Jan 28-Feb 18, 2011 | Fri-Sat at 11 pm
$10 gen / $5 TPS/senior/student
Industry Night (PWYC) Mon Feb 14, 8 pm
Pay What You Can Feb 11/12
The scandals that rocked the Catholic Church finally come to roost at St. Benedict’s: The diocese has its very own pedophile. Someone’s got to take the fall. As reporters dig into the past, the ever-greedy Father Jones and tyrannical Sister Bernadette fight to control the present—including missing relics, rebellious underlings, incriminating videotape, and a lonely Mormon missionary. Sister Candy and elderly Connie Sullivan face unexpected pregnancies; Sisters Jenny Memphis and Mimi Coco wrestle with inappropriate desires; and young Adam learns some unwelcome news about his parentage. Mix in a couple of dance numbers and some surprising guest stars and you have the latest episode of Annex’s late-night serial comedy, Penguins!
Written by Scot Augustson and directed by Bret Fetzer.
Featuring Daniel Christensen, Chris Dietz, Katie Driscoll, Karen Heaven, Sophie Lowenstein, Jenny Schmidt, Jillian Vashro, Lisa Viertel, and Clayton Weller
“Augustson’s late-night serial comedy Penguins is a breath of fresh, filthy air…its balls-out devotion to depravity is executed by a talented, canny cast.” – The Stranger
“The cast is nearly faultless. Bret Fetzer’s direction is excellent. … I had seen two of the prior installments in the series, so it wasn’t a shock to see a nun acting sinfully, but I still laughed and I wasn’t alone.” – Seattlest
Check out a very different late night mass this summer and enjoy communion libations in our fully stocked bar. You can always confess about it later!
August 7-August 27, 2010 | Fri-Sat at 11 pm
$15 gen
The bloody feud between nuns and priests gets set aside in the face of a greater threat: Other churches! Everyone thinks the Bishop’s illegitimate child can be used to their advantage, so the bastard’s baptism becomes a war zone filled with forbidden love, strange addictions, May/December romance, schizophrenia, radical atheists and musical numbers. Come see the bullets fly in Penguins, Episode III: The Bishop’s Bastard!
Written by Scot Augustson and directed by Bret Fetzer.
Featuring Daniel Christensen, Chris Dietz, Katie Driscoll, Teri Lazzara, Sophie Lowenstein, Jenny Schmidt, Jillian Vashro, Lisa Viertel, and Clayton Weller.
“Augustson’s late-night serial comedy Penguins is a breath of fresh, filthy air…its balls-out devotion to depravity is executed by a talented, canny cast.” — The Stranger
Check out a very different late night mass this summer and enjoy communion libations in our fully stocked bar. You can always confess about it later!
August 10-25, 2010 | Tue-Wed at 8 pm
$10 gen
Clubfoot is the harrowing, surreal and wildly funny experiences of an Emergency Medical Technician. Jump in the ambulance and be transported into a tripwire world of manic teenage wrestling in the middle of I-5, stroked out delusionals, cutters, car crash victims, flesh-eating bacteria and more! It’s an outrageously skewed view of humanity at its worst and at its best: fragile, resilient and accident-prone!
Written by Stephen McCandless and Bret Fetzer and directed by Bret Fetzer.
Featuring Chris Dietz, Pamala Mijatov, and Ray Tagavilla.
“An incisive view into the surreal world of first-responders…You should consider this required viewing.” – Seattle Times
Don’t miss this adrenalin-soaked night of theater!
curated by Bret Fetzer and Troy Mink
Nov 7-20, 2009 | Fri-Sat 11pm
Come hear stories of sexual misadventure, accidental arson, bad dates, sheep-tossing (which is not a euphemism), scars gained, condoms lost, unfortunately named drinks, and much, much more. NOT PANTS is a compendium of true tales from the lips of great local performers, including David Schmader, Jennifer Jasper, José Amador, Emmett Montgomery, Keira McDonald, Gillian Jorgensen, Michele Colyn, and many many more! Curated by Bret Fetzer and Troy Mink.
Due to a potential intellectual property dispute, Annex Theatre has canceled its impending production of Hot Pants, a fusion of storytelling and game show. But rather than let all the juicy stories we’d been promised go to waste, we’ve invited all the performers to take the Annex stage and reveal the comic, preposterous, and sometimes embarrassing true things that have happened to them.
If you want to learn more, go to: slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/10/19/hot-pants-a-ridiculous-story-of-poor-etiquette-tantrum-throwing-pricks-and-lose-lose-ending
And as an added bonus, Not Pants will still feature the HOT PANTS DANCERS!
Choreography by Jen Moon and Meg Tully.
Not Pants graphic by Ryan Schmidt.
written by Scot Augustson, directed by Bret Fetzer
LATE NIGHT: Jan 29 – Feb 12, 2010, Fri-Sat at 11 pm
(no show Friday, Feb 6)
$10 gen / $5 stu
A gang war twixt nuns and priests!
Episode 2 of Annex’s smash-hit Penguins, about a gang war between nuns and priests in the Catholic church that rocks the dioceses!
CAST
Father Luke/The Organist/Snake Eyes |
Daniel Christensen |
Father Jones |
Chris Dietz |
Sister Daphne George/Mother Gershwin/Connie Sullivan |
Teri Lazzara |
Sister Jenny Memphis/June/Sister Peaches |
Sophie Lowenstein |
Adam, the Organist’s son |
David Roby |
Sister Mimi Coco/Marilyn/Sister Iddy Biddy |
Jenny Schmidt |
Sister Candy/Young Susan/Widow Kilorin |
Jillian Vashro |
Sister Bernadette/Gertrungkt |
Lisa Viertel |
Brother Placido/Spencer/Monsignor Kittan |
Clayton Weller |
CREW
Stage Manager |
Maggie Ferguson-Wagstaffe |
Technical Director & Photographer |
Ian Johnston |
Production Manager |
Ellie McKay |
Postcard Design |
Emily Harvey |
Design Team |
Susannah Anderson
Meaghan Darling
John DeShazo
Julia Evanovich
Maggie Ferguson-Wagstaffe
Ed Hawkins
Ian Johnston |
SPECIAL THANKS
Lynn Jepson, Jen Moon, Deb Skorstad and the UW Costume Shop, Seattle Children’s Theatre, and Theater Schmeater.