monique Holt
Aug 8 – Aug 24, 2019 8:00 PM
Alfa, Beaty and Coral are three disabled actresses cast as the chorus an absurdly over-produced, post-modern production of The Trojan Women. As the story unfolds of the women of Troy who lose their children in the bloody conflicts of men, so in parallel run the stories of Alfa, Beaty and Coral. The three actresses are harsh and clever critics of each other, themselves and the privileged cast and production team.
“Peeling has all the deceptive simplicity and hopeful despair of a Samuel Beckett play. As in Beckett, the characters are tragic and comic, heartbreaking and ridiculous….This is a major piece of theatre” – The Guardian
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Tickets
Radical Inclusion Pricing [art-event id="17441D"]Location
Center Theatre: Seattle Center Armory
305 Harrison St, Seattle, WA 98109
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Dates
Aug 5 – Aug 24, 2019 8:00 PM Thurs -Sun @ 8:00 pm
Radically Inclusive Pricing – Every Seat, Every Show
No Pay What you can nights, but Industry nights Mondays and Tuesday, as every seat is “Radically Inclusive Pricing.
Inclusive Accessible Seating
Seating for our patrons with disabilities is FRONT ROW Center for all performances.
Patrons who cannot traverse stairs are also welcome to take a seat in the front row. Please note when you purchase your tickets if you would like to use Front Row seating.
“Seattle has never seen a play like this before,” theatermaking veteran Thuman predicts. “The very nature of theatre is to expose and make public all that is human — in every form, every ability. For those who live on the margins, theatre is a way to bring them to the center as fully human beings.”
peeling weaves audio description, sign language, and theatrical spectacle into a no-holds-barred play about representation, women, reproduction, war, and eugenics.
With brisk wit and domestic backstage comedy, O’ Reilly’s storytelling style has earned comparisons to Beckett and Caryl Churchill. In anoverproduced, postmodern production of Euripides’ The Trojan Women, Alfa, Coral, and Beatty have been cast in bit parts to fulfill a playhouse’s misplaced diversity program; but as tokens, the trio never experiences true inclusion. Sound Theatre centers disability justice by assembling a production team and cast that brings authentic lived experiences to this groundbreaking production.
An epic, post-modern production of
“Peeling has all the deceptive simplicity and hopeful despair of a Samuel Beckett play. As in Beckett, the characters are tragic and comic, heartbreaking and ridiculous….This is a major piece of theatre” – The Guardian
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Playwright and Director
Katie O'Reilly
is a Welsh playwright, radio dramatist, writer, and dramaturg who works in disability arts and culture and mainstream culture. She has won many awards for her work, including the Peggy Ramsay Award for
YARD (The Bush, London), M.E.N. best play of the year for Perfect
Teresa Thuman Director
Teresa is Sound Theatre’s Producing Artistic Director
Monique Holt, MFA
(Asst. Director and Director of Artistic Sign Language, PEEELING)
is a newly Seattle transplant, is thrilled to make her debut as Assistant Director for Sound Theatre’s production of PEELING. She just completed her 7-month position an actor for two shows at Oregon Shakespeare Festival appearing in Snow In Midsummer (Worker Chen/Ensemble and Romeo And Juliet (Lady Montague). An accomplished performer, director, teacher, translator and Director of Artistic Sign Language, Monique has worked professionally in NYC, Washington DC and Los Angeles. Recently, Monique appeared in the premiere production of Craig Lucas’ I Was Most Alive with You at The Huntington Theatre. She looks forward to meeting new people of similar passion in storytelling.
Peeling Cast Members
Carolyn Agee
Coral
Carolyn Agee (Coral) is an author, actress and spoken-word performer. Her books include “Drowning Ophelia” (Red Bird Chapbooks, 2017), and “Ever Silence Menacing” (Mount Analogue- Political Pamphlet Series, 2016). As a classically trained actress, Mx. Agee has appeared in many film and stage roles including Benvolio in Romeo & Juliet, Fortinbras in Hamlet and originating the role of Portia in In Juliet’s Garden. She has lead Long-Form Improv workshops and has studied The Alexander Technique with Lauri Blouke Kain. Recently, she was a contributing writer to “Herbert and Isle: On Family”, which premiered at last year’s New Orleans Film Festival (NOFF 2018). When she isn’t suffering from existential depression, she enjoys petrichor, unknown forest trails and intimate gatherings of kindred spirits.
Michelle Mary Schaefer
Alfa
Michelle Mary Schaefer (Alfa) is a professional actor who has performed all over the states in places such as Baltimore, MD, Richmond, VA, Rochester, NY, Jackson Hole, WY, Claremont, CA , Greeley, CO, Carbondale, CO, Tampa, FL, Austin, TX and Pacific Northwest-Seattle and Tacoma. Michelle Michelle Mary is the most versatile actor who steps up the challenges and takes risks portraying all kinds of roles such as Billy in Tribes (4x), Sarah in Children of a Lesser God(5x), Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hannah in When We Were Young and Unafraid by Sarah Treem and many more. www.michellemaryschaefer.com
Sydney Maltese
Beaty
Sydney Maltese (Beaty) is an actor, writer, and legal advocate. She was most recently in the eSe Teatro/ACT Lab production The Journey of the Saint, and last summer participated in Sound Theatre’s ILLUMINATE reading series, celebrating works by and for deaf and disabled artists. Sydney is an associate artist with Parley, in which capacity she has helped bring to life several new works by local playwrights. Prior to moving to Seattle, Sydney was an active part of the theater community of northeastern Ohio. You can also find her at her day job at the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project.
ARTISTIC TEAM
Teresa Thuman – Director
Monique Holt – Assistant Director and Director of Artistic Sign Language
Andrea Kovich – Dramaturg
Parmida Ziaei – Scenic Designer
Taya Pyne – Costume Designer
Adrian Kljucec– Sound Designer
Jared Norman – Projection Designer
Richard Schaefer – Lightning Designer/Technical Director
Robin MaCartney – Props Designer
Zoé Tziotis Shields – Wardrobe Crew, Sound Board Operator
Roland Carette-Meyers – Accessibility Coordinator
Francesca Betancourt – Movement Director
