Matilda (Narea Kang) aids Lawrence (Randall Brammer) and Professor Pemberton (Brad Walker) in The Clockwork Professor.
Photos by Pork Filled Players (Roger Tang)
Pork Filled productions premieres The Clockwork Professor
Wind up your gears, polish your best goggles, and fire up your airship for a smashing adventure this summer! Pork Filled Productions is proud to present The Clockwork Professor, a world premiere play by Maggie Lee, directed by Amy Poisson (These Streets), at the Theatre Off Jackson (409 7th Ave. S., Seattle), from July 12 to August 3, 2013.
Professor Pemberton is a humble inventor, a quiet man of science. As political unrest sweeps over the great city of New Providence, buried secrets from his past threaten to destroy everything that he holds dear, and perhaps even the Crown itself! Come join The Clockwork Professor on this action-packed adventure of fantastical science fiction with a steampunk twist!
Produced in association with the Theatre Off Jackson, The Clockwork Professor assembles an amazing multicultural cast, a visionary design team, and enough twists and turns to tantalize even the stodgiest scoundrels. Shows run Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8pm, with a Pay-What-You-Can industry night on Monday, July 29.
"Clockwork is a great fit for us," says Artistic Director Roger Tang. "Science fiction is a genre our theatre group naturally gravitates toward as a personal interest. Seattle is often called the steampunk capital of the world, so the show is also a great fit for the city. We've already had some incredible support from the community--we were even lucky enough to have Phil Foglio, a world-renowned steampunk artist who lives in Seattle, design our poster.
"It's our 15th year of making theatre and we’re looking to tackle a challenge. We want to redefine the notion of what Asian American theatre is capable of. And it’s only fitting to produce The Clockwork Professor at Theatre Off Jackson--since Pork Filled began as Artists in Residence at TOJ back in 1998, it's coming full circle for us to return with Maggie as an Artist in Residence there for a world premiere of her work."
Playwright Maggie Lee is the lead writer, as well as a performer, producer and panda wrangler for Pork Filled Players, the sketch comedy counterpart of Pork Filled Productions. She designs lights, props and puppets for many local theaters. Her plays reflect her love of comedy, fantastical science fiction and horror. Past shows include H.P. Lovecraft adaptations at Open Circle Theater, Balagan Theatre’s collaborative park shows Greetings from Styx and King Arthur and the Knights of the Playground, 14/48, Kindred Spirits at ReAct Theatre, and The Sunshower Bride for Live Girls! Quickies 13. In 2011, she was the moderator for the Asian American Women & Comedy panel at the National Asian American Theater Conference in Los Angeles. Currently she is a member of the SIS Writers Group and was featured two years in a row at the REPRESENT! Multicultural Playwrights' Festival Local Writers Showcase at ACT.
Director Amy Poisson most recently directed These Streets at ACT as part of the Central Heating Lab and The Strange Misadventures of Patty at the Annex Theatre. Amy has collaborated on several world premieres as director, asst. director and stage manager, acting as Assistant Director for Robin Hood with Allison Narver at ACT and Assistant Director on Elektra at Seattle Shakes with Sheila Daniels, She has worked at ACT, Seattle Repertory, SCT, Intiman, Book-it, 14/48 and Live Girls! She holds a Certificate in Directing from the UW, a BA in Theatre from Eckerd College and is currently adjunct faculty at Cornish College of the Arts.
The Clockwork Professor features Randall Brammer, Ana Maria Campoy, Narea Kang, Phillip Keiman, Karissa Samples, Melissa Slaughter, Sascha Streckel, Brad Walker and Moses Yim.
Tickets are $15 general and $12 student/senior/TPS and can be bought in advance at Brown Paper Tickets, online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/343229. For more information, email Pork Filled Productions at info@porkfilled.com. PFP is a proud to participate in Teen Tix. The Clockwork Professor is rated PG-16 for brief nudity, strong language and perilous portals into strange new dimensions!
Pork Filled Productions is the theater offshoot of the long-running Seattle sketch comedy group, The Pork Filled Players. The group provides opportunities for Asian American theatre artists to create exciting new full-length plays that redefine the perceptions of typical Asian American theatre. Our shows reflect the diversity, imagination and creativity of modern Asian American artists, including supernatural comedies (Big Hunk o' Burnin' Love by Prince Gomolvilas), mistaken race farces (Yellow Face by David Henry Hwang), and yes, even Kung-fu zombie Shakespeare (Living Dead in Denmark by Qui Nguyen). Producers are Narea Kang, Maggie Lee, May Nguyen, and Roger Tang.
The Clockwork Professor is supported in part by 4Culture and the Office of Arts & Culture Seattle.
