The Stranger Presents
Artists doing
FEATURING BEN HUNTER, CHERDONNA SHINATRA, BRADLEY WRENN, AND KEYES WILEY
saturday, august 15, 2026
ACTUALIZE Artists In Residence
The Stranger Presents
ARTISTS DOING
Featuring Ben Hunter, Cherdonna Shinatra, Bradley Wrenn, and Keyes Wiley
Last year, we began a new experiment with Artists Doing: Nothing, a made-in-a-day festival of performance. It was wild, it was experimental, you got to see the excellence of what can be made in just one day. And we put some solid cash in artists’ pockets.
This year, we’re doing it again, featuring some of Seattle’s most exciting artists: Musician Ben Hunter and Drag performer Cherdonna Shinatra, Clown Bradley Wrenn, and DJ Keyes Wiley. You’ll hear folk music; delight in campy and queer performance art; giggle and cry the way only clowns can make you; and dance the night away. These artists are pushing the boundaries of their disciplines, and we can’t wait to see what kind of theatre they make with us.
Once again, we’re partnering with ACTUALIZE Artists in Residence, presenting this event immersively in their new Pioneer Square gallery space. Artists Doing is a theatrical event where you see the thrilling brilliance of Seattle’s greatest artists in process, up close. These are works that we hope go on to find lives as full productions—either with The Feast or elsewhere.
August 15, 2026 | 8 PM
ACTUALIZE Artists In Residence
112 Prefontaine Place S.
Seattle, WA 98104
Actualize Artist in Residency (AiR) is a women-founded and artist-led arts organization. Our mission is to foster and accelerate the careers of emerging artists by creating space and opportunities, establishing an artist alliance in downtown Seattle.
Actualize AiR Curatorial Residency program. Actualize AiR is part of the Shunpike Storefronts & Artist Residencies Program, and is powered by Shunpike with additional support from 4Culture.
The Time of your life
By William Saroyan
Directed by Ryan Guzzo Purcell
October 2026
THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE
By William Saroyan
Directed by Ryan Guzzo Purcell
In October, we’re producing a workshop of The Time of Your Life, William Saroyan’s 1939 slice-of-life dramedy. The Feast first workshopped this play in 2019, as part of The Bar Plays, taking a first stab at a deconstructed production in our signature style. Saroyan’s play features a rich man trying to do good, a sex worker trying to evade a vice cop, a society couple slumming it with the riff-raff, a bored housewife looking for something to do, an old cowboy spinning tales that probably didn’t happen, a teenager trying desperately to get laid, and the worst stand-up comic in history. Together, they drink, dance, play music, and connect in a dive bar in San Francisco. Rowdy and personal, set in a honky tonk while the Great Depression rages outside, The Time of Your Life is about how to live a life worth living.
We are reimagining this play into an event that makes the audience central to the action; you’ll feel like you are in the bar with these characters. You’ll also see virtuosic performances, with a cast of 10 playing more than 30 characters.
Free and Reduced-cost tickets provided by 4Culture
Free and Reduced-cost tickets provided by 4Culture