This Week in Arts: Weekly Roundup (9/13)
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
ACT Contemporary Theatre: POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive (opened this week, closing 9/29). In Downtown Seattle.
ArtsWest: Guards at the Taj (co-production with Pratidhwani) (opened this week, closing 10/6). In West Seattle.
Can Can Culinary Cabaret: The Hitchcock Hotel (opened this week, closing 11/17). In Seattle (Pike Place Market).
The Feast: The Adding Machine – A Cyborg Morality Play @ Lee Center for the Arts (opened this week, closing 10/6). On the Seattle University campus (First Hill).
Yun Theatre: Passage @ 12th Avenue Arts (opened this week, closing 9/28). In Seattle (Capitol Hill).
Edmonds Driftwood Players: Murder Inn (opens tonight, closing 10/6). In Edmonds.
Jewel Box Theatre: The Plot, Like Gravy, Thickens (opens tonight, closing 9/29). In Poulsbo.
Lakewood Playhouse: Godspell (opens tonight, closing 10/6) (extended from 9/29). In Lakewood.
Olympia Little Theatre: Ghost of a Chance (opens tonight, closing 9/29). In Olympia.
Whim W’Him: New Creations by Carlos Franquiz, Noelle Kayser & Adam McGaw @ Erickson Theatre (opens tonight, closing 9/21). In Seattle (Capitol Hill).
Short Runs
On the Boards: The Javaad Alipoor Company – Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World (9/12-14). In Seattle (Lower Queen Anne).
Puget Sound Puppetry Festival & Community Puppet Day @ Rainier Arts Center & The Royal Room (9/12-14) (schedule here). In Seattle (Columbia City).
Fuselage Dance Film Festival @ Yaw Theater (9/14). In Seattle (Georgetown).
Closing Soon
Come on, Get Tappy! (independent production) @ SecondStory Repertory (closing 9/15). In Redmond.
HEART Repertory Theatre: The Glass Menagerie @ Kenmore Community Club (closing 9/15). In Kenmore.
Washington Ensemble Theatre: Cowboys With Questions (closing 9/15). In Seattle (Capitol Hill). Read NWTheatre’s review here.
Continuing Runs
Reboot Theatre: Damn Yankees @ Theatre Off Jackson (closing 9/21). In Seattle (International District).
Bremerton Community Theatre: Run for Your Wife (closing 9/22). In Bremerton.
Harlequin Productions: Pride and Prejudice (closing 9/22). In Olympia.
Red Curtain Foundation for the Arts: Firebringer (closing 9/22). In Marysville.
Seattle Public Theater: Titanish (closing 9/22). In Seattle (Green Lake). Read NWTheatre’s review here.
Tacoma Little Theatre: One Man, Two Guvnors (closing 9/22). In Tacoma.
Theatre Battery: Romeo and Juliet (closing 9/22) (extended from 9/15). At Kent Station.
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.