Compiled by Miryam Gordon from press releases.
July is theater in the parks! Also musicals and other stuff in cool theaters. Get out yer calendars and book those tickets!
Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival, GreenStage leads, 7/13-14/24 (at Volunteer Park)
Various park shows now and into August! Including CSZ Seattle (improv Shakespeare), Dacha Theatre, Red Eagle Soaring, Last Leaf Prods., Thistle Theatre, Young Shakespeare Workshop, Shakespeare NW.
All month:
Wooden O/Seattle Shakespeare Company presents Two Gentlemen of Verona, www.seattleshakepeare.org, A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Bainbridge Performing Arts www.bainbridgeperformingarts.org, GreenStage presents Henry VI: Part 1, and Henry VI: Part 2, Twelfth Night, AND short stagings of All’s Well That Ends Well, and Julius Caesar, www.greenstage.org, Island Shakespeare Festival presents The Lucky Chance and King Lear starting 7/19/24 www.islandshakespearefest.org, and Fallen Angel is presented by Burien Actors Theatre starting 7/21/24 www.battheatre.org.
People in the Square, Creative Hiatus Productions, 7/5-27/24 (Skid Road Theatre)
A cabaret-style musical revue, a glimpse into the many different inhabitants, past and present, of Pioneer Square. Based on historical people and events, the show is a collection of songs and short scenes, celebrating the diversity and fascinating stories of Seattle’s first neighborhood. Ranging in time from the original inhabitants of the Duwamish and Suquamish Tribes, early pioneers and gold miners, it fast-forwards to those who frequent Pioneer Square today.
Lavender Lawlessness, Olympic Theatre Arts Center, 7/5-21/24
Cheer the Hero, boo the Villain and sigh for the damsel in distress in this hilarious, over-the-top melodrama based on the mythical history of the Pacific Northwest and Sequim, which is considered the Lavender Capital of the World.
Clue, 5th Avenue Theatre, 7/9-21/24
Based on the iconic 1985 Paramount movie which was inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, Clue is a hilarious farce-meets-murder mystery play. Six guests assemble for an unusual dinner party, where murder and blackmail are on the menu. When their host turns up dead, everyone is a suspect. Led by Wadsworth, the butler, Miss Scarlett, Professor Plum, Mrs. White, Mr. Green, Mrs. Peacock, and Colonel Mustard race to find the killer as the body count stacks up.
Starball: A Dreamy Musical Astronomy Show, West of Lenin, 7/10-14/24
Creators Kaufmann and Dennis developed Starball when working together at Seattle’s Pacific Science Center. While Seattle is Starball’s home base, world events have precluded bringing the show back until now. Here is a week of hometown performances prior to bringing the show to planetariums in Hamburg and Berlin. The event combines live theater, improvisation, original music, and cosmological inquiry into an entertaining, engaging performance. Taking inspiration from audience members’ actual dreams, the performers facilitate the creation of new constellations and mythologies in the night sky.
Sister Act. Taproot Theatre, 7/10/24-8/10/24
A feel-good musical comedy like “nun” other! Delores dreams of fame and fortune, but after witnessing a murder she lands in protective custody. Being disguised as a nun can’t cramp her style, and soon she’s inspired the whole choir. Well-loved musical theater talents Anne Allgood and Alexandria J. Henderson star.
June is the First Fall, Yun Theatre, 7/11-27/24 (at Theatre Off Jackson)
Take a journey with Don, a gay Chinese man, as he returns home to Hawaii to rediscover missing memories of the family he moved away from. This return opens up wounds that never healed, revealing the struggles in this family to find love, acceptance, and belonging.
14/48: The Worlds Quickest Theater Festival, The 1448 Projects, 7/12-7/20/24, (Seattle Center Armory)
Each weekend, 7 playwrights write 7 new plays overnight, they get rehearsed the next day and performed, and then the 7 playwrights write 7 new plays overnight, they get rehearsed the next day and performed. The next weekend, 7 new playwrights do the same thing. It’s a very popular event to attend!
https://www.the1448projects.org
Urge, Verbooom, 7/18-19/24 (at Jewelbox Theatre)
Three new short plays from local Seattle playwrights, Montse Garza, Alina Rios, and Miriam Tobin. Connected into a single thread, shot through with music, movement, longing, and hope, this uniquely theatrical experience transforms the intimate space into a whole world.
Dice: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Dacha Theatre, 7/26/24-8/11 (at Glenn Hughes Playhouse Theatre)
An audience roaming outdoors, fairy hive-minds hopping between actors’ bodies, and an enchanting underscoring by a live band. A troupe of hapless artists sets out to put on the show of their lives, but rehearsal in the woods quickly gets out of hand when warring fairies and heartsick lovers stumble into play. No two shows at our enchanted fairground will be the same, so plan to come again and again! In Dacha’s innovative Dice format, an ensemble of actors memorizes the entire script of a Shakespeare show and the roles are randomized at the start of each performance.
Twin Peep Show, Marxiano Prods., 7/27/24-8/4/24 (at Triple Door)
From the inventive minds behind spoofs like Titanish comes a cabaret tribute to this strange and wonderful place. The show is designed both to introduce brand new people to Twin Peaks, and deliver plenty of references and Easter eggs to the true believer fans of David Lynch.
www.marxiano.com or www.thetripledoor.net
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