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Tuesday, July 15, 2025

July 2025 Theater Openings Update

Birds of Play by Tanya Gagné, Elena Brocade & Laura Lippert (photo Angie Ortaliza)
More shows to tell you about this month! Get out yer calendars!
 
Murder on the Links, Taproot Theatre, 7/9/25-8/16/25 (extended)
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
 
Birds of Play, a Cheeky Circus Caberet, Seattle Public Theater, 7/10-19/25
Joy Rides (Tanya Gagné) and her pet chicken Goldie (hot off their smashing debut on America’s Got Talent!) take you on a wild and whimsical adventure. Exploring and challenging forms of flight, fantasy, fashion, alchemy, mayhem, mastery and mystery delivers a joyful celebration of freedom and fearlessness. Get ready to shake a tail feather! 65 minutes. This show is performed with two variations: matinees for all ages with added magic and circus fun, and 7:30pm for 18 and over with adult language and burlesque.
www.seattlepublictheater.org
 
Much Ado About Nothing and Anima, Island Shakespeare Festival, 7/18/25-8/31/25 (at 5476 Maxwelton Road, Langley)
Two productions in repertory (alternating performances). MAAN: The sharp-tongued Beatrice and Benedick engage in a spirited battle of wits and hearts, while Hero, Beatrice’s gentle cousin, faces a trial of public shame and betrayal. Anima: In the layered elegance of 1890s Rome, Olga de Velaris, a painter, navigates the societal constraints of reputation, desire and survival. Amid a world that demands conformity, Olga defiantly declares, “You can't have my soul.”
www.islandshakespearefest.org
 
Ingvar!, Latitude Theatre, 7/26/25-8/24/25 (at Armory Center Theatre) (world premiere)
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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