“Awesome” sprang up from the Seattle underground theater and comedy scene in 2004. The seven-member ensemble has created full-length theatrical music performances for On The Boards, the old ACT Theater, and the Portland TBA Festival; toured productions to Montana, Oregon and Calgary; and played countless shows across the Pacific Northwest in storied venues and uncommon spaces: the Crocodile, Neumos, Showbox, the Gorge Amphitheater, the uppermost balcony at the Moore, and the backstage dressing rooms of Town Hall’s Great Hall (Dempster Diving, Earshot Jazz Fest, 2006). They were also commissioned to create original music for the Stranger-produced literary events with Miranda July, Jonathan Safran Foer, Dan Savage, and Neal Pollack. They have released eight albums, including the recent Live From the Aforementioned Place, some of which was recorded live at Town Hall.

• John Ackermann – mandolin, keys and vocals
• Kirk Anderson – drums and vocals
• Basil Harris – bass and vocals
• Evan Mosher – trumpet, electronics and vocals
• David Nixon – banjo and vocals
• John Osebold – guitar and vocals
• Rob Witmer – accordion and reeds

Sari Breznau is a creative wizard, using her powers in the service of silliness, connection, and community. She plays bazillions of instruments, writes suspiciously catchy ditties, music directs, makes costumes and props, and loves to help people shed their musical inhibitions and belt it out. Formerly of Circus Contraption, Sari can now be seen in Bellingham’s Up Up Up Inc. Crane Truck Circus, Flotsam River Circus, directing the Singing in the Rain Family Choir in Seattle, or touring with her self-help sing-along disco cult, Mantraband.

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