Drunken Owl Theatre

Message from the Artistic Director

As I pondered what to write here I scanned previous programs. I realize that my words in January ring true today: I am blessed with family, friends, health, and the opportunity to create. We’ve had more variables than usual through the process, and I am grateful for the talent and time given by each participant listed in this program. I am equally grateful for each audience member, sponsor, or board member who supports our work. Thank you, and enjoy the show.

Kevin Finney

Artistic Director

Our Program

Music by The Brews Brothers (Friday), Marky Par (Saturday), The Mikes (Sunday) and Bron Edwards and Kevin Finney (Monday)

“I was Asked to Write a Piece about ICE” (or “The News Cycle”) by Carolynne Wilcox

Originally written as a single-voice spoken word poem,I was Asked to Write a Piece About Ice(Or,The News Cycle) was created in response to exactly that – being asked to write a piece about ICE in early February for a showcase that was supposed to happen in early May, but was postponed. The writer grapples with the awfulness (and potential, very personal danger) of ICE, while also feeling like the news cycle is so fast, furious and virulent, their attention has been swept far, far away from the subject at hand by the “newer, shinier” travesties (cough *distractions* cough) of the current regime, where turning towards the “bigger and badder” sensationalist news stories has become daily and commonplace.

Writer – Christina Williams

Memory – Adam Tapp

Noise – Sumant Gupta

The Body – Paige Dasher

Poetry by Mike Hickey

“Parallel Ambitions” by Anna Tatelman

“Parallel Ambitions” explores an alternate universe in which characters from two different Shakespearean texts collide. Separately, Lady Macbeth and Hamlet were foiled in their plans, but perhaps together, they can achieve a different end . . .

Lady MacBeth – Christina Williams

Hamlet – Sumant Gupta

Intermission

Music by The Brews Brothers (Friday), Marky Par (Saturday), The Mikes (Sunday) and Bron Edwards and Kevin Finney (Monday)

“Rook and Marcella Test the Waters” by Pamela Hobart Carter

Rook and Marcella are in trouble. Rook shouldn’t have touched Marcella in public but he had to fish her out of the water when it looked to him as if she were drowning. (She was.) They must attend a violations hearing where their chances of being let off are slim. But, they are two creative types with lots of ideas. Except they’re not supposed to meet before the hearing. Fortunately, Rook knows the training campus so well that he might be able to keep them hidden long enough to plan a possible out.

Rook – Adam Tapp

Marcella – Paige Dasher

Poetry by Kaitlyn DeMeyere

“Here to Serve You” by Barbara Lindsay

Security runs amok when two weary travelers find a lone shoe in an airport terminal.

Ted – Kevin Finney

Tim – Sumant Gupta

Tina – Christina Williams

Music by The Brews Brothers (Friday), Marky Par (Saturday), The Mikes (Sunday) and Bron Edwards and Kevin Finney (Monday)

Our Company

Pamela Hobart Carter (Playwright, Set Design) Locally, Pam’s plays have been produced and/or read by 14/48, ACT, As If, Baker Theater Workshop, DOT, Infinity Box Theatre Project, LiveGirls! Theatre, Macha Theater Works, and Penguin Productions, among others. She designs and paints flats for DOT. Her poetry publications include 4 chapbooks and the collection Earth at Perihelion. 

Our set-painting crew: Sumant Gupta,

Amanda Haselden,

and Misaki Teranishi.

Adam Tapp (actor) is delighted to make his return to the Drunken Owl theatre. His past productions include A Mirror with Thalias Umbrella at 12th Ave Arts and As You Like it with The Original Black Dog Theatre Company. He hopes you’re inspired to start a protest after this show. Supplies will be in the back.

Sumant Gupta (actor, set painting) is privileged to return to the Drunken Owl stage. He is grateful to the immensely creative playwrights, the talented cast & crew and our lovely supportive audience for helping fulfill his life mission to be silly and serious concurrently.

At Beveridge Place, located in beautiful West Seattle, we strive to offer our guests the best beverage selection possible in a comfortable, lively setting. 
We feature three unique atmospheres for your pleasure: 
The Front Room – vintage décor, couches, and board games
The Game Room – darts, shuffleboard. foosball, and satellite TV
The Beverage Garden – our relaxing outdoor seating area surrounded by greenery!
All areas are 21+ only.

Kaitlyn DeMeyere (poet) is so excited to be back performing with Drunken Owl! Since starting with Drunken Owl she’s expanded her poetry resume to performing on various stages across the Puget Sound, has been published twice, and has hosted poetry events for poets from all over the U.S. Her newest book, You Will Not Break, is currently in production and will be released by Spring. Cheers to what comes her way in 2026!

  Christina Williams (actress) is truly grateful to be a part of this fantastic team of creatives! A Seattle native, she has been acting since 1994 and her favorite roles include Marie Antoinette (The Revolutionists), Trudy (Social Security), and Veronica (God of Carnage). When she’s not acting, you will find her watching classic movies and/or baking.  Much love to her best friend & husband, Drake.  8647

Stacey Hansen (Stage Manager, Sound Design) is super excited to be working For The Eighth Time! with Drunken Owl Theatre. A Seattle native, she has stage managed more shows than she can count on her fingers and toes, and for more years than is polite to ask. Thanks to Kevin for asking me back, and to this fabulous cast for sharing this lovely artistic ride with them.

Conrad Wesselhoeft (musician Friday) worked as a tugboat hand in Singapore and a Peace Corps Volunteer in Polynesia before embarking on a career in journalism. He has served on the editorial staffs of five newspapers, including The New York Times. He is the author of two award-winning contemporary young novels published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. He lives in West Seattle with the musician and composer Bronwyn Edwards. He plays ukulele in the band The Brews Brothers.

Carolynne (Caro) Wilcox ( playwright, she/they) is a bilingual, Latine theatre artist is a theatre artist based in Seattle with an MFA (Experimental Theatre/Original Works) from Towson University (MD). Their short plays have been produced locally, nationally and globally. Full-length In Between Places, recently received a reading at The Shattered Glass Project (Seattle), while Clytemnestra was a finalist for the Inkslinger Contest in Louisiana and a semi-finalist for the 2025 AGE Legacy Playwright Grant – it will receive a semi-staged reading later this summer with Mythodical Ensemble.

John Davis (musician Friday) is the author of Gigs, Guard the Dead and a chapbook, The Reservist. He has published over 600 poems in such magazines as DMQ Review, One, Poetry Northwest, Sycamore Review and Terrain.org. After forty years of teaching high school students, he has retired and plays in several bands, skis, hikes and adores peaches and blackberry pies. He is a veteran of the United States Coast Guard.

Anna Tatelman (playwright, she/her) is delighted to reunite with Drunken Owl for the world premiere of “Parallel Ambitions.” Previous DOT plays include “The Minimalists,” “Worthy” (commissioned by DOT in partnership with Union Arts Center), and “Justice, Adapted.” You may have also seen her plays at theatres like Shattered Glass Project, Infinity Box, and Aspire Rep. Recent accolades include receiving a semi-finalist award for UAC’s New Works Northwest Festival, being invited to the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, and getting a script published in ProPlay. www.annatatelman.com

Newly retired musician Bronwyn Edwards (musician, Monday) is taking a hiatus from music this year and focusing on her former career in art and illustration. She will be showcasing her creations at the Fauntleroy Art Show in November. Bron recently spent 6 months in her native Australia touring with her partner Conrad, and hanging out with her grandsons, Rafe and Stellan, in Sydney.

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Kirsten McCory (costumer) has had a passion for costumes for many years beginning in the 1990’s for the burlesque stage, for her daughter (who is now a costume designer) and for her life modeling work and photo shoots. She costumed the play “Riding the Bull” by August Schulenburg and co-costumed,(with her daughter!) “The Deadliest Instruments”, written by Kirsten and both produced by New Amerikan Theater. Thanks to DOT http://www.kirstenmccory.com/

Judith Camann M.Ed. MFA (Poetry reader Saturday)  has two books of poetry:  In the Spill Again and A Poet Studies for the National Counseling Exam available at Barnes and Noble.  A Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate, Camann  is a member of The National Association for Poetry Therapy & is an Editorial Board Member of The Journal of Poetry Therapy.  Learn more about her at www.judithcamann.com.

Charles Philipp Martin (musician, Friday) began his musical career as an orchestral bassist in the Hong Kong Philharmonic, and moved on to become a writer and broadcaster in Hong Kong and then Seattle. His first crime novel, Neon Panic, was published in 2011, and his latest one, Rented Grave, is now out from Level Best Books. In between writing sessions he enjoys playing lead guitar with the Brews Brothers. All of this and more at neonpanic.com

Michael G. Hickey (poet), professor emeritus, is the eldest of eleven children. He received a BA in creative writing from the University of Arizona, 1987, and an MFA from the University of Washington, 1992. In 2009, he was inaugurated as Seattle’s eighth Poet Populist. Hickey has published widely in national literary journals such as The Atlanta Review, The Seattle Review, and to date has published seven books: one children’s title, two novels, and four volumes of poetry.

Barbara Lindsay (playwright) Barbara’s first full length play, FREE, won the NY Drama League’s 1989 Playwriting Competition and was given its premiere production in London oin 1991. Since then there have been more than 400 national and international productions of my plays and monologues in 35 States, 13 countries, and on every continent except Antarctica. I am happy to once again have a play performed by Drunken Owl Theatre. Thanks, Kevin!

About My Family Doctor

My Family Doctor offers a full range of medical care to people of all ages, with kindness, honesty, respect, and a proactive philosophy about health. Our Primary Care Physician, Dr. Terrill Harrington, believes in fostering a partnership with you to jointly address and maintain your health. This is reflected in the focused attention he gives to each patient in the exam room, his willingness to listen and gather details, and his personal dedication to identifying solutions that blend his wealth of experience with the latest research in the medical field.

Our Hours

Monday–Thursday 8:00 am – 4:00 pm 

Our Location

3623 SW Alaska Street

Seattle, WA 98126

PO Box 16469
Seattle, WA 98116

Contact Us

The best way to reach us is by phone: Tel: 206-362-8674

Fax: 206-935-1425

Dr. Terrill Harrington with patients.

Paige Dasher (actress) grew up competing in cowboy action shooting under the alias “Ivy Hills.” She is a student and anesthesia technician at the University of Washington. Outside of her coursework, she enjoys painting and writing poetry. She is thrilled to be appearing in her first theatrical performance with The Drunken Owl.

Mike Goldfine (musician) began playing drums at the age of ten and switched to bass as a teenager. Following his mother’s lead, he played in the orchestra pit for several theatrical productions in the Puget Sound area and made his acting debut in “Twelfth Night.” He plays bass and drums in several local bands and has played at Drunken Owl many times.

Mike Oprinski (musician Sunday) is a West Seattle musician rooted in Jazz, Americana, metal, punk, and indie rock.

As a transplant from the southern Appalachian mountains, Chad Leatherwood (musician Sunday) has spent a lifetime immersed in bluegrass, Americana, and music created by singer-songwriters.  He’s played in a wide variety of musical projects and prizes playing with kind and passionate fellow musicians.  

As a young man, Kevin Finney (Artistic Director, actor) acted in summer stock on the East Coast. He was John Ritter’s stand-in in the film “Real Men,” and had a song and dance gig in a Japanese amusement park. In the Seattle area, he’s acted at ArtsWest, Burien Actors Theatre, As If Theatre, and Phoenix Theatre. Since 2018 most of his creative energy has gone into directing Drunken Owl Theatre.