Why Chamber Music?

Theater Artists Olympia (TAO) began as a group of like minded theater folk who simply wanted to do good work, and work on shows they had a passion for.

The first full production  ever mounted was Chamber Music by Arthur Kopit at the Mariah Art space. The show was very well received and the process enjoyed by all.

Here it is 11 years down the road and TAO is at the threshold of a great change. Up to this point it's been a gypsy life, performing in 10 different venues up and down  I-5 from Centralia to Tacoma.

The Midnight Sun, a venue that has been used through the years is now no longer going to be a place visited, it's going to be TAO's home. Returning to Chamber Music seemed fitting as a great way celebrate a whole new beginning.

Chamber Music is an absurdist black comedy set in the year 1939. We join the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Duly-Elected Grievance and Someday Governing Committee of Wing Five, Women's Section. And there is much to discuss. Poor Amelia Earhart, she just wants to go home, captured and left to rot in the asylum with all the other members of the committee, who unlike Amelia (?) all suffer from delusions of grandeur believing they are famous women from across the centuries. Susan B. Anthony doesn't want to hear it, Joan of Arc's pants keep rusting, and Isabella of Spain just can't figure out what to do about Columbus. While these are all compelling issues. the important topic of discussion is what to do about the threat from the men's ward.

TAO is proud to announce the cast for Chamber Music::

Woman Who Plays Records         (Constanze Mozart) ..... Amanda Stevens
Woman in Safari Outfit          (Osa Johnson) .....  Kim Holm
Woman with Notebook             (Gertrude Stein) ..... Kate Ayers
Girl in the Gossamer Dress      (Pearl White) ..... Vanessa Postil
Woman in Aviatrix Outfit        (Amelia Earhart) .....  Cheyenne Logan
Woman in Queenly Garb           (Isabella of Spain) ..... Priscilla Zal
Woman in Armor                 (Joan of Arc) ..... Alayna Chamberland
Woman with Gavel               (Susan B. Anthony) ..... Debbie Sampson

Man in White                        Michael Christopher
His Assistant                       Christopher Rocco