HELLS CANYON
By Keiko Green
Directed by Amber Tanaka
SEP 5 – SEP 21 | 12TH AVE ARTS
Ariel Lim, seven months pregnant, arrives at a remote cabin with a handful of old friends. Resentments surface and buried histories claw their way into the light, when the group hears something outside—trying to get in… or out? In this horror-thriller, there are some decisions you cannot outrun.
Hell’s Canyon is a reclaiming of our narrative, stories featuring Asian bodies (especially on stage) have long been the purview of white men—Madama Butterfly, Miss Saigon, and the ever-popular South Pacific, in this show we subvert that narrative.
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Join us this fall for Hells Canyon’s West Coast Premiere!
Content Warnings (Spoilers!)
Miscarriage, Infant Death, Blood, Violence Onstage, Haze/Fog, Loud Sounds
SPECIAL DATES
Sep 5 | Opening Night + Afterparty
TBD | Livestream Performance
MEET THE CAST
CAST
Ariel – Adele Lim
Tommy – Rhys Daly
Claire – Valerie Ryan Miller
Ben – Sean Hendrickson
Doug – Donnovan Mahannah
Ariel Understudy – Alanah Pascual
Tommy/Doug Understudy – Isaiah Hsu
Claire Understudy – Ayla Wallace
Ben Understudy – Jeremy Behrens
PRODUCTION TEAM
Director: Amber Tanaka*
Assistant Director + Dramaturg: Anamaria Guerzon*
Scenic Design: Eunice Han
Lighting Design: Junfu (Albert) Chen
Props Design: Hazel Zhu
Sound Design: Kassey Castro
Costume Design: Jojo Yan
*indicates member of Washington Ensemble Theatre
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Amber Tanaka (they/them) Amber Tanaka has been performing new works, old works, and works-in-progress around Seattle for the past decade or so. They’ve been honored to work with ACT, Seattle Children’s Theatre, 18th & Union, Intiman, Horse in Motion, Dacha, Strawberry Theatre Workshop, Pork Filled Productions, and of course WET! They look to break expectations anywhere they can; when they aren’t performing perhaps they are creating installation art, or wandering a mountain. Amber completed their BFA at Cornish and R.A.D.A. in 2018, and then in a complete 180 got a job as an engineer, and now happily does art and science equally.