Unlucky in Love
Unlucky in Love is an evening of short plays written by local playwrights and coproduced by Hugo Houseâs Outreach and Events Coordinator, Nat, and Hugo House instructor, Miriam BC Tobin.
February 13, 2026 (Friday the 13th)
Event Schedule:
6:00 PM: Doors Open grab a drink or socialize in the Salon!
7:00 PM Event Starts
9:00 PM: Event Ends
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Welcome to Unlucky in Love, a Mini Play Reading Festival on the Friday the 13th before Valentineâs Day. I mean, how else are you going to celebrate Valentine's Day this year? Why not listen to an evening of mini plays all about the trials and travails of falling in (and out) of love.
Info for audience:
- Come for an evening of mini plays! Laugh, cry, gasp, guffaw – itâs gonna be a full-on Friday the 13th experience.
- Tickets are $20
- Wear your least Valentines-iest clothes! Whatâs the unluckiest color youâve got in your closet?
Confirmed Actors:
- Alex Reed
- BJ Becker
- Elizabeth Dilley
- Jeremy Radick
- Resmin Sengider
Confirmed Playwrights:
- Jessi Pitts
- John Riley
- Kim Ferse
- Lizzy Bennett
- Miyoko Conley
- Peter Adum
- Rachel Rauch
- Stephanie Hunt
🎉 Celebrate with Us! SCRiB LAB Turns 5 🎉
Before the show, join Miriam BC Tobin and the SCRiB LAB community for a celebratory cocktail reception. Tickets include food, drinks, and prizesâand your Unlucky in Love ticket receipt qualifies you for a discount.
👉 Learn more here.
The House bar will be open to serve alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.Resmin Sengider
Resmin Sengider teaches improv and theater with the Theater of Possibilities. She is involved in the local improv and standup community. An avid attendee of the Hugo House: Works in Progress series.Â
Jeremy Radick
Raised in Canada, Jeremy has spent over 30 years as an actor and a director in various stage, film, and television projects in Vancouver, Toronto, New York and Seattle.
Trained at Broadwayâs Circle in the Square Theatre School, Jeremy has appeared on stage in productions of The Hot L Baltimore, The Winterâs Tale, and Lawrence & Holloman. On Seattle stages you may have seen him most recently in Doubt and Glengarry Glen Ross (Second Story Rep).
Jeremy is a member of the Blue Hour Theatre Group, who are launching their production of Continuty by Bess Wohl in May.Â
Heâs thrilled to take part in reading this incredible collection of pieces!
Elizabeth Dilley
Elizabeth Dilley is a Seattle-based actor, dancer, business owner (RadiantPilatesNW.com), and mom of two. Before family, her life was dedicated to performance in NYC with a small stint in London. As her babies are now school-aged, sheâs excited to dive back into the industry and discover what Seattle and the Pacific Northwest market have to offer. Elizabeth is represented by Big Fish Northwest.Â
Elizabeth holds a BFA in dance (cum laude) from Cornish College of the Arts, a Diploma in Theater Arts from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and a Certificate in Performance from the Laban Centre London.Â
A few of her favorite roles include Helen in âLife on the Moon,â Baker Theater Workshop, Natasha, âThree Sisters,â The Modern Theater Project and Becca in âSnow Drift,â Aching Dogs Theater. Next up, see Elizabeth with AMD Improv at Jules Maes Saloon on March 28th.Â
ElizabethDilley.com.
BJ Becker
BJ (He/Him) has had the great good fortune to have lived in five countries where he has worked as a farm labourer, sewer-pipe manufacturer, draughtsman, upholstererâs helper, bar cashier, youth club janitor, singer-songwriter, hill farmer, shepherdâs assistant, pig-boy, building labourer, postman, actor, script writer, silversmith, potter, painter, illustrator, teacher, college professor, textile designer, and priest.
He is a second dan in Iaidobattojutsu, and a 7th dan banjo-player. He speaks Mid-Atlantic English, conversational German, useful Esperanto and a smattering of French and Welsh. He holds a BA in Ceramics and two MFAâs in Illustration and has performed on stages as varied as the Royal Albert Hall in London and the Historic Everett Theater in Everett, as well as the Public Bar in the Red Lion in Drefach-Felindre, Wales.
He has slept on the Streets of Paris, the battlements of the KĂśnigstein castle in Germany, derelict buildings in Switzerland, and on countless friendsâ couches and many comfy beds. He has taught pottery, sculpture, jewelry, figure drawing, graphic design, 3-D design, color theory, Art History, composition, character design and communication theory to over two thousand art students, and a handful of six- through ten- year-olds. He has flown in the Zeppelin NT twice, and is looking forward to cruising in a rigid airship as soon as possible.Â
Alex Reed
Alex Reed is a screenwriter, novelist, and essayist who, since moving to Seattle in 2023, has become a Hugo House regular. He received his BA in Film Studies and Theatre from the University of Colorado at Boulder and his MFA in Screenwriting from Chapman University. His last role was as Bob Cratchit in the Long Beach Playhouse production of A Christmas Carol, and he is thrilled to take the stage again. You can find him online at alexreedwriter.com and subscribe to his Substack at redshirt23.substack.com.
Miriam Tobin
Miriam BC Tobin (she|her) is a Seattle-based playwright, theatre artist, and writing instructor. She has performed on stages across the US and Europe and has taught drama to youth in Seattle, NYC, Denver, and on a farm in the Czech Republic. She founded MBCT; Modern But Classical Theatre in NYC to de- and re-construct classic plays into highly physical adaptations. Her play The War of Women received a roundtable reading at The Lark and several of her plays premiered at Goddard Collegeâs Ten-Minute Play festival. Honors & awards include a Hedgebrook residency, PEN Writing Scholarship, Newington-Cropsey Fellowship, the London Dramatic Academy Fellowship, and she was a Pipeline Theatre PlayLab semi-finalist. Miriam was the fall 2020 Editor-in-Chief of The Pitkin Review and is currently a dramatic writing editor with The Clockhouse. Her work appears in multiple issues of The Pitkin and Smith & Kraus. Miriam also runs SCRiB LAB, a writing organization aimed at creating community through experimentation.
Describe your teaching style.
I'm all about interaction, collaboration, and discussion. My teaching style is very open, and I welcome all ideas and questions in the classroom. Each class is a mixture of different learning styles, including presented lessons, reading and writing exercises, and open discussions.

