This Week in Arts: Weekly Roundup (10/3)
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
Seattle Rep: The Skin of Our Teeth (opened this week, closing 10/20). At the Seattle Center.
Annex Theatre: Leave Only Footprints – An Immersive & Haunted Experience (opens 10/3, closing 10/31). In Seattle (Capitol Hill).
Key City Public Theatre: Wild Man of the Wynoochee (opens 10/3, closing 10/26). In Port Townsend.
Tacoma Arts Live – Theater Northwest: Dracula @ Tacoma Armory (preview 10/3, opens 10/4, closing 11/3). In Tacoma.
Anacortes Community Theatre: Sweeney Todd (opens 10/4, closing 10/26). In Anacortes.
Bremerton Community Theatre: Caught in the Net (opens 10/4, closing 10/20). In Bremerton.
Centerstage Theatre: Harvey (opens 10/4, closing 10/27). In Federal Way (Dash Point).
The Phoenix Theatre: Tartuffe – Born Again (opens 10/4, closing 10/27). In Edmonds.
Valley Center Stage: Arsenic and Old Lace (opens 10/4, closing 10/20). In North Bend.
Short Runs
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts: Garrison Keillor Tonight (10/3). In Langley.
Men in Dance Festival 2024 @ Erickson Theatre (10/4-6). In Seattle (Capitol Hill).
Mirror Stage: Inspired By … (10-minute play festival) @ Cornish College (10/5). In Seattle (Denny).
Seattle Pro Musica: About Time – A Cabaret @ Triple Door (10/5). In Downtown Seattle.
Velocity Dance Center: Saira Barbaric – Grow Green Man @ Olympic Sculpture Park Paccar Pavilion (performance party, touch tours & artist talk; part of Mouthwater Festival: A Disabled Dance Festival) (10/5-6). In Seattle (waterfront).
Airbound Underground: Broho Takes Flight (aerialist show) @ The Brotherhood Lounge (10/6). In Olympia.
Velocity Dance Center: Vanessa Hernández Cruz – Soul Seeker (part of Mouthwater Festival: A Disabled Arts Festival) @ On the Boards (10/10). In Seattle (Lower Queen Anne).
Closing Soon
Noveltease Theatre: Hamlet – a literary burlesque @ Theatre Off Jackson (closing 10/5). In Seattle (International District).
Pullman vs. Paxton: Lizzie @ Broadway Performance Hall (closing 10/5). In Seattle (Capitol Hill).
ArtsWest: Guards at the Taj (co-production with Pratidhwani) (closing 10/6). In West Seattle.
Edmonds Driftwood Players: Murder Inn (closing 10/6). In Edmonds.
The Feast: The Adding Machine – A Cyborg Morality Play @ Seattle University – Lee Center for the Arts (closing 10/6). In Seattle (First Hill).
Lakewood Playhouse: Godspell (closing 10/6). In Lakewood.
Continuing Runs
Enoch City Arts: Curse of the Red Mill (closing 10/12). In Bremerton. Read NWT’s review here.
Bellingham Theatre Guild: Cabaret (closing 10/13). In Bellingham.
Olympia Family Theater: The House on Pooh Corner (closing 10/13). In Olympia.
Port Angeles Community Players: Almost, Maine (closing 10/13). In Port Angeles.
Tacoma Musical Playhouse: Sister Act – The Musical (closing 10/13). In Tacoma.
Theater Arts Guild: Arsenic and Old Lace @ Lincoln Theatre (closing 10/13). In Mount Vernon.
Taproot Theatre: My Lord, What a Night (closing 10/19). In Seattle (Greenwood).
Seattle Children’s Theatre: Cat Kid Comic Club – The Musical (closing 10/27). At the Seattle Center.
Can Can Culinary Cabaret: The Hitchcock Hotel (closing 11/17). In Seattle (Pike Place Market).
On Deck
Next Week’s Short Runs
University of Washington Dance: Catalyst – Chamber Dance Company (10/10-13). In Seattle (UW main campus).
Sound Theatre Company: The House Devours (new play reading) (10/11). At the Seattle Center.
Velocity Dance Center: Mouthwater Cabaret (part of Mouthwater Festival: A Disabled Dance Festival) @ 12th Avenue Arts (10/11-12). In Seattle (Capitol Hill).
Cirque Noir with Troupe Vertigo @ Seattle Symphony (10/11-13). In Downtown Seattle.
Harlequin Productions: Sweeney Todd @ Washington Center (co-production with Olympia Symphony Orchestra & Masterworks Choral Ensemble) (10/11-13). In Olympia.
Tacoma Opera: La Bohème @ Pantages Theater (10/11-13). In Tacoma.
Grand Kyiv Ballet: Don Quixote (touring) @ various locations (10/11-16). In Arlington (10/11), Renton (10/13), and Federal Way (10/16).
Sound Theatre Company: A Scythe And A Sandglass The Skeleton Bore (new play reading) (10/12). At the Seattle Center.
World Ballet Company: Swan Lake (touring) @ Paramount Theatre (10/12). In Downtown Seattle.
Edmonds Driftwood Players: Nightmare of a Married Man (staged reading) (10/13). In Edmonds.
Sunday Night Shuga Shaq (part of Mouthwater Festival: A Disabled Dance Festival) @ Theatre Off Jackson (10/13). In Seattle (International District).
Next Week’s Openings & Previews
Seattle Public Theater: The Park (preview 10/9, opens 10/11, closing 11/3). In Seattle (Green Lake).
Jet City Improv: The Emerald City Slasher @ West of Lenin (opens 10/10, closing 11/2). In Seattle (Fremont).
Bainbridge Performing Arts: Urinetown (preview 10/10, opens 10/11, closing 10/27). On Bainbridge Island.
Vashon Repertory Theatre: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (Book-It Rep style) @ Vashon Center for the Arts (dress rehearsal 10/10, opens 10/11, closing 10/20). On Vashon Island.
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts: The Cake (preview 10/10, opens 10/11, closing 10/26). In Langley.
Evergreen Playhouse: Arsenic and Old Lace (opens 10/11, closing 10/27). In Centralia.
inD Theatre: Men on Boats (opens 10/11, closing 10/27). On Bainbridge Island.
Port Gamble Theater: Harvey (10/11-27). In Port Gamble.
Seattle Opera: Jubilee (opens 10/12, closing 10/25). At the Seattle Center.
ACT Contemporary Theatre: Mrs. Loman Is Leaving (previews 10/12-16, opens 10/17, closing 10/27). In Downtown Seattle.
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.