Kristen Kosmas | Paul Willis | Peter Ksander

"…language-drenched, resonant knockout" - NY Times

*Please note there is no late seating for this performance.

Christopher Walken falls off a ladder in Russia and is unable to perform his Chekov-inspired solo show. Karen, who apparently proofread the script once, is asked to go on in Walken’s place. A precarious bilingual performance duet ensues between Karen and her Russian interpreter, Leo. There There is a wildly unpredictable theatrical roller coaster about being the completely wrong person in the totally wrong place at the exact wrong time saying and doing all the most wrong things.

There There is directed by Paul Willis, performed by Kristen Kosmas & Larissa Tokmakova, designed by Peter Ksander, and translated by Matvei Yankelevich. Kristen Kosmas is an American playwright and performer who has bounced between Seattle and NYC for years, settling most recently in Walla Walla where she is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Whitman College. Willis is a Brooklyn and LA based director whose works have been seen nationwide, including Seattle where he was co-founder of Printer's Devil Theatre. Ksander has designed sets and lights across the globe, including legendary venues in Hungary, France, NYC and here in Seattle.

*This performance has reduced seating.

**This performance will be filmed for OntheBoards.tv Friday, January 10, 2014. Please email TV@ontheboards.org for more information.

About the Artist

Kristen Kosmas

Kristen Kosmas

KRISTEN KOSMAS has had new works commissioned by SFMOMA's Open Space, the Chocolate Factory (NYC), On the Boards (Seattle), Performance Space 122 (NYC), The Theatre of a Two-Headed Calf (NYC), Seattle University's SITE Specific, Dixon Place (NYC), and the New City Theater (Seattle). Her work has been presented in Seattle, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and in New York City at numerous venues including the Chocolate Factory, PS 122, La Mama, Dixon Place, Prelude Festival, Barbès, the Ontological/Hysteric Downstairs Series, and the Poetry Project. Her play Hello Failure was published by Ugly Duckling Presse; her multi-voice performance text This From Cloudland appears in issue #4 of PLAY A Journal of Plays; The Mayor of Baltimore + Anthem, There There, and The People’s Republic of Valerie, Living Room Edition were published by 53rd State Press; and her play APEX appears in 15 Second Plays Curated by the Debate Society published by UDP.

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CREDITS

Kristen Kosmas | Written by
Paul Willis | Directed by
Kristen Kosmas, Larissa Tokmakova | Performed by
Peter Ksander | Designed by
Sammy Tunis | Costumes by
Matvei Yankelevich | Russian Translation by
Aislinn Curry | Stage Managed by

Supported by US Bank, The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, Arts Washington.