Fresh, locally sourced, and, organic. If it’s good for food, it’s good for art.

In the grand tradition of Boccaccio’s Decameron, Paul Mullin has curated a group of stories and plays written during COVID quarantine featuring local writers, Scot Augustson, Kelleen Conway Blanchard, Bret Fetzer and of course Paul Mullin.

WHERE: On-line at this link: https://www.paulmullin.org/lake_boat_stories/

WHEN: Lake Boat Stories is an ongoing project with monthly installments. The next slate of stories should drop in mid-September 2020.

HOW: Just go to the beginning by clicking here; and then follow the links from there.

WHY: Writers stay in practice by writing. And playwrights stay fresh by getting their words in front of an audience as quickly as they can, however they can.

As a theatre artist, I advocated for fresh, organic, locally grown theatre, with an accelerated turnaround time (think “farm-to-table”). Now I’m applying that same philosophy to my new writing. That’s why Loud Mouth Lit is, and always will be, said Paul Mullin, curator.

Adapted from the pre-COVID19 version to fit the constraints of a world in disarray.

Having been re-set in a video chat room, Cornelia’s Visitors will appear online for one performance only on Saturday, August 8, 2020. Originally rehearsed as a live stage play before COVID, this original script by Julieta Vitullo, has been adapted for the virtual world, by the author and produced by Parley theatre company. Cast members include Meg Savlov, Sydney Maltese, Katherine Jett, Paul Sobrie, Brandon Colinsworth, directed by Tourino collinsworth and technical direction by Jaime Shure.

Cornelia is an advanced operating system working within the home of Isabel Inchausti, a bestselling novelist whose career has seen better days. Cornelia seems content to spend her time fulfilling her human’s frivolous requests until three enigmatic characters from Isabel’s most famous novel suddenly appear in her video chatroom!
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As the visitors’ pre-World War II backstories collide with the all-access Information Age, Cornelia launches a plan to transform her humble existence into something much grander. Cornelia’s Visitors explores the meaning of creation, the limits of artificial intelligence, and the blessings (and curses) of self-knowledge.

Cornelia’s Visitors

Cornelia’s Visitors. World Premiere. Parley Saturday, August 8, 2020, 6 pm PST/9 PM EST. Free but registration is required. REGISTER TO JOIN OUR AUDIENCE

Seattle Opera announces upcoming KING FM broadcasts and online recitals

Seattle Opera announces the final singers to perform in its online recital series, on August 27, >Songs of Summer , which will stream on Scheduled to stream on Seattle Opera’s Facebook, YouTube, and website.

Several singers are featured including beloved soprano Mary Elizabeth Williams—star of Tosca, Nabucco, and Mary Stuart as well as Theo Hoffman, Vanessa Vsquex,, Will Liverman, who made history as the first Black Papageno (Mozart’s The Magic Flute) at the Metropolitan Opera last season, Damien Geter, Ben Bliss along with pianists Brad Moore, David McDade, Jonathan King and Jessica Hall.

Seattle Shakes Postpones Richard II, Long Day’s Journey into Night and Volpone

Seattle Shakespeare Company announced that due to the ongoing public health crisis, it is postponing its productions of Richard II with upstart crow collective and Long Day’s Journey into Night, by Eugene O’Neill. The fall production of Ben Jonson’s Volpone will move to spring 2021 to join a previously scheduled production of Much Ado About Nothing.

An Evening with Earnest

Seattle Rep is delighted to present An Evening with Earnest, a live virtual benefit performance on Thursday, June 25, featuring an uproarious reading of selections from The Importance of Being Earnest. The brilliant cast and director Casey Stangl are joining together for one night only to present their pared-down rendition of this Oscar Wilde classic, in addition to titillating trivia, a Q&A, and plenty more tomfoolery.

An Evening with Earnest Thursday, June 25, 2020 at 7 p.m. PT

Watch it all from your couch at www.langstonseattle.org/sbff.

Black Cinematic Brilliance is going fully online – for the first time. This summer, for the 17th edition of the Seattle Black Film Festival (formerly Langston Hughes African American Film Festival) you can tune in from your couch! July 10-12, 2020, join LANGSTON, the non profit committed to Cultivating Black Brilliance, and Seattle-based online independent film screening and music platform Couch-a-thon, as they team up to bring a fully online 2020 festival experience!

Seattle Shakespeare Company: A free, live stream reading of Shakespeare’s 12th Night June 18 at 7:30 PM

Website: https://www.seattleshakespeare.org/ruffreads/ or
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/seattleshakes

For the second presentation in Seattle Shakespeare’s Ruff Reads series, the company will present an online reading of the comedy Twelfth Night. The reading will feature much of the cast of the 2012 Wooden O production of the play. Audiences can relive their fun summer memories of this hilarious Wooden O production by gathering (but still social distancing!) with family and friends for this digital event. A brief Q&A session on YouTube will follow the event.

Four Superheros find a new challenge in American Way.

TACOMA MUSICAL PLAYHOUSE presents the American Way, by Jeremy Gable, a virtual theatrical experience written by Jeremy Gable. American Way is the first full-length production to come from Tacoma Musical Playhouse. American Way will stream Friday, June 12, at 7:30 PM. All proceeds will go to Tacoma Musical Playhouse. The author Jeremy Gable is planning for a Q & A after the show.

Online performances on You-Tube June to Sept. The Show Must Go Online, created by actor-writer-director Rob Myles and producing partner Sarah Peachey, brings together a global cast to perform Shakespeare’s plays live and online every week in the order they were believed to have been written, for free. Each show is cast, produced and rehearsed […]

The Show Must Go Online, created by actor-writer-director Rob Myles and producing partner Sarah Peachey, brings together a global cast to perform Shakespeare’s plays live and online every week in the order they were believed to have been written, for free. Each show is cast, produced and rehearsed in under a week. The first show […]