Last November, The Adding Machine sent a jolt through Seattle. Stark and rich, funny and tragic, The Adding Machine was the best first production by a new theater company anybody could recall, with an all-star cast and crew (including two Stranger Geniuses: Amy Thone and Jennifer Zeyl), from director John Langs to sound designer Rob Witmer (of "Awesome").

My review for the show—by the New Century Theater Company—is here. The Stranger Suggests, by Christopher Frizzelle is here:

New Century Theatre Company is a group of daring artists who are sick of theater in this town and are doing something about it. Its first production, of Elmer Rice's 1923 The Adding Machine, begins with a monologue by Stranger Genius Amy Thone—a seething, terrifying blast of bile. Under the ruthless direction of John Langs, this dark production kicks you in the face immediately and never lets you recover. There's also an unforgettable party scene; a hair-raising monologue by Paul Morgan Stetler, playing a man on trial for murder; and no intermission. Seriously: Go.

Since then, all kinds of people—including the news intern Aaron Pickus—have been asking about their next show. NCTC has been coy. Until today. Company member Paul Morgan Stetler just emailed, writing that the next show would be Orange Flower Water, a play about the unraveling of two marriages, by Craig Wright (his Pavilion was nominated for a Pulitzer and he's done some writing for Six Feet Under). The crew:

Director: Allison Narver
Actors: Hans Altwies, Betsy Schwartz, Ray Gonzalez and Jennifer Lee Taylor.
Set & Prop Design: Matt Smucker
Sound Design: Rob Witmer
Lighting Design: Geoff Korff
Costume Design: Melanie Burgess

It opens on June 23 in ACT Theater's Bullitt Cabaret (dark, spooky one downstairs, hung with purple curtains and rumored to be haunted).