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Chase D. Anderson October 19, 2023October 22, 2023 Andrew Lee Creech, Dedra D. Woods, Jonelle Jordan, Seattle, Taproot Theatre, The Hansberry Project, Tim Gouran, Valerie Curtis-Newton, Yusef Seevers

Freedom Is Calling (Out of Dodge)

The world premiere of a Seattle playwright’s latest is among the best plays of the year. Last Drive to Dodge runs at Taproot Theatre through 10/21.

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Chase D. Anderson June 17, 2022September 3, 2022 Amanda Petrowski, Conner Neddersen, Dedra D. Woods, Desdemona Chiang, Ian Wight, Jag, James Lynch, Jasmine Joshua, Karen Lund, Kate Jaeger, Kelly Rogers Flynt, Larry Shue, Maggie Lee, Marianne Savell, Mary Leedy, Matthew Posner, Taproot Theatre, The 5th Avenue Theatre, The Phoenix Theatre

The Thrust: Someone’s Pulling Our Leg With These Shows

Three comedies hit the right notes. The original musical ‘And So That Happened …’ and the farce ‘The Nerd’ close this weekend; the lightly risque ‘Skin Flick’ runs through the following week.

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Chase D. Anderson August 21, 2019August 25, 2019 Dedra D. Woods, Grant Chapman, Kemiyondo Coutinho, Lamar Legend, Lee LeBreton, Madeleine Lambert, Max Rosenak, Richard Prioleau, Ryan Guzzo Purcell, The Williams Project, Washington Hall, William Saroyan

Have the ‘Time of Your Life’! — or, What the Actual #!@% Just Happened

By the show’s end, the latest adventure from The Williams Project had all the makings of a disaster. Its difference may be its salvation.

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Chase D. Anderson August 13, 2019August 25, 2019 Dedra D. Woods, Grant Chapman, Kemiyondo Coutinho, Lamar Legend, Lee LeBreton, Madeleine Lambert, Max Rosenak, Richard Prioleau, Ryan Guzzo Purcell, Tennessee Williams, The Williams Project, Washington Hall

Ambitious ‘Small Craft Warnings’ Aims for Immersive, But Hasn’t Found Its Own Sense of Place

The latest from the inventive Williams Project and the first of its two “Bar Plays” this summer, ‘Small Craft Warnings’ centers on adrift characters. But the production winds up feeling adrift instead.