RAT Shameless huss... er- self-promo

[Thsimple@aol.com]

Hey Rats-in-arms!!!

Come to our opening, and as a reward, we will ply you with free beer - tonight
only, in Seattle. (the free beer - not the show) I'm beginning to think ol'
Strindberg was one of the original RATS - 
So, tonight is free beer from the fabulous Elysian Brewery,($10) and Sunday is
our anti-Valentine show - $5 if you are single. (Go ahead and lie - we don't
care.)
For other nights, if you are tight on  moola, TKT TKT has half-price tkts
everyday.

 forward this to all your friends! Deluge us with yourselves  - we can hardly
wait to 
SEE YOU IN THE THEATER!
questions? comments? invective? hit reply... or call 206/784-8647
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STRINDBERG  (in Paris)
originally titled Miss Julie(In Paris)
from the writings of August Strindberg
adapted to the stage by theater simple & M. Burke Walker
directed by M. Burke Walker
As STRINDBERG: Llysa Holland, Charles Leggett, and Andrew Litzky.


Paris, 1895 - August Strindberg, in the middle of alchemy experiments,
insomnic and paranoid, when Jean and Miss Julie (one of literature's Top-Ten
worst  one-night stands) show up.. 

 A collage of Strindberg's letters, essays, diaries and Miss Julie,
 it's bad science and cheap theatrics as genius and madness mud wrestle 
a man into the New Century 100 years ago. A millennial examination of one man
by three actors.


Those theater simpletons tackle a contradictory (and politically incorrect)
Scandahoovian, August Strindberg with their current accomplice M. Burke
Walker. 

This piece, adapted nearly exclusively from various of Strindberg's writings,
is an imagistic examination of a man finding himself on the cusp of a New
Century in Paris, and his attempt to evolve himself into a New Man, and
discover new sciences, leaving his literary reputation behind. 

  what is it???  Drama, collage, cabaret and a little  this-is-your-brain-in-
a-blender 
  where? On The Boards, Behnke Center for Contemporary Performance, 100 W Roy,
Studio Theater, ground level (wheelchair accessible)  lower Queen Anne,
Seattle
  When?  Thursday thru Sunday February 11-14* and February 25-28 at 8pm
   (No performances the week of the 18th)
  How much?  Thursday and Sunday $10 (*anti-Valentine s Day show - single
people $5)
                           Friday and Saturday $12
advance tickets available thru the OTB BOX OFFICE 206/217-9888 
or website www.OnTheBoards.org    or at Bailey/Coy Books on Capitol Hill


This project supported in part by a King  County Arts Commission Special
Projects Grant 


quotes from the Canadian tour....
The Georgia Straight(Vancouver, BC)
  You don t need to like Strindberg s work, or for that matter, to know the
first thing bout him to delight in the ingenious theatricality of theater
simple s interpretation of his life in Paris. 

Vancouver SUN  (B.C.)
 Complexity made accessible - Superb... a challenging work not to be missed by
anyone interested in theatrical innovation.