Hedwig and the Angry Inch

January 17-27, 2013 at the Moore Theatre
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Previews Jan. 15-16 | OPENING: THURS, JAN. 17 | Closes Jan. 27

Directed by Ian Bell | Starring Jerick Hoffer
Book by John Cameron Mitchell | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Trask

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our Director's Note, and Cast and Creative Team roster!

Directed by Ian Bell, Hedwig and the Angry Inch tells the story of East Berlin-born rock-and-roll goddess Hedwig Schmidt and her botched sex change, stolen music, and love affair with an American GI. 

Rising star Jerick Hoffer (RENT, Spring Awakening) portrays Hedwig, who recounts her outrageous life story in a grungy club gig as the lead singer of her rock-and-roll band “The Angry Inch," featuring members of Seattle bands The Walkabouts, 1uppers, Zony Mash, and Swallow. 

The role of Hedwig is a perfect fit for Hoffer, also known to many in Seattle as preeminent drag queen chanteuse Jinkx Monsoon, host of the popular "An Evening at Le Faux" weekly celebrity impersonation show at Julia’s on Broadway. Jerick / Jinkx will compete as a contestant in the next season of RuPaul's Drag Race (season premiere January 28 on Logo TV).

Hedwig and the Angry Inch is presented in arrangement with Dramatist’s Play Service.

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News & Reviews

"a knockout, challenging show of the highest standards." :: Seattle Actor

"Rising star Hoffer is dynamic as Hedwig" :: Outview Online

"Hoffer's Hedwig is vicious and vulnerable, sweet and snarky, beautiful and monstrous." :: The Examiner

"...the event of the year, the show of 2013 not to miss." :: Edge Seattle

Hedwig and the Angry Inch: Jerick Hoffer is an Ascendant Star :: The Stranger

"... this is the part [Jerick Hoffer] was born to play." :: Another Rainy Saturday

"[Jerick] Hoffer is AMAZING as Hedwig." :: Three Imaginary Girls

"...this is a performance that must be seen." :: City Arts Magazine

Jerick Hoffer in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Polished and Brilliant :: New Queer on the Block

Mesmerizing HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH from Balagan :: BroadwayWorld Seattle

"Hedwig and the Angry Inch" confirms that Jerick Hoffer is a star :: Seattle Gay Scene

Director's Note

Since I first saw John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask’s Hedwig and the Angry Inch 13 years ago at Re-bar (where I’ve produced and directed since the mid-late nineties, when I was in my mid-early thirties), the show has
struck a chord in me: a fuzzed-out, glam-rock, power-chord!

This is no surprise: Hedwig’s story is a timeless one, as is made evident by the lyrics to "Origin Of Love" which draw inspiration from Aristophanes’ speech in Plato’s Symposium (the sultry, best selling paperback of 385 B.C.). It is the story of the search for the love that completes us; for our missing half...perhaps our better half?

It is a classic story, but Hedwig and the Angry Inch is by no means a traditional show. While categorized as a musical, this label does not entirely fit the show; this show is almost as anomalous and singular as as Hedwig herself. It is part rock show, part monologue, part rock-star swagger, part messy meltdown.

From our first meeting, myself and Music Director David Russell (Skszp) agreed that the show should not be approached the way we might a more conventional musical; rehearsal structure, staging practices and performance techniques typically associated with musical theatre weren’t right for Hedwig. We saw Hedwig as a live event that defied most labels: A rock gig that is transitioning to a play that is transitioning to an epiphany. A “theatre tranny," if you will: an "Exquisite Corpse."

In the full spirit of what makes live performance unique - be it theatre or rock show - Hedwig and the Angry Inch embraces those unique qualities that sets it apart from its film and record counterparts. And while both a film and cd have been made of Hedwig, the performance you see at the Moore Theatre exists in, and shares the same room, with you -- the audience -- as it cannot do in any other medium.

The division between the reality on stage and that of the audience is typically referred to as the “fourth wall;" but as the song "Tear Me Down" warns us, when watching Hedwig and the Angry Inch: “...you must remember one thing: there ain’t much of a difference, between a bridge and a wall."

Enjoy the gig,

Ian Bell, Director, Hedwig and the Angry Inch

The HEDWIG Cast & Crew

Hedwig .................................. Jerick Hoffer

Yitzhak .................................. Erin Stewart

Jacek (Bass) ......................... Michael Wells

Schlatko (Drums) .................. Andy Roth

Krzyzhtof (Guitar) .................. Chris Pugh

Skszp (Guitar) ....................... David Russell

Susan (Keyboard) ................. Michael Owcharuk