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| Ada Twist, Scientist and Friends at SCT (Truman Buffett) |
February stages in the Seattle area present quite a few world premieres, which is exciting! The Brown Derby is back again (ifkyk *cough* ReBar) with a brand-new take on Twilight. It's a full slate of entertainment. Get out yer calendars!
Ada Twist, Scientist and Friends
To 2/22/26
Seattle Children’s Theatre, www.sct.org
Ms. Greer’s classroom includes three inquisitive out-of-the-box thinkers. Rosie Revere has big dreams. Iggy Peck has a relentless passion for architecture. And Ada Twist’s curiosity can lead her to solve any problem. (Ages 5+)
Monty Python’s SPAMALOT (tour)
5th Avenue Theatre, www.5thavenue.org
The musical comedy lovingly ripped off from the film classic, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, has everything that makes a great knight at the theatre, from flying cows to killer rabbits, British royalty to French taunters, dancing girls, rubbery shrubbery, and of course, the Lady of the Lake. SPAMALOT features well-known song titles such as “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life,” “The Song That Goes Like This,” “Find Your Grail” and more that have become beloved classics in the musical theater canon.
Twilight (movie adaptation/spoof)
Ian Bell’s Brown Derby, www.strangertickets.com
Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down (world premiere)
As If Theatre Company, www.asiftheatre.com
Local playwright and veteran actor, Gretchen Douma, composes a dramedy about what happens when the skeletons in the closet meet the ashes in the jar. Technically, Mom has been sitting in a very sensible urn for months, waiting for her three children to agree on her final resting place. But for the Miller siblings agreeing on anything is a tall order. As they finally come together to scatter the ashes, the ghosts of their past come calling and the meeting becomes less about the destination and more about the bumpy road they’ve traveled together. (May be sold out.)
Next Exit (world premiere)
Annex Theatre, www.annextheatre.org
Trapped on the side of the highway on the record setting hottest day, Miguel passes the time with Orlando, a dead possum. Together they question anything and everything that crosses their minds, all the while a sinister being lurks in the forest waiting to claim a lost soul left to die by the cars that pass along I-5. Do the deer really lead you home? Who is the Lady In Yellow? And how far can they make it in Slide? By j. chavez
Topdog/Underdog
2/5/26-3/1/26
ArtsWest, www.artswest.org
A darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity. It was inevitable that two brothers named Lincoln and Booth, names given to them as a joke, would live lives full of sibling rivalry and resentment. Despite it all, their bond grew deep, but can it withstand the weight of history?
Murder on the Orient Express
2/6/26-3/1/26
Red Curtain Foundation, www.redcurtainfoundation.org
The glamorous, world-famous train — the Orient Express — hurtles through Europe, packed with a dazzling array of passengers: aristocrats, diplomats, socialites… and a handful of deeply buried secrets. When a passenger is found murdered, the legendary detective Hercule Poirot must untangle a web of alibis, lies, and hidden motives before the murderer strikes again. Trapped in a snowdrift, with suspicion in every carriage, will Poirot be able to solve the case in time?
R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots)
Burien Actors Theatre, www.battheatre.org
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
2/14/26-3/1/26
Union Arts Center, www.unionartscenter.org
Shakespeare’s most popular comedy pulls us once again into the magic of the moonlight. Four young lovers flee their families in pursuit of love in the forest but get more than they bargained for when they land in the middle of a faerie feud. A chaotic night of love potions, merry mischief, and mismatched couples—plus a very lost troupe of actors—weaves an otherworldly spell. When morning comes, will the midsummer enchantment last, or fade like a dream?
Young Dragon: A Bruce Lee Story (world premiere)
Seattle Children’s Theatre, www.sct.org
Rose: You Are Who You Eat
2/19-21/26
On the Boards, www.ontheboards.org
Once upon a vine, John Jarboe’s aunt revealed that John not only had a twin sister in the womb, but that John consumed her: “You ate her. That’s why you are the way you are.” This was a lot for John to swallow! In this musical shrine to the consumed twin, named Rose, John welcomes you into a feast of gender through song, storytelling, and a full plate of wordplay.
The World Looks Different Sitting Down
2/20/26-3/1/26
Seattle Public Theater, www.seattlepublictheater.org
Have you ever become invisible in Whole Foods? Or fielded a stranger’s question about your sexual functioning? Enter the absurd world of Teal Sherer. The World Looks Different Sitting Down is her tale of confronting the world at crotch level to bust open misconceptions and limitations about life as a wheelchair user. Drawing from traditions of standup comedy, theater and dance, Teal’s storytelling weaves together realism with heightened physical theater for a bold, unapologetic evening. Written and performed by Teal Sherer
To 2/22/26
Seattle Children’s Theatre, www.sct.org
Ms. Greer’s classroom includes three inquisitive out-of-the-box thinkers. Rosie Revere has big dreams. Iggy Peck has a relentless passion for architecture. And Ada Twist’s curiosity can lead her to solve any problem. (Ages 5+)
Monty Python’s SPAMALOT (tour)
5th Avenue Theatre, www.5thavenue.org
The musical comedy lovingly ripped off from the film classic, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, has everything that makes a great knight at the theatre, from flying cows to killer rabbits, British royalty to French taunters, dancing girls, rubbery shrubbery, and of course, the Lady of the Lake. SPAMALOT features well-known song titles such as “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life,” “The Song That Goes Like This,” “Find Your Grail” and more that have become beloved classics in the musical theater canon.
Twilight (movie adaptation/spoof)
Ian Bell’s Brown Derby, www.strangertickets.com
Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down (world premiere)
As If Theatre Company, www.asiftheatre.com
Local playwright and veteran actor, Gretchen Douma, composes a dramedy about what happens when the skeletons in the closet meet the ashes in the jar. Technically, Mom has been sitting in a very sensible urn for months, waiting for her three children to agree on her final resting place. But for the Miller siblings agreeing on anything is a tall order. As they finally come together to scatter the ashes, the ghosts of their past come calling and the meeting becomes less about the destination and more about the bumpy road they’ve traveled together. (May be sold out.)
Next Exit (world premiere)
Annex Theatre, www.annextheatre.org
Trapped on the side of the highway on the record setting hottest day, Miguel passes the time with Orlando, a dead possum. Together they question anything and everything that crosses their minds, all the while a sinister being lurks in the forest waiting to claim a lost soul left to die by the cars that pass along I-5. Do the deer really lead you home? Who is the Lady In Yellow? And how far can they make it in Slide? By j. chavez
Topdog/Underdog
2/5/26-3/1/26
ArtsWest, www.artswest.org
A darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity. It was inevitable that two brothers named Lincoln and Booth, names given to them as a joke, would live lives full of sibling rivalry and resentment. Despite it all, their bond grew deep, but can it withstand the weight of history?
Murder on the Orient Express
2/6/26-3/1/26
Red Curtain Foundation, www.redcurtainfoundation.org
The glamorous, world-famous train — the Orient Express — hurtles through Europe, packed with a dazzling array of passengers: aristocrats, diplomats, socialites… and a handful of deeply buried secrets. When a passenger is found murdered, the legendary detective Hercule Poirot must untangle a web of alibis, lies, and hidden motives before the murderer strikes again. Trapped in a snowdrift, with suspicion in every carriage, will Poirot be able to solve the case in time?
R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots)
Burien Actors Theatre, www.battheatre.org
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
2/14/26-3/1/26
Union Arts Center, www.unionartscenter.org
Shakespeare’s most popular comedy pulls us once again into the magic of the moonlight. Four young lovers flee their families in pursuit of love in the forest but get more than they bargained for when they land in the middle of a faerie feud. A chaotic night of love potions, merry mischief, and mismatched couples—plus a very lost troupe of actors—weaves an otherworldly spell. When morning comes, will the midsummer enchantment last, or fade like a dream?
Young Dragon: A Bruce Lee Story (world premiere)
Seattle Children’s Theatre, www.sct.org
Rose: You Are Who You Eat
2/19-21/26
On the Boards, www.ontheboards.org
Once upon a vine, John Jarboe’s aunt revealed that John not only had a twin sister in the womb, but that John consumed her: “You ate her. That’s why you are the way you are.” This was a lot for John to swallow! In this musical shrine to the consumed twin, named Rose, John welcomes you into a feast of gender through song, storytelling, and a full plate of wordplay.
The World Looks Different Sitting Down
2/20/26-3/1/26
Seattle Public Theater, www.seattlepublictheater.org
Have you ever become invisible in Whole Foods? Or fielded a stranger’s question about your sexual functioning? Enter the absurd world of Teal Sherer. The World Looks Different Sitting Down is her tale of confronting the world at crotch level to bust open misconceptions and limitations about life as a wheelchair user. Drawing from traditions of standup comedy, theater and dance, Teal’s storytelling weaves together realism with heightened physical theater for a bold, unapologetic evening. Written and performed by Teal Sherer
Chick Fight
2/20/26-3/8/26 (at Equinox Studios, 6520 5th Ave S Seattle)
Artemis Theatre Project, www.artemistheatreproject.org
A Mirror
2/26/26-3/14/26 (at 12th Ave Arts)
Thalia’s Umbrella, www.thaliasumbrella.org
You are cordially invited to the wedding of Joel and Leyla! (The wedding is a lie.) (The entertainment that follows is also a lie.) A Mirror is a funhouse journey where nothing is real—or maybe everything is—through a strange land where everyone (including the audience) must count the cost of speaking art to power.
Ruthless
2/27/26-3/15/26
SecondStory Repertory, www.secondstoryrep.org
The musical story centers on eight-year-old Tina Denmark, a talented aspiring starlet who is willing to commit spectacular acts of mischief and murder to land the lead role in her school play. A savage and sparkling satire that gleefully skewers every backstage melodrama and stage mother trope. With dazzling plot twists and show-stopping numbers, it's a wickedly smart comedy that guarantees a night of unforgettable theatrical mischief.
The Outsider
2/27/26-3/22/26
Edmonds Driftwood Players, www.edmondsdriftwoodplayers.org
Ned Newley doesn't even want to be governor. He's terrified of public speaking; his poll numbers are impressively bad. To his ever-supportive Chief of Staff, Ned seems destined to fail. But political consultant Arthur Vance sees things differently: Ned might be the worst candidate to ever run for office. Unless the public is looking for... the worst candidate to ever run for office. A timely and hilarious comedy that skewers politics and celebrates democracy.
Legacy
2/28/26-3/1/26 (Benaroya Hall)
Seattle Women’s Chorus Concert, www.SeattleWomensChorus.org
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