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Dacha’s production invites you to indulge in the numerous balls and parties of Austen’s landscape with an onstage seating option that plunges the audience into the heart of the action. Guests in immersive seats might act as a character’s confidante, help choose a character’s accessory, or even enjoy a punch toast with the leading lady. Riser seating is also available for more traditional theatre goers who prefer to watch the chaos unfold from the comfort of their seats.
www.dachatheatre.com/emma
Artist Michelle Matlock takes a journey through the icon, stereotype, and myth of the “Mammy” caricature, and its impact on contemporary American culture. This one-person play and conversation weaves the untold history of Nancy Green, the first woman to play “Aunt Jemima” at the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago, with the documented struggle that African American activists like Ida B. Wells fought to receive representation at that very same World’s Fair. www.intiman.org
Many small cultural and bilingual theater companies exist in our community. They join together for the first time for the inaugural Bellevue International Theatre Festival (BITFest) April 4-6, 2025. Gathered from Theatre33’s network of community theaters, companies from OR, CA, and British Columbia will offer curated one-act plays in various languages. Tickets will be sold per block in 2-play blocks on the stage of the Meydenbauer Center. Also available is a BITFest pass. The last block of shows will be scheduled for Sunday, 4/6/25 and the BITFest will culminate with an awards ceremony and a closing reception.
www.theatre33wa.org
Inspired by the clowning of Buster Keaton and the existential absurdism of Samuel Beckett, the ensemble and acclaimed playwright Trista Baldwin explore five clowns being shut out, in need, desperate to connect and vying for control of territory. Three simple platforms and a series of ladders connect or obstruct them all. Two stunning acrobats magically weave between personal vignettes that explore the issues of today's world.
www.seattlepublictheater.org
Former deep sea divas Coral and Oceana didn’t exactly have the “happily ever after” storybook lives that the two erstwhile mermaids dreamed of when they rescued their handsome young sailors and swam ashore 30 years ago. Talk about unhappy endings! Coral’s sailor, Fernando, took off with her treasure and returned home to his wife and four kids in Venezuela! Oceana’s dreamboat, Hans, hit the road with her treasure to live happily ever after with his boyfriend, Juergen, in Norway! When Coral and Oceana learn of a mermaid rescue involving a young Coast Guard Lieutenant whose car went off a nearby bridge, they dive into action to find the young, innocent mermaid and warn her about the perils and pitfalls of falling in love with mortal men who abscond with your gems, leaving you penniless with a broken heart and two skinny legs. Helped by their cousin Marina, who was unceremoniously dumped by the Captain when her treasure finally ran out, the three middle-aged former sea goddesses try to convince the young mermaid, Pearl, to hightail it back to the sea. But love, being what it is, gives Pearl some ideas of her own.
www.tptedmonds.org
SMC honors the iconic singer, songwriter and enduring LGBTQ+ ally with a brand-new show built entirely on music Dolly Parton created and performed including new arrangements of “Honky Tonk Angels,” “Jolene,” “Islands in the Stream,” and a mashup of hits from “Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.”
www.seattlechoruses.org
Mary Wallace and Athena are both seventeen-year-old fencers training for Nationals. Mary Wallace lives in a house in New Jersey, loves marine biology and practices at home. Athena lives in an apartment in New York City, takes acne medication and Athena is not her real name. Follow their journey from competitors to confidantes as they form a bond navigating the milestones of adolescence, training together only to learn the future is only certain for one of them.
www.artswest.org
Scott Shoemaker's :PROBED! is a hilarious supernatural comedy that “deeply probes” the depths of the UFO phenomena. Scott will be your host and guide for the evening, sharing strange and outrageous tales of Sasquatch, connections from beyond the grave, and everyday citizens who have been abducted by aliens... multiple times! You’ll be transported by this extraterrestrial comedy with songs, dance, and video that will leave you convinced that the truth is out there. WAY out there.
www.intiman.org
In a high-end hotel room in Cleveland in 1934, the city’s elite are eagerly awaiting the arrival of Tito Mirella (aka Il Stupendo), played by Kennan Miller, the famous Italian tenor who is to perform as the star in Pagliacci. After Tito arrives late, and through a hilarious series of mishaps, he is given a double dose of tranquilizers and passes out. This 1986 classic comedy is a fast-paced tale of overblown divas, mistaken identities, failed flings, slamming doors, and characters popping in and out of closets and doors like a Jack-in-the-Box.
www.redcurtainfoundation.org
Leo and Lucille Frank are a newlywed Jewish couple struggling to make a life in the old red hills of Georgia. When Leo is accused of an unspeakable crime, it propels them into an unimaginable test of faith, humanity, justice, and devotion. Riveting and gloriously hopeful, Parade reminds us that to love, we must truly see one another.
www.5thavenue.org
Get ready to be bombarded and dematerialized as Cherdonna doles out her favorite things through run-on sentences, story derailments, and surprise audience gifts. Look under your chair and jump out of your seat because someone is going to win a new car! Just kidding, but maybe a homemade cake just for you from the wacky wild woman herself. There will be dancing and singing and music and stories and maybe even a fun friend joining in for a surprise appearance. Cherdonna's going to be a supernova of love all over you, making you her newest favorite things.
www.intiman.org
Mari is about to open a career-defining show in her Miami art gallery, but when the paintings are stolen the day of the event, all hell breaks loose. Her movie star mother sweeps into town under suspicious pretenses, the intern picks up the wrong catering order, and her high school crush arrives in a most unexpected manner... Cue the wildest day ever! Part telenovela, part whodunnit, and all heart, Alexis Scheer’s outrageous new comedy will have you laughing one minute and wanting to hug your mom the next.
www.seattlerep.org
A new play by Abbie Cohen. A Christian boy in Texas becomes an Orthodox Jewish woman in New York. A true story about Abbie’s transitions.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-lost-object-by-abbie-cohen-tickets-1266868691359?aff=erelpanelorg
"We are what we eat." It's a mantra that devours the relationship of two Brits who are first united by a love of food: Bex, a working-class Black waitress who knows the world isn’t her oyster, and prefers to slurp down Top Noodle than try the upscale delicacy. Then there’s her white girlfriend Lori, a chef with big dreams to fix up (read: gentrify) a humble chicken shack with high-concept, hard-to-pronounce fare. Soup's not the only thing simmering; it’s got a powerful, hidden base of class, race, appropriation, family nostalgia, and righteousness. Opposites attract … but preparing meals with good intentions may be the very thing that poisons relationships.
www.soundtheatrecompany.org
Local playwright Ana Maria Campoy writes about writing. How do you break free of an assigned narrative? Meet Carmelita Colon, determined to do just that, challenging us to acquaint ourselves with assumed history and to reimagine what it means to reclaim our stories.
www.keycitypublictheatre.org
The Things Around Us is a dazzling new work from acclaimed multi-disciplinary artist, Ahamefule J. Oluo, that layers live music and narrative exploration to create an introspective evening about what connects us all. Combining experimental jazz, new music, Nigerian hi-life, and electronic looping with bizarre and darkly humorous accounts of strangers and acquaintances, Oluo draws out larger social and political meanings from those encounters, weaving together a tapestry of characters and existential inquiries. Featuring dynamic
multi-instrumental compositions using trumpet, clarinet, vocals, looping/effects pedals, and cardboard shipping boxes for percussion.
www.intiman.org
Hot off the tails of their last evening length performance Boys! Boys! Boys!, Drama Tops newest voyeuristic endeavor Dads explores Shane and Elby’s relationships to their fathers, their complex thoughts on becoming dads and community leaders, and their queer, male thoughts of “getting a Daddy” and “turning into a daddy”. Watch Drama Tops go from boys to dads in this heartfelt, bombastic, and faggy duet.
www.washingtonensemble.org
When two young lovers lock eyes across a crowded dance floor, their hearts are forever bound. But can their love survive the brutal blood feud that has torn apart their rival families, the Capulets and Montagues? The greatest love story of all time, Shakespeare’s classic Romeo and Juliet has captivated audiences and artists for centuries. Now, in a nation divided like no other time in recent history, the question posed by these two young people rings loud and long: can true love survive in a divided community?
www.harlequinproductions.org
Prolific local playwright Andrew Lee Creech introduces Morris Golden. While fighting the wave of financial instability brought on by The Great Recession of 2008, Golden reaches for answers as a mysterious change machine in his laundromat becomes an unexpected source of hope. Both tender and hilarious, each character's journey offers a poignant reflection of vulnerability, determination, and resilience.
www.acttheatre.org
Following her triumphant triple-extended New York run, Eddie Izzard performs her solo performance of Shakespeare's Hamlet at Seattle Rep for a limited run. The King of Denmark is dead and Prince Hamlet is determined to take revenge, initiating a cascade of events that will destroy both family and state. Infused with her signature wit and storytelling, Eddie will embody 23 characters in a very unique re-telling of the iconic play, portraying men, women, ghosts, scholars, tyrants, courtiers, lovers, fools, and poets.
www.seattlerep.org
Shorts festival of plays 18 minutes or shorter created by artists of color.
www.seattleopenartsplace.org
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