Etcetera the late-night arm of Live Theatre Workshop
 
Now in its ninth season, Etcetera -- Tucson’s first and longest-running after hours theatre ensemble -- is proud to be providing the theatre-going community in Tucson with challenging contemporay plays and musicals (HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH, DYING CITY, FAT PIG, WHITE PEOPLE, MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE), original works by local artists (FROZEN HEART, THE PENIS MONOLOGUES, THE EATING DISORDER TALENT SHOW, HIGH CRIMES, THE WIZARDS HAVE LANDED) and reinvigorated classics (HAMLET, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, TITUS ANDRONICUS) as well as season after season of Arizona Premieres (PERSEPHONE OR SLOW TIME, JAILBAIT, THE BOOK OF LIZ, MR. MARMALADE, KIMBERLY AKIMBO). Located in east Tucson, Etcetera is the third arm of theatre programming at Live Theatre Workshop. Founded by Sybille Bruun, Matt Walley and Jeremy Thompson in January of 2004, Etcetera was created to offer a change of pace and tone for audience members who were hungry for something different than what is generally produced by theatre companies in Tucson. Artists were also kept in mind during the implementation of this new programming, and it was decided from the beginning that Etcetera would never be concerned with meeting financial goals -- only with quality, of both product and of process. That simple idea is what has allowed Etcetera to continue to grow to this day and what has made it such a haven for local actors and directors looking for a unique, collaborative and challenging experience, or even just to produce a play no other company in Tucson will touch. OUR MISSION: To provide challenging and relevant theatre programming opportunities for artists committed to presenting works that are fearless, exhilarating, uncensored and revelatory. Our hope is to cultivate, educate and inspire a new generation of audiences and artists who will help to maintain the growth and momentum of community-based theatre in Arizona.
CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON is proudly in his fifth season as the Artistic Director of Etcetera, the late-night arm of Live Theatre Workshop where he has directed WIT, PERSEPHONE OR SLOW TIME, THE BOOK OF LIZ, THE WIZARDS HAVE LANDED, MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE, SAY YOU LOVE SATAN, ROBOTS VS. FAKE ROBOTS -- 2010 MAC Award nomination for Best Director of a comedy, KILLER JOE -- 2010 MAC Award nomination for Best Director of a comedy, Richard O’Brien’s THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW -- 2010 MAC Award nomination for Best Director of a musical, DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, I WROTE THIS PLAY TO MAKE YOU LOVE ME, THE PENIS MONOLOGUES, SAVAGE IN LIMBO, BUG, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM and TITUS ANDRONICUS. Directing credits elsewhere include the world- premiere developmental workshop production of Toni Press-Coffman’s UNITED for Winding Road Theater Ensemble, THE HOUSEKEEPER for the mainstage at LTW and several musical adaptations for children with All Together Theatre (BEAUTY & THE BEAST, HERCULES & THE BURDEN OF THE SKY, THE NIGHTINGALE). Notable acting credits with Etcetera include THOM PAIN (BASED ON NOTHING) -- 2010 MAC Award nomination for Best Actor, JAILBAIT, DYING CITY, KIMBERLY AKIMBO, THE EATING DISORDER TALENT SHOW (which he wrote), MR. MARMALADE, KITTY KITTY KITTY, HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH -- 2009 MAC Award nomination for Best Actor, 2009 MAC Award winner of Best Musical, DOG SEES GOD, SWEET EROS, FAT PIG, THE BALTIMORE WALTZ, TAPE, CORPUS CHRISTI, COWBOY MOUTH and TITANIC as well as staged readings of RAG AND BONE, GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES and BURN THIS. Select mainstage credits at LTW include ALL MY SONS, THE SANTALAND DIARIES, CLOUD 9, LEMON SKY -- 2009 MAC Award Nomination for Best Actor, A PERFECT GANESH, BABY WITH THE BATHWATER and THE MOUSETRAP. Christopher has performed elsewhere with The Rogue Theatre (AS I LAY DYING), Winding Road Theater Ensemble -- which he is a proud member of (UNITED, FIFTH OF JULY, THE LION IN WINTER, ARMOR), Borderlands Theatre (YAMAHA 300 - a staged reading), Fairbanks Shakespeare Theatre (ANTONY & CLEOPATRA, CAMINO REAL, I WROTE THIS PLAY TO MAKE YOU LOVE ME), Invisible Theatre (SWIMMING IN THE SHALLOWS), Brachiate Theatre Project (MACBETH) and Tucson’s Shakespeare Under The Stars (MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, ROMEO & JULIET). Christopher was nominated for the 2011 Buffalo Exchange Arts Award for Emerging Performance Artists in Arizona.