“Sisters of destiny, pardon my intrusion. I don’t suppose you’ve noticed anything...out of the ordinary...taking place?”
If a missing piece of equipment made it impossible to do your job, would you expect it to literally be a life or death situation?
The Queen of the Dead is missing.
“Loom” follows the story of the immortal sisters Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos, the Three Fates of Greek mythology, as they journey through dreams, human lives, and the land of the dead to recover a stolen item and solve the disappearance of the Queen of the Dead.
Can they bring back the QOTD to her quarreling mom and spouse before the dead overwhelm the world of the living? Can Atropos prove her worth? Can Clotho live her dreams? Can Lachesis get everyone to just calm down and follow the rules? Join us for answers to these questions and so very much more.
Written by Carolynne Wilcox | Directed by Rebecca O’Neil
Cast
Clotho - Cara Thomas
Lachesis - Carolynne Wilcox
Atropos - Cristin Fenzel
The Queen of the Dead - Aimee Decker
Hermes - Marcenus “MC” Earl
Tickets on sale now. All tickets are PWYW.
Creative Team
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Rebecca O'Neil (she/her)
Rebecca O’Neil is a Seattle-based actor with a passion for equity in the theatre and a profound interest in using the theatre to tell stories about all kinds of people, at all the intersections in their lives. A 2019 of the MFA Arts Leadership program at Seattle University, she applied her classroom work to the development of The Shattered Glass Project. Rebecca is the president of the Theater Puget Sound board of directors for 2023 and previously served as treasurer. She has an MFA in Acting (University of Portland); an MA in Teaching (Willamette University), and a BA in Dramatic Arts (Mills College). She is the proud mother of Jade, Gemma and Rafferty, and grandmother of Leila. Peter: I couldn’t do this without you.
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Alison Kozar (they/them)
Alison is a rising stage manager making their directing debut with All New Cells. Their next project will be as stage manager for TSGP’s production of “Loom”.
Alison believes in healing the world, feminist science fiction, and radical self-worth. Recent productions: Black Bois (The Congregation,) Sheathed (Macha Theatre Works,) The Events (Intiman,) Is God Is (WET,) and The Christians (Pony World.) Alison is a 2018 Intiman Emerging Artist. www.professionalmomfriend.com
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Cara Thomas (she/her)
Cara Thomas (she/her) is very excited to play the role of Clotho on this new, innovative performance platform. She began her acting career in 2017 as the feisty Eunice Hubbell in Red Curtain’s presentation of A Streetcar Named Desire. Before the pandemic she was Sudie Patterson in John C Davenport’s Asylum in Georgia at West of Lenin. Now, Cara is looking forward to giving Clotho breath; and is sincerely grateful for this new, exhilarating opportunity.
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Carolynne Wilcox (she/they)
Carolynne Wilcox is a Seattle-based actor and playwright whose plays have been produced both locally and regionally, most recently a virtual production of Clytemnestra, as well as virtual (with TSGP!) AND actual productions of A Series of Small Cataclysms (co-written with Jen Smith Anderson). Aside from a slew of virtual performances over the past year, favorite recent roles include Ana in The Clean House, Carmen in Juan Palmieri, and La Muerte in Blood Wedding. She is beyond excited to finally be unveiling Loom after originally creating it as her graduate thesis project at Towson University in 2008!
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Cristin Fenzel (she/her)
Cristin Fenzel is delighted to be part of the Loom Zoom team. Cristin is a teaching theater artist who uses theater as a tool to help young people become confident, creative writers and thinkers. During quarantine, she has been teaching online theater game and creative writing classes. She has appeared on stage (and/or in the park) with The Edmonds Driftwood Players, Phoenix Theatre, SecondStory Repertory, and The 14/48 Projects. If you are in the market for a new pair of shears, she highly recommends Joyce Chen’s life-changing “Unlimited” kitchen scissors — seriously, look them up!
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Aimee Decker (she/her)
Aimee is thrilled to be part of this terrific project for The Shattered Glass Project. Before venturing into acting, she studied dance in Montana, worked in theatre and television in New York, and had a few run-ins with the law here in Seattle. Aimee has recently performed with Mythodical Ensemble, REBATEnsemble, and the multimedia steampunk series BRASS! created by John Longenbaugh. She would like to thank Rebecca, Carolynne, and the Fates who have made this all come together.
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Marcenus "MC" Earl (he/him)
M.C. is a graduate of USIU San Diego's B.F.A. Acting Program. He started working with Cornerstone Theatre Company in Los Angeles in 1993 and became an ensemble member in 2008, appearing in over 16 productions. Cornerstone community collaborations M.C. has appeared in include Broken Hearts, For Here or To Go?, and For All Time. He appeared as the title role in The Langston Hughes Project at the Watts Village Theater, and at the Mark Taper Forum in Uzazi.