THEATRE

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken

Presented by Tacoma Little Theatre at Tacoma Little Theatre

May 3-May 26, 2013

Directed by Maria Valenzuela
Age Rating: 13+ (Adult Language and Situations)
A down-and out skid row floral assistant becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood. Soon “Audrey II” grows into an ill-tempered, foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore who...

Bill and Peggy Hunt Playwrights Festival

Presented by Burien Little Theatre

May 3-May 26, 2013

All New Plays!!!!!

Brand-new works. Expect the unexpected and the very best from Washington State playwrights' imaginations. All plays are world premieres.

Grey Gardens

Presented by ACT - A Contemporary Theatre and 5th Avenue Theatre at ACT Theatre

March 16-May 26, 2013

Grey Gardens
Book by Doug Wright, Music by Scott Frankel, and Lyrics by Michael Korie
March 16 - May 26, 2013
A Co-Production with the 5th Avenue Theatre

Little Edie is a dazzling socialite on a downward spiral into a life of illusions and hoarded junk. Just exactly how did Jackie Kennedy’s cousin end up living...

Twisted Cabaret

Presented by Hale's Palladium

May 2-May 26, 2013

The stage is set for the big comedy varieté show, the theater is packed, the band is ready, but the tour bus with all the performers has broken down. Now Olivier must pull off the show of his life and perform all sixteen twisted variety acts himself, aided only by Flynch, his loyal hunchback assistant.

The show stars Frank Olivier...

Gloucester Blue

Presented by Harlequin Productions at State Theater

May 9-June 1, 2013

In the course of turning an old fish packing plant into an upscale dwelling, a wealthy developer discovers that his young wife may be having an affair with his contractor. Old acquaintances make wily rivals, and fresh paint can't hide the writing on the wall in this dark comedy of modern manners and menacing power tools.

The A/V Club

Presented by Seattle Actors Collective

May 31-June 1, 2013

The A/V Club. A comedy/improv written and directed by David Nance. Friday May 31 & Saturday June 1 at 10:30pm at Eclectic Theatre, 1214 10th Ave in Capitol Hill. Several high school students are forced to watch a cheesy movie (and hurl insults at it) in this late-night comedy show. It’s Mystery Science Theater 3000 meets The Breakfast...

Broadway Soiree

Presented by Icicle Creek Center for the Arts

June 1, 2013

Back by popular demand, this fundraiser for the Icicle Creek Theatre Festival will dazzle and delight you!

Enjoy wine and a delicious dinner, followed by a cast of top-notch Broadway and Pacific Northwest performers singing your favorites from Broadway's "Golden Age" -- and some new, contemporary songs as well!

Join us...

Hopeless

Presented by Seattle Shambhala Center

May 31-June 1, 2013

 A one woman celebration of exhaustion, uncertainty and the art of giving up hope

 

The...

Pinkalicious the Musical

Presented by SecondStory Repertory at SecondStory Repertory Theatre

May 17-June 2, 2013

Pinkalicious the Musical
Book & Lyrics by Victoria & Elizabeth Kann
Music & Lyrics by John Gregor
This is the tale, based on the popular book by Victoria Kann and Elizabeth Kann, of a little girl named Pinkalicious who can't stop eating pink cupcakes despite warnings from her parents. Her pink indulgence lands her...

The Vaudevillians with Jinkx Monsoon: The Big Seattle Sendoff Show!

Presented by Cornish College of the Arts at Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center

June 2, 2013

Hot off her stunning victory on RuPaul’s Drag Race, Jinkx Monsoon and Major Scales (both Cornish alums) hit the stage at the Cornish Playhouse at the Seattle Center for two performances of their musical comedy, The Vaudevillians. Seattle audiences have a rare opportunity to send Jinkx and Major Scales off to New York, where they’ve...

Two Rooms

Presented by Confrontational Theater Project

May 30-June 3, 2013

 Two Rooms is one of acclaimed playwright Lee Blessing's most recognized plays. A woman, Lainie, sits in an empty room and waits for news of her husband, a hostage in Lebanon. She imagines conversing with her husband, and deals with a representative of the State Department and a member of the press as she tries to find her way.

This...

Spring Play Festival 2013

Presented by Bainbridge Performing Arts Theater School at Bainbridge Performing Arts

June 6-June 8, 2013

June 6, 7 & 8: Aberown Studio presents BPA Theatre School Spring Play Festival 2013
Theatre School students join up for a three-day extravaganza and plays to delight audience members of all ages. From fairy tales and drama to Shakespearean comedy, BPA's Spring Play Festival has you covered! One ticket is good for admission to all the...

One Act Plays

Presented by University of Washington School of Drama at Penthouse Theatre

May 29-June 9, 2013

One Act Plays
by Tennessee Williams
directed by Tina Polzin & Leah Adcock-Starr

Presenting: The Long Goodbye, Hello From Bertha,Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen, Mister Paradise and Why Do You Smoke So Much, Lily

Tennessee Williams plays and screenplays have been seen by millions and received numerous...

THE LANGUAGE ARCHIVE

Presented by Seattle Public Theater and Seattle Public Theater

May 17-June 9, 2013

Speak the Speech
SPT presents the Seattle Premiere of Julia Cho’s
THE LANGUAGE ARCHIVE
at the Bathhouse Theater on Green Lake
May 17 – June 9, 2013

SEATTLE, WA– SPT is proud to present the Seattle Premiere of 2009 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Winner Julia...

CLOUD 9 by Caryl Churchill

Presented by RogueTheatrics at Center Theatre at The Armory

May 30-June 14, 2013

Rogue Theatrics presents this dark horse favorite which explores gender roles, sexuality and oppression in Victorian Africa and 1970's London. Not appropriate for kids under 12.

Directed by Shawn Main

Performance Dates:
May 30, 31 June 1, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14
All performances start at 7:30PM.

We cannot allow late...

The Twilight Zone: Live

Presented by Theater Schmeater at Theater Schmeater

May 17-June 15, 2013

 Theater Schmeater’s annual offering of TV’s most compelling series includes something for die-hard fans and Zones novices. From cold war paranoia, to playful space invaders, to tyrannical societies devouring their citizens, The Twilight Zone: Live! presents three episodes sure to ignite memories for some and nightmares for...

Bach at Leipzig

Presented by Taproot Theatre Company at Taproot Theatre

May 15-June 15, 2013

Bach at Leipzig
by Itamar Moses
May 17 – June 15
Previews May 15 & 16
Leipzig, 1722. Germany’s most renowned music director is dead at the keyboard. As the country’s greatest organists descend to vie for the job, melodies of rivalry, trickery and blackmail compose a fugue of plots and counterplots....

Sandbox One-Act Play Festival (SOAP Fest)

Presented by Members of The Sandbox Artists Collective at Erickson Theatre

June 13-June 15, 2013

Three nights only! The Sandbox One-Act Play Festival premieres four new works in one exciting evening. In Scot Augustson's Milwaukee, an aging mother struggles to communicate with her two grown sons, directed by Julie Beckman. A young woman and a former step-father figure try to redefine their relationship in ...dispose of me..., by...

Narnia (The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe)

Presented by Kitsap Forest Theater (Mountaineers Players) at Kitsap Forest Theater

May 26-June 16, 2013

We invite you to embark on a musical adventure as the first and most famous story of The Chronicles of Narnia comes to life on our unique stage. Join us in this enchanted world filled with creatures and spirits of myth and fable, both good and evil. The principal inhabitants of this magical kingdom are the intelligent talking...

NW New Works Festival 2013

Presented by On the Boards at On the Boards

June 7-June 16, 2013

Where else can you see NW artists taking big risks and redefining the regional arts ecology all the while creating some of the best experimental theater, music and dance?

The NW New Works festival is two weekends of performance that has been helping shape the future of art in the Pacific Northwest for 30 strong years. The lineup will be...

Take Action! The Business of Acting

Presented by RainShadow Coaching

May 14-June 18, 2013

CALLING ALL ACTORS!

Need more auditions?
Need more bookings?
Need an agent?

TAKE ACTION NOW!

This 6 week online live interactive class series presented by Carrie Williams, a certified Professional and Career coach with more than 12 years of experience in the Hollywood...

Mating Games

Presented by Seattle Playwrights' Collective at Annex Theatre

June 7-June 22, 2013

What draws us together romantically and sexually as human beings? Why are some mates preferable to others? What role do senses like smell and vision play in our selection of partners? These are just some of the provocative questions explored by the Seattle Playwrights’ Collective (SPC) in their next short play festival “Mating...

THE LARAMIE PROJECT

Presented by Tacoma Little Theatre at Tacoma Little Theatre

June 7-June 23, 2013

In October 1998 a twenty-one-year-old student at the University of Wyoming was kidnapped, severely beaten and left to die, tied to a fence in the middle of the prairie outside Laramie, Wyoming. THE LARAMIE PROJECT is a breaking theatrical collage that explores the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which we are...

Kaputnik

Presented by Phoenix Theatre at Phoenix Theatre

May 31-June 23, 2013

Dr. Myles Stanton and his bubbling assistant Blaine, who is obsessed with an invasion from Mars, are in charge of an obsolete observatory in the desert. On the evening of the launch of Sputnick, they notice a strange light in the sky. Three strangers arrive dressed in trench coats, fedoras and sunglasses, and involve the men in an international...

Tall Skinny Cruel Cruel Boys

Presented by Washington Ensemble Theatre

May 31-June 24, 2013

Mainstage:
Tall Skinny Cruel Cruel Boys
[World Premiere]
By Caroline V. McGraw
Directed by Jane Nichols
May 31-June 24, 2013

Brandy is the city’s most sought-after birthday party clown, and she’s never let her drinking, gambling, and bed-hopping interfere with her work—until now. Her...

National Theatre Live: This House

Presented by Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)

June 15-June 24, 2013

Part of our National Theatre Live series.

James Graham’s biting and energetic new play takes place in 1974, when the UK faces economic crisis and a hung parliament. In a political culture hostile to cooperation, votes are won or lost by one, there are fistfights in the bars, and sick MPs are carried through the lobby to register...

Chicago

Presented by Village Theatre

May 5-June 29, 2013

The longest running American musical in Broadway history, as well as an academy-award winning movie, Chicago has seduced audiences across the globe. Now, it’s set to knock you off your feet as the merry murderesses of the Cook County jail paint the town in this fresh new production. Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly have their sights set on fame...

Passengers by Sam Bobrick

Presented by Woodinville Repertory Theatre at Woodinville Repertory Theatre

June 7-June 29, 2013

 Woodinville Repertory Theatre is proud to present Passengers by Sam Bobrick. It is directed by Steve Cooper.
Four actors, a man and woman in their mid to late twenties and a man and woman in their mid to late forties, play seventeen characters in eight short scenes that take place in a small mid-western bus station. The scenes,...

The Horrible Lamb

Presented by Sauer Bauer Productions

June 14-June 29, 2013

After a sold out run at the 2012 Seattle Fringe Festival, Sauer Bauer Productions has revived this blasphemous musical about the miracle of entitlement. 

The Financial Lives of Poets

Presented by Book-It Repertory Theatre

June 7-June 30, 2013

PWYWs: Jun 7, 8 Preview: Jun 9, 11 Opening: Jun 12
By Jess Walter
Adapted and directed by Myra Platt

In this laugh-out-loud novel, Matt Prior’s life is coming apart at the seams. His repair strategies range from dumb to outright dangerous as he scrambles to keep his American Dream from going up in smoke.

Moon Over Buffalo

Presented by SecondStory Repertory at SecondStory Repertory Theatre

June 14-June 30, 2013

Moon Over Buffalo
by Ken Ludwig

Charlotte and George Hay, an acting couple not exactly the Lunts are on tour in Buffalo in 1953 with a repertory consisting of Cyrano de Bergerac "revised, one nostril version" and Noel Coward's Private Lives. This backstage farce by the author of Lend Me a Tenor brought Carol Burnett back...

National Theatre Live: The Audience

Presented by Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)

June 28-July 4, 2013

Helen Mirren reprises her Academy Award winning role as Queen Elizabeth II in the highly anticipated National Theatre production of The Audience, from writer Peter Morgan and director Stephen Daldry.

For sixty years Elizabeth II has met her Prime Minister for a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace. A meeting like no other in British...

LES MISERABLES

Presented by Ovation! Musical Theatre Bainbridge at Bainbridge HS Theatre

June 21-July 7, 2013

Tickets are on sale now for Ovation! Musical Theatre Bainbridge's new production of the Boublil/Schoenberg classic Les Miserables LES MISERABLES

Presented by Ovation! Musical Theatre Bainbridge at Bainbridge HS Theatre

June 21-July 7, 2013

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Bobby D and Peggy Lee: Together Again!

Presented by Bellevue Civic Theater at Meydenbauer Theatre

July 12-July 20, 2013

Show title: Bobby D and Peggy Lee: Together Again! On April 27, 1973 the final episode of THE BOBBY DARIN SHOW aired on NBC with Peggy Lee as the only guest. It was one of Darin's final performances, as he died 8 months later. Bellevue Civic Theatre is thrilled to partner with Purple Phoenix Productions to recapture the magic of that particular...

Evil Dead the Musical

Presented by Last Chance Productions

July 11-July 20, 2013

Five college students spend the weekend in an abandoned cabin in the woods, accidentally unleashing an evil terror.

You won't want to miss this hilarious live stage show that takes all the elements of the cult classic horror films, Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, and Army of Darkness and combines them to create one of the craziest theatrical...

The Big Bang

Presented by Key City Public Theatre at Key City Playhouse

June 26-July 21, 2013

An uproarious musical history of the world!

You’re invited to a swank Park Avenue apartment for the backer’s audition of Broadway’s next blockbuster ––
an 83.5 million dollar musical about the history of the entire universe!

Get ready for eighteen side-splitting numbers portraying...

THE MUSICAL ADVENTURES OF FLAT STANLEY JR.

Presented by Bainbridge Performing Arts at Bainbridge Performing Arts

July 25-July 27, 2013

July 25 - 27: Aberown Studio presents THE MUSICAL ADVENTURES OF FLAT STANLEY JR.
Longing to be extraordinary, Stanley Lambchop, an ordinary 10-year-old, is stunned one morning to wake up flat… really flat! Join him on his quest to become a three-dimensional boy once again! Performed by BPA Theatre School's Summer Production Camp...

Chicago

Presented by Village Theatre at Everett Performing Arts Center

July 5-July 28, 2013

The longest running American musical in Broadway history, as well as an academy-award winning movie, Chicago has seduced audiences across the globe. Now, it’s set to knock you off your feet as the merry murderesses of the Cook County jail paint the town in this fresh new production. Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly have their sights set on fame...

The EDGE Improv

Presented by Bainbridge Performing Arts at Bainbridge Performing Arts

May 4-August 3, 2013

May 4 | June 1 | July 6 | August 3: First Saturdays with The EDGE Improv
Join The EDGE for an ingeniously improvised evening of on-the-spot comedy, all from audience suggestions. For more than eighteen years, the troupe’s riotous antics have inspired rave reviews from audience members.
Production Sponsor: Puget Sound...

The Bard at IslandWood 2013: The Tempest

Presented by Bainbridge Performing Arts Shakespeare Society

August 1-August 8, 2013

August 1 & 3 - 8: The BPA Shakespeare Society presents The Bard at IslandWood; 2013 Play: The Tempest
The BPA Shakespeare Society will perform The Tempest for one week in August at the Creaky Tree Meadow on the campus of IslandWood. A story about magic, romance, and regret, The Tempest will entertain audiences of all ages, especially...

Arts in Nature Festival

Presented by Nature Consortium

August 10-August 11, 2013

The Arts in Nature Festival is an eclectic, multidisciplinary experience of music, dance, interactive arts, and sound in the woods of Seattle’s only campground. Festival-goers can experience works ranging from jazz, classical, indie rock, bluegrass, contemporary dance, marching bands, fire & wandering performances, and interactive...

The Secret Garden

Presented by Kitsap Forest Theater (Mountaineers Players) at Kitsap Forest Theater

July 27-August 18, 2013

This enchanting literary classic is reimagined in this brilliant musical that won 3 Tony® Awards on Broadway. The story follows 11 year-old Mary Lennox, orphaned in India, as she returns to Yorkshire to live with her embittered, reclusive Uncle Archibald and his invalid son, Colin. The estate’s many wonders include a magic garden...

Much Ado About Nothing

Presented by Key City Public Theatre

August 2-August 18, 2013

 A summertime family tradition... Bring your blanket, a picnic, and prepare to laugh.

Directed by Amanda Steurer

Love and jealousy run amok when a group of soldiers return victorious from the wars only to discover
that it’s much harder to triumph in the battle of the sexes!

A raucous...

39 Steps

Presented by Bellevue Civic Theater at Meydenbauer Theatre

September 13-September 21, 2013

Winner! 2 Tony® and Drama Desk Awards, 2008
Winner! Best New Comedy, Laurence Olivier Award, 2007

In this award-winning comedy treat, dashing Richard Hannay heroically attempts to solve the riddle of the 39 Steps before he is caught by crazy Nazi spies. Combine Hitchcock’s 1935 film masterpiece with a bit of Monty Python...

The Six Basic Rules

Presented by Key City Public Theatre at Key City Playhouse

October 3-October 20, 2013

Louise and James Pettigrew request the honor of your presence
for their six most outrageous attempts to achieve wedded bliss.
Will they make it to their Golden Anniversary…
Will they even make it all the way through their wedding night?
Are they completely off their rockers or will love prevail?

A...

ComedySportz Seattle

Presented by ComedySportz Seattle at The Ballard Underground

February 22-October 26, 2013

ComedySportz is a fun, fast-paced comedy show that’s great for everyone.  Come and witness the show that turns improv comedy into a sport.  At ComedySportz, you'll see two teams of comedians pitted against each other in a variety of games, in which they compete for audience laughter. 

Murder Mystery Show

Presented by The Dinner Detective - Seattle

May 25-October 26, 2013

Let me be the first to welcome you to our imaginative world of Interactive Audience Entertainment. Now the largest Murder Mystery Dinner Show in the United States,  Murder Mystery Show

Presented by The Dinner Detective - Seattle

May 25-October 26, 2013

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Zombie Town

Presented by Key City Public Theatre at Key City Playhouse

October 17-November 2, 2013

Zombies terrorize a small Texas town, but even scarier and more horrifying,
an elite troupe of theatre professionals arrives to document the event.

Do ya like zombies? No? Do ya like pretentious artistes?
Oh, come anyway, it’s really funny.

A hair-raising mockumentary!

National Theatre Live: Othello

Presented by Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)

October 26-November 4, 2013

The National Theatre presents a major new production of William Shakespeare's celebrated play about the destructive power of jealousy. Adrian Lester takes the title role, with Rory Kinnear as the duplicitous Iago.

Othello, newly married to Desdemona, is appointed leader of a major military operation....

Two Can Play by Lorin Howard

Presented by Outsiders Inn at The Ballard Underground

November 24, 2012-December 1, 2013

Two Can Play by L.A. playwright Lorin Howard is the story of Wallis Somerset (Heather Ward) an aging, invalid, reclusive writer who hires Alexander Porter (Tom Stewart) to be her caregiver. Initially, all seems normal enough, but it isn't long before there relationship becomes a potent cocktail of manipulation...