Don’t miss this scrumptrulescent display of “marathon theatre”.  In our case, this is the ambitious idea that presumes you can actually produce quality work with only a single day’s rehearsal.  The inspiration for each of these plays was vacuum cleaners.  When was the last time you saw twenty vacuum cleaners filling a stage?  Each play you’ll see on this night tackles wildly different material, perhaps unlike anything you’ve seen before.  Why do we do marathon theatre?  To build community, to make people laugh, and to marvel at the fact that yes--it can be done.

Saturday, April 17th at 7:30pm and 9:00pm

Freehold Theatre

2222 2nd Avenue

Seattle, WA 98121

The Vacuum Participants:

Writers:

Lamar Lewis

Maya Macdonald

Carlee McManus

Jessi Sundell

Directors:

Mariah Angele

Greg Bagdasaryan

Nathan Bean

Ryan Smith

Cast:

Coming Soon!

-Writer Profiles-

Lamar Lewis 

Lamar hails from New York City where he studied Drama at the "Fame" school, and dance at the Alvin Ailey Dance Center.  In Seattle, he was recently seen as Lucas/Linus in a modern adaptation of Charles Shultz' "Peanuts" characters called "Baggage Claim", with The Heroes.  Lamar has been a writer for over fifteen years, and has several unpublished theatrical plays, screenplays, and adaptations.

Maya Macdonald

Maya is an actor, playwright, and native New Yorker.  Her plays have been read and performed with Starfish Theatre Works, MCC Theatre, Voice and Vision, Primary Stages, New Georges’ “The Room”, and New Dramatists. Her play “The Last Three Days” was a 2009 Finalist for the Page 73 Fellowship, and a 2010 finalist for the Mabou Mines Artist Residency.  Maya is a graduate of Bennington College, an Equity Membership Candidate, and a member of the Dramatist's Guild of America.

Carlee McManus

Carlee grew up in Seattle and graduated from Bennington College in Vermont.  A writer and actor, she has recently performed her work in the Seattle Solo Performance Festival (SPF: 3), and appeared in shows and readings with the LAByrinth Theater Company at the Public Theater in NY.  She has also appeared in “In Arabia We'd All Be Kings” (Chickie), “The Dispute” (Carise), “The House of Bernarda Alba” (Servant), and “The Bear” (Mrs. Popov).  Her writing can next be seen online for an upcoming web-series.

Jessi Sundell

Jessi has been a creative type from an early age and currently lives in Laramie, Wyoming where she works as a tattoo artist.  She holds a Master's degree in screenwriting from the University of California, Riverside.  Her plays have been performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, the Ruskin Group theatre in LA, and many places in between.

12 Dollars if you vacuum your own place.

10 Dollars if there’s no reason to vacuum a dorm.