The Skin of Our Teeth @ Seattle Rep (Seattle Center)
Imagine: You’ve been married for 5,000 years, raised a couple of kids, and survived multiple catastrophic disasters. But with the world constantly teetering on the edge of collapse, would you have the strength to save the human race, over and over again? Join the Antrobus family on a time-bending romp from the age of the dinosaurs, to our 21st century election year, to what might just be the end of the world as we know it.
The production incorporates a “past, present, and future” approach to Wilder’s three-act cyclical structure, and pushes the play’s “fourth wall”-breaking meta-theatricality further. Act One is set in 1963, the year Seattle Rep was founded. Act Two is set in the summer of 2024, and Act Three in a not-too-distant future (amid special circumstances).
Featuring an epic-sized cast and dozens of community guest stars, Thornton Wilder’s action-packed comedy is a love letter to human endurance.
Reserved seating. Ticket prices ($30-$108) vary by date and seat location. Pay-what-you-choose tickets for select dates (see info below).
*****
By Thornton Wilder
Directed by Dámaso Rodríguez
Cast: Laura Crotte, Theodore Detrano, Sunam Ellis, Viviana Garza, Bradley Goodwill, Tim Gouran, Rachel Guyer-Mafune, Aaron Haskel, Sara Hennessy, Emily Kuroda, Carlos Lacámara, Ally Poole, Chip Sherman, Arlando Smith, & Mike Wu.
Joined by rotating casts of community members through Public Works (see schedules on ticketing page):
Blue ensemble cast: Dragonsong Clarke, Dalwyn Dean, Shelley Douma, Elsa Espino, Rachel Hansen, Cynthia Linet, Renee D McCoy, Jarawn Reyes, Kai Southard, Becky Summers, Sushma Thomas, Mike West, & Amy Youngblood.
Orange ensemble cast: Jen Eileen Adair, Khane Berry, Sarah L. Blum, Alicia Crain, Jenjen Douglass, Annie Jankovic, Angel (Hsiao-Ping) Li, Sean Morrin, Jennyfer Purswell, Diane Ste. Marie, Patrick Tolden, Glenda P. West, & Ann Marie Yoder.
Green ensemble cast: Cecelia Buchanan, Donna Cotner, Marcus Gorman, Coco Justino, Sarah Maker, Rainy Matyas, Calvin Mottaghinejad, Leila Mottaghinejad, Paul Otis, Josie Pornel, & Dolores Maria Rossman.
Run dates: previews 9/26-10/1, opens 10/2, closing 10/20
Run time: 2 hours 35 minutes, with 2 intermissions
Mask-required dates: 10/6 (evening)
Accessible show dates: Pay-what-you-choose tickets 9/26 & 10/13 (evenings) (see PWYC & discount ticket information here). Open-captioned show 10/10 (evening). ASL interpreted & audio described show 10/19 (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.
More to learn: View program, director’s note, and more on ticketing page here.