Presenting LIVE readings of 3 world premiere plays in Nordo, themed around Pacific Northwest Lore.
Mondays in March, join us for cocktail hour 6-7 PM before each new play reading in Nordo’s intimate venue in the heart of historic Pioneer Square.
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Wolves on the Fold by Dylan Elwood
Monday, March 14 at 7:00 PM
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
Dylan Thomas Elwood, Turtle Mountain Chippewa, has been a member of Red Eagle Soaring Native Youth Theatre, located in Seattle, Washington, for sixteen years. He has acted in and co-written numerous productions and engaged with the Seattle Native community, culminating in the premiere of his production Killer Whale and the Black Rush at ACT Theatre in August 2019 as part of the ACTOne festival. He currently serves RES and YTT (Yesterday – Today – Tomorrow) as artistic associate.
ABOUT THE PLAY
Wolves on the Fold draws a lot of thematic and visual influence from the poem “The Destruction of Sennacherib” by Lord Byron, as an explosion of unexpected violence and uneasy peace that precedes and follows it. I drew a lot of tonal inspiration from narrative video games as well, cribbing themes of loneliness, isolation, and revenge from works like Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain and The Wolf Among Us (based on Bill Willingham’s Fables Comic Series). This play began as a meditation on hope, and now stands as a monument to the idea that buried hatred is seldom forgotten.
FEATURING THE TALENTS OF
Nicole Suyama (Direction)
Kiefer Harrington (Dramaturgy)
Alissa Cattabriga
Heidi Cheyenne
Asia Gellein
Marion Jacobs
Sydney Maltese
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The Rainshadow Dispatch by Maggie Lee
Monday, March 21 at 7:00 PM
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT Maggie Lee is an award-winning Seattle playwright who creates diverse and imaginative new worlds on stage in genres like science fiction, fantasy, and horror, with productions in Seattle, New York, Seoul, Chicago, and San Francisco. Her play Sheathed was the recipient of the 2019 Gregory Award for Outstanding New Play, the 2019 Gypsy Rose Lee Award winner for Excellence in Local Playwriting, and a semi-finalist for the 2018 Bay Area Playwrights Festival. Her other plays include A Hand of Talons (2016 Gypsy Rose Lee Award nominee for Excellence in Local Playwriting), The Tumbleweed Zephyr (2016 Gregory Award nominee for Outstanding New Play), The Clockwork Professor, The Flight Before Xmas, and The Journey of the Bell. She was recently a 2021 Hedgebrook writer-in-residence, and currently the Resident Playwright at Macha Theatre Works, a board member of Rain City Projects (an organization supporting Pacific Northwest playwrights), and a member of the Dramatists Guild. Her plays are available on New Play Exchange and published by Mneme Press (mnemepress.org).
ABOUT THE PLAY
The Rainshadow Dispatch is a 3-part horror anthology that takes historical events and lore in the Pacific Northwest on a fantastical journey, peering below the surface of our familiar landscape into strange, dark places. Some influences include The Twilight Zone, Channel Zero, The Terror season 1, Stranger Things, the works of H.P. Lovecraft, Devolution by Max Brooks, Occultation by Laird Barron, and podcasts like Tanis, Limetown, Forest 404, and From Now.
FEATURING THE TALENTS OF
Gavin Reub (Direction & Dramaturgy)
Michael Blum
Christi Cruz
Pearl Lam
Alanah Pascual
Michael Wu
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Autocorrect Thinks I’m Dead by Aimee Chou
Monday, March 28 at 7:00 PM
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
Aimee is a Taiwanese-American theatre multi-hyphenate. She recently performed in an outdoor pandemic production of Children of a Lesser God (Hope Summer Repertory Theatre), a green-screened Please Untranslate Me (IRT Theatre), and has understudied at Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Offstage, she loves writing stories that meld imaginary scenarios with real-life elements. Writing credits include Thoreauly Zoomed Out (Ars Nova), Motherclucker! (Theatre Battery), Humanly Possible (Deaf Spotlight), and Plumb Crazy Pipe Dream (Deaf Spotlight and RIT/NTID Deaf Performing Arts). This Spring, you can catch her onstage as Nancy in Sound Theatre’s production of Gaslight (Angel Street). Fun fact: Aimee is squeamish about horror movies and wouldn’t be caught deaf watching them solo.
ABOUT THE PLAY
Genre-wise, I jokingly label my play “dumblecore mumblecore.” It has young adults who sit around yakking a lot, while coping with the fantasy/sci-fi elements intruding in their lives.
More seriously though, if you’re a fan of horror flicks, sign language, police procedurals, irreverent comedy, and the home invasion genre, this play is for you.
If you’re living in a Seattle technopolis yet (sometimes) pine for simpler analog days, you’ll probably relate to the storyline.
If you’ve ever wondered how the heck Deaf people live in a haunted house that goes bump in the night, then pull up a seat at Nordo. You’re about to find out.
RUNTIME: 1 hour 30 minutes with a 15-minute intermission
FEATURING THE TALENTS OF
Darren Frazier (Stage & ASL Direction)
Kayla Walker (Dramaturgy)
Jake Merz (Stage Manager)
Van Lang Pham
Brittany Rupik
Lindsay Welliver
Kai Winchester
Zerek White
Aaron Johnson (voice)
Jacque Larant (voice)
Malcolm Reed (voice)
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GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!
Pay-What-You-Will tickets are available for each reading, as well as festival-style ticket packages for all 3 plays.
What is a Pay-What-You-Will ticket? You choose the price of your ticket. All ticket proceeds help us curate more events like this and pay our artists. Higher-tier tickets subsidize the ticketing fees for the lower-tier tickets. PFP thanks you for your generosity and collaboration in making new works accessible.
Questions? Email info@porkfilled.com
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ACCESSIBILITY
UPDATE: Due to some projector technical issues, each play’s text will be available via QR code to all audience members.
Autocorrect Thinks I’m Dead will also feature ASL/English interpretation for the reading and talkback.
Nordo’s space is wheelchair accessible. If you have specific questions about navigating the space, please contact the venue at info@cafenordo.com.