EVELYN SYMES READS A LETTER
Evelyn Fletcher Symes comes from a large extended family of epistolarians. In addition to writing letters, she writes short stories, novels, nonfiction and, of course, grocery lists.
To Whom It May Concern
A Live Monthly Show
GIB STRANGE HAS SOMETHING TO SAY
Thursday Nov 9th @ 7:30pm, Gib Strange will read a letter of his own creation at the next To Whom It May Concern. Knowing Gib, it will be something to think about long after the fact.
Gib Strange is a writer living in Washington. Poet Dennis McBride has described him as, “a kind of everyman’s Kierkegaard… His domestic genius is his ability to evoke sympathy for the absurd in the tragic comedy of being human.” Comic Brett Emerson has described him as “Ed Gein doing ASMR.” He is the author of the audiobook Notes From the Uncanny Valley, available at https://notesfromtheuncannyvalley.com
NEXT LETTER SHOW
Thursday November 9th 7:30pm. Tickets on sale now!
We are always looking for letters. Have a letter you’d like to submit whether it’s real, old, very old or entirely made-up? We’d love to hear from you. Head on over to the submissions page and drop us a line. And to answer an age old debate, in our humble opinion email DOES count as a letter. On text messages we’re still undecided.
ROBIN CORSBERG
Robin is our Special Guest Improviser Fri, Sept 29th!
Robin Corsberg started as an army brat, graduated from a small town high school, went to college and had a much better time tending bar. Searching for comedy stages and the American dream – Robin found herself in Bellingham for a number of years performing a lot of improv with a lot of her childhood Comedy Central Hero’s (Comedy Central used to be a lot different.) From Kevin McDonald (Kids in the Hall) to Ryan Stiles (Whose line is it anyway?) Robin learned her funny could keep up with what she saw as great. Playing in Granville Island Canada, Seattle, all over the Midwest to Atlanta Georgia, Robin is constantly amazed just where and how improv has opened doors. Expect nothing. I think that is the trick!
LET’S MEET THE MUSICIANS
Mark Nichols and Julie Lewis join the Sept 29th show!
Mark Nichols has written over 500 songs for the theater, and has finished and produced over a dozen large musicals and operas, including LITTLE BOY GOES TO HELL and JOE BEAN.
Julie Lewis uses her chameleon-like adaptivity to perform on stages all across the country as both women and men.
The two perform together as a duo.
STEVE BIELER
Steve will read a letter from an old friend Sept 29th!
Steve Bieler is a writer living in Bellingham with his wife, his books, and their corgis. He enjoys reading, chess, hiking, bird-watching, and playing in the mail.
SEAN WALBECK
Walbeck will read a letter he’s written for the Sept 29th show!
SEAN WALBECK is an award-winning playwright and theatre artist from Bellingham WA, who currently serves as the Artistic Director of the Lend Us Your Ears Reading Series at the Bellingham Theatre Guild and does a whole buncha other stuff. Recently, he had a short play produced at a science fiction convention in Tampa Bay, Florida.
JANET OAKLEY
LOCAL AUTHOR JANET OAKLEY JOINS THE SEPT 29TH SHOW
A bonafide history nerd, Janet Oakley grew up back east on the stories of pioneering women settling the West, a housewright from Upper Nether Wallop, England, arriving in the colonies in 1638, and in particular, the pocket journals and letters of her great-grandfather who found himself only two months into his role of assistant surgeon of the 11th PA on the battlefield of Gettysburg, July 1863. All this led to a degree in history and finally, writing historical fiction set here in the NW and WWII Norway.
TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
Head over to the tickets page to grab your tickets for the inaugural Bellingham Letter Show
Friday, September 29th at the New Prospect Theatre.
SEPTEMBER 29th!!
The inaugural live presentation of To Whom It May Concern will be Friday, September 29th at the New Prospect Theatre in downtown Bellingham, WA!
We’ve been rooting around in the archives at The Whatcom Museum for letters of note and have discovered some real treasures. Can’t wait to share what we’ve found at the show!
We are always looking for letters, musicians and improvisers for upcoming shows. Head over to the submissions page for more information.