windows are portals
between the private and public spaces we occupy,
very different from the doors we use to pass from one to the other.

windows establish boundaries the body should not cross
yet, whether open or closed
windows can be as permeable as air,
windows allow passage

: the scent of a good meal
: the sound of music or an angry voice
: a sleepy head looking for
a gun shot
the garbage truck
: answers to vital questions
is my child my spouse my car my cat still present in my life

what we understand about what is happening in our world
can often be learned through windows
and
frequently depends…
which side of the window are we on?

rpo, 7/29/2023

Through the Window

A Third Space Friendraiser in (and out of)
The Green Room @ The Shattered Glass Project

Thursday, August 24, 2023

3201 E. Republican St, Room 109, Seattle 98112

  • doors & mingling ~ 6:00 p.m.

  • curtain, windows & wandering ~ 6:30 p.m.

  • BYO Friends & Family | Donations cheerfully accepted

 

What Is it?

Join us on August 24th for a fundraiser and friendraiser for The Shattered Glass Project and for our programs for women, non-binary and trans artists. Enjoy new monologues crafted by local playwrights, performed in, through, inside and outside the windows of our studio in Madison Valley.


How does it work?

  • Choose your seat inside or outside TSGP’s studio at the MLK FAME Center.

  • Feel free to move: sit on the picnic table or bring your camp chair. Stand in the parking lot or the hallway door.

  • Discover the liminal spaces defined by the windows in our lives.

  • Bring your friends and family. Experience and support the arts by helping us build community and future audience (although we we will also cheerfully take your financial donation.)


Schedule

6:00 p.m. - doors open - check-in, choose your starting location, get to know your neighbors and the MLK FAME building.

6:30 p.m. - The windows open & the performance begins - audience members are welcome to move around during and between monologues, we just ask that conversations are muted to allow your fellow audience members to hear and the actors to be heard.

7:30 p.m. - Discussion, mingling with the performers, the playwrights, and/or your neighbors.

8:00 p.m. - As Peyps said, “...and so to bed.”


 

Playwrights and Performers

  • Alexandra Kronz (they/them)

    Playwright | Point of View

    Alex Kronz is a Seattle based writer, choreographer, dancer and actor.

  • Carolynne Wilcox (she/they)

    Performer

    Playwright | Portal to the Sea

    Carolynne is a bilingual, multihyphenate Latine theatre artist whose work has been seen nationally & locally at Village Theatre, Book-It Rep, Milagro (Portland), Creative Alliance (Baltimore), Playwrights Round Table (Orlando), Latino Theatre Projects, Parley Productions and Pacific Play Company, among others. She holds an MFA from Towson University. More: www.carolynnewilcox.com.

  • Kirsten McCory (she/her)

    Playwright | Rapunzel at the Window

    Kirsten McCory is a multi-disciplinary artist living and working in Seattle. She has performed in burlesque and live theater since 1999 and worked as a professional fine art model since 2009. She has studied photography, acting, writing, voice over and stage combat and is interested in themes exploring identity, archetype and addiction.

  • Leonie Mikele (she/her)

    Playwright | Looking

    Leonie Mikele studied writing with David Wagoner and earned her MA in poetry from Northwest Institute of Literary Arts. She is now writing both short and long plays, as well as poetry. She lives in Bellevue with four African Grey parrots, her human partner, and her dog.

  • Mandi Bossard (she/her)

    Playwright | Sisters

    Mandi Bossard is an actress and playwright residing in Seattle. Before relocating, she was a performer at iO West and Second City in Los Angeles. You can find her comedy videos on instagram and tiktok: @mandibossard.

  • Matthew Ivan Benett (he/him)

    Playwright | Valley of Fire

    Matthew Ivan Bennett has been a resident of Plan-B Theatre since 2007, where he’s premiered several stage and radio plays, including THE FINAL PROBLEM this October. In Seattle, his short plays have appeared with Pacific Play Company. Matt is a member of Futurescapes and the Dramatists Guild.

  • Miriam BC Tobin (she/her)

    Performer

    Playwright | Waiting for Misty

    Miriam BC Tobin is a Seattle-based theatre artist. She’s performed on stages and taught drama across the US and Europe. Honors include a Hedgebrook residency, PEN Writing Scholarship, Newington-Cropsey Fellowship, and London Dramatic Academy Fellowship. Miriam also runs SCRiB LAB, a writing organization aimed at creating community through experimentation. www.mirbct.com

  • Natalie Schmidt (she/her)

    Playwright | Nisha’s Window

    Natalie Schmidt (she/her) is a playwright, actor, and Designated Linklater Teacher. She is also the Co-Artistic Director of General Gabler’s Theatre. Her one-act play Queenfisher premiered at TSGP, where she was a member of the 2021 I/M Cohort, and her short play Grid (Un)locked premiered at Dacha ’Round the Clock.

  • Pamela Hobart Carter (she/her)

    Playwright | Through a City Window

    Artist and teacher Pamela Hobart Carter is the author of the poetry chapbooks "Her Imaginary Museum," "Held Together with Tape and Glue," and "Behind the Scenes at the Eternal Everyday." Her plays have been produced in Seattle (her home), Montreal (her childhood home) and Fort Worth. Website: https://playwrightpam.wordpress.com/

  • PJ Gross (she/her)

    Playwright | Etude

    PJ Gross is a poet/theatre-maker in Washington, D.C. Her work has been published in RVA Magazine and Lingering in the Margins: A River City Poets Anthology, and released a poetry album, THIS ROOM TONIGHT. PJ is a founding member of Laquespace Productions, the Spiral Collective, and Towson Theatre Lab.

  • Sean Neely (he/him)

    Performer

    Playwright | Open a Window and Hug Your Neighbor

    Born in South Texas. Acted in plays in Chicago, Austin, NYC, Minneapolis, Phoenix, Tacoma and Seattle. Last play I acted in was Oleanna at Tacoma Arts Live. I am currently filming a public workshop of my ninth play in Jimi Hendrix Park called KINK GOVERNMENT FARCE DOCUMENTARY TIKTOK.

  • Tommer Peterson (he/him)

    Performer

    Playwright | The Space Between

    Tommer Peterson is a Metís theater artist and designer. He is the author of the plays, What an Impossible Idea, The Space Between, Small Ordinary Gods, Just Wait a Yottasecond, The Lightning Sash, and No One On Board Took Notice.

  • Rebecca O'Neil (she/her)

    Performer & Director

    Rebecca O’Neil is the founding artistic director of The Shattered Glass Project. As an actor she most recently appeared on stage in Hedda Gabler with General Gabler’s Theatre. Recent directing projects include the upcoming reading of A Witness by Jordan Davis Henry; Arbus Speaks by Kirsten McCory at Freehold Studios; and Loom by Carolynne Wilcox and Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare for The Shattered Glass Project. She has recently added scenic design and COVID safety management to her skill set.

  • Aarti Tiwari (she/her)

    Performer

    Aarti Tiwari (she/her) is a multi-lingual actor, writer based in Seattle. Regional stage credits: Hedda Gabler (General Gabler’s Theatre), The Pericles Project (Freehold Engaged Theatre), Twelfth Night, The Winter’s Tale (Seattle Rep), This and That (Baltimore WhiteFlag Performance Group). She has travelled countrywide in India to various national and international theatre festivals with her solo performance, Mansha’s Wedding. International stage credits: Three Sisters, Parting with Words, Sultan, Kiss & Tell, Children of Hiroshima, Ismat Manto. Aarti's next is a solo performance 'Flow,Swim,Float' in collaboration with Pratidhwani Theatre in September 2023. She is obsessed with Cherry Blossoms, Orcas and Nina Simone. IG: @itinerantink)