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Playing French Seattle

Ethnic Curtural Theatre
Seattle, WA

Two contemporary French plays, performed in French with English supertitles, will be staged at the Ethnic Cultural Theatre, Thursday, November 8th through Sunday, November 11th . "L'atelier d'criture," by Sorbonne professor Cesare Orioli will be staged at 6 pm, followed by "Nous Etions Assis sur le Rivage du Monde" by Prix du Jeune Theatre awardee Jos Pliya of Guadaloupe.

This is the first of an anticipated annual festival of French plays being produced by Steeplechase Productions, in conjunction with Playing French Seattle, a Registered Student Organization of the University of Washington. The event is co-sponsored by the Alliance Franaise de Seattle and the University of Washington's Department of French and Italian Studies and the Office of Minority Affairs and is funded in part by a grant from 4Culture. Festivals of French plays, featuring contemporary French playwrights, have been held recently in New York and Boston:

http://www.actfrench.org/index.php http://entractes.sacd.fr/en/n_archives/a20/playingfrench.php?l=archiv

Although written independently by different playwrights, directors Margaretta Lantz and Tom Ansart are collaborating to link the two plays, sharing an ensemble cast:

Philipp Aurand, Megan Cooper, Elizabeth Dorn, Gin Hammond*,Azra Iskakovic, David Klein* , Eleanor Moseley* ,Kris Murray, Robert Reidl.

*Member Actors Equity Association

"'L'atelier d'criture' is a comedy about a creative writing workshop where students read pieces they have written and offer critiques. One of the students fantasizes about a scene on a beach. So we are suggesting that Nous Etions Assis sur le Rivage du Monde is the work of Audrey, a student in the class who then plays the role of la femme in the second play," explains Ansart. "Eleanor Moseley is playing the role of a woman who is a character in a play written by the character she plays in the first play, all in French. Its not your typical fringe production." Ansart and Kris Murray, President of Playing French Seattle have recently returned from a study abroad program through the University of Washington where they met playwright Cesare Orioli in Paris. "Cesare visited our class on three successive weekends while we took turns writing and reading pieces we had written," says Murray. "Life imitates art and vice versa. Pourquoi? Pourquoi pas?"

Tom Ansart, Steeplechase Productions/Playing French Seattle
(206) 935-8261

Note: your ticket entitles you to see both plays and participate in all festival events from 6 to 9 pm.

Kid Friendly: No

Dog Friendly: No

Non-Smoking: No

Wheelchair Accessible: No

Contact

Who:	Tom Ansart
Phone:	(206) 935-8261; (206) 226-4396
Email:	Libchase@aol.com
Web:	http://steeplechaseproductions.com
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