This Week in Arts: Weekly Roundup (8/8)
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
Pork Filled Productions: Vietgone (co-production with SIS Productions) @ Theatre Off Jackson (opens 8/9, closing 8/24). In Seattle (International District).
Saltfire Theatre: The Sneeze @ Finnriver Cidery (opens 8/9, closing 8/18) (followed by Port Townsend run). In Chimacum.
This 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.
Closing Soon
Jet City Improv: Inside Voices the Musical @ West of Lenin (closing 8/10). In Seattle (Fremont).
Bellingham Theatre Guild: She Kills Monsters @ The New Prospect Theatre (closing 8/11). In Bellingham.
Bremerton Community Theatre: Directors’ Showcase (closing 8/11). In Bremerton.
Dacha Theatre: Dice – Midsummer Night’s Dream @ Hughes Playhouse field (closing 8/11) (followed by Port Townsend run). In Seattle (UW main campus). ☀️
Continuing Runs
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). ☀️
Seattle Opera: Pagliacci (closing 8/17). At the Seattle Center.
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. ☀️
Latitude Theatre: Miss Holmes @ Center Theatre (closing 8/25). At the Seattle Center.
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). ☀️
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.