This Week in Arts: Weekly Roundup (10/10)
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
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 (opens 10/11, closing 10/27). In Port Gamble.
Seattle Opera: Jubilee (opens 10/12, closing 10/26). At the Seattle Center.
ACT Contemporary Theatre: Mrs. Loman Is Leaving (previews 10/12-16, opens 10/17, closing 10/27). In Downtown Seattle.
Short Runs
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).
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).
Bonny Light Horseman (band of Hadestown creator Anaïs Mitchell) with Charlotte Cornfield @ The Crocodile (10/12). In Seattle (Belltown).
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).
Closing Soon
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.
Continuing Runs
Taproot Theatre: My Lord, What a Night (closing 10/19). In Seattle (Greenwood).
Bremerton Community Theatre: Caught in the Net (closing 10/20). In Bremerton.
Seattle Rep: The Skin of Our Teeth (closing 10/20). At the Seattle Center.
Valley Center Stage: Arsenic and Old Lace (closing 10/20). In North Bend.
Anacortes Community Theatre: Sweeney Todd (closing 10/26). In Anacortes.
Key City Public Theatre: Wild Man of the Wynoochee (closing 10/26). In Port Townsend.
Centerstage Theatre: Harvey (closing 10/27). In Federal Way (Dash Point).
The Phoenix Theatre: Tartuffe – Born Again (closing 10/27). In Edmonds.
Seattle Children’s Theatre: Cat Kid Comic Club – The Musical (closing 10/27). At the Seattle Center.
Annex Theatre: Leave Only Footprints – An Immersive & Haunted Experience (closing 10/31). In Seattle (Capitol Hill).
Tacoma Arts Live – Theater Northwest: Dracula @ Tacoma Armory (closing 11/3). In Tacoma.
Can Can Culinary Cabaret: The Hitchcock Hotel (closing 11/17). In Seattle (Pike Place Market).
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.