Script Tease Seattle

10/29/2023

First rehearsal of the latest edition of Script Tease begins in 5 minutes!

09/15/2023

As we're in the midst of coordinating who our playwrights, directors, and actors will be for a return in the fall, we're super-excited to let y'all know that The National Theatre of the World opens their production tomorrow night! We're hugely grateful to Naomi Snieckus and Matt Baram fore creating this amazing format, and granting us permission to do it here in Seattle.

If you're in Toronto or anywhere near, you owe it to yourself to catch their amazing production. #

(Link to tickets in the comments!)

11/16/2022

Oh, hey. How's it going? Haven't talked to y'all in a while. But... looks like we'll be back for three weekends again around this time next year. Stay tuned!

03/21/2018

Jet City Improv hired a photographer for closing night of "Script Tease," directed by Jeffrey Lloyd Nickels, with a script by Brandon J. Simmons. Cast tagged in photos. As always, huge gratitude to The National Theatre of the World for granting the right to produce this show in Seattle.

02/06/2018

Calling all improv AND scripted actors!

We want you for the next iteration of Script Tease Seattle, happening March 1-2 and March 8-9 at Jet City Improv as part of their 25th Anniversary season.

Script Tease is an improvised show where actors perform a staged reading of the first six scripted pages of a new play by a local playwright, then improvise the rest of the brand-new play live, using the scripted pages as the improv prompt. The playwright establishes a world, characters, and possibly the beginnings of the plot. It’s up to you as a performer to finish it out with your cast!

Each week will have its own playwright, director, and cast. For the March 1-2 shows, casting is open to all. For the March 8-9 shows, we are seeking an all-black creative team. We have two reasons for doing this:
1) In cases where roles are not written in a racially specific way, the default in casting throughout the country has been to cast white actors. We'd like to turn that default on its head.
2) If the playwright wishes to write to issues specific to black experience, he will have the freedom to do so.

For the first week, the playwright is Kelleen Conway Blanchard, and the director is Dave Clapper.
For the second week, the playwright is Brandon J. Simmons, and the director is Sadiqua Iman.

Schedule for the first week:
Rehearsals:
Sunday, Feb 25 – 3pm-6pm
Tuesday, Feb 27 – 7pm-10pm
Wednesday, Feb 28 – 7pm-10pm
Performances:
Thursday, March 1 – 8pm-9:30pm, 7:30 call
Friday, March 2 – 8pm-9:30pm, 7:30 call

Schedule for the second week:
Rehearsals:
Sunday, March 4 – 3pm-6pm
Tuesday, March 6 - 7pm-10pm
Wednesday, March 7 - 7pm-10pm
Performances:
Thursday, March 8 – 8pm-9:30pm, 7:30 call
Friday, March 9 – 8pm-9:30pm, 7:30 call

Must be 18 or older. This is a "paper" audition. We will review resumes and head shots and cast from those. Please send your head shot, resume, week preferred, and any conflicts to [email protected] by midnight February 13. We will respond to all emails with casting notice by midnight February 16. This pays a $30 stipend ($15 per performance).

Script Tease is trademarked by National Theatre of the World, and is produced in Seattle with their permission.

05/10/2017

One more edition of Script Tease TONIGHT at 7:30 pm at Annex Theatre!

Drama in the Hood says: "Even with the help of a thesaurus, it is difficult to find the right words to express how amazing Script Tease was. Amazingissimo? Seriously Annex’s Research and Development’s off night “project” was quite unbelievable."

Tickets: bit.ly/RDWingAnnex

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05/09/2017

We are proud to kick off the fourth edition of Script Tease Seattle at Annex Theatre, as one of the weeks of Research & Development Wing.

Tonight at 6:30 pm, playwright Seayoung Yim will pass off her first script to Phoebe Amanda Richards and Mario Gomez. Then at 7:30 pm, Britney Barber, Coonoor Behal, Kavya George, Kesan Holt, Kinzie Shaw, and Aditya Sriram will improvise a world-premiere play on the Annex stage. You don't want to miss this once-in-a-lifetime-event!*

Tickets are $5/$10 at bit.ly/RDWingAnnex



*If you can't make it tonight we're doing one more performance with a different script (same playwright and cast!) on Wednesday 5/10.

TONIGHT! Seayoung Yim writes the first six pages of a full length play and the rest is improvised by the talents of Script Tease Seattle! Join us for Research & Development Wing!

Tickets: http://bit.ly/RDWingAnnex

05/05/2017

Kudos to Jennifer Jasper, our first playwright (and second, the following year). "Free Range," one of the six pieces of "Pressing Matters," began its life as the first six pages of our very first production. http://www.usedyorkcity.com/2017/05/03/intermission-pressing-matters/

04/03/2017

We're gonna be back soon, at Annex Theatre!
Playwright:
Seayoung Yim
Director:
Phoebe Richards
Cast:
Coonoor Behal
Britney Barber
Kavya George
Kesan Holt
Kinzie Shaw
Aditya Sriram

07/14/2016

One more night of rehearsal before we launch our third weekend of Script Tease, this time with a script by Maggie Lee.

See you the Market Theatre on Friday & Saturday at 8:30 pm!

06/23/2016

Hey, all! We're excited to announce the artist roster!

Week One:
Playwright:
Benjamin Benne
Director:
Catherine Blake Smith
Cast:
Tony Beeman
David Bestock
Ashley Flannegan
Jana Hutchison
James Katica
Elicia Wickstead

Week Two:
Playwright:
Scotto Moore
Director:
Dave Clapper
Cast:
Adrienne Corcoran
Kate Drummond
Chazz Kaskes
Lauren Skelton
Bryan Sullivan
Tim Tracey

Week Three:
Playwright:
Maggie Lee
Director:
Kate Jaeger
Cast:
Troy Mink
Jordi Montes
Josh Padilla
Phoebe Richards
Laurel Ryan
Douglas Willott

Tech Director for all three weeks:
Mario Gomez