BLOOD/SUCKER

By Anamaria Guerzon

Directed by Sophia Franzella

 

August 28th – September 21st | 12TH AVE ARTS

Ryan, a high school History teacher, is trying to save his Asian American History class after a doxxing campaign leaves his school scrambling. Hillary, the Principal, needs to decide if the class stays or goes. Meanwhile, something is lurking in the walls, something hungry for blood. And the students are beginning to act very strange…Tackling the state of public education through Filipino mythology, BLOOD/SUCKER is a bloody horror play about the public school system and those who feed it.

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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

This will be the World Premiere of BLOOD SUCKER!
Content Warnings (Spoilers!)
blood, death, simulated vomiting and gagging, child neglect, transphobia, racism, gaslighting, simulated violence, discussion of bomb threats, doxxing, discussion of school shootings, mild sexual content.

SPECIAL DATES

 

Aug 28 | Opening Night + Afterparty (upstairs after the show)

Aug 30 |  Pay-What-You-Will + Masks Required

Sept 6 | Pay-What-You-Will

Sept 13 | Understudy + Masks Required Performance

Sept 21 | Industry Night

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CAST

 

Abby/Agnes – Rachel Guyer-Mafune

Elias/Mr. Willis – Monty Rozema*

Hillary Johnson – Peggy Gannon

Ryan Galay – Mario Orallo

Martin/Mr. Piper – Will Eames

Abby/Agnes Understudy – Lily Zaldivar

Elias/Mr. Willis Understudy – Ronan Pirkle

Martin/Mr. Piper Understudy – David Breyman

Hillary Understudy – Maddy Nibble*

Ryan Understudy – Hank Tian

 

PRODUCTION TEAM

 

Director: Sophia Franzella

Production Manager: Antonieta Carpio

Technical Director: Jordan Somers*

Assistant Technical Director: Teia O’Malley

Stage Manager: Phil Schnoebelen

Assistant Stage Manager: Erin Owens

Dramaturg: Coco Justino*

Scenic Design: Jeremy Hollis

Shadow Design: Shadow Girls Cult

Lighting Design: Junfu (Albert) Chen

Props Design: Devon Alicea

Sound Design: Josh Valdez

Costume Design: Laurence Wulfe

Fight / Intimacy Director: Chelsey Sheppard

Community Engagement Coordinator: Priya Hendry*

Scare Crew: Tendril Noreen*

*indicates member of Washington Ensemble Theatre

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT

Anamaria Guerzon (She/They) is a mixed race Filipino-American Theatre Artist, specializing in playwriting, acting and dramaturgy. Their work seeks to explore humanness, with an emphasis on marginalization within hierarchy, and the legacy of ongoing colonization. Within this, they center Brown folks, particularly Filipino people, as this reflects their heritage and identity. They believe in the power of specificity. They also believe in the inherent magic of the human experience, and seek to represent this lived reality through the fantastic and strange. They blur the lines between this magic and the mundane, with the understanding that both exist, and life is full of inherent contradictions.

Their plays have been developed in a workshop/readings with programs such as: The Playwright Realm’s Scratchpad Series (dir. May Adrales), and Seattle Public Theater’s New Works Distillery (dir. Zenaida Smith), Village Theater’s Northwest Creator’s Program, and Copious Love’s Plays On Tap series. They have also been honored by the June Bingham Playwright Commission (Finalist), Ashland New Play Festival (Semi-Finalist) and Origins New Play Festival (Semi-Finalist/pending). They have been acting locally for the past few years with theaters such as The 5th Ave Educational Touring Company,  Reboot, Book-It Rep, Pork Filled Productions, and more. They received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre, from Pacific Lutheran University (2021).

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

Sophia Franzella (she/her), is a Seattle actor, choreographer, director, and educator. She most recently directed Eulogy with Pony World Theatre and EMMA with Dacha Theatre, for which she received a Gregory Award nomination for Best Director. She directed The Road Company Tour for Taproot Theatre last year. She is also a co-founder and company member of Filament: a collab lab. Sophia teaches acting privately and for various organizations. She also really enjoys writing and directing theatrical new work and films (specifically horror)!