2023

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Autocorrect Thinks I’m Dead-Final Weekend Cancelled

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Final weekend of Autocorrect CANCELLED
 
Sound Theatre patrons and community members, it is with deep sadness and heavy hearts we relay the news of the cancellation of the final weekend of performances of the world premiere production of Autocorrect Thinks I’m Dead.

At Sound Theatre, the health and safety of everyone involved in our work is one of our utmost priorities, and we are steadfast on adhering to COVID-19 protocols. Recent circumstances find Sound Theatre needing to prioritize the health, rest, and recovery of our Autocorrect company.

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Last Drive to Dodge-Entertaining and Serious at Taproot

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Awe-inspiring Historical Drama

An exceptional production in every way, Last Drive to Dodge, opened last weekend at Taproot’s Jewel Mainstage, directed by the venerable Valerie Curtis-Newton. It was extraordinary in every way, the script by Andrew Lee Creech, the superb acting, the lovely accompanying music, the evocative lighting effects and the history lessons gently woven into the plot. As a joint production of the Hansberry Project and Taproot it was a tribute to a marvelous partnership.

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Thrice-Three Solo Performances by Indian Women

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Thrice, three solo performances by Indian Women, presented by Pratidhwani, the Seattle South Asian performing arts group, opened this weekend at Taproot’s Isaac Studio with great performances, insightful playwriting and plenty of laughter especially for Priyanka Shetty’s The Elephant in the Room.

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Proofs: A Live-Streamed Playwright’s Challenge

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With the rising popularity of streaming, many have tried finding new ways of enjoying theater from the comforts of their own home. But beyond just theater, some have tried experimenting with new challenges to the theater experience. One such group has found its way to YouTube and the concept is an interesting one, to be sure. From Parley Productions comes a new Live-Streamed YouTube series, Proofs, Proofs, created by Dustin Hageland & Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth.

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Measure for Measure-A Tale of Foregiveness

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“They say best men are molded out of faults
And for the most become much more the better
For being a little bad.”

-Mariana, Measure for Measure

Engaged Theatre, an offshoot of Freehold acting studio is mounting a production of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, directed by Robin Lynn Smith, at West of Lenin in October for only five performances. All performances will be free.

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Walk the Block-Wa Na Wari’s -The Biggest Black Arts Festival in the NW

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Enjoy Art and Revitalize the Central District

Walk The Block Art Festival, Wa Na Wari’s Annual Fundraiser, Returns For Year Three on September 30, 2023. This fall, Wa Na Wari will host its third annual Walk the Block, the biggest Black arts festival in the Northwest featuring local, national and international Black and Indigenous artists. The celebration will feature music, art, dancing, community and food in the Central District.

I strongly recommend this to all my readers, I regularly visit their exhibitions and review them, their art is superb!

Photo: Sunny Martin

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Achilles and Patroclus-At Seattle Opera’s Open House this Saturday

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As part of Seattle Opera’s Open House this Saturday, September 23rd, Lowbrow Opera Collective, will revive their short original opera Achilles & Patroclus, first performed as part of the More Than Friends show, which was conceived by Erika Meyer and James T. Washburn during Seattle Opera’s 2021 Creation Lab. Through flashes of intimate moments and memories, Achilles remembers his life with the love he lost in this achingly beautiful story. Revere Taylor and Jae Bernardo will reprise their roles as Achilles and Patroclus with Steven Luksan at the keyboard.

Join Lowbrow next Saturday at 1:15 pm at Seattle Opera’s open house to celebrate this unabashedly queer chamber opera. It’s free, but be peachy and RSVP using the link below.

Read more to see the original Drama in the Hood review

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Seattle Opera Open House- De-Mystifying Opera

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OPERA CENTER OPEN HOUSE

Head down to the Opera Center for their next FREE Open House. This is your opportunity to explore the great work that happens at the Opera Center!
At the Open House, you’ll find:
• Performances by Seattle Opera Resident Artists and Teen Vocal Studio
• Children’s activities like crafts, costume try-on, and activities with Seattle Children’s Theatre
• A tour of the Costume Shop with the Props department to learn more about these critical pieces of opera
• Performance by Lowbrow Opera Collective presenting Achilles and Patroclus, originally commissioned by Seattle Opera as part of the 2021 Jane Lang Davis Creation Lab ( see Drama in the Hood’s review https://www.dramainthehood.net/2023/05/mor-than-friends-lowbrow-opera-collective/)

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Sherwood-The Adventures of Robin Hood

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Sherwood-The Adventures of Robin Hood,a comedic rendering of the medieval tale, opened at Issaquah’s Village Theatre, this past weekend. It was part English pantomine with audience participation, part Monty Python sketches, part slap-stick, part Vaudeville with a touch of Mel Brooks. Written by Ken Ludwig of Lend me a Tenor fame, it was directed by the Artistic Director of Village Theatre, Adam Immerwahr, and seemed very suited for children.
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Ghosts Among the Hearing

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What does it mean to be treated as a ghost among the living—which technology reminds us is somehow synonymous with the hearing? Sound Theatre Company sought to answer this question with its opening debut of Aimee Chou’s original play, Autocorrect Thinks I’m Dead, at 12th Avenue Arts this weekend. Chou’s play, directed by Howie Seago, did this and so much more by inviting audiences into the world of deaf culture through a witty and heartfelt subversion of the classic ghost story that painfully recognizes its own marginalized invisibility across the world and the stage. 

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