Like you, dear reader, Woody Shticks grew up a competitive handbell ringer in a Puritan cult in the New Jersey Pine Barrens.

SABEL ROIZEN

These days, Woody Shticks is a stand-up storyteller and flesh peddler based in Seattle, Washington. Five-time Bawdy Storytelling favorite, one third of The Libertinis, and forty pounds of fun in a two pound sack, he's been hailed as "razor-sharp" by Seattle Star, "comedy gold" by BroadwayWorld, and "too gay to book anything but children's theatre" by his college acting teacher.

Woody unashamedly harnesses the unruly subject of sex - the good, the bad, and the ugly - to confront power and privilege while getting to the bottom of respectability politics. Uncovering our basest parts is dirty work, but a little fruit makes it all easier to swallow. Never frozen, usually sweet, and always fresh, Woody invites conversation and incites collaboration to bring warmhearted weirdos out of the shadows and into the streets. 

​Woody  has taught master classes at Seattle FringeCon and Intiman's Emerging Artist Program, headlined Intersections and the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival, and produced new theatre and dance in New York, Seattle, Portland, and on his childhood waterbed. Woody will bring his solo shows Schlong Song, Maniac, and Who Cares! to anyone with a bare stage and thirst for shenanigans.

raves

"Shticks manages to make everything interesting."
CAMERON FAIRCHILD (DITH) / 02.12.19

"There’s substance and depth swimming beneath the surface of his hilarity."
SEATTLE GAY SCENE / 02.20.18

"As an intelligent comedian and razor-sharp performer, Woody Shticks is well aware of the tradition [of real satire]."
SEATTLE STAR / 02.16.18

"...sad, but brilliant."
THE STRANGER / 08.16.17

"...an energy of improvisation, an energy of magic-making."
SEATTLE GAY SCENE / 06.03.17

"...dark, racy comedy punctuated with lessons in strength in the face of bigotry."
BROADWAYWORLD / 02.07.17

reels

lineups

INTERSECTIONS FESTIVAL
Intersections (Seattle)

BAWDY STORYTELLING
Dixie De La Tour (Seattle)

SAFEWORD
Bobby Higley  (Seattle)

THE MOTH (GRANDSLAM CHAMPION)
The Moth (Seattle)

THE BIG QUEER TALENT SHOW with BENDELACREME
Lifelong AIDS Alliance  (Seattle)

THE INT'L DUBLIN GAY THEATRE FESTIVAL
​IDGTF (Dublin)

SEATTLE FRINGE FESTIVAL
The Libertinis (Seattle)

SOUTHERN DECADENCE
TRAX ONLY (New Orleans)

WEIRD & AWESOME with EMMETT MONTGOMERY
Annex Theatre (Seattle)

INTIMAN'S UNSCRIPTED
Intiman Theatre  (Seattle)

RESume

photo

CARLY BISH 2018

CARLY BISH 2018