2022
The Fifth Wave by Jenn Ruzumna and Lisa Every, directed by Amy Poisson.
Cast: Mari Nelson*, Leah Jarvik, Hugo Munday, Samuel Edgren, Miski Ali, Sarah Burfoot, Maddy Noonan, Ashley Salazar.
*Actor appears courtesy of the Actors Equity Association.
Production Team: Amy Poisson (Director), Parmida Ziaei (Scenic and Costume Designer), Dani Norberg (Lighting Designer), Lisa Frinkral (Sound Design), Stacey Bush (Fight Choreographer), Ivan Dodge (Stage Manager), Simone Elbrecht (Assistant Stage Manager).
Hugo Munday and Mari Nelson in The Fifth Wave by Jenn Ruzumna and Lisa Every. Photo by Joe Iano Photography.
2020
The Fifth Wave by Jenn Ruzumna and Lisa Every, directed by Amy Poisson.
Cast: Mari Nelson*, Leah Jarvik, Hugo Munday, Samuel Edgren, Miski Ali, Sarah Burfoot, Maddy Noonan, Ashley Salazar.
*Actor appears courtesy of the Actors Equity Association.
Production Team: Amy Poisson (Director), Parmida Ziaei (Scenic and Costume Designer), Dani Norberg (Lighting Designer), Kyna Shilling (Sound Design), Stacey Bush (Fight Choreographer), Ivan Dodge (Stage Manager), Simone Elbrecht (Assistant Stage Manager).
The 2020 cast of The Fifth Wave by Jenn Ruzumna and Lisa Every.
Note: The Fifth Wave was scheduled to open March 13, 2020, but performances were cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We are including it in our production archive to honor the dedication, craft, and artistry of this cast and production team.
2019
The Flight Before Xmas by Maggie Lee, directed by Amy Poisson.
Cast: Jenn Ruzumna, Fune Tautala, Mimi Santos, Carrie Schnelker, Sien Méndez, Daisy Schreiber, Kiki Abba, Skye Stephenson, Hersh Powers, Cordelia Carranza, Ruth Fogarty, Briana Lee, Lydia Hayes, Elora Coble, Chloe Steinburg, Tadd Morgan.
Production Team: Amy Poisson (Director), Anna Ly (Associate Director), Parmida Ziaei (Scenic Designer), Dani Norberg (Lighting Designer), Johanna Melamed (Sound Designer), Jocelyne Fowler (Costume Designer), Natalie H. Berg (Stage Manager), Kirk Vande Brake (Assistant Stage Manager).
Produced at West of Lenin.
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2019
Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough, directed by Amy Poisson.
Cast: Bianca Raso, Alysha Curry, Meredith Armstrong, Leah Jarvik, Tim Gagne, and Michael D. Blum.
Production Team: Amy Poisson (Director), Anna Ly (Associate Director), Tanya Gagne (Aerial Director), Parmida Ziaei (Set Design), Jocelyne Fowler (Costume Design), Johanna Melamed (Sound Design), Dani Norberg (Lighting Design), Natalie H. Berg (Stage Manager), Kirk Vande Brake (Stage Manager).
Produced at 12th Avenue Arts.
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Meredith Armstron and Bianca Raso in Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough. Photo by Joe Iano Photography.
Fune Tautala and Ayo Tushunde in Sheathed by Maggie Lee, directed by Amy Poisson. Photo by Joe Iano Photography.
2019
Sheathed by Maggie Lee, directed by Amy Poisson.
Cast: Ayo Tushinde, Sunam Ellis, Fune Tautala, Maile Wong, Natalie Berg, Isis King, Dylan Smith.
Production team: Anna Ly (Assistant Director), Parmida Ziaei (Scenic & Props Design), Johanna Melamed (Sound Design), Jocelyne Fowler (Costume Design), May Nguyen Lee (Stage Combat Designer), Alyza Del-pan Monley (Movement Choreographer), Alison Kozar (Co-Stage Manager), Kirk Vande Brake (Co-Stage Manager), with original music composed and performed by Leanna Keith (Music Director).
Produced in association with Theatre Off Jackson.
Winner - TPS Gregory Award for Outstanding New Play.
Nominated for a TPS Gregory Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play (Sunam Ellis)
World Premiere.
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2018
Veils by Tom Coash, directed by Lia Sima Fakhouri.
Cast: Fathiya Ritter, Alaji.
Production team: Parmida Ziaei (Scenic Design), Sadiqua Iman (Costume Design), Johanna Melamed (Sound Design), Suzi Tucker (Projections Design) and Zanna King (Lighting Design).
Produced at West of Lenin.
West Coast Premiere.
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Fathiya Ritter in Veils by Tom Coash, directed by Lia Sima Fakhouri. Photo by Joe Iano Photography.
2018
Smoke & Dust by Joy McCullough-Carranza, directed by Amy Poisson.
Cast: Bianca Raso, James Lyle, Caitlin Frances, Shelby Windom, Belle Pugh, Peter Cook, Michael Blackwood.
Production team: Robin Macartney (Scenic and Props Design), Johanna Melamed (Sound Design), Dani Norberg (Lighting Design), Jocelyne Fowler (Costume Design), Roberta Christensen (Video Design), Natalie Berg (Production Stage Manager), Rena Borg (Assistant Stage Manager), Kyna Shilling (Producing Managing Director).
Produced in association with Theatre Off Jackson.
World Premiere.
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The cast of Smoke & Dust, by Joy McCullough-Carranza, directed by Amy Poisson. Photo by Joe Iano Photography.
2017
Happy, Happy, Happy... by Lisa Every and Jenn Ruzumna, directed by Amy Poisson.
Cast: Lisa Every, Jenn Ruzumna, Martyn G. Krouse, Warren Levi Haney.
Production team: Madison Gordon (Assistant Director), Caitlin McCown (Scenic Design), Meghan Roche (Sound Design), Lily McLeod (Lighting Design), Stacey Bush (Costume Design), Natalie Berg (Stage Manager), Drew Schoenbourn, Ana Rusness-Petersen (Production Manager), Kyna Shilling (Producing Managing Director).
Produced at the Erickson Theatre Off Broadway.
World Premiere.
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The cast of Happy, Happy, Happy... directed by Amy Poisson. Photo by Joe Iano Photography.
Lisa Every and Sean Schroeder in …And Starring Claire From Hollywood
2017
...And Starring Claire from Hollywood, by Jim Moran, directed by Amy Poisson.
Cast: Lisa Every, Laurence Hughes, Sean Schroeder, Emily Haver, Stacey Bush.
Produced at 18th & Union: an Arts Space.
World Premiere.
2016
Collaborator, by Yussef El Guindi, directed by Anita Montgomery.
Cast: Hayley Guthrie.
Produced at West of Lenin.
World Premiere.
2015
and, and, and, Isabella Bootlegs by Samantha Cooper, directed by Norah Elges.
Cast: Sharon Barto, Carrie Cates, Caitlin Frances, Jocelyn Maher, and David Rollison.
Production team: Erin Bednarz, Kristen Bonnalie, Ryan Dunn, Brandon Estrella (Set Design), Sara Keats, Kiki Penoyer, and Ashley Rolph.
Produced at the Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center Studio Theatre.
Tracy Leigh in Lollyville by Bret Fetzer and Juliet Waller Pruzan, directed by Kristina Sutherland
2014
Lollyville, by Bret Fetzer and Juliet Waller Pruzan, directed by Kristina Sutherland.
Cast: Narea Kang, Jillian Vashro, Monica Finney, Rebecca Goldberg, Colin Featherston-Wilkinson, Sarah Winsor, Matthew Middleton and Tracy Leigh.
Production team: Marquicia Domingue (Assistant Director), Production Manager (Charlotte Peters), Cellist (Matthew Tevenan), Julia Evanovich (Costumes), Tess Malone (Lights), Joseph Swartz (Sound), Kaillee Coleman (Sets), Ashley Rolph (Production Manager).
Produced at Richard Hugo House.
Photo by Shane Regan
2013
Buckshot, by Courtney Meaker, directed by Peggy Gannon.
Cast: Katie Driscoll, Megan Ahiers, Jordi Montes, Narea Kang, Daniel Wood, Gianni Truzzi, and Randall Brammer.
Production team: Brandon Estrella, Tess Malone, Julia Evanovich, Joseph Swartz, and Robin Macartney.
Produced at the Produced at the Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center Studio Theatre.
Kristina Sutherland and Meaghan Halverson in Cliffhouse by Allison Gregory, directed by Meghan Arnette. Photo by Rathbone Images.
2013
Cliffhouse, by Allison Gregory, directed by Meghan Arnette.
Cast: Vincent Delaney, Meaghan Halverson, Troy Lund, and Kristina Sutherland.
Produced at Richard Hugo House.
2012
Thebes by Kristina Sutherland, directed by Alexis Holzer.
Cast: Denise Fleenor, Katherine Grant-Suttie, Meaghan Halverson, and Lantz Wagner.
Produced at Theatre Off Jackson.
Samantha Leeds, Libby Barnard and Monica Finney in Sweet Nothing, a (grim) fairytale, by Stephanie Timm, directed by Laurel Pilar Garcia.
2012
Sweet Nothing, a (grim) fairytale, by Stephanie Timm, directed by Laurel Pilar Garcia.
Cast: Monica Finney, Libby Barnard, Samantha Leeds, Quinn Armstrong, and Jason Sharp.
Production team: Courtney Meaker (Assistant Director), Juliet Waller Pruzan (Movement), Montana Tippett (Set Design), Joseph Swartz (Sound Design), Danny Fisher-Bruns (Light Design), Kelsey McCornack (Costume Design).
Produced at Annex Theatre.
Northwest Premiere.
2011
The cast of ELEKTRA, by Kristina Sutherland and Desiree Prewitt, directed by Kristina Sutherland
ELEKTRA (formerly Live Girls Do Elektra) by Kristina Sutherland and Desiree Prewitt, directed by Kristina Sutherland.
Photo by David Baum
2010
Hearts Are Monsters, by Kelleen Conway Blanchard, directed by Bret Fetzer.
Cast: Joey Gilmore, Karen Heaven, Erin Pike, Erin Stewart, and James Weidman.
Production team: Rick Miller (Music), David Gignac (Set Design).
Produced at the Jewel Box Theatre.
Nominated for a 2011 Gregory Award by People's Choice in the category of Outstanding Playwright.
World Premiere.
2009
Nancy, Frank and Joe by Desiree Prewitt and Kristina Sutherland, directed by Mark Fullerton.
Nominated for a TPS Gregory Award for Outstanding New Play.
Nominated for an American Theatre Critics’ Award.
Desiree Prewitt in Kid Simple: a Radio Play in the Flesh, by Jordan Harrison, directed by Kristina Sutherland. Photo by Stopped Motion Photography.
2009
Kid Simple: A Radio Play in the Flesh by Jordan Harrison, directed by Kristina Sutherland.
Shannon Kipp and Andrew McMasters in Don't You Dare Love Me, by Keri Healey, directed by Carol Roscoe.
2008
Don't You Dare Love Me by Keri Healey, directed by Carol Roscoe, starring Shannon Kipp and Andrew McMasters.
2007
Franklin and Figaro: a Revolutionary Farce by Kristina Sutherland, directed by Joy Brooke-Fairfield.
In collaboration with Freehold Theatre.
2006
Fall Off Night by Alison Gregory, directed by Kristina Sutherland.
Co-produced with Live Girls! Theater.
Northwest Premiere.
2006
We Are Not These Hands by Sheila Callaghan, directed by Joy Brooke-Fairfield.
Benjamin Lawrence and Desiree Prewitt in The Cowgirl Play Desiree Prewitt and Kristina Sutherland
2005
The Cowgirl Play by Desiree Prewitt and Kristina Sutherland, original songs by Rick Miller, directed by Kristina Sutherland.
Selected for On the Boards' 12 Minutes Max and Northwest New Works series.
2005
Green Night by John Kaufmann, directed by Shawn Belyea.
2005
ROT by Juli Hendren, a touring production from Tricklock Theatre Company, Albuquerque, NM.
2004
Melancholy Play by Sarah Ruhl, directed by Kristina Sutherland. Winner of a Seattle Times Footlight Award.
2003
GameGirl by Jennifer Pratt, directed by Kristina Sutherland.
Kristina Sutherland in R (The Swashbuckling Tale of Anne Bonny and Mary Read), by Desiree Prewitt and Kristina Sutherland.
2003
R (The Swashbuckling Tale of Anne Bonny and Mary Read) by Desiree Prewitt and Kristina Sutherland, directed by Mark Fullerton. Voted Audience and Critics' Favorite at Winnipeg and Saskatoon Fringe Festivals.
2002
R (The Swashbuckling Tale of Anne Bonny and Mary Read) by Desiree Prewitt and Kristina Sutherland, directed by Sarah Shipley.
2001
Live Girls Do Elektra by Desiree Prewitt and Kristina Sutherland, directed by Mark Fullerton. Voted Audience and Critic's Favorite at Edmonton, Winnipeg and Saskatoon Fringe Festivals.
Story of the Bull by Bret Fetzer, directed by Braden Abraham.
Macha Production Photos:
Banner Photo: Belle Pugh and Bianca Raso in “Smoke & Dust” by Joy McCullough (Macha 2018). Photo by Joe Iano Photography.