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| What to Expect (Bonnie Leung) |
What to Expect
4/1-8/26
Pork Filled Productions and Seattle Public Theater and Dunya Productions, www.porkfilled.com and www.seattlepublictheater.org
In the year 2080, Candace is experimentally pregnant. As she waits for her husband Ahmed to adopt a child to round out their “homogeneous” Egyptian nuclear family, she starts getting pains that her doctor can’t explain, and she meets an intriguing new friend named JeeYoung. The clock ticks as The Big One approaches to wash away Candace's plans, but she is determined to fly away in time.
Pork Filled Productions and Seattle Public Theater and Dunya Productions, www.porkfilled.com and www.seattlepublictheater.org
In the year 2080, Candace is experimentally pregnant. As she waits for her husband Ahmed to adopt a child to round out their “homogeneous” Egyptian nuclear family, she starts getting pains that her doctor can’t explain, and she meets an intriguing new friend named JeeYoung. The clock ticks as The Big One approaches to wash away Candace's plans, but she is determined to fly away in time.
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| Bhama Roget (courtesy Intiman Theatre) |
4/2-5/26 (at Erickson Theatre)
Intiman Cabaret, www.intiman.org
Bhama Roget as Mother Nature herself takes the stage with a guitar in her hands and a mic turned all the way up for one last tour. Backed by a live on-stage band, Roget channels a cosmic, sharp-tongued, heartbreakingly funny force of creation to explore beauty and power, grief and invention through the eyes of a mother who has watched many species come and go.
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| The Best Damn Thing (Brett Love) |
The Best Damn Thing
4/2-18/26 (at 12th Avenue Arts)
Dacha Theatre, www.dachatheatre.com
In 2002, the Lord sent us a prophet: A Canadian Queen who waged war against the status quo one loose necktie at a time. A rebel with a soft side. A Pop Punk Princess with an army of disciples who believed in earnest that ordinariness was death and that a red “X” on the sleeve of their leather jacket was life. We refused to listen to her, and look where we are now. Enter: Ellie, a lonely teenager growing up in Missouri, who knows with all her heart that Avril Lavigne's message must be heard. She has written what just might be the best jukebox musical ever at her school’s spring musical. She needs her former best friend Rachel to pitch it to their theater teacher.
BITFest! 2026 (Bellevue International Theatre Festival)
4/3–6/26 (at Meydenbauer Center)
Theatre33, www.theatre33.org
· Constellations by Nick Payne – Theatre33, Bellevue WA
The Cake
4/3-19/26
SecondStory Repertory, www.secondstoryrep.org
Della, a devout Christian baker in North Carolina, is overjoyed when her late best friend's daughter, Jen, returns home to get married. But when Jen asks Della to bake a cake for her and her fiancée, Della's faith and convictions are put to the test. A tender, funny, and deeply resonant play about navigating differences with love and understanding. Even the sweetest intentions can lead to unexpected challenges.
Man of La Mancha
4/3-18/26 (at 12th Avenue Arts)
Reboot Theatre, www.reboottheatre.org
This classic musical about a man with a dream is performed by an all women/TGNC ensemble. It resonates with the ongoing fight for women's rights, including the pivotal battles of the 21st century. “What does it mean to dream the impossible dream when your voice, your rights, and your choices are at risk?” Perhaps the women of La Mancha will have a different answer.
Appropriate
4/9/26-5/10/26
Seattle Rep, www.seattlerep.org
When the Lafayettes descend upon their late father’s crumbling plantation home for an estate sale, they unearth an appalling secret that pits them against one another. Through a cascading series of revelations, biting humor boils over into bruising conflict, and no one will escape this family gathering unscathed. Branden Jacob-Jenkins’ play depicts a Southern family wrestling with a destructive inheritance as they consider the legacy they want to leave for the next generation. (Recommended ages 16+.)
Walden
4/9/26-5/3/26
ArtsWest, www.artswest.org
Playwright Amy Berryman (locally-grown playwright succeeding nationally) introduces an intimate family drama that asks big questions about how we take care of the world we share. Stella and her fiancé, Bryan, are waiting at their remote cabin for Stella’s estranged twin sister, Cassie. Raised by their astronaut father to be NASA scientists, the twins have taken different paths: Cassie has just returned from a successful moon mission, while Stella left NASA behind. When Cassie arrives, old conflicts reignite, forcing the sisters to choose between life on Earth or pursuing a future in space, as humanity’s fate hangs in the balance.
Rebellious Women
4/10/26-5/3/26 (at Little Theatre at Kennedy Catholic High School, 140 S 140th St., Burien)
Burien Actors Theatre (BAT), www.battheatre.org
The Orca Show
4/16-18/26 (at Erickson Theatre)
Intiman Cabaret, www.Intiman.org
Searching for answers, Aysan Celik calls her sister. “Honey, it’s called perimenopause. Remember Mom at our age?” Soon after, an octogenarian friend reframes the narrative entirely: “Menopause is God’s only gift to women.” Celik embarks on a series of conversations with people of different ages and identities. Then, a killer whale surfaces. Like human females, orcas are among the rare species that experience menopause — and in the wild, post-reproductive females lead their pods as essential matriarchs.
the aves
4/18/26-5/3/26
Union Arts Centre, www.unionartscenter.org
Jiehae Park’s play about an older couple who are enjoying a summer day on a park bench, talking about birds and the likelihood of rain. A simple conversation...or maybe more. An ordinary day transforms into a shifting world of surreal possibilities in a stunning and humorous meditation on memory, forgiveness, and the lifelong process of becoming who we are.
Billy Goats Gruff and Other Tales
4/22/26-5/22/26
Seattle Children’s Theatre, www.sct.org
Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia’s newest production, Billy Goats Gruff and Other Tales, presents a fresh and engaging reimagining of three cherished children’s stories - Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Three Little Pigs, and The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Filled with adventure, humor, and heroism, the story follows a brave raccoon and clever mouse who are on a journey to collect treasure. Along the way, they unknowingly help the goats, bears, and pigs, preventing disaster. (Ages 3+)
You Will Get Sick
4/23/26-5/16/26 (at Center Theatre)
Sound Theatre Company, www.soundtheatrecompany.org
An award–winning new play by Noah Diaz is told in second person. a man hires a stranger to deliver difficult news on his behalf — that he is sick. What unfolds is a surreal, funny, and deeply human journey through illness, vulnerability, and the unexpected ways people show up for each other.
The Fainting Spells (world premieres)
Intiman Cabaret and The Seagull Project, www.Intiman.org
Three new adaptations of Anton Chekov’s short comedies from The Seagull Project. The Proposal, Swan Song, and The Harmful Effects of Tobacco—in world-premiere adaptations by Keiko Green, Allison Gregory, and Wayne Rawley.
For more articles and reviews, go to www.facebook.com/SeattleTheaterWriters. Subscribe to your inbox at https://MiryamsTheaterMusings.blogspot.com
4/2-18/26 (at 12th Avenue Arts)
Dacha Theatre, www.dachatheatre.com
In 2002, the Lord sent us a prophet: A Canadian Queen who waged war against the status quo one loose necktie at a time. A rebel with a soft side. A Pop Punk Princess with an army of disciples who believed in earnest that ordinariness was death and that a red “X” on the sleeve of their leather jacket was life. We refused to listen to her, and look where we are now. Enter: Ellie, a lonely teenager growing up in Missouri, who knows with all her heart that Avril Lavigne's message must be heard. She has written what just might be the best jukebox musical ever at her school’s spring musical. She needs her former best friend Rachel to pitch it to their theater teacher.
BITFest! 2026 (Bellevue International Theatre Festival)
4/3–6/26 (at Meydenbauer Center)
Theatre33, www.theatre33.org
· Constellations by Nick Payne – Theatre33, Bellevue WA
The Cake
4/3-19/26
SecondStory Repertory, www.secondstoryrep.org
Della, a devout Christian baker in North Carolina, is overjoyed when her late best friend's daughter, Jen, returns home to get married. But when Jen asks Della to bake a cake for her and her fiancée, Della's faith and convictions are put to the test. A tender, funny, and deeply resonant play about navigating differences with love and understanding. Even the sweetest intentions can lead to unexpected challenges.
Man of La Mancha
4/3-18/26 (at 12th Avenue Arts)
Reboot Theatre, www.reboottheatre.org
This classic musical about a man with a dream is performed by an all women/TGNC ensemble. It resonates with the ongoing fight for women's rights, including the pivotal battles of the 21st century. “What does it mean to dream the impossible dream when your voice, your rights, and your choices are at risk?” Perhaps the women of La Mancha will have a different answer.
Appropriate
4/9/26-5/10/26
Seattle Rep, www.seattlerep.org
When the Lafayettes descend upon their late father’s crumbling plantation home for an estate sale, they unearth an appalling secret that pits them against one another. Through a cascading series of revelations, biting humor boils over into bruising conflict, and no one will escape this family gathering unscathed. Branden Jacob-Jenkins’ play depicts a Southern family wrestling with a destructive inheritance as they consider the legacy they want to leave for the next generation. (Recommended ages 16+.)
Walden
4/9/26-5/3/26
ArtsWest, www.artswest.org
Playwright Amy Berryman (locally-grown playwright succeeding nationally) introduces an intimate family drama that asks big questions about how we take care of the world we share. Stella and her fiancé, Bryan, are waiting at their remote cabin for Stella’s estranged twin sister, Cassie. Raised by their astronaut father to be NASA scientists, the twins have taken different paths: Cassie has just returned from a successful moon mission, while Stella left NASA behind. When Cassie arrives, old conflicts reignite, forcing the sisters to choose between life on Earth or pursuing a future in space, as humanity’s fate hangs in the balance.
Rebellious Women
4/10/26-5/3/26 (at Little Theatre at Kennedy Catholic High School, 140 S 140th St., Burien)
Burien Actors Theatre (BAT), www.battheatre.org
The Orca Show
4/16-18/26 (at Erickson Theatre)
Intiman Cabaret, www.Intiman.org
Searching for answers, Aysan Celik calls her sister. “Honey, it’s called perimenopause. Remember Mom at our age?” Soon after, an octogenarian friend reframes the narrative entirely: “Menopause is God’s only gift to women.” Celik embarks on a series of conversations with people of different ages and identities. Then, a killer whale surfaces. Like human females, orcas are among the rare species that experience menopause — and in the wild, post-reproductive females lead their pods as essential matriarchs.
the aves
4/18/26-5/3/26
Union Arts Centre, www.unionartscenter.org
Jiehae Park’s play about an older couple who are enjoying a summer day on a park bench, talking about birds and the likelihood of rain. A simple conversation...or maybe more. An ordinary day transforms into a shifting world of surreal possibilities in a stunning and humorous meditation on memory, forgiveness, and the lifelong process of becoming who we are.
Billy Goats Gruff and Other Tales
4/22/26-5/22/26
Seattle Children’s Theatre, www.sct.org
Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia’s newest production, Billy Goats Gruff and Other Tales, presents a fresh and engaging reimagining of three cherished children’s stories - Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Three Little Pigs, and The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Filled with adventure, humor, and heroism, the story follows a brave raccoon and clever mouse who are on a journey to collect treasure. Along the way, they unknowingly help the goats, bears, and pigs, preventing disaster. (Ages 3+)
You Will Get Sick
4/23/26-5/16/26 (at Center Theatre)
Sound Theatre Company, www.soundtheatrecompany.org
An award–winning new play by Noah Diaz is told in second person. a man hires a stranger to deliver difficult news on his behalf — that he is sick. What unfolds is a surreal, funny, and deeply human journey through illness, vulnerability, and the unexpected ways people show up for each other.
The Fainting Spells (world premieres)
Intiman Cabaret and The Seagull Project, www.Intiman.org
Three new adaptations of Anton Chekov’s short comedies from The Seagull Project. The Proposal, Swan Song, and The Harmful Effects of Tobacco—in world-premiere adaptations by Keiko Green, Allison Gregory, and Wayne Rawley.
For more articles and reviews, go to www.facebook.com/SeattleTheaterWriters. Subscribe to your inbox at https://MiryamsTheaterMusings.blogspot.com
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