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| 12th Night at ACT Theatre - Pilar O'Connell, Cassie Q. Kohl, Malex Reed (Rosemary Dai Ross) |
It’s parks season in the PNW! Free park shows officially have
their kick-off at the July 9th-13th Seattle Outdoor Theatre
Festival at Volunteer Park (Greenstage.org for more details). Lots of comedy
this month on our stages. Get out yer calendars!
Set in the wholesome town of Sweet Apple, Ohio, songwriter Albert Peterson and his savvy secretary - and sweetheart - Rosie Alvarez, hatch a publicity stunt to send rock ‘n’ roll sensation Conrad Birdie off to the Army with a televised farewell kiss for one lucky fan. But when Conrad arrives, the quiet town erupts into chaos, teenage hysteria, and unexpected romance. Featuring iconic songs like “Put on a Happy Face,” and “A Lot of Livin’ to Do,” this fresh staging brings bold new energy to a beloved classic, celebrating the humor, heat, and hysteria of American pop culture.
www.5thavenue.org
Daphne and Ralph are young classics professors who have just made a discovery that's sure to turn them into academic superstars. But something goes disastrously wrong, and Daphne cries out in a panic, "Save me, gods of ancient Greece!"…and the gods actually appear! The Ivy League will never be the same as a pair of screwball deities encounters the carnal complexity of college coeds, campus capers, and conspicuous consumption.
www.tptedmonds.org
Viola is in love with Duke Orsino, who is in love with Olivia, who is in love with Cesario, who is actually...Viola. Seattle Shakespeare Company makes its debut at ACT Contemporary Theatre with a new joint production of this gender-fluid romp and treasured comedy. Setting the play in a hopeful post-WWII Italy, this gender-fluid romp and treasured comedy explores the diversity of love, reminding us how relevant Shakespeare remains today.
www.acttheatre.org
Since 1983, the NW New Works Festival (NWNW) has been a vibrant celebration of artists from all performance disciplines, showcasing the dynamic arts community of the Pacific Northwest. Witness groundbreaking performances and be among the first to experience the most forward-thinking and boundary-pushing art of today, enriching the cultural fabric of Seattle.
www.ontheboards.org
This festival of new works presents seven plays in development in a reading format. Join them to give feedback and participate in supporting new writing. Two Catchers – Brad Goren-Wilson, Aviatrix – Angela Poe Russell/Dione McClain-Freeney, La Tormenta – Ana Luz Zambrana/Aditya Joshi, wild, mysterious forces – M.K. Wessell, I never asked for a gofundme – Jayne Deely, The Last Rites of Uncle Manny – Coco Justino, God’s Favorite – Catherine Crimmins.
www.seattlepublictheater.org
Samantha O’Malley, 100% female human woman, is living happily in Butte, Montana when a carefully guarded family secret is unearthed. Not only does Sam have an estranged aunt no one has ever mentioned, but it turns out she's lesbian punk rock icon Vikki Vektor! Desperate to learn more about Vikki, Sam tumbles down an internet rabbit hole of LGBTQIA+ history and culture. Discovering the word "nonbinary" opens up a world that is simultaneously completely unknown and innately familiar to Sam, who decides to head to LA to find Vikki and learn what it means to queer.
www.reboottheatre.org
Playwright Lucy Prebble (HBO’s Succession) introduces two young volunteers, Tristan and Connie, who agree to take part in a clinical drug trial. Succumbing to the gravitational pull of attraction and love, however, Tristan and Connie manage to throw the trial off-course, much to the frustration of the clinicians involved. This funny, moving and perhaps surprisingly human play explores questions of sanity, neurology and the limits of medicine, alongside ideas of fate, loyalty and the inevitability of physical attraction.
www.artswest.org
A high-octane, sci-fi pop musical that dives headfirst into the pressures and anxieties of high school. When awkward outsider Jeremy Heere discovers "The Squip," a tiny supercomputer that promises to transform him into the coolest kid in school, he jumps at the chance. But as the Squip's influence grows, Jeremy begins to question the true cost of popularity. With a catchy pop-rock score and a razor-sharp script, this coming-of-age story explores themes of identity, friendship, and the dangers of conformity. It's a hilarious and thought-provoking ride that will leave you questioning what it really means to fit in.
www.secondstoryrep.org
Set in the East Village of New York City during the height of the AIDS crisis, and based loosely on Puccini’s La Boheme, this musical follows a year in the life of a group of young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York’s Lower East Side, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. Rent has become a pop cultural phenomenon, with songs that rock and a story that shaped a generation of audiences and taught us all to measure our life in love.
www.harlequinproductions.org
Something is wrong in the office. The taste of the coffee. The buzz of the fluorescents. Ever since we met, something has been undeniably… off. And how has nobody noticed that we look exactly the same? Step into a dimly-lit office, abandoned after a mysterious incident. How you watch is up to you: sit at a desk, walk the office floor, rummage through bankers’ boxes and kitchen cabinets. All the while, fragmentary interviews play off screens around you, while live action swirls behind conference room glass, peeling back the story of what took place.
www.witnessimmersive.com
Welcome to Camp Indigo Woods. (The alumni aren't thrilled about the name change, but it's really way more ~ inclusive ~ this way!) The campers are all finally asleep, and the lake is getting quiet. Crack a cold one, make a s'more, tell a scary story. Figure out what you're going to have to do in the morning to keep camp fun and safe without letting the kids find out about...well, you've seen the news. Follow a group of camp counselors trying to mold the leaders of tomorrow when tomorrow is looking bleaker and bleaker.
http://dachatheatre.com/grownups
After receiving an urgent plea from a stranger, Hercule Poirot whisks himself to the French seaside only to arrive a day too late. Paul Renauld has been found dead, and the scene of the crime is a golf course. Poirot sets out to solve the murder, uncovering a web of deception, hidden identities, and old grudges. Adapted by Stephen Dietz from an Agatha Christie novel classic mystery.
www.taproot.org
8 short plays in one evening plus an opportunity to vote for your favorites! The theme for 2025 is “CROSSROADS: a choice or event that changed courses.” Driftwood received 635 script submissions for this year’s festival, and the finalists were selected from submissions from around the globe.
www.edmondsdriftwoodplayers.org
An assembly of many of the free park shows produced by multiple companies. Red Eagle Soaring Native Youth Theatre, CSZ Seattle – improv’d Shakespeare, Thistle Theatre – Brother Coyote and Sister Fox, Greenstage – Much Ado About Nothing and Richard III and Backyard Bard, Penguin Productions – Out of Orbit, Emerald Theatre – some of The Importance of Being Earnest, Shakespeare NW, Dacha Theatre – The Grown Ups, Last Leaf Productions -Romeo & Juliet, The Seattle Sockeye – fight demonstration, Wooden O – As You Like It. See it all in one place!
www.greenstage.org
The hit Swedish musical about the life and times of IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad. Ingvar! is finally making its English language world premiere in Seattle. After a drastic downturn in the markets, brokers on the stock exchange ask, "What would Ingvar do?" Through song and dance, they look at the life of their financial hero, and contemplate how he went from the child of poor immigrants to being the 8th richest man in the world.
www.latitudetheatre.org
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