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Annex Theatre · № 40.WF2 · 40th Season · 2027
WIP Fest: Nov 2027
Nov 4 - 7, 2027
WIP Fest Weekend Two brings three new plays by Seattle-area writers to Annex as staged readings. Each play is read twice, for six performances Thursday through Sunday, November 4–7, 2027.
Featuring:
Party in the USA by Max Koh
Gay Lincoln Play by Richard Klem
Psychowheelers by Marcus Gorman and Jo Jo Stiletto
Full Weekend Flex Pass - $40 for 6 Entries
See each performance once. Bring a guest to each. Make the weekend yours.
Party In The USA
Written by Max Koh
A Domino's Pizza in the Metropolitan Washington DC area. Party in the USA by Miley Cyrus plays every 15 minutes. Lucy and Ellie are going through break ups, Codie was kicked out of college and now they're living in their car, Daveed is trying to maintain his composure, and Cletus, the valiant leader and manager, is doing everything in his power to keep everyone from killing each other and themselves. Then, an order for 1000 pizzas comes from the Pentagon.
Gay Lincoln Play
Written by Richard Klem
In an alternate universe where Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth grow up together, meeting at a pond in the town skipping rocks together.
As the years go by their relationship changes and grows as they both begin to pursue different passions. They are separated by these desires for several years until John makes a glorious return to their home town. The two rekindle their friendship and light a new desire for each other. In the gay way.
But with separation comes distance. A distance that builds resentment and anger after not being there for each other; eventually leading to a deadly and sorrowful encounter.
Psychowheelers
Written by Marcus Gorman and Jo Jo Stiletto
Young Ruby is on a mission: to rescue Vera, who she lost at a high school party gone wrong. After a year of training, Ruby joins up with the Psychowheelers, an all-female motorcycle gang led by the towering, ferocious Mama. As Ruby initiates into the club and grows closer with Mama, she exploits the inner workings of the outfit and convinces them to take on a gang of occultists who live beyond the desert and hold the key to Ruby’s salvation…or her eternal damnation.
Tickets
Every ticket gets you the same seat in the same room, so pick the price that works for you.
Friend of Annex — $40: $40 for 40 years: fuel new work, balance pay-what-you-can tickets, and support the Annex mission.
Standard Admission — $15: Our standard price, kept low so more people can come.
Pay What You Can — from $5: Price shouldn’t keep anyone from art
Can’t make it in person? Every mainstage is also live streamed at the same prices.
At a glance
Seating: General Admision - first come, first served
Recommended for: 16+
The bar
Our bar is open on show nights, before the show and at intermission (dependent on show duration). Drinks are 21+ and ID is required. Every sip supports Annex.
Getting here
Annex Theatre, 1100 E. Pike St., Seattle, WA 98122, at the corner of 11th and Pike on Capitol Hill, entrance on 11th. Look for the little blue door on 11th Ave; we're on the second floor, up two flights of stairs. Box office: (206) 728-0933 · boxoffice@annextheatre.org. (venue info)
Accessibility
Annex is up a two flights of stairs; there is no elevator available. If you have access needs, email info@annextheatre.org before your visit and we’ll do what we can to make it work
Questions?
Performances
Thursday, Nov 4 at 7:30 pm
Show 1 / Performance 1
Friday, Nov 5 at 7:30 pm
Show 2 / Performance 1
Saturday, Nov 6 at 2:00 pm
Show 3 / Performance 1
Saturday, Nov 6 at 7:30 pm
Show 1 / Performance 2
Sunday, Nov 7 at 2:00 pm
Show 2 / Performance 2
Sunday, Nov 7 at 7:30 pm
Show 3 / Performance 2
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Max Koh
they/them
Playwright: Party In The USA
Max Koh (they/them) is a Seattle-based playwright, director, and sound designer. Max was a long-forgotten chestnut trapped in a chimney before being discovered and poorly digested by a small bird. The symbiotic relationship between the bird and the chestnut trapped in its stomach flourished into a full-fledged human.
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Richard Klem
he/him
Playwright: Gay Lincoln Play
Richard Klem (he/him) is a Seattle-based theatre artist who lights up the stage, either with literal lights or in the way he shines! [Gay Lincoln Play is his first play — confirm.] Thank you to all my friends who love and support me. And thank you Josh Naylor for signing a five-year contract with the Mariners!
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Marcus Gorman
he/him
Playwright: Psychowheelers
Marcus Gorman is a Seattle-based playwright, screenwriter, and filmmaker. If you’re cool, you’ve seen one of his plays around town, enjoyed his programming at numerous arthouses, or spotted his byline in various arts publications. Catch him at suburban cineplexes by day and at the playhouse by night.
His original plays include Gold, Deers, Natural, GUNKED! (co-written with Jo Jo Stiletto), Peggy: The Plumber Who Saved the Galaxy (co-written with Jacob Farley), How to Leave (co-written with Kiki Penoyer), and Space Race 5000. He’s worked on devised plays with interarts gang The Libertinis (Gone Wild!, Atomic Falls USA, The Fantastic Misadventures of Twisty Shakes) and physical theatre troupe DangerSwitch! (Mad Scientist Cabaret, Big Bad). His one-acts have been produced in Seattle, New York City, Los Angeles, Ashland, and Pittsburgh. He currently programs for the Seattle International Film Festival, Tacoma Film Festival, and Fantastic Fest, is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, covers the arts for The Ticket at The Seattle Times, and has been published on KCET-PBS and in Howlround, The Dramatist, CityArts, The Evergrey, and New American Theatre Magazine. www.marcusgorman.com
Up next: Catholic School Girls Go to Hell, Our Last Season (or The Baseball Play)
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Jo Jo Stiletto
she/her
Playwright: Psychowheelers
Jo Jo Stiletto is a burlesque producer, performer, playwright, historian, and professional troublemaker, best known as the Professor of Nerdlesque — a leading authority on what happens when burlesque gets delightfully nerdy. Her first Annex production, GUNKED!, co-written with Marcus Gorman, was nominated for the 2024 Gregory Award for Outstanding Original Script. Her acclaimed burlesque parody co-productions include The Burl-X-Files: The Truth is Down There, The Westminster Daddy Show, and Bechdel Test Burlesque. She also made Shakespeare considerably gayer as adaptor and co-producer of Noveltease Theatre's Much Ado About Nothing, a campy drag- and burlesque-infused take set in a gloriously messy 1970s Seattle queer nightclub.