DXM Theater Wants You To -- 
From the Artistic Director- Spring has finally come to the Yakima Valley and with it, further growth for DXM Theater. In addition to the preparation for La Pastorela St. Joseph again in December we have kicked off a very exciting and timely collaboration with Seattle University and some of its neighbors! The UnRegistered: A 2008 Election Cabaret. As you can see from the details below, we have a dream team of professional collaborators as well as the community performers we will be meeting along the way. In preparation for this project I am teaching a course in Community Based Theater in the Fine Arts Department at Seattle University. The excellent students and I will be working with the playwrights to collect stories, info, and gossip to shape the scripts for the cabaret. And, of course, we are looking for a band and a couple of singers! See you all there or at a voter's registration booth sometime before. Yours, Jack
The UnRegistered. A 2008 Election Cabaret.
Written by Andrea Allen and David Schmader
Directed by Allison Narver and Jack Bentz
Costumes and Set by Jennifer Zeyl
Lighting by Geoff Korf October 2, 3, and 4th 8pm
Lee Center for the Fine Arts, Seattle University What might Seattle University and the edge of the Central District have in common? Since both groups are Americans, odds are a lot of them are not voting in the 2008 general election. Our question is - Why? Why are Americans not voting? Why are young Americans not even registered? What are the stories behind this decision to stay at home on election day? Is gaming just that much more interesting than getting off your butt and going to the polls? Listen
Starting in the spring of 2008, DXM will begin the intensive listening in the communities on both sides of 12th Avenue; the street that marks the eastern border of Seattle University on First Hill. We will be going dorm room to dorm room finding out what makes a citizen and knocking on doors up and down 12th looking for stories about why folks vote or don't. Speak
Then we will take all this info and write several short plays on this theme presenting them at the Lee Center for the Arts located on, you guessed it, 12th avenue. Throw in a live band, voter information, food, and voter registration and you have a heck of an evening designed to appeal to your inner founding father! We will present it all in an early October election cabaret. The aim of this project is to dig a little deeper in the motivations behind voter apathy. To stem some of this apathy through education and motivation to actually vote this year. To register as many university students for the vote as possible. To build community between Seattle University and its neighbors. For citizens to get entertained, get informed, get motivated and get out and VOTE! This project is supported by -  and The Norcliffe Foundation!
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