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Welcome
to Theater Artists Olympia 2009-10 Season |
TAO is a collective
of local artists committed to producing high quality theater.
TAO's focus is on producing materials that are thematically
more provocative, and interpretations of classics more experimental
than generally found in the Olympia area. Our mission is to
present creative theatrical pieces that are under-represented
in the community.
Oct
22 - Nov Washington Center Black Box
The Uninvited
The
Uninvited by Tim Kelly.
Directed by Tim Samland.
An
adaptation of Dorothy Macardle's classic novel that
features a brother and sister, Roddy and Pam, who purchase
a house in England by the name of Cliff End that overlooks
the Irish Sea. Cliff End has an unsavory reputation
due to the fact that fifteen years earlier a murder
may or may not have occurred by the gnarled tree that
can be viewed from the parlor window. What ensues is
the stuff of classic ghost-story lore – blowing
windows, unexplained cool drafts, dreadful apparitions
and even a séance. The action builds steadily
to a truly terrifying climax in which the ghost is discovered
to be not only real but also dangerous! Many people
will recall the classic film of the same name that starred
Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey in 1944.
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DECEMBER
3 - 20 at Midnight Sun:
Poona The Fuck Dog by Jeff Goode
Directed by Robert McConkey
These outrageous "Fairy tales for Grown-ups"
are not for the easily offended! Poona, our ingenuous
heroine, meets up with aliens, talking shrubs, and mealy-mouthed
salesmen in her quest to find someone to play in her big
pink box. Nothing is sacred in this raucous assault on
the power of language.
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Apr
29 - May 15 Washington Center Black Box
The Brain From Planet X ~The Musical by Bruce Kimmel
Directed by Josh Anderson.
SEE... a musical so hilarious that it sold out theaters
from coast to coast!
SEE... the first show told in "FEEL-O-RAMA"!
SEE... an all-knowing, all-singing, all-dancing giant
brain!
... really, what more could you want from a night on the
town?
A rip-roaring musical send-up of bad 50s sci-fi movies,
The Brain From Planet X tells the story of an alien invasion
circa 1958. When an ill-intentioned band of interplanetary
travelers arrive on Earth with a plan to take over the
world, an all-too regular, nuclear family is forced to
defend the human race from will-bending extinction. Can
YOU withstand the power of the Brain from Planet X?!
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July
1-18 2010 at Olympia Little Theater:
Othello by William Shakespeare
Directed by Robert McConkey
Set in the year 1963, this is a story of love, loneliness,
jealousy, use and misuse of power, retribution, faith
and forgiveness. As tragedy, it takes us on a journey
where we can confront our greatest hopes and fears, our
best and worst of actions, and the extremities of what
it means to be human.
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