-We're here at Emerald City Trapeze Arts.
We're about to have a rehearsal here;
the first time that we're going to have
all of the game leads
and the leads for the show in the space at the same time.
Next Wednesday will be our second
full rehearsal and the band will be here.
So we're really like eking up towards
what is opening week. In 15 days,
we're gonna open the show. [gasps]
♪ Venus and the Vixens! Who will worship at the altar of a Venus? ♪♪
-It is an interactive rock musical
based on the myth of Cupid and Psyche,
which is an epic love story.
Venus plays an important role as well,
she's Cupid’s mom. -The goddess of love.
-Yeah -Very jealous.
And it's got games,
so what the audience experiences
is an hour of games and food and drink
by this fantastic bar and butcher called The Ruby Brink.
And then they have this incredible show
with music and characters and unbelievable singing.
♪ Venus and the Vixens. Remember, you can't win ♪
♪ If you don't play. Venus and the Vixens! ♪
♪ It’s now or never. What are you waiting for? ♪♪
-The band is an all female band.
It is some of the best female musicians in Seattle.
Sari Breznau wrote the score.
-She talked about the opportunity to indulge her
musical theater geek, and then she wrote something.
And it's unbelievable. It's Broadway worthy.
♪ You were the one who taught me ♪
♪ that love is all there is. ♪
♪ It's the only ♪
♪ thing that matters is ♪
♪ how guiding star ♪
♪ it's who we are. ♪ ♪
-I would say to fully experience
this show, to have the most fun, I would wear
really comfortable shoes that you can run around in and
be ready to play with people you don't know
and be ready to have your socks knocked off
because the performers are phenomenal.
-We got a call yesterday from someone who is bringing
a bachelorette party and I'm like, “That is perfect.”
-Yeah, that's good
-Because it's about love and it's about fun.
Lots of laughter.
-Bring a date. -Or find a date. [laughter]
-That's another thing you could do.
-Oh, when you're there. -Yeah. -Yeah.
-No, I'm dating for a date. [laughter]
-And then the other three musicians will be ground
level on the stage.
I think the biggest challenge for me has been
the amount of things that we're trying to do
and the amount of time we have to actually be in this space
and put it together.
So we've been rehearsing all over the city.
We've been down at the Seattle Drum School
and over the Children's Theater,
in different venues, dance underground,
using different spaces to block and work scenes
and work music.
And tonight is one of the first times
we’re going to start putting it together.
But there's a lot of people who need to be on their game
and know what
their time and their fit is, and then we have to go [tongue roll]
with the dominoes and have it all sequenced together.
We really need to have more fun on this planet...
Like.. -Yeah.
-There's a lot of time spent
not having a great time for a lot of reasons.
-We've been creating for 35 years
putting shows together, and this was during the pandemic,
Martha is like,
“We have to do something good
for culture.” And Seattle needs it
and the performing arts community needs it.
-This area needs it.
This venue,
my heart.
-Yeah, I mean,
it feels a little bit like
we got to
we just got to step up, all of us,
and do what we can to make make the world a better place.
-Yeah.
The last song in the piece is called “Risk It,”
and the tagline for the show is
“You can't win if you don't play.”
So it's pretty laid out there.
If you want to have a good time,
you got to get some skin in the game.
♪ Venus and the Vixens. It’s now or never ♪♪
Venus and the Vixens: Games of Love, is a 21 and over
show and runs May 30th through June 16th at Emerald City Trapeze Arts.
Ticket information is at venusandthevixens.com.
♪ Venus and the Vixens. Remember, you can’t win if you don’t...♪♪
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