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 […]

The Bainbridge Stay at Home Companion, The Covid Monologues, Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra,
Edge Pajama Party. (all online)

May 5 – June 9: Bainbridge Stay At Home Companion

Welcome to the Bainbridge Stay At Home Companion from BPA – a weekly podcast in the “What’s Up Bainbridge?” feed from Bainbridge Community Broadcasting in partnership with Bainbridge Prepares and the Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network (BARN). It’s like good old-fashioned fireside radio! Each week, enjoy updates, comedy, music, and conversation with your fellow Islanders. Tune in on BPA’s Facebook page every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. through June 9. Listen to past episodes here:

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 went live on 19th March, and was the first online Shakespeare performance produced in response to Covid-19. Since launching, over 200 actors and creatives have been involved in bringing 13 shows to life.

Seattle-based actor, Gilly Kelleher, will be playing the Nurse in the SMGO’s production of Romeo and Juliet at 11am on Wednesday, May 27.

Romeo and Juliet, The Show Must Go Online. Streamed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G9eUMg7ROM. Wednesday, May 27. 11 am

OSF Cancels 2020 Fall Season

In compliance with Oregon Governor Brown’s ruling that “large gatherings,” will not be able to meet until at least the end of September, or until a “reliable treatment or prevention like a vaccine” is available, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival announced the cancellation of its Fall 2020 season, previously scheduled to begin September 8.

“The health and safety of our entire Ashland community, including artists, staff, volunteers, patrons, and Festival partners, is our highest priority,” said Nataki Garrett, OSF artistic director. “It is with great sadness that we are forced to cancel OSF’s 2020 Fall season

Canceling the 2020 season has very real financial consequences for OSF. Since suspending performances on March 12, OSF teams have been working to plan and schedule a 2021 season. All 2020 ticketholders are invited to donate tickets or consider a voucher for use in 2021.. OSF is also currently running a $5MM critical relief fundraising campaign,

For ticket info; www.osfashland.org/COVID19. or .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k09f4e0012c&feature=youtu.be&utm_source=Seattle+Shakespeare+Company+General+List&utm_campaign=e52bccd5d8-Friday+Update+-+May+8%2C+2020&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4406ab85d5-e52bccd5d8-72608409

Songs of Summer

Seattle Opera’s Recital Series with Jamie Barton, Angel Blue, John Moore

This week, Seattle Opera announced its new recital series, Songs of Summer, which will bring beloved singers to a new stage—your phone, tablet, or computer screen. Beginning weekly on May 28, recitals will be available to stream on Seattle Opera’s website, Facebook, and YouTube.

Angel Blue with Jay Rozendaal May 28
Tess Altiveros with Elisabeth Ellis June 4
Jamie Barton with Jonathan Easter June 11
Margaret Gawrysiak with Jeremy Reger June 18
John Moore with Tim Barrick June 25

Songs of Summer
Streaming on select Thursdays at 7 p.m. at:
youtube.com/SeattleOpera
facebook.com/SeattleOpera
www.seattleopera.org