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STG PresentsPerfume Genius & Kate Wallich "The Lesson"
Friday, April 9, 2027
The 5th Avenue Theatre
Doors at 7pm
Show at 8pm
Reserved seating, all ages
The 5th Avenue Theatre is located in downtown Seattle at 1308 5th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101.
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Perfume Genius (Mike Hadreas) and choreographer Kate Wallich return to the stage with a new collaboration. Combining Perfume Genius’ experimental pop with Wallich’s choreographic lens, The Lesson is a raw, uncompromising performance work inspired by The Piano Teacher, the notorious novel by Elfriede Jelinek, famously adapted by Michael Haneke. The Lesson examines what happens when desire has nowhere to go, and what we’re rehearsing when we practice “good behavior”. The work moves through repression, longing, authority, and submission in unstable scenes where roles shift, and the unsaid becomes manically physical. Longtime admirers know that Perfume Genius (Mike Hadreas) has spoken about his love of The Piano Teacher. Its intense, clinical bleakness and its capacity to be both unsettlingly comic and tragic, qualities that echo through the landscape of The Lesson. Following their acclaimed 2019 performance collaboration The Sun Still Burns Here, Hadreas reunites with Wallich alongside his husband and musical partner Alan Wyffels and longtime collaborator Tate Justus.
Kate Wallich – Director, Choreographer, Performer
Mike Hadreas – Director, Composer, Performer
Alan Wyffles – Composer, Collaborator, Performer
Tate Justus – Collaborator, Performer
Nile Harris – Dramaturge
Amiya Brown – Scenographer
“This might be how the music of Perfume Genius is meant to be experienced” — Pitchfork
“An otherworldly collaboration” – The Stranger
“Fantasia for people who are dead inside” — W Magazine
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There is a 9 ticket limit for this event. Accounts found in violation of the posted ticket limit may be cancelled without notice. All sales are final. No refunds or exchanges. Mobile barcodes delayed until 4 days prior to event. Venue reserves the right to change delivery methods. There is no elevator. Stairs only to the balcony level. Unless otherwise noted, each person must have a ticket regardless of age. No babies in arms.
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Seattle Theatre Group, 911 Pine St, Seattle, WA 98101-1818, United States
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