This Week in Arts: Weekly Roundup (3/7)
There’s plenty to love this weekend, with shows opening and short runs to catch while they last. Here’s what’s on this week.
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Openings
Seattle Rep: Mother Russia (or Periods of Collapse) (in previews, opens 3/12, closing 4/13). At the Seattle Center.
Acts on Stage: Sadie’s Kitchen (opens 3/7, closing 3/16). In White Center.
Artemis Theatre Project: The How and the Why @ West of Lenin (opens 3/7, closing 3/16). In Seattle (Fremont).
Bainbridge Performing Arts: Eurydice (opens 3/7, closing 3/23). On Bainbridge Island.
Evergreen Playhouse: Matilda the Musical (opens 3/7, closing 3/23). In Centralia.
Harlequin Productions: Is This a Room (opens 3/7, closing 3/23). In Olympia.
RicketySticks Dance-Theater: This Is A Drama Comedy @ 12th Avenue Arts (opens 3/7, closing 3/15). In Seattle (Capitol Hill).
Tacoma Little Theatre: Lorca in a Green Dress (opens 3/7, closing 3/23). In Tacoma.
University of Washington Drama: Late, A Cowboy Song @ Hughes Penthouse (preview 3/7, opens 3/11, closing 3/15). In Seattle (UW campus).
The 5th Avenue Theatre: Waitress (previews 3/11-13, opens 3/14, closing 3/30). In Downtown Seattle.
Short Runs
Vashon Repertory Theatre: Incubator Series – Women Playwrights (festival) @ Vashon Center for the Arts (3/6-9). On Vashon Island.
Ludlow Village Players: Ripcord (reading) (3/7-8). In Port Ludlow.
Cornish College: New Works Festival Part I: 5×5 (3/7-9). In Seattle (Denny).
Dance Theatre of Harlem (touring) @ Paramount Theatre (3/8-9). In Downtown Seattle.
Pork Filled Productions & SIS Productions: Instant Noodles! – 24-Hour Play Festival @ Theatre Off Jackson (3/8-9). In Seattle (International District).
Seattle International Dance Festival: Winter Mini-Fest (weekend 2) @ Broadway Performance Hall (3/8-9). In Seattle (Capitol Hill).
ACT Contemporary Theatre: Do the Right Thing (Young Core Company Acting Ensemble) (3/9). In Downtown Seattle.
Closing Soon
Taproot Theatre: Lewis and Tolkien (closing 3/8). In Seattle (Greenwood).
University of Puget Sound Theatre: The Oresteia (closing 3/8). In Tacoma.
Burien Actors Theatre: Beginning (closing 3/9). In Burien.
Lakewood Playhouse: The Laramie Project (closing 3/9). In Lakewood.
Port Angeles Community Players: Enchanted April (closing 3/9). In Port Angeles.
Seattle Opera: The Magic Flute (closing 3/9). At the Seattle Center.
SecondStory Repertory Theatre: Blithe Spirit (closing 3/9). In Redmond.
Shoreline Community College Theater: 9 to 5 (closing 3/9). In Shoreline.
Continuing Runs
Dunya Productions: Almonds Blossom in Deir Yassin @ Cherry Street Village (closing 3/15). In Seattle (Central District).
Ballyhoo Theatre & Edmonds College: A Year With Frog and Toad (co-production at Edmonds College) (closing 3/16). In Lynnwood.
Key City Public Theatre: The Winter’s Tale (closing 3/16). In Port Townsend.
Seattle Public Theater: Letters From Max (closing 3/23). In Seattle (Green Lake).
The 5th Avenue Theatre & ACT Contemporary Theatre: The Last Five Years (co-production at ACT) (closing 3/16). In Downtown Seattle. Read NWTheatre’s review here.
Can Can Culinary Cabaret: Noir (closing 3/16). In Seattle (Pike Place Market).
Seattle Children’s Theatre: The Hula-Hoopin’ Queen (closing 3/23). At the Seattle Center.
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.