Jeff Berryman, Corey Spruill, and Faith Russell in Best of Enemies at Taproot Theatre (Erik Stuhaug) |
Can you believe another year has flown by? And suddenly it’s
time for all the Best lists to commence! While it is always a struggle to
choose, it is also useful to look back and reflect on how much great theater
this town produces. So, here is my annual idiosyncratic list of Best Theater of
2015.
Best Solo Performances: Solo performers do the
hardest job in theater, I think, since they must command the entire attention
of a diverse audience. The two standouts this year were Ryun Yu in the amazing text of Hold
These Truths at ACT Theatre and Joseph Lavy in Akropolis Performance Lab’s riveting The Glas Nocturne.
Best Unusual Venues: The Glas Nocturne also gets a mention along with the two
productions by Seattle Immersive Theatre
– Dump Site and Listening Glass – for unusual theater in unusual venues. There is
an exciting trend toward exploring new ways of presenting theater that might
attract new audiences who are looking for that kind of novelty. These shows
were tops in their execution.