November 2020

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Hailed as the greatest ghost story ever told, Harlequin Productions has begun a new holiday tradition, with an online production of Mercury Theatre’s 1939 classic radio adaptation of Charles Dickens’ story of transformation, absolution and grace, A Christmas Carol. It was originally directed by the legendary film and radio director, Orson Wells.

In a holiday a season that promises to be unlike any other, it may be very tempting to touch base

Emmett Montgomery’s Christmas Show: Sugar Plum Gary

Seattle based storyteller and comedian, Emmett Montgomery , brings his annual Sugar Plum Gary character to audiences this Christmas usin ga whole new platform. Tickets can be purchased to be involved in a Fireside Chat with Gary, in which the audience will be on an interactive Zoom call. Gary will be able to see and hear them, they’ll be visible to the rest of the audience, and they’ll be able to participate in the discussion about the fun cosmic nightmare that is Christmas and ask questions about how to best survive the night.

Arts West has just the right theme for its 2020 Christmas offering:  a play that explores how loved ones can

“I believe in censorship-I’ve made a fortune out of it.”

It was with great joy and delight that I learned that Play Your Part Theatre was producing another one of Mae West’s banned plays. After a highly successful run of Drag, a realistic portrayal of Gay life in New York City in the 1920’s, PYP is taking on, Sex, about Sex workers in the 1920’s.

A Statement from Centerstage

This past weekend we made the really tough decision to cancel A 1940s Radio Christmas Carol just one week before opening. We will be replacing the show with a Christmas Cabaret. If you are a Season Ticket Holder or have purchased a ticket to A 1940s Radio Christmas Carol, expect an email from us in the next couple of days. If you would like to purchase tickets to the Christmas Cabaret, they will be available on our website starting Thursday, December 3.
https://centerstagetheatre.com/

Thank you so much for your support throughout this trying time. We miss you so much and look forward to seeing you in person when it is safe to do so.

Geriatric Fun

A live production of Assisted Living: The Musical, by Rick Compton and Betsy Bennet will be broadcast virtually from Tacoma Musical Playhouse (TMP) November 20 – 22 and offers both matinees and evening performances. Taking place in the Pelican Roost retirement community, the musical focuses on the humorous side of aging and its challenges, using 18 characters.

Assisted Living the Musical: Tacoma Musical Playhouse. Fri, Sat, Sun, Nov. 20-21 7 pm. Run Time. 1 hour 15 minutes

Tickets: Reservations Necessary https://tix6.centerstageticketing.com/sites/tacomamusicalplayhouse/

( Link will be emailed 15 min. before the show.)

Myths, Legends, and Sovereign Futures

Bringing indigenous wisdom to the modern world: Storytellers Roger Fernandes (Lower Elwha Klallam) and Fern Naomi Renville (Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate) bring the Coastal Salish stories of The Changer to the radio-stage. Through old stories, we can envision tribal sovereignty in our world today. With the help of familiar friends, Changer reminds us to share dreams together for us and for our children’s future.

This audio drama is an adaptation of the first half of the original play. Since Sound theatre Company always produces fabulous shows, this proves to be a hit. It will be available to stream on YouTube, SoundCloud, and other platforms at no cost, although donations are welcome.

The Changer Audio Drama, directed by Fern Naomi Renville, produced by Sound Theatre Company. Beginning Nov. 20, with no specified closing date. It is available anytime, anywhere, and to anyone.

Listen directly the Website: https://changerradioplay.funraise.org/

Transcript available https://soundtheatrecompany.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Changer-transcript-final.pdf

Romeo & Juliet

Penguin Production will produce a live streamed performance of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet which includes toxicity, nurture, growth, love, rage, and plague. Their goal is to turn to Shakespeare’s famous story of young lovers to help us understand the seasons of change we find ourselves in now. Two polarizing houses – Montague, gritty and raw, Capulet, erratic and bright. When they meet, their power is immense. Will it create or destroy?

This is a truly fantastic play – equal parts comedy, romance, and tragedy, with brilliant characters and language. Our production utilizes the intimacy of zoom to create powerful, explosive, heartfelt performances which we’ll perform live, sharing the play’s power, energy, and rush of adrenaline with audiences in real time.

Performances will be recorded and available for future streaming on demand.

Romeo and Juliet, Live Performances: Saturday, November 21 @ 7pm, Sunday, November 22 @ 2pm.
Streaming Link TBA http://penguinproductionsseattle.org/performances.html

Freedom vs. Family

As part of UHeights ( University Heights) Theatre Alliance, ACT theatre in conjunction with ESE TEATRO, presents an online live reading of Shoe, by Maisela Trevino Orta. The play examines the family dynamics and gender roles within a dysfunctional Mexican American family led by a matriarch, who manipulates her grown children to remain under her roof, as a way to deal with the enormous grief, created when her spouse abandoned her and her children twelve years ago. Drawing inspiration from the nursery rhyme “There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe”, the play creates an atmosphere of confinement and constriction, as the protagonist yearns for a life outside of the family’s double-wide trailer in Texas

Shoe,A live reading by Marisela Trevino Orta, Sunday Nov. 15, 5 pm. Tickets https://order.acttheatre.org/shoe/11715?mc_cid=f72716da9e&mc_eid=454f96f273

For more information about the playwright see: https://newplayexchange.org/users/148/marisela-trevi%C3%B1o-orta