The Tempest is being shown this summer by the Seattle Shakespeare Company. It is being shown for free in various parks around the Puget Sound as part of Free Shakespeare in the Parks, and is directed by Lee Adcock-Starr.
Music of Remembrance delves into the depths of memory and trauma with a heart-rending and touching set of performances
Another Sunrise and For a Look or a Touch was a Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer double bill put on by Music of Remembrance, While only showing in Seattle for one day, it is playing again in San Francisco on May 24th and Chicago on May 27th and 28th.
Jeeves Takes A Bow delivers delightful deliberations between friends
Jeeves Takes A Bow is being put on by the Taproot Theatre Company. Adapted for the stage by Margaret Roether from the “Jeeves and Wooster” stories by PG Wodehouse, this hilarious performance is directed by Scott Nolte.
Latitude Theatre debuts in an excellent and fantastical fashion
Monstrous Regiment is being put on by Latitude Theater, adapted originally from the Terry Pratchett novel of the same name, brought to Seattle from Chicago where it was adapted for the stage by Christopher Hainsworth.
La Traviata is being put on by the Seattle Opera, and was an absolutely enchanting show. It offers insight into the very boundaries of love, high-society, and forgiveness throughout its action-packed acts.
Come to Benaroya Hall in Seattle on May 21st at 4 p.m.to view this double bill focused on addressing issues
The Standby Lear, directed by Terry Edward Moore, is a beautiful story of a husband and wife in the acting world, providing opportunity for intense reflection on what living life on standby entails. While starting out as a lighthearted comedy based upon the Shakespearean tragedy, the show quickly transforms into an emotional examination of love and fear in an actor’s life.
A Thousand Splendid Suns, adapted from the novel of the same name by Khaled Hosseini has been transformed into a breathtakingly beautiful opera by Roya Sadat. Put on by Seattle Opera, the opera tells the story of two women and their struggles through decades of violence, turmoil, and societal pressures. It speaks to the bonds of family, especially motherhood, of love lost and the things that people have to do in order to survive.
Indelible: Reflections on Queerness in the Performing Arts was a free showing of both music and community focusing on LGBTQIA+ representation in the arts. It was put on by the Lowbrow Opera Collective, whose mission is to find the intersection between queer representation and artistic expression on stage.
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.
