An Ambitious Cast, But Incomplete Script
In this production of An Incomplete List of All The Things I’m Going to Miss When the World Is No Longer:, Dacha Theatre brings to life the story of the end of the world through the eyes of lovers and friends. To be seen at Theatre Off Jackson, the play is presented in an intimate stage where the audience is not only a viewer, but a participant along for the ride.
Pandemic Project
There are many ways to express the emotions people felt about the early 21st Century pandemic; some people took to violence and wife-beating, others spent time gardening and baking, the BGS Collective created physical theatre live at 18th and Union this weekend. N.B. streaming also available. 
A collection of healthcare professionals’ stories working through the COVID-19 pandemic
ArtsWest’s production of An Endless Shift is a documentary theatre project devised by Gloria Alcalá and Alma Davenport and is performed by Gloria Alcalá. Located at ArtsWest Theatre, An Endless Shift shares the stories of five healthcare professionals through the reenactment of their responses to interview questions. In this unique production, Gloria Alcalá single-handedly reenacts each healthcare professional’s responses sharing each person’s experience through their entry into healthcare and the nightmare that they were faced with, COVID-19.
When Samson and Delilah was originally conceived by Camille Saint-Saëns, it was as an oratorio which is traditionally sung unstaged without costumes, scenery, or action. This may explain why Seattle Opera decided to bring this opera back to its stage for the first time since 1965 not as the opulent spectacle in which it is normally presented but in concert. Which is not to say that this production is without opulence or spectacle but, rather, that all of that is focused on the orchestra, chorus, and principal singers (with a tiny bit spared for J’Nai Bridges and her exceedingly fabulous ensembles).
Interesting material, poor script
PoBoyTango, by Kenneth Lin, opened this weekend at Tacoma Little Theatre. Although it had interesting subject matter, a talented experienced director, David Hsieh, an equally talented and passionate actress, Michelle Blackmon and set, sound, and special effects worthy of Hollywood, the script was not of the same caliber, so it was disappointing.
Juliette Carrilo’s I Am Not Your Perfect Daughter will make you laugh for two hours while also reaching deep into your heartstrings with its honest representation of grief, generational trauma, social inequalities, familial expectations and the struggles of undocumented and 1st generation immigrants in the United States. Based on Erika Sánchez’s novel, Seattle Rep’s latest production – which is also the West Coast premiere of the play – centers around Júlia, a 15-year-old Mexican American grappling with the death of her older sister, her parent’s expectations, her dreams of becoming a famous writer and her own coming of age.
Thoreau at Home and his One World at a Time
Thoreau at Home, written by David Wagoner, is brought to life through the performance of Todd Jefferson Moore and the direction of Richard E.T. White. The musical accompaniment is done by Peter Richards, and the stage management by Emily Grierson. It is put on at 18th & Union in Capitol Hill, January 19th-21st at 7:30 p.m. and January 22nd at 4:30 p.m.. The play invites you to feel as if you are engaging in conversation with Mr. Thoreau, discussing the sublime qualities of nature while lamenting upon the horrors of commonplace disrespect for the natural world.
Keeping Art Alive in the Neighborhood
Keeping the Neighborhood Alive through Art
Many of us know that most theatres, such as Steppenwolfe, started out modestly in church basements, but not many of us know that Art Galleries start out in houses on preserved blocks in the Central District in Seattle. “Situated in a fifth-generation Black-owned home, Wa Na Wari is an immersive community art project that reclaims Black cultural space and makes a statement about the importance of Black land ownership in gentrified communities.” The Martin Luther King Day weekend Art opening reception presenting the works of Kriston Banfield, Bonnie Hopper, Sable Elyse Smith and Amanda Howell Whitehurt was a powerful mechanism to keep leggoland development at bay in the Central District.
“It’s about a generation with so many dreams and so little freedom.”
Seda Iranian Theatre Ensemble and Macha Theatre Works are excited to announcethe first official show of this fantastic new theater company with the world premiere of The Forgotten History of Masteneh, written and directed by Naghmeh Samini. The play runs for one weekend only February 10-12, at Taproot Theatre’s Isaac Studio in Seattle’s Greenwood Neighborhood, and will be performed in Farsi (Persian) with subtitles.
Motormouth Comedy POWER HOUR
For one night only, Motörmouth Comedy Power-Hour will present an evening of involuntary laughter, chuckling, giggling, chortling, and “Aha” moments, at 18th and Union, either in person or streamed. January 13. It promises to be an evening where comedians run their mouths, the house is rocked, and the laughter rolls!
Participating comedians Patricio F Mendoza (host), Juan Forno (headliner), Brandon White. Luong Hau, Jake Breslauer, Jay Markovitz, Brandon Valentine promise to run their mouths, the rock the house, and the let the laughter rolls!
