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| Outside Mullingar (courtesy As If Theatre) |
October looks like fun on our stages with quite a number of world premieres and a few shows with murder and mystery. Get out yer calendars!
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| The Coast Starlight (Michael Brunk) |
The Coast Starlight
Now open through 10/19/25 (at Kennedy Catholic High School, 140 S. 140th St., Burien)
Burien Actors Theatre, https://battheatre.org/the-coast-starlight-2025
A young man with a life-changing secret boards a long-distance train, the Coast Starlight. With the help of his fellow travelers, who are reckoning with their own choices, he has roughly a thousand miles to find a way forward. This story of “what ifs” looks at what happens when we step beyond being strangers to connect, and how our interactions can change ourselves and others. A story about our capacity for invention and re-invention when life goes off the rails.
Outside Mullingar
10/2-10/25
As If Theatre, www.asiftheatre.com
Anthony and Rosemary are two introverted misfits who live on adjoining farms in the Irish countryside. Neighbors for generations, things come to a head when Tony Reilly, Anthony’s father, reveals his plan to disinherit him and sell the farm to another relative. As a feud simmers between the two families, old secrets, surprising truths, and long-hidden feelings threaten to emerge. In this quintessentially Irish story, the heartbreaking and the hilarious are woven together to create a deeply moving story of yearning, loss, family, romance, and the vulnerability of taking a chance on love.
Now open through 10/19/25 (at Kennedy Catholic High School, 140 S. 140th St., Burien)
Burien Actors Theatre, https://battheatre.org/the-coast-starlight-2025
A young man with a life-changing secret boards a long-distance train, the Coast Starlight. With the help of his fellow travelers, who are reckoning with their own choices, he has roughly a thousand miles to find a way forward. This story of “what ifs” looks at what happens when we step beyond being strangers to connect, and how our interactions can change ourselves and others. A story about our capacity for invention and re-invention when life goes off the rails.
10/2-10/25
As If Theatre, www.asiftheatre.com
Anthony and Rosemary are two introverted misfits who live on adjoining farms in the Irish countryside. Neighbors for generations, things come to a head when Tony Reilly, Anthony’s father, reveals his plan to disinherit him and sell the farm to another relative. As a feud simmers between the two families, old secrets, surprising truths, and long-hidden feelings threaten to emerge. In this quintessentially Irish story, the heartbreaking and the hilarious are woven together to create a deeply moving story of yearning, loss, family, romance, and the vulnerability of taking a chance on love.
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| Ms. Frankenstein's Monster (courtesy The Phoenix Theatre) |
10/2-29/25
The Phoenix Theatre, https://www.tptedmonds.org/season18shows.html
You've never seen Frankenstein like this! Baron Frankenstein is down on his luck. The sparsity of viewers staying up to see his old monster on late, late TV shows depresses his ego and his credit at the bank. Can he renew his fame and fortune as a monster maker? Yes! He’ll create a football superstar cheered by millions. But his sister, Baroness Frankenstein, has her own ideas. She furtively creates a female monster attractive enough to become a Hollywood star. The town’s husbands are on one side, and their wives are on the other. The Baron commands his monster to destroy his sister’s. The reaction of the monsters at their first meeting is a tour de force of comic action.
Stage of Fools (world premiere)
Seattle Public Theater, www.seattlepublictheater.org
A scrappy feminist theater company is about to go under when it receives an offer it can't refuse: has-been ’80s action movie star Jake Stone will give it more money than ever dreamed of, if it will produce King Lear, with him in the titular role. Never mind that he's an entitled, egotistical blowhard. These women can survive anything for the sake of the theater they love...right? A world premiere written by local playwright Joy McCullough.
10/3-26/25
Harlequin Productions, www.harlequinproductions.org
Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Isolated and with a killer in their midst, detective Hercule Poirot must identify the murderer. It should be clear to anyone that this lethal concoction produces one of the most famous and heart-racing mysteries of all time, by one of the greatest authors of all time, Agatha Christie.
10/9-11/25
On the Boards, www.ontheboards.org
Dance luminaries Wen Hui and Eiko Otake create a complex tapestry of language, movement, and video to share their personal memories related to war. As they move together, their bodies intimately support and absorb each other’s stories, inviting the audience to consider their own relationship to war on both a historic and personal scale.
10/16/25-11/2/25
The Feast and Intiman Theatre, www.the-feast.org or www.intiman.org
Regina Hubbard Giddens will stop at nothing to get hers. In 1900 Alabama, threatened with losing her inheritance because she’s a woman, Regina manipulates, blackmails, and steals from her family and loved ones. A gripping drama full of twists and turns, The Little Foxes pulls apart the greed at the root of American life, and how it damages the souls of all involved.
10/16/25-11/2/25
Key City Public Theatre, https://keycitypublictheatre.org
Obsession turns deadly and every moment keeps you on the edge of your seat. When a famous author is rescued by his “number one fan,” gratitude quickly spirals into a terrifying fight for survival. With heart-stopping suspense and unforgettable performances, this is live theatre at its most gripping.
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| The Manor (courtesy MAP Theatre) |
MAP Theatre, https://www.onthestage.tickets/show/map-theatre1/68c607b6938fbd363e33519d/
How haunted is your house? How haunted are you? Welcome to the Manor. Something has been creeping, poisoning and twisting this family for generations. A curse? Maybe. A darkly comic set of plays that explore the sinister secrets, everyday monsters and supernatural terrors of the Blackmore family. Plan to stay for a while. Maybe forever. A world premiere play by local playwright Kelleen Conway Blanchard.
10/18/25-11/2/25
Union Arts Center (formerly ACT Theatre), www.unionartscenter.org
Girl meets boy. Girl hates boy. Girl agrees to marry boy against her will so her sister can get married too. Got it? Shrew uses the classic Shakespearian (Taming of the Shew) text — but inverted, upended, and overturned — to offer a modern-day perspective on how far we’ve come when it comes to love — and how far we still have to go.
Chicago (tour)
5th Avenue Theatre, www.5thavenue.org
All that jazz, with one show-stopping song after another, and chock-full of dancing. In the whirlwind of Chicago’s Jazz Age, two of the Cook County Jail’s most notorious murderesses — vaudeville star Velma Kelly and chorus girl Roxie Hart — become fierce rivals as they compete for headlines amid a media frenzy.
10/23-25/25 (at Theatre Off Jackson)
Shoes and Pants Productions, www.shoesandpants.com
From the creators of Scott Shoemaker’s War on Christmas and the Ms. Pak-Man cabaret series, comes Uncle Basement’s Attic of Horrors! A Halloween variety spectacular from the other side! Watch in gleeful terror as your host, Uncle Basement, guides you through his theater full of haunted hilarity. Bear witness to killer comedy, demonic dancing, spectral singing and vicious videos that will drive you mad with laughter. There will also be candy and stripping!
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| Brendan Healy's Eulogy, Or How to Plan Your Own Funeral (and have fun doing it!) (Tanya Izadora Photography) |
Pony World Theatre, https://www.ponyworld.org
You are invited to the memorial service for Brendan Healy. There will be remembrances of his life, his family, and his navigation of American healthcare—plus pictures of puppies. The eulogy will be delivered by...Brendan Healy. The Seattle playwright shares his insights on living with a terminal illness and offers tips for planning your own funeral. In this life-affirming story, one person confronts both his mortality and the mystery of why he just won't die already. In lieu of flowers, you're encouraged to sing a song you love, bake your sister her favorite cake, or bring all your family and friends to this genuine celebration of life.
10/30/25-11/22/25 (at Center Theater in The Armory)
Sound Theatre Company, www.soundtheatrecompany.org
In Stephen Karam’s award-winning play, Thanksgiving with the Blake family means laughter, tension, and unspoken fears converge. As secrets are revealed and hopes collide, the Blakes wrestle with what it means to face uncertainty together. The Humans is a profound exploration of love, resilience, and the ties that bind us, and reflects on the beauty and fragility of being human.
10/31/25-11/16/25
SecondStory Repertory, www.secondstoryrep.org
The world's longest-running play, Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap" is the quintessential whodunit that has captivated millions for decades. When a group of strangers finds themselves snowed in at a remote guesthouse, they soon discover a murderer is among them. As the body count rises and secrets unravel, suspicion falls on everyone. Can you piece together the clues before it's too late? Prepare for a night of classic suspense, red herrings, and a shocking twist ending that audiences are traditionally sworn to keep secret!
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