2020

Seattle Shakespeare hosts a free livestream Richard III on Thursday, October 29 at 7:30 PM (Pacific). This brand-new audio-only encore presentation revisits the upstart crow collective 2018 production of Richard III and features most of the original cast. A brief Q & A session will follow the event.

In Shakespeare’s Richard III, everyone underestimated the last son of the mighty royal York family. Richard is as charming as he is cunning. Through scheming and seducing (and a few murders along the way), Richard secures the crown for himself…but can he hold it? Attempting to thwart his ill-gotten rise to power are some potent women who envision hope for their country in a new generation of leaders. This gripping portrait of a cunning villain’s rise and fall from power features a diverse female and non-binary cast.

Richard III by William Shakespeare. Seattle Shakespeare Company. Audio-only production. Thurs. Oct. 29 7:30 Free. Info: www.seattleshakespearecompany.org

Postponed til Sat. Oct. 24. The Eastside’s foremost professional theatre, Woodville Repertory Theatre, will present a virtual performance of Shakespeare’s

Directed by Lauren Love, Harlequin Productions will present a free radio play, This Flat Earth by Lindsey Ferrentino tonight. At a middle school in a seaside town, the unthinkable has happened, placing a bewildered community in the national spotlight. Stuck at home in a state of shocked limbo, Julie and Zander, two twelve-year-olds, try to make sense of the chaos they witnessed, their awkward crushes, and an infinitely more complicated future — but the grown-ups are no help at all. An urgent response to our times, This Flat Earth is a startling and deeply felt story of growing up in our confounding world.

This Flat Earth by Lindsey Ferrentino opens tonight at 7:30pm PST ( Sun. Oct. 11) and runs through October 17.Tues, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat 7:30 PST. https://harlequinproductions.org/show/this-flat-earth/
(reservations necessary for this free show)

KHQP RADIO THEATRE

ESTIMATED RUN TIME1 HR 34 MINS
• House Opens- on the air 15 minutes prior to show time.
• Act 1 (94 mins)
• Show Ends

The Pandemic Plays

What happens when playwrights are quarantined due to a worldwide pandemic? They write plays, of course!! The Pandemic Plays is a series of world premiere one-act plays that react to the COVID-19 world we all share. Portraying coping mechanisms ranging from ill-advised scientific experiments to paper bag puppets to hip hop and more, these plays tell stories about how we’re navigating a world that suddenly feels smaller and less certain.
Each Pandemic Play will be performed live at 18th & Union and broadcast on a live stream via Zoom. And if we have to lock down again? No problem, performers will stream from their homes. But no matter what, these shows are going on!

Shelter in Place
(Oct. 11,24 )

Greetings
(Oct. 15, 16,17,22, 25)

Duplicate
(Oct. 8,9,10,18,23)

COVID Dreams
(Oct. 8,9,10,18,23)

407C’s Puppet Theatre
(Oct. 15, 16, 17, 22, 25)

TICKETS : 18thandunion.org/pandemic-plays Discount for 3 play series.

Details about the individual shows are on the next page

The Pandemic Plays

What happens when playwrights are quarantined due to a worldwide pandemic? They write plays, of course!! The Pandemic Plays is a series of world premiere one-act plays that react to the COVID-19 world we all share. Portraying coping mechanisms ranging from ill-advised scientific experiments to paper bag puppets to hip hop and more, these plays tell stories about how we’re navigating a world that suddenly feels smaller and less certain.
Each Pandemic Play will be performed live at 18th & Union and broadcast on a live stream via Zoom. And if we have to lock down again? No problem, performers will stream from their homes. But no matter what, these shows are going on!

Shelter in Place
(Oct. 11,24 )

Greetings
(Oct. 15, 16,17,22, 25)

Duplicate
(Oct. 8,9,10,18,23)

COVID Dreams
(Oct. 8,9,10,18,23)

407C’s Puppet Theatre
(Oct. 15, 16, 17, 22, 25)

TICKETS : 18thandunion.org/pandemic-plays Discount for 3 play series.

Details about the individual shows are on the next page

Radio Play about the Demise of a Fragile Democracy. From the Pulitzer-winning playwright behind Angels in America comes a dramatic

An original show about turning stumbling blocks into bridging materials premieres online

“The Driftwood Bridge: An Offering of Story and Song” is a two-person theatrical and musical memoir about taking experiences that wash up on the existential beaches of our lives and using them to build a bridge to carry us forward. The show explores life after loss, intergenerational forgiveness, and the ways mentors and friends help us feel ready to say yes to love—gay, straight, or otherwise.

The show started as something David Mielke and Thomas Hitoshi wrote and performed for their wedding guests in 2018 at Vashon’s Open Space For Arts and Community. After a performance on Vashon Island, it’s Seattle run was cancelled due to Covid, so now it is online for free.

The Driftwood Bridge. Until Nov. http://www.driftwoodbridge.com. Free

  “I am abundant. I am Black enough. I am gold.” Revive, a one-woman show starring Porscha Shaw opens the

It’s a man, it’s a wolf,….it’s Wulver.

A “Wulver,” according to the mythology of the Shetland Islands, is a half-man-half wolf, and the subject of a solo play created and performed by Lyam White, to be broadcast live on webinar at 10 pm on Sept. 24th. Described as a “neurotic seriocomic fantasia, I have no doubt that it will live up to its description as it is directed by one of Seattle’s greatest comic geniuses, K. Brian Neel, and produced by 18th and Union, which always picks winners.

American Wulver Created and Performed by Lyam White. 18th and Union. Sept. 25 10pm. https://18thandunion.org/american-wulver
Broadcast live on webinar. Tickets necessary: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe.c/10569239