by Keri Healey
directed by Carol Roscoe
October 24 – November 22, 2008
The Stranger recommends "Don't You Dare Love Me," calling Keri Healey's script "smart" and "funny" among other things. To read the whole rave review go to The Stranger.
For most of us, the small moments in our livings rooms, bedrooms, offices, and backyards are the epics that fill our lives. Playwright Keri Healey takes on matters of the heart in single and non-committal Seattle in her new play, "Don't You Dare Love Me."
Everyone in this play wants desperately to fall in love, but only one of them makes the first move. For his trouble, shy customer service agent Glen is roundly rejected but refuses to take "no" for an answer. Kirk is a real estate agent looking for home in empty houses, Evan wants perhaps too much of a good thing, CJ hides from romance behind an alcoholic brother and a mountain of self-doubt, Paige is a sage but slippery barkeep who leaves broken hearts behind her, and Tristan is caught between the fantasies of his past and the undeniable reality that will come from his next kiss.
What happens to Glen—and to the loosely connected collection of his peers who refuse to take "yes" for an answer—makes up this series of pathetic dates, late night phone calls, threesome negotiations, love compromises, and lies that get people through the night. Part comedy, part tragedy. Just like all relationships.
Opening night Friday, October 24, 2008 at Macha Monkey's home in Belltown: 2222 2nd Ave #200, Seattle, WA 98121 (Map it!)
Shows Friday and Saturday evenings October 24 through November 22, 2008.
Tickets are available now at Brown Paper Tickets.
For more information, e-mail the monkeys at info@machamonkey.org.
Keri Healey is a playwright, director, and actor living in Seattle. Her most recent work includes the plays ONE TWELVE, THE IKEA CYCLE: TINY DOMESTIC DRAMAS (co-written with Bret Fetzer), the teen musical HIGH TIDE AT THREEFORKS; PARROT FEVER (OR, LIES I'VE TOLD IN CHAT ROOMS), NO DEMERITS FOR DANCING, CHERRY CHERRY LEMON, and PENETRALIA. Her plays have been performed in Seattle, Austin, Dallas, Vail (Colorado), Adelaide (Australia), and Singapore. CHERRY CHERRY LEMON was cited as Best Production in Seattle's The Stranger's "Best Seattle Theatre" list of 2001, and in 2002 was named "Best Touring Production" by the Austin American-Statesman. PENETRALIA was given a "Best New Play" runner-up nod by The Seattle Times in 1998. Keri is also the author of a collection of short stories entitled Jealous of Boys. In 2002 and 2006 she was a writer-in-residence at the Espy Foundation in Oysterville, WA. In 2004, she was chosen by Seattle Dramatists as one of its five inaugural Principal Playwrights. In 2005, she was selected by The Stranger as "One to Watch" in their annual Genius Awards issue. Her next play, a musical thriller about a motel lounge cover band's murderous spree, is being developed by Printer's Devil Theater, where she is a company member.
Carol RoscoeCarol Roscoe is an accomplished Seattle based actor and director. Her recent directing credits include The Vertical Hour and The Retreat From Moscow at Arts West and Halcyon Days and Betrayal at Seattle Public Theatre.