Broken Bone Bathtub (Zack DeZon) |
So eclectic a month of offerings that there can’t be a
single person who wouldn’t love some production on this list! On your mark, get
set, go get tickets!
Pilgrims, Forward Flux Prods., 5/1-19/18 (at West
of Lenin)
On a ship to colonize a newly discovered planet, a soldier
and a teenage girl find themselves quarantined together in a cabin and are
forced to explore their own traumatic pasts and roles in a dying society.
Crewmates, Annex Theatre, 5/1-16/18 (Tue/Wed
nights) (world premiere)
A sensitive American-Muslim man from a conservative family
starts a romance with an inspiring atheist Asian-American woman who was adopted
by liberal white parents. Their relationship grows lovingly, but the invasive
supernatural world just cannot handle all this fluffy saccharine goodness.
Agendas play out against each other as djinn and angel alike struggle to accept
the ever-changing narrative of human sexuality and morality. Even the Heavens
are not immune to the power of the human condition.
Shakespeare in Love,
Seattle Shakespeare Co.,
5/2/18-6/3/18 (at Cornish Playhouse)
(Based on the movie.) Young Will Shakespeare is in dire need
of inspiration. His next play is on deadline and the only thing he’s come up
with is the title: Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate’s Daughter. Then he meets Viola,
a smart and beautiful woman who desperately wants to perform on the stage, even
though it’s forbidden. Will is smitten and gets inspired to write the greatest
love story the world has known.