Ian Johnston

On September 4th, 1986, Annex Theatre was registered with the State of Washington as a non-profit arts organization. On September 4th, 2011, Annex Theatre turned 25. That is 25 years of art, 25 years of madness, 25 years of passion. We have seen so many amazing talents pass across our stage, some of whom have [...]

Well, our beautification period has come to an end. We accomplished an amazing amount with surprisingly little work, time and effort. Isn’t it always surprising how effectively mental inertia makes a little task seem like a toweringly huge one? Among other things we accomplished over our three weeks, we now have: Serious ventilation in the [...]

One of the things that simply doesn’t happen often in the no-budget theater world is maintenance: that time when you can shut everything down for a little bit and grease the shafts and replace the chipped gears before they send the whole thing careening off the tracks. We’re fortunate that we have not one, but [...]