Sep 30 - Oct 6 2024 - All show times have $15 and under options

"Mouthwater Festival," Velocity Dance Center, Varying Locations Throughout Seattle

Mouthwater Festival is three weeks of Disabled movement genius coming to Seattle. Disabled artists from all over the country will gather in town to share their work, develop their practice, foster cross-disability solidarity and grow their creativity. Mouthwater Festival is the beginning of an arts hub by and centering Black and Indigenous Disabled artists to present, collaborate and get uplifted for their crafts. The festival’s values are anti-capitalist, anti-fascist, pro-Black, Disability Justice-informed, Afrofuturist, sex-educated and practical. The creatives and workers behind Mouthwater dream of making more spaces for Disabled artistry to thrive. The Mouthwater Festival will begin with artist incubating spaces like workshops, socials and photoshoots in late September 2024 then offer sliding scale performance-centered events during the first two weeks of October 2024.

Mouthwater Festival is over a dozen events in six different venues. All events will be ASL interpreted. All venues have step-free access to the bathrooms and performance spaces. There will be a variety of seating as well as ear plugs available in all venue spaces. Masks will be required for the audiences. Masks will be provided. All performers will be multiply tested for COVID and asked to be low-scent.

All performances have a sliding scale for admission, most starting at $0.   Click for tickets and showtimes.

"Guards at the Taj," ArtsWest, West Seattle

In 1648 India, two Imperial Guards watch from their post as the sun rises for the first time on the newly-completed Taj Mahal—an event that shakes their respective worlds. When they are ordered to perform an unthinkable task, the aftermath forces them to question the concepts of friendship, beauty, and duty, and changes them forever.  GUARDS AT THE TAJ is one of Pulitzer Prize Finalist Rajiv Joseph’s seminal works. 

Tickets for Wednesday night previews are available for $10 each.   $15 Inclusion rate tickets are also available for all other performances online using the promo code “INCLUSION.”

Click here for tickets and more info

"Hamlet," Noveltease, Theatre Off Jackson, International District

Noveltease Theatre, Seattle’s premier literary burlesque company, invites you to avenge a murder most foul in their hauntingly tantalizing production of Hamlet, playing September 27 through October 5 at 7:30 PM at Theatre Off Jackson.

In this carnal and bloody adaptation of the Shakespearean drama, a young Hamlet knows that literary burlesque is just the thing to catch the conscience of the king. 

PWYC Tickets available starting at $1.00 for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday shows.  Wednesday is a $10 Industry night.  Click the link for tickets and show times

"The Adding Machine," The Feast, The Lee Center for the Arts at Seattle University, Capitol Hill

Zero loses their job to a machine, so they kill their boss. They are then sent on a hallucinatory journey through internetified culture, the legal system, the underworld, and the future as they struggle to understand their value. 

Written one hundred years ago by Elmer Rice, The Adding Machine is an absurdist parable about automation, labor, exploitation, and the search for meaning.

Choose Your Own Price tickets available online starting at $0.00.  Click here for tickets and showtimes

"Leave Only Footprints," Annex Theatre, Capitol Hill

What waits for you in the woods? Leave Only Footprints is an immersive and haunted experience set in a cursed Pacific Northwest state park along the Salish Sea where a lone hiker has recently gone missing. Venture inside to explore the mysterious wood, encounter its inhuman inhabitants, and uncover the mystery of the wayward hiker’s disappearance. As you puzzle your way through the eldritch forest, remember to stay on the path or risk leaving only footprints.

This is a walkthrough event with timed admission.  The story changes each week, if you want to return.  PWYC tickets available after 9 PM.  Click here for tickets and more info.

Sep 23 - 29 2024 - All show times have $15 and under options

 

"Mouthwater Festival," Velocity Dance Center, Varying Locations Throughout Seattle

Mouthwater Festival is three weeks of Disabled movement genius coming to Seattle. Disabled artists from all over the country will gather in town to share their work, develop their practice, foster cross-disability solidarity and grow their creativity. Mouthwater Festival is the beginning of an arts hub by and centering Black and Indigenous Disabled artists to present, collaborate and get uplifted for their crafts. The festival’s values are anti-capitalist, anti-fascist, pro-Black, Disability Justice-informed, Afrofuturist, sex-educated and practical. The creatives and workers behind Mouthwater dream of making more spaces for Disabled artistry to thrive. The Mouthwater Festival will begin with artist incubating spaces like workshops, socials and photoshoots in late September 2024 then offer sliding scale performance-centered events during the first two weeks of October 2024.

Mouthwater Festival is over a dozen events in six different venues. All events will be ASL interpreted. All venues have step-free access to the bathrooms and performance spaces. There will be a variety of seating as well as ear plugs available in all venue spaces. Masks will be required for the audiences. Masks will be provided. All performers will be multiply tested for COVID and asked to be low-scent.

All performances have a sliding scale for admission, most starting at $0.   Click for tickets and showtimes.

"Guards at the Taj," ArtsWest, West Seattle

In 1648 India, two Imperial Guards watch from their post as the sun rises for the first time on the newly-completed Taj Mahal—an event that shakes their respective worlds. When they are ordered to perform an unthinkable task, the aftermath forces them to question the concepts of friendship, beauty, and duty, and changes them forever.  GUARDS AT THE TAJ is one of Pulitzer Prize Finalist Rajiv Joseph’s seminal works. 

Tickets for Wednesday night previews are available for $10 each.   $15 Inclusion rate tickets are also available for all other performances online using the promo code “INCLUSION.”

Click here for tickets and more info

"POTUS, OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE," ACT Theatre, Downtown Seattle

The comedic sensation comes to Seattle and delivers a riotous punch as it unveils the story of seven extraordinary women tasked with managing the antics of the most powerful man in the world. Fueled by Selina Fillinger’s sharp wit and biting satire, this Tony-nominated play offers an unforgettable tribute to the unsung heroes behind the political curtain.  

PWYC Tickets available for all shows starting at $5 online.   $20 Rush tickets are also available for all shows that are not sold out, starting 60 minutes before curtain.  Click here for tickets and more info

"Hamlet," Noveltease, Theatre Off Jackson, International District

Noveltease Theatre, Seattle’s premier literary burlesque company, invites you to avenge a murder most foul in their hauntingly tantalizing production of Hamlet, playing September 27 through October 5 at 7:30 PM at Theatre Off Jackson.

In this carnal and bloody adaptation of the Shakespearean drama, a young Hamlet knows that literary burlesque is just the thing to catch the conscience of the king. 

PWYC Tickets available starting at $1.00 for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday shows.  Wednesday is a $10 Industry night.  Click the link for tickets and show times

"The Adding Machine," The Feast, The Lee Center for the Arts at Seattle University, Capitol Hill

Zero loses their job to a machine, so they kill their boss. They are then sent on a hallucinatory journey through internetified culture, the legal system, the underworld, and the future as they struggle to understand their value. 

Written one hundred years ago by Elmer Rice, The Adding Machine is an absurdist parable about automation, labor, exploitation, and the search for meaning.

Choose Your Own Price tickets available online starting at $0.00.  Click here for tickets and showtimes

"Abacus," West of Lenin, Fremont

A play about aging, dementia, and and AI featuring a veteran cast that includes a "Gilmore Girls" regular.

Tickets start at $12.   Click here for more info, show times, and tickets.

Sep 16 - 22 2024 - All show times have $15 and under options

 

"Damn Yankees," Reboot Theatre Company, Theater Off Jackson, International District

The award-winning Reboot Theatre Company, in association with Theatre Off Jackson, presents Damn Yankees; based on the novel, The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant by Douglass Wallop.  A Broadway mega-hit and winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Damn Yankees hits it out of the park! The winning score by Adler and Ross, and a devilish book by George Abbot, have made this sporty musical comedy a true American classic.

Middle-aged baseball fanatic Joe Boyd, trades his soul to the Devil, also known as Mr. Applegate, for a chance to lead his favorite team to victory in the pennant race against the New York Yankees. As young baseball sensation, Joe Hardy, he transforms the hapless Washington Senators into a winning team, only to realize the true worth of the life that he's left behind. 

"Inclusion rate" tickets available online for $5.49 for all performances.  Click here for showtimes and tickets.

"Guards at the Taj," ArtsWest, West Seattle

In 1648 India, two Imperial Guards watch from their post as the sun rises for the first time on the newly-completed Taj Mahal—an event that shakes their respective worlds. When they are ordered to perform an unthinkable task, the aftermath forces them to question the concepts of friendship, beauty, and duty, and changes them forever.  GUARDS AT THE TAJ is one of Pulitzer Prize Finalist Rajiv Joseph’s seminal works. 

Tickets for Wednesday night previews are available for $10 each.   $15 Inclusion rate tickets are also available for all other performances online using the promo code “INCLUSION.”

Click here for tickets and more info

POTUS, OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE, ACT Theatre, Downtown Seattle

The comedic sensation comes to Seattle and delivers a riotous punch as it unveils the story of seven extraordinary women tasked with managing the antics of the most powerful man in the world. Fueled by Selina Fillinger’s sharp wit and biting satire, this Tony-nominated play offers an unforgettable tribute to the unsung heroes behind the political curtain.  

PWYC Tickets available for all shows starting at $5 online.   $20 Rush tickets are also available for all shows that are not sold out, starting 60 minutes before curtain.  Click here for tickets and more info

"Titanish," The Habit, Seattle Public Theater at Greenlake Park, Greenlake

From the creators of the sell-out super hit "A Very Die Hard Christmas" comes a comedy so colossal it can only be called "Titanish". Crashing onto the shores of Green Lake this August, this musical parody (that lampoons the epic film) will showcase the wit and creativity that The Habit Comedy writers are acclaimed for. Winner of the 2022 Broadway World Critic's Choice Award for best new musical.

Age Restrictions: Younger children not recommended, adult humor and language.

Twelve $10  "Art is for Everyone" tickets available per performance.  Click for tickets and more info

"The Adding Machine," The Feast, The Lee Center for the Arts at Seattle University, Capitol Hill

Zero loses their job to a machine, so they kill their boss. They are then sent on a hallucinatory journey through internetified culture, the legal system, the underworld, and the future as they struggle to understand their value. 

Written one hundred years ago by Elmer Rice, The Adding Machine is an absurdist parable about automation, labor, exploitation, and the search for meaning.

Choose Your Own Price tickets available online starting at $0.00.  Click here for tickets and showtimes

"The Ever Expanding Moment," Common AREA Maintenance, CAM Annex, Downtown

Jamahl King is stuck in an afterlife with the police officer who took his life during a routine traffic stop. Their purgatory is a tortured tapestry of confrontation, denial, and, ultimately self reflection that all amounts to an unflinching exploration of police violence and its unending costs. Moving beyond news headlines that flatten perpetrators and victims alike, The Ever Expanding Moment presents both Jamahl and his killer as infinitely complex people, both in life and in death. Playwright and director Amontaine Aurore has orchestrated a gripping performance that demands its audiences to consider what true justice really looks like. Join us at Common Area Maintenance Annex (2601 1st Avenue) for this multimedia play that explores the events, beliefs and ideas that lead to a fatal encounter and a final cosmic reckoning.

Choose your own price tickets available starting at $5.   Click here for tickets and showtimes.

"Abacus," West of Lenin, Fremont

A play about aging, dementia, and and AI featuring a veteran cast that includes a "Gilmore Girls" regular.

Tickets start at $12.   Click here for more info, show times, and tickets.

Sep 9 - 15 2024 - All show times have $15 and under options

 

"Damn Yankees," Reboot Theatre Company, Theater Off Jackson, International District

The award-winning Reboot Theatre Company, in association with Theatre Off Jackson, presents Damn Yankees; based on the novel, The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant by Douglass Wallop.  A Broadway mega-hit and winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Damn Yankees hits it out of the park! The winning score by Adler and Ross, and a devilish book by George Abbot, have made this sporty musical comedy a true American classic.

Middle-aged baseball fanatic Joe Boyd, trades his soul to the Devil, also known as Mr. Applegate, for a chance to lead his favorite team to victory in the pennant race against the New York Yankees. As young baseball sensation, Joe Hardy, he transforms the hapless Washington Senators into a winning team, only to realize the true worth of the life that he's left behind. 

"Inclusion rate" tickets available online for $5.49 for all performances.  Click here for showtimes and tickets.

"Guards at the Taj," ArtsWest, West Seattle

In 1648 India, two Imperial Guards watch from their post as the sun rises for the first time on the newly-completed Taj Mahal—an event that shakes their respective worlds. When they are ordered to perform an unthinkable task, the aftermath forces them to question the concepts of friendship, beauty, and duty, and changes them forever.  GUARDS AT THE TAJ is one of Pulitzer Prize Finalist Rajiv Joseph’s seminal works. 

Tickets for Wednesday night previews are available for $10 each.   $15 Inclusion rate tickets are also available for all other performances online using the promo code “INCLUSION.”

Click here for tickets and more info

POTUS, OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE, ACT Theatre, Downtown Seattle

The comedic sensation comes to Seattle and delivers a riotous punch as it unveils the story of seven extraordinary women tasked with managing the antics of the most powerful man in the world. Fueled by Selina Fillinger’s sharp wit and biting satire, this Tony-nominated play offers an unforgettable tribute to the unsung heroes behind the political curtain.  

PWYC Tickets available for all shows starting at $5 online.   $20 Rush tickets are also available for all shows that are not sold out, starting 60 minutes before curtain.  Click here for tickets and more info

"Titanish," The Habit, Seattle Public Theater at Greenlake Park, Greenlake

From the creators of the sell-out super hit "A Very Die Hard Christmas" comes a comedy so colossal it can only be called "Titanish". Crashing onto the shores of Green Lake this August, this musical parody (that lampoons the epic film) will showcase the wit and creativity that The Habit Comedy writers are acclaimed for. Winner of the 2022 Broadway World Critic's Choice Award for best new musical.

Age Restrictions: Younger children not recommended, adult humor and language.

Twelve $10  "Art is for Everyone" tickets available per performance.  Click for tickets and more info

"Cowboys with Questions," Washington Ensemble Theatre (WET), 12th Ave Arts Building, Capitol Hill

Cowboys with Questions follows an isolated community that is led by George, a charismatic leader with an uncanny ability to skirt death. Their day-to-day activities and secret rituals are disrupted by the arrival of a cowboy.

Inspired by Euripedes’ The Bacchae and modern-day cults, this play is a thought-provoking exploration of human behavior, inviting audiences to question their own desires for community and the boundaries they are willing to cross in its pursuit.

Content warnings:

Flashing lights and haze, depictions of cults, anti-Latine racism, misogyny, emotional manipulation, mention of suicide.

Two Sunday performances are PWYC;  additional performances have $15 "Industry" tickets available.  Click the link for tickets and more info

"Things Hidden Since the End of the World," The Javaad Alipoor Company, On The Boards Merrill Wright Theatre, Uptown

An investigation into the nature of investigation, with the unsolved murder of a pop icon at its center. 

It’s the 1970s and Fereydoun Farrokhzad’s star is blazing bright – he’s a sex symbol and chart-topping pop singer – imagine an Iranian Tom Jones. A decade on and he’s living in political exile in Germany, though still performing to sold-out audiences in Europe. On 7 August 1992, he was found brutally murdered. The neighbors said his dogs had been barking for two nights.

Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World is a wild ride down the rabbit hole of Wikipedia and murder mystery podcasts, sorting through the tangle of information available online in a post-colonial world to reveal the limits of search engines in solving a decades-old cold case.

PWYW Tickets starting at $1.00 available online for all performances.  Click here for tickets and more info

"The Adding Machine," The Feast, The Lee Center for the Arts at Seattle University, Capitol Hill

Zero loses their job to a machine, so they kill their boss. They are then sent on a hallucinatory journey through internetified culture, the legal system, the underworld, and the future as they struggle to understand their value. 

Written one hundred years ago by Elmer Rice, The Adding Machine is an absurdist parable about automation, labor, exploitation, and the search for meaning.

Choose Your Own Price tickets available online starting at $0.00.  Click here for tickets and showtimes

"The Ever Expanding Moment," Common AREA Maintenance, CAM Annex, Downtown

Jamahl King is stuck in an afterlife with the police officer who took his life during a routine traffic stop. Their purgatory is a tortured tapestry of confrontation, denial, and, ultimately self reflection that all amounts to an unflinching exploration of police violence and its unending costs. Moving beyond news headlines that flatten perpetrators and victims alike, The Ever Expanding Moment presents both Jamahl and his killer as infinitely complex people, both in life and in death. Playwright and director Amontaine Aurore has orchestrated a gripping performance that demands its audiences to consider what true justice really looks like. Join us at Common Area Maintenance Annex (2601 1st Avenue) for this multimedia play that explores the events, beliefs and ideas that lead to a fatal encounter and a final cosmic reckoning.

Choose your own price tickets available starting at $5.   Click here for tickets and showtimes.

"Lear 1x3," The Baker Theater Workshop, Black Box Theater at Seattle Center Armory, Seattle Center

The first act of King Lear, presented in three different ways.

Tickets are $15.   Click here for tickets and more info.

Sep 2 - 8 2024 - All show times have $15 and under options

"Lucky Chance," Island Shakespeare Festival, 5476 Maxwelton Road, Langley, WA 98260, Whidbey Island

From Expand the Canon: "If you’re looking to gamble on love with this multi-generational comedy featuring headstrong heroines and aging Romeos… consider this raunchy Restoration Comedy about sex, marriage, and consent. The ripened, spry, and sometimes lecherous Sir Cautious Fulbank and Sir Feeble Fainwou’d used their money and status to land young wives. But both wives had young suitors they already loved… who are trying to win them back! While the old men gamble, bribe, and swindle, the young suitors assume double identities, dance with a Devil(!), and put their livelihoods on the line –– with plenty of help from their crafty ladies. Delight in this unapologetic critique of capitalism and patriarchy while asking: are our motives in love and partnership ever truly altruistic?"

Tickets available in advance on sliding scale, starting at $15, or Pay What You Will after the show.  40% of tickets are held to be available day of the performance.

Tickets can be reserved at the following link:

Click for dates and showtimes

"King Lear," Island Shakespeare Festival, 5476 Maxwelton Road, Langley, WA 98260, Whidbey Island

King Lear takes center stage in a world where power, patriarchy, and privilege collide with the pursuit of justice and equity. As Lear's kingdom unravels, his daughters challenge societal expectations, each seeking their own empowerment. Amidst political turmoil, the production delves into the complexities of mental health, offering a poignant reflection on the importance of compassion and empathy in a rapidly changing world. Don't miss this thought-provoking production, that seeks to resonate with contemporary audiences and spark conversations about the enduring relevance of its themes.

Tickets available in advance on sliding scale, starting at $15, or Pay What You Will after the show.  40% of tickets are held to be available day of the performance.

Tickets can be reserved at the following link:

Click for dates and showtimes

"Pop-Up Performances," Whim W'Him, Various locations in Seattle

Witness the magic of dance under Seattle’s summer sun. 

Whim W’Him announces a new series of Pop-Ups, which will be performed throughout Seattle public parks and at the city of Seattle’s Bumbershoot in the months of August and September.

Free performances will take place at several parks throughout Seattle including Ballard Commons Park, West Queen Anne Playground, Martha Washington Park in Rainier Valley, and Jefferson Park in Beacon Hill. 

Click the link for showtimes and locations

"Damn Yankees," Reboot Theatre Company, Theater Off Jackson, International District

The award-winning Reboot Theatre Company, in association with Theatre Off Jackson, presents Damn Yankees; based on the novel, The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant by Douglass Wallop.  A Broadway mega-hit and winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Damn Yankees hits it out of the park! The winning score by Adler and Ross, and a devilish book by George Abbot, have made this sporty musical comedy a true American classic.

Middle-aged baseball fanatic Joe Boyd, trades his soul to the Devil, also known as Mr. Applegate, for a chance to lead his favorite team to victory in the pennant race against the New York Yankees. As young baseball sensation, Joe Hardy, he transforms the hapless Washington Senators into a winning team, only to realize the true worth of the life that he's left behind. 

"Inclusion rate" tickets available online for $5.49 for all performances.  Click here for showtimes and tickets.

POTUS, OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE, ACT Theatre, Downtown Seattle

The comedic sensation comes to Seattle and delivers a riotous punch as it unveils the story of seven extraordinary women tasked with managing the antics of the most powerful man in the world. Fueled by Selina Fillinger’s sharp wit and biting satire, this Tony-nominated play offers an unforgettable tribute to the unsung heroes behind the political curtain.  

PWYC Tickets available for all shows starting at $5 online.   $20 Rush tickets are also available for all shows that are not sold out, starting 60 minutes before curtain.  Click here for tickets and more info

"Titanish," The Habit, Seattle Public Theater at Greenlake Park, Greenlake

From the creators of the sell-out super hit "A Very Die Hard Christmas" comes a comedy so colossal it can only be called "Titanish". Crashing onto the shores of Green Lake this August, this musical parody (that lampoons the epic film) will showcase the wit and creativity that The Habit Comedy writers are acclaimed for. Winner of the 2022 Broadway World Critic's Choice Award for best new musical.

Age Restrictions: Younger children not recommended, adult humor and language.

Twelve $10  "Art is for Everyone" tickets available per performance.  Click for tickets and more info

"Cowboys with Questions," Washington Ensemble Theatre (WET), 12th Ave Arts Building, Capitol Hill

Cowboys with Questions follows an isolated community that is led by George, a charismatic leader with an uncanny ability to skirt death. Their day-to-day activities and secret rituals are disrupted by the arrival of a cowboy.

Inspired by Euripedes’ The Bacchae and modern-day cults, this play is a thought-provoking exploration of human behavior, inviting audiences to question their own desires for community and the boundaries they are willing to cross in its pursuit.

Content warnings:

Flashing lights and haze, depictions of cults, anti-Latine racism, misogyny, emotional manipulation, mention of suicide.

Two Sunday performances are PWYC;  additional performances have $15 "Industry" tickets available.  Click the link for tickets and more info

"The Ever Expanding Moment," Common AREA Maintenance, CAM Annex, Downtown

Jamahl King is stuck in an afterlife with the police officer who took his life during a routine traffic stop. Their purgatory is a tortured tapestry of confrontation, denial, and, ultimately self reflection that all amounts to an unflinching exploration of police violence and its unending costs. Moving beyond news headlines that flatten perpetrators and victims alike, The Ever Expanding Moment presents both Jamahl and his killer as infinitely complex people, both in life and in death. Playwright and director Amontaine Aurore has orchestrated a gripping performance that demands its audiences to consider what true justice really looks like. Join us at Common Area Maintenance Annex (2601 1st Avenue) for this multimedia play that explores the events, beliefs and ideas that lead to a fatal encounter and a final cosmic reckoning.

Choose your own price tickets available starting at $5.   Click here for tickets and showtimes.

'Why: An Actor Preparing," Island Shakespeare Festival, Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Whidbey Island

"WHY: An Actor Preparing," (a 35 min short play) written by Davion Tynarious Brown, follows the short journey of an Actor in his studio apartment. With the assistance of his best mate, the Actor devises a strategy to land a once-in-a-lifetime audition. Throughout his journey to prepare, he addresses: the complexities of the theatre industry, the inner trepidations felt by many theatre practitioners, the tumultuous balancing  act between daily life and Artistry, andthe heart & soul of the craft of Acting.

This meta commentary means to provide audiences with a small glimpse into the world of the "Actor's Process", as well as to edify them on the importance of the Arts in our everyday lives.

All Tickets are Pay-What-You Choose at the Door.  Click for more info