Balagan Theatre presents Cloud 9

Balagan Theatre presents Cloud 9

A Comedy by Caryl Churchill Cloud 9 October 18th-November 10th 1117 E Pike St, Seattle Cloud 9 is a sharp weapon in Caryl Churchill's fight against silence and injustice. Targeting gender stereotypes, sexuality, race relations, and prejudices deeply imbedded in our societal norms, this Obie Award winning comedy will hit the audience with playful challenges. Gender, age, and race are cross-cast, while the script's jump across eras begs the question: have the imperialist values of the British Empire truly faded from modern society? In this unabashedly unique comedy, empires will crumble. Homosexuality will be accepted. Women will speak. Director and actor Mark Pinkosh is one of the founding members of the internationally renowned, award winning Starving Artists Theatre Company. Mr. Pinkosh's work has garnered the Manchester Evening News Award, and he was the first performer to be given The Stage Award for Acting Excellence. His directing experience includes six years of Artists-In-The-Schools touring productions for SATCo and The State Of Hawaii Department Of Education (over 30 productions), Bite The Moon for Seattle based performer Maria Glanz, Mirror and The Mask for Welsh Storyteller Daniel Morden (US and UK performances), The Heidi Chronicles for Manoa Valley Theatre, Honolulu, and for Starving Artists, Dandelion Wine, On The Verge, Island To Island, Angels Of Freedom, Come Back To the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean, and Billy Bishop Goes To War. A London native, Churchill's family moved to Montreal to escape World War II. She returned to England to attend Oxford University and began writing plays for student drama groups. Author of Top Girls, A Number, Vinegar Tom and many others, Ms. Churchill is now renowned as one of the most insightful and socially challenging playwrights living today. The first female dramatist to join the Royal Court Theatre, she illuminates themes of gender equality by exploring the stagnation of tradition. For more information or tickets, visit www.BalaganTheatre.org.