Mara Helena

22 Awkward Moments
A Solo Performance by Mara Siciliano
Friday, April 24 & Saturday, April 25
8:00 PM, $7 at the door

Rendezvous/Jewel Box Theater, 2322 Second Ave, Seattle 98121
206.441.5821 www.jewelboxtheater.com

Using dialogue, movement, music, and props, Mara Siciliano illustrates 22 embarrassing moments in her life. She opens the show as a four-year old and ages throughout the performance, closing with tales of her early twenties. Siciliano evokes and magnifies moments that are reflectively humorous, personal yet universal. Nothing is left uncovered: boys, bras, the creative desire, crying, dumping disasters, pop culture, and all the cringe-worthy moments that exemplify youth in the 1980s and ‘90s.

In 1997, Mara Siciliano became the youngest solo show contributor in the history of the Seattle Fringe Festival. Her show, Appetites of the Enamored, launched her ongoing exploration of autobiography as entertainment. Siciliano was co-founder of Origami Girl Productions, a co-founding member of the comedy troupe The Habit, and a regular guest for Dan Savage’s radio program, Savage Love Live. Her choreography has been seen at the Intiman Theater, Washington Ensemble Theater, Annex Theater, the Triple Door, Re-bar, and the Ethnic Cultural Theater. When not improvising as an Unexpected Productions company member she can be found performing as a Freedom Dancer in Mark Siano’s Soft Rock Series.

“Then there’s Mara Siciliano’s work, which is all about going to punk shows, falling in love with a lead singer of a band, getting dissed by him, working at Taco Hell, hitting Denny’s for pie at 1 am, and watching the skateboarders. It’s very sassy. The best thing about it is Mara’s obvious sincerity and excellent eye for the fashions of her subculture. “
—Marjorie Ingall
MS. Magazine

“Old or young, glamorous or dowdy, Siciliano’s gallery of women look familiar and sound exotic. Her hyper acting style enhances the strange humor.”
—Joe Adcock
Seattle Post Intelligencer

“A toe-clenching tragedy of unrequited teenage love.”
—Lindy West
The Stranger

“While deft at delivering humor, Siciliano also creates powerful sections in a serious vein.”
—Sarah Manno
Rocky Mountain Bullhorn

Press photos by Kris Bell.