Re: RAT seattle rats/printers

["Deron Bos" <deronbos@hotmail.com>]

The Elephant Play reading went well.

It is a crowd pleaser i guess, because it's sweet and funny and also has 
these quieter, sadder moments that dmitry stealthy sneaks in.

Let us know how your reading goes, i'm sure you'll have a great time.

Dmitry is genuinely nice guy too, very generous.

This is a script that begs for a production, on it's rich imagery and 
staging possibilities alone so anyone is intrigued by this posting and wants 
to get in touch with Dmitry by all means email me.

Finally, we open the seagull a week from today. If you're in Seattle, please 
join us. It's a project we've been working on for a looooooong time and one 
we've given "five tons of love" to. hope to see you there.

M E D I A   R E L E A S E
Contact: Jennifer Creegan, Managing Director
(206) 860-7163
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Through July 21, 2000

Anton Chekhov’s
THE SEAGULL

Printer’s Devil to install new adaptation on the historic KALAKALA ferry

Seattle: This June Printer’s Devil will install a new version of Anton 
Chekhov’s 1896 play THE SEAGULL, translated and adapted by company member 
Heidi Schreck and co-Artistic Director Kip Fagan, on board the historic 
Kalakala Ferry. Directed by Fagan with sets by Thomas Gregg Meyer (subUrbia, 
The Year of My Mother’s Birth) and lights by Patti West (Free Will and 
Wanton Lust), THE SEAGULL opens on Wednesday, June 21, 2000 and plays 
through July 21, 2000. The Kalakala is docked at the north end of Lake 
Union; the entrance to the ferry is at 2555 N. Northlake Way. This project 
is supported in part with funding from King County Arts Commission, 
Washington State Arts Commission and Microsoft Corporation.
Anton Chekhov described THE SEAGULL as “a comedy with three female roles, 
six male roles, four acts, a view of a lake, a lot of talk about literature, 
not much action and five tons of love.” The Printer’s Devil production of 
THE SEAGULL has been in development for three years – company member Heidi 
Schreck and Kip Fagan collaborated on this new adaptation using the original 
Russian text as their source. The development process began in 1997 with an 
initial reading when Printer’s Devil was in residency at NADA Theater in New 
York City and continued last summer in a month-long workshop with the cast 
to shape and refine the adaptation for this production. The cast for THE 
SEAGULL includes Printer’s Devil company members Deron Bos, Matt Ford, Tina 
Kunz and Heidi Schreck as well as Seattle actors John Abramson, Carolyn 
Crabtree, Karl Keff, Richard LeFebvre, Ryland Merkey, Cathy Sutherland and 
Seanjohn Walsh.
“The long development process allowed us to treat The Seagull more like a 
new play than a hallowed classic,” said Fagan. “We’ve had the freedom to 
experiment with the text and the relationships in the play over a long 
period of time, which revealed the play to be as immediate and vital as 
anything being written today.”
	The location is an essential part of the overall experience of Printer’s 
Devil’s production of THE SEAGULL. Built in 1935, the Kalakala quickly 
became Seattle's foremost pre-Space Needle tourist attraction, primarily for 
its elegant, cutting-edge art deco design.  In 1967 the streamlined ferry 
was sold to the Alaska Food Company where it was used as a fish processing 
plant.  Subsequently the Kalakala was sold to the City of Kodiak, AK and 
left to rust until the Kalakala Foundation brought the ferry back to Seattle 
in 1997, where it is currently in the early stages of restoration. For more 
information, please go to www.kalakala.org.
“The Kalakala is the ideal space for our adaptation of The Seagull,” added 
Fagan. “It immediately takes care of the most important scenic element in 
the play – the view of the lake. It also provides an atmosphere rich with 
history, tradition and culture, which is literally rusting on the walls.”
Kip Fagan is a co-founder and co-Artistic Director of Printer’s Devil 
Theatre.  He has directed the Printer’s Devil productions of North Street by 
Aaron Thomas, Konstantin by Deron Bos, Skin by Naomi Iizuka, El Cid by 
Herbert Bergel, subUrbia by Eric Bogosian and The Woods by David Mamet.  He 
has received grants from Artist Trust in Seattle and the National Endowment 
for the Humanities.
Actor/writer Heidi Schreck has been a member of Printer’s Devil Theatre 
since 1996. Her solo play Backwards into China was produced by Printer’s 
Devil in 1998 and she has performed original works at On the Boards, Annex 
Theatre, Bumbershoot, FronteraFest in Austin, TX and the Uno Festival in 
Victoria, B.C. Her play Parturition was workshopped in the 1999 Bonanza and 
her adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s Master and Margarita was developed 
during the Printer’s Devil residency at NADA Theater in New York City in 
1997. Heidi’s acting credits include Greta in Maria Irene Fornes’ 
Springtime, Masha in Three Sisters, Rosalind in As You Like It and, with 
Printer’s Devil, Linda in Hurricane by Erin Cressida Wilson and Lily in the 
workshop of Kip Fagan’s Chewing Gum, Walking. As a translator, she has 
worked for Freehold Lab Studios, interpreting for Gennadi Bogdanov’s 
Meyerhold Intensive and for The Chamber Drama Theater of Vladivostok’s 
production of The Lower Depths. Before moving to Seattle, Heidi spent almost 
two years living in Russia and in 1996 was a staff reporter for The St. 
Petersburg Times.

Founded in 1995, Printer’s Devil Theatre is a company of artists dedicated 
to creating challenging, engaging theatre experiences for new audiences – 
innovative new work combining bold acting and high production values, often 
in non-traditional spaces. The company focuses on developing new work by 
emerging playwrights, exposing Seattle audiences to plays and projects they 
would not otherwise see.

THE SEAGULL by Anton Chekhov
translated and adapted by Heidi Schreck & Kip Fagan
directed by Kip Fagan
Opening: June 21, 2000
Closing: July 21, 2000

CAST
CHARACTER	ACTOR
Trigorin	John Abramson
Konstantin	Deron Bos
Polina		Carolyn Crabtree
Medvedenko	Matt Ford
Dorn		Karl Keff
Masha		Tina Kunz
Yakov		Richard LeFebvre
Sorin		Ryland Merkey
Nina		Heidi Schreck
Arkadina	Cathy Sutherland
Shamrayev	Seanjohn Walsh

DESIGNERS and COMPANY
Scenic Designer				Thomas Gregg Meyer
Lighting Designer	Patti West
Stage Manager	Meaghan Maloney

TICKET INFORMATION
 Performances run Wednesday through Sunday at 8pm.
 Ticket Prices:
$10 each on Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday performances
$15 each for Friday and Saturday performances.
 Pay-What-You-Want on Thurs. June 22, Wednesday June 28 and 
Wednesday July 12.
CALENDAR EDITORS PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE ARE THREE SCHEDULED PWYC 
PERFORMANCES.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE ARE NO PERFORMANCES ON JUNE 24-25 OR JULY 5-9


BOX OFFICE
Advance ticket reservations are highly recommended by calling: 206-328-2690 
or by going to www.ticketweb.com

PRODUCTION ADDRESS
Kalakala Ferry
2555 N. Northlake Way
Seattle, WA 98103
Street Parking Only



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>From: Mitchell Gossett Reply-To: rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com To: Subject: Re: 
>RAT seattle rats/printers Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:19:38 -0700
>
>
>Printers Devil-
>
>I was wondering how the reading of The Elephant Play by Dimitry Lipkin 
>went? Was it a crowd pleaser? We are reading it in our sun and moon press 
>series next month. Who is running The Annex now and what is up over there? 
>How's Seattle theatre holding up? House of Dames? Derek Horton's King Lear? 
>wasssup
>
>m. 'bottoms dream LA
>
>
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