Oedipus in Seattle
by skullsdotcom
Showing at the CCNH Theater
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Showing at the CCNH Theater •
Walk-up tickets ($5-50) available for all shows after online sales end!
Two actors who have never rehearsed or seen the script will experience the show for the first time while performing it.
Receiving directions through headphones, the actors will be cast at random…
Showing in the Christ Church Neighborhood House Theater
20 N American St, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Saturday, Dec 17 @ 7:30PM
Sunday, Dec 18 @ 4:30PM
Appropriate for ages 13+
Brief suggested violence
Oedipus in Seattle is an auto-theatre mash-up of Oedipus Rex and Sleepless in Seattle. In this unconventional adaptation, two different actors take the stage each night without having rehearsed or read the script. Instructions from a voice in their headphones will guide them through the piece as they assume the roles of Oedipus, Jocasta, Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks, with the casting decided by random chance. Oedipus in Seattle is a show about destiny, and the uncertainty of living a life without one.
Content Considerations: Since Oedipus Rex is a source text for this show, there is a brief implied mention of a suicide. Oedipus will put his eyes out, but the only blood in this piece is represented by red cloth. We are not trying to make it gross.
Blind Date Experience Available!
Playwright: Savannah Reich,
Composer/Sound Designer: Douglas Vento
Performers:
Sunday, Dec 17: Suli Holum & Trey Lyford
Sunday, Dec 18: Anthony Martinez-Briggs & Brandon J. Pierce
Walk-up tickets ($5-50) available for all shows after online sales end!
About the Artists:
skullsdotcom
Skullsdotcom is the collaboration between Savannah Reich and musician Douglas Vento. Their previous work together includes Caveman Play (2017, The Glitter Box and touring nationally) and Pestilence:Wow! (2018, Philadelphia Fringe Festival).
Savannah Reich is a playwright and screenwriter based in Philadelphia. Her plays have been commissioned or developed by Walking Shadow Theater Company, the University of Minnesota, and SuperGroup, and supported by residencies at Tofte Lake Art Center and MassMoCA. She was a 2020/21 McKnight Fellow at the Playwrights Center, and currently teaches playwriting and screenwriting at the University of the Arts. Douglas Vento is a multi instrumentalist and sound artist based in Philadelphia. With roots in the American folk and DIY punk scenes, his work spans a variety of genres but always has a focus on experimentation and high intensity live performance. His current project, Injury Sigil (https://injurysigil.bandcamp.com/) consists of distorted synthesizers triggered by live drums. Since the pandemic he has pivoted to making generative ambient electronic music; the score to Oedipus in Seattle will be his debut release in this mode, available in September of 2022.
Visit:
www.savannahreich.com
Follow:
IG: savannahreich