Heidi Schreck’s boundary-breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful and achingly human new play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives. Performed in conjunction with local High School debate teams.

Pay-what-you-choose rush tickets available for select dates. See discount and rush ticket info here.

Tickets here.

What waits for you in the woods? Leave Only Footprints is an immersive and haunted experience set in a cursed Pacific Northwest state park along the Salish Sea where a lone hiker has recently gone missing. Venture inside to explore the mysterious wood, encounter its inhuman inhabitants, and uncover the mystery of the wayward hiker’s disappearance. As you puzzle your way through the eldritch forest, remember to stay on the path or risk leaving only footprints.

TICKETS HERE

Arrivals at various times (timed entry). Tickets are $25, with sliding-scale tickets available: from pay-what-you-choose tickets ($10 suggested) after 9pm, up to $40. Select desired rate during checkout.

*****

Conceived by Emily Pike & Emily Sershon
Created by the company of Annex Theatre

Writers: drew david combs, Kelleen Conway Blanchard, Marcus Gorman, S.W. Jones, Mariah Lee Squires, & Philip Kleaver.

Directors: Grace Carmack & E. Pike.

Designers: Emily Sershon, Anna Salizzoni, Carolina Johnson, Alison Kozar, Max Irvine, Elana Lessing, Bella Rivera, Charlie Harding Morrison, Devon Thistle Alicea, Sasha Bailey, Jack Jessamyn Bateman-Iino, MissGnomerz & Friends, Jake R. Mattinson, & Justin Lauer.

Cast: Janet Holloway-Thomas, Kasper Cergol, Alexei Sebastian Cifrese, Jane W Davie, Branik, Jaret Miller, Jana Rae Blumberg, Daisy Schreiber, Hannah Wang, Kate Koehler-Platten, & Patrick Hogan.

Stage managers: Ronnie Daugherty & Eden Aztlán.

Run dates: opens 10/3, closing 10/31

Run time: timed entry (varies), up to 75 minutes

Mask-required dates: all shows

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose tickets available for all performances for 9pm entry

Venue accessibility info: Theatre is located up significant stairs, with no elevator access. Restrooms are single-stall, gender-neutral (up additional steps and not wheelchair accessible).

(Different performance each day. See schedule below.) 

20 new works. 5 days. 20 Seattle playwrights. New Works Northwest features readings of groundbreaking new works in an intimate setting, where audiences can engage in the process of bringing stories from script to stage.

TICKETS HERE

General admission. All tickets are pay-what-you-choose ($5-$50). Select desired rate during checkout.

*****

Run dates: opens 10/30, closing 11/3 (see schedule below)

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose tickets available for all show dates

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & most common areas are wheelchair accessible. Restrooms are multi-stall and gender-neutral.

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

Solo Act: Monologues
10/30 @ 7

An electric evening of hot-off-the-presses monologues from 15 local playwrights on the theme “The Choice.” From poignant to punchy, complex to cathartic, these pieces explode with energy, emotion, and enthusiasm. Curated in partnership with SCRiBLAB and Rain City Projects.

Featuring monologues by Tommer Peterson, Shanna Allman, Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth, Monique Hebert, Marcus Gorman & Kiki Penoyer, Anamaria Guerzon, Rachel Chin, Pamela Hobart Carter, Stacy D. Flood, Vanessa Miller, JW Marshall, Tess Berger, Aleks Merilo, Kate Danley, and M Yichao

Refugee Rhapsody 
11/1 @ 7 

By Yussef El Guindi
Directed by Anita Montgomery

Sakinah, a Middle Eastern American woman, is being evaluated by a mental health professional to determine her responsibility for a violent crime. What did she do to Emily, the rich heiress who tried to help Sakinah and her boyfriend? And more importantly — why did she do it? Featuring witty comedy and biting drama, this play explores how complex layers of race, class, and privilege collide in today’s culture.

Run Time: Approximately 90-100 minutes

Uhuru 
11/2 @ 4 

By Gloria Majule
Directed by Faith Bennett Russell

Mshale, a Mount Kilimanjaro tour guide, dreams of marrying a white woman and moving to the West. Sprite doesn’t like white people and sets out to decolonize what he deems “his mountain.” Henry and Frannie are white missionaries who claim to be Tanzanian. Uhuru is a dramedy that follows this unlikely foursome as they journey together to the roof of Africa.

Run Time: Approximately 90-100 minutes

Legacies: A Ghost Story 
11/2 @ 7

By Amontaine Aurore
Directed by Bretteney Beverly

The roof is caving in, the floorboards are shifting beneath her feet, and the walls crumble at the slightest touch. Cashew’s house is falling down around her, and she must get out before it collapses. As she packs to leave, she encounters buried memories: documents, memorabilia, and long-forgotten residents. A poetic and psychologically rich story of redemption.

Run Time: Approximately 90-100 minutes

Underwater Weather 
11/3 @ 4

By Holly Arsenault
in collaboration with the Young Core Company
Directed by Sunam Ellis

How do you save the world when the seas are rising, the forests are burning, and your roommate keeps eating your yogurt? Gregory Award-winning playwright Holly Arsenault (Undo, The Great Inconvenience), in collaboration with ACT’s Young Core Company, creates a world premiere play about activism and apathy, rage and hope, and the joy and agony of having to actually deal with the ones you’re trying to save.

Run Time: Approximately 80-90 minutes

Home 
11/3 @ 7

By Naghmeh Samini
Directed by Parmida Ziaei
Translated by Hossein Nazari & Ghazal Ghaziani
Co-presented with Seda Iranian Theatre Ensemble

Trapped in a shrinking house, an Iranian family of five lives in isolation, locked in separate rooms, revealing their loneliness, regrets, and their lack of communication only to the audience. Home offers a glimpse of what goes on inside an Iranian household, telling familiar stories of the fragility of the human psyche and the vulnerability of a family in a world that is breaking down.

Run Time: Approximately 90-100 minutes

Filled with bawdy wit, Love’s Labor’s Lost playfully provokes thought on love, gender, and the games people play.

Ever fallen in love when you really didn’t want to? Intent on intellectual study for himself and his companions, King Navarre proclaims three years of all work and no play — including no romance. On cue, a princess and her ladies arrive at court on a diplomatic mission, and the men can’t help falling head over heels. Will they decide to break their oaths to pursue love? (Spoiler: Yes.) And if they do, just how ridiculous can things get?

TICKETS HERE

Reserved seating. Ticket prices ($42-$71) vary by date and seat location. Discounted same-day rush tickets offered when available (see info here).

*****

By William Shakespeare
Directed by Janet Hayatshahi

Cast: Jesse Calixto, Ana María Campoy, Rolando Cardona, Adrian Cerrato, Anamaria Guerzon, Morgan Gwilym Tso, Tyson Prince Jenkins, Pearl Mei Lam, Donovan Mahannah, Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako, Beth Pollack, and Malex Reed

Run dates: previews 10/30-31, opens 11/1, closing 11/17

Mask-required dates: 11/9 (matinee)

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & common areas are wheelchair accessible. Restrooms are multi-stall and gendered.

More to learn: Post-show discussions following shows on 11/3 and 11/10 (matinees)

Kenneth has lived his entire life in the same small town. Every day he works at the bookstore, then shares happy hour Mai Tais with his best friend. And so what if his best friend is imaginary? Every day is the same, just the way Kenneth likes it — until he is laid off and his world is turned upside down. Thrown out of his comfort zone, Kenneth must find the courage to face his biggest fear: change. This intimate and offbeat new comedy by Eboni Booth tells a surprising story about one man’s leap of faith and the friends he makes along the way.

TICKETS HERE

Reserved seating. Ticket prices ($50-$86) vary by date and seat location. Pay-what-you-choose tickets for select dates (see info below).

*****

By Eboni Booth
Directed by Kaytlin McIntyre

Cast: Allyson Lee Brown, Rob Burgess, Andrew Lee Creech, Justin Huertas, and Stephen Tyrone Williams

Run dates: previews 10/24-29, opens 10/30, closing 11/24

Run time: 95 minutes, no intermission

Mask-required dates: 11/3 (evening)

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose tickets 10/24 & 10/25 (evenings) (see PWYC & discount ticket information here). Open-captioned show 11/7 (evening). Sensory-friendly show 11/9 (matinee). ASL interpreted & audio described show 11/16 (matinee).

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & common areas are wheelchair accessible. Restrooms are multi-stall, with both gendered and gender-neutral options; one single-stall gender-neutral restroom.

A dark fantasy burlesque musical, This Is Halloween is an original adaptation parody of the misadventures of Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king and most-acclaimed citizen of Halloween Town.

Weary of his usual terrifying antics and exhausted over the monotony of the same Halloween year after year, Jack takes a contemplative stroll through an enchanted forest that would change Halloween Town – and Seattle — forever. Featuring the Can Can’s signature cabaret and burlesque production stylings, This Is Halloween boasts live orchestral music, vocal performance, and video projections. Prepare to be spooked!

Tickets here. 

Sunday 5pm shows are all ages. Early evening showings are PG-13. All 9pm showings are 21+.

Full dining and bar service throughout the show; view menu here.

A dark fantasy burlesque musical, This Is Halloween is an original adaptation parody of the misadventures of Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king and most-acclaimed citizen of Halloween Town.

Weary of his usual terrifying antics and exhausted over the monotony of the same Halloween year after year, Jack takes a contemplative stroll through an enchanted forest that would change Halloween Town – and Seattle — forever. Featuring the Can Can’s signature cabaret and burlesque production stylings, This Is Halloween boasts live orchestral music, vocal performance, and video projections. Prepare to be spooked!

Tickets here. 

Sunday 5pm shows are all ages. Early evening showings are PG-13. All 9pm showings are 21+.

Full dining and bar service throughout the show; view menu here.

What waits for you in the woods? Leave Only Footprints is an immersive and haunted experience set in a cursed Pacific Northwest state park along the Salish Sea where a lone hiker has recently gone missing. Venture inside to explore the mysterious wood, encounter its inhuman inhabitants, and uncover the mystery of the wayward hiker’s disappearance. As you puzzle your way through the eldritch forest, remember to stay on the path or risk leaving only footprints.

TICKETS HERE

Arrivals at various times (timed entry). Tickets are $25, with sliding-scale tickets available: from pay-what-you-choose tickets ($10 suggested) after 9pm, up to $40. Select desired rate during checkout.

*****

Conceived by Emily Pike & Emily Sershon
Created by the company of Annex Theatre

Writers: drew david combs, Kelleen Conway Blanchard, Marcus Gorman, S.W. Jones, Mariah Lee Squires, & Philip Kleaver.

Directors: Grace Carmack & E. Pike.

Designers: Emily Sershon, Anna Salizzoni, Carolina Johnson, Alison Kozar, Max Irvine, Elana Lessing, Bella Rivera, Charlie Harding Morrison, Devon Thistle Alicea, Sasha Bailey, Jack Jessamyn Bateman-Iino, MissGnomerz & Friends, Jake R. Mattinson, & Justin Lauer.

Cast: Janet Holloway-Thomas, Kasper Cergol, Alexei Sebastian Cifrese, Jane W Davie, Branik, Jaret Miller, Jana Rae Blumberg, Daisy Schreiber, Hannah Wang, Kate Koehler-Platten, & Patrick Hogan.

Stage managers: Ronnie Daugherty & Eden Aztlán.

Run dates: opens 10/3, closing 10/31

Run time: timed entry (varies), up to 75 minutes

Mask-required dates: all shows

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose tickets available for all performances for 9pm entry

Venue accessibility info: Theatre is located up significant stairs, with no elevator access. Restrooms are single-stall, gender-neutral (up additional steps and not wheelchair accessible).

Filled with bawdy wit, Love’s Labor’s Lost playfully provokes thought on love, gender, and the games people play.

Ever fallen in love when you really didn’t want to? Intent on intellectual study for himself and his companions, King Navarre proclaims three years of all work and no play — including no romance. On cue, a princess and her ladies arrive at court on a diplomatic mission, and the men can’t help falling head over heels. Will they decide to break their oaths to pursue love? (Spoiler: Yes.) And if they do, just how ridiculous can things get?

TICKETS HERE

Reserved seating. Ticket prices ($42-$71) vary by date and seat location. Discounted same-day rush tickets offered when available (see info here).

*****

By William Shakespeare
Directed by Janet Hayatshahi

Cast: Jesse Calixto, Ana María Campoy, Rolando Cardona, Adrian Cerrato, Anamaria Guerzon, Morgan Gwilym Tso, Tyson Prince Jenkins, Pearl Mei Lam, Donovan Mahannah, Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako, Beth Pollack, and Malex Reed

Run dates: previews 10/30-31, opens 11/1, closing 11/17

Mask-required dates: 11/9 (matinee)

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & common areas are wheelchair accessible. Restrooms are multi-stall and gendered.

More to learn: Post-show discussions following shows on 11/3 and 11/10 (matinees)

Kenneth has lived his entire life in the same small town. Every day he works at the bookstore, then shares happy hour Mai Tais with his best friend. And so what if his best friend is imaginary? Every day is the same, just the way Kenneth likes it — until he is laid off and his world is turned upside down. Thrown out of his comfort zone, Kenneth must find the courage to face his biggest fear: change. This intimate and offbeat new comedy by Eboni Booth tells a surprising story about one man’s leap of faith and the friends he makes along the way.

TICKETS HERE

Reserved seating. Ticket prices ($50-$86) vary by date and seat location. Pay-what-you-choose tickets for select dates (see info below).

*****

By Eboni Booth
Directed by Kaytlin McIntyre

Cast: Allyson Lee Brown, Rob Burgess, Andrew Lee Creech, Justin Huertas, and Stephen Tyrone Williams

Run dates: previews 10/24-29, opens 10/30, closing 11/24

Run time: 95 minutes, no intermission

Mask-required dates: 11/3 (evening)

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose tickets 10/24 & 10/25 (evenings) (see PWYC & discount ticket information here). Open-captioned show 11/7 (evening). Sensory-friendly show 11/9 (matinee). ASL interpreted & audio described show 11/16 (matinee).

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & common areas are wheelchair accessible. Restrooms are multi-stall, with both gendered and gender-neutral options; one single-stall gender-neutral restroom.

Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python, and you have “The 39 Steps,” a fast-paced whodunit comedy. The 39 Steps follows the story of Richard Hannay, an ordinary man bored with the drudgery of life, until he is unwittingly drawn into a web of espionage and murder. As he tries to clear his name, Hannay embarks on a whirlwind adventure across England and Scotland, encountering a host of quirky characters, police chases, trains, a plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers, and even a little good old-fashioned romance.

TICKETS HERE

General admission. Tickets are $27.

*****

Adapted by Patrick Barlow
Directed by Chris Shea

Cast: Chris Clark, Mary Guthrie, Cindy Giese French, and Terry Boyd

Run dates: opens 10/17, closing 11/3

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose tickets available for shows on 10/24-27.

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & some common areas are wheelchair accessible. Restrooms are multi-stall and gendered.

After a murder, the guests and staff at Monkswell Manor find themselves stranded during a snowstorm. It soon becomes clear that the killer is among them, and the strangers grow increasingly suspicious of one another. A detective interrogates the suspects: the newlyweds running the house; a spinster with a curious background; an architect who seems better equipped to be a chef; a retired Army major; a strange man who claims his car has overturned in a drift; and a jurist who makes life miserable for everyone. When a second murder takes place, tensions and fears escalate.

This record-breaking murder mystery features a brilliant surprise finish from Dame Agatha Christie, the foremost mystery writer of her time.

TICKETS HERE

Reserved seating. Pay-what-you-choose tickets offered for this performance.

*****

By Agatha Christie
Directed by Frank Roberts

Cast: Rachel Larkin, Jacob Tice, Joe DeRosier, Elizabeth Booth, Tim Sherburn, Jill Heinecke, Scott Welborn, and Shaun Parker

Run dates: opens 10/18, closing 11/10 (extended from 11/3)

Run time: 2 hours 15 minutes, with intermission

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose performance on 10/31 (evening); ASL-interpreted performance on 11/3 (matinee)

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & some common areas are wheelchair accessible. Main restrooms are multi-stall and gendered, with one single-stall gender-neutral restroom also in main lobby.

Bev and Libby meet on the same park bench, under the same tree, sharing sandwiches, dreams and memories for the entirety of their lives. Or maybe a century. Or maybe an eternity. The Park takes audiences through the lives of strangers, families, dogs and ghosts who share this park, their lives passing and intersecting as each struggles to make sense of how to be in and of our troubled and beautiful world.

TICKETS HERE

Reserved seating. Tickets are $38, with sliding-scale tickets available: from $10 (inclusion rate) up to $100. Select desired rate during checkout.

*****

By Lisa Every & Jenn Ruzumna
Directed by Amy Poisson
A co-production with Macha Theatre Works

Cast: Jenn Ruzumna, Lisa Every, Alba Davenport, Meg McLynn, Ryan Sanders, and Eddie Morgan Lawrence; joined by a rotating cast of dogs.

Run dates: preview 10/9, opens 10/11, closing 11/3

Run time: 90 minutes, with intermission

Accessible show dates: Sliding-scale tickets ($10+) available for all show dates.

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & some common areas are wheelchair accessible. Historic building with some narrow areas. Restrooms are multi-stall and gender-neutral.

Heidi Schreck’s boundary-breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful and achingly human new play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives. Performed in conjunction with local High School debate teams.

Pay-what-you-choose rush tickets available for select dates. See discount and rush ticket info here.

Tickets here.

Occurrence #13 is a future world that is also like our current one. A disembodied voice instructs behavior; another defines geek and distinguishes it from nerd; a man instructs ChatGPT to analyze fragments of his memory and future memories, and an interpretation of a social media clip.

Occurrence is a program that combines old and new movement ideas, showcasing them together and offering new perspectives. It also allows different works to be performed simultaneously, creating exciting new moments and insights into familiar works and bringing joy to the newly arranged material.

TICKETS HERE

General admission seating. Tickets $27.50, with discounted ($12.50) tickets available. Select desired rate during checkout.

*****

Choreographed by Donald Byrd
Performed by Spectrum Dance Theater

Run dates: opens 10/31, closing 11/3

Venue accessibility info: Theatre is on second level, reachable only by significant flight of stairs. Restrooms are on first level, and are single-stall and gender-neutral.

Theatre Off Jackson has been transformed into the Underworld itself for the union of Persephone and Hades — and you are invited. The Pomegranate Tree extends this honor to you mortals, who are usually forbidden in such divine spaces — but the myths you’ve read about these immortal beings have been mere whispers of the truth you’ll encounter. These gods, in all their conflict and longing, are more like you than you may think — and they’re in desperate need of your wisdom. Can you help them navigate love, death, and perhaps the hardest challenge of all, family?

This is a devised theatre piece disguised as a party, which asks you to dress up, enjoy libations, dance, and help craft the narrative anew each night. Our colorful cast of deities, some familiar, some strange, will transport you to an ethereal plane where your presence will make all the difference — whether you choose to engage with them directly, or observe them from afar.

TICKETS HERE

General admission. Tickets are $3-$66 (sliding-scale tickets available for all). Select desired rate during checkout.

*****

Created & directed by Suz Pontillo & Ayla Wren Wallace

Cast: Amber Tanaka, Angel Gao, James Schilling, Kendra Tamär Budd, Kenzie “Kit” Wells, Ksenia Boisvert, Liam He, Orianna O’Neill,​ Paula Wilson Nitka, Riley Gene, Sean Hendrickson, Steph Couturier, Walden Barnett Marcus, Logan West, Karis Ho, and Audrey Herold

Run dates: opens 10/25, closing 11/9

Mask & vaccine-required dates: 11/7 (evening)

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose tickets ($3+) available for all show dates.

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & some common areas are wheelchair accessible. (Historic building and interactive performance; contact theatre ahead of time to ensure accessibility needs will be met.) Restrooms are multi-stall and gender-neutral.

A dark fantasy burlesque musical, This Is Halloween is an original adaptation parody of the misadventures of Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king and most-acclaimed citizen of Halloween Town.

Weary of his usual terrifying antics and exhausted over the monotony of the same Halloween year after year, Jack takes a contemplative stroll through an enchanted forest that would change Halloween Town – and Seattle — forever. Featuring the Can Can’s signature cabaret and burlesque production stylings, This Is Halloween boasts live orchestral music, vocal performance, and video projections. Prepare to be spooked!

Tickets here. 

Sunday 5pm shows are all ages. Early evening showings are PG-13. All 9pm showings are 21+.

Full dining and bar service throughout the show; view menu here.

A dark fantasy burlesque musical, This Is Halloween is an original adaptation parody of the misadventures of Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king and most-acclaimed citizen of Halloween Town.

Weary of his usual terrifying antics and exhausted over the monotony of the same Halloween year after year, Jack takes a contemplative stroll through an enchanted forest that would change Halloween Town – and Seattle — forever. Featuring the Can Can’s signature cabaret and burlesque production stylings, This Is Halloween boasts live orchestral music, vocal performance, and video projections. Prepare to be spooked!

Tickets here. 

Sunday 5pm shows are all ages. Early evening showings are PG-13. All 9pm showings are 21+.

Full dining and bar service throughout the show; view menu here.

(Different performance each day. See schedule below.) 

20 new works. 5 days. 20 Seattle playwrights. New Works Northwest features readings of groundbreaking new works in an intimate setting, where audiences can engage in the process of bringing stories from script to stage.

TICKETS HERE

General admission. All tickets are pay-what-you-choose ($5-$50). Select desired rate during checkout.

*****

Run dates: opens 10/30, closing 11/3 (see schedule below)

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose tickets available for all show dates

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & most common areas are wheelchair accessible. Restrooms are multi-stall and gender-neutral.

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

Solo Act: Monologues
10/30 @ 7

An electric evening of hot-off-the-presses monologues from 15 local playwrights on the theme “The Choice.” From poignant to punchy, complex to cathartic, these pieces explode with energy, emotion, and enthusiasm. Curated in partnership with SCRiBLAB and Rain City Projects.

Featuring monologues by Tommer Peterson, Shanna Allman, Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth, Monique Hebert, Marcus Gorman & Kiki Penoyer, Anamaria Guerzon, Rachel Chin, Pamela Hobart Carter, Stacy D. Flood, Vanessa Miller, JW Marshall, Tess Berger, Aleks Merilo, Kate Danley, and M Yichao

Refugee Rhapsody 
11/1 @ 7 

By Yussef El Guindi
Directed by Anita Montgomery

Sakinah, a Middle Eastern American woman, is being evaluated by a mental health professional to determine her responsibility for a violent crime. What did she do to Emily, the rich heiress who tried to help Sakinah and her boyfriend? And more importantly — why did she do it? Featuring witty comedy and biting drama, this play explores how complex layers of race, class, and privilege collide in today’s culture.

Run Time: Approximately 90-100 minutes

Uhuru 
11/2 @ 4 

By Gloria Majule
Directed by Faith Bennett Russell

Mshale, a Mount Kilimanjaro tour guide, dreams of marrying a white woman and moving to the West. Sprite doesn’t like white people and sets out to decolonize what he deems “his mountain.” Henry and Frannie are white missionaries who claim to be Tanzanian. Uhuru is a dramedy that follows this unlikely foursome as they journey together to the roof of Africa.

Run Time: Approximately 90-100 minutes

Legacies: A Ghost Story 
11/2 @ 7

By Amontaine Aurore
Directed by Bretteney Beverly

The roof is caving in, the floorboards are shifting beneath her feet, and the walls crumble at the slightest touch. Cashew’s house is falling down around her, and she must get out before it collapses. As she packs to leave, she encounters buried memories: documents, memorabilia, and long-forgotten residents. A poetic and psychologically rich story of redemption.

Run Time: Approximately 90-100 minutes

Underwater Weather 
11/3 @ 4

By Holly Arsenault
in collaboration with the Young Core Company
Directed by Sunam Ellis

How do you save the world when the seas are rising, the forests are burning, and your roommate keeps eating your yogurt? Gregory Award-winning playwright Holly Arsenault (Undo, The Great Inconvenience), in collaboration with ACT’s Young Core Company, creates a world premiere play about activism and apathy, rage and hope, and the joy and agony of having to actually deal with the ones you’re trying to save.

Run Time: Approximately 80-90 minutes

Home 
11/3 @ 7

By Naghmeh Samini
Directed by Parmida Ziaei
Translated by Hossein Nazari & Ghazal Ghaziani
Co-presented with Seda Iranian Theatre Ensemble

Trapped in a shrinking house, an Iranian family of five lives in isolation, locked in separate rooms, revealing their loneliness, regrets, and their lack of communication only to the audience. Home offers a glimpse of what goes on inside an Iranian household, telling familiar stories of the fragility of the human psyche and the vulnerability of a family in a world that is breaking down.

Run Time: Approximately 90-100 minutes

In this family drama, a grieving widower must accept his wife’s death to save himself and his relationship with his daughter.

David loves his wife, Gillian. Unfortunately, she died two years ago. David deals with his grief by continuing his romance with her “ghost” during walks on the beach at night. While David lives in the past, other family problems crop up in the present. Brother Paul and sister-in-law Esther visit to try to help David’s daughter, Rachel. She has lost her mother and needs her father to snap back into the real world for her sake.

TICKETS HERE

General admission. Tickets are $14-$18, based on show date.

*****

By Michael Brady
Directed by Paul Fouhy

Run dates: opens 10/25, closing 11/10

Dukesbay Productions presents a tale of investigation and mystery into the lives of five people who may have forged a tragic chain of circumstances.

The time is Spring 1912. The place is Brumley, England. The Birling family has just sat down to dinner to celebrate the engagement of their daughter to a rising young man in the community. A mysterious police inspector knocks at the door and immediately begins to question the wealthy family and their dinner guest following the suicide of a young working class woman. Is the woman’s death connected to this family, and if so, how?

TICKETS HERE

General admission. Tickets are $15.

*****

By J.B. Priestley
Directed by Jennifer York

Cast: Kareyana Rose Aguon, Ejay Amor, Big Anderson, Elosia Cardona, Andrew Fry, Gunnar Johnson, and Mark Peterson

Run dates: opens 10/25, closing 11/10

Venue accessibility info: Theatre is on third level, reachable only by significant stairs. Restrooms are multi-stall and gendered.

In Noël Coward’s Blithe Spirit, the mundane life of novelist Charles Condomine takes a hilariously supernatural turn when a séance gone awry conjures the ghost of his mischievous first wife, Elvira. As Elvira’s spectral antics wreak havoc on Charles’s current marriage to the no-nonsense Ruth, the play spirals into a delightful farce filled with witty banter, eccentric characters, and a whirlwind of ghostly chaos. With Coward’s signature sharp humor and clever dialogue, Blithe Spirit is a timeless comedy that explores the complexities of love, marriage, and the afterlife with a charmingly light touch.

TICKETS HERE

Reserved seating. Tickets $19.50.

*****

By Noël Coward
Directed by Trina Williamson

Cast: James Evans, Arianna Wells, Ashley Corbaley, Becky Eastgard, Peter Taafe, Ann Sveen, & Jillian Maynard.

Run dates: opens 11/1, closing 11/24

In this musical based on Stephen King’s bestselling novel, Carrie White is a teenage outcast who longs to fit in. At school, she’s bullied by the popular crowd, and virtually invisible to everyone else. At home, she’s dominated by her loving but cruelly controlling mother. What none of them know is that Carrie’s just discovered she’s got a special power, and if pushed too far, she’s not afraid to use it.

TICKETS HERE

General admission. Tickets are $27 suggested, with pay-what-you-choose ($5+) tickets offered for all. Select desired rate during checkout.

*****

By Lawrence D. Cohen (book), Michael Gore (music), and Dean Pitchford (lyrics)
Based on the novel by Stephen King

Run dates: opens 10/25, closing 11/10

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose tickets available for all show dates

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & common areas are wheelchair accessible. Restrooms are multi-stall and gendered.

Filled with bawdy wit, Love’s Labor’s Lost playfully provokes thought on love, gender, and the games people play.

Ever fallen in love when you really didn’t want to? Intent on intellectual study for himself and his companions, King Navarre proclaims three years of all work and no play — including no romance. On cue, a princess and her ladies arrive at court on a diplomatic mission, and the men can’t help falling head over heels. Will they decide to break their oaths to pursue love? (Spoiler: Yes.) And if they do, just how ridiculous can things get?

TICKETS HERE

Reserved seating. Ticket prices ($42-$71) vary by date and seat location. Discounted same-day rush tickets offered when available (see info here).

*****

By William Shakespeare
Directed by Janet Hayatshahi

Cast: Jesse Calixto, Ana María Campoy, Rolando Cardona, Adrian Cerrato, Anamaria Guerzon, Morgan Gwilym Tso, Tyson Prince Jenkins, Pearl Mei Lam, Donovan Mahannah, Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako, Beth Pollack, and Malex Reed

Run dates: previews 10/30-31, opens 11/1, closing 11/17

Mask-required dates: 11/9 (matinee)

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & common areas are wheelchair accessible. Restrooms are multi-stall and gendered.

More to learn: Post-show discussions following shows on 11/3 and 11/10 (matinees)

Kenneth has lived his entire life in the same small town. Every day he works at the bookstore, then shares happy hour Mai Tais with his best friend. And so what if his best friend is imaginary? Every day is the same, just the way Kenneth likes it — until he is laid off and his world is turned upside down. Thrown out of his comfort zone, Kenneth must find the courage to face his biggest fear: change. This intimate and offbeat new comedy by Eboni Booth tells a surprising story about one man’s leap of faith and the friends he makes along the way.

TICKETS HERE

Reserved seating. Ticket prices ($50-$86) vary by date and seat location. Pay-what-you-choose tickets for select dates (see info below).

*****

By Eboni Booth
Directed by Kaytlin McIntyre

Cast: Allyson Lee Brown, Rob Burgess, Andrew Lee Creech, Justin Huertas, and Stephen Tyrone Williams

Run dates: previews 10/24-29, opens 10/30, closing 11/24

Run time: 95 minutes, no intermission

Mask-required dates: 11/3 (evening)

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose tickets 10/24 & 10/25 (evenings) (see PWYC & discount ticket information here). Open-captioned show 11/7 (evening). Sensory-friendly show 11/9 (matinee). ASL interpreted & audio described show 11/16 (matinee).

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & common areas are wheelchair accessible. Restrooms are multi-stall, with both gendered and gender-neutral options; one single-stall gender-neutral restroom.

Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python, and you have “The 39 Steps,” a fast-paced whodunit comedy. The 39 Steps follows the story of Richard Hannay, an ordinary man bored with the drudgery of life, until he is unwittingly drawn into a web of espionage and murder. As he tries to clear his name, Hannay embarks on a whirlwind adventure across England and Scotland, encountering a host of quirky characters, police chases, trains, a plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers, and even a little good old-fashioned romance.

TICKETS HERE

General admission. Tickets are $27.

*****

Adapted by Patrick Barlow
Directed by Chris Shea

Cast: Chris Clark, Mary Guthrie, Cindy Giese French, and Terry Boyd

Run dates: opens 10/17, closing 11/3

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose tickets available for shows on 10/24-27.

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & some common areas are wheelchair accessible. Restrooms are multi-stall and gendered.

After a murder, the guests and staff at Monkswell Manor find themselves stranded during a snowstorm. It soon becomes clear that the killer is among them, and the strangers grow increasingly suspicious of one another. A detective interrogates the suspects: the newlyweds running the house; a spinster with a curious background; an architect who seems better equipped to be a chef; a retired Army major; a strange man who claims his car has overturned in a drift; and a jurist who makes life miserable for everyone. When a second murder takes place, tensions and fears escalate.

This record-breaking murder mystery features a brilliant surprise finish from Dame Agatha Christie, the foremost mystery writer of her time.

TICKETS HERE

Reserved seating. Tickets are $29.

*****

By Agatha Christie
Directed by Frank Roberts

Cast: Rachel Larkin, Jacob Tice, Joe DeRosier, Elizabeth Booth, Tim Sherburn, Jill Heinecke, Scott Welborn, and Shaun Parker

Run dates: opens 10/18, closing 11/10 (extended from 11/3)

Run time: 2 hours 15 minutes, with intermission

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose performance on 10/31 (evening); ASL-interpreted performance on 11/3 (matinee)

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & some common areas are wheelchair accessible. Main restrooms are multi-stall and gendered, with one single-stall gender-neutral restroom also in main lobby.

Bev and Libby meet on the same park bench, under the same tree, sharing sandwiches, dreams and memories for the entirety of their lives. Or maybe a century. Or maybe an eternity. The Park takes audiences through the lives of strangers, families, dogs and ghosts who share this park, their lives passing and intersecting as each struggles to make sense of how to be in and of our troubled and beautiful world.

TICKETS HERE

Reserved seating. Tickets are $38, with sliding-scale tickets available: from $10 (inclusion rate) up to $100. Select desired rate during checkout.

*****

By Lisa Every & Jenn Ruzumna
Directed by Amy Poisson
A co-production with Macha Theatre Works

Cast: Jenn Ruzumna, Lisa Every, Alba Davenport, Meg McLynn, Ryan Sanders, and Eddie Morgan Lawrence; joined by a rotating cast of dogs.

Run dates: preview 10/9, opens 10/11, closing 11/3

Run time: 90 minutes, with intermission

Accessible show dates: Sliding-scale tickets ($10+) available for all show dates.

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & some common areas are wheelchair accessible. Historic building with some narrow areas. Restrooms are multi-stall and gender-neutral.

Heidi Schreck’s boundary-breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful and achingly human new play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives. Performed in conjunction with local High School debate teams.

Pay-what-you-choose rush tickets available for select dates. See discount and rush ticket info here.

Tickets here.

Occurrence #13 is a future world that is also like our current one. A disembodied voice instructs behavior; another defines geek and distinguishes it from nerd; a man instructs ChatGPT to analyze fragments of his memory and future memories, and an interpretation of a social media clip.

Occurrence is a program that combines old and new movement ideas, showcasing them together and offering new perspectives. It also allows different works to be performed simultaneously, creating exciting new moments and insights into familiar works and bringing joy to the newly arranged material.

TICKETS HERE

General admission seating. Tickets $27.50, with discounted ($12.50) tickets available. Select desired rate during checkout.

*****

Choreographed by Donald Byrd
Performed by Spectrum Dance Theater

Run dates: opens 10/31, closing 11/3

Venue accessibility info: Theatre is on second level, reachable only by significant flight of stairs. Restrooms are on first level, and are single-stall and gender-neutral.

Theatre Off Jackson has been transformed into the Underworld itself for the union of Persephone and Hades — and you are invited. The Pomegranate Tree extends this honor to you mortals, who are usually forbidden in such divine spaces — but the myths you’ve read about these immortal beings have been mere whispers of the truth you’ll encounter. These gods, in all their conflict and longing, are more like you than you may think — and they’re in desperate need of your wisdom. Can you help them navigate love, death, and perhaps the hardest challenge of all, family?

This is a devised theatre piece disguised as a party, which asks you to dress up, enjoy libations, dance, and help craft the narrative anew each night. Our colorful cast of deities, some familiar, some strange, will transport you to an ethereal plane where your presence will make all the difference — whether you choose to engage with them directly, or observe them from afar.

TICKETS HERE

General admission. Tickets are $3-$66 (sliding-scale tickets available for all). Select desired rate during checkout.

*****

Created & directed by Suz Pontillo & Ayla Wren Wallace

Cast: Amber Tanaka, Angel Gao, James Schilling, Kendra Tamär Budd, Kenzie “Kit” Wells, Ksenia Boisvert, Liam He, Orianna O’Neill,​ Paula Wilson Nitka, Riley Gene, Sean Hendrickson, Steph Couturier, Walden Barnett Marcus, Logan West, Karis Ho, and Audrey Herold

Run dates: opens 10/25, closing 11/9

Mask & vaccine-required dates: 11/7 (evening)

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose tickets ($3+) available for all show dates.

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & some common areas are wheelchair accessible. (Historic building and interactive performance; contact theatre ahead of time to ensure accessibility needs will be met.) Restrooms are multi-stall and gender-neutral.

A dark fantasy burlesque musical, This Is Halloween is an original adaptation parody of the misadventures of Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king and most-acclaimed citizen of Halloween Town.

Weary of his usual terrifying antics and exhausted over the monotony of the same Halloween year after year, Jack takes a contemplative stroll through an enchanted forest that would change Halloween Town – and Seattle — forever. Featuring the Can Can’s signature cabaret and burlesque production stylings, This Is Halloween boasts live orchestral music, vocal performance, and video projections. Prepare to be spooked!

Tickets here. 

Sunday 5pm shows are all ages. Early evening showings are PG-13. All 9pm showings are 21+.

Full dining and bar service throughout the show; view menu here.

Come meet young Yeila, who visits her grandmother in Cuba to add a salsa flavor to her own hip-hop style. The audience gets to dance along in this dynamic participation play where one actress creates three generations of lively women. Journey with Yeila as she discovers the fun of her multi-cultural heritage.

SCT is excited to welcome back former Artistic Resident Paige Hernandez with her inspired one-woman dance party tour de force. Directed by Danielle Drakes.

Accessible performances:
– ASL interpreted: 11/16 (1pm)
– Sensory friendly: 10/27 (10:30am)
– ASL interpreted, sensory friendly, and audio described: 11/10 (2pm)

Tickets here. 

Kenneth has lived his entire life in the same small town. Every day he works at the bookstore, then shares happy hour Mai Tais with his best friend. And so what if his best friend is imaginary? Every day is the same, just the way Kenneth likes it — until he is laid off and his world is turned upside down. Thrown out of his comfort zone, Kenneth must find the courage to face his biggest fear: change. This intimate and offbeat new comedy by Eboni Booth tells a surprising story about one man’s leap of faith and the friends he makes along the way.

TICKETS HERE

Reserved seating. Ticket prices ($50-$86) vary by date and seat location. Pay-what-you-choose tickets for select dates (see info below).

*****

By Eboni Booth
Directed by Kaytlin McIntyre

Cast: Allyson Lee Brown, Rob Burgess, Andrew Lee Creech, Justin Huertas, and Stephen Tyrone Williams

Run dates: previews 10/24-29, opens 10/30, closing 11/24

Run time: 95 minutes, no intermission

Mask-required dates: 11/3 (evening)

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose tickets 10/24 & 10/25 (evenings) (see PWYC & discount ticket information here). Open-captioned show 11/7 (evening). Sensory-friendly show 11/9 (matinee). ASL interpreted & audio described show 11/16 (matinee).

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & common areas are wheelchair accessible. Restrooms are multi-stall, with both gendered and gender-neutral options; one single-stall gender-neutral restroom.

Theatre Off Jackson has been transformed into the Underworld itself for the union of Persephone and Hades — and you are invited. The Pomegranate Tree extends this honor to you mortals, who are usually forbidden in such divine spaces — but the myths you’ve read about these immortal beings have been mere whispers of the truth you’ll encounter. These gods, in all their conflict and longing, are more like you than you may think — and they’re in desperate need of your wisdom. Can you help them navigate love, death, and perhaps the hardest challenge of all, family?

This is a devised theatre piece disguised as a party, which asks you to dress up, enjoy libations, dance, and help craft the narrative anew each night. Our colorful cast of deities, some familiar, some strange, will transport you to an ethereal plane where your presence will make all the difference — whether you choose to engage with them directly, or observe them from afar.

TICKETS HERE

General admission. Tickets are $3-$66 (sliding-scale tickets available for all). Select desired rate during checkout.

*****

Created & directed by Suz Pontillo & Ayla Wren Wallace

Cast: Amber Tanaka, Angel Gao, James Schilling, Kendra Tamär Budd, Kenzie “Kit” Wells, Ksenia Boisvert, Liam He, Orianna O’Neill,​ Paula Wilson Nitka, Riley Gene, Sean Hendrickson, Steph Couturier, Walden Barnett Marcus, Logan West, Karis Ho, and Audrey Herold

Run dates: opens 10/25, closing 11/9

Mask & vaccine-required dates: 11/7 (evening)

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose tickets ($3+) available for all show dates.

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & some common areas are wheelchair accessible. (Historic building and interactive performance; contact theatre ahead of time to ensure accessibility needs will be met.) Restrooms are multi-stall and gender-neutral.

(Different performance each day. See schedule below.) 

20 new works. 5 days. 20 Seattle playwrights. New Works Northwest features readings of groundbreaking new works in an intimate setting, where audiences can engage in the process of bringing stories from script to stage.

TICKETS HERE

General admission. All tickets are pay-what-you-choose ($5-$50). Select desired rate during checkout.

*****

Run dates: opens 10/30, closing 11/3 (see schedule below)

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose tickets available for all show dates

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & most common areas are wheelchair accessible. Restrooms are multi-stall and gender-neutral.

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

Solo Act: Monologues
10/30 @ 7

An electric evening of hot-off-the-presses monologues from 15 local playwrights on the theme “The Choice.” From poignant to punchy, complex to cathartic, these pieces explode with energy, emotion, and enthusiasm. Curated in partnership with SCRiBLAB and Rain City Projects.

Featuring monologues by Tommer Peterson, Shanna Allman, Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth, Monique Hebert, Marcus Gorman & Kiki Penoyer, Anamaria Guerzon, Rachel Chin, Pamela Hobart Carter, Stacy D. Flood, Vanessa Miller, JW Marshall, Tess Berger, Aleks Merilo, Kate Danley, and M Yichao

Refugee Rhapsody 
11/1 @ 7 

By Yussef El Guindi
Directed by Anita Montgomery

Sakinah, a Middle Eastern American woman, is being evaluated by a mental health professional to determine her responsibility for a violent crime. What did she do to Emily, the rich heiress who tried to help Sakinah and her boyfriend? And more importantly — why did she do it? Featuring witty comedy and biting drama, this play explores how complex layers of race, class, and privilege collide in today’s culture.

Run Time: Approximately 90-100 minutes

Uhuru 
11/2 @ 4 

By Gloria Majule
Directed by Faith Bennett Russell

Mshale, a Mount Kilimanjaro tour guide, dreams of marrying a white woman and moving to the West. Sprite doesn’t like white people and sets out to decolonize what he deems “his mountain.” Henry and Frannie are white missionaries who claim to be Tanzanian. Uhuru is a dramedy that follows this unlikely foursome as they journey together to the roof of Africa.

Run Time: Approximately 90-100 minutes

Legacies: A Ghost Story 
11/2 @ 7

By Amontaine Aurore
Directed by Bretteney Beverly

The roof is caving in, the floorboards are shifting beneath her feet, and the walls crumble at the slightest touch. Cashew’s house is falling down around her, and she must get out before it collapses. As she packs to leave, she encounters buried memories: documents, memorabilia, and long-forgotten residents. A poetic and psychologically rich story of redemption.

Run Time: Approximately 90-100 minutes

Underwater Weather 
11/3 @ 4

By Holly Arsenault
in collaboration with the Young Core Company
Directed by Sunam Ellis

How do you save the world when the seas are rising, the forests are burning, and your roommate keeps eating your yogurt? Gregory Award-winning playwright Holly Arsenault (Undo, The Great Inconvenience), in collaboration with ACT’s Young Core Company, creates a world premiere play about activism and apathy, rage and hope, and the joy and agony of having to actually deal with the ones you’re trying to save.

Run Time: Approximately 80-90 minutes

Home 
11/3 @ 7

By Naghmeh Samini
Directed by Parmida Ziaei
Translated by Hossein Nazari & Ghazal Ghaziani
Co-presented with Seda Iranian Theatre Ensemble

Trapped in a shrinking house, an Iranian family of five lives in isolation, locked in separate rooms, revealing their loneliness, regrets, and their lack of communication only to the audience. Home offers a glimpse of what goes on inside an Iranian household, telling familiar stories of the fragility of the human psyche and the vulnerability of a family in a world that is breaking down.

Run Time: Approximately 90-100 minutes

Come meet young Yeila, who visits her grandmother in Cuba to add a salsa flavor to her own hip-hop style. The audience gets to dance along in this dynamic participation play where one actress creates three generations of lively women. Journey with Yeila as she discovers the fun of her multi-cultural heritage.

SCT is excited to welcome back former Artistic Resident Paige Hernandez with her inspired one-woman dance party tour de force. Directed by Danielle Drakes.

Accessible performances:
– ASL interpreted: 11/16 (1pm)
– Sensory friendly: 10/27 (10:30am)
– ASL interpreted, sensory friendly, and audio described: 11/10 (2pm)

Tickets here. 

A dark fantasy burlesque musical, This Is Halloween is an original adaptation parody of the misadventures of Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king and most-acclaimed citizen of Halloween Town.

Weary of his usual terrifying antics and exhausted over the monotony of the same Halloween year after year, Jack takes a contemplative stroll through an enchanted forest that would change Halloween Town – and Seattle — forever. Featuring the Can Can’s signature cabaret and burlesque production stylings, This Is Halloween boasts live orchestral music, vocal performance, and video projections. Prepare to be spooked!

Tickets here. 

Sunday 5pm shows are all ages. Early evening showings are PG-13. All 9pm showings are 21+.

Full dining and bar service throughout the show; view menu here.

(Different performance each day. See schedule below.) 

20 new works. 5 days. 20 Seattle playwrights. New Works Northwest features readings of groundbreaking new works in an intimate setting, where audiences can engage in the process of bringing stories from script to stage.

TICKETS HERE

General admission. All tickets are pay-what-you-choose ($5-$50). Select desired rate during checkout.

*****

Run dates: opens 10/30, closing 11/3 (see schedule below)

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose tickets available for all show dates

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & most common areas are wheelchair accessible. Restrooms are multi-stall and gender-neutral.

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

Solo Act: Monologues
10/30 @ 7

An electric evening of hot-off-the-presses monologues from 15 local playwrights on the theme “The Choice.” From poignant to punchy, complex to cathartic, these pieces explode with energy, emotion, and enthusiasm. Curated in partnership with SCRiBLAB and Rain City Projects.

Featuring monologues by Tommer Peterson, Shanna Allman, Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth, Monique Hebert, Marcus Gorman & Kiki Penoyer, Anamaria Guerzon, Rachel Chin, Pamela Hobart Carter, Stacy D. Flood, Vanessa Miller, JW Marshall, Tess Berger, Aleks Merilo, Kate Danley, and M Yichao

Refugee Rhapsody 
11/1 @ 7 

By Yussef El Guindi
Directed by Anita Montgomery

Sakinah, a Middle Eastern American woman, is being evaluated by a mental health professional to determine her responsibility for a violent crime. What did she do to Emily, the rich heiress who tried to help Sakinah and her boyfriend? And more importantly — why did she do it? Featuring witty comedy and biting drama, this play explores how complex layers of race, class, and privilege collide in today’s culture.

Run Time: Approximately 90-100 minutes

Uhuru 
11/2 @ 4 

By Gloria Majule
Directed by Faith Bennett Russell

Mshale, a Mount Kilimanjaro tour guide, dreams of marrying a white woman and moving to the West. Sprite doesn’t like white people and sets out to decolonize what he deems “his mountain.” Henry and Frannie are white missionaries who claim to be Tanzanian. Uhuru is a dramedy that follows this unlikely foursome as they journey together to the roof of Africa.

Run Time: Approximately 90-100 minutes

Legacies: A Ghost Story 
11/2 @ 7

By Amontaine Aurore
Directed by Bretteney Beverly

The roof is caving in, the floorboards are shifting beneath her feet, and the walls crumble at the slightest touch. Cashew’s house is falling down around her, and she must get out before it collapses. As she packs to leave, she encounters buried memories: documents, memorabilia, and long-forgotten residents. A poetic and psychologically rich story of redemption.

Run Time: Approximately 90-100 minutes

Underwater Weather 
11/3 @ 4

By Holly Arsenault
in collaboration with the Young Core Company
Directed by Sunam Ellis

How do you save the world when the seas are rising, the forests are burning, and your roommate keeps eating your yogurt? Gregory Award-winning playwright Holly Arsenault (Undo, The Great Inconvenience), in collaboration with ACT’s Young Core Company, creates a world premiere play about activism and apathy, rage and hope, and the joy and agony of having to actually deal with the ones you’re trying to save.

Run Time: Approximately 80-90 minutes

Home 
11/3 @ 7

By Naghmeh Samini
Directed by Parmida Ziaei
Translated by Hossein Nazari & Ghazal Ghaziani
Co-presented with Seda Iranian Theatre Ensemble

Trapped in a shrinking house, an Iranian family of five lives in isolation, locked in separate rooms, revealing their loneliness, regrets, and their lack of communication only to the audience. Home offers a glimpse of what goes on inside an Iranian household, telling familiar stories of the fragility of the human psyche and the vulnerability of a family in a world that is breaking down.

Run Time: Approximately 90-100 minutes

In this family drama, a grieving widower must accept his wife’s death to save himself and his relationship with his daughter.

David loves his wife, Gillian. Unfortunately, she died two years ago. David deals with his grief by continuing his romance with her “ghost” during walks on the beach at night. While David lives in the past, other family problems crop up in the present. Brother Paul and sister-in-law Esther visit to try to help David’s daughter, Rachel. She has lost her mother and needs her father to snap back into the real world for her sake.

TICKETS HERE

General admission. Tickets are $14-$18, based on show date.

*****

By Michael Brady
Directed by Paul Fouhy

Run dates: opens 10/25, closing 11/10

Dukesbay Productions presents a tale of investigation and mystery into the lives of five people who may have forged a tragic chain of circumstances.

The time is Spring 1912. The place is Brumley, England. The Birling family has just sat down to dinner to celebrate the engagement of their daughter to a rising young man in the community. A mysterious police inspector knocks at the door and immediately begins to question the wealthy family and their dinner guest following the suicide of a young working class woman. Is the woman’s death connected to this family, and if so, how?

TICKETS HERE

General admission. Tickets are $15.

*****

By J.B. Priestley
Directed by Jennifer York

Cast: Kareyana Rose Aguon, Ejay Amor, Big Anderson, Elosia Cardona, Andrew Fry, Gunnar Johnson, and Mark Peterson

Run dates: opens 10/25, closing 11/10

Venue accessibility info: Theatre is on third level, reachable only by significant stairs. Restrooms are multi-stall and gendered.

In Noël Coward’s Blithe Spirit, the mundane life of novelist Charles Condomine takes a hilariously supernatural turn when a séance gone awry conjures the ghost of his mischievous first wife, Elvira. As Elvira’s spectral antics wreak havoc on Charles’s current marriage to the no-nonsense Ruth, the play spirals into a delightful farce filled with witty banter, eccentric characters, and a whirlwind of ghostly chaos. With Coward’s signature sharp humor and clever dialogue, Blithe Spirit is a timeless comedy that explores the complexities of love, marriage, and the afterlife with a charmingly light touch.

TICKETS HERE

Reserved seating. Tickets $19.50.

*****

By Noël Coward
Directed by Trina Williamson

Cast: James Evans, Arianna Wells, Ashley Corbaley, Becky Eastgard, Peter Taafe, Ann Sveen, & Jillian Maynard.

Run dates: opens 11/1, closing 11/24

In this musical based on Stephen King’s bestselling novel, Carrie White is a teenage outcast who longs to fit in. At school, she’s bullied by the popular crowd, and virtually invisible to everyone else. At home, she’s dominated by her loving but cruelly controlling mother. What none of them know is that Carrie’s just discovered she’s got a special power, and if pushed too far, she’s not afraid to use it.

TICKETS HERE

General admission. Tickets are $27 suggested, with pay-what-you-choose ($5+) tickets offered for all. Select desired rate during checkout.

*****

By Lawrence D. Cohen (book), Michael Gore (music), and Dean Pitchford (lyrics)
Based on the novel by Stephen King

Run dates: opens 10/25, closing 11/10

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose tickets available for all show dates

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & common areas are wheelchair accessible. Restrooms are multi-stall and gendered.

Filled with bawdy wit, Love’s Labor’s Lost playfully provokes thought on love, gender, and the games people play.

Ever fallen in love when you really didn’t want to? Intent on intellectual study for himself and his companions, King Navarre proclaims three years of all work and no play — including no romance. On cue, a princess and her ladies arrive at court on a diplomatic mission, and the men can’t help falling head over heels. Will they decide to break their oaths to pursue love? (Spoiler: Yes.) And if they do, just how ridiculous can things get?

TICKETS HERE

Reserved seating. Ticket prices ($42-$71) vary by date and seat location. Discounted same-day rush tickets offered when available (see info here).

*****

By William Shakespeare
Directed by Janet Hayatshahi

Cast: Jesse Calixto, Ana María Campoy, Rolando Cardona, Adrian Cerrato, Anamaria Guerzon, Morgan Gwilym Tso, Tyson Prince Jenkins, Pearl Mei Lam, Donovan Mahannah, Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako, Beth Pollack, and Malex Reed

Run dates: previews 10/30-31, opens 11/1, closing 11/17

Mask-required dates: 11/9 (matinee)

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & common areas are wheelchair accessible. Restrooms are multi-stall and gendered.

More to learn: Post-show discussions following shows on 11/3 and 11/10 (matinees)

Kenneth has lived his entire life in the same small town. Every day he works at the bookstore, then shares happy hour Mai Tais with his best friend. And so what if his best friend is imaginary? Every day is the same, just the way Kenneth likes it — until he is laid off and his world is turned upside down. Thrown out of his comfort zone, Kenneth must find the courage to face his biggest fear: change. This intimate and offbeat new comedy by Eboni Booth tells a surprising story about one man’s leap of faith and the friends he makes along the way.

TICKETS HERE

Reserved seating. Ticket prices ($50-$86) vary by date and seat location. Pay-what-you-choose tickets for select dates (see info below).

*****

By Eboni Booth
Directed by Kaytlin McIntyre

Cast: Allyson Lee Brown, Rob Burgess, Andrew Lee Creech, Justin Huertas, and Stephen Tyrone Williams

Run dates: previews 10/24-29, opens 10/30, closing 11/24

Run time: 95 minutes, no intermission

Mask-required dates: 11/3 (evening)

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose tickets 10/24 & 10/25 (evenings) (see PWYC & discount ticket information here). Open-captioned show 11/7 (evening). Sensory-friendly show 11/9 (matinee). ASL interpreted & audio described show 11/16 (matinee).

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & common areas are wheelchair accessible. Restrooms are multi-stall, with both gendered and gender-neutral options; one single-stall gender-neutral restroom.

Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python, and you have “The 39 Steps,” a fast-paced whodunit comedy. The 39 Steps follows the story of Richard Hannay, an ordinary man bored with the drudgery of life, until he is unwittingly drawn into a web of espionage and murder. As he tries to clear his name, Hannay embarks on a whirlwind adventure across England and Scotland, encountering a host of quirky characters, police chases, trains, a plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers, and even a little good old-fashioned romance.

TICKETS HERE

General admission. Tickets are $27.

*****

Adapted by Patrick Barlow
Directed by Chris Shea

Cast: Chris Clark, Mary Guthrie, Cindy Giese French, and Terry Boyd

Run dates: opens 10/17, closing 11/3

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose tickets available for shows on 10/24-27.

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & some common areas are wheelchair accessible. Restrooms are multi-stall and gendered.

After a murder, the guests and staff at Monkswell Manor find themselves stranded during a snowstorm. It soon becomes clear that the killer is among them, and the strangers grow increasingly suspicious of one another. A detective interrogates the suspects: the newlyweds running the house; a spinster with a curious background; an architect who seems better equipped to be a chef; a retired Army major; a strange man who claims his car has overturned in a drift; and a jurist who makes life miserable for everyone. When a second murder takes place, tensions and fears escalate.

This record-breaking murder mystery features a brilliant surprise finish from Dame Agatha Christie, the foremost mystery writer of her time.

TICKETS HERE

Reserved seating. Tickets are $29.

*****

By Agatha Christie
Directed by Frank Roberts

Cast: Rachel Larkin, Jacob Tice, Joe DeRosier, Elizabeth Booth, Tim Sherburn, Jill Heinecke, Scott Welborn, and Shaun Parker

Run dates: opens 10/18, closing 11/10 (extended from 11/3)

Run time: 2 hours 15 minutes, with intermission

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose performance on 10/31 (evening); ASL-interpreted performance on 11/3 (matinee)

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & some common areas are wheelchair accessible. Main restrooms are multi-stall and gendered, with one single-stall gender-neutral restroom also in main lobby.

Bev and Libby meet on the same park bench, under the same tree, sharing sandwiches, dreams and memories for the entirety of their lives. Or maybe a century. Or maybe an eternity. The Park takes audiences through the lives of strangers, families, dogs and ghosts who share this park, their lives passing and intersecting as each struggles to make sense of how to be in and of our troubled and beautiful world.

TICKETS HERE

Reserved seating. Tickets are $38, with sliding-scale tickets available: from $10 (inclusion rate) up to $100. Select desired rate during checkout.

*****

By Lisa Every & Jenn Ruzumna
Directed by Amy Poisson
A co-production with Macha Theatre Works

Cast: Jenn Ruzumna, Lisa Every, Alba Davenport, Meg McLynn, Ryan Sanders, and Eddie Morgan Lawrence; joined by a rotating cast of dogs.

Run dates: preview 10/9, opens 10/11, closing 11/3

Run time: 90 minutes, with intermission

Accessible show dates: Sliding-scale tickets ($10+) available for all show dates.

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & some common areas are wheelchair accessible. Historic building with some narrow areas. Restrooms are multi-stall and gender-neutral.

Heidi Schreck’s boundary-breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful and achingly human new play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives. Performed in conjunction with local High School debate teams.

Pay-what-you-choose rush tickets available for select dates. See discount and rush ticket info here.

Tickets here.

Occurrence #13 is a future world that is also like our current one. A disembodied voice instructs behavior; another defines geek and distinguishes it from nerd; a man instructs ChatGPT to analyze fragments of his memory and future memories, and an interpretation of a social media clip.

Occurrence is a program that combines old and new movement ideas, showcasing them together and offering new perspectives. It also allows different works to be performed simultaneously, creating exciting new moments and insights into familiar works and bringing joy to the newly arranged material.

TICKETS HERE

General admission seating. Tickets $27.50, with discounted ($12.50) tickets available. Select desired rate during checkout.

*****

Choreographed by Donald Byrd
Performed by Spectrum Dance Theater

Run dates: opens 10/31, closing 11/3

Venue accessibility info: Theatre is on second level, reachable only by significant flight of stairs. Restrooms are on first level, and are single-stall and gender-neutral.

Theatre Off Jackson has been transformed into the Underworld itself for the union of Persephone and Hades — and you are invited. The Pomegranate Tree extends this honor to you mortals, who are usually forbidden in such divine spaces — but the myths you’ve read about these immortal beings have been mere whispers of the truth you’ll encounter. These gods, in all their conflict and longing, are more like you than you may think — and they’re in desperate need of your wisdom. Can you help them navigate love, death, and perhaps the hardest challenge of all, family?

This is a devised theatre piece disguised as a party, which asks you to dress up, enjoy libations, dance, and help craft the narrative anew each night. Our colorful cast of deities, some familiar, some strange, will transport you to an ethereal plane where your presence will make all the difference — whether you choose to engage with them directly, or observe them from afar.

TICKETS HERE

General admission. Tickets are $3-$66 (sliding-scale tickets available for all). Select desired rate during checkout.

*****

Created & directed by Suz Pontillo & Ayla Wren Wallace

Cast: Amber Tanaka, Angel Gao, James Schilling, Kendra Tamär Budd, Kenzie “Kit” Wells, Ksenia Boisvert, Liam He, Orianna O’Neill,​ Paula Wilson Nitka, Riley Gene, Sean Hendrickson, Steph Couturier, Walden Barnett Marcus, Logan West, Karis Ho, and Audrey Herold

Run dates: opens 10/25, closing 11/9

Mask & vaccine-required dates: 11/7 (evening)

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose tickets ($3+) available for all show dates.

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & some common areas are wheelchair accessible. (Historic building and interactive performance; contact theatre ahead of time to ensure accessibility needs will be met.) Restrooms are multi-stall and gender-neutral.

A dark fantasy burlesque musical, This Is Halloween is an original adaptation parody of the misadventures of Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king and most-acclaimed citizen of Halloween Town.

Weary of his usual terrifying antics and exhausted over the monotony of the same Halloween year after year, Jack takes a contemplative stroll through an enchanted forest that would change Halloween Town – and Seattle — forever. Featuring the Can Can’s signature cabaret and burlesque production stylings, This Is Halloween boasts live orchestral music, vocal performance, and video projections. Prepare to be spooked!

Tickets here. 

Sunday 5pm shows are all ages. Early evening showings are PG-13. All 9pm showings are 21+.

Full dining and bar service throughout the show; view menu here.

Come meet young Yeila, who visits her grandmother in Cuba to add a salsa flavor to her own hip-hop style. The audience gets to dance along in this dynamic participation play where one actress creates three generations of lively women. Journey with Yeila as she discovers the fun of her multi-cultural heritage.

SCT is excited to welcome back former Artistic Resident Paige Hernandez with her inspired one-woman dance party tour de force. Directed by Danielle Drakes.

Accessible performances:
– ASL interpreted: 11/16 (1pm)
– Sensory friendly: 10/27 (10:30am)
– ASL interpreted, sensory friendly, and audio described: 11/10 (2pm)

Tickets here. 

In this family drama, a grieving widower must accept his wife’s death to save himself and his relationship with his daughter.

David loves his wife, Gillian. Unfortunately, she died two years ago. David deals with his grief by continuing his romance with her “ghost” during walks on the beach at night. While David lives in the past, other family problems crop up in the present. Brother Paul and sister-in-law Esther visit to try to help David’s daughter, Rachel. She has lost her mother and needs her father to snap back into the real world for her sake.

TICKETS HERE

General admission. Tickets are $14-$18, based on show date.

*****

By Michael Brady
Directed by Paul Fouhy

Run dates: opens 10/25, closing 11/10

Dukesbay Productions presents a tale of investigation and mystery into the lives of five people who may have forged a tragic chain of circumstances.

The time is Spring 1912. The place is Brumley, England. The Birling family has just sat down to dinner to celebrate the engagement of their daughter to a rising young man in the community. A mysterious police inspector knocks at the door and immediately begins to question the wealthy family and their dinner guest following the suicide of a young working class woman. Is the woman’s death connected to this family, and if so, how?

TICKETS HERE

General admission. Tickets are $15.

*****

By J.B. Priestley
Directed by Jennifer York

Cast: Kareyana Rose Aguon, Ejay Amor, Big Anderson, Elosia Cardona, Andrew Fry, Gunnar Johnson, and Mark Peterson

Run dates: opens 10/25, closing 11/10

Venue accessibility info: Theatre is on third level, reachable only by significant stairs. Restrooms are multi-stall and gendered.

In this musical based on Stephen King’s bestselling novel, Carrie White is a teenage outcast who longs to fit in. At school, she’s bullied by the popular crowd, and virtually invisible to everyone else. At home, she’s dominated by her loving but cruelly controlling mother. What none of them know is that Carrie’s just discovered she’s got a special power, and if pushed too far, she’s not afraid to use it.

TICKETS HERE

General admission. Tickets are $27 suggested, with pay-what-you-choose ($5+) tickets offered for all. Select desired rate during checkout.

*****

By Lawrence D. Cohen (book), Michael Gore (music), and Dean Pitchford (lyrics)
Based on the novel by Stephen King

Run dates: opens 10/25, closing 11/10

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose tickets available for all show dates

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & common areas are wheelchair accessible. Restrooms are multi-stall and gendered.

Come meet young Yeila, who visits her grandmother in Cuba to add a salsa flavor to her own hip-hop style. The audience gets to dance along in this dynamic participation play where one actress creates three generations of lively women. Journey with Yeila as she discovers the fun of her multi-cultural heritage.

SCT is excited to welcome back former Artistic Resident Paige Hernandez with her inspired one-woman dance party tour de force. Directed by Danielle Drakes.

Accessible performances:
– ASL interpreted: 11/16 (1pm)
– Sensory friendly: 10/27 (10:30am)
– ASL interpreted, sensory friendly, and audio described: 11/10 (2pm)

Tickets here. 

Filled with bawdy wit, Love’s Labor’s Lost playfully provokes thought on love, gender, and the games people play.

Ever fallen in love when you really didn’t want to? Intent on intellectual study for himself and his companions, King Navarre proclaims three years of all work and no play — including no romance. On cue, a princess and her ladies arrive at court on a diplomatic mission, and the men can’t help falling head over heels. Will they decide to break their oaths to pursue love? (Spoiler: Yes.) And if they do, just how ridiculous can things get?

TICKETS HERE

Reserved seating. Ticket prices ($42-$71) vary by date and seat location. Discounted same-day rush tickets offered when available (see info here).

*****

By William Shakespeare
Directed by Janet Hayatshahi

Cast: Jesse Calixto, Ana María Campoy, Rolando Cardona, Adrian Cerrato, Anamaria Guerzon, Morgan Gwilym Tso, Tyson Prince Jenkins, Pearl Mei Lam, Donovan Mahannah, Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako, Beth Pollack, and Malex Reed

Run dates: previews 10/30-31, opens 11/1, closing 11/17

Mask-required dates: 11/9 (matinee)

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & common areas are wheelchair accessible. Restrooms are multi-stall and gendered.

More to learn: Post-show discussions following shows on 11/3 and 11/10 (matinees)

Kenneth has lived his entire life in the same small town. Every day he works at the bookstore, then shares happy hour Mai Tais with his best friend. And so what if his best friend is imaginary? Every day is the same, just the way Kenneth likes it — until he is laid off and his world is turned upside down. Thrown out of his comfort zone, Kenneth must find the courage to face his biggest fear: change. This intimate and offbeat new comedy by Eboni Booth tells a surprising story about one man’s leap of faith and the friends he makes along the way.

TICKETS HERE

Reserved seating. Ticket prices ($50-$86) vary by date and seat location. Pay-what-you-choose tickets for select dates (see info below).

*****

By Eboni Booth
Directed by Kaytlin McIntyre

Cast: Allyson Lee Brown, Rob Burgess, Andrew Lee Creech, Justin Huertas, and Stephen Tyrone Williams

Run dates: previews 10/24-29, opens 10/30, closing 11/24

Run time: 95 minutes, no intermission

Mask-required dates: 11/3 (evening)

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose tickets 10/24 & 10/25 (evenings) (see PWYC & discount ticket information here). Open-captioned show 11/7 (evening). Sensory-friendly show 11/9 (matinee). ASL interpreted & audio described show 11/16 (matinee).

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & common areas are wheelchair accessible. Restrooms are multi-stall, with both gendered and gender-neutral options; one single-stall gender-neutral restroom.

After a murder, the guests and staff at Monkswell Manor find themselves stranded during a snowstorm. It soon becomes clear that the killer is among them, and the strangers grow increasingly suspicious of one another. A detective interrogates the suspects: the newlyweds running the house; a spinster with a curious background; an architect who seems better equipped to be a chef; a retired Army major; a strange man who claims his car has overturned in a drift; and a jurist who makes life miserable for everyone. When a second murder takes place, tensions and fears escalate.

This record-breaking murder mystery features a brilliant surprise finish from Dame Agatha Christie, the foremost mystery writer of her time.

TICKETS HERE

Reserved seating. Tickets are $29.

*****

By Agatha Christie
Directed by Frank Roberts

Cast: Rachel Larkin, Jacob Tice, Joe DeRosier, Elizabeth Booth, Tim Sherburn, Jill Heinecke, Scott Welborn, and Shaun Parker

Run dates: opens 10/18, closing 11/10 (extended from 11/3)

Run time: 2 hours 15 minutes, with intermission

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose performance on 10/31 (evening); ASL-interpreted performance on 11/3 (matinee)

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & some common areas are wheelchair accessible. Main restrooms are multi-stall and gendered, with one single-stall gender-neutral restroom also in main lobby.

After a murder, the guests and staff at Monkswell Manor find themselves stranded during a snowstorm. It soon becomes clear that the killer is among them, and the strangers grow increasingly suspicious of one another. A detective interrogates the suspects: the newlyweds running the house; a spinster with a curious background; an architect who seems better equipped to be a chef; a retired Army major; a strange man who claims his car has overturned in a drift; and a jurist who makes life miserable for everyone. When a second murder takes place, tensions and fears escalate.

This record-breaking murder mystery features a brilliant surprise finish from Dame Agatha Christie, the foremost mystery writer of her time.

TICKETS HERE

Reserved seating. Tickets are $29.

*****

By Agatha Christie
Directed by Frank Roberts

Cast: Rachel Larkin, Jacob Tice, Joe DeRosier, Elizabeth Booth, Tim Sherburn, Jill Heinecke, Scott Welborn, and Shaun Parker

Run dates: opens 10/18, closing 11/10 (extended from 11/3)

Run time: 2 hours 15 minutes, with intermission

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose performance on 10/31 (evening); ASL-interpreted performance on 11/3 (matinee)

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & some common areas are wheelchair accessible. Main restrooms are multi-stall and gendered, with one single-stall gender-neutral restroom also in main lobby.

Bev and Libby meet on the same park bench, under the same tree, sharing sandwiches, dreams and memories for the entirety of their lives. Or maybe a century. Or maybe an eternity. The Park takes audiences through the lives of strangers, families, dogs and ghosts who share this park, their lives passing and intersecting as each struggles to make sense of how to be in and of our troubled and beautiful world.

TICKETS HERE

Reserved seating. Tickets are $38, with sliding-scale tickets available: from $10 (inclusion rate) up to $100. Select desired rate during checkout.

*****

By Lisa Every & Jenn Ruzumna
Directed by Amy Poisson
A co-production with Macha Theatre Works

Cast: Jenn Ruzumna, Lisa Every, Alba Davenport, Meg McLynn, Ryan Sanders, and Eddie Morgan Lawrence; joined by a rotating cast of dogs.

Run dates: preview 10/9, opens 10/11, closing 11/3

Run time: 90 minutes, with intermission

Accessible show dates: Sliding-scale tickets ($10+) available for all show dates.

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & some common areas are wheelchair accessible. Historic building with some narrow areas. Restrooms are multi-stall and gender-neutral.

Theatre Off Jackson has been transformed into the Underworld itself for the union of Persephone and Hades — and you are invited. The Pomegranate Tree extends this honor to you mortals, who are usually forbidden in such divine spaces — but the myths you’ve read about these immortal beings have been mere whispers of the truth you’ll encounter. These gods, in all their conflict and longing, are more like you than you may think — and they’re in desperate need of your wisdom. Can you help them navigate love, death, and perhaps the hardest challenge of all, family?

This is a devised theatre piece disguised as a party, which asks you to dress up, enjoy libations, dance, and help craft the narrative anew each night. Our colorful cast of deities, some familiar, some strange, will transport you to an ethereal plane where your presence will make all the difference — whether you choose to engage with them directly, or observe them from afar.

TICKETS HERE

General admission. Tickets are $3-$66 (sliding-scale tickets available for all). Select desired rate during checkout.

*****

Created & directed by Suz Pontillo & Ayla Wren Wallace

Cast: Amber Tanaka, Angel Gao, James Schilling, Kendra Tamär Budd, Kenzie “Kit” Wells, Ksenia Boisvert, Liam He, Orianna O’Neill,​ Paula Wilson Nitka, Riley Gene, Sean Hendrickson, Steph Couturier, Walden Barnett Marcus, Logan West, Karis Ho, and Audrey Herold

Run dates: opens 10/25, closing 11/9

Mask & vaccine-required dates: 11/7 (evening)

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose tickets ($3+) available for all show dates.

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & some common areas are wheelchair accessible. (Historic building and interactive performance; contact theatre ahead of time to ensure accessibility needs will be met.) Restrooms are multi-stall and gender-neutral.

Heidi Schreck’s boundary-breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful and achingly human new play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives. Performed in conjunction with local High School debate teams.

Pay-what-you-choose rush tickets available for select dates. See discount and rush ticket info here.

Tickets here.

In Noël Coward’s Blithe Spirit, the mundane life of novelist Charles Condomine takes a hilariously supernatural turn when a séance gone awry conjures the ghost of his mischievous first wife, Elvira. As Elvira’s spectral antics wreak havoc on Charles’s current marriage to the no-nonsense Ruth, the play spirals into a delightful farce filled with witty banter, eccentric characters, and a whirlwind of ghostly chaos. With Coward’s signature sharp humor and clever dialogue, Blithe Spirit is a timeless comedy that explores the complexities of love, marriage, and the afterlife with a charmingly light touch.

TICKETS HERE

Reserved seating. Tickets $19.50.

*****

By Noël Coward
Directed by Trina Williamson

Cast: James Evans, Arianna Wells, Ashley Corbaley, Becky Eastgard, Peter Taafe, Ann Sveen, & Jillian Maynard.

Run dates: opens 11/1, closing 11/24

Occurrence #13 is a future world that is also like our current one. A disembodied voice instructs behavior; another defines geek and distinguishes it from nerd; a man instructs ChatGPT to analyze fragments of his memory and future memories, and an interpretation of a social media clip.

Occurrence is a program that combines old and new movement ideas, showcasing them together and offering new perspectives. It also allows different works to be performed simultaneously, creating exciting new moments and insights into familiar works and bringing joy to the newly arranged material.

TICKETS HERE

General admission seating. Tickets $27.50, with discounted ($12.50) tickets available. Select desired rate during checkout.

*****

Choreographed by Donald Byrd
Performed by Spectrum Dance Theater

Run dates: opens 10/31, closing 11/3

Venue accessibility info: Theatre is on second level, reachable only by significant flight of stairs. Restrooms are on first level, and are single-stall and gender-neutral.

(Different performance each day. See schedule below.) 

20 new works. 5 days. 20 Seattle playwrights. New Works Northwest features readings of groundbreaking new works in an intimate setting, where audiences can engage in the process of bringing stories from script to stage.

TICKETS HERE

General admission. All tickets are pay-what-you-choose ($5-$50). Select desired rate during checkout.

*****

Run dates: opens 10/30, closing 11/3 (see schedule below)

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose tickets available for all show dates

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & most common areas are wheelchair accessible. Restrooms are multi-stall and gender-neutral.

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

Solo Act: Monologues
10/30 @ 7

An electric evening of hot-off-the-presses monologues from 15 local playwrights on the theme “The Choice.” From poignant to punchy, complex to cathartic, these pieces explode with energy, emotion, and enthusiasm. Curated in partnership with SCRiBLAB and Rain City Projects.

Featuring monologues by Tommer Peterson, Shanna Allman, Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth, Monique Hebert, Marcus Gorman & Kiki Penoyer, Anamaria Guerzon, Rachel Chin, Pamela Hobart Carter, Stacy D. Flood, Vanessa Miller, JW Marshall, Tess Berger, Aleks Merilo, Kate Danley, and M Yichao

Refugee Rhapsody 
11/1 @ 7 

By Yussef El Guindi
Directed by Anita Montgomery

Sakinah, a Middle Eastern American woman, is being evaluated by a mental health professional to determine her responsibility for a violent crime. What did she do to Emily, the rich heiress who tried to help Sakinah and her boyfriend? And more importantly — why did she do it? Featuring witty comedy and biting drama, this play explores how complex layers of race, class, and privilege collide in today’s culture.

Run Time: Approximately 90-100 minutes

Uhuru 
11/2 @ 4 

By Gloria Majule
Directed by Faith Bennett Russell

Mshale, a Mount Kilimanjaro tour guide, dreams of marrying a white woman and moving to the West. Sprite doesn’t like white people and sets out to decolonize what he deems “his mountain.” Henry and Frannie are white missionaries who claim to be Tanzanian. Uhuru is a dramedy that follows this unlikely foursome as they journey together to the roof of Africa.

Run Time: Approximately 90-100 minutes

Legacies: A Ghost Story 
11/2 @ 7

By Amontaine Aurore
Directed by Bretteney Beverly

The roof is caving in, the floorboards are shifting beneath her feet, and the walls crumble at the slightest touch. Cashew’s house is falling down around her, and she must get out before it collapses. As she packs to leave, she encounters buried memories: documents, memorabilia, and long-forgotten residents. A poetic and psychologically rich story of redemption.

Run Time: Approximately 90-100 minutes

Underwater Weather 
11/3 @ 4

By Holly Arsenault
in collaboration with the Young Core Company
Directed by Sunam Ellis

How do you save the world when the seas are rising, the forests are burning, and your roommate keeps eating your yogurt? Gregory Award-winning playwright Holly Arsenault (Undo, The Great Inconvenience), in collaboration with ACT’s Young Core Company, creates a world premiere play about activism and apathy, rage and hope, and the joy and agony of having to actually deal with the ones you’re trying to save.

Run Time: Approximately 80-90 minutes

Home 
11/3 @ 7

By Naghmeh Samini
Directed by Parmida Ziaei
Translated by Hossein Nazari & Ghazal Ghaziani
Co-presented with Seda Iranian Theatre Ensemble

Trapped in a shrinking house, an Iranian family of five lives in isolation, locked in separate rooms, revealing their loneliness, regrets, and their lack of communication only to the audience. Home offers a glimpse of what goes on inside an Iranian household, telling familiar stories of the fragility of the human psyche and the vulnerability of a family in a world that is breaking down.

Run Time: Approximately 90-100 minutes

Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python, and you have “The 39 Steps,” a fast-paced whodunit comedy. The 39 Steps follows the story of Richard Hannay, an ordinary man bored with the drudgery of life, until he is unwittingly drawn into a web of espionage and murder. As he tries to clear his name, Hannay embarks on a whirlwind adventure across England and Scotland, encountering a host of quirky characters, police chases, trains, a plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers, and even a little good old-fashioned romance.

TICKETS HERE

General admission. Tickets are $27.

*****

Adapted by Patrick Barlow
Directed by Chris Shea

Cast: Chris Clark, Mary Guthrie, Cindy Giese French, and Terry Boyd

Run dates: opens 10/17, closing 11/3

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose tickets available for shows on 10/24-27.

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & some common areas are wheelchair accessible. Restrooms are multi-stall and gendered.

(Different performance each day. See schedule below.) 

20 new works. 5 days. 20 Seattle playwrights. New Works Northwest features readings of groundbreaking new works in an intimate setting, where audiences can engage in the process of bringing stories from script to stage.

TICKETS HERE

General admission. All tickets are pay-what-you-choose ($5-$50). Select desired rate during checkout.

*****

Run dates: opens 10/30, closing 11/3 (see schedule below)

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose tickets available for all show dates

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & most common areas are wheelchair accessible. Restrooms are multi-stall and gender-neutral.

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

Solo Act: Monologues
10/30 @ 7

An electric evening of hot-off-the-presses monologues from 15 local playwrights on the theme “The Choice.” From poignant to punchy, complex to cathartic, these pieces explode with energy, emotion, and enthusiasm. Curated in partnership with SCRiBLAB and Rain City Projects.

Featuring monologues by Tommer Peterson, Shanna Allman, Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth, Monique Hebert, Marcus Gorman & Kiki Penoyer, Anamaria Guerzon, Rachel Chin, Pamela Hobart Carter, Stacy D. Flood, Vanessa Miller, JW Marshall, Tess Berger, Aleks Merilo, Kate Danley, and M Yichao

Refugee Rhapsody 
11/1 @ 7 

By Yussef El Guindi
Directed by Anita Montgomery

Sakinah, a Middle Eastern American woman, is being evaluated by a mental health professional to determine her responsibility for a violent crime. What did she do to Emily, the rich heiress who tried to help Sakinah and her boyfriend? And more importantly — why did she do it? Featuring witty comedy and biting drama, this play explores how complex layers of race, class, and privilege collide in today’s culture.

Run Time: Approximately 90-100 minutes

Uhuru 
11/2 @ 4 

By Gloria Majule
Directed by Faith Bennett Russell

Mshale, a Mount Kilimanjaro tour guide, dreams of marrying a white woman and moving to the West. Sprite doesn’t like white people and sets out to decolonize what he deems “his mountain.” Henry and Frannie are white missionaries who claim to be Tanzanian. Uhuru is a dramedy that follows this unlikely foursome as they journey together to the roof of Africa.

Run Time: Approximately 90-100 minutes

Legacies: A Ghost Story 
11/2 @ 7

By Amontaine Aurore
Directed by Bretteney Beverly

The roof is caving in, the floorboards are shifting beneath her feet, and the walls crumble at the slightest touch. Cashew’s house is falling down around her, and she must get out before it collapses. As she packs to leave, she encounters buried memories: documents, memorabilia, and long-forgotten residents. A poetic and psychologically rich story of redemption.

Run Time: Approximately 90-100 minutes

Underwater Weather 
11/3 @ 4

By Holly Arsenault
in collaboration with the Young Core Company
Directed by Sunam Ellis

How do you save the world when the seas are rising, the forests are burning, and your roommate keeps eating your yogurt? Gregory Award-winning playwright Holly Arsenault (Undo, The Great Inconvenience), in collaboration with ACT’s Young Core Company, creates a world premiere play about activism and apathy, rage and hope, and the joy and agony of having to actually deal with the ones you’re trying to save.

Run Time: Approximately 80-90 minutes

Home 
11/3 @ 7

By Naghmeh Samini
Directed by Parmida Ziaei
Translated by Hossein Nazari & Ghazal Ghaziani
Co-presented with Seda Iranian Theatre Ensemble

Trapped in a shrinking house, an Iranian family of five lives in isolation, locked in separate rooms, revealing their loneliness, regrets, and their lack of communication only to the audience. Home offers a glimpse of what goes on inside an Iranian household, telling familiar stories of the fragility of the human psyche and the vulnerability of a family in a world that is breaking down.

Run Time: Approximately 90-100 minutes

Kenneth has lived his entire life in the same small town. Every day he works at the bookstore, then shares happy hour Mai Tais with his best friend. And so what if his best friend is imaginary? Every day is the same, just the way Kenneth likes it — until he is laid off and his world is turned upside down. Thrown out of his comfort zone, Kenneth must find the courage to face his biggest fear: change. This intimate and offbeat new comedy by Eboni Booth tells a surprising story about one man’s leap of faith and the friends he makes along the way.

TICKETS HERE

Reserved seating. Ticket prices ($50-$86) vary by date and seat location. Pay-what-you-choose tickets for select dates (see info below).

*****

By Eboni Booth
Directed by Kaytlin McIntyre

Cast: Allyson Lee Brown, Rob Burgess, Andrew Lee Creech, Justin Huertas, and Stephen Tyrone Williams

Run dates: previews 10/24-29, opens 10/30, closing 11/24

Run time: 95 minutes, no intermission

Mask-required dates: 11/3 (evening)

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose tickets 10/24 & 10/25 (evenings) (see PWYC & discount ticket information here). Open-captioned show 11/7 (evening). Sensory-friendly show 11/9 (matinee). ASL interpreted & audio described show 11/16 (matinee).

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & common areas are wheelchair accessible. Restrooms are multi-stall, with both gendered and gender-neutral options; one single-stall gender-neutral restroom.

Theatre Off Jackson has been transformed into the Underworld itself for the union of Persephone and Hades — and you are invited. The Pomegranate Tree extends this honor to you mortals, who are usually forbidden in such divine spaces — but the myths you’ve read about these immortal beings have been mere whispers of the truth you’ll encounter. These gods, in all their conflict and longing, are more like you than you may think — and they’re in desperate need of your wisdom. Can you help them navigate love, death, and perhaps the hardest challenge of all, family?

This is a devised theatre piece disguised as a party, which asks you to dress up, enjoy libations, dance, and help craft the narrative anew each night. Our colorful cast of deities, some familiar, some strange, will transport you to an ethereal plane where your presence will make all the difference — whether you choose to engage with them directly, or observe them from afar.

TICKETS HERE

General admission. Tickets are $3-$66 (sliding-scale tickets available for all). Select desired rate during checkout.

*****

Created & directed by Suz Pontillo & Ayla Wren Wallace

Cast: Amber Tanaka, Angel Gao, James Schilling, Kendra Tamär Budd, Kenzie “Kit” Wells, Ksenia Boisvert, Liam He, Orianna O’Neill,​ Paula Wilson Nitka, Riley Gene, Sean Hendrickson, Steph Couturier, Walden Barnett Marcus, Logan West, Karis Ho, and Audrey Herold

Run dates: opens 10/25, closing 11/9

Mask & vaccine-required dates: 11/7 (evening)

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose tickets ($3+) available for all show dates.

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & some common areas are wheelchair accessible. (Historic building and interactive performance; contact theatre ahead of time to ensure accessibility needs will be met.) Restrooms are multi-stall and gender-neutral.

Plays on Tap returns with new play readings and events every first Tuesday, now at Jules Maes Saloon. Be a part of this quick and dirty play reading process that provides playwrights the opportunity to hear new works read out loud by professional actors and receive feedback from audiences.

Plays on tap for 2024 include:

Con-Veiled by Ejay Amor (3/5)
Madaling Sabihin (Easy to Say) by Alegra Batara
No More Candy by Mikki Gillette
Welcome to Betty’s Diner by Marcus Gorman
SKIN by Anamaria Guerzon
Peggy by Maggie Higginbothom

Doors at 7, reading at 7:30. Ages 21+

Location: back room at Jules Maes Saloon (5919 Airport Way S, Seattle)

Free admission, no tickets required. Info here.

Filled with bawdy wit, Love’s Labor’s Lost playfully provokes thought on love, gender, and the games people play.

Ever fallen in love when you really didn’t want to? Intent on intellectual study for himself and his companions, King Navarre proclaims three years of all work and no play — including no romance. On cue, a princess and her ladies arrive at court on a diplomatic mission, and the men can’t help falling head over heels. Will they decide to break their oaths to pursue love? (Spoiler: Yes.) And if they do, just how ridiculous can things get?

TICKETS HERE

Reserved seating. Ticket prices ($42-$71) vary by date and seat location. Discounted same-day rush tickets offered when available (see info here).

*****

By William Shakespeare
Directed by Janet Hayatshahi

Cast: Jesse Calixto, Ana María Campoy, Rolando Cardona, Adrian Cerrato, Anamaria Guerzon, Morgan Gwilym Tso, Tyson Prince Jenkins, Pearl Mei Lam, Donovan Mahannah, Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako, Beth Pollack, and Malex Reed

Run dates: previews 10/30-31, opens 11/1, closing 11/17

Mask-required dates: 11/9 (matinee)

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & common areas are wheelchair accessible. Restrooms are multi-stall and gendered.

More to learn: Post-show discussions following shows on 11/3 and 11/10 (matinees)

Kenneth has lived his entire life in the same small town. Every day he works at the bookstore, then shares happy hour Mai Tais with his best friend. And so what if his best friend is imaginary? Every day is the same, just the way Kenneth likes it — until he is laid off and his world is turned upside down. Thrown out of his comfort zone, Kenneth must find the courage to face his biggest fear: change. This intimate and offbeat new comedy by Eboni Booth tells a surprising story about one man’s leap of faith and the friends he makes along the way.

TICKETS HERE

Reserved seating. Ticket prices ($50-$86) vary by date and seat location. Pay-what-you-choose tickets for select dates (see info below).

*****

By Eboni Booth
Directed by Kaytlin McIntyre

Cast: Allyson Lee Brown, Rob Burgess, Andrew Lee Creech, Justin Huertas, and Stephen Tyrone Williams

Run dates: previews 10/24-29, opens 10/30, closing 11/24

Run time: 95 minutes, no intermission

Mask-required dates: 11/3 (evening)

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose tickets 10/24 & 10/25 (evenings) (see PWYC & discount ticket information here). Open-captioned show 11/7 (evening). Sensory-friendly show 11/9 (matinee). ASL interpreted & audio described show 11/16 (matinee).

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & common areas are wheelchair accessible. Restrooms are multi-stall, with both gendered and gender-neutral options; one single-stall gender-neutral restroom.

The Broadway sensation Wicked looks at what happened in the Land of Oz from a different angle. Long before Dorothy arrives, there is another young woman, born with emerald green skin, who’s smart, fiery, misunderstood, and possessing an extraordinary talent. When she meets a bubbly blonde who is exceptionally popular, their initial rivalry turns into the unlikeliest of friendships — until the world decides to call one “good,” and the other one “wicked.”

From the first electrifying note to the final breathtaking moment, Wicked — the untold story of the Witches of Oz — transfixes audiences with its wildly inventive story.

TICKETS HERE

Reserved seating. Ticket prices vary by seat and date.

*****

Run dates: on tour; Seattle performances start 11/6, closing 12/1

Accessibility dates: sensory friendly, ASL interpreted, & open captioned performance on 11/16 (matinee) (view info here); ASL interpreted & audio described performance on 11/17 (matinee); additional ASL interpreted performance on 11/23 (evening) (view all ASL interpreted shows and closest seating here); open captioned performances on 11/17 (evening) and 11/23 (matinee) (view all open captioned shows and closest seating here)

Theatre Off Jackson has been transformed into the Underworld itself for the union of Persephone and Hades — and you are invited. The Pomegranate Tree extends this honor to you mortals, who are usually forbidden in such divine spaces — but the myths you’ve read about these immortal beings have been mere whispers of the truth you’ll encounter. These gods, in all their conflict and longing, are more like you than you may think — and they’re in desperate need of your wisdom. Can you help them navigate love, death, and perhaps the hardest challenge of all, family?

This is a devised theatre piece disguised as a party, which asks you to dress up, enjoy libations, dance, and help craft the narrative anew each night. Our colorful cast of deities, some familiar, some strange, will transport you to an ethereal plane where your presence will make all the difference — whether you choose to engage with them directly, or observe them from afar.

TICKETS HERE

General admission. Tickets are $3-$66 (sliding-scale tickets available for all). Select desired rate during checkout.

*****

Created & directed by Suz Pontillo & Ayla Wren Wallace

Cast: Amber Tanaka, Angel Gao, James Schilling, Kendra Tamär Budd, Kenzie “Kit” Wells, Ksenia Boisvert, Liam He, Orianna O’Neill,​ Paula Wilson Nitka, Riley Gene, Sean Hendrickson, Steph Couturier, Walden Barnett Marcus, Logan West, Karis Ho, and Audrey Herold

Run dates: opens 10/25, closing 11/9

Mask & vaccine-required dates: 11/7 (evening)

Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose tickets ($3+) available for all show dates.

Venue accessibility info: Theatre & some common areas are wheelchair accessible. (Historic building and interactive performance; contact theatre ahead of time to ensure accessibility needs will be met.) Restrooms are multi-stall and gender-neutral.

The Broadway sensation Wicked looks at what happened in the Land of Oz from a different angle. Long before Dorothy arrives, there is another young woman, born with emerald green skin, who’s smart, fiery, misunderstood, and possessing an extraordinary talent. When she meets a bubbly blonde who is exceptionally popular, their initial rivalry turns into the unlikeliest of friendships — until the world decides to call one “good,” and the other one “wicked.”

From the first electrifying note to the final breathtaking moment, Wicked — the untold story of the Witches of Oz — transfixes audiences with its wildly inventive story.

TICKETS HERE

Reserved seating. Ticket prices vary by seat and date.

*****

Run dates: on tour; Seattle performances start 11/6, closing 12/1

Accessibility dates: sensory friendly, ASL interpreted, & open captioned performance on 11/16 (matinee) (view info here); ASL interpreted & audio described performance on 11/17 (matinee); additional ASL interpreted performance on 11/23 (evening) (view all ASL interpreted shows and closest seating here); open captioned performances on 11/17 (evening) and 11/23 (matinee) (view all open captioned shows and closest seating here)

In this family drama, a grieving widower must accept his wife’s death to save himself and his relationship with his daughter.

David loves his wife, Gillian. Unfortunately, she died two years ago. David deals with his grief by continuing his romance with her “ghost” during walks on the beach at night. While David lives in the past, other family problems crop up in the present. Brother Paul and sister-in-law Esther visit to try to help David’s daughter, Rachel. She has lost her mother and needs her father to snap back into the real world for her sake.

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General admission. Tickets are $14-$18, based on show date.

*****

By Michael Brady
Directed by Paul Fouhy

Run dates: opens 10/25, closing 11/10