WE HAVE A WINNER!: Last July, Scot Auguston participated in the Seattle contest of the national 48 Hour Film Project. Armed with a randomly selected film genre ("Drama"), one required character (a veterinarian) and one required line of dialogue, Scot had just a few hours to crank out a short film script that was rehearsed, filmed, and edited in just 48 hours. The resulting film The Stray (feauring new PDT company member, Shannon Kipp) went on to win the competition's "Best in Seattle" award. As a result, Scot went on to the national competition, writing "The Lethal Cotillion," and won the "Best in the U.S." competition! That film now goes on the international competition at Cannes in May 2008. Congratulations Scot! To view both films: The Stray Lethal Cotillion FEET OFF THE FURNITURE: Keri Healey's IKea Cycle: Bedtime Stories (written just for the kiddies) will be opening at the Frisco, Texas IKEA in February 2008. The much acclaimed Kitchen Dog Theater of Dallas will be staging and performing this script (which was co-written by Healey and Bret Fetzer). LOVE IS IN THE AIR: On February 14, one of Scot's classic pieces from the bi-annual 14/48 Theater Festival will be presented in a special performance, Relentless Heartache - Love Plays of 14/48. FANCY FEET: Stephen Hando and his able dance-theater-and-all-that-jazz partner Juliet Waller Pruzan recently applied to create a brand spanking new piece for On the Boards' Northwest New Works Festival. The letter came back and they are in! Look for them to premier their new concoction on the weekend of May 16th. SUMMER LOVIN': Also in February, Diversionary Theatre in San Diego will be performing a reading of Scot's play, Summer Before the Summer of Love. And Scot will be flying down to teach a class for them as well. MOUTHY CHIX: Keri Healey has been tapped by Seattle's fearless, funny, female Macha Monkey Productions to create a new script to be developed by their company in 2008. Yea for grrrl power!! ASK THE SARGE: Look soon for the launch of a new Sgt. Rigsby web site, featuring the work of Scot's alter ego: Sgt. Rigsby & His Amazing Silhouettes.		Contact PDT PO Box 20536 Seattle, WA 98102 206 860 7163 info@printersdevil.org PDT Newsletter Get the skinny on projects and events. A BOY IN THE BEASTLY CITY Photos by Steven Miller. A BOY IN THE BEASTLY CITY Written by Scot Augustson Directed by Tom Milewski January 25-February 16, 2008 Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm Theatre Off Jackson, 409 - 7th Avenue South, Seattle 98104 (in the International District) Tickets are $15 Purchase Tickets For mature audiences. Leave the kiddies at home. Part of Augustson's Sgt. Rigsby & His Amazing Silhouettes canon, A Boy in the Beastly City makes hay with some of its creator's favorite subjects: kids and animals. Moko the Monkey is kidnapped by wicked animal traders and taken to the Big Bad City where unspeakable things will happen to him unless his best friend Raj can find and rescue him. Along the way, Raj meets other children searching for their lost animal friends and together they plot to outsmart the evildoers responsible. This adventure tale has all the usual suspects: mad scientists, fancy dancers, human sacrifices, funny drunks, randy zebras, and a singing chicken. Critics have applauded the Silhouettes as "charming," "smart and wicked," and "fucking funny." A Boy in the Beastly City is directed by Tom Milewski and features the vocal talents of Stephen Hando, Keri Healey, Shannon Kipp, and Evan Mosher. Puppets are designed and operated by playwright Augustson with the assistance of Rachel Hynes. Stage-managed by Tim Crist. Click here to purchase tickets.