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Chase D. Anderson September 11, 2023October 1, 2023 ArtsWest, Jacquelyn Miedema, Nabilah Ahmed, Seattle, Zenaida Rose Smith

Dude, Where’s My Script?

When a script falls from the sky, it kicks off the careers of two of Hollywood’s biggest names — at least according to this celebrity satire. Matt & Ben performs at ArtsWest through 10/1.

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Chase D. Anderson June 11, 2023June 19, 2023 Alison Kozar, Aliza Goldstein, Jasmine Lomax, Kasper Cergol, Kay Taylor Yelinek, Seattle, The Shattered Glass Project, Theatre Off Jackson, Zenaida Rose Smith

Old Webs Are Hard to Shed in All New Cells

Breaking free from social webs, even chosen ones, isn’t so easy in this queer, geeky, world premiere play. It runs through June 18.

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Chase D. Anderson November 5, 2019November 23, 2019 Andrew Shanks, Christian Quinto, Corey McDaniel, James Ijames, Jennifer Ewing, Jonelle Jordan, Kelly Kitchens, Larissa FastHorse, Martyn G. Krouse, Seattle Public Theater, Shermona Mitchell, Tayo Talabi, Theatre22, Tyler Rogers, Zenaida Rose Smith

Of ‘Racial Tourism’ and ‘Enlightened Allies’: Two Plays Dig Into Cultural Commodification

Two strong productions, on now from Theatre22 and Seattle Public Theater, dive into hot topics around race, culture, and appropriation. They’re both comedic, thought-provoking, and very well done. ‘White’ runs through 11/9, and ‘The Thanksgiving Play’ closes 11/16.

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Chase D. Anderson August 4, 2019September 3, 2019 Adam Zopfi-Hulse, Annex Theatre, Capitol Hill, Catherine Blake Smith, Chad Ro, James Weidman, Kelleen Conway Blanchard, Madison Jade Jones, Mike Gilson, Pilar O'Connell, Sasha Bailey, Val Brunetto, Zenaida Rose Smith

An Absurdist Comedy in the Dark, ‘The Neverborn’ Feels Just Right for Our Times

The latest from prolific, sweetly-creepy playwright Kelleen Conway Blanchard hits all the right notes, in a comically disturbing play set in an eerily familiar fantastical parallel.