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The Trojan Women, Civic Rep, 1/6-29/17 (at Slate Theater)
British playwright and poet Caroline Bird's radical
retelling of Euripides' The Trojan Women. Bird transports this famous anti-war
tragedy to the modern setting of a prison hospital. Beyond the prison walls,
Troy and its people burn. Inside the prison, the city’s captive women await
their fate. Their grief at what has been before will soon be drowned out by the
horror of what is to come.
Woody Sez: The Life
and Music of Woody Guthrie, Seattle
Repertory Theatre, 1/6-29/17
The legendary Woody Guthrie defined an American era of
social consciousness and political expression with songs such as "This
Land is Your Land" and "The Ballad of Tom Joad." This musical
portrait, featuring Woody's stirring ballads and joyous anthems, celebrates the
colorful life and rich musical legacy of America's great folk troubadour.
14/48: The World’s
Quickest Theater Festival, 14/48
Projects, 1/6,7,13,14/17 (at ACT Theatre)
14/48: The World’s Quickest Theater Festival operates under
a simple premise: 14 plays written, cast, directed, rehearsed, scored,
designed, and premiered in 48 hours. Since 1997, 14/48: TWQTF has premiered
over 800 new works.
Madame Dragon’s 60th
Birthday Party, Cafe Nordo and Sara
Porkalob, 1/12-22/17
Sara Porkalob
creates the next iteration of her family legend as Madame Dragon cordially
invites you to her 60th Birthday Bash at Nordo's Culinarium. Come celebrate the
life of this infamous Filipino gangster as she sings, dances, and kills her way
through 60 years of a life (mostly) well lived.
By Heart, On the Boards , 1/12-15/17
“When to the sessions of sweet silent thought / I summon up
remembrance of things past...” So begins a poetic revolution of willing
audience members, led by Portuguese artist and rebel Tiago Rodrigues from
Teatro Nacional D. Maria II. Rodrigues uses ingenious techniques to teach 10
audience members a Shakespeare sonnet in real time, this piece only ends when
all the soldiers know the words by heart. By
Heart is a piece about the importance of transmission, of the invisible
smuggling of words and ideas that only keeping a text in your memory can
provide
Every Five Minutes,
Washington Ensemble Theatre,
1/13-30/17 (at 12th Ave Arts)
Mo is finally home! But his memories haven’t quite caught up
with him. In a brutally disorienting and circular world of trauma and recovery,
Mo is pulled from one moment to the next in a fun house filled with memory,
cruelty, and enigmas, all while trying to enjoy his homecoming party. Wild and
wacky, Every Five Minutes documents
the effects of torture and the absurdity of living.
The (curious case of
the) Watson Intelligence, Ghost
Light Theatricals, 1/13/17-2/4/17 (at Ballard Underground)
In the Stoppardian world of the Watson Intelligence,
Madeleine George's human and dramatic play takes surprising turns. Both a love
story and a mystery, this show follows four different Watsons, throughout
history: a Victorian doctor and amateur detective, an inventor’s assistant, a
supercomputer and a member of the Geek Squad who is just here to help. Each is
played by one actor.
Mothers and Sons, ArtsWest, 1/18/17-2/11/17
The play takes place 20 years after the events in Terrence McNally's
1990 television play Andre's Mother. Katharine
Gerard lost her son to AIDS 20 years ago, and now Katherine visits her son's
partner, Cal, who has married Will. The two attempt to reconcile.
Proof, Strawberry Theatre Workshop,
1/19/17-2/18/17 (at 12th Ave Arts)
On the eve of her 25th birthday, a young woman’s brilliant
but unstable father—a famous mathematician—dies. His passing triggers volatile
emotions, the arrival of her estranged sister, and the attentions of a student
who seeks enlightenment in the scribblings the great man left behind. Over one
long weekend, a burgeoning romance and the discovery of one mysterious notebook
draw Catherine into the most difficult dilemma of all: how much of her father’s
madness—or genius—has she inherited?
The Snowy Day and
Other Stories, Seattle Children’s Theatre,
1/19/17-2/26/17 (ages 4+)
Produced by Children’s Theatre Company, Minneapolis, MN
Oh, the magic of a snowy day! Follow Peter and his friends
as they romp and play, starting snow ball fights and making snow angels in this
imaginative ode to childhood joys and the challenges of growing up. Packed with
humor and fun, this production uses wonderfully innovative shadow puppetry and
live action to celebrate Keats’ treasured characters.
The 39 Steps, Village Theatre, Issaquah: 1/19/17-2/26/17;
Everett: 3/3-26/17
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a
dash of Monty Python, and you have this fast-paced whodunit for anyone who
loves the magic of theatre. Over 150 zany characters are played by a talented
four-person cast. A riotous blend of performances and wildly inventive
stagecraft.
Bring Down the House,
Seattle Shakespeare Co., 1/24/17-3/12/17
In repertory: Part 1 (Throne of Treachery) and Part 2 (Crusade
of Chaos)
Seattle Shakes and upstart crow collective blend their
mastery of the Bard’s Henry VI Parts 1, 2
and 3 into a two part, all-female extravaganza. The power struggle for the
crown of England thunders onstage from battlefield betrayals to court
deceptions. England’s War of the Roses split a country in two along family and
political lines. “For me, the animosity between warring factions in Henry VI
reminds me of the polarization in modern day American politics,” said director
Rita Joshi. “At its core, Henry VI is about a massive civil war fought for
personal political goals.”
Guards At The Taj,
ACTLab, 1/27/17-2/4/17 (at ACT
Theatre)
What happens when the fight to preserve beauty goes so far,
it leaves you in a blood bath with your closest companion? This dark comedy,
written by Rajiv Joseph, explores a 17th century Indian myth about the Taj
Mahal in a poetic and existential duet between Humayun and Babur, two low
Imperial guards who are faced with the greatest moral test of their lives, and
maybe of the century.
My Man Godfrey, Theater Schmeater, 1/27/17-2/18/17
It’s Theater Schmeater’s 25th anniversary season! They’re doing
a script based on a 1930’s movie. Two sisters are tasked with finding a “forgotten
man,” and they find a homeless guy and each tries to convince him to come back
so one can win a prize. They offer him a job in their wealthy home as a butler,
and hilarity ensues. The family of the One Percent gets schooled by someone whose
net worth is zero.
Six Degrees of
Separation, Theatre9/12,
1/27/17-2/19/17
Theatre9/12 presents John Guare's play about a wealthy
Manhattan couple who are visited by a bloodied college student who turns out to
be Sidney Poitier's son – or is he?
The Cherry Orchard,
Seagull Project/ACTLab,
1/31/17-2/19/17 (opens 2/3/17)
Written when Russia was on the verge of an earth-shattering
revolution and Chekhov himself was in the grips of tuberculosis, the action of
the play takes place on a country estate outside of Moscow. Madame Ranevskaya,
her family, her friends, and her servants all are standing on the brink of
social, political and economic changes that will alter their lives forever. As
the older generation of family members and servants struggle to hold onto a
deteriorating way of life, the younger generation pushes onward toward an
uncertain future. By turns poignant and funny, serious and irreverent,
Chekhov’s play deftly illustrates that the only constant we face as human
beings is change.
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