Seattle Theater Openings: A Lot To Choose From In The Dog Days of Summer!

Compiled from press releases by Miryam Gordon

Hey, folks! August has some great theater for you. And a couple of July productions have been so successful that they extended! Including Taproot’s Murder on the Links which extended to August 30! Get out your calendars!

Shadows Under the Market, Seattle Public Theater, 8/1-9/25 (world premiere)

Written by five local playwrights, Kelleen Conway Blanchard, Maggie Lee, Darian Lindle, Matt Smith and M. Yichao, local teens perform a teen horror comedy!

www.seattlepublictheater.org 

After Midnight, 5^th Avenue Theatre, 8/5-24/25

An all-star cast of local talents lead you to the sultry, swingin’ Jazz Age of the Harlem Renaissance, where the Cotton Club is the place to be! Infused with the iconic tunes of Duke Ellington, Dorothy Fields, Harold Arlen, and more, After Midnight weaves groundbreaking jazz standards with rapturous dance and the rhythmic poetry of Langston Hughes in a jubilant production fit to blow the roof off the theater. Timeless songs like “Stormy Weather,” “On the Sunny Side of the Street,” and “It Don’t Mean a Thing” will have you singing along to join the fun.

www.5thavenue.org

Jettison to Europa, Annex Theatre, 8/7-30/25

Astronaut Carey pioneers the inaugural expedition to Europa, one of Jupiter’s many moons. Confined to her shuttle’s cockpit during this years-long mission, she is drawn in by the small satellite’s allure as it pulls her away from home. The journey puts both Carey and her relationships back on Earth on an arduous trajectory. Will Carey’s obsession with reaching Europa cost her everything?

www.annextheatre.org 

The Wealth Walk, The Feast. 8/8-31/25 (at Mount Baker Park, 3601 S McClellan St, Seattle)

Can you even imagine a billion dollars? It’s harder than you think. The Wealth Walk is a hyper-local theatrical walking tour of Mount Baker and the Rainier Valley. With each step, you “accumulate” wealth, creating a visceral experience of wealth inequality. The neighborhood—and its history, ecology, and economics—becomes a microcosm and metaphor for our society more broadly. Over the course of a two-mile walk led by an actor, you’re invited to slow down and pay attention to the realities of economics, history, and ecology, and to interrogate their own relationships with wealth and property.

www.the-feast.org   

The Kenmore Quickies, As If Theatre Company, 8/8-10/25

Eight playwrights, eight directors and 14 actors come together to bring their talents to the stage for 4 performances. Each of the eight plays will be inspired by a piece of original music. Local playwrights: Jack Conley, Jay Cross, John C. Davenport, Mary Guthrie, Vincent Kovar, Andrew Meyers, Jessie Pitts, and Chris Shea

www.asiftheatre.com

The Threepenny Opera, Theatre Battery, 8/14-31/25

Die Dreigroschenoper or The Threepenny Opera is a musical spectacle that tells the story of the notorious serial killer Macheath and his marriage to Polly Peachum, a woman whose family makes their living exploiting the poorest of the poor. Theatre Battery’s new production explores a world of desperate beggars, ruthless thieves, and proud sex workers – and they all sing. The cast includes actors and singers coming from careers in opera, musical theater, film, and television. Robert McPherson (Peachum) is a Grammy-award winning tenor, HBO series regular Ilia Isorelýs Paulino will play Polly Peachum, and Adrienne Wells (Jenny) starred in Showtime’s Black Monday. FREE.

www.theatrebattery.org 

Jurassic Parking Lot, Seattle Public Theater and Marxiano Prods., 8/21/25-9/14/25 (world premiere)

Do Dinosaurs sing and dance? Hell yeah. Do scientists over-reach and over-react? NO! LEAVE THEM ALONE! From the creators of “A Very Die Hard Christmas” and “Titanish” comes a gigantic new blockbuster parody. Expect big laughs, ridiculously low-budget staging, strangely sexy dinosaurs, live music, and inappropriate dance numbers. Definitely not for children, just for adults who never really grew up. Ages 14+

www.seattlepublictheater.org 

Constellations, SecondStory Repertory, 8/22/25-9/7/25

A breathtaking journey through the infinite possibilities of love and destiny. Follow the charming and complex relationship between a theoretical physicist and a beekeeper as their story unfolds, falters, and rekindles across a multitude of parallel universes. This ingenious drama asks: What if every choice we make, every word we say, exists simultaneously in countless realities? 

www.secondstoryrep.org 

POTUS (Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive), Harlequin Productions, 8/22/25-9/7/25

A comedic story of seven extraordinary women tasked with managing the antics of the most powerful man in the world. From PR nightmares to global crises, these brilliant and very different women navigate a maze of chaos, risking everything to uphold sanity and stability in the White House. With sharp wit and biting satire, this Tony-nominated play offers a tribute to the unsung heroes behind the political curtain.

www.harlequinproductions.org

The Play That Goes Wrong, Seattle Rep, 8/28/25-9/28/25

It’s opening night of the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society’s production of The Murder at Haversham Manor, and despite the troupe’s best efforts, mishaps are causing mayhem on stage. From wayward props to malfunctioning scenery to unexpected understudies, the show must go on—but will the theater still be standing at the end of the performance? Fueled by energetic physical comedy, this award-winning London and Broadway sensation will have the whole family rolling in the aisles. Ages 8+

www.seattlerep.org 

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