Blue to Blue
Written by Christine Deavel
Directed by Alison Kozar & Rowan Gallagher
March 21 – April 12, 2025
What do you do when your mother dies, your father decides to mail you box after random box of her things, and Emily Dickinson poems begin appearing in everyone’s pockets? If you’re Beryl, you head to your job at the coffin-making shop and look for guidance from the two-person Greek chorus that now accompanies your changed life. Unfolding over three days in the 1990s and set in the ancient neighborhood of grief, Blue to Blue presents the timeless search for solace after loss and the unexpected ways it arrives.
Ticketing and Box Office
Sliding-scale tickets starting at $5
The box office opens 30 minutes before curtain.
The show will run approximately 100 minutes with no intermission.
Performance Dates
Thursday, March 20 at 7:30 p.m. (PWYC Preview)
Friday, March 21 at 7:30 p.m. (Opening)
Saturday, March 22 at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 27 at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 28 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 29 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 30 at 2 p.m. (Matinee)Thursday, April 3 at 7:30 p.m. (Cancelled due to actor illness)
Friday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 5 at 7:30 p.m.
Monday, April 7 at 7:30 p.m. (Industry Night)
Thursday, April 10 at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 11 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m. (Closing)
Masking & Air Filtration
All audience and staff are required to wear masks in all spaces unless they are actively eating and drinking. The theatre has minimal airflow and air filtration devices, so utilizing masks maintains safety for our performers, patrons, and staff. If you forget your mask, we will have extras available at the box office.
“[A]n experimental, emotional journey featuring an ensemble of talented actors and phenomenal production elements on par with theatres operating on larger budgets.” The Sound on Stage
Cast
Beryl – Cecelia Frye†º
Marl – Carrie Schnelker†
Opal – Angel Gao†
Cora – Ken Kavin^
Dusty – Atlas Peekº
Creative Team
Playwright – Christine Deavel†
Director – Alison Kozarº
Director – Rowan Gallagherº
Stage Manager – Meaghan Darling†
Scenic Designer – Teia O’Malley†
Lighting Designer – Samantha Y
Sound Designer – Lillie Wirthº
Composer – Max Irvineº^
Costume Designer – Michelle Goodwin†
Props Designer – Makena Inghram†
Projections Designer – Justin Lauer^
Pronoun Guide: º they/them † she/her ^ he/him
Bios
Cecilia Frye – Beryl
Cecelia Frye is excited to be premiering a third project with playwright Christine Deavel and working with these wonderful artists. Local acting credits include VelMar Projects, Taproot Theatre Company, Wooden O/Seattle Shakespeare Company, UMO Ensemble and Seattle Public Theatre. She was a founding member of Ardeo Theatre Project, Ear to the Ground, and is ½ of theatrical clown duo Foster and Frye, She studied with veteran actor Ted Forlow (of The Actor’s Studio), at Freehold and holds a certificate in Physical Theatre Performance from Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre. B2B marks Cecelia’s Annex Mainstage debut.
Carrie Schnelker – Marl
This is my first show with Annex, and I couldn’t be happier! I’ve now been upstaged by a cat in The Flight Before Xmas, laid down the law in Romeo & Juliet, sported yellow stockings in Twelfth Night, shredded flowers in The Seagull, wrestled with demons in Ghosts, and conjured elements in The Tempest. I’ve been a Mommy Dearest, a Karen, a kook and a crank, a mother and a lover, noble men and women, and now Marl! A big shout out to our cast and crew, and my spouse and friends. Thank you all for coming! carrieschnelker.com
Angel Gao – Opal
Angel Gao (she/her) is a stage and film actress represented by Big Fish Northwest Talent, an improviser with Jet City Improv, and co-founder of Hawberry Productions, which creates works for Seattle’s Chinese-speaking community. She is thrilled to make her Annex Theatre debut and to collaborate again with Christine Deavel and Cecelia Frye. Recent credits include A View from the Bridge (Red Curtain Foundation), The Pomegranate Tree (Dacha Theatre), Cinderella (Kitsap Forest Theater), and Unrivaled (Seattle Public Theater).
Ken Kavin – Cora
Ken Kavin is honored to be making his Annex Theatre debut and is grateful to inhabit the mystical worlds imagined by the production team. In his clinical role, Ken is dedicated to improving representation and access in pediatric care, focusing on culturally tailored approaches to digital mental health interventions. Outside the lab, he finds deep fulfillment in the healing power of play and storytelling, sparked by childhood battles with dinosaur figurines. “I’m constantly terrified, yet it feels like coming home,” he says.
Love to Mom, Dad, and Aunties, and their messy, chaotic, enduring, beautiful stories.
Atlas Peek – Dusty
Atlas is ecstatic to be making their Annex debut in this amazing piece! Some of their recent credits include Miss Holmes (Dr. Watson) at CenterStage, Dracula (Mina) at Tacoma Arts Live, The Gift of The Magi (Della) with Taproot Theatre, and understudying for Taproot’s Educational Road Company. Atlas earned their BA in Theatre Performance from SPU and studied Classical Acting at LAMDA. Additionally, they have worked as a scenic painter, assistant dramaturg, intimacy and movement choreographer, and director in the Seattle area. They would like to thank their friends, family, partner, and mentors!
Christine Deavel – Playwright
Christine Deavel is a Seattle playwright, poet, and essayist. Her work has been performed at the Maple Valley Creative Arts Center Short Play Festival, Aspire Repertory Theatre Creator’s Series, and 18th & Union’s Portable Play Festival. She is co-author with J.W. Marshall of the play Vicinity/Memoryall, published by Entre Ríos Books and for which they received an Artist Trust GAP Award to produce. Her collection of poetry “Woodnote” was awarded the Washington State Book Award. With Marshall, she founded and ran Open Books: A Poem Emporium, a poetry-only bookstore in Seattle, for over 20 years.
Alison Kozar – Director
Alison is a multidisciplinary theatre artist facilitating brave storytelling through directing and sound design. Recent projects: Leave Only Footprints (Annex), Bethany Sees the Stars (Copious Love), and All New Cells (Shattered Glass Project). Other selected projects: Intiman’s The Mystery of Irma Vep and The Events, dani tirrell’s Black Bois, WET’s Is God Is, and MAP Theatre’s Year of the Rooster. Alison believes in healing the world, feminist science fiction, radical self-worth, and antifa.
Rowan Gallagher – Director
Rowan Gallagher is a working actor, director, dramaturg, fight director, and dialect coach in and around Seattle. He is an early founding ensemble member of Magpie Artists Ensemble, and is a member of Latitude Theatre Company’s artistic ensemble, as well as serving as the vice president on Latiude’s board of directors. Rowan’s recent projects include his multiple acting roles in and dialect coaching for Latitude’s inaugural production of Monstrous Regiment, dramaturgy for Taproot’s production of The Hello Girls, playing Inspector Lestrade in Latitude Theatre’s Miss Holmes, and most recently Directing for Victorian Christmas Cards II, a playwrights festival produced by Latitude Theatre Company in which his work has been awarded “best translation” for two years running. Rowan is very excited to be working with Annex Theatre for the first time for this production of Blue to Blue, and he hopes it will be the first of many collaborations with the company.
Teia O’Malley – Scenic Designer
This is Teia O’Malley’s first Annex production. She has previously worked as scenic designer on The Pomegranate Tree (Dacha Theatre), June is the First Fall (Yun Theatre), The Adding Machine (University of Washington), Aitu Fafine (Kumu Kahua Theatre), Fefu and Her Friends (Undergraduate Theatre Society), Bright Star and Merrily We Roll Along (Village Theatre KidStage), and Hookman (UTS).
Sihan (Samantha) Yang – Lighting Designer
Samantha recently graduated from UW studying drama design and economics. She has previously worked on Airness, Paper Angels, The Wolves (UW), Young People Social Dead Archive, June is the First Fall (Yun). She’s delighted to be part of another great production of Yun Theatre. She enjoys making plays with friends.
Lillie Wirth – Sound Designer
Lillie is thrilled to be working their first sound design job in Seattle! They are a recent graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, where they studied sound design and directing, among other things. You may have previously seen some of their scenic and props creations at the 14/48 festival in January. They also recently assistant directed a staged reading for a new company, Three Winks Productions. Lillie could not be more excited to be making some cool soundscapes for this production. They hope you enjoy the show!
Makena Ingrham – Properties Designer
Makena Inghram quite recently moved to Seattle, and this is her first project both in town and the state of Washington. She is excited to explore the area and the theater scene encompassed within. She dabbles in various aspects of theater and has done props a couple of times, most recently for a production of She Wolf. Makena received her BA in Theater (and Philosophy) from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Michelle Marais – Costume Designer
Michelle Marais is a costume designer, visual artist, actor, and founding member of Magpie Artist’s Ensemble. Previous credits include Briar/Rose (2023), an original queer fairytale musical and FABLE: Tales from Another World (2024), a fully interactive, experimental synthesis of the arts. Presently, Michelle is serving as the costume designer for Magpie´s next project, Arthuriana Fest. Michelle is thrilled to be collaborating with Annex Theatre for the first time on Blue to Blue, and grateful to work with yet another group of brilliant artists. More of her work can be found at www.magpieensemble.org.
Max Irvine – Composer
Max Irvine is a Seattle based audio engineer and musician. This is his 6th production at Annex, having previously worked on One Horse Town, Battle Crow Radio, Tenderness, Leave Only Footprints, and GOLD. His background is primarily in live sound reinforcement and studio recording. He is also a vocalist and pianist, and you can catch him performing around the city with various groups (currently Rap Ghost and XOË). When he’s not making weird noises or music, he sells books at Pike Place Market.
Meaghan Darling – Stage Manager
Happy to be back at Annex after a long time away. Been working in Seattle theater off and on for over 25 years. I have stage managed and production managed for many theaters both small and large and even designed costumes for a few.
