British Invasion from Leicester, not Liverpool this time.
The 14/48 Projects is very pleased to bring 14/48: The World’s Quickest Theater Festival TWQTF, back to ACT Theatre for two weekends in January as a partner of ACTLab. 14/48: The World’s Quickest Theater Festival takes over the Falls Theatre January 6, 7, 13, and 14, 2017 with performances each day at 8pm and 10:30pm.
What really happens when two childhood friends become writers and one puts the other in their novel?
The Harper Lee and Truman Capote relationship is one of the most famous literary friendships in the world. The unique aspect of the friendship of Truman Capote and Harper Lee was that, unlike most literary friendships, which usually start as adults or students, their friendship started in childhood, before each evolved into two of the most critically acclaimed, best selling and famous authors of the 20th Century. As a result, most of us are familiar with Truman Capote’s childhood, not from anything Capote wrote, but from the character Dill in Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. But in A Christmas Memory, Capote himself tells the story of his childhood in Monroeville, Alabama.
“Got clever, funny, sound rich radio theatre? Yes we do, right here in Seattle!!!
Sandbox Radio’s post-Christmas live radio show will take place at ACT Theatre on Fri Dec. 30, 2016, at 8 pm. It is a fabulous opportunity to be part of the show as the “live” audience.
Sandbox Radio redefines the classic radio variety show with a cool Seattle spin. Don’t miss our latest episode recorded live, featuring guests tenor Rob McPherson, writer, cycling advocate and NPR regular Willie Weir, and more in the locally grown show that combines killer music, sound effects, engaging storytelling, the city’s best performers and an ultra cool sparkly host… all recorded live for podcast in front of you, our “studio” audience. Join producers and hosts Leslie Law and Richard Ziman and special guest Music Director Angie Louise (The Love Markets), for an uplifting evening full of wit, music, and heart as we transition into the new year. Learn more about Sandbox Radio and where to find the podcast at www.sandboxradio.org.
Drugstores are Full of Euphemisms.
“Slipknot” is not an inappropriate word for this outstandingly performed and well-crafted solo play which opened at 18th & Union, (formerly New City) this weekend. Slip refers to casual jobs one just innocently “slips” into without realizing the knots which will bind us as we keep working at them day by day, week by week, month by month until we feel our brains have been reformatted to do only that one thing. Andrew Litzky’s superlative performance was, for me, a once in a life-time experience, because it was without a doubt not only the best solo performance I have ever seen, but probably, the best solo performance I will likely ever see.
Hosted by company member Andrew Shanks, Annex’s late night variety show, Spin the Bottle, promises to make you laugh all
Weird & Awesome just Might Shake the Pillars of Heaven! or Annex Theatre!! or the Pike/Pine Corridor!!!
On Sunday, December 4 at 7 pm Annex Theatre will presents the 6th Anniversary edition of Weird & Awesome with Emmett Montgomery! This month’s variety show includes:
Danielle K.L. Grégoire (Seattle producer of the Moth Storyslam / Founder of the Comedy Womb) will help guide us through the special night as co-host!
Portland based writer and comedian and Emmett’s adopted little sister Elizabeth Teets will share with us!
Betty Campbell and Patrick Lennon are pleased to present their fourth annual holiday reading of Truman Capote’s A Christmas Memory, directed by Julie Beckman, this Sunday evening at 18th and Union, at 6:00 pm.
A Christmas Memory is the story of seven-year-old Buddy and an elderly woman who is his distant cousin and best friend. The story captures the simple joys of the Christmas season and the inevitable heartbreak of growing up. This autobiographical short story from 1956 is a holiday classic and one of Capote’s most beloved works.
There really is a Santa Claus
Tacoma Little Theater, a 98-year old community theater, presented one of the best of the modern Christmas tales this past weekend, Miracle on 34th St. Like many Christmas tales, it deals with questions of morality and generosity through an unrealistic plot. Originally a film in 1947, starring Maureen O’Hara and Natalie Wood, there is also a fair amount of wit and humor.
Bride Stumbles into a Remote Cabin in Alaska
In these days of endless agonizing political hand-wringing, React Theatre offers a brilliant antidote. Brilliant Traces, a delightfully tragic and tragically delightful two- person play, now playing at the Prima Vera Arts Center is guaranteed to get your mind off the election as you laugh as well as cry in this tale of love and loss
A Collision of Risk and Craft
Darragh Kennan, Artistic Director of New Century Theatre stated in the program notes of their latest production, The Big Meal, that NTC is interested in “the collision of risk and craft.” They may be INTERESTED in the COLLISION of risk and craft, but what I saw was an inspired perfect ALLOY of risk and craft, creating something that was more potent than either pure element.
The set and staging of The Big Meal, created the perfect medium to express the subject matter; the “moments” in our lives which define and reinforce our connection to our families. With an outstanding cast, an exceptionally able director, Makaela Pollock, a superb set, effective sound & lighting and a Master playwright, Dan LeFranc, the Big Meal served up a scrumptious evening.
