Dear Taxybeeliaree2233x,
Thank you for your interest in the Satori Group’s site. To have a visitor to our website fom Russia we must have really made some waves! I am also glad you felt compelled to post so many times on every post on the site! We’re trying to start a theatrical dialogue here, and any contributions are welcome. That said, your contributions have been… well…
To answer your first question, no, we do not have a guidebook in French. I’m not sure what specific guidance you are seeking, but as a French expat with an IP address in St. Petersburg, I can but assume that it is of a critical nature. I would like to recommend Google Maps as a jumping off point. They have a number of free guides to your new home, and with the proper user settings will translate them into French for you! Fancy that!
Also, I am glad that you finally found a product worth writing about… Wall units! Installed for free! Who knew? Excellent! That said, I am not sure that our website is the proper forum for your enthusiasm. May I recommend Yahoo Shopping for all of your furniture commenting needs. They’re good guys over there at Yahoo, and they will surely spread the word about freely installed wall units.
That said, if you remain interested in our work, we have just announced a new season with three shows, one of them set in France. If you’re feeling homesick for your fatherland, please, consider flying to Seattle next summer and seeing the Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol. It’s going to be awesome. We also have a new webisode on YouTube. I recommend checking it out.
To anyone else reading this, who is an actual Satori fan and not a Russian spammer trying to use our website to sell Propecia, we would love to hear anything you’d like to say about our work both past and future. Our comment system is moderated, but I promise that any and all posts from real people will go up.
Sincerely,
Spike Friedman
Webmaster, the Satori Group
ps: those wall units look terrible
SEATTLE, WA – The Satori Group, Seattle’s award winning ensemble-based theatre company dedicated to innovative and rigorous theatre, celebrates the one-year anniversary of their Seattle residency with the announcement of their 2009-2010 Body of Work, ‘Choose, Witness, Live.’
After a successful Seattle debut – Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs smART Ventures Award; sold-out performances of Will Eno’s TRAGEDY: a tragedy – Managing Artistic Director Anthony Darnell announces that in 2009-2010, the Satori Group will connect with Seattle.
“This year is about connecting our work to our audience, collaborating with local artists, and fine-tuning our ensemble-based process,” says Managing Artistic Director Anthony Darnell. “It’s a body of work filled with risk. It’s meant to challenge our company, excite our audience, and bring Seattle artists together. We are committed to the creation of unique theatrical experiences that can change those who witness them. It’s not about teaching, it’s about the experience, and you have to be part of it.”
In preparation for 2009-2010, Satori has produced their first Webisode series: the Satori Group presents The Making of Venetian Blinds. Follow the Satori Group as they attempt to produce Venetian Blinds, an ambitious staged reinterpretation of an American classic to have been presented in Seattle, WA in the summer of 2009.
To view part one visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8GqjY1tmD4
The Satori Group’s 2009-2010 Body of Work, ‘Choose, Witness, Live,’ includes:
Artifacts of Consequence
By Ashlin Halfnight
Directed by Andrew Lazarow
Nov. 5th – Nov. 22nd @ The Little Theatre (608 19th Ave E)America is ruined. Our infrastructure has collapsed. In Elliott Bay, a select group of people take refuge in an underwater bunker. Their task: Perpetuate America’s Legacy – Protect the Colony. One of them, 17-year-old Ari, has little memory of the outside world. But when an unexpected visitor arrives, she finally discovers her libido. As their relationship heats up, the situation above worsens, and resources run out. You decide what ‘Artifacts’ are kept and what is flushed to sea. Our legacy is yours to maintain. How will you choose?
Artifacts of Consequence premiered in New York City in 2009, co-produced by Electric Pear Productions and PL115, and directed by Kristjan Thor.
Featuring Adrienne Clark, Quinn Franzen, Spike Friedman, Lauren Hester, Alex Matthews, Nathan Sorseth, Lindsey Valitchka, and Greta Wilson.
“Deliriously imaginative and talent rich…this show is as much pulp fiction as theater of ideas.”(New York Times)
“An existentialist horror story and a meditation on canonicity…” (Village Voice)
Winky
By George Saunders
Adapted with the Satori Group by Spike Friedman
Directed by Caitlin SullivanOrdinary life is pretty complicated stuff, but after attending a self-help seminar, Neil is finally on the path to Inner Peace. His new mantra: ‘Time for Me to Win.’ The only roadblock: he still lives at home with his demented, fundamentalist sister, Winky. Adapted from the celebrated short story by George Saunders, Winky is, “A tragicomic duet for codependents.” (New York Times)
Featuring Anthony Darnell, Adam Standley, and Greta Wilson.
The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol
Based on a story by John Berger
Adapted by Simon McBurney and Mark Wheatley
Devised by the Original Cast
Directed by Anthony DarnellLucie Cabrol is dead and only her lover Jean will mourn her. In her third life, the afterlife, secrets she took to the grave will be brought to light. Comprised of lyrical poetry, movement, and magic, this is a story as big as life itself. From the acclaimed London-based Theatre de Complicite, the Satori Group is proud to present the astonishingly theatrical event, The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol.
Featuring Adrienne Clark, Spike Friedman, Andrew Lazarow, Alex Matthews, Adam Standley, Lindsey Valitchka, and Greta Wilson.
Performances made possible by kind permission of Complicite, London.
“The definitive theatrical event of the 90’s.” (Time Out)
Follow the Satori Group as they attempt to produce Venetian Blinds, an ambitious staged reinterpretation of an American classic to have been presented in Seattle, WA in the summer of 2009.
Episode 1:
Starring Anthony Darnell and Michael Place
Directed and Filmed by Alex Matthews
Written and Edited by Spike Friedman
Production Management by Clare Strasser
Produced by the Satori Group
Well, we did it. Threw a party, invited a lot of people, had a lot of (other) people show up, and even met and surpassed my fundraising goals! Really, I think the fact that we had a crowd was the biggest achievement. For a group that’s still relatively new to the city, with a small but growing community of friends and collaborators, we just weren’t sure if anyone was going to show up. I mean, we figured we had a guaranteed group of 25…but especially in such a huge space as Canoe, we were aiming for 100, and hoping they’d stay for the announcement. As anyone who was there could tell you, we got that - and they stayed until we had to pull the plug and shoo them out the door. Go us!
For a bunch of the planning days leading up to the event, I was up in the San Juan Islands for a wedding (a beautiful, beautiful wedding), so I had only a small-ish idea of what the different stations would be. That meant that I could explore them all, and be delighted, and surprised, and puzzled. I really liked the book for Lucy - especially the aging (way to go Clare) - but I wish more guests had been brave enough to write in it. Those that did left responses that were sometimes cheeky, sometimes made me roll my eyes, sometimes like that moment when you step and the ground’s not there. Wish there was more! I feel like this is a book that will keep knocking around, slowly filling. Might be interesting to look at in 20 years - see what’s changed.
I want to give a sound, rich, resounding Thank You to the Canoe Social Club. What a fantastic space. We were blessed to have such a gift made available to us. The first time I got to explore the club, I went a little bonkers. It just wasn’t what I expected - every description I’d received painted it as “a mess hall” or “a summer camp gymnatorium”. And it is those things, kind of, but so much warmer and more inviting than my imagination allowed. And like I said, I went a little bonkers - I wanted to look behind every door, and climb up into every nook, and see what was in the ceiling, and what the air in the back rooms smelled like, and if I could see something that someone else hadn’t, and on and on. I may have embarrassed myself a little in my enthusiastic approval… but we’re all allowed a little embarrassment, right? I can take it. Anyway, to have had Canoe opened to us was more than we could have asked for. My wholehearted enthusiasm remains.
We’ve been hard at work since our Seattle debut of TRAGEDY: a Tragedy. We’re ready to launch into this next year and we want you to be part of it. Don’t miss Satori’s Kick-Off Party on August 12th. There will be awesome music, and news of theatre!
The Canoe Social Club and Gallery at Theatre Off Jackson Present
Satori’s Kick-Off Partya Fundraiser for The Satori Group
August 12th, 2009;
Doors @ 7:30PM; Announcement @ 9PM;409 7th Ave S
Seattle, WA 98104(The International District; 7th & Jackson)
$5 Suggested Donation at the Door.
Acoustic Stylings by Shawn Blomberg & Lindsay Powers
Comedy by “Magical Heroine” Creator Mauricio
and the never-before seen project of
Bob Husak and Friends
Open to the public. Free to Canoe Members. Full bar available. 21+
For more info, email satorigroup@gmail.com
Canoe Social Club http://canoesocialclub.com/
Theatre Off Jackson http://www.theatreoffjackson.org/The Canoe Social Club is a program of Theatre Off Jackson, a 501 (c)3 non-profit corporation.
Through the Looking Glass. August 1st.
7:30 @ The Triple Door.
This show is also billed as “A Burlesque in Alice in Wonderland.” It is a new reimagination of Lewis Carroll’s classic (and promises to be more interesting than Tim Burton’s upcoming film.)
The show melds the musical styles off jazz, classical, and Indian influences. It features many of Seattle’s Burlesque names including Satori’s friend Waxi Moon, Lily Verlaine, Bunny Moroe, Miss Indigo, and many more.
A Cure for Pain . July 30th - August 9th
@ The Little Theater. 8PM
A Cure for Pain is a one-act play by lauded local playwright Stephanie Timm. It’s also the last Seattle piece for long time Satori friend and collaborator Michael Place before he heads off to Yale for his MFA.
A lot of talented performers from across the city are involved, and this is a chance to support new work in the city. It’s playing at the Little Theater, where Satori performed Tragedy: a tragedy. So head on up to 19th and check it out!
Dillinger is Dead. August 5th-6th.
@ Northwest Film Forum. 8PM.
This 1969 film by Marco Ferreri was unavailable in the US for a long time after its premier. And now you can see it in a new 35mm print (with air conditioning!)
Dillinger is Dead is said to be Ferreri’s first masterpiece, and his first experiment bringing ideas from Theater of the Absurd into the realm of cinema. The characters don’t act according to the ‘logic of characters,’ but rather function as symbols for the ideas Ferreri is exploring.
Michel Piccoli stars as a designer trying to break out of his materialistic-based lifestyle. Everything changes when he a gun in his kitchen, wrapped in a newspaper story announcing the death of John Dillenger.
Playing in the same month when Starbucks opens their “local coffee shop on 15th.” the film is just as resonate now as in ’69.
KEXP Summer BBQ. August 8th.
@ Seattle Center. 2PM-9PM.
For those of us that missed Japandroids at this years Block Party, don’t worry. They are coming back in just about a week! This time they’re playing alongside a whole new slew of musicians: Dinosaur Jr, Viva Voce, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Japandroids, Born Anchors, and Champagne Champagne.
The heat wave should break before next weekend, so head on out.
Satori’s Kickoff Party. August 12th.
@ The Canoe Social Club. 7:30-11:00
I usually don’t like to plug our own events on this page. But the 12th is gonna be a pretty great night, so I have to include it.
We will be heading over to the Canoe Club to party with all our friends, collaborators, and supports while we announce our body of work for 2009-2010.
Satori will be adding our own flare to the already well-designed social club. The night will also include some local stand-up comedy, several music acts, and original music by Bob Husak (the drummer for Seattle’s own The Blakes.)
Come on over and grab a drink with us. What else are you doing on a Wednesday night?
