Cindy Giese French

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It’s My Funeral, and I’ll Laugh If I Want To

As If Theatre Company deals in expansive topics through small and specific human stories. Its latest, a sharp British comedy, follows that theme but cranks up the laughs — a feat in a show about death. ‘Colder Than Here’ runs through March 30 in Kenmore.

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The Thrust: In This Week’s Shows, the Rules Are What You Make Them

In two shows this week, strong female leads see their safe, comfortable social orders challenged. ‘The Cake’ from As If Theatre Company runs through 3/20 in Kenmore; and Village Theatre’s ‘The Book Club Play’ runs through 4/3 (in Issaquah) and 5/1 (in Everett).

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In ‘Kimberly Akimbo’, the Farcical and Familiar Combine in a Witty Family Tale

The latest from As If Theatre mixes humor and sadness in an unusual — but familiar — family tale, in which a teenager deals with self-centered parents, a drifter aunt, and a disease that advances her physical age far beyond her calendar years. ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ runs through October 20.

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‘Kenmore Quickies’: In Festivals of Shorts This Weekend, Local Cities Show Their Northwest Flavor

This weekend brought two lively slates, in two different media, of short, new works grounded here in the Northwest. One of such shows was As If Theatre Company’s brand-new ‘Kenmore Quickies’, a festival of locally-inspired 10-minute plays, which ends Sunday.

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