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Town Hall’s beloved literary series, curated by Jane Kaplan, returns for another afternoon of readings brought to life by local actors. What happens when ordinary life suddenly veers off script? Authors Kevin Barry, Ben Loory, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, and Haruki Murakami find humor, strangeness, and unexpected humanity in the moments when things don’t go quite as planned.
Join Aishé Keita, Bill Ontiveros, Angela Thomas, and Bob Wright as they bring these wonderfully unpredictable stories to life.
And accompanying it all: Dylan Nixon on marimba.
Because sometimes, well…that just happened.
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Aishé Keita is an actress, storyteller, educator and healer. She is so grateful to be working on this project; storytelling is where she conjures her joy! She has performed on stages in Seattle, WA, and throughout the states. Some of her notable performances include Familiar at Guthrie Theater, School Girls; Or the African Mean Girls Play at Arkansas Rep and Jungle Theatre, Reparations at Sound Theatre, Wedding Band at Intiman, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings at Book-It, and The Boy who Kissed the Sky at S.C.T/Alliance.
William (Bill) Ontiveros has been active in Seattle Theater for over 40 years as an actor, director, and producer. He has worked on stage, as well as in TV and film. William is very happy to be back at Town Hall.
Angela M. Thomas is an accomplished actor, singer, director, and educator whose passion for storytelling has taken her from Louisiana stages to film and television. Her credits include the world premiere production of Aviatrix, Fences, Hairspray, Noises Off, and The Sound of Music, as well as film and television appearances in When the Bough Breaks, Christmas on the Bayou, Looking for Alaska, Bolden, and CBS’s Zoo. She has also served as a co-director and stage manager and holds a Master’s degree in communication studies with a Performance Studies track from Louisiana State University. Today, Angela serves as a middle school administrator while continuing to nurture her love of performance. A proud mother of three young adults, she credits her children’s love, encouragement, and unwavering support as an important part of her journey back to the stage.
R. Hamilton (Bob) Wright, a native of Seattle, has been a working actor for over forty-five years and in that time has appeared in over 150 professional productions. He lives in a little brick house in North Seattle with his remarkably talented wife – playwright Katie Forgette.
Dylan Nixon is a percussionist and marimba specialist in Seattle. Originally from the Atlanta area, he holds a Bachelor of Percussion Performance degree from the University of Georgia, and he is an alumnus of numerous marching music organizations across the east coast. After college, he received a Graduate Performance Degree in Marimba Performance from the Boston Conservatory where he concentrated on composing and arranging, working with composers, and performing electroacoustic music. Since arriving in Seattle, Dylan has taught and performed around the Puget Sound area with ensembles including the Lake Washington Symphony and the Seattle Chinese Orchestra.
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