Right now, producer AJ Epstein is hosting at West of Lenin, his new theater in Fremont, hosting a grand opening party and announcing WoL's first fall lineup.

Seattle comedian and cabaret crooner Mark Siano will workshop a new piece in the fall of 2011.

Brooklyn-based rock band Sky White Tiger [whose members played and recorded with David Bowie, Sufjan Stevens, Yo-Yo Ma, and others before getting together to make their own band] premieres a new immersive live show October 5, 2011. Sky White Tiger bills itself as “inspired by works of astrological mythology and the blurred lines between fantasy and reality." Epstein has designed lighting and projections for the band in the past.

Sandbox Radio LIVE, produced by Sandbox Artists Collective and the first production ever at West of Lenin, returns Oct 10, 2011.

Matt Richter/XOM will inaugurate a new, biannual, late night cabaret beginning winter 2011.

Playwright/actor/director Paul Budraitis will workshop a new physical theatre piece in fall 2011.

Emerald Reels Super 8 Lounge, a series of film/DJ amalgamations that last played the Re-Bar in 2004, will present at West of Lenin fall 2011.

Kevin Joyce, co-founder of UMO Ensemble, former host of Big Night Out on Seattle TV, and former principal performer and director at Teatro Zinzanni revisits his award-winning solo show, A Pale and Lovely Place, in December 2011.

Very promising, Mr. Epstein. Very promising. And I always wanted to see A Pale and Lovely Place. The original show was before my time, but people still rave about it.