"They're called urban legends, those things that get started when a bunch of people put their heads together and talk real low and real fast...."

This particular legend begins one hot, sticky summer in a desolate corner of Ohio when the local teenagers begin to notice some startling occurrences. It's not just the corpses of field mice strewn around town that've got their attention, but a specter-like bird has appeared on their lake, and they suspect Skinny Charlotte McGraw might be the cause. She stopped speaking months ago, and there's reason to believe she may have learned a fearsome new skill.

The K of D is a summertime ghost story about redemption, a rusty blue Dodge, and a young girl's haunting kiss. This luminous new script by Laura Schellhardt was the winner of ACT Theatre's 2006 New Play Award and is produced with the support of ACT's Central Heating lab. Renata Friedman brings an entire town to life under the direction of Braden Abraham in this devilishly droll solo show.

(1 hour, 45 minutes, including intermission)

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The K of D, an urban legend is a project of the Shunpike, a 501c3 art service organization whose mission is to strengthen the Seattle arts community by partnering with small and mid-size arts groups to develop the business tools they need to succeed. It was founded in 2001 to develop a vibrant and diverse local arts community where arts groups of all sizes could thrive. Working in close partnership with these groups the Shunpike helps solve problems quickly, and impart vital skills in finance, organizational management and arts administration. Since inception, they have supported work by more than 2,000 artists in live performance, film, literary arts, visual arts and arts education.