October 18-27, 2024

Thursday-Saturdays, 7:30 PM
Sundays, 2:00 PM

October 20th - Post-Show Talkback with Playwrights and DV Advocates

Theatre4
4th Floor, Seattle Center Armory Building

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A Lonely Realization 

Written by Darby Sherwood and Emily Stone

Directed by Rebecca O'NEIL

A searingly personal, absurdly funny new play, detangling the impact of sexual assault on one survivor and the people in their community.

Follow the trials and triumphs of a disembodied pair of legs, woodland thespians, a beleaguered stage manager, the ideal 1950s couple, Vladimir Lenin’s wife, Jay Gatsby, and more, as they detangle and process the impact of sexual assault on one survivor and the people in their community. Can they listen to each other? Can they heal?

Meet Mushroom and Frog, two aspiring professional actors. Their friend Legs has lost her voice and the gossip about what happened is interfering with rehearsals! Meanwhile, Hattie and Mort, the ideal 1950s couple, have discovered a distasteful object in their picture-perfect dining room - what can possibly be done to remove it? Someone in authority must know! Alas, the wife of Vladimir Lenin and Jay Gatsby have also come onto the scene – but, for what purpose?

A Lonely Realization teases out the comic absurdity of our fear and inhibitions around discussing sexual assault and invites the audience as well as the characters into a space where individuals and institutions are taught to listen, hear, and possibly even understand.

Post-Show Discussion - October 20

Join us for a special post-show talkback on October 20th with the playwrights Darby Sherwood and Emily Stone along with advocates Riddhi Mukhopadhyay, the Executive Director of the Sexual Violence Law Center and Amy Bullard, the DV/SA Grant & Training Coordinator at the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. Stay after the 2 p.m. matinee or join us at 4:00 p.m. for the discussion.

Performance Information

A COVID-Safer Event: This production of A Lonely Realization is being presented as a COVID-Safer Event to protect our actors and to welcome a broader spectrum of audience members into our space. All audience members will be asked to wear masks and to remain masked throughout the performance and within the walls of Theatre4.  Masks will be provided on request.  We are grateful to have HEPA filters provided by the Clean Air Collective Seattle.

Content Information: The play includes descriptions of the emotional impact of sexual assault and descriptions of grooming and inappropriate sexual behavior by teachers toward students. Click here for a separate page of information with spoilers and support resources.

Accessibility: Theatre 4 is located on the fourth floor of the Armory building at the Seattle Center. It can be reached by an ADA compliant elevator accessible in two ways:

  • Enter at the stair-free entrance on the south side of the Armory near the Starbucks. Cross the food court past the stage towards the restrooms on the north side of the building. The elevator will be on the left towards the women’s restrooms.

  • Enter at the stair-free entrance on the east side of the Armory (near the playground). Turn right and take the ramp past the restrooms, then turn left at the top of the ramp. The elevator is past the stairwell.

  • Read more about Theatre 4

  • Read more about accessible parking spaces at Seattle Center. 

Cast

Darby Sherwood - Actor 1: Legs, Mushroom Actor, Stage Manager, Hattie, Daisy, and Buhring

Emily Stone - Actor 2: Frog Actor, Mort, Nadezhda, Gatsby

Lexi Warden - Actor 3: Tree, Mr. Baum, Blade of Grass, and Clock

Creative Team

Playwrights - Darby Sherwood & Emily Stone

Director & Producer - Rebecca O’Neil

Dramaturgy & Intimacy - Buddy Todd

Stage Manager - Clair Kaminski

Assistant Stage Manager - Hana Oh

Graphic Design & Social Media Manager - Carolynne Wilcox

Photography - Kirk Hostetter

Costume Design - Lara Kratz

Lighting Design - Cami Taliaferro-Barber

Properties & Set Dressing Design - Alicia Crowley

Scenic Design - Kyleigh Archer

Sound Design - Alison Kozar

Electrician - Breanna Strobele

Videography - John Manini

Cast & Creative Team

  • Darby Sherwood (she/her)

    Playwright | Actor 1

    Darby Sherwood is a playwright, librettist, and teaching artist! She’s thrilled to be working with The Shattered Glass Project again after being part of the 2021 Incubator/Mentor Cohort and developing A Lonely Realization. Darby’s work has been performed by Seattle Opera, Horizon Theatre, University of Washington School of Drama, Aspire Repertory Theatre, and more. Darby holds a degree in Drama from UW and has taught with the Museum of Pop Culture, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Seattle Opera, and Seattle Rep.

  • Emily Stone (she/her)

    Playwright | Actor 2

    Emily Stone is an artist, teacher, and community activist who loves striving to make art that is activism. That theater can be a space for sharing joy, abundance, and truth is what brings her back again and again! She moved to Duwamish land, Seattle, in 2021 to pursue her MFA in Acting at the University of Washington. Since moving here, Emily has performed at the University of Washington, On The Boards, Macha Theatre Works, and workshopped her original show with The Shattered Glass Project. She is a teaching artist at Seattle Children’s Theatre and the Seattle Repertory Theatre, serves on the board of The Shattered Glass Project, and has recently become a supporting member of Dunya Productions.

  • Lexi Warden (she/her)

    Actor 3

    Lexi Warden is a theatre artist, educator, and advocate based in Seattle. She is so honored to be involved in this project and work with such a talented team of collaborators. Recent credits include Ozzie in Damn Yankees (Reboot), Lil Mama u/s in Stew (ACT), Intimacy Choreographer for Legally Blonde at Village Theatre KIDSTAGE, and Choreographer for Comedy of Errors at Seattle Shakespeare Company.

  • Rebecca O'Neil (she/her)

    Director

    Rebecca O'Neil is the founding artistic director of The Shattered Glass Project. She is thrilled to be entrusted with directing A Lonely Realization and collaborating with a fabulous team of theatre makers. Recent projects include producing the Incubator/Mentor 2024 New Works Festival (with the added bonus of directing The Uterine Files: Episode 1 by Jourdan Imani Keith); performing in Through the Window (& Into the Cabin); and plotting world theatrical domination. If anyone is producing Pericles, you may cast her as Dionyza now, thank you. She also sweeps the floors. Forever and always, thanks to Peter for being my rock.

  • Buddy Todd (they/them)

    Dramaturg | Intimacy Coordinator

    Buddy is a multidisciplinary theatre and film artist. Specializing in comedy and otherworldly stories, Buddy thrives on facilitating safe, collaborative, creative working spaces where artists and audiences learn the value of human connection. They hold a BA in Theatre, an MFA in Arts Leadership, and finishing an MA in Theatre and Performative Practices at University College Cork. Buddy sits on the board of directors for The Shattered Glass Project.

Production Team

  • Clair Kaminski (she/her)

    Stage Manager

    Clair Kaminski is a recent transplant in the Seattle theatre community. Her recent credits include Seattle Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night the Musical (assistant stage manager), Seattle Shakespeare’s Wooden O production of The Tempest (crew), and Strawshop’s Passage (stage manager). Clair studied Technical Theatre and Design at Northern Michigan University, where she received a BFA. Clair is so proud to have worked on this play and hopes the audience enjoys it as much as her.

  • Hana Oh (she/her)

    Assistant Stage Manager

    Hana Oh is a teaching artist at Seattle Children’s Theatre and Studio East and spends most of her time encouraging young students to explore their imagination. Alongside teaching, she has been part of different projects with Macha Theatre Works, The Shattered Glass Project, ArtsWest, and Washington Ensemble Theatre. Hana loves making theatre, and she is grateful to be part of The Shattered Glass Project team once again.

  • Lara Kratz (she/her)

    Costume Design

    Lara Kratz is a Seattle-based graphic designer with a career that spans over 20 years of work with major Seattle-area brands, but also has a background in theatre, including Ferndale Repertory Theater, and Redwood Curtain Theatre in California, participating as an actress, stage manager, and in both costume and scenic design. She served on the TSGP board from 2019-2020. Lara is proud to be a part of The Shattered Glass Project, because she firmly believes in advocating for the increased representation of women in the theatre world, both on stage and behind the scenes.

  • Cami Taliaferro-Barber (she/her)

    Lighting Design

    Cami Taliaferro-Barber is thrilled to participate in A Lonely Realization! Hailing from Snohomish, she is a recent Summa Cum Laude graduate of Cornish College of the Arts and of Seattle Rep’s Professional Arts Training Program, working to build up her portfolio as a Seattle lighting designer. She’d like to thank her family, friends and partner for all of their support on her journey!

  • Alicia Crowley (she/her)

    Properties & Set Dressing Design

    Alicia Crowley is a Seattle-based artist and actor, with backgrounds in drawing and painting, theatre, martial arts, dance, and home renovation. She holds a Bachelor of Arts with majors in Drama: Performance and Interdisciplinary Visual Arts from the University of Washington. Alicia is currently performing in Theater Northwest’s Dracula, painting by commission, and is delighted to contribute her creativity and hands-on design and construction skills to The Shattered Glass Project’s A Lonely Realization.

  • Kyleigh Archer (she/they)

    Scenic Design

    Kyleigh Archer is a director, playwright, designer, and theater teaching artist. They are currently the director and designer for Seattle Opera’s Youth Project and a teaching artist at STG, Seattle Children's Theatre, and Seattle Rep with programs that are trauma-sensitive and inclusive. Drama should not only create access for people with little-to-no-support systems to see themselves on stage, but those plays should generate tangible opportunities for community members to learn and benefit from. At risk youth and carbon-reduced design are top priorities in Archer’s art on stage.

  • Alison Kozar (they/them)

    Sound Design

    Alison is a multidisciplinary theatre artist facilitating brave storytelling through directing, stage management, and sound design. Recent projects: Bethany Sees the Stars (Copious Love,) and All New Cells (The Shattered Glass Project.) Other selected projects: Intiman's The Mystery of Irma Vep and The Events, dani tirrell's Black Bois, WET's Is God Is, MAP Theatre's Year of the Rooster. Alison believes in healing the world, feminist science fiction, radical self-worth, and antifa. professionalmomfriend.com

  • Breanna Strobele (they/them)

    Electrician

    Breanna is from Redmond, Washington and currently resides there. This is their second show with The Shattered Glass Project. They also work as a technician with Encore, Bellevue Lighting and R90. In their free time, they can be found searching for the nearest geocache or spending time with their cat.

  • Carolynne Wilcox (she/they)

    Graphic Design | Social Media Manager & Newsletter Editor

    Carolynne Wilcox is a Seattle-based actor and playwright whose plays have been produced both locally and regionally, including virtual productions of Clytemnestra, virtual productions with TSGP of Loom and A Series of Small Cataclysms (co-written with Jen Smith Anderson and also produced IRL pre-pandemic). She recently appeared at Book-it as Adele in In The Time of the Butterflies; other favorite roles include Ana in The Clean House, Carmen in Juan Palmieri, and La Muerte in Blood Wedding. Carolynne is an Associate Artist with The Shattered Glass Project.