This Week in Arts: Weekly Roundup (7/25)
There’s plenty to love this weekend, with lots of shows opening and short runs to catch while they last. Here’s what’s on this week.
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Openings
Jet City Improv: Inside Voices the Musical @ West of Lenin (opens tonight, closing 8/10). In Seattle (Fremont).
Dacha Theatre: Dice – Midsummer Night’s Dream @ Hughes Playhouse field (opens 7/26, closing 8/11) (followed by Port Townsend run). In Seattle (UW main campus). ☀️
String & Shadow Puppet Theater: Or So It Would Seam – A Giant Puppet Fable For All Ages (outdoor tour) (opens 7/26, closing 8/30) (follows Olympia run). At various parks (see schedule here). ☀️
Island Shakespeare Festival: King Lear (opens 7/27, closing 9/7). On Whidbey Island (Langley). ☀️
Kitsap Forest Theatre: Cinderella (opens 7/27, closing 8/18). In Bremerton. ☀️
Twin Peep Show – A Cabaret of Secrets @ Triple Door (opens 7/27, closing 8/4). In Downtown Seattle.
This Week’s Short Runs
Penguin Productions: Finding Trails – On Wheels @ Mural Amphitheatre (7/25). At the Seattle Center. ☀️
Sarah Rudinoff: Together (album release concert) @ Century Ballroom (7/26). In Seattle (Capitol Hill).
Socks on My Hands Productions: Socks on My Hands Puppet Slam – Anime Edition @ Erickson Theatre (7/26-27). In Seattle (Capitol Hill).
Penguin Productions: Lebensraum @ ACT Contemporary Theatre (7/26-28). In Downtown Seattle.
Ghostlight Performing Arts: Summer Cabaret @ Sirens (7/27). In Bremerton).
Closing Soon
18th & Union: NakedBack – A Nickelback Burlesque (closing 7/26). In Seattle (Central District).
The New Skid Road Theatre: People in the Square (closing 7/27). In Seattle (Pioneer Square). Read NWT’s review of earlier production here.
Yun Theatre: June Is the First Fall @ Theatre Off Jackson (closing 7/27). In Seattle (International District).
Ballyhoo Theatre: Urinetown @ Edmonds College Black Box (closing 7/28). In Edmonds.
Broadway at The Paramount: Company (touring) (closing 7/28). In Downtown Seattle. Read NWT’s review here.
Harlequin Productions: Cabaret (closing 7/28). In Olympia.
Port Angeles Community Players: The Curate Shakespeare – As You Like It (closing 7/28). In Port Angeles.
Tacoma Musical Playhouse: Beautiful – The Carole King Musical (closing 7/28). In Tacoma.
Continuing Runs
ManeStage Theatre: Cinderella (closing 8/4). In Puyallup.
Port Gamble Theater: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (closing 8/4). In Port Gamble.
Seattle Shakespeare Company – Wooden O: The Two Gentlemen of Verona (free, no tickets required) (closing 8/4). At various parks (see schedule here). ☀️
Up Up Up – Crane Truck Circus (by donation, no tickets required) (closing 8/4). At various parks (see schedule here). ☀️
GreenStage: Henry VI, parts 2 & 3 (closing 8/17). At various parks (see schedule here). ☀️
GreenStage: Twelfth Night (closing 8/17). At various parks (see schedule here). ☀️
GreenStage – Backyard Bard: All’s Well That Ends Well (closing 8/17). At various parks (see schedule here). ☀️
GreenStage – Backyard Bard: Julius Caesar (closing 8/17). At various parks (see schedule here). ☀️
Taproot Theatre: Sister Act (closing 8/17) (extended from 8/10). In Seattle (Greenwood).
Burien Actors Theatre: Fallen Angels (opens 7/21, closing 8/18). At various parks (see schedule here). ☀️
Can Can Culinary Cabaret: Dolly! (closing 9/1). In Seattle (Pike Place Market).
Island Shakespeare Festival: The Lucky Chance (opens 7/19, closing 9/8). On Whidbey Island (Langley). ☀️
The Roundup is a weekly feature. For this month’s shows by day, with ticketing info and links, see the Performance Calendar.
Want to plan your show schedule further out? See NWT’s list of 2024 shows, updated frequently as season lineups are announced.
Chase D. Anderson is Editor & Producer of NWTheatre.org.