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Bibliophilia Storytelling Festival
Join us for a three day extravaganza of words for word lovers! Bibliophilia is about the living book, each event combines poetry and prose with improvisational theatre to bring you fun, truly unique events. Celebrate the page coming to the stage April 17-19th at Hugo House.
Showtimes: 7:30pm and 9pm, 5pm Sundays only.
FRIDAY
VONNEGUT UNEXPECTED
What better way to kick off Bibliophilia than with an improvised play based on the work of American writer and humanist Kurt Vonnegut (Cats Cradle, Slaughterhouse-Five and Breakfast of Champions)? In this event, the Bibliophilia Players will new create a fun, improvised (improvised meaning on-the-spot, thats right without a script!) play based on audience suggestions. Like Vonnegutknown for his satirical literary style, deconstruction of time, humor, and science-fiction elements the Players will tell a story by jumping around in time while exploring the lovely (and awful) things humans do.
Doors: 7pm
*This event is in co-production with Unexpected Productions, creators of Unexpected Vonnegut.
LET ME TELL YOU A STORY ABOUT
In advance, writers will be given a special writing prompt and create stories based on what they are given. They will get a genre, a relationship, and a plot point. They will create original work for the festival and read it for the audience. In between readings, improvisers will be given a challenge from the story generator as well. The improvisers will get a genre and/or author to emulate, a relationship, and a plot point and create three 10-minute stories.
Doors: 8pm
SATURDAY
POETRY VERSE PLAY
Back by popular demand! This is the show where art doesn't imitate life, art imitates art. One poet comes to the stage sharing one of their works. Afterward the Bibliophilia Playersour team of improvisational actors, never hearing the poem before, will perform a one-act play inspired by the piece.
Doors: 7pm
HEATHCLIFF LETTERS
Heathcliff Letters is back by popular demand. That means its time to cram! You remember your school days book reports and pop quizzes, don't you wish you had a better way to study all the classics? Well at this show, you will learn everything you ever need to know about great literature without cracking a book.
Shout out the title of a novel you've always wanted to read, and sit back and enjoy as the Bibliophilia Players, our group of improvisational actors, give you the Heathcliff Letters version.
Doors: 8pm
WORD LIT ZINE QUIZ SHOW!
What better way to close Bibliophilia than with an event by the producer/creator of the festival, Word Lit Zine? Seattle's best magazine for all things literary comes off the page and into reality. There will be live readings from past contributors and new friends as well as puzzles and games for the nerd in all of us. Contestants will be volunteers from the audience and will have an opportunity to win amazing prize packages. Come ready to nerd out with the Word Lit Zine Quiz Show!
Doors: 4:30pm
Bibliophilia Storytelling Festival is sponsored by Word Lit Zine in co-production with Hugo House.
About Word Lit Zine:
Word Lit Zine is a quarterly publication for readers and writers. Our goal is to give people something to get excited about. Each issue is jam-packed with local fiction and poetry, articles, interviews, puzzles and games, and so much more. Find out more at wordlitzine.com.
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LocationHugo House (View)
1634 11th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
United States
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| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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