History

EMILY PIKE (ELI) is a Seattle-based actor, musician, and teacher who graduated from Cornish College of the Arts with a BFA in Theater. She has been involved in a number of Parley workshops in the past, and is delighted as always to be working with such thoughtful artists in the development of new work. Recently, she has appeared in Silhouette (Annex Theatre) and The Inappropriate Suitor (Ghost Light Theatricals), and in the winter months she works as a teaching artist for Freehold's Engaged Theater program. When she isn't performing or teaching, you can find her at Pike Place Market selling eggs, books, and spices.

JULIAN GARCIA (DAVID) is thrilled to be collaborating with Parley once again. Little Brother's Body is his 4th time he will be performing with incredible Seattle actors and the creative minds behind Parley. Julian is an actor from Big Spring, Texas. He’d like to thank Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth for creating amazing moments, Drew for writing such an engaging play, the cast, and the rest of Parley for always making this fun. Enjoy the Show!

CHRISTA THIELEN'S (MAMA) love for music - fostered by her mother, an accomplished orchestra teacher - sparked a wildfire of passion for performing. After dabbling with multiple instruments, she very quickly narrowed her focus to voice. This led to a lifelong love affair with singing, performing in both large and small venues, all while honing her performance-craft. This love for the arts, however, did not end there. In what could be perceived as a short time, she has climbed ladders, jumped fences, and became a producer for a successful production company in Seattle. This experience spawned the commencement of producing a few short films and a web series, in which she has had the fortunate opportunity to play the lead in nearly all of them. As she continues to study her craft in a Sanford Meisner class at Gilmore studio, she consistently and religiously seeks to raise the bar to even higher heights, demanding excellence, and settling for nothing less. Her passion is displayed in her unremitting drive to seek out new sources of inspiration to fully understand acting and production to exhaustive ends. Little Brother's Body is her first taste of theater, and she has been relishing every moment of it.

STEVEN STERNE (PAPA) is an actor, director, teaching artist and photographer based in Seattle. He has worked with Washington Ensemble Theater, Ghost Light Theatricals, the 1448 Projects, Theater Anonymous, Annex Theater, Seattle Public Theater, Seattle Theatreworks, Theatre Machine, and Seattle Playwrights Salon, as well as Parley. Steven is a Board member with The 1448 Projects and a Teaching Artist at Seattle Public Theater.

This is Steven’s second project with Parley; he appeared as John in The Language of This World by Caitlin Coey in 2014. Steven’s primary interest in theater is the creation and development of new work, and he is very happy to be working with Parley again.

Steven is married to local playwright and designer Jennifer Dice, and their two children (not really children any longer), Aaron and Olivia, are both seasoned performers.

SYDNEY MALTESE (CALI) is an actor and writer from Seattle with roots in northeastern Ohio. As a person who identifies with disability, Sydney is passionate about making the arts accessible for and representative of all. She is therefore proud to be a part of Parley’s efforts, and was most recently seen in Parley productions Iguazú and About Marilyn, both by Julieta Vitullo. She would like to plug her day job at the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, where she is part of a team of fierce advocates for immigrants and refugees and for justice in our immigration system.

ISIS KING (KATHLEEN) is thrilled to be returning to Parley for Little Brother's Body, and in the company of such an amazing cast & playwriting team! Favorite past Parley shows include: Crooked Grace, Maiden Voyage, Venus, Beautiful Moon, A Long Dark Ride, and Joy Ride. Other favorite theatre credits include: The Inapproriate Suitor with Ballard Underground; Unexpected Wilderness with Annex Theatre; also Studio4Seattle. Film/TV credits: "The Good Wife," "Smash"; Commercials: Ford, Progresso Soup, Gas-X. BA in Theatre from CUNY Hunter College. Much love to my husband and #1 fan Jim! Look for Isis next in Parley's upcoming production of This Pleasant Prison in July, and Pratidhwani's production of Queen at ACT in August!

After studying multiple disciplines including journalism, production and screenwriting - interspersed between travels around the world - MYRIAM BAILLARGEON (DR. CALLAGHAN) eventually found herself at the doorstep of a Meisner acting class and decided it was time for her to pursue her childhood passion. She then decided to dedicate all of her time to acting and writing, and it was at this point of declaration to the universe that opportunities soon arose. She began acting in a profusion of short films and is currently acting in various plays. Aside from acting, Myriam is busy at work writing children's stories, plays and feature films.

Snowbound, by Susan McNally

May 2018

At 44 years of age, Scott’s in a deep rut: He’s depressed, unemployed, and living with his mother, Jean. Then a blizzard begins to rage. When Jean surprises him by inviting over his best childhood friend, secrets and regrets threaten to engulf them all. Snowbound is a story of both the joy and the burden of love.

Parley presents a world premiere workshop production.

Snowbound

by Susan McNally

directed by Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth

production coordination by Hannah Merrill

production assistance by Dustin Hageland

featuring
Maureen Hawkins *
Dara Lillis
Colleen Carey

May 22, 2018

7 pm

West of Lenin
* appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association

DARA LILLIS (SCOTT) is an actor based in Seattle. He is delighted to return to Parley after a wonderful debut in About Marilyn in October 2017. 2018 has seen him appear in Visiting Cezanne at 18th & Union and 'The Dumb Waiter' at Bremerton Community Theatre. Other stage credits include A Great Hunger at On the Boards, Alcestis with Irrational Robot Bureau, Love Song and Molly Sweeney with KTO Productions, and Amadeus and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Bainbridge Performing Arts. He is an ensemble member with Lucia Neare’s Theatrical Wonders and a board member with Freehold Theatre. This team is crazy talented, he is honored to be in the room with every single one of them.

MAUREEN HAWKINS (JEAN)* has enjoyed a long and varied career as a professional actor on stage, screen and as a commercial voice-over artist and teacher. She has also directed shows on some of Seattle’s small stages and schools. She is very happy to be working with Sue and Rebecca, Dara and Colleen in a role that will go down as one of her all-time favorites. Keep writing great roles for older actors, Sue!
*Appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association

A Seattle native, COLLEEN CAREY (CASSIE) began working as a professional actor at the age of five. She gained early admission to the prestigious Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (featured in the documentary films “Fame High" and “Shakespeare High”) and continued her education at the North Carolina School for the Arts. As a stage actor, Colleen has performed in over thirty Seattle-based productions, including Seattle Times Footlight Award winners Edmond and Café Nordo. She was nominated for a Theater of Puget Sound Gregory Award for her work in All Through the Night at ArtsWest. Most recently she was seen in the immersive cabaret Storyville Rising (Winner, Brassy Award, New Orleans. Featured in HuffPost Weird News) and Rebel Kat Productions’ Coriolanus: Fight Like a Bitch (Winner, Seattle Times Footlight Award: Best and Most Notable Local Theater 2018) Film and Television credits include: “Ticket Out” with Ray Liotta, Alexandra Breckenridge and Billy Burke; “Bigfoot” with Danny Bonaduce, Barry Williams, Bruce Davison and Cynthia Geary; “Different Drummers” (Winner, Grand Remington, WorldFest Houston International Film Festival), “The Boy Who Lived Before” (Riverside Film Festival, NW Film Forum Local Sightings Film Festival). Currently, Colleen can be seen as ‘Zeta’ in “The Scottish Play” (now streaming on Amazon Prime) and as the Mother in “The Son, the Father” (Winner- Best Screenplay, Hollywood Short Film Festival. Best Actress: Horrorhound Film Fest, Best Film: September 2017 Austin Revolution Film Festival.)

Iguazú, by Julieta Vitullo

April 2018

One location has haunted Nora since she was six: Her visits to the Iguazú Falls have come to symbolize everything she's gained and lost since she left her home country to be a geology professor in the States. Engaged to an American-born academic, orphaned by her family and by language itself, Nora struggles to master lucid dreaming in order to navigate the turbulent waters of a recent trauma. Now, with the help of a serpent parrot god, Nora must walk the blurry line between reality and dream, land and abyss, history and myth to find home again.

Parley presents the world premiere workshop of a new play.

Iguazú

by Julieta Vitullo

directed by Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth
production coordination by Hannah Merrill

Featuring
Sydney Maltese
Tadd Morgan
Raúl E. Peyret

Monday, 16 April

7 pm

West of Lenin

Production photos here

Videography by Tom Speer.

SYDNEY MALTESE (NORA / NAIPÍ) Sydney is a writer and actor originally from Canton, Ohio, where she first fostered a love for community arts. As a woman with a disability, she is particularly passionate about the representation of people of all abilities and backgrounds onstage. She has worked for four years in Seattle as an immigrant rights and education policy advocate. Most recently, she appeared in Parley's production of Julieta Vitullo's About Marilyn as Marilyn. Favorite onstage credits include Star in John Lennon and Me, Peter Quince in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mama Noah in Children of Eden, Grumio in The Taming of the Shrew, Alice in Alice in Wonderland, and a myriad of comedic cameos in original works by her good friends.

RAÚL E. PEYRET (EMILIO / MBOI) is an Argentinian-American actor born in Córdoba, Argentina. He fell in love with theatre at a very young age. In 2000 he moved to the Pacific Northwest where he completed most of his acting training. Raúl is passionate about live theatre, and how it enables performers and audiences to share and connect with stories in such intimate and personal way. He is thrilled to be part of the world premiere of Iguazú and thankful to Rebecca and Julieta for the opportunity. This is Raúl’s first appearance in a Parley workshop. Raúl was last seen as Taylor in K2, by Patrick Meyer (Black Dog Theatre). He has also appeared in A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by L. Zane Jones (New City Theatre), and in other Seattle theatre, feature, commercial and short films productions. Raúl is represented by Topo Swope Talent.

TADD MORGAN (THOMAS / TAROBÁ) is thrilled to be working with Parley again. He was initially trained at Youth Theatre Northwest, and later at Bennington College. He also works as an admission counselor at Cornish College of the Arts. His other interests include cycling and icosahedrons.

Crooked Grace, by Hannah Merrill

February 2018

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When a Tree Falls, by Amontaine Aurore

February 2018

Rocky Styles has a lot to carry on her 17-year-old shoulders. She's already dropped out of high school to take care of her ailing mother.
Now she's selling the furniture to stave off the bank's imminent foreclosure on their home.
But then a stranger arrives who just might change Rocky's family forever.

Parley presents the world premiere workshop of a new play.

When a Tree Falls

a story of family, denial, and broken roots

by Amontaine Aurore

directed by Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth

production coordination by Hannah Merrill

featuring
Imani Woodley
Rachel Glass *
Alice Bridgforth
Terry Boyd
Zoe Wolf
Anjelica McMillan

* Member, Actor's Equity Association

Tuesday, 13 February

7 pm

18th & Union

RACHEL GLASS (LLEWELLYN) was recently seen at Seattle Shakespeare Company as Tamora, Queen of the Goths in Titus Andronicus, as well as outdoors, as part of the singing Quintet & Lucetta in SSC’s doo-wop sensation The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Regional theatre appearances include New York, Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Nashville. Locally, Rachel has worked with Seattle Children’s Theatre, Book-It Rep., Bridges Stage Co., and 14/48, to name a few. Rachel has starred in several films, two of which received top honors at the Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and Malta International Film Festivals. She was also featured opposite Sharon Stone in the film Last Dance. Rachel recorded regularly with Jim French Productions’ Imagination Theatre, which produced nationally syndicated and live radio programs. Additionally, Rachel currently records audio books and voiceovers, and has interviewed scores of local, national and best-selling authors for a local radio show!

IMANI WOODLEY (ROCKY) is an actress born and raised in Seattle, Washington. She started her career initially as a dancer and transitioned into a theatrical concentration when she was 12 years old. Imani has been in 13 theatrical productions and 6 staged readings in her life so far. Her recent credits include the role of Agent Donna Redford in the Core Ensemble’s reboot of Traffick by Spencer Funk, Shelby in Baltimore (Cornish College of the Arts), directed by Malika Oyetimein, Seada in a staged reading of Necessary Targets, directed by Lamar Legend (Seattle Repertory Theatre), and Cora Groves in The Rimers Of Eldritch directed by Kate Myre. In December 2017 Imani received her B.A in theatre from Cornish College of the Arts. In August 2018 Imani is making her professional debut in Village Theatre’s Hairspray. Imani believes in the transformative power of theatre--as a social, political, emotional, and humanistic force.

ANJELICA MCMILLAN (CLEO) is so honored to be originating the role of Cleo in When a Tree Falls. It's so enriching to be a part of this unique creative process. Other Seattle credits include Row Yr Boat - Achievement Unlocked (Annex Theater), Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom (Theater Schmeater), Quickies 17 (Live Girls!) and the staged reading of Amontaine Aurore's Don't Call it a Riot at the Neptune Theater last summer. This spring, you can catch her in Hamlet with The Horse in Motion. Anjelica holds a BFA in Theater from Pacific Lutheran University. She would like to thank her husband and family for their love and support.

ALICE BRIDGFORTH (MRS. SALLY) trained for the stage in London and at UW. Theatre credits include: Fractured (BASH), My Dear Miss Chancellor (Annex), The Lower Depths (Theatre Machine), Wyrd Sisters and Blood Wedding (Open Circle), Endgame (Two Hours' Traffic), Richard III (GreenStage), The Last Night of Ballyhoo and Crossing Delancey (Seattle Jewish Theater Company), Fall Off Night (Macha Monkey / Live Girls!), Helsinki Syndrome's Main Event (On the Boards). Film and television credits include: The Catechism Cataclysm (dir Todd Rohal), The Off Hours (dir. Megan Griffiths), Manbaby (dir. Tim Lightell), M.O.P.Z. (dir. Todd Rohal, for Adult Swim), and the award-winning web series Manic Pixie Dream Wife (dir. M Elizabeth Eller). Alice would like to extend a heartfelt thanks to Amontaine and Rebecca for the chance to revisit the world of this beautiful play.

ZOE WOLF (BRIANNA)

TERRY BOYD (WARREN SALLY) is very pleased to be back at Parley, having appeared in past productions Ask Marilyn and Let Me Tell You About Love. He’s appeared on stage at Sound Theatre, Annex, Theater Schmeater and numerous productions of Medicine Ball: Playwrights vs Poets. He has sung and (cough cough) danced in The Drowsy Chaperone, A Funny Thing Happened… and Thugs! Terry is also a co-producer of Lamplight Productions. Look for their production of Alan Ayckbourn’s Communicating Doors, opening at The Ballard Underground in August!

No Strings Attached, by Greg Brisendine

December 2017

Parley and Bitter Single Guy Productions present
a fully-staged world premiere production!

No Strings Attached

a new play

by Greg Brisendine

directed by Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth

Starring
Janet Hietter
Nancy Titus Zerg
Dawn Cornell
Gretchen Douma
Kelly Johnson

December 1 - 16, 2017

18th & Union

videography by Tom Speer

Stage Management: Liza Vaughn
Set Design: Silas James
Costume Design: Kristina Hestenes Stimson
Lighting Design: Zanna King
Sound Design: Mario Gomez
Graphic Design: Roy Arauz
Marketing: Chad Keith

GRETCHEN DOUMA (BEATRICE) is a 30-year theater vet and proud of it. She is thrilled to bring NSA to the stage after originating the role of Bea in Parley’s world premiere staged reading about a year ago. Recent favorite roles include: Virginia Carpolotti (Three Viewings, 18th & Union), Allie (A Dog Dreams) and Anne (Hospice: A Love Story; both from The Grief Dialogues), Sheila (Terra Incognita, Annex), Lydia (Still Life, Forward Flux). A Parley Associate Artist, she is also the author of Baby Talk, her first foray into playwriting. Huge thanks to Greg and Rebecca for their creative gifts and to Nina for her infinite patience and support. Ladies, let’s keep those cards moving!

NANCY TITUS ZERG (EMILY) made her professional debut at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego at eighteen and won a Best Supporting Actress award for her performance. She worked on stage in San Diego and Los Angeles, appearing in over forty productions. She studied acting with Michael Shurtleff in Los Angeles. Nancy quit acting to raise her daughter. After moving to Seattle three years ago she did the workshop production of No Strings Attached and has since appeared in Parley’s Magpie and Marita and Hospice. She is honored to have worked with the talented people who make up Parley.

DAWN CORNELL (DEVORAH) is thrilled to be part of this fabulous new project. Keep writing, Greg! A few of her favorite shows include Game’s Afoot at RCT, Cemetery Club at Red Curtain and Crossing Delancey at Phoenix. She got her BA in Theatre at UW and then studied at AADA in NY a long time ago! She has filmed a commercial for Amazon and continues her love of live theatre at Driftwood, SMT, Parley, RCT, and others in area. Thank you for your love of this wonderful art. And a big YAY to Anna, Halle, Dan, Zack and Patrick. Your support is amazing and I cherish you all.

JANET HIETTER (GRACE) has performed staged readings; On Cabin Creek with Seattle Playwrights Salon and Inherit the Wind at Town Hall; in Freehold’s Ensemble Training Intensive; Stone Soup Theatre and Seattle’s One-Minute Play Festival at ACT. Film credits include The Statistician, Rogue Saints, Distant Beats and Last Rites. In Ohio, Janet performed with Contemporary American Theatre Company in Life and Limb, Independence, and Talking With; Players Theatre Columbus in The Incredible Murder of Cardinal Tosca, Summer and Smoke, Romantic Comedy, You Can’t Take It With You and Mister Roberts; The Ohio State University, and in several corporate training films and television commercials.

KELLY JOHNSON (JANE) is hugely excited to be doing this fully staged production of No Strings Attached. Her most recent projects included Money and Run at the Schmee, and Scary Mary and the Nightmares Nine at Annex. Kelly would like to thank Greg and Rebecca for this great story. Lastly a huge thank you to Vandyman who runs lines, and keeps an endless run of red wine for long days.

Parts of Hudson, by drew david combs
December 2017

Five recent art school grads have come into sudden possession of Hudson's dead body, next to a note with an unusual request.
Now they must agree on how to carry out their friend's final wishes.

Parley presents a world premiere workshop

Parts of Hudson

by drew david combs

directed by Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth
production coordination by Hannah Merrill

Featuring:
Emily Pike
Grace Carmack
Sienna Burnett
Joshua Giron
Mitchell Shohet
and Robert Warren Gilmore as Hudson

Videography by Tom Speer =======>

Tuesday, December 5

7 pm

West of Lenin

content warning: flashing lights / implied violence / blood content / s*icide mention / drug abuse

EMILY PIKE (KITTY) is a Seattle-based actor and musician with a BFA from Cornish College of the Arts. Recent performances include The Inappropriate Suitor (Ghost Light Theatricals) and Scary Mary and the Nightmares Nine (Annex Theatre). Beyond her work as an actor, she uses her degree in her work as a teaching artist for Freehold Theatre's Engaged Theatre program. She is absolutely delighted to be working with Parley again, and to be digging into this bizarre and challenging text with such a thoughtful group of artists. When she isn't lurking around a theatre, you can find her all over Pike Place Market, selling eggs, books, and spices.

GRACE CARMACK (JESSUP) is a Seattle-based performer, playwright, and poet whose work focuses on queerness, trauma, and the various ways love manifests in our lives. Grace graduated from Cornish College of the Arts in 2014 with a BFA in theater and a focus in Original Works. Prior to Cornish, her training consisted of ballet, jazz, tap, modern dance, and Irish step dancing. She most recently performed as Molly in Forward Flux’s production of Las Mariposas Y Los Muertos and her plays Insufficient and The Other Side of Silence were produced as staged readings in 2016 by Parley Productions.

SIENNA BURNETT (FOSTER) is a queer femme actor and spoken word artist. She graduated from the University of Northern Colorado in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Acting. Sienna has performed and taught poetry in venues and universities across Colorado, Washington, Montana, and New York. Her poetry has been featured on Buzzfeed, Button Poetry & Write About Now. Past credits include: Allie, The Other Town (Parley 2017) Featured Poet: The Round (Fremont Abbey Arts 2017), Ensemble Player, Love, Loss & What I Wore (Big Sofa Productions 2016), Featured Poet: West Point Military Academy TBTN Rally (USMA 2016).

MITCHELL SHOHET (RUSH) moved to Seattle after graduating from Boise State University December 2015. He has since performed onstage in Funhouse 1 and 2, on screen in Z Nation season 4, and in smaller projects both amateur and professionally. He is excited to debut with Parley Productions and work with Rebecca and the fam. Hobbies include breathing, board games, video games, writing, dancing, drawing, struggling with deep existential crisis, and pretending to be an adult on weekdays. He currently lives with his wife and their monster cat named Zelda.

JOSH GIRON (CREW) lives in Lynnwood, Washington where he is currently working as an actor. He attends Cascadia College and is planning to transfer to SPU or UW for a master of fine arts in acting. Josh enjoys dancing and cooking and previously kept his passion for acting a secret from friends and family until recently. Because of this, he hasn’t been taken seriously ever since and is planning to move to Cali for his "big break," that may or may not happen in hopes of keeping his dream alive.

About Marilyn, by Julieta Vitullo
October 2017

It's the early eighties in a New Jersey suburb and Marilyn, a nineteen-year old woman in a wheelchair, lives quietly with big dreams.
While her domineering brothers feud over the family inheritance, Marilyn gambles on an impossible way out.
Will her rare imagination be her strength as she tries to change her destiny?

Production photos here

Parley presents the world premiere workshop of a new play.

About Marilyn

by Julieta Vitullo

directed by Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth
production coordination by Hannah Merrill
with special design by Matthew Smith

featuring

Sydney Maltese
Terry Boyd
Dara Lillis

Monday, October 30

7 pm

West of Lenin

*Content advisory: Mature themes and references to sexual violence.

DARA LILLIS (GEORGE) is a longtime Parley fan, excited to be making his debut with the company. He is an actor and movement artist originally from Dublin, Ireland, now based in Seattle. Selected recent credits: A Great Hunger with General Magic/On the Boards, Alcestis with Irrational Robot Bureau, and Love Song with KTO Productions. He is an ensemble member with Lucia Neare’s Theatrical Wonders and a board member with Freehold Theatre. He sends thanks to Julieta for the words, Parley for the space to play, and ED for everything. Dara invites you (with a hat-tip to Seamus Heaney) to “walk on air against your better judgement.”

SYDNEY MALTESE (MARILYN) is a writer and actor originally from Canton, Ohio, where she first fostered a love for community arts. She has worked for three years in Seattle as an immigrant rights and education policy advocate. Favorite onstage credits include Star in John Lennon and Me, Peter Quince in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Ursula in Much Ado About Nothing, Grumio in The Taming of the Shrew, Alice in Alice in Wonderland, and a myriad of comedic cameos in original works by her good friends.

TERRY BOYD (TONY) is fresh off the stage from Three Viewings at 18th and Union. This year he has been seen in Lamplight Production’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at the Bathhouse, The Drowsy Chaperone at Driftwood Players, and My Man Godfrey at Theater Schmeater. He’s also been seen at Sound Theater Company, Annex, and too many "Medicine Balls" (Playwrights vs Poets) to count.

Hospice, by Elizabeth Coplan

October 2017

Adult sisters Lucy and Anne return to Southern California to take their mother, Mary, to Disneyland - a tradition they've maintained on the revered family calendar for years. But Mary's cancer has metastasized, her health is in rapid decline, and the calendar hasn't prepared the family for any of it. As petty feuds and painful secrets threaten to eclipse Mary's final day, Lucy and Anne must find a way to say goodbye without regrets.

Parley presents the
world premiere workshop
of a new play.

Hospice

by
Elizabeth Coplan

directed by
Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth

production coordination by Hannah Merrill

featuring
Margaret VandenBerghe
Nancy Zerg
Joanne Burger
James Wilson
Gretchen Douma
Quinn Balas

Tuesday, 17 October

7 pm

18th & Union

MARGARET VANDENBERGHE (MARY) is glad to be working with Parley once again, saying, "The artistic leadership Rebecca brings to her group of students is a force that will grow our community and the world of writing." Margaret very happy to be an actor Parley contacts to grow the process.

NANCY TITUS ZERG (LUCY)

JOANNE BURGER (ANNE) is a Seattle-based artist and actor who is returning to acting after taking a few years off to have a second child. She enjoys taking part in productions of all kinds, with a particular taste for drama and dark comedy, and is excited to take part in her first production with Parley. When she isn't acting, Joanne can be found in her studio making art jewelry or in a park wrangling two kids.

JAMES WILSON (MICHAEL) was born and raised in South Bend, Indiana. He has a Theatre Degree from Indiana University. After moving to NYC he became a member of the Lexington Conservatory Theatre. In New York City he studied acting at HB Studios with Austin Pendleton and Uta Hagen. James served as the Theatre Arts Teacher at Bothell High School for 22 years. At BHS he directed over 35 full length plays and musicals. He has a Masters from Lesley University and also studied theatre at Central Washington University. His most recent projects include: playing the multi character (11 different characters) in Leaving Iowa, playing Al in The Philadelphia at Freehold Studio and directing Comfort Zones at the Driftwood Players Evening of Short Plays. James has written an adaptation of The Cradle Song, which he hopes to see produced soon. He is very grateful for the support of his wife Susan and his family and friends.

GRETCHEN DOUMA (BLAIR) is thrilled to return to Parley to participate in Hospice. She recently participated in The Grief Dialogues, another project exploring death and dying, written and produced by Elizabeth Coplan. And she just appeared in a limited run of Jeffrey Hatcher’s Three Viewings, here at 18th and Union, yet another play that explores the impact of death on those left behind. Do you see a theme developing here? In December the mood lightens considerably when she appears in No Strings Attached, a comic look at life in an "independent living" facility, written by Greg Brisendine. Four female friends navigate the challenges of sex, love and golf carts and what it means to live life to the fullest. You might have also seen Gretchen performing around Seattle at Annex, Arts West, Forward Flux, Live Girls, Second Story Rep, Taproot, TART, or 14/48, to name just a few. She is now also exploring the world of playwriting and has just completed her first full-length play Baby Talk, with more playwriting yet to come. Love to Nina

The List, by Greg Brisendine

September 2017

Parley presents a world premiere workshop.

Three Americans walk into a bar in the Dubai International Airport, eager to board their connecting flight. But against a no-fly list and personal secrets, only two of them will make it home. The List is a play about who the bad guys really are.

The List

by Greg Brisendine

directed by Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth
production coordination by Julieta Vitullo
featuring
Jenna Elliott
Chris Martinez
Tom Fraser
Sameer Arshad

Monday, September 25

7 pm

Jewelbox Theater

(at the Rendezvous)

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JENNA ELLIOTT (JANET) is an artist, writer, leader, and now actor living in Seattle. She studied dance, voice and performance in her youth, and recently revived her passion by studying acting at Freehold Theater and Gilmore Studios. She is thrilled to debut with Parley Productions.

SAMEER ARSHAD (GUARD, FARHAD) is a Seattle-based playwright, actor and producer. The List is his stage debut. He is also on the board for Café Nordo and Washington Ensemble Theatre. He is passionate about equity in the arts and the portrayal of Middle-Eastern, South-Asian and Muslim heritage people in the media. He has Arab, Persian, Turkish and Indian heritage. He is a computer engineer and also a linguist. He is currently finishing his Master of Science degree in Computational Linguistics at the University of Washington. His full-length play Crewmates will be running for six-nights at Annex Theatre in May 2018.

CHRISTOPHER MARTINEZ (MARK) is excited to be part of this production with Parley. Christopher has a BFA in Acting, as well as completion of conservatory training from PCPA. Christopher was last seen in Playlist Seattle's Everyone Wants to Love Your Beating Heart. He would like to thank his friends, family and friends who have become family for their love and support.

TOM FRASER (BRUCE) has been involved in Seattle theater and film since moving to Seattle from New York late last century, and is happy to be participating in his first production with the fine folks of Parley. Favorite previous roles include: Joe Moore in Tigers Be Still (Catapult Theater), Ozzie in the Gregory Award winning UNDO (Annex Theater), Captain Lon McQuigg in The Racket (Theater Under the Influence) and a handful of fun shows with The 14/48 Projects.

Best Friend, by Celeste Mari Williams
August 2017

Chelsea’s friendship with her Honda, Bluella, is the longest relationship she’s ever had.
But when faced with a big choice about her own future, Chelsea embarks on a road trip that will determine Bluella’s fate … only to discover that Bluella’s got opinions and plans of her own. Who’s driving who, here? Can Chelsea and Bluella remain road buddies much longer?

Parley presents
a world premiere workshop.

Best Friend

by
Celeste Mari Williams

directed by
Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth

featuring
Emily Jo Testa
Marie Bolla
Owen Yen

production coordination by
Hannah Merrill

Tuesday, August 29
7 pm

The Jewelbox Theater
at the Rendezvous
(2322 2nd Ave, Seattle)

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MARIE BOLLA (BLUELLA) is thrilled to be in her third Parley show as Bluella! Marie graduated from Freehold Studio's Ensemble Training Intensive (ETI) in June 2015, where she was a recipient of the Diversity Scholarship and previously completed the one-year Meisner intensive. While in ETI she created and performed in her solo show, A Mythology. She also performed in Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well with ETI and Freehold's Engaged Theater Tour. Marie most recently performed in ACT Theatre's ACTivate Reading with The Umbrella Project as well as Seattle Public Theatre, Copious Love and as the titular role in Alcestis with the Irrational Robot Bureau Co. She has been seen in several roles in both 14/48's Catharsis and the Pocket Theater's Fringe Month. Previous to that, she combined her love of science and theater with Infinity Box Theater's Galileo Dialogues. Marie has also been seen with Playlist Seattle, Annex Theatre, Sound Theatre and Parley's The Orchid and The Skull as well Short Shorts. Thank you to Celeste, Rebecca, Emily Jo and Owen for letting me play again!

EMILY JO TESTA (CHELSEA) is elated to make her Parley debut with this lovely crew. This is her second time working on a script by playwright Celeste Mari Williams, the first one being the short play Leanne's Bon Dance as part of SIS Production's Revealed: Celebrate Women, a site-specific walking tour performance in Seattle's International District. Drawn primarily to site-specific and devised works, she has worked with Blood Ensemble (Barn Show) and is an Artistic Associate with Akropolis Performance Lab (The Glas Nocturne, Ecce Faustus), which is currently in rehearsals for their upcoming production 730 Steps, an original adaptation of Crime & Punishment. (Akropolis Performance Lab) Previous stage credits include Do It for Umma at Theatre Off Jackson and Death of a Salesman at ArtsWest. She has also worked with Cafe Nordo, Theatre Battery, NW Playwright's Alliance, WARP Theatre, and ReACT. Her most recent film projects are A Meal with Dad, which is currently making the festival rounds, and the upcoming J-Horror inspired EMIKO, which will premiere December 2017. She is a graduate of Cast Iron Studio’s Talent Diversity Initiative.

OWEN YEN (MEN) has been working as an actor and jazz musician in Seattle and Chicago for over 25 years, and is very excited to be back working with everyone at Parley again on this fantastic new play. In this play, he is very much looking forward to the opportunity to play the role that he was born to play – “men”!

The Other Town, by Tré Calhoun
August 2017

Declan can swap places with his 20-year-old self, but how much truth can he take? As he fights off the feeling that his wife’s been cheating on him for years, Declan gets caught between past and present – and between the half black/half white ethnicity he’s been trying to ignore.

Parley proudly presents
a world premiere workshop

The Other Town

by Tré Calhoun

directed by Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth

featuring
Daemond Arrindell
Mykail Cooley
Beth Cooper
Sienna Burnett
Robert Hankins
Elena Joyner
Drew Combs

Tuesday, August 15

7 pm

West of Lenin

Access for All Ticketing:

Parley is a Theater of Access, committed to making art that's affordable for everyone. In keeping with this value, we reserve 10 seats at each performance to distribute to our patrons free of charge. We release these tickets on a first-come, first-served basis beginning one hour before the show.

PRODUCTION PHOTOS HERE!

Videography by Tom Speer =========>

DAEMOND ARRINDELL (DECLAN) is a poet, playwright, performer, and teaching artist. He has performed in venues across the country and has been repeatedly commissioned by both Seattle and Bellevue Art Museums. As a teaching artist, he is a faculty member of TAT Lab: the Washington State Teaching Artist Training Lab; Freehold Theatre - leading poetry and theater residencies at Monroe Correctional Complex for men for over ten years; Adjunct faculty at Seattle University and Tacoma’s School of the Arts; Senior Writer-In-Residence through Seattle Arts & Lectures' Writers in the Schools Program and Skagit River Poetry Foundation. He is a 2014 Jack Straw Writer, a VONA Voices Writers’ Workshop fellow and his work has been published by City Arts, Poetry NW, Specter and Crosscut magazines. In 2013 he was chosen for “13 for ‘13,” a joint project between the Seattle Times and KUOW, profiling thirteen influential people in Seattle’s art scene. He featured alongside Sherman Alexie in TEXTure - a conversation amongst artists via their chosen mediums; was a featured poet in the 2016 Skagit River Poetry Festival; featured in KISS FEAR - a collaboration of poetry, sculpture and video in touching, powerful and sometimes darkly humorous ruminations on America’s weapon of choice; and co-adapted the highly acclaimed contemporary and satirical novel Welcome To Braggsville, by T. Geronimo Johnson, into a play for Book-It Repertory Theater. Braggsville debuted in June 2017.

BETH A. COOPER (ALLIE I) is a veteran of the Seattle performing arts community. She has worked as an actor, singer, dancer, dialect coach, and dance and fight captain with numerous theater companies. She is proud to be a graduate of Cornish College of the Arts and to have been a long-time staff member with the Seattle Group Theatre. Offstage, she works as a physical therapist and Feldenkrais® movement teacher. She currently indulges her inner movement junkie by studying aerial acrobatics. Beth loves being a part of developing new works and she is thoroughly enjoying her first experience with the amazing artists at Parley.

ROBERT HANKINS (MERRITT) is excited to be making his first appearance with Parley. He studied theatre at Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of the Performing Arts. While living in Chicago he co-founded Red Tape Theatre where he served as Artistic Director for 3 years. His Seattle area credits include Guildenstern in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Carl in Lonely Planet, Mitch in Macha Monkey’s Thebes, Mortimer in Arsenic and Old Lace, and Renton Civic’s The Foreigner as David. He spends his days as an fundraiser for not-for-profit theatre.

MYKAIL COOLEY (DEC) is 20 years old. He's grateful to be a part of this creative process. Originally from Denver, Colorado, he's been acting his whole life. He loves hip hop and anything having to do with black people or black culture.

ELENA JOYNER (STAGEHAND / MEG) is honored to be working with Parley for the first time. She is also very excited to be working with such a talented group of people. She is currently a student at Cornish College of the Arts. Prior to The Other Town, she was in Cornish's production of Sister Act at the Cornish Playhouse, where she played Deloris Van Cartier. Her work also includes Cornish's production of The Caucasian Chalk Circle and Into The Woods, in which she played the Witch. Before moving to Seattle from Boston four years ago, she studied music at Berklee College of Music.

SIENNA BURNETT (ALLIE II) is a queer femme actor & spoken word artist. She graduated from the University of Northern Colorado in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Acting. Past credits include: Featured Poet: The Round (Fremont Abbey Arts 2017), Ensemble Player, Love, Loss & What I Wore (Big Sofa Productions 2016), Featured Poet: West Point Military Academy TBTN Rally (USMA 2016). Sienna has taught writing workshops in Colorado, Washington, and Montana, and currently serves as the Community Ambassador at the Fremont Abbey Arts Center. Sienna’s poetry has been featured on Buzzfeed, Button Poetry & Write About Now.

DREW COMBS (STAGEHAND / GARY) is stoked to be participating in his second Parley reading! Prior to this he played Paul and Marita in Hannah Merrill's Magpie and Marita. Favorite credits include Josh in Intiman's John Baxter is a Switch Hitter, Whisper in Whisper's Gone at Seattle Children's Theatre, and The Word in Kayfabe at Ballard Underground. Drew is also a proud Parley playwright and looks forward to his own workshop later this year.

The Wild-Hearted, by Andrew Lee Creech

June 2017

Parley presents the world premiere workshop of a new play.

The

Wild-Hearted

by Andrew Lee Creech

directed by
Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth

featuring
Madison Jade Jones
Lauryn Rilla Hochberg
Mykail Cooley
Aaron Cammack

Monday, 5 June

7 pm

West of Lenin

Four millennials host a presidential election party to watch history in the making. But when the election takes an unexpected turn, hidden tensions that bubble to the surface threaten their solidarity. Lines are crossed, friends become strangers, and the party disintegrates into chaos. Chronicling the events of one epochal night, The Wild-Hearted examines love, race, and coming of age while an entire nation teeters on the edge of the unknown.

Advisory: Contains hate speech,
specifically a racial epithet

Videography by Tom Speer

MADISON JADE JONES (NICOLE) feels pleased as punch to be working with the wonderful folks at Parley and reading the brilliant words of Andrew Lee Creech. She has recently closed ACME with Annex Theatre, The Untitled Play About Art School with Copious Love, and you can find her next at Café Nordo for Sundown at the Devil's House. She loves and adores her partners Matt and Chris for everything they do.

AARON CAMMACK (PARKER) is over the moon about his debut with Parley and for the invaluable opportunity of work-shopping Andrew Creech's stirring script. Recent Seattle credits include the role of Ethan Kane in Sex With Strangers at 12th Ave Arts, Berowne in Love's Labour's Lost with Seattle Shakespeare Company's Wooden O, Philip "Flip" Ranoni in Force Continuum, and Pippin in Pippin, to name a few. On screen within the last year, he has played Ted Bundy in Ted Bundy: King of Hearts, Olsen in Fool, and Chase in Long Time, My Friend. Aaron trained at Gately/Poole Acting Conservatory with Kathryn Gately and at The University of Washington's Professional Actor Training Program. Hailing from Chicago, he has there performed with such WindyCity groups as Interrobang, The Goodman Theatre, New American Folk Theatre, Transcendent Ensemble Theatre Co., and Studio22 Filmmakers. He wishes to tip his cap, as it were, to the great folks of Seattle for coming to the show!

LAURYN RILLA HOCHBERG (GRACIE) has performed regionally with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Pirates of Penzance, Ghost Light, WILLful) and the Sebastopol Shakespeare Festival (Peaseblossom). In Seattle she has toured her one woman show An Actress Vs. William Shakespeare and performed with Book-It Repertory Theatre, Strawberry Theatre Workshop, Theater Schmeater, Printer’s Devil Theater, Annex Theater, and the 14/48 Theatre Festival.

MYKAIL COOLEY (MILES) is 20 years old. He's grateful to be a part of this creative process. Originally from Denver, Colorado, he's been acting his whole life. He loves hip hop and anything having to do with black people or black culture.

Maiden Voyage, by Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth

May - June 2017

"Maiden Voyage nicely refashions classic saga into modern, intimate tale," says The Seattle Times.
Read the full review here.

Penelope’s heroic husband has been away from home for nearly twenty years, while Penelope has been running his estate, raising his college-bound son, and winning acclaim for writing a book about him called The Odyssey.

It’s all going well for Penelope, until the long awaited, battle-weary subject of her book returns home, ready to take his life – and hers – back. Featuring a fraught artistic process, erotic jealousy, and a blow to the head, Maiden Voyage is a dramatic departure from the ancient story you thought you knew.

On May 26, Parley presents
our first fully-staged production.

MAIDEN VOYAGE

written & directed by
Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth

starring
Jenn Ruzumna
Isis King
Beau M.K. Prichard
Randall Scott Carpenter
Jon Stutzman

May 26 - June 11

West of Lenin
203 N 36th Street, Seattle

Thurs. - Sat. at 8 pm
Sun. at 2 pm

Associate Producer: Ali el-Gassier
Assistant Director: Grace Carmack
Stage Manager: Alexandra Hamill
Assistant Stage Manager: Emily Doyle
Scenic Designer: Timothy Firth
Lighting Designer: Matthew Webb
Costume Designer: Tamara Somerfield
Fight Choreographer: Brandon Collinsworth
Sound Designer: Brian Dang
Props Designer: Grace Carmack
Marketing/PR: Julia Nardin

JENN RUZUMNA is thrilled to be returning to Parley again after working on the Maiden Voyage workshop last year. She has worked at Annex, Theater Schmeater, On the Boards, West of Lenin, Studio 4 Seattle, Woodinville Rep and others. Favorite roles: Scary Mary (Annex), A Hand of Talons (Pork Filled Productions), Wayne Rawley’s Beating Up Bachman (Radial Theater), The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui (The CHAC) and A Kind of Alaska (BASH). Jenn is looking forward to the release of some of her films this year, including the feature Brown’s Canyon (Try This Films). In the fall, you can see Jenn on stage in Macha Monkey’s production of Serving Caleb (Working Title) which she co-wrote with Lisa Every and which will be directed by Amy Poisson. Jenn is also proud to have recently joined the Macha Monkey team as an Artistic Associate. Her happy place is eating pizza and chocolate with her husband, children and dogs.

ISIS KING is super-excited to join the talented cast of Maiden Voyage! This is her 5th production with Parley, having also been a part of Joy Ride, A Long Dark Ride, Beautiful Moon, and VENUS. After receiving a B.A. in Theatre from CUNY Hunter College, Isis spent another 8 years playing in theatres and on film in the Big Apple. Since returning home to Seattle, she has wasted no time in involving herself in various theater projects and local commercials, while taking in the bounty of local fresh NW produce to sustain her food preserving hobby. Isis can next be seen in the Live Girls! short play fest Quickies 17, performing June 21 - July 1 at Annex Theatre. Thanks to Rebecca for taking a chance on me, and merci pour tout à mon amour Jim.

BEAU M. K. PRICHARD was born in Australia, raised in New Zealand, and educated by Quakers in Oregon. He has lived in Seattle most of his adult life, and among other things, he works as a freelance editor. He was most recently seen as an actor in Storyville Rising for Seattle Immersive, for whom he has also worked as a director on The Listening Glass and Turn of the Screw, both featuring one of his cast mates in this show! He has been consistently working in theater in Seattle for the past decade, including producing, writing, and directing, but his acting gigs have been few and far between. He is thrilled to be taking on a role as iconic as Odysseus in a show like this one. Other performing credits include Dr. Watson in Hound of the Baskervilles (the silly version) and Hank in the world premiere of Drowned for Live Girls! Other directing credits include the world premiere of Starling, SubUrbia, Two Rooms, The Woman in Black, and he just finished directing Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead at Lakewood.

This is RANDALL SCOTT CARPENTER'S Parley debut! Recent credits include: SQUATCH! The Musical (Spencer, Centerstage Theatre), Edges (Man 1, Pocket Theatre), Shenandoah (Nathan Anderson, Showtunes/ACTLab), Bonnie and Clyde (Ted Hinton, Studio 18), American Idiot (Tunny, Pullman V. Paxton), Listening Glass (Jamie Bennett, Seattle Immersive Theatre), and For All That (Malcolm, Centerstage Theatre), just to name a few. Randall is represented by Big Fish Talent NW. Caro Mio!!

JON STUTZMAN is excited about working with Parley for the first time. He recently appeared in Turn of the Screw at Seattle Immersive Theatre. In Chicago, he has worked with such theatres as Shattered Globe, The Artistic Home, Raven Theatre, Lifeline Theatre, Steep Theatre, Griffin Theatre, Building Stage (where he was a company member), Back Stage Theatre Company, The Side Project, City Lit Theatre, Adventure Stage, and Pegasus Players. Regional credits include numerous shows at the B Street Theatre in Sacramento CA, the New Harmony Theatre in New Harmony, IN, and touring nationally for two years in Defamation with Canamac Productions.

Possum, by Barbara Lindsay
April 2017

Featuring:
Macall Gordon
Asa Sholdez
Connor Kinzer

Directed by
Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth
Production assistance by
Emily Doyle

West of Lenin

Monday, April 10

7 pm

Possum

a world premiere workshop production

by Barbara Lindsay

For years, retired freedom fighter Lucinda Celeste has lived in quiet isolation with her friend and self-proclaimed protector, Rex. Then her long-estranged son mysteriously appears with the threatening news that her property’s about to be confiscated by the repressive government unless she comes out of hiding. Will Lucinda again take up a fight that once cost her everything - and everyone - she loves?

Videography by Tom Speer.

CONNOR KINZER (OTTO) first discovered a passion for acting during his childhood years living in the Midwest.
His earliest works included reenactments of Ghostbusters, Indiana Jones, Batman, and Star Wars. While critical acclaim for these works was minimal, he did achieve substantial recognition during afternoon recess. Connor has continued to create imaginary worlds inspired by his favorite films and plays, most notably at age 15 when he hid under a blanket with a Nerf gun in his parents' basement for three hours after viewing Enemy at the Gates, a film featuring Russian sniper Vasily Zaitsev. Surprisingly, this grueling performance went unrecognized by the Academy.

MACALL GORDON (LUCINDA) can currently be seen as Anne Crain Walker in the Amazon Studios TV series, The Man in the High Castle (Seasons 1 & 2). In May, she will play Adlean in Barbecue! with the Intiman Theatre Festival. Past work includes Sorry (Thalia’s Umbrella – Gypsy Rose Lee Award for Best Ensemble - Large Theatre), Humble Boy (Seattle Public Theatre), the all-female Julius Caesar (Wooden O/Seattle Shakespeare Co.), Diana of Dobson’s (Taproot), Henry V (Wooden O), The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls (Washington Ensemble Theatre), A Lie of the Mind (Collektor/Central Heating Lab), and The Merry Wives of Windsor (Seattle Shakespeare Company – Walla Walla Extension). She lives in Woodinville with her dramatic husband and comedic dogs.

ASA SHOLDEZ (REX) first read with Parley in A Fine Line last year, and ever since he has been an avid fan! From their talented writers and AMAZING leadership to that glorious mission and its charming mantra, "Make Plays, Not War." He's particularly pleased to give voice to Rex in this incredibly timely reminder of the price of resistance, and why we pay it.

Magpie and Marita, by Hannah Merrill
February 2017

Magpie and Marita

a new play by

Hannah Merrill

Directed by Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth

featuring
Grace Carmack*
Drew Combs
Greg Brisendine*
Nancy Titus Zerg

Production assistance by Brian Dang
*Parley Associate Playwright

Teens Amina and Paul have acted out the same scenario for years: Amina, a sharp, self-possessed girl, turns into Magpie—the type of man to tip showgirls with fifty dollar bills. Paul, a sensitive, artistic boy, turns into Marita—the type of woman to wear a double strand of pearls. To their worried parents, it's a game, and a dangerous game at that. To them, it's more—a tantalizing chance to explore a new way of being in the world. But in the face of new sexual attraction and exposed family secrets, the rules of their role-play start to break down, and being Magpie and Marita is suddenly a lot more complicated. A coming-of-age love story featuring astronomy, cross-dressing, and power dynamics.

Tuesday, February 28

7 pm

West of Lenin

Videography by Tom Speer.

NANCY TITUS ZERG (FRAN) This is Nancy’s third appearance in a Parley production. She made her Seattle area acting debut in Greg Brisendine’s No Strings Attached and recently appeared in Parley’s one act festival. In her earlier days Nancy was in over 40 stage productions in San Diego and Los Angeles. She won a Best Supporting Actress award for Shaw’s You Never Can Tell at the Old Globe Theatre, Best Actress award from Dramalogue Magazine for her work in The Circle at the Gaslamp Quarter Theatre and a Best Actress award nomination from the San Diego Drama Critics for her work in Pinter’s The Homecoming. Some other productions she has appeared in include Guys and Dolls, Romantic Comedy, Isn’t It Romantic, Once Upon a Mattress, Uncommon Women and Others, Godspell, Veronica’s Room, and many more. She is honored to be part of this production and excited to perform in this exciting new play with this talented cast.

DREW COMBS (PAUL and MARITA) is stoked to be in his first Parley reading! Many thanks to Rebecca and the stellar cast and crew!

GRACE CARMACK (AMINA and MAGPIE) graduated from Cornish College of the Arts in 2014 with a BFA in Theater. She most recently performed as Echo in Copious Love's production of The Untitled Play About Art School and Lauren in Annex's production of Puny Humans. Prior to Cornish, her training consisted of ballet, jazz, tap, modern dance, and Irish step dancing. Grace is also a playwright and a poet whose work focuses on queerness, trauma, and the various ways love manifests in our lives.

GREG BRISENDINE (JAY) is a poet, playwright, corporate drone and occasional actor in Seattle. He's been a Parley playwright for more than a year, but this is his first time on stage with Parley and he's giddy about that.

VENUS, by Susan McNally
February 2017

Parley presents
the world premiere workshop
of a new play.

VENUS

by Susan McNally

directed by Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth

featuring

Isis King*
Brandon Collinsworth*
Christopher Crawford*

* Parley Associate Artist

production assistance by Emily Doyle

Two performances!

Monday, February 6

Tuesday, February 7

7 pm

West of Lenin

Brian has life figured out until Venus wanders into his world. But Venus has a boyfriend and an appetite for drama.

Is love a chemical reaction, a deadly trap, or an opportunity for a new life? Brian is about to find out.

VENUS explores themes of altruism and selfishness, love and trust, and how we all go about getting what we need.

Videography courtesy of Tom Speer.

BRANDON COLLINSWORTH (BRIAN) is thrilled to be working with Parley once again! He loves this company, he loves this cast, he loves this crew, he loves this playwright, and he’s in love with this director. He couldn’t be happier. Previous Parley shows include: A Long Dark Ride, Aliens Anonymous, Maiden Voyage, No Man’s Land, Stamina, The Language of this World, and Trump’d. He did some other shows before those, but he’s pretty sure he’s wasted enough of your time already. Let’s get to work!

ISIS KING (VENUS): This is Isis's 4th production with Parley and she is super excited to be playing her dream role - a carnivorous plant. Much love to the cast and crew of the show, and to Jim.

CHRIS CRAWFORD (BUZZ) is excited to return for his eighth production with Parley. Chris is an artist from Columbus, Ohio. He was honored to be chosen as one of Parley’s 2015 Associate Artists. He'd like to thank Susan McNally for her warmth, Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth for her understanding nods and hugs, Brandon and Isis for their determination and spirit and the rest of the Parley members for all their hard work. Enjoy the show!

Short SHORTS
December 2016

WRITERS

Tré Calhoun
Elizabeth Coplan
Ryan Nole Fields
Amber Hughes
Babs Lindsay
Susan McNally
Hannah Merrill
Nelle Tankus
Celeste Mari Williams

Extravagant RAFFLE
at both performances!

Parley proudly presents

short

SHORTS

a fundraising fest featuring
nine pithy plays on the theme of
peace

12th Ave Arts

Dec 16 & 17

9:45 pm

LIVE MUSIC performed by
Brian Dang and Emily Doyle

ACTORS

Erin Bednarz
Marie Bolla
Tré Calhoun
Drew Combs
Gretchen Douma
Julian Garcia
Jared Holloway-Thomas
Eileen McCann
Tadd Morgan
Lucy Pearce
Kendra Pierce
Emily Pike
Rachel Rene
Stephanie Spohrer
Pilar Walsh
Nancy Titus Zerg

. . . And multi-media presentation made possible by
25 additional Seattle artists!

Gemini Season, by Nelle Tankus

November 2016

Gemini Season

by Nelle Tankus

directed by Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth

featuring
Jared Holloway-Thomas
Denny Le
Lucy Pearce
Sydney Tucker
and
Celeste Mari Williams

Tuesday, November 15

7 pm

West of Lenin

pay what you will

Shortly after Mia returns from the funeral her Mormon sister organized in honor of her old name, Mia receives a letter from Britney Spears demanding they meet at a diner in rural Idaho. Meanwhile, her ex-boyfriend/roommate is stalked by the paparazzi and her sister is falling in love with her best friend. Gemini Season is a play about hero-worship, ghosts, and the families you can't choose.

JARED HOLLOWAY-THOMAS (MIA) is thrilled to be joining Parley Productions for this reading of Gemini Season. Jared, an armchair Trans* rights activist, would like to thank Nelle Tankus for writing such an affirming and fun piece, a gem for the local queer arts community. Jared is a classically trained actor, who studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, and has been working in the Seattle area for several years. Jared uses They/Them pronouns.

DENNY LE (DREAM) is a Seattle native and is happy to be back for his third production with Parley! Most recently, Denny was seen in Seattle Shakespeare Company's The Winter's Tale, working and performing with Intiman Theatre in their Emerging Artist Program, and finishing his studies in Musical Theatre at the University of Washington! Other credits include: Hair (Bainbridge Island Performing Arts), Othello (GreenStage), Boys' Life, Sweet Charity, Beggar's Opera (UW School of Drama), and more! Thanks to everyone who supports live theatre and original new works!

LUCY PEARCE (JANINE) is honored to be involved with this wonderful play and team. An actress for many years, she recently performed in the three plays, Jane Eyre/Julius Caesar/As You Like It, with Island Shakespeare Festival. Some of her other credits include a dramatic reading at WICA of Edgar Allan Poe’s works, Frankie in Frankie and Johnny with Local Jewell Productions, Hattie in The Underground Theatre Company’s production of Laundry & Bourbon, Mother Samsa in Ghost Light Theatrical’s production of Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis, Kattrin in Mother Courage and Her Children as well as Emilie in Bertolt Brecht’s Baal at the Sheridan Theatre in London. A graduate of Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London and The Second City Hollywood, Lucy is also a director and has appeared in various short films, commercials, improv and sketch comedy shows. When not acting she can also be found directing, singing and writing music or poetry. For more info on Lucy: https://www.facebook.com/LucyJPearce23

CELESTE MARI WILLIAMS (PAPARAZZO, WAITER, SISTER DELILAH) is proud to be an associate playwright with Parley, which has produced workshop readings of her plays, Amelia’s Wall and A Fine Line, under the loving guidance and artistic direction of Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth. She has also worked with SIS Productions as a writer, co-producer, dramaturge, and is currently the prop designer for Mechanics of Love. Celeste has performed locally in film, television, and on stage. She was most recently seen in REBATEnsemble’s Icons - The Martin Show, Freehold’s Incubator Studio Series’ Lost Friend, and had a lead role inThe United States of China. Celeste is excited to be performing in this fantastic new play by her friend and colleague, Nelle Tankus.

SYDNEY TUCKER (BRITNEY SPEARS) is a local actor, producer, emcee, and burlesque performer. She's recently been seen at Book-It Repertory Theatre, Seattle Fringe Festival, Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival, and Annex Theatre. Sydney holds a B.F.A. in Theater from Cornish College of the Arts. www.sydneytuckerperformer.com

Insufficient and The Other Side of Silence, by Grace Carmack

September 2016

In Insufficient, Astrid and Peril are new to love and determined to make it work. From an awkward dinner date to a not-so-casual hike in the woods, these two are hell-bent on figuring each other out – that is, until an unexpected run-in with a stranger pushes them to what could be the breaking point.

In The Other Side of Silence, a woman copes with the break up of a lifetime by packing away everything that makes her hurt. What she discovers is a seemingly endless stream of troubling thoughts that have kept her from moving on.

Insufficient and The Other Side of Silence

the world premiere workshop of 2 short plays

by Grace Carmack

directed by Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth

featuring
Erin Gray
Emily Pike
Eleanor Withrow

* Content advisory: Insufficient contains references to sexual violence.

Tuesday, September 6

7 pm

West of Lenin

pay what you will

EMILY PIKE (PERIL) is a local actor and musician with a BFA in theater from Cornish College of the Arts. Insufficient marks her third collaboration with Parley, and she is delighted to be working once again with such a capable and ambitious team of artists. She'd like to thank Rebecca, Grace, and her fellow cast members for a truly joyful and thought-provoking process.

ERIN GRAY (SHE) is a California native who moved to Seattle five years ago. A graduate of Cornish College of the Arts, she has recently been seen manning the front desk at Freehold Theatre. Her alter ego, Lil' Tigre, has been moonlighting on Seattle's finest burlesque stages, and she can be spotted this fall at Bumbershoot in DUMP: A Garbage Burlesque. Erin thanks Parley for this wonderful opportunity to work on Grace Carmack's poetic and vivid play, The Other Side of Silence.

ELEANOR WITHROW (ASTRID) is thrilled to reconnect with Parley on another project and couldn't be more excited to work with such a talented group of women.

No Strings Attached, by Greg Brisendine

August 2016

Grace is a recent widow living in a retirement community in Florida who discovers a sexy, swinging subculture burbling beneath the surface of all the golf cart paths. Caught up in the excitement, Grace strays farther and farther from the woman her friends have come to know.
But when Grace makes a choice to live her life to the fullest, who will have to live with the consequences?

No Strings Attached
a world premiere workshop

by Greg Brisendine

directed by
Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth

featuring
Barbara Deering
Nancy Zerg
Dawn Cornell
Gretchen Douma
Kelly Johnson

Tuesday, August 30th

7 pm

West of Lenin

Videography by Tom Speer.

BARBARA DEERING (GRACE) is delighted to be working on this exceptional new work. Living and performing here in the Northwest for over 20 years, Barbara began her theater career as a child at age 9 in Chicago, then worked 20 years in the Southeast and now calls Bainbridge Island home. Some of her roles here in the Northwest include Polly in Other Desert Cities, Jeanette in The Full Monty and Mama Morton in Chicago. She has made two appearances on "Grimm" and can be seen in the movies Georgia, Grassroots, and Autumn Waltz. Barbara would like to thank Parley for inviting her, Greg Brisendine for his wonderful writing, Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth for her insightful direction and the wonderful, creative cast she is working with for their energy and effort on this piece.

NANCY TITUS ZERG (EMILY) recently moved to Washington and is making her Seattle debut in No Strings Attached. It’s also her first time on stage in over 25 years, returning to theater now that her daughter is all grown up. In her earlier life, Nancy was in over 40 stage productions in San Diego and Los Angeles. She won a Best Supporting Actress award for Shaw’s You Never Can Tell at the Old Globe Theatre, Best Actress award from Dramalogue Magazine for her work in The Circle at the Gaslamp Quarter Theatre and a Best Actress award nomination from the San Diego Drama Critics for her work in Pinter’s The Homecoming. Some other productions she has appeared in include Guys and Dolls, Romantic Comedy, Isn’t It Romantic, Once Upon a Mattress, Uncommon Women and Others, Godspell, Veronica’s Room and many more. She is honored to be part of this production and excited to perform such a beautifully written script with this talented cast.

GRETCHEN DOUMA (BEATRICE) is delighted to work with Parley on this wonderful new play. She just finished appearing as Sheila in the recent world premiere production of Benjamin Benne’s Terra Incognita at Annex. She has also performed with ArtsWest, Bellevue Civic, 14/48, Forward Flux, Live Girls!, the Mae West Fest, Seattle Theatre Works, Taproot, TART and Valley Center Stage, among others. Before moving to Seattle, she worked extensively in theater, film, industrials and voice-overs in the Twin Cities. Some favorite roles: Virginia (Three Viewings), Lydia (Still Life), Madame Arcati (Blythe Spirit), Mrs. Hardcastle (She Stoops to Conquer), Big Mama (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), Shirley Valentine (Shirley Valentine). Love to Nina and "the girls."

DAWN CORNELL (DEVORAH): Involved in many productions throughout Puget Sound. Studied at AADA in NY after a BA in Theatre from UW. Has worked at Driftwood Theatre in Edmonds, SMT and Fringe Festival; recently finished work on 48 Hour Film Festival and had such fun! Proudest lifelong joy is the amazing family and my incredible two daughters who make each day just lovely and allowed me pass through their teenage years relatively unscathed. And my future theatre work will always be for you, Alan, and I will always miss your crazy wit and your love of your daughters and me. And Greg…keep writing!

KELLY JOHNSON (JANE) is thrilled to be working with Greg, the writer of The Hat, and Parley. She's a local kid who was last seen in Annex's Puny Humans, STAGERight's I Gelosi, and Arouet's Life Is a Dream. She'd like to thank the indomitable Dawn, Barbara, Gretchen, and Nancy for their moxie, strength and talent in helping to bring these characters to life. A huge thank you to my husband, Vandyman, for supporting me in my theatre—even if I take them on the same month we get married. Muah!!!

Maiden Voyage, by Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth

July 2016

Penelope’s heroic husband has been away from home for nearly twenty years, while Penelope's been running his estate, raising his college-bound son, and winning acclaim for writing an important book about him
called The Odyssey.
It’s all going well for Penelope, until the long awaited, battle-weary subject of her book returns home,
ready to take his life – and hers – back.
Featuring a fraught artistic process, erotic jealousy, and a blow to the head,
Maiden Voyage is a dramatic departure from the ancient story you thought you knew.

Videography by our dear friend Tom Speers.

Maiden Voyage
a world premiere workshop

written and directed by
Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth
featuring
Colleen Carey
Jenn Ruzumna
Michael Oaks
Benjamin Symons
and Brandon Collinsworth

assistant director
Caitlin Coey

production intern
Danelle Jaeger

two performances

July 25 & 26, 7 pm

West of Lenin

pay what you will

Announcing our next
Playwright's Happy Hour - featuring a pre-show drink, a discussion moderated by the delightful Greg Brisendine, and
a Q & A with Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth!

Tuesday, July 26th at 5:45 pm

Gallery / Lobby
West of Lenin

If you're a donor, you're drink's on us. But everyone is welcome!

COLLEEN CAREY (PENELOPE) is a Seattle native. She began working as a professional actor at the age of five. She was featured in numerous commercials for national clients and appeared in local theater productions including A Christmas Carol at ACT. Colleen gained early admission to the prestigious Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (featured in the documentary films Fame High and Shakespeare High) and continued her education at the North Carolina School for the Arts. Film and Television credits include: Ticket Out with Ray Liotta, Alexandra Breckenridge and Billy Burke; Mystery Case Files Video Game Series; Bigfoot with Danny Bonaduce, Barry Williams, Bruce Davison and Cynthia Geary; The Boy Who Lived Before and Different Drummers with Brayden Tucker, Meg McLynn and Lisa Coronado. She was nominated for the Best Actress Award from the WorldFest Houston International Film Festival for her work in Different Drummers. As a stage actor, Colleen has performed in over twenty-five Seattle productions, including Seattle Times Footlight Award winners "Edmond” and “Café Nordo”. She was nominated for a Theater of Puget Sound Gregory Award for her work in All Through the Night at ArtsWest. Most recently she played Lady Capulet in Seattle Immersive Theatre's R&J and Sabina Gallagher in Seattle Immersive Theatre's The Place Between.

JENN RUZUMNA (MELANTHO) is delighted to be a part of this wonderful cast. Jenn was recently seen in Pork Filled Production’s A Hand of Talons and in The Twelfth Story at The Annex. She has also performed at Theater Schmeater, On the Boards, West of Lenin, Studio 4 Seattle and Woodinville Rep and others. Favorite roles: Jennifer Tucker in Wayne Rawley’s Beating Up Bachman (Radial Theater), Betty Dullfeet in The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui (The CHAC) and Debra in A Kind of Alaska (BASH). Jenn also enjoys film work and is looking forward to the release of some of her films this year including the feature Brown’s Canyon (Try This Films). She’s also looking forward to an upcoming reading of her co-written play, Serving Caleb. Her happy place is eating pizza and chocolate with her husband, children and dogs.

MICHAEL OAKS (ODYSSEUS) - Michael is currently appearing in Speed the Plow at
Theatre 9/12. Other local credits include: The Winter Bird at Eclectic Theatre; Father Flynn in Doubt, Jack in Everything in the Garden, Lyman in A Shade of Green, Pishchik in The Cherry Orchard all with Theatre 9/12; The Twilight Zone Live! at Theater Schmeater; Three Screams at Man Alone Productions; and as an annual cast member of Ham for the Holidays with Lisa Koch and Peggy Platt at ACT.

BENJAMIN SYMONS (TELEMACHUS) is just overjoyed to be a part of this process. Having grown up on D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths and having read The Odyssey (multiple times) in school helping to bring this story to life is a dream come true. He was last on stage in Eat Cake at Annex Theater and has performed with Ghostlight Theatricals in As You Like It and From Kings to Controllers, and with The Bathhouse Ensemble in Celebrity Row, Edgar & Annabel, and Almost, Maine.

BRANDON COLLINSWORTH (PHEMIUS) is overjoyed to be working on such a thrilling play with such a formidable, stellar cast. Favorite professional roles include Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Picasso in Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Tulsa in Gypsy!, Doody in Grease, Ross in Macbeth, and Ugly in Honk! Brandon would like to thank all the members of Parley for their hard work, inspiration, and camaraderie. He would especially like to thank Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth for her stalwart support, inspiring words (written & otherwise), and her general, tangible hotness. This is all for her.

A Fine Line, by Celeste Mari Williams

May 2016

Do you know what it's like to watch the first signs of aging appear on your face?
Those creases and spots can feel like uninvited houseguests . . . who never leave.
Lena's just turned forty, and the sight of her changing face fills her with dread.
Then the newest line on her face begins talking to her. (How's that for a wrinkle?)
Will Lena survive her encounters with Gloria Swanson, Chinese Herb, and the Sun himself?
What will it take for her to let go of the failed marriage that left her childless
and her obsessive fears of growing older alone?

A Fine Line

a dramatic farce

by Celeste Mari Williams

directed by
Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth

featuring
Ina Chang
Asa Sholdez
Pilar Walsh
Allen Go
Denny Le
Brian Pucheu
and
Nelle Tankus

Tuesday, May 24th

7 pm

West of Lenin

pay what you will

<=======================
Videography by the wonderful
Tom Speer.

ASA SHOLDEZ (FINE LINE/ SOULMATE) has been playing at theater since well before he was old enough to remember any lines, and hopefully long after he's too old! This time, they even let him hold the script...Having spent the majority of the last 30(ish) years playing to audiences North of the Sno-King line, Asa would especially like to thank Celeste and Rebecca for inviting him to the Southland. Other stages Mr Sholdez has been privileged to visit are Second Story Rep, Driftwood Players and The Historic Everett Theater. For tolerating him and his passion for theater (but mostly him...) Asa should also mention here his wonderful children and his very own Yellow Sun.

PILAR WALSH (GLORIA), a SAG-AFTRA actress, singer, dancer, writer, filmmaker, producer and mother of four, has worked for many years in TV, film, and stage. Some highlights in the past few years were playing Liza Minnelli on MAD-TV, performing opposite Ken Page in Man of La Mancha with Broadway Austin, the Indie film Dog Barks opposite Michael Costello and Bernstein’s MASS, Cabaret, Pippin and The Musical of Musicals in Hawaii. She worked with Alec Baldwin and Annette Bening on Running With Scissors, Kathy Najimi on Hope Floats, and a half-dozen independent films along the way. She performed her own cabaret show in Seattle and Los Angeles, “Mostly Sondheim and a Little Lloyd-Weber” and still dances, having worked 3 times on the Howie Mandel TV show Mobbed. She is a recipient of the Actors Fund Teaching Artist Institute Certification. She has recently returned to Seattle to be close to her grown children, having been gone almost 10 years. She wrote, produced and co-directed a sizzle reel/short film of her screenplay How I Survived the Sixties, recently screened at the Northwest Film Forum for SAG/AFTRA Short Film showcase. She is thrilled to be working with Parley and all the great talent involved.

INA CHANG (LENA) is a writer and performer whose short plays have been included in the Seattle Fringe Festival, Seattle One-Minute Play Festival, Seattle Play Series, and Theatre Battery’s 24-hour new play festival. She is a member of the SIS Writers Group and serves on the board of New Century Theatre Company. As a singer, Ina has performed frequently in recital and in opera roles that include Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute and Olympia in Tales of Hoffman. Earlier this year, she made her theater debut as Umma in Seayoung Yim’s Do It for Umma at Annex Theatre; she’ll reprise the role in August when the show is remounted at Theatre Off Jackson.

ALLEN GO (CHINESE HERB) is thrilled to be part of this Parley workshop process in perfecting this terrific play. His previous shows and one currently in the works are: Who Needs Feng Shui? at Eclectic Theater's Fair Play Festival, Paper Angels at the Seattle Fringe with SIS Productions, The Joy Luck Club with Tacoma Little Theatre, The Herbalist (stage reading) with Heart Break Productionz, and Prelude to a Kiss and The Joy Luck Club with React Theatre.

BRIAN PUCHEU (THE SUN) is originally from Tranquillity CA, yes that is a real place. He moved to Seattle a couple years ago and couldn't be happier. Some local credits include, but are not limited to, Pirate King (Pirates of Penzance) with the G&S society, Einstein (Picasso at the Lapin Agile) with 12th Night, Edger Poe (Hours of Life) with Theater 22, and Perchik (Fiddler on the Roof) with SMT. Brian is grateful to be playing a demi-god because... what?... No. I'm not writing that... Because, you'll sound like an ass!... NO! Stop saying it... stop... Stop!.. Just STO-FINE, I'll write it!... Brian is grateful to be playing a demi-god because he (thinks) it suits his subtle, yet powerful, personality and good-looks. (I am so sorry you had to read that.)

DENNY LE (BABY DARK SPOT) is very excited to be working with Parley again and finally getting to play a dream-role he never knew he had: a big, grotesque baby creature. He was last seen with Parley last year playing Kellen in Café Đụ Má by Julie Hoang. Denny is currently a Senior at the University of Washington studying Musical Theater and will be graduating in June! He has performed with several theater companies in Seattle, but he is excited to share that this summer he will be working with the Intiman Theatre for the first time as an actor for Intiman's Emerging Artist Program.

TRUMP'D, by Benjamin Benne

May 2016

In mid-May, Parley presented the world premiere workshop of a new play.

TRUMP'D

an American tragedy
of Greek proportions

by Benjamin Benne

featuring

Rebecca & Brandon
Tourino Collinsworth
Fawn Ledesma, Joe Ivey
and
Andrew Lee Creech

Tuesday, 17 May

7 pm

West of Lenin

pay what you will

At age 17, Alma crossed the border separating Mexico and the United States to give birth to her daughter, Angel. Now, 16 years later, Angel is studying for her SATs as Alma studies for her citizenship test.

But Alma's dreams have been turning into nightmares as Donald Trump makes his ascent toward the presidency, police brutality runs rampant, and a stranger with a penchant for milk visits the cantina where Alma works.

When the line between having everything to gain and nothing to lose dissipates, Alma is left to question whether her American Dream has merely been a fantasy. In 2016, who benefits from the abundance of the land of plenty?

Preceded by our inaugural

Playwrights'

Happy Hour

a behind-the-scenes look at Parley's development process and
a Q&A with the playwright of TRUMP'D,
Benjamin Benne.

Videography by the generous Tom Speer.

A happy theater patron is a healthy theater patron.

REBECCA TOURINO COLLINSWORTH (ALMA) dedicates this performance to her grandmother, Zoila Pérez, who arrived in this country at the age of fifteen. Rebecca is a graduate of UC Berkeley (BA, English), UC Irvine (MFA, Acting), and the Pacific Conservatory Theatre. She made her professional acting debut as Hero in Much Ado About Nothing at the Globe Theatre in London, and has since acted in regional theaters all over the United States. As a teaching artist, she’s worked with the Claire Trevor School of the Arts at UC Irvine; the Alliance Theater in Atlanta; the New York Film Academy; Seattle University; Meadows School of the Arts at SMU; and the Washington Correctional Center for Women and Freehold Theatre Lab. She is Parley’s founder and artistic director.

JOE IVY (DON/PATRON) is a 40 year veteran performer of stage, screen and television. Joe has appeared in over 35 films and television shows as well as numerous commercials and non-broadcast/ training films. Joe has also worked on more than 50 live theatre shows as a performer and director. Most recently the film “Better than Love” and A View from the Bridge at Seattle Rep.

BRANDON TOURINO COLLINSWORTH (MIKE) is thrilled to return to Parley for his first Benjamin Benne play! Other Parley productions include A Long Dark Ride, Language of this World, No Man’s Land, Stamina, and Aliens Anonymous. Brandon would like to thank all the members of Parley for their hard work, inspiration, and camaraderie. He would especially like to thank Rebecca Tourino for her stalwart support and encouragement (and direction!).

FAWN LEDESMA (ANGELINDA/YOUNG ALMA) is over the moon to be working on a third project with the incredibly giving, creative, brilliant people of Parley. You may have seen her on the stages of 5th Avenue, Village Theatre, Seattle Opera, Seattle Children's Theatre and Intiman Theatre Festival. Next up she will be attending a year-long training program for her M.F.A in classical acting in Washington, D.C.

#nofilter, an exhibition

April 2016

In late April, Parley partnered with Forward Flux Productions to present Cycle 7 of collaborate:create.

Parley partnered again with Forward Flux Productions to present Cycle 7 of collaborate:create on April 20th
at Fremont Abbey in Seattle.

Fifteen artists
(including Parley playwrights Benjamin Benne and Caitlin Coey)
had twenty-one days to stretch across disciplines and create brand-new work, culminating in one exhibition unlike anything you've ever seen.

This cycle we investigated filters.
From Instagram photos to click-bait news
to what we choose to share on social media, filters are everywhere.
How are we able to decipher what's real
in a world where so many filters exist?

#nofilter

April 20

7 - 10 pm

Fremont Abbey Arts Center

The Orchid and the Skull, by Hannah Merrill

April 2016

In early April, Parley presented the world premiere workshop of a new play.

The Orchid and the Skull

by Hannah Merrill

directed by Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth

featuring

Marie Bolla
Chelsea DuVall
Alexandra Griffin
Tanvee Kale
Gabriela Noble
Ashley Salazar
and
Stephanie Spohrer

Tuesday, 5 April at 7 pm

West of Lenin

The Orchid and the Skull welcomes you to a house of ghosts, where you'll encounter elaborate desserts, hard alcohol, silver bracelets, and four women spiraling into hell—or rising into heaven.

pay what you will

ALEXANDRA GRIFFIN (TABITHA) is proud to act for the stage for the first time after spending many years working on film. She has recently been the lead in the short films Ted Bundy: King of Hearts, Mirrors, and the feature film Split. She has a double degree from Washington State University: a B.S. in Psychology and a B.A. in Humanities. She has studied acting for film with Mighty Tripod Productions, and has taken private coaching with David S. Hogan and Angela DiMarco. More at Alexandragriffinactor.com

MARIE BOLLA (PRAKSHI) is from Seattle and graduated from Freehold Studio's Ensemble Training Intensive (ETI) in June, where she was a recipient of the Diversity Scholarship and previously completed the one-year Meisner intensive. She is excited to join the cast of The Orchid and the Skull in her first Parley production and thanks Rebecca and Hannah for this beautiful opportunity. Marie most recently performed with Annex Theatre (The Twelfth Story), Infinity Box Theatre and Sound Theatre. While in ETI she was in Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well and created and performed in her solo show, A Mythology. Marie dedicates this performance to the women in her community - friends, teachers, mentors and co-workers.

ASHLEY SALAZAR (MATILDE) is ecstatic to be working with Parley and such a lovely cast of ladies. She has previously worked on The Passion of Antigona Perez (Thriving Artists) and Just Short of Crazy, as well as Voices of Courage in conjunction with YWCA in Tacoma. She has trained with Freehold Theatre's Meisner progression. Lot of hugs to my family with endless patience.

STEPHANIE SPOHRER (RACHEL) is thrilled to be working with Parley! She is a transplant from New York and is loving all of the theatre that she is honored to be a part of in Seattle! Since venturing to Seattle Stephanie has worked with: Ghost Light Theatricals, Pacific Play Company, SecondStory Rep, Burien Actor's Theatre, Driftwood Players. She has worked with CLIMB Theatre in Minnesota as an actor educator, performing interactive classes for children. Stephanie received a BA in Theatre Performance from SUNY New Paltz, NY. Thanks to Mike and her friends and family for their support! Cheers to this fierce group of talented woman!

TANVEE KALE (SUMATI) considers herself an artist, although where she's from, school, academics and education are considered everything. She creates code, she choreographs dances, she expresses emotions! She works as a software engineer during the day, and her evenings - and most of her life - are dedicated to her passion of dance and theater. The sounds of ghungroos and audience applause are her life's most prized moments. Tanvee has been actively involved with a local non-profit South Asian arts organization - Pratidhwani - since she came to Seattle in 2009 and has participated in, choreographed, acted and directed multiple Pratidhwani dance wing shows. Tanvee is also actively involved in the regional Marathi drama scene, having done multiple plays for the Seattle Maharashtra Mandal as well as Xperiments, Seattle.

Most recently seen in Forward Flux's Hookman, CHELSEA DuVALL (BLUMA) is a performer, writer and theatre-maker who relocated to Seattle in October (2015) after completing her Masters in Fine Arts in Acting at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). During her time at CalArts, she additionally studied playwriting under the mentorship of playwright and poet, Douglas Kearney and playwright, Alice Tuan. Her writing primarily examines socio-political topics, explored through poetic language, experimental theatrical devices and performative techniques. Chelsea has had her plays and adaptations produced within the CalArts School of Theatre and for international festivals and workshops. Favorite roles; Clytemnestra (Another Troy), Blanche DuBois (A Streetcar Named Desire), Juliet (Romeo and Juliet), Ophelia (Hamlet). Up next: Chelsea will be participating in collaborate:create (Forward Flux) and traveling to Iceland in July with of Light (Source Material).

GABRIELA NOBLE (ANTONIA) is thrilled to be participating in her first staged reading! It's also her first time with Parley and it's been a great experience. Some productions she's been in here in the NW are Evita at TMP and The Mikado with the Gilbert and Sullivan Society. She's excited to perform such an awesome play with such an incredibly talented cast!

Beautiful Moon, by Amber Hughes

March 2016

In late March, Parley proudly presented the world premiere workshop of a new play.

Beautiful Moon

by Amber Hughes

directed by Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth
featuring:
Emily Pike
Sophie Franco
Katie Woodzick
Varsha Raghavan
Isis King

Monday, March 28

7 pm

West of Lenin
|| pay what you will ||

A young girl struggles to fall asleep in her violent and chaotic home, her heart aching over the suffering she sees all around her. Desperate for something different, she escapes into her own mind to discover a solution that will change everything. Her vivid imagination brings forth a few famous characters to her aid, but will they be enough? In the face of the terrorizing forces that oppose her, how can even the most resilient of children prevail?

EMILY PIKE (YOUNG GIRL) is a local actor and musician with a BFA in theater from Cornish College of the Arts. Aside from Beautiful Moon, she is currently working with Freehold's Engaged Theater program in their annual residency at the Washington Correctional Center for Women. She's had the pleasure of collaborating with Parley on several previous projects, and she couldn't be more delighted to work with such a capable and ambitious team of artists. She'd like to thank Rebecca, Amber, and her fellow cast members for a joyful and thought-provoking process.

Videography by the extraordinary Tom Speer.

SOPHIE R. FRANCO (WOMAN et al.) is a Peruvian American theatre artist, mover and shaker based out of Seattle. This is her first appearance with Parley. Beautiful Moon has been a delightful process & opportunity to collaborate with inspiring, generous, and talented artists. Sophie would like to give special thanks to Amber Hughes and Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth for creating such a collaborative and open space. Sophie is a 2015 alumni of the Cornish College of the Arts' Original Works program. Some of her favorite roles include Emma from Betrayal and Masha from Three Sisters. Surviving the Franco Regime is her solo performance and dark comedy that explores family values, culture clash and identity. Sophie is eager to continue storytelling in the Seattle community, and you can see her next in eSe Teatro's Bernie's Apartment this May at ACT Theatre.

KATIE WOODZICK (MAN et al.) is a writer, director, actor and the creator and host of the Theatrical Mustang podcast. Favorite roles include Pirelli in Sweeney Todd, Magenta in The Rocky Horror Show and Clown #2 in The 39 Steps. They are delighted to be a part of this dynamic ensemble. Many thanks to Amber and Rebecca for the opportunity to collaborate with Parley.

A Chicago native and greater Boston transplant, VARSHA RAGHAVAN (PERSON 1 et al.) is happy to have called herself a Seattle resident for the past seven months. So far, she has had the pleasure of working with STAGEright and Forward Flux Productions. Varsha is immensely grateful for the opportunity to work on such a unique and dynamic project with Parley, and thanks Amber, Rebecca, and the entire cast for creating such beautiful art.

ISIS KING (PERSON 2 et al.) is so excited to join the talented, intelligent, intuitive cast of Beautiful Moon! This is Isis' 3rd outing with Parley;previous productions include last month's A Long Dark Ride, by Ryan Nole Fields, and last spring's Joy Ride, by Cara Romanik. Isis loves dancing in the moonlight, long bike rides in beautiful weather, and eating good food. She urges everyone to find their own light and stay whimsical!

The Lush Life, by Julie Hoang

February 2016

In late February, Parley presented the world premiere workshop of a new comedy.

featuring

Erin Bednarz
Benjamin Benne+
Chris Crawford*
Julian Garcia
and
Julie Hoang+

* Parley Associate Artist
+ Parley Associate Playwright

Videography by Tom Speers. ====>

The Lush Life

a new play

by Julie Hoang

directed by Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth

Tuesday, February 23

7 pm

West of Lenin

Mia, Alex, Danny, and Vivian are constantly finding new ways to f*ck up; their lives are an accumulated hot mess of unfulfilled purpose. One Saturday evening, during his first day on the job in New York City, an unfortunate Uber driver attempts to help them all arrive at their destination. But these twenty-somethings have no idea where they’re going – literally or figuratively.

ERIN BEDNARZ (MIA) Having previously been seen in Ryan Fields' No Man's Land, Erin always loves an opportunity to work with the magic that is Parley. Erin is a proud company member of LiveGirls! Theater, and will be the Assistant Director to their upcoming collab at ACT Theatre this summer. She is also a co-founder of Umbrella Project -- a new Seattle organization dedicated to the development of local playwrights. Catch her next in ACT's YPP Playwrights Festival, as well as her sound designs for Do It For Umma at Annex Theatre and The Tempest for New City Theater. She'll also be designing costumes for upcoming Seattle Fringe show The Worry Machine. Support new work!

JULIAN GARCIA (DANNY) is thrilled to be collaborating with Parley once again. The Lush Life will be the third time he will be performing with incredible Seattle actors and the creative minds behind Parley. He was previously seen as Agent Dale Cooper in Twin Peaks Live and as August in Careful Girls. Julian would love to thank Julie Hoang for bringing interesting characters and a beautiful disaster of a story to the stage, and Rebecca for creating intensely funny yet amazing moments.

BENJAMIN BENNE (UBER DRIVER) is a theater artist, associate playwright of Parley, and the literary manager of Forward Flux Productions. For the past few years, his focus has been playwriting; some of his works include: Terra Incognita (O'Neill 2014 National Playwrights Conference semi-finalist; upcoming production with Annex Theatre), What \ Washed Ashore / Astray (O'Neill 2015 National Playwrights Conference semi-finalist), at the very bottom of a body of water (The Playwrights' Center's Many Voices Fellowship finalist; in development with Umbrella Project), and q u e r e n c i a: an imagined autobiography (2014 Seattle Fringe Festival's Spirit of the Fringe Award recipient). He returns to the Parley stage for a second time with his acting teacher Janet Zarish's words in mind, "You have to receive action like a pie to the face." Ben only takes pies to the face when he admires plays as much as Julie's.

CHRIS CRAWFORD (ALEX) is thrilled to return for his seventh production with Parley. Chris is an actor and singer-songwriter from Columbus, Ohio. He was honored to be chosen as one of Parley’s 2015 Associate Artists. He'd like to thank Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth for all of her understanding looks and kind words, Julie Hoang for writing such a fun, engaging play, the cast, and the rest of the Parley members for making him feel so at home. Enjoy the show!

JULIE HOANG (VIVIAN) is an associate playwright of Parley. Her previous play with the company was Cafe Du Ma. She is also a writer of SiS Productions and associate artist of Seattle Actors Collective. Julie's work has been featured locally, as well as in Los Angeles, where she performed her solo show, The Sunday Journey of Existence, at the Hollywood Fringe. As an actor, she has performed with Book-It Repertory, Sound Theatre Company, SiS, ReAct, and many more. You can see her next in Annex Theatre's Eat Cake, written by Parley colleague Seth, with whom she co-started Drinking Cake & Eating Beer, a podcast featuring new plays. Julie owes tremendous thanks to Rebecca and the Parley crew.

A Long Dark Ride, by Ryan Nole Fields

February 2016

In mid-February, Parley presented the first workshop production of our 2016 season.

A Long Dark Ride

by Ryan Fields

directed by Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth

featuring
Brandon Collinsworth*
Andy Buffelen
Amber Hughes+
Kiki Abba*
Denise Paulette
Nick Edwards
Isis King
Christopher Crawford*

* Parley Associate Artist
+ Parley Associate Playwright

Oliver's got a tough job, and he's keeping secrets that threaten to undo him. He’s about to face a career-ending review panel in the morning. His past follows him around to make sure he keeps his promises; his present refuses to trust him; and his future depends upon how well he can navigate his final 24-hour shift with no mistakes. A play about public and private selves that collide, A LONG DARK RIDE is about a lonely medic's last shot at redemption.

Monday,

15 February

7 pm

West of Lenin

Admission is pay what you will, but seating is limited.
We recommend reservations.

KIKI ABBA (TAYLOR) A Long Dark Ride marks Kiki's 8th production working with Parley. Kiki is an actor, teaching artist, social media marketer for the arts, and one of Parley's Associate Artists. She was last seen in Playing in Progress' Snowglobed at West of Lenin. She'd like to thank Parley and Rebecca for constantly providing artistic challenges with one hell of a support system. Thanks to Ryan for pushing boundaries and writing from the heart. And a big thanks to the badass cast for being along for the ride. She would like to dedicate this performance to Aimi Lea.

NICK EDWARDS (JAMISON / UNIDENTIFIED MAN) is an actor, improviser, writer, and director in Seattle. Recent scripted performances include Professor Dash in Sauced (understudy, Café Nordo), 14/48: The World's Quickest Theater Festival, Clark (Voyage for Madmen, 14/48 Projects), Davy O’Dowd, et al. (…Kavalier & Clay, Book-It), Twilight Zones (Theater Schmeater), Ari (Undo, Annex), devising ensemble (Spectacle Lunatique, Redmoon Theatre of Chicago), Antonio (Twelfth Night, Montana Shakespeare in the Parks), Tom Wingfield (The Glass Menagerie, Mount Baker Theatre), and Jack Lovington (The Jammer, Balagan). Recent improvised performances include Uncle Mike Ruins Christmas, What If, Upside Downton, Funbucket, Final Transmission, Lease (Jet City Improv), and Wagner’s Sketches (Seattle Opera). Nick received a BA in Theatre Arts from Western Washington University. He is an ensemble member of Jet City Improv.

CHRIS CRAWFORD (FIREFIGHTER et al.) is excited to be working on his sixth production with Parley. Chris is a singer-songwriter from Columbus, Ohio and one of Parley’s 2015 Associate Artists. He'd like to thank Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth for all her encouragement and support, Ryan, the cast, and the rest of the Parley members for making him feel so at home. Enjoy the show!

ANDY BUFFELEN (BEN SIEGFRIED) is super stoked to finally be on the Parley squad telling this remarkable story! A PNW native, Andy's a local performer, director, producer, and writer. He's proud to have collaborated on projects with Annex Theatre, Playing in Progress, Live Girls!, Seattle Fringe Festival, Pacific Play Co, Boom Theater Co, Bainbridge P.A., West of Lenin, Cabin Fever, 14/48 Projects, YPP, ACT Lab, and his alma mater Cornish College of the Arts. In February, Andy is Producing/AD'ing Theatre22's first off-night venture, Can't Talk Right Now by Scotto Moore. You can catch Andy this spring in 9 to 5: The Musical at Centerstage Theatre. Andy is Managing Director at Forward Flux Productions who will produce seven new plays in 2016! Big ol' thanks to family, buddies, Parley, and the cast.

DENISE PAULETTE (DR. RANSEN) This is Denise's second venture with Parley. Denise believes that there is something quite powerful and magical about being involved in new work and the playwriting process. Especially with such a talented and professional group such as Parley. In the spring, Denise will be reprising her one-woman show, Zelda, by William Luce based on the writings of Mrs. F. Scott Fitzgerald at the Maple Valley Arts Center.

BRANDON COLLINSWORTH (OLIVER) is thrilled to return to Parley for this powerful new play by Ryan Fields. Other Parley productions include Language of this World, No Man’s Land, Stamina, and Aliens Anonymous. Brandon would like to thank all the members of Parley for their hard work, inspiration, and camaraderie. He would especially like to thank Rebecca Tourino for her stalwart support and encouragement (and direction!). Lastly, Brandon would like to dedicate his performance to Ryan Fields, who works unbelievably hard, under trying circumstances, and continues to be a force for good in this world. Here's to ya!

AMBER HUGHES (ABIGAIL WINTERS) is a Seattle native with a desire to create theatre that challenges and changes communities. She has trained at Profiles Theatre in Chicago, with Theatre of the Oppressed NYC, and Freehold Theatre. Amber is a playwright with Parley and had her first play, Thirst, produced last year. This is Amber's fifth time performing in a Parley show. She is so proud and honored to be a part of this beautiful and compelling play. She thanks you for your continued support of new playwrights!

ISIS KING (LIN et al.) Recently returned from 10 years of living in New York City - where she performed both in productions at Nicu's Spoon and the Ontological-Hysterics Theater as well as on such TV shows as The Good Wife and Smash - she looks forward to honing her skills in the magical and theater-ripe Pacific NW. Originally from Seattle, WA, she has bi-coastal theater training and a background in dance (ballet). She holds an Associate of Arts degree from Seattle Central Community College and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre and Africana & Puerto Rican/Latino Studies from the City University of New York - Hunter College. Isis has performed with academic and faith-based theatre companies in Ghana, Zimbabwe, and China. She hopes to continue to travel and perform all over the world.

Aliens Anonymous, by Ed Corrigan

November 2015

In late November, Parley presented the final world premiere workshop production of our 2015 season.

Aliens Anonymous

by Ed Corrigan

directed by Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth
production coordination by Hannah Merrill

featuring
Clayton Michael, Kendra Pierce, and Brandon Collinsworth

with
Ed Corrigan as Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adrien Gamache as Frank Zappa
Kamaria Hallums-Harris as Angela Davis
Kyler Morrison as Abbie Hoffman
Denise Paulette as Patti Smith
Bryce Smith as Malcolm X
and Celeste Williams as the Reader

Monday, Nov 23

@ 7 pm

Welcome to the Land of USA in the year 2030, when Mickey mysteriously arrives in Belltown from another world. Drawn into a secret group called Aliens Anonymous (which includes the activist outsiders Patti Smith, Angela Davis, Frank Zappa, Abbie Hoffman, Dwight Eisenhower, and Malcolm X), Mickey is tasked with saving us all from total domination by the evil Macrocorp. Will Mickey convince his beloved - the fearless, fey, red-headed Delores - to lead the coming revolution? Will Delores finally return Mickey’s affections? Will they succeed in taking down the Machine? Aliens Anonymous is Mickey’s quest to become all he’s meant to be.

pay what you will

CLAYTON MICHAEL (Mickey), recently proclaimed a "True Seattleite," is a life adventurer, artist, and entrepreneur. After a hiatus from the stage Clayton is making 2015 his breakout year to run with his ideas. His recent credits include Green Whales by Lia Romeo (Forward Flux) Four Gone Conclusions (Burien Little Theater) and the short films, Spook Me Baby One More Time (Gritty Flix), Real Estate Earth (Syd Boyle), Kultur Shock Music video "Wild N Crazy Guys," and Take a Bow (Chris Kirkamont/Bent Light). See Clayton in the upcoming The Hat by Parley Associate Playwright Greg Brisendine in spring of 2016. You will also catch Clayton starring in a world premiere as "Floyd" in Rhino (Syd Boyle/Bent Light), and as "The Darkman" in The Darkman Project (John Beasley/Cascade Media).

KENDRA PIERCE (Delores) is so very excited about working with Parley for the first time! Kendra was last seen in Annex Theatre's fall production of My Dear Miss Chancellor. Some of her past roles include Margaret (Much Ado About Nothing), Jaquenetta/Katherine (Love Labour's Lost) and Portia (Merchant of Venice). Kendra received her BFA from Cornish College of the Arts in 2011. She has done dance choreography for companies such as Tacoma Actor's Repertory Theatre, Greenstage, Theater Schmeater, Seattle Musical Theatre, Quiet and Assumption Catholic School. Kendra also has stage combat certifications in rapier and dagger, broadsword, unarmed, sword and shield. Enjoy the show!

BRANDON COLLINSWORTH (John) is cranked to return to Parley for this hip play by his new favorite cat, Ed Corrigan. Favorite roles include Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Picasso in Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Ross in Macbeth, and roles in Parley’s own Language of this World, No Man’s Land, and Stamina. Brandon is real gone over all the members of Parley (especially that classy chassis, Rebecca Tourino!), and would like to thank them for sharing their jet-smart illuminations and letting him crash their pad. Man, he's in Fat City! Brandon hopes you all have a blast casting an eyeball at Parley's work, and maybe even drop some bread. But if you're some Clyde and can't cool it, you can dangle, ya dig?

ADRIEN GAMACHE (Frank Zappa) has been acting in the Puget Sound area since 1995 and has appeared in a variety of stage productions, including Hatful of Rain, Julius Caesar, Getting Away With Murder, A Christmas Carol, As You Like It, You Can’t Take It With You, Spider’s Web, Born Yesterday, Postmortem, The Secret Garden, See How They Run, and Inherit the Wind. He has appeared in several feature films, including The Penitent Man, starring Lance Henriksen, Matt’s Chance, starring Lee Majors, and Beta Test. Adrien is Chairman of Private Valuations, Inc., a valuation and investment banking firm in Bellevue, Washington, and he is Past Board President of Freehold Theatre/Lab Studio in Seattle. He lives in Issaquah, Washington with his wife, Lora Robertson, an artist and poet.

ED CORRIGAN (Dwight D. Eisenhower) is a Seattle playwright, poet and author. As a playwright he is a graduate of ACT Theater's Intermediate Playwriting and Freehold Theater's Playwriting III. Original plays include The Ave, David, Guess Who’s Coming to the Wedding, Through the Memory Darkly, Boomer Karma, Wizard, Aliens Anonymous and Lost Friend. Ed is thankful to be a Parley Associate Playwright and surprised, really, to have landed a role in a play with such talented actors, a brilliant director and multi-talented staff.

BRYCE SMITH (Malcolm X) has been pining to work with Parley again since his initial stint with Seth Tankus' Eat Cake! He’s studied an abundant amount of prevalent source material, and hopes to deliver a convincing "Malcom X" for Ed Corrigan’s Aliens Anonymous. A bit of "beat" spirit burning in himself, he was instantaneously enamored with this play, and is elated for the opportunity to play with this company again.

DENISE PAULETTE (Patti Smith) is excited to be collaborating for the third time with her friend, playwright Ed Corrigan. It is a unique process to give the playwright’s words and message a voice for the first time. Denise’s work with Ed has ranged from the grieving strong grandmother in Boomer Karma to the tortured mind of Ego in Through The Memory Darkly. When Denise isn’t working with Ed she is performing her one woman show, Zelda by William Luce, based on the writings of Mrs. F. Scott Fitzgerald.

CELESTE MARI WILLIAMS (The Reader) has acted in local film, stage, commercial, and television productions. She is originally from Los Angeles but rediscovered her creative voice in Seattle. Celeste is an associate playwright with Parley, with whom her play, Amelia’s Wall, was showcased in May. She has also worked with SIS Productions as a writer for Insatiable and Revealed, and as a co-producer and dramaturge for Paper Angels. She has performed in The Diviners, Cosmopolis, the Shoreline Shorts, and was recently in the Short Shorts with the Seattle Playwrights Circle. She has also acted in staged readings for Pork Filled Players, the Umbrella Project, and the Seattle Playwrights Studio. Celeste is excited to make her Parley acting debut in Ed Corrigan’s fantastic play, Aliens Anonymous. Many thanks to Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth and the Parley family!

KAMARIA HALLUMS-HARRIS (Angela Davis) is from Greer, South Carolina. It is in South Carolina where she originally discovered her love for the theater. Kamaria attended South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities for her last two years of high school as a drama student. It was then that she decided that Seattle was the place for her to be during this time of her life. Kamaria is now a graduate of Cornish College of the Arts with a degree in Original Works, and she could not be happier with where this journey has led her thus far and where it will continue to take her. Kamaria's most recent credits are Neverwhere (Cornish Playhouse), Milk Like Sugar (Theatre Battery), A Christmas Carol (ACT), and Mwindo Understudy (SCT).

KYLER MORRISON (Abbie Hoffman) is relatively new to acting, fresh out of high school. This will be his fourth role in a play production. He intends to pursue acting in the years to come.

Careful Girls, by Caitlin Coey

November 2015

In November 2015, Parley presented the workshop production of a new play.

Careful Girls

the world premiere workshop production of a new play

by Caitlin Coey

directed by Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth

Featuring
Grace Carmack, Emily Pike, Jenn Ruzumna, Clayton Michael, Julian Garcia, Christopher Crawford,
and Noelle Mestres

Tuesday, Nov 17 at 7 pm

West of Lenin

pay what you will

High school juniors Liza and Taryn have been best friends since they were twelve, and the intrepid Taryn’s gotten used to leading the way for the cautious Liza. But when they both start dating older boys, Liza says she’s going way too far. Soon, Taryn’s reputation comes under fire at school. Will Liza stick by her? Will her parents?

<=== Videography by Tom Speer

GRACE CARMACK (Taryn) graduated from Cornish College of the Arts in 2014 with a BFA in theater. She most recently performed as Cordelia in Map Theatre's production of The Art of Bad Men and Harley in the Forward Flux's staged reading of The Summer House by Sarah Bernstein. Prior to Cornish, her training consisted of ballet, jazz, tap, modern dance, and Irish step dancing. Grace is also a playwright and a poet whose work focuses on queerness, trauma, and the various ways love manifests in our lives.

JENN RUZUMNA (Janet) is delighted to be making her Parley debut in Careful Girls. She was just seen in Theater Schmeater’s production of Welcome to My Secret Lair. She has performed in and around the Puget Sound area at a variety of theaters such as On the Boards, West of Lenin, Studio 4 Seattle and Woodinville Rep. Favorite roles include Jennifer Tucker in Wayne Rawley’s Beating Up Bachman (Radial Theater), Betty Dullfeet in The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui (The CHAC) and Debra in A Kind of Alaska (BASH). Jenn also enjoys film work and is looking forward to the release of some of her films this coming year including the feature Brown’s Canyon (Try This Films). You can next see Jenn on stage at The Annex Theater performing in The Twelfth Story. Her happy place is eating pizza and chocolate with her husband and children.

NOELLE MESTRES (Joanie Horman) is excited to be a part of Parley Productions and Careful Girls! Recent stage roles include: Ingrid in Christmas on Mars with Outsiders Inn, Helena in All’s Well That Ends Well with Freehold Theatre, and Rachel in [BOXED.] with Lungfish Productions. In June 2015 she completed the Ensemble Training Intensive at Freehold Theatre in Seattle. Noelle is a clinical social worker and has a psychotherapy practice in Edmonds, WA. She’s grateful for the opportunity to do two things she loves!

EMILY PIKE (Liza) is a local actor and musician with a BFA in Theater from Cornish College of the Arts. Careful Girls has been Emily's second opportunity to collaborate with the folks at Parley, and she couldn't be more delighted to be a part of this reading. She gives her thanks to the cast, to Rebecca, and of course to the wonderful playwright.

CLAYTON MICHAEL (Eric), recently proclaimed a “True Seattleite,” is a life adventurer, artist, and entrepreneur. As a fourth generation native of NW Washington, Clayton enjoys burning the city streets on a single speed fixie, road trips in his VW Vanagon and playing cribbage, crafting beer and watching the Seahawks with his family. He credits his father for inspiring him to be an Idea-man. See Clayton in the upcoming Parley Production, Aliens Anonymous, by Ed Corrigan.

JULIAN GARCIA (August) is thrilled to be joining Parley once again. Careful Girls marks his second involvement with Parley and the brilliant minds behind the scenes. He was previously seen playing Tony in the production Thirst. He wants to thank Coey for writing a beautiful play and Rebecca along with the cast for creating amazing moments.

CHRIS CRAWFORD (Silas) is excited to be working on his fifth production with Parley. Chris is a singer-songwriter from Columbus, Ohio and one of Parley’s Associate Artists. He'd like to thank Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth for her support, Caitlin Coey, the cast, and the rest of the Parley members for making him feel so welcome.

Stamina, by Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth

November 2015

Stamina premiered in May 2015 as a workshop production with Parley.
In November 2015, LungFish Productions and Parley co-produced a staged reading as the second installment of the play's development process.

Photo by Kyle James Traver. Left to right: Kiki Abba, Chris Crawford, Brandon Collinsworth, Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth, Sarah Rose Nottingham

Stamina

Written and directed by
Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth

Featuring
Kiki Abba*
Brandon Collinsworth*
Amy Baldwin*
Christopher Crawford*

*member of Actors Equity Association
*Parley Associate Artist

November 10th / 11th

7 pm

12th Avenue Arts
(1620 - 12th Avenue, Seattle)

Pink Rabbits, by Susan McNally

October 2015

In October 2015, Parley produced the world premiere workshop production of a new play.

Work has taken RUTH McREE (ANNIE) from the Goodman in Chicago to Stage South, the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, ACT in San Francisco and now Seattle, where she has appeared in many local theatres; among them: Annex, Arouet (The House of Bernarda Alba), Arts West (33 Variations, Leni), Book-It (Anna Karenina), SCT, Empty Space (The Return of Pinocchio), Gesamtkunstwerk (Frozen), Playworks (I Can’t Remember Anything, Red Wagon), Taproot (Tartuffe,Gaudy Night), Theatre 9/12 (Oddwoman of Pioneer Square, Canyon’s Edge, Everything in the Garden, Jason and Medea), and Women Seeking Theatre (Ladies of the Corridor). Her play Vesuvius at Home, about the poet Emily Dickinson, toured across the country and regionally in Washington State. She is a co-founder of Playworks, a touring theatre company. She frequently works as a Teaching Artist in public and private schools. She is happy to be working once again with Parley, having played in Susan McNally’s little gem: “In Sync,” earlier this year.

EMILY FELICIANO (HAPPINESS GIRL 2) is so thrilled to be adventuring with Parley again. She was last seen on stage with them as Lana in Thirst and is so grateful to join this awesome cast for Bunnies. Previous roles include Phillip Leroy in Are You There God? It's Me, Karen Carpenter, Transylvania in Rocky Horror and Bianca in Othello. Love to her friends and family. Glitter and be free.

OWEN YEN (DR. WOO) studied engineering and business administration in school and works in the tech industry for his day job, but his heart has always been in the arts. Over the past 20+ years, he has been fortunate to be able to fulfill his passions by working both as an actor and jazz musician on the side in Seattle and Chicago, and he is thrilled to have this opportunity to work with the talented artists at Parley once again on journey of artistic discovery together.

Parley proudly presents a world premiere workshop production.

Pink Rabbits

by Susan McNally

directed by Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth

featuring

Ruth McRee

David S. Klein

Kiki Abba

Emily Feliciano

Owen Yen

Camille Campbell

TWO PERFORMANCES!

Sunday, October 11th

and

Monday, October 12th

7 pm

at

West of Lenin

pay what you will

Admission is free, but seating is limited.
We recommend reservations.

ABOUT THE PLAY

Annie is an elderly woman who has lost her wedding ring, and, perhaps, her husband.

Her search for both will lead her
down a rabbit hole.

Pink Rabbits is a story of love, loss, and the disturbing mish-mash of time and memory.

DAVID S. KLEIN (JOHNNY) started out his acting career in 1969 doing experimental theater in Boston. Highlights included appearances at the Woodstock Aquarian Festival, the International Avant-Garde Theater Festival and a tour of Poland, where he saw Grotowski’s theater. He continued that work running a small touring theater in rural New Hampshire and Vermont. Since moving to Seattle in 1985, he has worked in most of our larger theaters as well as lots of smaller ones, including many that no longer exist, like Pioneer Square, the BathHouse and the Group. He was also a founding member of Book-It. He is currently a company member at Theater 9/12 and a member of Playworks. He has worked recently with GhostLight, Blood Ensemble, Confrontational Theater Project, New Century and the Seattle Shakespeare Company.

Pink Rabbits marks KIKI ABBA's (HAPPINESS GIRL 1) seventh production with Parley. Kiki is an actor, teaching artist, social media marketer for the arts, and one of Parley's Associate Artists. She was last seen in Annex's Zig Zag Festival. She'd like to thank Parley and Rebecca for constantly providing artistic challenges with one hell of a support system. Thanks to Emily for being a true blue friend (and every other color). And big congratulations to Sue on creating such a surprising and intriguing play.

CAMILLE CAMPBELL (AMEL) is especially excited to return to Parley and be a part of yet another amazing production, Pink Rabbits, and work with a fabulous seasoned cast, dynamic playwright, and beautiful director. Camille dedicates her Pink Rabbits performances to her lovely parents, Phyllis and Earnest Campbell, Jr. who are in the delicate winter season of their lives and whom she loves more than a million stars.

Videography by the generous Tom Speers.

Eat Cake, by Nelle Tankus

August 2015

In August 2015, Parley produced the world premiere workshop production of a new play.

Eat Cake

by Nelle Tankus

directed by Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth

production coordination by Julie Hoang

featuring
Matt Aguayo, Jeremy Behrens, Eleanor Withrow,
Kamaria Hallums-Harris, Benjamin Benne, Bryce Smith, David Cravens-O’Farrell, Julie Hoang,
and Camille Campbell.

Tuesday, August 11 at 7 pm

West of Lenin
(203 N 36th St, Seattle)

Admission is pay what you will, but seating is limited.

You're getting married today, and everything is a disaster.
The cake isn't decorated properly,
your uninvited ex has arrived stoned,
and your family's as embarrassing as always.
After today, everything you've ever wanted will be yours.
You'll find a home. But is that true?
What promises will you have to remember today?
Which of them can you break?
Which of them will set you free?
Eat Cake is an ensemble-driven, musical, queer,
campy, magical extravaganza
following a family of misfits and their mother
as they attempt to survive their wedding day.

The Wedding Party

MATT AGUAYO (BEN) Matt is a high life flyer and a rainbow rider, but never ever a straight shootin' son of a gun. A graduate of the Original Works program at Cornish College, Matt has been on stage with ACT, Book-it, SPT and Live Girls!, to name a few. Theatre magic keeps his soul singing and blood running, along with the occasional bike ride, rainy day, and horror film. Matt would like to thank all the lovers and friends he calls heroes for saving his day, every day. And his mom. Love you mom.

JEREMY BEHRENS (ROGER) Jeremy is excited to be working with many familiar faces with Parley again. When he is not performing, he can be found teaching theatre to youth at the Seattle Children's Theatre and various local schools. He would like to thank Seth and Rebecca for giving him a chance to dive into new work once again this year.

JULIE HOANG (WEDDING PLANNER) Julie is one of the cool kids (or playwrights) of Parley, where her comedy, Cafe Du Ma, was produced last March. She is also a writer with SiS Productions. Recently, she wrote and performed a solo show, The Sunday Journey of Daily Existence, at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. She is currently developing a web series produced by Seattle Actors Collective. Acting credits include performing on the stages of Book-It Repertory, Sound Theatre Company, ReAct, and more. Julie is a fan of cake and beer. She thanks Rebecca, Seth, and the Parley crew.

CAMILLE CAMPBELL (MOTHER) As a part of this production along with its amazing cast, Camille has had an emotionally beautiful and enriching experience. Five years ago, Camille was bitten by the acting bug soon after her only child left her nest to attend college and has been professionally acting for local audiences ever since. As a result, she has steadily been gaining a wonderful and eclectic variety of experiences by acting in several theatre productions, a few indie films, a television commercial, and some corporate educational videos. Camille gives a big thanks to Parley - especially Seth and Rebecca - for giving her the opportunity and confidence to do this work, and dedicates her performance and her love to all of the families who have been affected by domestic violence and abuse.

ELEANOR WITHROW (ADDISON) This will be Eleanor's third project with Parley, though it is her first time making it on stage- she could not be more thrilled! She is a native from Baltimore, but has found a home in Seattle. Thank you to everyone who has come out to support Seth, Rebecca, Julie, and the rest of the cast! Make sure you come back for more fabulous work with this very talented group!

KAMARIA HALLUMS-HARRIS (ARIEL) Kamaria is from Greer, South Carolina, where she originally discovered her love for the theater. Kamaria attended South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities. Kamaria is now a graduate of Cornish College of the Arts with a degree in Original Works, and she could not be happier with where this journey has led her thus far and where it will continue to take her. Kamaria’s most recent credits are Neverwhere (Cornish Playhouse), Milk Like Sugar (Theatre Battery), A Christmas Carol (ACT), and Mwindo understudy (SCT).

BENJAMIN BENNE (SAM) Ben is a theater artist, associate playwright of Parley, and the literary manager of Forward Flux Productions. For the past few years, his focus has been playwriting; some of his works include: Terra Incognita (O'Neill 2014 National Playwrights Conference semi-finalist), What \ Washed Ashore / Astray (O'Neill 2015 National Playwrights Conference semi-finalist), at the very bottom of a body of water (The Playwrights' Center's Many Voices Fellowship finalist), and q u e r e n c i a: an imagined autobiography (2014 Seattle Fringe Festival's Spirit of the Fringe Award winner). He has not acted since training under Janet Zarish at New York Theatre Intensives' 2011 Summer Conservatory in association with Ensemble Studio Theatre. But Janet's words still echo in his mind, "Live in the areas that feel dangerous. Stay Open. Change the world." This is for Rebecca.

BRYCE SMITH (MICHAEL) This is Bryce's first time with Parley! A Tacoma native, Bryce loves the opportunity to work up North, frankly, for exactly the kind of experience he's had with this production! He revels in the opportunity to work on "projects," that is, new material cultivated from the creativity of the company producing it. From working on this production, he hopes to string together a lasting friendship with Parley!

DAVID CRAVENS-O'FARRELL (FATHER)

All Ye Faithful, by Benjamin Benne

July 2015

In July 2015, Parley produced the world premiere workshop production of a new play.

PRODUCTION PHOTOS HERE

All Ye Faithful

a play about faith, fear, and serpents

by Benjamin Benne

directed by Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth

assistant directed by Kiki Abba

production coordinated by Susan McNally

stage directions read by Cara Romanik

Monday, July 6th at 7 pm

West of Lenin
(203 N 36th St, Seattle)

Featuring Ronnie Allen Hill, Anabel Hovig,
Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth, and Fawn Ledesma

A strange woman attends a service at a snake-handling pastor’s Pentecostal church one Sunday. But when she begins to speak in tongues during the sermon,
she triggers a series of events that will test the pastor and his family’s
faith in God and each other.

RONNIE HILL (THE PASTOR) is proud to make his first appearance with the amazing cast and crew at Parley. Most recently he has been seen as Everett Whiteside in The Most Deserving at Theater Schmeater and in a Ghostlight Theatricals production of A Gogolplex. He has also enjoyed working at other local theaters including Book-It Repertory Theater and as far as Lakewood Playhouse. Ronnie Attended School at the University of Montana for Acting and Music with an emphasis in vocal performance. He enjoys playing percussion and singing and more recently has been delving into short films. Next up, he will be playing the title role in Gilgamesh at Volunteer Park.

ANABEL HOVIG (THE PASTOR'S WIFE) is a local actor. She has been in two Parley productions and two staged readings. She was last seen in Ghost Light Theatricals’ production of A Gogolplex, directed by Lucinda Stroud. She will be performing in Eclectic Theatre's Festival of Shorts later in June. She is excited to be reunited with Fawn and Ronnie and privileged to be working side by side with Rebecca. People can question your actions, but your faith, whatever it may be, should never need defending.

FAWN LEDESMA (THE PASTOR'S DAUGHTER) is over the moon to be spending a second summer of readings with the shining people of Parley! You may have seen her most recently going on as an understudy for Robin Hood at Seattle Children's Theatre. Favorite roles/shows include: Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (Intiman), Alice in Dick Whittington and his Cat (SCT), and being a corps dancer for Seattle Opera. Next up: Ensemble in Great Wall, a Village Theatre Developmental Production.

REBECCA TOURINO COLLINS-WORTH (THE OTHER WOMAN) is a graduate of UC Berkeley (BA, English), UC Irvine (MFA, Acting), and the Pacific Conservatory Theatre. She made her professional acting debut as Hero in Much Ado About Nothing at the Globe Theatre in London, and has since acted in regional theaters all over the United States. As a teaching artist, she’s worked with the Claire Trevor School of the Arts at UC Irvine; the Alliance Theater in Atlanta; the New York Film Academy; Seattle University; Meadows School of the Arts at SMU; and the Washington Correctional Center for Women as part of the Engaged Theatre Residency and Freehold Theatre Lab. She is Parley’s creator and artistic director.

Amelia's Wall, by Celeste Mari Williams

May 2015

In May 2015, Parley produced the world premiere workshop production of a new play.

Amelia's Wall

written by Celeste Mari Williams

directed by Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth

featuring
Rachel Rene, Mariko Kita, Mark Waldstein, Eileen McCann, Sarah Harris, Jeremy Behrens, and Jed Mathre

production coordinated by Hannah Merrill

Tuesday, May 26th at 7 pm

West of Lenin

On a visit to the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Amelia encounters an unexpected ghost from her past, stimulating a flood of memories that force her to face hard truths about love, family, and identity.
What has Amelia truly inherited?

Mariko Kita (Carol) studied voice at Peabody Conservatory before pursuing a career in medicine. She has appeared locally with Live Girls! Theater, Pork Filled Productions, ReAct Theatre, Book-It Repertory Theatre, Balagan Theater, StoryBook Theater, Infinity Box Theater, Lyric Light Opera and Ghost Light Theatricals. She regularly writes arrangements for Live Girls! Ladies Choir and has been a proud member of 14/48 bands.

Eileen McCann (Mildred / Photographer) is so excited to be working with such a varied and talented cast, with the in-depth perceptions and direction from Rebecca. Favorite roles recently include Polly in Other Desert Cities, Mrs. Abramowitz in Coney Island Christmas, Mrs. Baker in Butterflies Are Free, Clairee in Steel Magnolias, Mrs. Gabor in Spring Awakening, and Ethel in On Golden Pond. Eileen finds joy in stretching, expressing and growing through the craft of acting. Hope you all enjoy this special play.

Rachel Rene (Amelia) is a local actor, singer, director, music director, producer, and stage manager—in other words, she's a great lover of theatre and tries to be involved as much as possible. Most recently she had the pleasure of working with ReAct Theatre as both an actor and stage manager, and SIS Productions as a producer, director, and stage manager (which, incidentally, is where she met the love of her life). You may also have seen her as Grandma in Parley's staged reading of Café Du Ma last month. She is thrilled to help bring this beautiful script to life and can't wait to see where theatre will take her next!

Jedidiah Mathre (Tim / Marcus) is excited to work with Parley for the first time, and to help realize Celeste's work. A native of the Midwest, he's worked recently in the area with Taproot Theatre, Bellicose Fantast, and the Celebration Arts Foundation. He is so glad that you are here, and loves you just enough.

Jeremy Behrens (James) is an actor, teacher, and director from Chicago, IL. He currently works as a teaching artist with the Seattle Children's Theatre as well as a freelance teaching artist in local schools. In Seattle, he has worked with a number of companies including: quiet Productions, Washington Ensemble Theatre, Arouet, Riot Productions, ReAct Theatre, Copious Love Productions & Fantastic Z. Additionally, he serves as a member of the Associates program for ArtsFund where he works with fellow arts minded folks who work to raise awareness and resources for local PNW arts programs Thanks to Parley for the opportunity to be a part of bringing this story to life.

Mark Waldstein (Sheldon) was seen most recently in The Lower Depths with Theatre Machine and The Fierce Urgency of Now with Arouet. He was also in the Gregory Award-winning Undo at Annex Theatre, Picnic with ReAct, The Foreigner with Sound Theatre Company, Spring Awakening at Balagan Theatre, and The Salesman is Dead and Gone with the Splinter Group. Mark has also turned up in such events as the 14/48 Festival, Theatre Anonymous, and the One-Minute Play Festival.

Sarah Harris (Terry / Stewardess / Tourist) is thrilled to be making her Parley debut with this production of Amelia's Wall. She is an actor and writer and is originally from New York. Sarah has performed in Los Angeles and Seattle and currently has a one-woman show, Call Me Crazy, in development. Her one-act play, Sexual Healing, was seen at the 2014 Seattle Fringe Festival. Up next: Sarah will be performing sketch comedy with her troupe, The Mighty Mighty Mixed Nuts, as part of Sketch Comedy Month at the Pocket Theater on May 29th. To learn more about Sarah, visit www.sarahmaureen.com.

Stamina, by Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth

May 2015

In May 2015, Parley produced the world premiere workshop production of a new play.

Stamina

a world premiere workshop production of a new play

written and directed by
Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth

featuring
Kiki Abba
Brandon Collinsworth
Christopher Crawford
Anabel Hovig

production coordinated by Caitlin Coey
stage directions read by Benjamin Benne

Tuesday, May 19

7 pm

West of Lenin
(203 N 36th St, Seattle)

At a high-tech fertility clinic in the near future,
Paloma and Merrit await the results of a suite of tests
to determine the viability of a pregnancy.
They're about to find out what it means to know too much.

Cast.

ANABEL HOVIG (Mallory) is a local actor. She has been in two Parley productions and two staged readings. She was last seen in Ghost Light Theatricals’ production of A Gogolplex, directed by Lucinda Stroud. She will be performing in Eclectic Theatre's Festival of Shorts later in June. She feels doubly privileged and honored to be working with Rebecca as director and playwright. This intensely moving piece takes you on heart-wrenching ride of the unimaginable.

KIKI ABBA (Paloma) is so excited to be working on her fifth production with Parley. Around town she is an actor, teaching artist, and social media marketer for the arts. Thanks to Brandon, Anabel, and Chris for being a dream team to work with. So glad we were able to get the band back together. And big thanks, love, and congratulations to our talented director and playwright, Rebecca. This one's for you!

BRANDON COLLINSWORTH (Merrit) is thrilled to return to Parley for this powerful and thought-provoking new play. Favorite roles include Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Picasso in Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Ross in Macbeth, and roles in Parley’s own Language of this World and No Man’s Land. Brandon would like to thank all the members of Parley for their hard work, inspiration, and camaraderie. He would especially like to thank Rebecca for her stalwart support and encouragement (and co-parenting!). Brandon dedicates his work to struggling parents everywhere.

CHRISTOPHER CRAWFORD (Assistant) is an actor and singer-songwriter from Columbus, Ohio. This is his fourth production with Parley. He'd like to thank Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth, the cast, and the rest of the Parley members for making him feel so welcome.

Your [ _____ ] Neighborhood, an exhibition

May 2015

In May 2015, in association with Forward Flux and Nate Omdal Productions, Parley co-produced the world premiere of 5 new works
investigating gentrification in Seattle.

Your [ _____ ] Neighborhood

Wednesday, May 6th, 7 - 10 pm
Fremont Abbey Arts Center

Featuring Block Party, two acts of new works by Parley playwrights
directed by Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth

Act I
Untitled, by Ryan Fields
with Amber Hughes, Grace Carmack, and Emily Feliciano
In Sync, by Susan McNally
with Amber Hughes, Julian Garcia, and Ruth McRee

Act II
Untitled, by Amber Hughes
with Julie Hoang, Emily Feliciano, Emily Pike, and Grace Carmack
Play/War, by Benjamin Benne
with Emily Feliciano, Julie Hoang, Grace Carmack, Emily Pike, and Amber Hughes
E Pluribus Unum, by Caitlin Coey
with Grace Carmack

Joy Ride, by Cara Romanik

April 2015

In April 2015, Parley produced the world premiere workshop production of a new play.

Joy Ride

the world premiere workshop production of a new play

by Cara Romanik

directed by
Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth

featuring
Isis King, David Bestock,
Kiki Abba, Amber Hughes, and Lisa M. Clarke

Sunday, April 5th
Monday, April 6th
7 pm
West of Lenin

Michael and Joy are a struggling couple who are biking to West Seattle to salvage a botched holiday weekend. But when a devastating earthquake strikes, long-buried secrets come to light. An ambulance is stolen, a baby is hurt, and a relationship is on the line. Will Joy and Michael ride on in tandem, or go it alone?

ISIS KING (Joy) is super-excited to be a part of Joy Ride and the Parley community! Recently returned from 10 years of living in New York City - where she performed both in productions at Nicu's Spoon and the Ontological-Hysterics Theater as well as on such TV shows as The Good Wife and Smash - she looks forward to honing her skills in the magical and theater-ripe Pacific NW. Originally from Seattle, WA, she has bi-coastal theater training and a background in dance (ballet). She holds an Associate of Arts degree from Seattle Central Community College and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre and Africana & Puerto Rican/Latino Studies from the City University of New York - Hunter College. Isis has performed with academic and faith-based theatre companies in Ghana, Zimbabwe, and China. She hopes to continue to travel and perform all over the world. Including West Seattle. :P

KIKI ABBA (Shally) is so excited to be working on her fourth production with Parley. Around town she is an actor, teaching artist, and social media marketer for the arts. Thanks to Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth for being simply the best, Cara for writing such an incredibly funny and honest ensemble play, and to all of the Parley writers: thank you for welcoming her into your family. Let's all eat nachos.

Special appearance by Associate Playwright AMBER HUGHES!

DAVID BESTOCK (Michael) is pleased to be working with the wonderful people of Parley. By day, he is the director of the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center in West Seattle, where he works to raise the level of arts education and to bring cultural programming to the community. By night, he is a writer, producer, and performer of theater, music, and film. He is a proud ensemble member of Unexpected Productions, performing improv comedy regularly at the Market Theater. David has written and produced two musicals with friends: Wisemen at ACT Theatre (formerly HOLIDAY BIZARRE: A Jewish Christmas! at the Tractor Tavern); and Easter in Egypt at the Ethnic Cultural Theater. A Seattle native, he loves to play outside, and is a former national champion ultimate frisbee player.

LISA MARIE CLARKE (Rosie) is eager to share in the evolution of Cara Romanik’s Joy Ride as she joins Parley for the first time. Originally from Southern California, she is so grateful to Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth, and the entire team at Parley, for making her feel so welcome in the Seattle theatre and film Community. Lisa knows this play will speak to a very wide audience and cannot wait to introduce it to the world!

PRODUCTION PHOTOS HERE!

CAFÉ ĐỤ MÁ, by Julie Hoang

March 2015

In March 2015, Parley produced the world premiere staged reading of a new play.

CAFÉ ĐỤ MÁ

the world premiere staged reading of a new play

written by Julie Hoang

directed by Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth

featuring Corinne Magin, Denny Le, Christopher Crawford, Rachel Rene, Owen Yen, Lisa Marie Nakamura,
and Elizabeth Wu

production coordination by Heather Posten

Tuesday, March 10th

7 pm

Don't take business personally, right? But what if your boss is your grandma?
For Sheila, running a bakery with three generations of relatives can't help but hit her where she lives.
CAFÉ ĐỤ MÁ is a comedy about the struggle to please your elders, reach your potential, and get drunk most afternoons.
Or maybe it's about why anyone would go to work so f**king early in the morning.

Denny Le (Kellen) is very grateful to help tell this unique story with such a talented group of people! He is currently a Junior at the University of Washington studying Drama Performance and Musical Theatre. Denny was last seen in UW School of Drama's Sweet Charity and Greenstage's Othello. He has also performed in productions with the Young Shakespeare Workshop, Seattle Public Theater's Youth Program, the Bathhouse Ensemble, and UW's Undergraduate Theater Society. He would like to thank his friends and family for their endless love and support! Next up, you can see Denny in UW School of Drama's production of Boy's Life.

Owen Yen (Dad) has been working as an actor and jazz musician for over 25 years. Since moving to Seattle in 2005, Owen has performed in plays with various theatre companies as well as in sketch comedy shows as a member of the Pork Filled Players. In addition, Owen continues to work in film, TV, commercials and industrials as a SAG-AFTRA union member. Prior to coming to Seattle, Owen worked with various theatre companies in Chicago, and is an ensemble member of the Quest Theatre Ensemble. Some of Owen’s favorite roles include being a guitar-playing/stilt-walking grasshopper in Seashore, a genocidal general in Rape of Nanking, and a fumbling judge in the film The Whole Truth.

Corinne Magin (Sheila) is honored to be a part of CAFÉ ĐỤ MÁ. Corinne grew up near Rochester, NY and graduated with degrees in Theatre and Communications from SUNY Brockport. While attending SUNY Brockport, she performed as Callie (Stop Kiss), Jenny (The Shape of Things), and Young Woman (Machinal). Since moving to Seattle, Corinne has had the pleasure of performing with ReAct Theatre in The Break of Noon and with Tacoma Little Theatre in Joy Luck Club. Corinne would like to thank everyone at Parley, especially the talented Julie Hoang, as well as Chris Tolentino and her supportive family and friends.

Elizabeth Wu (Amy) is a senior undergraduate at the University of Washington School of Drama, majoring in Performance and Creative Writing. An actress, director, and playwright, Elizabeth was recently awarded the Donal Harrington Scholarship for directing as well as the Mary Gates Research and Leadership Scholarship for her demonstrated work in student theater. She most recently directed the U.W. Undergraduate Theater Society's production of Yellow Face and is very excited to be a part of CAFÉ ĐỤ MÁ. In addition to her coursework, directing, and acting, Elizabeth serves on the U.W. Drama BA Council and as the student representative to the School of Drama's Advisory Board.