All-Access Pass to TOJ's 2009-2010 Season

Sep 2009 - June 2010

Pass: $150 at Brown Paper Tickets

Over a $300 value for only $150! An all-access pass to TOJ co-productions - provides admittance to one performance during each show in our season, and a full festival pass to our Solo Performance Festival. We'll even reserve a seat for you. To schedule, email or call us at least one week in advance of performance to reserve your ticket. Note that reservations are subject to availability - make them early as many shows do sell out.

An all-access pass gets you into everything in our season brochure, but we may add more shows. Look for the TOJ stairs next to events on this page to see what all we have in store for passholders.

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Susie J. Lee's For These Unclosings

Fri, Sep 11 8:00 PM

Tickets: 15 Advance at Brown Paper Tickets

Show Info: For These Unclosings

For These Unclosings has developed into a complex, real-time composition that seamlessly integrates movement, sound and image. Exploring themes of memory, this work creates an intimate theatrical experience in which three distinct characters--dancer, line, and music--push, pull and react to one another in a nuanced dialogue. Jen Graves of The Stranger calls it, "neurotic, erotic and electric."

Jeremy Barker of Seattlest writes, "Local visual artist phenom Susie J. Lee has taken her studious exploration of the transience of memory out of the art gallery in this collaboration with dancer/choreographer Ying Zhou. Utilizing some impressive technology, Lee has put together a dramatic live performance/art installation/dance piece that builds on her already impressive catalog of achievements.

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Puu Puu III: A TOJ Party and Fundraiser

Tues Sep 15, 6:30 PM

Click here to download the Auction Preview Catalog!

Tickets: $25 or 2-for-$45 advance at Brown Paper Tickets; $30 door

A not-to-miss evening of appetizers, cocktails, auction, and puu puu-sized performances by TOJ regulars:

-Naughty shadow puppets by Sgt. Rigsby and His Amazing Silhouettes
-Jonah VonSpreecken from TOJ's Solo Performance Festival
-Comedy duo Chickee and Boom Boom
-Von Foxies burlesque
-Music from Sarah Rudinoff and Rick Miller
-Funny lady Peggy Platt

All Hosted by Lisa Koch (Ham for the Holidays), with
Auctioneer Maggie (Jennifer Jasper - Pulp Vixens)

Auction items include:

* 6 nights at a condo in Sun River
* Packages to pamper you or your pooch
* Entertainment: Annex Theatre, Seattle Symphony, SIFF, The Seattle Rep
* Sirena Espresso Machine
* 4 hours of architectural consulting
* Dining: Ivar's, Georgetown Liquor Co, World Trade Center

Thanks to our generous sponsors: Pnomh Penh, Tom Douglas, Szechuan Noodle Bowl, Four Seas, Georgetown Brewing & Baked In Seattle

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Black Eyed Burlesque II: Featuring Rat City Rollergirls

Sep 18 - 19, 8:00 PM

Show Information: Rat City Roller Girls

Tickets: $20 - $200 (VIP Seating) at Brown Paper Tickets

Join the lovely ladies of Rat City Rollergirls as they unravel their first full evening of burlesque performances featuring members of each home team, their All Stars, alumni, Rat Fink Refs, and Lightening Fists of Science scorekeepers. While honoring the proud tradition of burlesque and adding a Rat City twist, performers will knock you off your feet (even without skates)! Let them entertain you with their brains, beauty and humor in this one-of-a-kind derby event.

Hosted by Jake, the Professor, Stratton
Pre-show DJ Maude Elletee
Produced by Jo Jo Stiletto

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SketchFest 2009

Sep 21 - 26

Festival schedule and information: SketchFest Seattle

SketchFest Seattle was the first-and-only sketch comedy festival in the world when it began in 1999. This year will mark Seattle's 11th SketchFest, and once again local groups will be joining troupes from across the continent for a dense weekend of top-notch comedy.

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Sgt Rigsby & His Amazing Silhouettes: Teensploitation

Oct 8 - 31, Thurs - Sat, 7:30 PM

Tickets: $5 - $13 advance at Brown Paper Tickets; $15 door

In the past few years, Sgt Rigsby has brought you sweeping historical epics, tender and tearful romances, puzzling philosophical questions, hard hitting political/social drama; but never before has he tackled such an important theme: adolescence in America.

With a nod to Judy Blume and R. Crumb, Teensploitation is a show for anyone who ever diedof embarrassment during puberty. (Puberty is, incidentally, a very funny word to say out loud.) Teetering on the brink of grown-uppedness, our awkward heroes, Lindsay, Joanne, Westin, Rita, and Graham face a bewildering kaleidoscope of new tingly feelings, beguiling temptations, horrifying physical changes, faithful dragons, raw disappointment, sexy carwashes, and if you’re real good: a singing chicken. These are stories so big and yet so intimate that only the magic of shadow puppetry could do them justice.

Written by Scot Augustson. Directed by Jennifer Jasper. Featuring the voices of Susanna Burney, David Gehrman, Stephen Hando and Shannon Kipp. Made possible by the nimble hands of Ben Laurance.

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Salon of Shame

Tues Oct 13 8:00 PM (Doors at 6:30) - SOLD OUT!

Tues Nov 17 8:00 PM (Doors at 6:30)

Tues Feb 16 8:00 PM (Doors at 6:30)

Tues Apr 6 8:00 PM (Doors at 6:30)

Tues Jun 8 8:00 PM (Doors at 6:30)

Tues Aug 17 8:00 PM (Doors at 6:30)

Tickets: $8 through Brown Paper Tickets

All about Shame: Salon of Shame

We invite you to join us as we drink and exploit our younger selves for your entertainment! The idea is simple: Seattleites stand before you and read their middle school diary passages, high school poetry, unsent letters, and other bits of horribly shameful, and inadvertently hilarious adolescent writing. Founded in 2005, the Salon is cathartic for readers and hilarious for listeners. Everybody wins when it comes to embarrassment!

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Our American Theater Company's Staged Readings

Company Information: Our American Theater Company

Tickets: Pay What You Will

Wed Oct 14 7:00 PM, Part of Free Theater Week!

Come Back, Little Sheba By William Inge
A marriage struggling to survive under the weight of regret and the fallout of alcoholism.

Mon Feb 1 7:00 PM

All My Sons By Arthur Miller
The past cannot be buried for an industrialist who made a fatal decision.

Mon Mar 15 7:00 PM

Another Part of the Forest By Lillian Hellman
Hellman’s prequel to The Little Foxes portrays a mercantile family building an empire on the scrap heap of post-Civil War Alabama.

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Modern Mythologies & Local Legends: A Night of Seattle Stories

Nov 11 7:30 PM, doors at 6:30 for silent auction

Tickets $12 at Brown Paper Tickets

One Night Only! On November 11th, seven of Seattle's finest solo performers will take the stage at Theatre Off-Jackson to tell stories inspired by our regions local myths and modern legends. A benefit for the 4th annual Solo Performance Festival at the Theatre Off-Jackson, writer and performer Suzanne Morrison (Yoga Bitch; Your Own Personal Alcatraz) will host Modern Mythologies & Local Legends: A night of Seattle stories.

We've all heard the factory-made mythologies that tell us who we are. That were jet-making, Starbucks-swilling, book selling, programmer drones. The descendants of industrial charlatans and mail-order brides. Dot-commers who are now the proud owners of private islands and dinosaur menageries! But what about the stories of life as it is lived in these parts? The stories we tell each other about our regional gods and monsters, the stories we carry in our bones?

From tales of a family's friendship with Ted Bundy to working among the lavender, donuts, and meth heads at Pike Place Market, seven local performers will tell their stories of life under the cloud cover.

With: Matt Smith (My Last Year With the Nuns; Helium), Mark Siano (Soft Rock; Pinko Holiday), Becky Poole (Murder, Hope; Kitty Poole), Tikka Sears (The Memory War Project), Whitney Lawless (Circus Contraption), Troy Mink (Carlottas Late Night Wing Ding) and hosted by Suzanne Morrison (Yoga Bitch; Your Own Personal Alcatraz).

Modern Mythologies & Local Legends is made possible in part due to the generous support of 4Culture and Artist Trust.

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Von Foxies Burlesque

Nov 13 8PM, Nov 14, 7PM & 10PM Tickets $15-20

Troupe Information: Von Foxies

The Von Foxies are Seattle's hottest comedy burlesque power-trio and Miss Exotic World 2007 Best Burlesque Troupe winners! Pidgeon Von Tramp, Heidi Von Haught and Elsa Von Schmaltz have performed across the country from Boston to the Bay Area and have made a home for themselves in the burgeoning neo-burlesque community. Often told they have "cornered the market on the absurd," these kinky minxes enjoy playing with the boundaries of sexuality, gender and decency while engaging in their distinctive brand of bait 'n switch bump 'n grind. They adore burlesque in all its forms- traditional bombshell beauty, queer gender-f*ck draglesque, hilariously naughty satire and politically powerful theatre.

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Ham For the Holidays: Lard Potion No. 9

Nov 27 - Dec 27, Weds - Sat, 7:30 PM & Sun 3:00 PM

Tickets: $15 - $35 advance at Brown Paper Tickets

Performer Information: Lisa Koch's Website

Lisa Koch and Peggy Platt (Dos Fallopia) ladle up the latest version of their cult holiday sketch show. Lard Potion No. 9 is the 9th installment in the ever popular Ham series, and features Seattle favorites DJ. Gommels and Michael Oaks. Adult humor, gay/lesbian content.

Saturday evening High Roller Night tickets are available for $35. Arrive at 6:30PM for an exclusive pre-show reception and early seating.

This year’s “Ham” offers a cornucopia of cracked characters:
*Country-western mother daughter duo The Spudds host “Trailer Park’s Got Talent”
*70’s sitcom meets game show in “All in the Family Feud”
*Smarmy lounge act The Colonel and Shenille warble at the the Light Rail Station
*The tiny Sequim Gay Men’s Chorus sing out with Pride
And so much more!

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The Radio8Ball Show: hosted by Andras Jones

Jan 10 - Jun 20 every other Sunday, 6:30 PM

Tickets: $20 door/$10 advance- through Brown Paper Tickets

Line up and Company Info: Radio8Ball

Part rock and roll cabaret. Part mystic mind-expansion. The Radio8Ball Show hosted by Andras Jones is a “pop oracle” fueled with music and synchronicity (and skyped in celebrities.)

Questions from the audience are answered by randomly selecting songs which are performed live by some of the northwest’s fi nest songwriters. The randomly chosen songs are interpreted like musical tarot cards by the inspired Mr. Jones, the musical guest, and you.

Season 2010 guests include Mt. Eerie, Calvin Johnson, Derek Sheen, Levi Fuller, Andy Dick, Andy Wood, Sandman: The Rappin Cowboy, Shenendoah Davis and Pica Beats. Go to the Radio8Ball website to see who is up next.

Check the website for details, podcasts, and The Pop Oracle online.

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Not All Clowns Are Bozos

Jan 14 - 16, 8:00 PM

Company Information: Ear To The Ground

The clowns are back — funnier, sweeter,stupider. Clownier. Proving to you even harder that clowns aren’t just for kids. Ear to the Ground has put together another evening of theatrical clowning for grownups with some of the region’s best. You’ll be delighted, moved, and, maybe wishing you’ve brought a spare pair cuz these physical comedians are pee-your-pants-funny. Suitable for ages 13 and up.

Got a friend who thinks they don’t like clowns? Check out www.eartothegrountheatre.org for a special ticket deal just for you!

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Not A Genuine Black Man

Feb 11 - 14, 8:0 PM Tickets $15-$50 at Brown Paper Tickets

Performer Information: Brian Copeland

Co-produced by Backwards Ensemble Theatre Company

Brian Copeland’s first solo show, Not a Genuine Black Man, reveals a little-known chapter of Bay Area history. In 1971, San Leandro was named one of the most racist suburbs in America. Congressional hearings were held. The next year, the then eight-year-old Brian Copeland and his African-American family moved to San Leandro. In a monologue that’s both funny and poignant, Brian explores how surroundings make us who we are.

Come see what all the shouting is about.

...a beautiful mix of wry humor and heartbreak, indignation and inspiration, a singular story of extreme isolation that speaks to anyone who’sever felt out of place.
– The San Francisco Chronicle

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The Cody Rivers Show: Right Back Where We Finished

Weds Jan 27, 8:00 PM - Media Preview proceeds benefit TOJ's SPF #4. Tickets $15 at Brown Paper Tickets

Feb 19 - 27, Fri-Sat, 8:00 PM. Tickets $12 at Brown Paper Tickets*

Company Information: The Cody Rivers Show

The Cody Rivers Show creates kinetic and unpredictable comedy theatre that has amazed audiences and defied description for the past four years. Pushing the envelopes of dance, music, physical theatre, and intellectual non-derivative high-concept comedy, The Cody Rivers Show delivers unique shows unlike any other comedy act, past or present.

The Cody Rivers Show brings its latest hour of explosive, unpredictable sketch comedy to Seattle. Their current offering marks the duo's 15th volume of new work in 5 years.

*Show your love for TOJ at the Saturday February 27 show! Buy a High Roller Ticket and enjoy a private pre-show reception and early seating. Proceeds benefit TOJ.

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SMUT! a fundraiser for SPF #4

Feb 20, 9:30 PM

Tickets: $15 at Brown Paper Tickets, $18 at the door. Following The Cody Rivers Show.

An evening of renowned smut from local authors, as read by lovely ladies Elizabeth Kenny, Tina Kunz Rowley, Billie Wildrick and Bhama Roget. Also features short performances Astro-naughty! by Keira McDonald, The Vaudevillians, and some hot hot phone sex as imagined by Scot Augustson.

SMUT! is a fundraiser to benefit Theatre Off Jackson's SPF #4- Can You Get My Back? In addition to dirty stories and pretty ladies, attendees will have a chance to participate in a small silent auction.

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Solo Performance Festival (SPF #4: Can You Get My Back?)

Mar 3 - April 3, Tickets $15 advance/$18 door. All-Fest Pass $99.

Learn all about this year's shows and performers at our Festival Page.

SPF #4: Can You Get My Back? is the fourth installment of Seattle's annual solo performance festival, and is dedicated to presenting fearless, cutting-edge, diverse performances by solo theatre artists. SPF #4 invites you to celebrate solo artists through storytelling, music, dance, fiction, memoirs and whatever else their voices can dream up.

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Smells Like Tease Spirit: A Tribute to the 90's

Apr 9 - 10, 8:00 PM

Tickets: $15-$20 Advance $20 door

For the first time in the birthplace of grunge, Elsa Von Schmaltz and Heidi Von Haught team up to bring you the Seattle re-imagining of a New York favorite, a show created by the genius minds of New Yorker’s Clams Casino and Neil O’Fortune- Smells Like Tease Spirit: A Tribute to the 90’s. Part burlesque show, part confessional documentary, Smells Like Tease Spirit will use dance, poetry and vintage 90’s video footage to take you on a journey through culture, politics and the private lives of each of our performers. Starring Clams Casino, Neil O’Fortune, Heidi Von Haught, Elsa Von Schmaltz, Sydni Deveraux, Paula the Swedish Housewife and our host Maggie.

This show is presented in association with 4Horsemen Productions. The 4 Horsemen Productions creates and supports bold, distinctive performance art. They nurture a healthy creative community through education, passion, and visionary leadership.

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Dos Fallopia: FLASHBACK!

Apr 15 - 17, 7:30 PM

Tickets: $13 - $18 Advance at Brown Paper Tickets, $15-22 door

In celebration of 20 years together, Seattle sketch-comedy mavens Lisa Koch and Peggy Platt (Dos Fallopia) have unearthed some rare early sketches and songs for four nights only.

Koch and Platt have mined material from some of their first Seattle shows together (Cabaret de Paris, Theatre Off Jackson), including "The Ballad of Tonya and Nancy," "Martina!  The Musical," "The Mamas and the Peter," "The Polka Dots," and more. Pianist/composer and long-time collaborator Bruce Hurlbut joins the duo, as they perform excerpts from these "lost" sketches.

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Pork Filled Players: Pork Fiction

Apr 30 - May 15, 8:00 PM

Tickets: $9 - $11 at Brown Paper Tickets

Company Information: Pork Filled Players

Scientists, programmers and nerds by day…By night, they are the Pork Filled Players! Since 1997, the Pork Filled Players have waged a never-ending battle to unleash their hidden funny bone for audiences of every race, creed and gender across the Pacific Northwest. Beneath their guises as mild-mannered engineers, journalists and office workers, the Players have honed their humor like a scalpel (or is it a dull meat cleaver?) to whack away at notions of race, class and social norms in 21st Century America. Equally adept at sketch comedy and traditional theatre, the Players the Northwest’s longest running Asian American theatre using humor to achieve maximum tongue-in-cheekiness, biting cultural/political satire and hilarious racial disharmony with their brand of Amazing Kung-Fu Griptm zaniness.

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Angels Fall, by Lanford Wilson

Jun 4 - 26, 7:30 PM

Tickets: Pay What You Will at the door, or by calling 206-937-0205 or emailing info@ouramericantheater.org

Company Information: Our American Theater Company

When four strangers are stranded at a Catholic parish on the edge of an Indian reservation everyone, including the priest and a local young doctor, are forced to face their demons and make some changes. First produced in 1982, Angels Fall is an emotional, funny, and timely play that deserves closer attention in these times of change and turmoil. Julie Beckman directs an ensemble cast featuring Todd Jefferson Moore, Alyson Scadron Branner, Rob Burgess, Jose Abaoag, Teri Lazzara and Jason Sharp.

Our American Theater Company is dedicated to exploring and bringing to life the voices of the American Theater, from the classic, the obscure, the unsung to the new. Working with actors, directors, designers and educators; through readings, discussions, and productions that help define our American identity, and its contemporary role in our complex world today. Our American Theater Company continues its ongoing effort to define and explore the American identity through the lens of great American theater.

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SHINE: A Burlesque Musical

Jul 8 - 18, Thurs - Sun 7:30 PM, Fri-Sat 10:30 PM

Age 18+ ONLY. Tickets: $25 - $45 at Brown Paper Tickets

Company Information: SHINE Website

A recent winner of a Vancouver Ovation Award for “Outstanding New Work”, SHINE is a tassel-twirling original, full-book musical about an infamous burlesque theatre and the family of talented misfits who try to save it from demolition… or worse, respectability. At the crumbling but historic Aristocrat theatre, Shine Mionne and her chosen family of sexpots and misfits struggle to save the theatre from imminent gentrification in the guise of smooth-talking money man Richard Suit. Along the way Frankie, the newbie actor from out of town, and Grace, the dimpled graduate student who can't seem to keep her clothes on, are drawn into the vortex of life at The Aristocrat by a diva named Lulu. As Suit and Shine fight for control of the show, Lulu finds her leading-lady status jeopardized by Suit's meddling and a series of whirlwind affairs threatens to throw the impending opening into chaos.

SHINE is an adult-oriented show which contains nudity and themes of healthy sexuality. The producers and writers of this show think this is a Very Good Thing.

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14/48: The World's Quickest Theatre Festival

Fri/Sat, July 30-31 & Aug 6-7, 8 & 10:30 PM

Tickets: $20 at Brown Paper Tickets

Company Information: 14/48 Website

14/48 pops Theatre Off Jackson's Cherry this summer!

14/48 -- the world's quickest theater festival -- is 14 plays conceived, written, designed, scored, rehearsed and performed in 48 hours. The combination of deadline, talent, speed, nerves and genius inspiration serve to strip away the creative inhibitions from more traditional theater, proving that, contrary to popular opinion, sometimes the first idea is the best. 14/48 involves more than 75 artists per weekend. Artistic participation is by invitation only and is predicated on the most rigorous professional standards.

Our dedicated audience accepts the possibility of failure and often is rewarded with miraculous success. Either way, they are provided with an unique insight into the creation of exciting performance art.

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