Author name: Marie Bonfils

Audio Drama podcast-Original Script in Spanish and English.

Seattle Shakespeare presents the original, limited-time podcast series house of sueños by Meme García. Spanish and English are interwoven with Shakespeare’s Hamlet and García’s imagistic language in this multilingual audio-drama about family, mental health, and the power of dreams.

This five-episode audio drama will be available through Seattle Shakespeare Company’s Rough Magic podcast starting January 27, 2021. New episodes will be released each week through February 17. house of sueños will be available for listening through March 17 on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever podcasts are available.

Art in the Hood-Max Marlett’s Virtual Gallery

Along with the antique shops and the Farmer’s market, one of the extra-curricular benefits of seeing shows at ArtsWest is their art exhibits in the beautiful lobby. In keeping with the pandemic-induced trend of streaming performing art online, ArtsWest has decided to create a “Virtual Gallery” of artist Max Marlett’s paintings.

Although the screen does not do justice to his paintings as the texture of his oil brush strokes cannot physically be fully represented on the screen, his paintings are very stark and evoke powerful human emotions.

Among the many paintings I liked, I particularly liked Shipwreck (shown above)and his other paintings of storms along seashore; however, I am unable to do justice to his work-I cannot analyze it, but I urge everybody to take the opportunity to browse this free exhibit now that all the museums are closed or restricted. It speaks to these tumultuous times.

Many of the other theatres in town also have art exhibits in their lobbies, especially 18th and Union; it is a wonderfully enjoyable experience to peruse the art, while waiting for the show. Perhaps other theatres will follow ArtsWest’s example and have a “Virtual Gallery.”

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How I loved Halequin’s Radio Adaptation of A Christmas Carol-Let me count the ways.

Harlequin’s Theatre’s radio production of Dicken’s A Christmas Carol, is on a par with all the best radio plays I have ever heard from the BBC with its superbly witty script by Orson Wells, excellent direction by Corey McDaniel, flawless technical quality, evocative music and sound effects and an ensemble of the most vocally adept actors in the region and possibly the world.

Washington Irving’s Old Christmas on Christmas Eve.

Tacoma Little Theatre presents Washington Irving’s Old Christmas, adapted by Judith Cullen. This production will air live via YouTube on Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 7:30pm.
A young gentleman traveling through the English countryside on Christmas Eve encounters a British friend quite by chance, who invites him home for the Yuletide holiday. Written well over a century ago, Washington Irving’s Old Christmas “celebrates the celebration” with heartwarming descriptions of Yuletide events. Read by a cast of voices as varied and delightful as the characters they describe, this adaptation by Judy Cullen will fill you with good cheer and holiday delight.

Old Christmas by Washington Irving. Dec. 24, 2020 at 7:30pm FREE on https:// www.tacomalittletheatre.com or (https://youtu.be/OjXutzfd3cU) Info: (253) 272-2281

The Fremont players, who every year bring a traditional holiday British “Panto” to Seattle, has decided to do something “a wee bit different.” Instead of performing live they are digging into the archives! Each week this month they will release a video of a past Panto. Find out what’s in store each week on Thursdays!

For the first Panto, Peter Pan, tune into https://youtu.be/S3b6Fl_-5uU Shows will change on Dec. 17, 24, and

To add someone’s name to the Fremont Player’s mailing list, send their name and email address to:

‘Tis the Season: A Christmas Sampler

Celebrate the holidays virtually with the Woodinville Rep’s Tis the Season: A Christmas Sampler, premiering on their website, Saturday, December 12 at 7:30 p.m.
The festive offering features music, stories and poems filled with holiday spirit, performed by talented local artists eager to share the joys of the season with you. The show is donation only.

‘Tis the Season: A Christmas Sampler: Woodinville Repertory Theatre, online. Sat. Dec. 12 No fee, donations accepted.

Access through: https://www. woodinvillerep.org

THE HOME…for the holidays is the second show in the Assisted Living series. As in its predecessor, 2 actors play a vaudevillian romp as 18 different characters. All reside at Pelican Roost, a very active retirement community where 70-something is the new 20-something…only with looser skin. The two productions have been performed nationally by the authors and by more than a dozen professional and community theatre troupes.

STUDENT WRITTEN SHOW “LAUGHING OUT LIFE” BY NATHAN HALE HIGH SCHOOL AVAILABLE THRU DEC 18th Written, performed, and edited by

Realism embedded into Fantasy

Unlike most online virtual holiday shows, A very Merry Kraken Tea Party, is an original script and takes into account the vicissitudes of celebrating Christmas during a pandemic and the impact of COVID on a recently formed or reformed relationships. Artswest production follows the characters of Justin Huertas 2019 hit The Last World Octopus Wrestling.

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Hailed as the greatest ghost story ever told, Harlequin Productions has begun a new holiday tradition, with an online production of Mercury Theatre’s 1939 classic radio adaptation of Charles Dickens’ story of transformation, absolution and grace, A Christmas Carol. It was originally directed by the legendary film and radio director, Orson Wells.