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Listings are currently limited to those based in King, Pierce, Snohomish, and Thurston Counties; and slowly expanding west and north (Kitsap, Jefferson, Skagit, and Whatcom counties). The below show listings will be updated as new information is received. If you have a professional, community theatre, dance, or fringe show coming up in Western Washington that’s not listed, please tell us about it.
Mama’s up early to prepare the perfect stew for a very important community meal. As the day rolls on, tempers go from a simmer to a boil, and secrets rise to the surface for three generations of Tucker women. When the violence hovering around the periphery of their lives begins to intrude upon the sanctity of the kitchen, mothers and daughters wrestle with loss and hope in this hilarious, haunting drama. Written by Zora Howard; directed by Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako.
ASL interpreted and audio described performance on 3/30 (matinee); see info here.
Previews 3/15-20; opens 3/21
Limited number of pay-what-you-choose advance tickets available for each performance. Rush tickets ($20) offered for all performances, if available. See discount ticket information here.
Tickets here.
Winter, 2001, Newark, NJ. Two DREAMers — pre-DACA — meet up on the fire escape, which happens most nights. Both undocumented teens, they grapple with life’s challenges, from family to their futures. When one becomes naturalized, she promises to marry the other so he can receive his papers and truly start his life. As time passes and their relationship shifts, both must confront what they are willing to sacrifice to live freely and belong. This searing and captivating new play by a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright asks what we’re willing to risk for those we love.
Written by Martyna Majok. Directed by Desdemona Chiang.
Accessibility: English open captioned performance on 3/14 (evening); sensory friendly performance on 3/16 (matinee); ASL interpreted and audio described performance on 3/30 (matinee).
Pay-what-you-choose tickets available for all performances by phone or in person; see info here.
Tickets here.
Families are funny. When Bill Cain moves home to help his failing mother, he encounters the unexpected humor and mystery of his family. Amidst doctor appointments and baseball games he begins to see how seemingly ordinary details become the life-giving rituals that shape our lives. For anyone who treasures the beauty in their imperfect family.
Pay-what-you-choose rush tickets at 3/27 show.
Tickets here.
Winter, 2001, Newark, NJ. Two DREAMers — pre-DACA — meet up on the fire escape, which happens most nights. Both undocumented teens, they grapple with life’s challenges, from family to their futures. When one becomes naturalized, she promises to marry the other so he can receive his papers and truly start his life. As time passes and their relationship shifts, both must confront what they are willing to sacrifice to live freely and belong. This searing and captivating new play by a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright asks what we’re willing to risk for those we love.
Written by Martyna Majok. Directed by Desdemona Chiang.
Accessibility: English open captioned performance on 3/14 (evening); sensory friendly performance on 3/16 (matinee); ASL interpreted and audio described performance on 3/30 (matinee).
Pay-what-you-choose tickets available for all performances by phone or in person; see info here.
Tickets here.
Prepare to laugh until it hurts with this musical spoof of the whodunit genre. Poking fun at the likes of Agatha Christie murder mysteries, in Something’s Afoot, 10 people are stranded in an isolated country estate during a raging thunderstorm and are picked off, one by one, with cleverly fiendish devices. As bodies pile up, the survivors frantically race to solve the mystery. Join in the tomfoolery of this farcical, raucous, and outrageous show. Book, music, and lyrics by James McDonald, David Voss, and Robert Gerlach; additional music by Ed Linderman.
Accessibility: ASL interpreted and open captioned performance on 3/24 (matinee); additional open captioned performance on 3/15 (evening); audio described performance on 3/23 (matinee). See accessibility info, dates, and seating information here.
Tickets here.
Mama’s up early to prepare the perfect stew for a very important community meal. As the day rolls on, tempers go from a simmer to a boil, and secrets rise to the surface for three generations of Tucker women. When the violence hovering around the periphery of their lives begins to intrude upon the sanctity of the kitchen, mothers and daughters wrestle with loss and hope in this hilarious, haunting drama. Written by Zora Howard; directed by Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako.
ASL interpreted and audio described performance on 3/30 (matinee); see info here.
Previews 3/15-20; opens 3/21
Limited number of pay-what-you-choose advance tickets available for each performance. Rush tickets ($20) offered for all performances, if available. See discount ticket information here.
Tickets here.
College: a time of freedom, of frivolity, of friskiness. Freshmen Lulu and Marianne test their limits as they party through the school year in search of their place in the world: Marianne is newly eighteen, while Lulu tries to reignite a spark with her boyfriend of 10 years. But when their drama-nerd-roommate Harriet brings in baggage from a student production of Measure for Measure, ideas of consent and manipulation start to seep into their lives.
Seattle favorite Keiko Green brings her sharp provocation and biting humor to a new play that puts contemporary discussions in direct conversation with one of the most problematic devices in Shakespeare. In the grand tradition of the problem plays, The Bed Trick has no answers, but will have you pondering the questions long after you leave the theatre.
Location: Center Theatre (Seattle Center Armory, lower level)
ASL interpreted performance on 4/4
Tickets ($41-$68, depending on day) here.
$10 rush tickets (if tickets remain) available for all performances; see Groundling tickets info here.
Two sisters and a dog live out their lives on the bleak English moors, dreaming of love and power. The arrival of a hapless governess and a moor-hen set all three on a strange and dangerous path. The Moors is a dark comedy about love, desperation, and visibility. Written by Jen Silverman; directed by Annie Lareau.
Tickets $10-$100 (sliding scale available for all) here.
Duo Comedy Showcase is Seattle’s only public open-mic for improv. Two-person teams doing what they do best: creating spontaneous scenes on the fly that are so hilarious, quick-witted, and perfectly constructed, it’s hard to believe they are made up on the spot. At Duos, newer improvisers have an opportunity to improve while professional improvisers practice and try new things. Who knows, you might even want to join them. Every Wednesday.
Location: Unexpected Productions, at the Gum Wall in the Market
Tickets ($11) here.
Prepare to laugh until it hurts with this musical spoof of the whodunit genre. Poking fun at the likes of Agatha Christie murder mysteries, in Something’s Afoot, 10 people are stranded in an isolated country estate during a raging thunderstorm and are picked off, one by one, with cleverly fiendish devices. As bodies pile up, the survivors frantically race to solve the mystery. Join in the tomfoolery of this farcical, raucous, and outrageous show. Book, music, and lyrics by James McDonald, David Voss, and Robert Gerlach; additional music by Ed Linderman.
Accessibility: ASL interpreted and open captioned performance on 3/24 (matinee); additional open captioned performance on 3/15 (evening); audio described performance on 3/23 (matinee). See accessibility info, dates, and seating information here.
Tickets here.
This wacky, intelligent, highly unconventional musical points ahead to Stephen Sondheim’s groundbreaking work in the 1970s, even as it keeps a foot firmly rooted in musical theatre’s “golden age.” Anyone Can Whistle tells the story of a corrupt mayoress who fakes a miracle to revitalize her bankrupt town, and the ill-fated romance between the rational nurse, out to expose the fraud, and the easygoing doctor who is determined to enjoy the chaos that it brings. An unconventional satire of small-town life.
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Arthur Laurents. Directed by Jasmine Joshua, music directed by Kaelee Bolme, choreographed by Harry Turpin. Co-presented by Reboot Theatre Company and Theatre Off Jackson.
Tickets $6-$106 (sliding scale available for all) here.
Families are funny. When Bill Cain moves home to help his failing mother, he encounters the unexpected humor and mystery of his family. Amidst doctor appointments and baseball games he begins to see how seemingly ordinary details become the life-giving rituals that shape our lives. For anyone who treasures the beauty in their imperfect family.
Pay-what-you-choose rush tickets at 3/27 show.
Tickets here.
Four years after its originally scheduled PNB premiere, Alejandro Cerrudo’s complete One Thousand Pieces will finally take the stage. Cerrudo’s large-scale ensemble work, inspired by the artist Marc Chagall and featuring music from Philip Glass, is paired with the revelry and joy of Matthew Neenan’s made-for-PNB Bacchus in a double-bill that promises to be unforgettable.
Pay-what-you-choose performance on 3/21. (See PWYC and discount ticket info here.)
Show info, cast lists (subject to change), and advance tickets here.
Winter, 2001, Newark, NJ. Two DREAMers — pre-DACA — meet up on the fire escape, which happens most nights. Both undocumented teens, they grapple with life’s challenges, from family to their futures. When one becomes naturalized, she promises to marry the other so he can receive his papers and truly start his life. As time passes and their relationship shifts, both must confront what they are willing to sacrifice to live freely and belong. This searing and captivating new play by a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright asks what we’re willing to risk for those we love.
Written by Martyna Majok. Directed by Desdemona Chiang.
Accessibility: English open captioned performance on 3/14 (evening); sensory friendly performance on 3/16 (matinee); ASL interpreted and audio described performance on 3/30 (matinee).
Pay-what-you-choose tickets available for all performances by phone or in person; see info here.
Tickets here.
Supercell is an evening-length multidisciplinary quintet performance responding to climate consciousness, media sensationalism, desensitization, & environmental collapse. The title refers to supercells, large storms of deep, persistent updrafts often resulting in many tornadoes. While supercells are terrifying, ominous, and harbingers of great damage, they are simultaneously breathtaking environmental events when witnessed from afar. The effect is similar to sensationalist media, instantly amplifying catastrophic events for an insatiable public consumption. The work asks the question, how do we cultivate hope during continually uncertain times?
Fusing corporeal mime techniques, contemporary and improvisational dance frameworks, live vocalization/spoken text, electronic/sample based music and interactive technology/set design, Supercell builds a potent and tangible world on stage. Performers’ interactions have corresponding effects within their performance environment as they navigate a world in the midst of fallout from environmental collapse and toxic sensationalization. The amplified breaths and vocalizations of the dancers as a chorus function as a motif articulating the toxic environment’s effects on their bodies.
Location: 12th Avenue Arts (1620 12th Ave.)
Tickets (when available) and show info here.
Prepare to laugh until it hurts with this musical spoof of the whodunit genre. Poking fun at the likes of Agatha Christie murder mysteries, in Something’s Afoot, 10 people are stranded in an isolated country estate during a raging thunderstorm and are picked off, one by one, with cleverly fiendish devices. As bodies pile up, the survivors frantically race to solve the mystery. Join in the tomfoolery of this farcical, raucous, and outrageous show. Book, music, and lyrics by James McDonald, David Voss, and Robert Gerlach; additional music by Ed Linderman.
Accessibility: ASL interpreted and open captioned performance on 3/24 (matinee); additional open captioned performance on 3/15 (evening); audio described performance on 3/23 (matinee). See accessibility info, dates, and seating information here.
Tickets here.
Mama’s up early to prepare the perfect stew for a very important community meal. As the day rolls on, tempers go from a simmer to a boil, and secrets rise to the surface for three generations of Tucker women. When the violence hovering around the periphery of their lives begins to intrude upon the sanctity of the kitchen, mothers and daughters wrestle with loss and hope in this hilarious, haunting drama. Written by Zora Howard; directed by Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako.
ASL interpreted and audio described performance on 3/30 (matinee); see info here.
Previews 3/15-20; opens 3/21
Limited number of pay-what-you-choose advance tickets available for each performance. Rush tickets ($20) offered for all performances, if available. See discount ticket information here.
Tickets here.
College: a time of freedom, of frivolity, of friskiness. Freshmen Lulu and Marianne test their limits as they party through the school year in search of their place in the world: Marianne is newly eighteen, while Lulu tries to reignite a spark with her boyfriend of 10 years. But when their drama-nerd-roommate Harriet brings in baggage from a student production of Measure for Measure, ideas of consent and manipulation start to seep into their lives.
Seattle favorite Keiko Green brings her sharp provocation and biting humor to a new play that puts contemporary discussions in direct conversation with one of the most problematic devices in Shakespeare. In the grand tradition of the problem plays, The Bed Trick has no answers, but will have you pondering the questions long after you leave the theatre.
Location: Center Theatre (Seattle Center Armory, lower level)
ASL interpreted performance on 4/4
Tickets ($41-$68, depending on day) here.
$10 rush tickets (if tickets remain) available for all performances; see Groundling tickets info here.
Two sisters and a dog live out their lives on the bleak English moors, dreaming of love and power. The arrival of a hapless governess and a moor-hen set all three on a strange and dangerous path. The Moors is a dark comedy about love, desperation, and visibility. Written by Jen Silverman; directed by Annie Lareau.
Tickets $10-$100 (sliding scale available for all) here.
Four strangers are invited to participate in a focus group where they are asked to watch a trailer about an infamous hidden-camera prankster. Despite being told “Your opinion matters!” they suddenly begin to wonder if they themselves are the subject of a sick joke or a life threatening disaster.
Written by Jesse Calixto. Directed by Catherine Blake Smith.
Tickets when available (sliding scale available for all) and show info here.
From Ancient Greece to the wild American frontier, Our Country brings origin myths down to earth in an intimate portrait of a complex sibling relationship. Inspired by Sophocles’ Antigone, artist Annie Saunders sets off on an autobiographical journey, using recreations of recorded conversations with her outlaw brother. The past unfurls, enveloping them and the audience. Inside this shape-shifting space, the two face each other at their most primal. Our Country excavates the past to rethink the present, recalling a time when we were young – as individuals, as a nation, as a democratic system. How far have we really come?
Tickets here.
This wacky, intelligent, highly unconventional musical points ahead to Stephen Sondheim’s groundbreaking work in the 1970s, even as it keeps a foot firmly rooted in musical theatre’s “golden age.” Anyone Can Whistle tells the story of a corrupt mayoress who fakes a miracle to revitalize her bankrupt town, and the ill-fated romance between the rational nurse, out to expose the fraud, and the easygoing doctor who is determined to enjoy the chaos that it brings. An unconventional satire of small-town life.
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Arthur Laurents. Directed by Jasmine Joshua, music directed by Kaelee Bolme, choreographed by Harry Turpin. Co-presented by Reboot Theatre Company and Theatre Off Jackson.
Tickets $6-$106 (sliding scale available for all) here.
Families are funny. When Bill Cain moves home to help his failing mother, he encounters the unexpected humor and mystery of his family. Amidst doctor appointments and baseball games he begins to see how seemingly ordinary details become the life-giving rituals that shape our lives. For anyone who treasures the beauty in their imperfect family.
Pay-what-you-choose rush tickets at 3/27 show.
Tickets here.
Four years after its originally scheduled PNB premiere, Alejandro Cerrudo’s complete One Thousand Pieces will finally take the stage. Cerrudo’s large-scale ensemble work, inspired by the artist Marc Chagall and featuring music from Philip Glass, is paired with the revelry and joy of Matthew Neenan’s made-for-PNB Bacchus in a double-bill that promises to be unforgettable.
Pay-what-you-choose performance on 3/21. (See PWYC and discount ticket info here.)
Show info, cast lists (subject to change), and tickets here.
Winter, 2001, Newark, NJ. Two DREAMers — pre-DACA — meet up on the fire escape, which happens most nights. Both undocumented teens, they grapple with life’s challenges, from family to their futures. When one becomes naturalized, she promises to marry the other so he can receive his papers and truly start his life. As time passes and their relationship shifts, both must confront what they are willing to sacrifice to live freely and belong. This searing and captivating new play by a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright asks what we’re willing to risk for those we love.
Written by Martyna Majok. Directed by Desdemona Chiang.
Accessibility: English open captioned performance on 3/14 (evening); sensory friendly performance on 3/16 (matinee); ASL interpreted and audio described performance on 3/30 (matinee).
Pay-what-you-choose tickets available for all performances by phone or in person; see info here.
Tickets here.
Supercell is an evening-length multidisciplinary quintet performance responding to climate consciousness, media sensationalism, desensitization, & environmental collapse. The title refers to supercells, large storms of deep, persistent updrafts often resulting in many tornadoes. While supercells are terrifying, ominous, and harbingers of great damage, they are simultaneously breathtaking environmental events when witnessed from afar. The effect is similar to sensationalist media, instantly amplifying catastrophic events for an insatiable public consumption. The work asks the question, how do we cultivate hope during continually uncertain times?
Fusing corporeal mime techniques, contemporary and improvisational dance frameworks, live vocalization/spoken text, electronic/sample based music and interactive technology/set design, Supercell builds a potent and tangible world on stage. Performers’ interactions have corresponding effects within their performance environment as they navigate a world in the midst of fallout from environmental collapse and toxic sensationalization. The amplified breaths and vocalizations of the dancers as a chorus function as a motif articulating the toxic environment’s effects on their bodies.
Location: 12th Avenue Arts (1620 12th Ave.)
Tickets (when available) and show info here.
Prepare to laugh until it hurts with this musical spoof of the whodunit genre. Poking fun at the likes of Agatha Christie murder mysteries, in Something’s Afoot, 10 people are stranded in an isolated country estate during a raging thunderstorm and are picked off, one by one, with cleverly fiendish devices. As bodies pile up, the survivors frantically race to solve the mystery. Join in the tomfoolery of this farcical, raucous, and outrageous show. Book, music, and lyrics by James McDonald, David Voss, and Robert Gerlach; additional music by Ed Linderman.
Accessibility: ASL interpreted and open captioned performance on 3/24 (matinee); additional open captioned performance on 3/15 (evening); audio described performance on 3/23 (matinee). See accessibility info, dates, and seating information here.
Tickets here.
Mama’s up early to prepare the perfect stew for a very important community meal. As the day rolls on, tempers go from a simmer to a boil, and secrets rise to the surface for three generations of Tucker women. When the violence hovering around the periphery of their lives begins to intrude upon the sanctity of the kitchen, mothers and daughters wrestle with loss and hope in this hilarious, haunting drama. Written by Zora Howard; directed by Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako.
ASL interpreted and audio described performance on 3/30 (matinee); see info here.
Previews 3/15-20; opens 3/21
Limited number of pay-what-you-choose advance tickets available for each performance. Rush tickets ($20) offered for all performances, if available. See discount ticket information here.
Tickets here.
College: a time of freedom, of frivolity, of friskiness. Freshmen Lulu and Marianne test their limits as they party through the school year in search of their place in the world: Marianne is newly eighteen, while Lulu tries to reignite a spark with her boyfriend of 10 years. But when their drama-nerd-roommate Harriet brings in baggage from a student production of Measure for Measure, ideas of consent and manipulation start to seep into their lives.
Seattle favorite Keiko Green brings her sharp provocation and biting humor to a new play that puts contemporary discussions in direct conversation with one of the most problematic devices in Shakespeare. In the grand tradition of the problem plays, The Bed Trick has no answers, but will have you pondering the questions long after you leave the theatre.
Location: Center Theatre (Seattle Center Armory, lower level)
ASL interpreted performance on 4/4
Tickets ($41-$68, depending on day) here.
$10 rush tickets (if tickets remain) available for all performances; see Groundling tickets info here.
Two sisters and a dog live out their lives on the bleak English moors, dreaming of love and power. The arrival of a hapless governess and a moor-hen set all three on a strange and dangerous path. The Moors is a dark comedy about love, desperation, and visibility. Written by Jen Silverman; directed by Annie Lareau.
Tickets $10-$100 (sliding scale available for all) here.
Four strangers are invited to participate in a focus group where they are asked to watch a trailer about an infamous hidden-camera prankster. Despite being told “Your opinion matters!” they suddenly begin to wonder if they themselves are the subject of a sick joke or a life threatening disaster.
Written by Jesse Calixto. Directed by Catherine Blake Smith.
Tickets when available (sliding scale available for all) and show info here.
From Ancient Greece to the wild American frontier, Our Country brings origin myths down to earth in an intimate portrait of a complex sibling relationship. Inspired by Sophocles’ Antigone, artist Annie Saunders sets off on an autobiographical journey, using recreations of recorded conversations with her outlaw brother. The past unfurls, enveloping them and the audience. Inside this shape-shifting space, the two face each other at their most primal. Our Country excavates the past to rethink the present, recalling a time when we were young – as individuals, as a nation, as a democratic system. How far have we really come?
Tickets here.
Theatresports at Unexpected Productions is Seattle’s popular weekly, high-stakes, competitive improv comedy show. Based on audience suggestions, two teams of incredible improvisers rumble, creating exciting fast-paced improv games, hilarious stories, scenes, and songs right on the spot and in the moment. Boo the judges as they award points to each team. At the end of the night, one team is declared a winner, the audience member with the suggestion walks out with a prize. Every Friday and Saturday.
Location: Unexpected Productions, at the Gum Wall in the Market
Tickets here.
A PNB premiere, featuring Harold and his trusty crayon. This hour-long, narrated production features performances by PNB School students and is the perfect introduction to ballet for any young patron. Bring the whole family and watch as Harold draws, and dances through, a landscape full of wonder and excitement.
Sensory friendly performance on 3/30.
Tickets here.
Prepare to laugh until it hurts with this musical spoof of the whodunit genre. Poking fun at the likes of Agatha Christie murder mysteries, in Something’s Afoot, 10 people are stranded in an isolated country estate during a raging thunderstorm and are picked off, one by one, with cleverly fiendish devices. As bodies pile up, the survivors frantically race to solve the mystery. Join in the tomfoolery of this farcical, raucous, and outrageous show. Book, music, and lyrics by James McDonald, David Voss, and Robert Gerlach; additional music by Ed Linderman.
Accessibility: ASL interpreted and open captioned performance on 3/24 (matinee); additional open captioned performance on 3/15 (evening); audio described performance on 3/23 (matinee). See accessibility info, dates, and seating information here.
Tickets here.
Want more audio described theatre? See NWTheatre’s complete calendar of audio described performances here.
From Ancient Greece to the wild American frontier, Our Country brings origin myths down to earth in an intimate portrait of a complex sibling relationship. Inspired by Sophocles’ Antigone, artist Annie Saunders sets off on an autobiographical journey, using recreations of recorded conversations with her outlaw brother. The past unfurls, enveloping them and the audience. Inside this shape-shifting space, the two face each other at their most primal. Our Country excavates the past to rethink the present, recalling a time when we were young – as individuals, as a nation, as a democratic system. How far have we really come?
Tickets here.
This wacky, intelligent, highly unconventional musical points ahead to Stephen Sondheim’s groundbreaking work in the 1970s, even as it keeps a foot firmly rooted in musical theatre’s “golden age.” Anyone Can Whistle tells the story of a corrupt mayoress who fakes a miracle to revitalize her bankrupt town, and the ill-fated romance between the rational nurse, out to expose the fraud, and the easygoing doctor who is determined to enjoy the chaos that it brings. An unconventional satire of small-town life.
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Arthur Laurents. Directed by Jasmine Joshua, music directed by Kaelee Bolme, choreographed by Harry Turpin. Co-presented by Reboot Theatre Company and Theatre Off Jackson.
Tickets $6-$106 (sliding scale available for all) here.
Families are funny. When Bill Cain moves home to help his failing mother, he encounters the unexpected humor and mystery of his family. Amidst doctor appointments and baseball games he begins to see how seemingly ordinary details become the life-giving rituals that shape our lives. For anyone who treasures the beauty in their imperfect family.
Pay-what-you-choose rush tickets at 3/27 show.
Tickets here.
Mama’s up early to prepare the perfect stew for a very important community meal. As the day rolls on, tempers go from a simmer to a boil, and secrets rise to the surface for three generations of Tucker women. When the violence hovering around the periphery of their lives begins to intrude upon the sanctity of the kitchen, mothers and daughters wrestle with loss and hope in this hilarious, haunting drama. Written by Zora Howard; directed by Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako.
ASL interpreted and audio described performance on 3/30 (matinee); see info here.
Previews 3/15-20; opens 3/21
Limited number of pay-what-you-choose advance tickets available for each performance. Rush tickets ($20) offered for all performances, if available. See discount ticket information here.
Tickets here.
A PNB premiere, featuring Harold and his trusty crayon. This hour-long, narrated production features performances by PNB School students and is the perfect introduction to ballet for any young patron. Bring the whole family and watch as Harold draws, and dances through, a landscape full of wonder and excitement.
Sensory friendly performance on 3/30.
Tickets here.
This wacky, intelligent, highly unconventional musical points ahead to Stephen Sondheim’s groundbreaking work in the 1970s, even as it keeps a foot firmly rooted in musical theatre’s “golden age.” Anyone Can Whistle tells the story of a corrupt mayoress who fakes a miracle to revitalize her bankrupt town, and the ill-fated romance between the rational nurse, out to expose the fraud, and the easygoing doctor who is determined to enjoy the chaos that it brings. An unconventional satire of small-town life.
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Arthur Laurents. Directed by Jasmine Joshua, music directed by Kaelee Bolme, choreographed by Harry Turpin. Co-presented by Reboot Theatre Company and Theatre Off Jackson.
Tickets $6-$106 (sliding scale available for all) here.
Families are funny. When Bill Cain moves home to help his failing mother, he encounters the unexpected humor and mystery of his family. Amidst doctor appointments and baseball games he begins to see how seemingly ordinary details become the life-giving rituals that shape our lives. For anyone who treasures the beauty in their imperfect family.
Pay-what-you-choose rush tickets at 3/27 show.
Tickets here.
Four years after its originally scheduled PNB premiere, Alejandro Cerrudo’s complete One Thousand Pieces will finally take the stage. Cerrudo’s large-scale ensemble work, inspired by the artist Marc Chagall and featuring music from Philip Glass, is paired with the revelry and joy of Matthew Neenan’s made-for-PNB Bacchus in a double-bill that promises to be unforgettable.
Pay-what-you-choose performance on 3/21. (See PWYC and discount ticket info here.)
Show info, cast lists (subject to change), and tickets here.
Winter, 2001, Newark, NJ. Two DREAMers — pre-DACA — meet up on the fire escape, which happens most nights. Both undocumented teens, they grapple with life’s challenges, from family to their futures. When one becomes naturalized, she promises to marry the other so he can receive his papers and truly start his life. As time passes and their relationship shifts, both must confront what they are willing to sacrifice to live freely and belong. This searing and captivating new play by a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright asks what we’re willing to risk for those we love.
Written by Martyna Majok. Directed by Desdemona Chiang.
Accessibility: English open captioned performance on 3/14 (evening); sensory friendly performance on 3/16 (matinee); ASL interpreted and audio described performance on 3/30 (matinee).
Pay-what-you-choose tickets available for all performances by phone or in person; see info here.
Tickets here.
Supercell is an evening-length multidisciplinary quintet performance responding to climate consciousness, media sensationalism, desensitization, & environmental collapse. The title refers to supercells, large storms of deep, persistent updrafts often resulting in many tornadoes. While supercells are terrifying, ominous, and harbingers of great damage, they are simultaneously breathtaking environmental events when witnessed from afar. The effect is similar to sensationalist media, instantly amplifying catastrophic events for an insatiable public consumption. The work asks the question, how do we cultivate hope during continually uncertain times?
Fusing corporeal mime techniques, contemporary and improvisational dance frameworks, live vocalization/spoken text, electronic/sample based music and interactive technology/set design, Supercell builds a potent and tangible world on stage. Performers’ interactions have corresponding effects within their performance environment as they navigate a world in the midst of fallout from environmental collapse and toxic sensationalization. The amplified breaths and vocalizations of the dancers as a chorus function as a motif articulating the toxic environment’s effects on their bodies.
Location: 12th Avenue Arts (1620 12th Ave.)
Tickets (when available) and show info here.
Prepare to laugh until it hurts with this musical spoof of the whodunit genre. Poking fun at the likes of Agatha Christie murder mysteries, in Something’s Afoot, 10 people are stranded in an isolated country estate during a raging thunderstorm and are picked off, one by one, with cleverly fiendish devices. As bodies pile up, the survivors frantically race to solve the mystery. Join in the tomfoolery of this farcical, raucous, and outrageous show. Book, music, and lyrics by James McDonald, David Voss, and Robert Gerlach; additional music by Ed Linderman.
Accessibility: ASL interpreted and open captioned performance on 3/24 (matinee); additional open captioned performance on 3/15 (evening); audio described performance on 3/23 (matinee). See accessibility info, dates, and seating information here.
Tickets here.
Mama’s up early to prepare the perfect stew for a very important community meal. As the day rolls on, tempers go from a simmer to a boil, and secrets rise to the surface for three generations of Tucker women. When the violence hovering around the periphery of their lives begins to intrude upon the sanctity of the kitchen, mothers and daughters wrestle with loss and hope in this hilarious, haunting drama. Written by Zora Howard; directed by Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako.
ASL interpreted and audio described performance on 3/30 (matinee); see info here.
Previews 3/15-20; opens 3/21
Limited number of pay-what-you-choose advance tickets available for each performance. Rush tickets ($20) offered for all performances, if available. See discount ticket information here.
Tickets here.
College: a time of freedom, of frivolity, of friskiness. Freshmen Lulu and Marianne test their limits as they party through the school year in search of their place in the world: Marianne is newly eighteen, while Lulu tries to reignite a spark with her boyfriend of 10 years. But when their drama-nerd-roommate Harriet brings in baggage from a student production of Measure for Measure, ideas of consent and manipulation start to seep into their lives.
Seattle favorite Keiko Green brings her sharp provocation and biting humor to a new play that puts contemporary discussions in direct conversation with one of the most problematic devices in Shakespeare. In the grand tradition of the problem plays, The Bed Trick has no answers, but will have you pondering the questions long after you leave the theatre.
Location: Center Theatre (Seattle Center Armory, lower level)
ASL interpreted performance on 4/4
Tickets ($41-$68, depending on day) here.
$10 rush tickets (if tickets remain) available for all performances; see Groundling tickets info here.
Two sisters and a dog live out their lives on the bleak English moors, dreaming of love and power. The arrival of a hapless governess and a moor-hen set all three on a strange and dangerous path. The Moors is a dark comedy about love, desperation, and visibility. Written by Jen Silverman; directed by Annie Lareau.
Tickets $10-$100 (sliding scale available for all) here.
Four strangers are invited to participate in a focus group where they are asked to watch a trailer about an infamous hidden-camera prankster. Despite being told “Your opinion matters!” they suddenly begin to wonder if they themselves are the subject of a sick joke or a life threatening disaster.
Written by Jesse Calixto. Directed by Catherine Blake Smith.
Tickets when available (sliding scale available for all) and show info here.
From Ancient Greece to the wild American frontier, Our Country brings origin myths down to earth in an intimate portrait of a complex sibling relationship. Inspired by Sophocles’ Antigone, artist Annie Saunders sets off on an autobiographical journey, using recreations of recorded conversations with her outlaw brother. The past unfurls, enveloping them and the audience. Inside this shape-shifting space, the two face each other at their most primal. Our Country excavates the past to rethink the present, recalling a time when we were young – as individuals, as a nation, as a democratic system. How far have we really come?
Tickets here.
Theatresports at Unexpected Productions is Seattle’s popular weekly, high-stakes, competitive improv comedy show. Based on audience suggestions, two teams of incredible improvisers rumble, creating exciting fast-paced improv games, hilarious stories, scenes, and songs right on the spot and in the moment. Boo the judges as they award points to each team. At the end of the night, one team is declared a winner, the audience member with the suggestion walks out with a prize. Every Friday and Saturday.
Location: Unexpected Productions, at the Gum Wall in the Market
Tickets here.
Winter, 2001, Newark, NJ. Two DREAMers — pre-DACA — meet up on the fire escape, which happens most nights. Both undocumented teens, they grapple with life’s challenges, from family to their futures. When one becomes naturalized, she promises to marry the other so he can receive his papers and truly start his life. As time passes and their relationship shifts, both must confront what they are willing to sacrifice to live freely and belong. This searing and captivating new play by a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright asks what we’re willing to risk for those we love.
Written by Martyna Majok. Directed by Desdemona Chiang.
Accessibility: English open captioned performance on 3/14 (evening); sensory friendly performance on 3/16 (matinee); ASL interpreted and audio described performance on 3/30 (matinee).
Pay-what-you-choose tickets available for all performances by phone or in person; see info here.
Tickets here.
Four years after its originally scheduled PNB premiere, Alejandro Cerrudo’s complete One Thousand Pieces will finally take the stage. Cerrudo’s large-scale ensemble work, inspired by the artist Marc Chagall and featuring music from Philip Glass, is paired with the revelry and joy of Matthew Neenan’s made-for-PNB Bacchus in a double-bill that promises to be unforgettable.
Pay-what-you-choose performance on 3/21. (See PWYC and discount ticket info here.)
Show info, cast lists (subject to change), and tickets here.
Prepare to laugh until it hurts with this musical spoof of the whodunit genre. Poking fun at the likes of Agatha Christie murder mysteries, in Something’s Afoot, 10 people are stranded in an isolated country estate during a raging thunderstorm and are picked off, one by one, with cleverly fiendish devices. As bodies pile up, the survivors frantically race to solve the mystery. Join in the tomfoolery of this farcical, raucous, and outrageous show. Book, music, and lyrics by James McDonald, David Voss, and Robert Gerlach; additional music by Ed Linderman.
Accessibility: ASL interpreted and open captioned performance on 3/24 (matinee); additional open captioned performance on 3/15 (evening); audio described performance on 3/23 (matinee). See accessibility info, dates, and seating information here.
Tickets here.
Want more Deaf-friendly theatre? See NWTheatre’s complete calendar of ASL interpreted and open captioned performances here.
Supercell is an evening-length multidisciplinary quintet performance responding to climate consciousness, media sensationalism, desensitization, & environmental collapse. The title refers to supercells, large storms of deep, persistent updrafts often resulting in many tornadoes. While supercells are terrifying, ominous, and harbingers of great damage, they are simultaneously breathtaking environmental events when witnessed from afar. The effect is similar to sensationalist media, instantly amplifying catastrophic events for an insatiable public consumption. The work asks the question, how do we cultivate hope during continually uncertain times?
Fusing corporeal mime techniques, contemporary and improvisational dance frameworks, live vocalization/spoken text, electronic/sample based music and interactive technology/set design, Supercell builds a potent and tangible world on stage. Performers’ interactions have corresponding effects within their performance environment as they navigate a world in the midst of fallout from environmental collapse and toxic sensationalization. The amplified breaths and vocalizations of the dancers as a chorus function as a motif articulating the toxic environment’s effects on their bodies.
Location: 12th Avenue Arts (1620 12th Ave.)
Tickets (when available) and show info here.
Mama’s up early to prepare the perfect stew for a very important community meal. As the day rolls on, tempers go from a simmer to a boil, and secrets rise to the surface for three generations of Tucker women. When the violence hovering around the periphery of their lives begins to intrude upon the sanctity of the kitchen, mothers and daughters wrestle with loss and hope in this hilarious, haunting drama. Written by Zora Howard; directed by Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako.
ASL interpreted and audio described performance on 3/30 (matinee); see info here.
Previews 3/15-20; opens 3/21
Limited number of pay-what-you-choose advance tickets available for each performance. Rush tickets ($20) offered for all performances, if available. See discount ticket information here.
Tickets here.
College: a time of freedom, of frivolity, of friskiness. Freshmen Lulu and Marianne test their limits as they party through the school year in search of their place in the world: Marianne is newly eighteen, while Lulu tries to reignite a spark with her boyfriend of 10 years. But when their drama-nerd-roommate Harriet brings in baggage from a student production of Measure for Measure, ideas of consent and manipulation start to seep into their lives.
Seattle favorite Keiko Green brings her sharp provocation and biting humor to a new play that puts contemporary discussions in direct conversation with one of the most problematic devices in Shakespeare. In the grand tradition of the problem plays, The Bed Trick has no answers, but will have you pondering the questions long after you leave the theatre.
Location: Center Theatre (Seattle Center Armory, lower level)
ASL interpreted performance on 4/4
Tickets ($41-$68, depending on day) here.
$10 rush tickets (if tickets remain) available for all performances; see Groundling tickets info here.
Two sisters and a dog live out their lives on the bleak English moors, dreaming of love and power. The arrival of a hapless governess and a moor-hen set all three on a strange and dangerous path. The Moors is a dark comedy about love, desperation, and visibility. Written by Jen Silverman; directed by Annie Lareau.
Tickets $10-$100 (sliding scale available for all) here.
Winter, 2001, Newark, NJ. Two DREAMers — pre-DACA — meet up on the fire escape, which happens most nights. Both undocumented teens, they grapple with life’s challenges, from family to their futures. When one becomes naturalized, she promises to marry the other so he can receive his papers and truly start his life. As time passes and their relationship shifts, both must confront what they are willing to sacrifice to live freely and belong. This searing and captivating new play by a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright asks what we’re willing to risk for those we love.
Written by Martyna Majok. Directed by Desdemona Chiang.
Accessibility: English open captioned performance on 3/14 (evening); sensory friendly performance on 3/16 (matinee); ASL interpreted and audio described performance on 3/30 (matinee).
Pay-what-you-choose tickets available for all performances by phone or in person; see info here.
Tickets here.
Mama’s up early to prepare the perfect stew for a very important community meal. As the day rolls on, tempers go from a simmer to a boil, and secrets rise to the surface for three generations of Tucker women. When the violence hovering around the periphery of their lives begins to intrude upon the sanctity of the kitchen, mothers and daughters wrestle with loss and hope in this hilarious, haunting drama. Written by Zora Howard; directed by Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako.
ASL interpreted and audio described performance on 3/30 (matinee); see info here.
Previews 3/15-20; opens 3/21
Limited number of pay-what-you-choose advance tickets available for each performance. Rush tickets ($20) offered for all performances, if available. See discount ticket information here.
Tickets here.
Families are funny. When Bill Cain moves home to help his failing mother, he encounters the unexpected humor and mystery of his family. Amidst doctor appointments and baseball games he begins to see how seemingly ordinary details become the life-giving rituals that shape our lives. For anyone who treasures the beauty in their imperfect family.
Pay-what-you-choose rush tickets at 3/27 show.
Tickets here.
Families are funny. When Bill Cain moves home to help his failing mother, he encounters the unexpected humor and mystery of his family. Amidst doctor appointments and baseball games he begins to see how seemingly ordinary details become the life-giving rituals that shape our lives. For anyone who treasures the beauty in their imperfect family.
Pay-what-you-choose rush tickets at 3/27 show.
Tickets here.
Families are funny. When Bill Cain moves home to help his failing mother, he encounters the unexpected humor and mystery of his family. Amidst doctor appointments and baseball games he begins to see how seemingly ordinary details become the life-giving rituals that shape our lives. For anyone who treasures the beauty in their imperfect family.
Pay-what-you-choose rush tickets available for this performance; see info here.
Tickets here.
Winter, 2001, Newark, NJ. Two DREAMers — pre-DACA — meet up on the fire escape, which happens most nights. Both undocumented teens, they grapple with life’s challenges, from family to their futures. When one becomes naturalized, she promises to marry the other so he can receive his papers and truly start his life. As time passes and their relationship shifts, both must confront what they are willing to sacrifice to live freely and belong. This searing and captivating new play by a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright asks what we’re willing to risk for those we love.
Written by Martyna Majok. Directed by Desdemona Chiang.
Accessibility: English open captioned performance on 3/14 (evening); sensory friendly performance on 3/16 (matinee); ASL interpreted and audio described performance on 3/30 (matinee).
Pay-what-you-choose tickets available for all performances by phone or in person; see info here.
Tickets here.
Mama’s up early to prepare the perfect stew for a very important community meal. As the day rolls on, tempers go from a simmer to a boil, and secrets rise to the surface for three generations of Tucker women. When the violence hovering around the periphery of their lives begins to intrude upon the sanctity of the kitchen, mothers and daughters wrestle with loss and hope in this hilarious, haunting drama. Written by Zora Howard; directed by Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako.
ASL interpreted and audio described performance on 3/30 (matinee); see info here.
Previews 3/15-20; opens 3/21
Limited number of pay-what-you-choose advance tickets available for each performance. Rush tickets ($20) offered for all performances, if available. See discount ticket information here.
Tickets here.
College: a time of freedom, of frivolity, of friskiness. Freshmen Lulu and Marianne test their limits as they party through the school year in search of their place in the world: Marianne is newly eighteen, while Lulu tries to reignite a spark with her boyfriend of 10 years. But when their drama-nerd-roommate Harriet brings in baggage from a student production of Measure for Measure, ideas of consent and manipulation start to seep into their lives.
Seattle favorite Keiko Green brings her sharp provocation and biting humor to a new play that puts contemporary discussions in direct conversation with one of the most problematic devices in Shakespeare. In the grand tradition of the problem plays, The Bed Trick has no answers, but will have you pondering the questions long after you leave the theatre.
Location: Center Theatre (Seattle Center Armory, lower level)
ASL interpreted performance on 4/4
Tickets ($41-$68, depending on day) here.
$10 rush tickets (if tickets remain) available for all performances; see Groundling tickets info here.
Duo Comedy Showcase is Seattle’s only public open-mic for improv. Two-person teams doing what they do best: creating spontaneous scenes on the fly that are so hilarious, quick-witted, and perfectly constructed, it’s hard to believe they are made up on the spot. At Duos, newer improvisers have an opportunity to improve while professional improvisers practice and try new things. Who knows, you might even want to join them. Every Wednesday.
Location: Unexpected Productions, at the Gum Wall in the Market
Tickets ($11) here.
Mama’s up early to prepare the perfect stew for a very important community meal. As the day rolls on, tempers go from a simmer to a boil, and secrets rise to the surface for three generations of Tucker women. When the violence hovering around the periphery of their lives begins to intrude upon the sanctity of the kitchen, mothers and daughters wrestle with loss and hope in this hilarious, haunting drama. Written by Zora Howard; directed by Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako.
ASL interpreted and audio described performance on 3/30 (matinee); see info here.
Previews 3/15-20; opens 3/21
Limited number of pay-what-you-choose advance tickets available for each performance. Rush tickets ($20) offered for all performances, if available. See discount ticket information here.
Tickets here.
Families are funny. When Bill Cain moves home to help his failing mother, he encounters the unexpected humor and mystery of his family. Amidst doctor appointments and baseball games he begins to see how seemingly ordinary details become the life-giving rituals that shape our lives. For anyone who treasures the beauty in their imperfect family.
Pay-what-you-choose rush tickets at 3/27 show.
Tickets here.
Winter, 2001, Newark, NJ. Two DREAMers — pre-DACA — meet up on the fire escape, which happens most nights. Both undocumented teens, they grapple with life’s challenges, from family to their futures. When one becomes naturalized, she promises to marry the other so he can receive his papers and truly start his life. As time passes and their relationship shifts, both must confront what they are willing to sacrifice to live freely and belong. This searing and captivating new play by a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright asks what we’re willing to risk for those we love.
Written by Martyna Majok. Directed by Desdemona Chiang.
Accessibility: English open captioned performance on 3/14 (evening); sensory friendly performance on 3/16 (matinee); ASL interpreted and audio described performance on 3/30 (matinee).
Pay-what-you-choose tickets available for all performances by phone or in person; see info here.
Tickets here.
Once upon a time, a curse befell a princess, placing her in a deep and dreamful sleep. In Sleeping Beauty and the Bear Prince, Noveltease Theatre journeys into a dreamworld of faeries, witches, beasts, and magic, inspired by fairy tales and folklore from around the world, told in the company’s signature literary burlesque format.
Adapted by Anya Knees and Fosse Jack; choreographed by Fosse Jack; directed by Lyam White. Featuring Noveltease company members Onyx Asili, Scarlett Folds, Anya Knees, Al Lykya, Ramona Rhapsody, Carson St. Clair, Sailor St. Claire, and Miss Elaine Yes, and special guest Willy Nilly.
Tickets ($27, or pay-what-you-choose offered to all) here.
Mama’s up early to prepare the perfect stew for a very important community meal. As the day rolls on, tempers go from a simmer to a boil, and secrets rise to the surface for three generations of Tucker women. When the violence hovering around the periphery of their lives begins to intrude upon the sanctity of the kitchen, mothers and daughters wrestle with loss and hope in this hilarious, haunting drama. Written by Zora Howard; directed by Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako.
ASL interpreted and audio described performance on 3/30 (matinee); see info here.
Previews 3/15-20; opens 3/21
Limited number of pay-what-you-choose advance tickets available for each performance. Rush tickets ($20) offered for all performances, if available. See discount ticket information here.
Tickets here.
College: a time of freedom, of frivolity, of friskiness. Freshmen Lulu and Marianne test their limits as they party through the school year in search of their place in the world: Marianne is newly eighteen, while Lulu tries to reignite a spark with her boyfriend of 10 years. But when their drama-nerd-roommate Harriet brings in baggage from a student production of Measure for Measure, ideas of consent and manipulation start to seep into their lives.
Seattle favorite Keiko Green brings her sharp provocation and biting humor to a new play that puts contemporary discussions in direct conversation with one of the most problematic devices in Shakespeare. In the grand tradition of the problem plays, The Bed Trick has no answers, but will have you pondering the questions long after you leave the theatre.
Location: Center Theatre (Seattle Center Armory, lower level)
ASL interpreted performance on 4/4
Tickets ($41-$68, depending on day) here.
$10 rush tickets (if tickets remain) available for all performances; see Groundling tickets info here.
Two sisters and a dog live out their lives on the bleak English moors, dreaming of love and power. The arrival of a hapless governess and a moor-hen set all three on a strange and dangerous path. The Moors is a dark comedy about love, desperation, and visibility. Written by Jen Silverman; directed by Annie Lareau.
Tickets $10-$100 (sliding scale available for all) here.
Set during the Cold War, Chess is a story of love and political intrigue, centered on two grandmasters — one American, one Russian — and a woman who serves as a manager to one of the players but falls in love with the other. Music by ABBA songwriters Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus; lyrics by Tim Rice. Directed by Richard Gray.
Location: Raisbeck Performance Hall (2015 Boren Ave.)
Tickets here.
Families are funny. When Bill Cain moves home to help his failing mother, he encounters the unexpected humor and mystery of his family. Amidst doctor appointments and baseball games he begins to see how seemingly ordinary details become the life-giving rituals that shape our lives. For anyone who treasures the beauty in their imperfect family.
Pay-what-you-choose rush tickets at 3/27 show.
Tickets here.
Winter, 2001, Newark, NJ. Two DREAMers — pre-DACA — meet up on the fire escape, which happens most nights. Both undocumented teens, they grapple with life’s challenges, from family to their futures. When one becomes naturalized, she promises to marry the other so he can receive his papers and truly start his life. As time passes and their relationship shifts, both must confront what they are willing to sacrifice to live freely and belong. This searing and captivating new play by a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright asks what we’re willing to risk for those we love.
Written by Martyna Majok. Directed by Desdemona Chiang.
Accessibility: English open captioned performance on 3/14 (evening); sensory friendly performance on 3/16 (matinee); ASL interpreted and audio described performance on 3/30 (matinee).
Pay-what-you-choose tickets available for all performances by phone or in person; see info here.
Tickets here.
Once upon a time, a curse befell a princess, placing her in a deep and dreamful sleep. In Sleeping Beauty and the Bear Prince, Noveltease Theatre journeys into a dreamworld of faeries, witches, beasts, and magic, inspired by fairy tales and folklore from around the world, told in the company’s signature literary burlesque format.
Adapted by Anya Knees and Fosse Jack; choreographed by Fosse Jack; directed by Lyam White. Featuring Noveltease company members Onyx Asili, Scarlett Folds, Anya Knees, Al Lykya, Ramona Rhapsody, Carson St. Clair, Sailor St. Claire, and Miss Elaine Yes, and special guest Willy Nilly.
Tickets ($27, or pay-what-you-choose offered to all) here.