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SPF #5 Presents: Special Guest Lauren Weedman

In its 5th year, SPF is proud to present a slew of outstanding local talent (and one awesome guest from Los Angeles). For half a decade now, SPF has slathered a heavy dollop of solo performance perfection upon eager Seattle audiences and we're excited to bring yet another deluge of SPF goodness to 2011.

2011 Special Guest Lauren Weedman:
"NO....YOU SHUTUP" Written by Lauren Weedman, Directed by Jeff Weatherford

Weedman (adopted herself) said she wanted to deal with the topic of adopting a baby. Her strategy was to travel the country, talking to her gay friends who were struggling to form families, and then write a piece made up of little vignettes of that sojourn. But her travel plans were foiled and because she couldn't rely on the words of others to guide the direction of her writing, she'd left herself little choice but to turn her literary eye inward.
In her unflinchingly funny theater work, Lauren Weedman's incisive observations and painfully dead-on characterizations are woven into laugh-out-loud stories that boomerang back to nail the teller of the tale. Her latest solo performance traces her attempts to exorcise a demon and try to "trust herself" even as she struggles with things beyond her control. As an aging outsider, Weedman seeks comfort in broken families; hanging out with a pair of harassed lesbian moms, widowers and foster parents. Her inner voice may not be audible but her outer voice is certain to spill its guts.
Lauren is nationally known for her work on THE DAILY SHOW, RENO 911, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, and many more television and film productions. For two years, Lauren was also a cast member for the long running local-turned-national comedy show ALMOST LIVE for Comedy Central. In the fall of 2002, The Empty Space Theatre in Seattle premiered her solo work, RASH. Later that year, RASH was recognized by The Seattle Times' Footlight Awards, with nods for both Best New Play and Best Solo Performance.
"The only problem with Lauren Weedman shows is that they're too short. (How often do you hear that complaint about autobiographical solo theater?)" -THE STRANGER, SEATTLE