This Week in Arts: Weekly Roundup (8/1)

Chase D. Anderson August 1, 2024August 9, 2024

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 (and an early look at next week, too).

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Openings

Bellingham Theatre Guild: She Kills Monsters @ The New Prospect Theatre (opens tonight, closing 8/11). In Bellingham.

Bremerton Community Theatre: Directors’ Showcase (opens 8/2, closing 8/11). In Bremerton.

Latitude Theatre: Miss Holmes @ Center Theatre (preview 8/2, opens 8/3, closing 8/25). At the Seattle Center.

Seattle Opera: Pagliacci (opens 8/3, closing 8/17). At the Seattle Center.

This Week’s Short Runs

Velocity Dance Center: Seattle Festival of Dance + Improvisation – Performance Cohorts Showcase @ 12th Avenue Arts (8/2-3). In Seattle (Capitol Hill).

Village Theatre: Festival of New Musicals (8/2-4). In Issaquah.

Pacific Northwest Ballet: PNB Dance Film Fest @ Mural Amphitheatre (8/3). At the Seattle Center.

ArtsWest: First Look – Season 2024-2025 (8/5). In West Seattle.

Closing Soon

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). ☀️

Twin Peep Show – A Cabaret of Secrets @ Triple Door (closing 8/4). In Downtown Seattle.

Up Up Up – Crane Truck Circus (by donation, no tickets required) (closing 8/4). At various parks (see schedule here). ☀️

Continuing Runs

Jet City Improv: Inside Voices the Musical @ West of Lenin (closing 8/10). In Seattle (Fremont).

Dacha Theatre: Dice – Midsummer Night’s Dream @ Hughes Playhouse field (closing 8/11) (followed by Port Townsend run). In Seattle (UW main campus). ☀️

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 (closing 8/18). At various parks (see schedule here). ☀️

Kitsap Forest Theatre: Cinderella (closing 8/18). In Bremerton. ☀️

String & Shadow Puppet Theater: Or So It Would Seam – A Giant Puppet Fable For All Ages (outdoor tour) (closing 8/30) (follows Olympia run). At various parks (see schedule here). ☀️

Can Can Culinary Cabaret: Dolly! (closing 9/1). In Seattle (Pike Place Market).

Island Shakespeare Festival: King Lear (closing 9/7). On Whidbey Island (Langley). ☀️

Island Shakespeare Festival: The Lucky Chance (closing 9/8). On Whidbey Island (Langley). ☀️

On Deck

Next Week’s Short Runs

Velocity Dance Center: Seattle Festival of Dance + Improvisation – Dance Innovators @ 12th Avenue Arts (8/8-10). In Seattle (Capitol Hill).

18th & Union: Crash Course (8/9). In Seattle (Central District).

As If Theatre Company: The Kenmore Quickies (8/9-11). In Kenmore.

Ghostlight Performing Arts: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (revised) (again) @ Sehmel Homestead Park (8/10). In Gig Harbor.

Latitude Theatre: Astrolab(e) Translation Reading: The Fixer-Upper @ Center Theatre (8/14). At the Seattle Center.

Next Week’s Openings

Pork Filled Productions: Vietgone (co-production with SIS Productions) @ Theatre Off Jackson (opens 8/9, closing 8/24). In Seattle (International District).